Digital collage creation kit

• US 9,424,811 B2
• Filed: 03/14/2014
• Issued: 08/23/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Crayola LLC (Hallmark Cards Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Crayola LLC (Hallmark Cards Incorporated)
• Inventors: Moll, Joseph Thomas, Nemeckay, Brian, Weiss, Stephen
• Primary Examiner(s): Johnson, M Good
• Application Number:
  US14/213,526
• Publication Number:
  US 20140267117A1
• Time in Patent Office: 893 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/60 Editing figures and text; Combining figures or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 13/80 2D [Two Dimensional] animation, e.g. using sprites
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/377 for mixing or overlaying two or more graphic patterns G09G5/02, G09G5/397 take precedence

Abstract

A digital collage creation kit is provided. The digital collage creation kit may include a digital photo cutter, a digital stamper, and a digital transforming tool. The digital photo cutter, the digital stamper, and the digital transforming tool may be configured to interact with a touch-screen surface of a computing device executing the digital collage creation kit application. Upon executing the digital collage creation kit application by the computing device, the digital collage creation kit may generate a digital collage creation environment, in which a digital collage may be created based on input received from one or more of the digital photo cutter, the digital stamper, and the digital transforming tool.

Claims

1. A digital collage creation kit comprising:

an activation feature for a digital collage creation kit application; and

a plurality of digital input devices, wherein each of the plurality of digital input devices is configured to interact with a touchscreen of a computing device executing the digital collage creation kit application, the plurality of digital input devices comprising;

a digital transforming tool comprising a stylus having a body coupled to two digital touch points, wherein the digital transforming tool provides a morphine effect based on each of the two digital touch points contacting the touchscreen of the computing device, and

at least one of a digital photo cutter or a digital stamper.

2. The digital collage creation kit of claim 1, wherein upon executing the digital collage creation kit application by the computing device, the digital collage creation kit application is configured to generate a digital collage creation environment, in which a digital collage is created based on input received from one or more of the plurality of digital input devices.

3. The digital collage creation kit of claim 2, wherein the plurality of digital input devices comprises the digital photo cutter, and wherein the digital photo cutter comprises a single-point stylus for selecting an item in the digital collage.

4. The digital collage creation kit of claim 3, wherein the digital photo cutter is configured to extract a portion of an image in the digital collage.

5. The digital collage creation kit of claim 4, wherein extracting the portion of the image comprises receiving a user input, by way of the digital photo cutter, of a cut-out edge.

6. The digital collage creation kit of claim 5, wherein the cut-out edge comprises a predefined cut-out shape included in the digital collage creation environment.

7. The digital collage creation kit of claim 2, wherein the plurality of digital input devices comprises the digital stamper, and wherein the digital stamper comprises a multiple touch-point digital stamper for adding one or more new items to the digital collage.

8. The digital collage creation kit of claim 7, wherein the one or more new items include at least one of an animation or an audio effect.

9. The digital collage creation kit of claim 8, wherein the one or more new items include the audio effect, and wherein the audio effect is based on a user input at a microphone of the computing device.

10. The digital collage creation kit of claim 2, wherein the digital collage creation environment includes a color control including a plurality of coloring tools.

11. The digital collage creation kit of claim 2, wherein the digital collage creation environment includes a plurality of predefined background images for creating the digital collage.

12. The digital collage creation kit of claim 1, wherein the morphing effect comprises at least one of a stretching, swirling, melting, blending, smearing, swiping, image twisting, color changing, pixelating, or smudging effect.

13. A method of providing an interactive digital collage, the method comprising:

providing for presentation at a computing device a first instance of a digital collage creation environment;

receiving, by way of the digital collage creation environment, an input from at least one of a plurality of digital input devices, wherein each of the plurality of digital input devices is configured to interact with a touchscreen of the computing device, the plurality of digital input devices comprising;

a digital transforming tool comprising a stylus having a body coupled to two digital touch points, wherein the digital transforming tool provides a morphine effect based on each of the two digital touch points contacting the touchscreen of the computing device, and

at least one of a digital photo cutter or a digital stamper; and

providing for presentation at the computing device a second instance of the digital collage creation environment, wherein the second instance corresponds to the received input.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the digital collage creation environment includes a plurality of predefined background images for creating the interactive digital collage.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein the digital collage creation environment includes a plurality of predefined morphing options available for user selection.

16. The method of claim 13, wherein the digital stamper is further configured to unlock at least one feature in the digital collage creation environment.

17. A digital collage creation kit comprising:

an activation feature for an application that when executed by a computing device generates a digital collage creation environment in which a digital collage is created based on user input; and

a plurality of digital input devices, wherein each of the plurality of digital input devices is configured to interact with a touchscreen of the computing device executing the application, the plurality of digital input devices comprising;

a digital transforming tool comprising a stylus having a body coupled to two digital touch points, wherein the digital transforming tool provides a morphine effect based on each of the two digital touch points contacting the touchscreen of the computing device, and

at least one of a digital photo cutter or a digital stamper, wherein the digital photo cutter comprises a single-point stylus for selecting an item in the digital collage, and wherein the digital stamper comprises a multiple touch-point stamper for adding one or more new items to the digital collage.

18. The digital collage creation kit of claim 17, wherein the digital collage creation environment includes a plurality of predefined morphing options available for user selection.

19. The digital collage creation kit of claim 17, wherein the digital stamper is further configured to unlock at least one feature in the digital collage creation environment.

20. The digital collage creation kit of claim 17, wherein the digital collage creation environment includes a color control including a plurality of coloring tools.