Method and apparatus for image acquisition, organization, manipulation, and publication
First Claim
1. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing an application that when executed by at least one processor implements a graphical user interface (“
- GUI”
), the GUI comprising;
a first display area for displaying different groups of images imported in the application during different import sessions;
a photo album tool comprising a second display area for associating different sets of images from the first display area with different digital photo albums and displaying each particular digital photo album as a user selectable item, wherein a selection of a selectable item corresponding to a particular digital photo album causes the first display area to only display a set of images associated with the particular digital photo album, wherein the first display area displays all the images imported in the application when no selectable item corresponding to a digital album is selected;
an image set grouping tool that when selected causes the images in the first display area to be grouped into the different groups according to the different import sessions by displaying a group divider icon between each of two different groups of images; and
a set of editing tools comprising a redeye removal tool for removing redeye from a particular image selected from the first display area.
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Abstract
To better realize the great potential of amateur digital photography, the present invention introduces an integrated system for the acquisition, organization, manipulation, and publication of digital images by amateur digital photography enthusiasts. The system of the present invention first acquires images from a number of different image sources. Images acquired in the same image importing session are marked as coming from the same conceptual film roll. Next, a user is empowered to organize and manipulate the acquired images. The images may be organized by tagging the images with informative keywords and grouping images together into conceptual photo albums. Furthermore, the images may be manipulated by rotating, cropping, and removing red-eye. Finally, the system of the present invention provides simple intuitive image publish systems. A selected group of images may be published in a photobook, published onto the World Wide Web, or published as individual image prints with minimal computer knowledge on the part of the user.
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14 Claims
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1. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing an application that when executed by at least one processor implements a graphical user interface (“
- GUI”
), the GUI comprising;
a first display area for displaying different groups of images imported in the application during different import sessions;
a photo album tool comprising a second display area for associating different sets of images from the first display area with different digital photo albums and displaying each particular digital photo album as a user selectable item, wherein a selection of a selectable item corresponding to a particular digital photo album causes the first display area to only display a set of images associated with the particular digital photo album, wherein the first display area displays all the images imported in the application when no selectable item corresponding to a digital album is selected;
an image set grouping tool that when selected causes the images in the first display area to be grouped into the different groups according to the different import sessions by displaying a group divider icon between each of two different groups of images; and
a set of editing tools comprising a redeye removal tool for removing redeye from a particular image selected from the first display area. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for an image organizing application that executes on a computing device, the method comprising:
- providing a first display area for displaying different groups of images imported in the application during different import sessions;
providing a photo album tool comprising a second display area for associating different sets of images from the first display area with different digital photo albums and displaying each particular digital photo album as a user selectable item, wherein a selection of a selectable item corresponding to a particular digital photo album causes the first display area to only display a set of images associated with the particular digital photo album, wherein the first display area displays all the images imported in the application when no selectable item corresponding to a digital album is selected;
providing an image set grouping tool that when selected causes the images in the first display area to be grouped into the different groups according to the different import sessions by displaying a visible group divider between each of two different groups of images; and
providing a set of editing tools comprising a redeye removal tool for removing redeye from a particular image selected from the first display area. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11)
- providing a first display area for displaying different groups of images imported in the application during different import sessions;
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12. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a computer program for processing a plurality of images on a device, said computer program comprising:
- a set of instructions for displaying, in a first display area, different groups of images imported during different import sessions;
a set of instructions for associating different sets of images from the first display area with different digital photo albums;
a set of instructions for displaying each particular digital photo album as a user selectable item, wherein a selection of a selectable item corresponding to a particular digital photo album causes the first display area to only display a set of images associated with the particular digital photo album, wherein the first display area displays all the images imported when no selectable item corresponding to a digital album is selected;
a set of instructions for receiving a selection of a grouping tool; and
a set of instructions for grouping, in response to the selection of the grouping tool, the images in the first display area into the different groups according to the different import sessions by displaying a group divider icon between each of two different groups of images. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14)
- a set of instructions for displaying, in a first display area, different groups of images imported during different import sessions;
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