Digital Collage Creation Kit

• US 20140267117A1
• Filed: 03/14/2014
• Published: 09/18/2014
• 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
• Granted Patent: US 9,424,811 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• 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;

at least one of the following digital input devices;

(1) a digital photo cutter;

(2) a digital stamper; and

(3) a digital transforming tool;

wherein the digital photo cutter, the digital stamper, and the digital transforming tool are configured to interact with a touch-screen surface of a computing device executing the digital collage creation kit application.

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 digital photo cutter, the digital stamper, and the digital transforming tool.

3. The digital collage creation kit of claim 2, 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 2, 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 collage creation environment.

7. The digital collage creation kit of claim 2, 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 includes at least one of an animation and an audio effect.

9. The digital collage creation kit of claim 8, 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 transforming tool comprises a two-point stylus.

11. The digital collage creation kit of claim 10, wherein the digital transforming tool is configured to create a morphing effect when the digital transforming tool contacts the touch-screen surface of the computing device.

12. The digital collage creation kit of claim 11, wherein the digital transforming tool contacting the touch-screen surface comprises contact between each touch-point of the two-point stylus and the touch-screen surface of the computing device.

13. The digital collage creation kit of claim 11, wherein the morphing effect comprises at least one of a stretching, swirling, melting, blending, smearing, swiping, image twisting, color changing, pixelating, and smudging effect.

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

15. 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.

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

presenting, on a touch-screen display of a computing device, a first instance of a digital collage creation environment;

wherein the digital collage creation environment is presented on the touch-screen display of the computing device in response to executing an application on the computing device;

receiving, by way of the digital collage creation environment, at least one input from one or more of the following;

a digital photo cutter;

a digital stamper; and

a digital transforming tool,

wherein the digital photo cutter, digital stamper, and digital transforming tool are configured to interact with the touch-screen surface of the computing device; and

presenting, on the touch-screen display of the computing device, a second instance of the digital collage creation environment, wherein the second instance corresponds to the received at least one input.

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;

at least one of the following;

a digital photo cutter comprising a single-point stylus for selecting an item in the digital collage;

a digital stamper comprising a multiple touch-point stamper for adding one or more new items to the digital collage; and

a digital transforming tool comprising a two-point stylus for creating one or more morphing effects within the digital collage,

wherein the digital photo cutter, digital stamper, and digital transforming tool are configured to interact with a touch-screen surface of the computing device.

18. The digital collage creation kit of claim 17, wherein the digital transforming tool creates the one or more morphing effects when each touch-point of the two-point stylus contacts the touch-screen surface of the computing device.

19. 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.

20. 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.