# US 10,372,749 B2 · Proactive creation of image-based products

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- Number: US 10,372,749 B2
- Document ID: US10372749B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 15/667,958
- Filed: 2017-08-03
- Published: 2017-11-16
- Granted: 2019-08-06
- Earliest claimed: 2016-01-07
- Assignees: Shutterfly, Inc.
- Applicants: Shutterfly, Inc.
- Inventors: Eugene Chen; Preeti Nathan; Trynne Anne Miller; Wiley H. Wang; Shay Litvak; Marco Santini; Chris M. Denend; Mark Levin; Vyacheslav Imeshev
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10372749B2

## CPC

- G06T 11/60: Creating or editing images; Combining images with text
- G06F 3/04842: Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements (G06F3/0482 takes precedence)
- G06F 3/1244: {Job translation or job parsing, e.g. page banding}
- G06F 3/1252: {for sheet based media}
- G06F 3/1256: {User feedback, e.g. print preview, test print, proofing, pre-flight checks}
- G06F 3/1287: {via internet}
- G06F 16/50: of still image data
- G06F 16/51: Indexing; Data structures therefor; Storage structures
- G06F 16/5838: {using colour}
- G06F 16/5854: {using shape and object relationship}
- G06F 16/5866: {using information manually generated, e.g. tags, keywords, comments, manually generated location and time information}
- G06Q 30/0621: {by configuring or customising goods or services}
- H04N 1/00132: {in a digital photofinishing system, i.e. a system where digital photographic images undergo typical photofinishing processing, e.g. printing ordering}
- H04N 1/00161: {Viewing or previewing}
- H04N 1/00167: {Processing or editing (H04N1/00196 - H04N1/00201 take precedence)}
- H04N 1/00196: {Creation of a photo-montage, e.g. photoalbum (H04N1/0019 takes precedence)}
- H04N 1/00442: {Simultaneous viewing of a plurality of images, e.g. using a mosaic display arrangement of thumbnails}
- H04N 1/00453: {arranged in a two dimensional array}
- H04N 1/00456: {for layout preview, e.g. page layout}
- H04N 1/00458: {Sequential viewing of a plurality of images, e.g. browsing or scrolling}
- H04N 1/00461: {marking or otherwise tagging one or more displayed image, e.g. for selective reproduction}
- H04N 1/00464: {using browsers, i.e. interfaces based on mark-up languages}
- H04N 1/32512: {of different type, e.g. internal and external devices}
- H04N 1/32571: {Details of system components}
- H04N 1/32577: {Input interface}
- H04N 1/32582: {Output interface}
- H04N 1/32587: {Controller}
- H04N 7/183: {for receiving images from a single remote source}
- H04N 2101/00: Still video cameras
- G06T: IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)
- G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION

## Abstract

A method for proactively creating an image product includes capturing an image of an object in a first environment by a device, storing a library of personalized products each characterized by a product type, automatically recognizing the object in the image as having a product type associated with the library of personalized products, automatically creating a design for the personalized product of the product type using personalized content, automatically displaying the design of the personalized product of the product type incorporating the selected photo in the first environment on the device, and manufacturing a physical product based on the design of the personalized product.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A computer system for proactively creating an image product, comprising:
a computer memory configured to store a library of personalized products and product types, wherein each of the personalized products is characterized by one of the product types;
a first device configured to capture an image of an object in a first environment; and
a computer processor configured to automatically recognize the object in the image and to match the object with one of the product types stored in library,
wherein the computer processor is configured to automatically create a design for a personalized product in the one of the product types,
wherein the design of the personalized product incorporates personalized content including a photo, a design element, text, or a logo,
wherein the first device is configured to automatically display the design of the personalized product in the one of the product types incorporating the personalized content in the first environment, which allows a physical product to be manufactured based on the design of the personalized product.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The computer system of claim 1, wherein the computer processor is configured to automatically select a photo for the personalized product in the one of the product types.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The computer system of claim 2, wherein the photo is selected from photos in a user account associated with a user operating the first device.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The computer system of claim 1, wherein the computer processor is configured to automatically select a style or a format for the personalized product in the one of the product types.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The computer system of claim 1, wherein the first device is configured to electronically share the design of the personalized product in the one of the product types incorporating the selected photo to a second device.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The computer system of claim 5, wherein the first device is configured to automatically display the design of the personalized product incorporating the selected photo in a second environment on the second device.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The computer system of claim 1, wherein the image includes a video frame of a video captured by the first device.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The computer system of claim 1, wherein the image includes a still image captured by the first device.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The computer system of claim 1, wherein the first device includes a mobile phone, a tablet computer, or a desktop computer connected to an image capture device.

### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

The computer system of claim 1, wherein the object is on a wall, a desk, a table, furniture, or a floor.