Pre-setting the foreground view of a photograph
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsALESSANDRO DONATELLI, Giuseppe Longobardi
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Abstract
A method, computer program product, and computer system for pre-setting the foreground view of a photograph. A reference image is captured by a camera. The reference image is compared to a current a current image displayed within a viewing field of the camera. One or more alignment guides are displayed within the viewing field of the camera to aid in aligning the reference image and the current image. If it is determined that the reference image and the current image are aligned, the capture of a preferred photograph is enabled.
Claims24
A computer-implemented method comprising:
- capturing, by a camera, a reference image;
- comparing the reference image to a current image displayed within a viewing field of the camera;
- displaying one or mores alignment guides within the viewing field of the camera to aid in aligning the reference image and the current image;
- and
- if it is determined that the reference image and the current image are aligned, enabling the capture of a preferred photograph.
A computer program product residing on a computer readable medium having a plurality of instructions stored thereon which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
- capturing, by a camera, a reference image;
- comparing the reference image to a current image displayed within a viewing field of the camera;
- displaying one or mores alignment guides within the viewing field of the camera to aid in aligning the reference image and the current image;
- and
- if it is determined that the reference image and the current image are aligned, enabling the capture of a preferred photograph.
A computing system including a processor and memory configured to perform operations comprising:
- capturing, by a camera, a reference image;
- comparing the reference image to a current image displayed within a viewing field of the camera;
- displaying one or mores alignment guides within the viewing field of the camera to aid in aligning the reference image and the current image;
- and
- if it is determined that the reference image and the current image are aligned, enabling the capture of a preferred photograph.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.