System and method of processing a digital image for user assessment of an output image product
AssigneeEastman Kodak Company
InventorsJohn R. Fredlund, Joseph A. Manico
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Abstract
A system and method of processing a digital image for user assessment of an output image product intended to be generated using the digital image. The method comprises the steps of: (a) accessing the digital image using an imaging device having a viewing member; (b) selecting the output image product intended to include the digital image; (c) digitally modifying at least a portion of the digital image using the imaging device to produce a substantially accurate representation of at least a portion of the output image product; and (d) displaying, using the viewing member, for assessment by the user, the substantially accurate representation of the at least a portion of the output image product.
Claims34
A method of processing a digital image for user assessment of an output image product intended to be generated using the digital image, comprising the steps of:
- (a) accessing the digital image using an imaging device having a viewing member;
- (b) selecting the output image product intended to include the digital image;
- (c) digitally modifying at least a portion of the digital image using the imaging device to produce a substantially accurate representation of at least a portion of the output image product;
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- (d) displaying, using the viewing member, for assessment by the user, the substantially accurate representation of the at least a portion of the output image product.
A method of processing a digital image for user assessment of an output image product intended to be generated using the digital image, comprising the steps of:
- (a) accessing the digital image using an imaging device having a viewing member comprising a first and second display portion;
- (b) selecting the output image product intended to include the digital image;
- (c) digitally modifying at least a portion of the digital image using the imaging device to produce a substantially accurate representation of at least a portion of the output image of the output image product;
- (d) displaying, in the first display portion, for assessment by the user, the substantially accurate representation of the at least a portion of the output image;
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- (e) displaying, in the second display portion, a reference image for comparative assessment by the user.
A method of processing a digital image captured using a digital camera wherein a resolution of the captured digital image is higher than a display of the digital camera so as to provide a user with a representation of the captured image for image assessment, comprising the steps of:
- (a) displaying the captured digital image in a display of the digital camera, the display having a predetermined resolution, the captured digital image having a test area comprised of at least a portion of the captured digital image;
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- (b) displaying, using the display, the test area at a resolution between about one-half to about two times the predetermined resolution to provide the user with a representation of an output image which would be produced using an output device.
A method of processing a digital image captured using a digital camera wherein a resolution of the captured digital image is higher than a display of the digital camera so as to provide a user with a representation of the captured image for image assessment, comprising the steps of:
- (a) displaying the captured digital image in a display of the digital camera, the display having a predetermined resolution, the captured digital image having a test area comprised of at least a portion of the captured digital image;
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- (b) displaying, using the display, the test area at the predetermined resolution to provide the user with a representation of an output image which would be produced using an output device.
A method of processing a digital image captured using a digital camera to provide a user with a representation of the captured image for image assessment, comprising the steps of:
- (a) displaying the captured digital image in a display of the digital camera, the captured digital image having a test area comprised of a portion of the captured digital image, the display having a predetermined display resolution and a first and second display portion;
- (b) displaying, in the first display portion, the test area at the predetermined display resolution to provide the user with a representation of an output image which would be produced using an output device;
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- (c) displaying a reference image in the second display portion for comparative assessment by the user.
A method of processing a digital image for user assessment of an output image product intended to be generated using the digital image, comprising the steps of:
- (a) accessing the digital image using an imaging device having a viewing member;
- (b) selecting the output image product intended to include the digital image;
- (c) digitally modifying at least a portion of the digital image using the imaging device to produce a substantially accurate representation of at least a portion of the output image product;
- (d) displaying, using the viewing member, for assessment by the user, the substantially accurate representation of the at least a portion of the output image product;
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- (e) displaying, using the viewing member, a reference image for comparative assessment by the user.
An imaging device for processing a digital image for user assessment of an output image product intended to be generated using the digital image, comprising:
- (a) input means for accessing the digital image;
- (b) selection means for selecting the output image product intended to include the digital image;
- (c) processing means for digitally modifying at least a portion of the digital image using the imaging device to produce a substantially accurate representation of at least a portion of the output image product;
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- (d) a viewing member for displaying the substantially accurate representation of the at least a portion of the output image product for assessment by the user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.