EP0975147A2
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System and method of constructing a photo album
Assignee: Eastman Kodak Co
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Filing: 1999-07-10
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2019-07-10
Abstract
Abstract A method of constructing a photo album wherein a plurality of digital images are provided in a low resolution format as either thumbnail index sketches or sticker sheets that have a unique identifier that cross references the reduced resolution images digital images with a high resolution version that is stored in a data base. The thumbnail index sketches have a selection mechanism that allows the creation of photo albums by cross referencing the high resolution images that are stored in the data base. The embodiment that employs stickers has various mechanisms for creating the pages of a photo album including a second set of sticker sheets that function as pages of a photoalbum having positions for the low resolution image stickers. The sticker sheet pages can also be stickers themselves allowing for creation of photo albums by arranging the stickers pages are loaded with low resolution stickers creating the pages for the photoalbum and the sticker sheet pages are then arranged in a desired manner on a page layout form resulting in a miniature version of the photoalbum which can be viewed at that point. The miniature version of the photo album is then correlated to the high resolution version of the images stored in the database to retrieve a high resolution version of the photo album which is then produced using conventional photofinishing techniques.
Inventors
- 👤 John R. Eastman Kodak Company Squilla
- 👤 Stephen L. Eastman Kodak Company Shaffer
- 👤 John K. Eastman Kodak Company McBride
- 👤 Charles F. Jr. Eastman Kodak Company Fitter
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
EP
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 12:39
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N1/00; H04N1/387; H04N1/3872; H04N1/3873; H04N1/3875
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 25
Claim 1
Independent Claim
130 words
A method of constructing a photo collage, comprising: a) providing a plurality of high resolution digital images; b) storing the high resolution digital images; c) generating an index print having a plurality of low resolution thumbnails
representing the high resolution digital images, the index print including a means
for uniquely identifying each of the thumbnails and for selecting one or more of
the thumbnail images to be included in the photo collage; d) selecting one or more of the thumbnail images using the low
resolution thumbnails from the index print; e) communicating the selection of the low resolution thumbnals
from the index print; f) associating the low resolution thumbnails with the stored high
resolution digital images; and g) constructing the photocollage from the digital images
represented by the selected thumbnails.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
49 words
The method of constructing a photocollage claimed in claim 1,
wherein the means for uniquely identifying the reduced resolution thumbnails is a
machine readable code and wherein the steps of communication the selection,
associating the thumbnails with the stored digital image files and constructing the
photocollage are performed automatically.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
26 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the index print employs as
reduced resolution thumbnails a plurality of images having means for selecting
each of the images.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
34 words
The method claimed in claim 3, wherein the means for selecting
an image to be included in the photocollage includes a box associated with each
thumbnail image adapted to be checked by a customer.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
24 words
The method claimed in claim 3, wherein the means for uniquely
identifying the selected image is a bar code associated with the thumbnail image.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
24 words
The method claimed in claim 1, wherein the means for uniquely
identifying the selected image includes data embedded in the reduced resolution
thumbnail image.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
14 words
The method claimed in claim 1, wherein the photocollage is a
digital data file.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
33 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the index print employs as
reduced resolution thumbnails a plurality of stickers, each of the stickers having
means for selecting each of the high resolution images images.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
60 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the step of generating further
comprises generating an index sticker sheet having a plurality of stickers, each of
the stickers comprising a reduced resolution thumbnail representing one of the
high resolution digital images and means for uniquely identifying the sticker with
the high resolution digital image that is associated with that reduced resolution
image.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
73 words
The method of claim 9 further comprising the steps of:
providing at least one page layout form for attaching the stickers to configure a
photo collage representation; assembling the photocollage representation by attaching the
individual stickers to the cover and layout form; employing the means for uniquely associating stickers images with
the stored high resolution digital image; and generating the photocollage from the stored high resolution digital
images according to the photocollage representation.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
18 words
The method of claim 10 further comprising the step of
communicating information regarding the photocollage to a photofinisher.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
28 words
The method of claim 11 wherein information communicated to
the photofinisher is selected from one of the following: product order information,
color choice, background selection, or billing information.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
25 words
The method of constructing a photocollage claimed in claim 9
wherein the means for uniquely associating each of the stickers is a machine
readable code.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
70 words
A photo album product formed from the steps of: a) providing a plurality of index stickers each having a low
resolution image with a unique identifier that cross references each of the stickers
to a high resolution version of the low resolution image, a plurality of page layout
sheets; b) placing the index stickers on the page layout sheets; and c) arranging the page layout sheets on the page positions.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
64 words
The product of claim 14 wherein each of the page layout sheets
itself being a sticker having at least one position for placement of index stickers
within the positions, a photo album layout having a plurality of page positions,
each of the page positions being configured such that there is room for at least one
of the page layout sheets within the page position.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
20 words
The product of claim 15 one wherein the step of providing
further comprises providing the page positions in a booklet.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
31 words
The product of claim 16 wherein the step of providing further
comprises providing the page position such that it is a single piece with folds
separating each of the page positions.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
30 words
The product of claim 14 wherein the step of providing further
comprises the step of providing a set of graphic arts to be used as part of the cover
page.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
29 words
The product of claim 14 wherein the step of providing further
comprises the step of providing a text entry area to be used in conjunction with the
cover page.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
20 words
The product of claim 14 wherein the step of providing further
comprises providing the high resolution version on a database.
Claim 21
Independent Claim
60 words
A system for constructing a photo collage comprising: a plurality of index stickers each having a low resolution image
with a unique identifier that cross references each of the stickers to a high
resolution version of the low resolution image; and a page layout form having a plurality of pages, each of the pages
having a plurality of page layouts.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
37 words
The system of claim 21 wherein the page layout form further
comprises a flexible medium that allows the pages to fold on top of one another
and the page layouts to fold on top of one another.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
22 words
The system of claim 21 wherein the page layout is formed such
that it has folds separating each of the page positions.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
33 words
The system of claim 21 further comprising means for adding
additional stickers to the sticker sheet comprised of images relevant to one of a
plurality of events selected from a library of images.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
15 words
The system of claim 21 further comprising a cover page as the
initial page position.
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