Photography session assistant
AssigneeShutterfly, Inc.
InventorKeith Benson
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Abstract
Devices and methods for conducting a remote photography session are described. In some instances, a computing device at a photography station receives messages from a photography station controller which is remote from the photography station. In some examples, the computing device receives one or more messages instructing the computing device to capture an image from an image capture device. The computing device can also receive one or more messages instructing the computing device to adjust the image capture device. Additionally, the messages may instruct the computing device to present instructions to a subject of the photography session. These instructions can prompt the subject to make adjustments to meet a criteria for a photograph in the photography session.
Claims20
A method of instructing and capturing at least one photograph during a remote photography session at a photography station, the method comprising:
- establishing a communication channel with a computing device of a remote photography station, wherein the remote photography station further includes a digital camera, with a lens and an electronic image sensor, configured to convert received light into digital image data;
- receiving live images of the remote photography station from the computing device;
- evaluating the live images based on at least one required criteria of a required photograph for the remote photography session;
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- generating and sending at least one message to the computing device over the communication channel instructing the computing device to capture an optical image according to the at least one required criteria using the digital camera, wherein the at least one message includes an instruction based at least in part on the at least one required criteria of the required photograph for the remote photography session.
A system for capturing at least one photograph during a remote photography session, the system comprising:
- a photography station controller including a first computing device;
- and
- a photography station remote from the photography station controller, the photography station including:
- a second computing device;
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- a digital camera, with a lens and an electronic image sensor, configured to convert received light into digital image data;
- wherein the first computing device includes a non-transitory storage medium and at least one processor, the non-transitory storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the first computing device to:
- establish a communication channel with the second computing device;
- receive live images from the second computing device over the communication channel;
- evaluate the live images based on at least one criteria of a required photograph for the remote photography session;
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- generate and send at least one message to the second computing device over the communication channel to instruct the second computing device to capture an optical image according to the at least one criteria using the digital camera, wherein the at least one message includes an instruction based at least in part on the at least one criteria of the required photograph for the photography session.
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing instructions for remotely conducting a photography session at a photography station, wherein when the instructions are executed by a processor, the instructions cause the processor to:
- establish a communication channel with a computing device of the remote photography station, wherein the remote photography station includes a digital camera, with a lens and an electronic image sensor, configured to convert received light into digital image data;
- receive live images of the remote photography station over the communication channel;
- evaluate the live images based on at least one criteria of a required photograph for the photography session;
- and
- generate and send at least one message to the computing device over the communication channel to instruct the computing device to capture an optical image according to the at least one criteria using the digital camera,
- wherein the at least one message includes an instruction based at least in part on the at least one required criteria of the required photograph for the photography session.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.