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US 2014/0111640 A1Published application
Method of sending and processing event images
AssigneeCandid Color Systems, Inc.
InventorsJack E. Counts, JR., Robert Lynn Porter
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Abstract
A method of automatically processing photography is provided wherein a digital image is received by an automated process through digital message and processed. The processed image is subsequently returned to the customer using a digital messaging system.
Claims28
A method of processing digital images comprising:
- (a) receiving a digital image sent by a first digital message;
- (b) extracting a return address from the first digital message by an automated processor;
- (c) extracting the digital image from the first digital message by the automated processor;
- (d) processing the digital image by the automated processor to produce a processed image;
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- (e) returning the processed image to the return address by a second digital message wherein the second digital message is sent by the automated processor.
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A method of processing digital images comprising:
- (a) capturing a digital image having a resolution, the digital image being of a subject at an event having an event sponsor wherein the subject is in front of a chroma key background and the image is captured using a digital capture device having digital messaging capacity;
- (b) sending the first digital message by the digital capture device to an event specific digital address that is predetermined for the event at which the digital image is captured;
- (c) receiving the first digital message;
- (d) extracting a return address from the first digital message by an automated processor;
- (e) extracting the digital image from the first digital message by the automated processor;
- (f) determining by the automated processor if the resolution of the digital image meets a predetermined threshold by the automated processor wherein, if the threshold is not met, the automated processor sends a digital warning message to the return address;
- (g) processing the digital image by the automated processor to produce a processed image having an event specific background predetermined for the event and wherein the processing further includes one or more of the following;
- sub-sampling the digital image, conversion of the digital image to alpha channel format;
- adjusting the color;
- and adjusting the tint;
- (h) returning the processed image to the return address by a second digital message wherein the second digital message is sent by the automated processor and wherein the second digital message includes an Internet link of a webpage where the image can be altered and the webpage includes options for the purchase of prints and products utilizing the digital image;
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- (i) sending a third digital message to the event associate containing the processed image and the Internet link.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.