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System and method of constructing a photo album
Assignee: Eastman Kodak Co
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Filing: 1998-07-22
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Granted: 2003-09-23
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Expires: 2018-07-22
Abstract
Abstract A method of constructing a photo album including the steps of: providing a plurality of digital images; generating an index print of thumbnails from the digital images, the index print including a machine readable means for selecting one or more of images represented by the thumbnails to be included in the photo album; selecting one or more of the thumbnail images on the index print; reading the selected thumbnails from the index print with a scanner; and constructing a photo album from the digital images represented by the selected thumbnails.
Inventors
- 👤 John R. Squilla
- 👤 Stephen L. Shaffer
- 👤 John K. McBride
- 👤 Charles F. Fitter, Jr.
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 10:38
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N1/00; H04N1/387; H04N1/3872; H04N1/3873; H04N1/3875
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 19
Claim 1
Independent Claim
129 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 of low resolution thumbnails representing the 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, the index print being in the form of a hard copy; d) selecting one or more of the thumbnail images using the index e) communicating the selection of thumbnails from the index print f) associating the thumbnails with the stored digital images via the means for uniquely identifying; and g) constructing the photocollage from the digital images represented by the selected thumbnails.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
129 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 of low resolution thumbnails representing the 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, the index print being in the form of a hard copy; d) selecting one or more of the thumbnail images using the index e) communicating the selection of thumbnails from the index print f) associating the thumbnails with the stored digital images via the means for uniquely identifying; and g) constructing the photocollage from the digital images represented by the selected thumbnails.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
50 words
The method of constructing a photocollage claimed in claim 1 , wherein the means for uniquely identifying each of the 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 4
Dependent Claim
35 words
The method claimed in claim 2 , 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
23 words
The method claimed in claim 3 , wherein the means for uniquely identifying the selected image includes data embedded in the thumbnail image.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
25 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 7
Dependent Claim
15 words
The method claimed in claim 1 , wherein the photocollage is a digital data file.
Claim 8
Independent Claim
116 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 a low resolution thumbnail for each of the digital images, the thumbnail having a unique identifier on each of the thumbnails that associates the thumbnail with its respective high resolution image; d) providing a hardcopy index print comprising the thumbnails and adapted to receive visual marks; e) providing means for manually selecting one or more of the thumbnails by manually inserting visual marks on the index print which indicates the selected one or more thumbnails; and f) constructing the photocollage from the stored digital images represented by the selected thumbnails.
Claim 9
Independent Claim
116 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 a low resolution thumbnail for each of the digital images, the thumbnail having a unique identifier on each of the thumbnails that associates the thumbnail with its respective high resolution image; d) providing a hardcopy index print comprising the thumbnails and adapted to receive visual marks; e) providing means for manually selecting one or more of the thumbnails by manually inserting visual marks on the index print which indicates the selected one or more thumbnails; and f) constructing the photocollage from the stored digital images represented by the selected thumbnails.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
19 words
The method of claim 7 further comprising the step of associating the thumbnail images with the stored digital images.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
41 words
The method of claim 8 wherein the unique identifier supplied with each of the thumbnails is a machine readable code and wherein the steps of associating the thumbnails with the stored digital image files and constructing the photocollage are performed automatically.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
18 words
The method claimed in claim 7 , wherein the unique identifier includes data embedded in the thumbnail image.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
20 words
The method of claim 7 , wherein the unique identifier further comprises a bar code associated with the thumbnail image.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
13 words
The method of claim 7 wherein the photocollage is a digital data file.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
24 words
The method of claim 7 wherein the providing means for selection step further comprises providing a check box for each of the thumbnail images.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
39 words
The method of claim 7 wherein the providing means for selection step further comprises providing at least one area near each of the thumbnails to be used in conjunction with each of the thumbnail images to select that thumbnail.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
22 words
The method of claim 7 further comprising the step of providing electronic communication means for transmitting the contents of the index print.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
28 words
The method of claim 15 wherein the step of providing communication means further comprises providing one of the following: a touch-tone phone, a facsimile transmission, or a touchpad.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
29 words
The method of claim 7 wherein the generating step further comprises selecting the unique identifier from one of the following: embedded data, invisible ink, visible codes, or color information.
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