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US 2014/0111641 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.
Claims21
A method of processing digital images comprising:
- (a) receiving a digital image sent by a first digital message wherein the image has a subject in front of a background;
- (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 wherein the processing comprises superimposing;
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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) receiving a first digital message containing a digital image sent by a digital capture device to an event specific digital address that is predetermined for an event at which the digital image is captured wherein said digital image has a resolution, the digital image being of a subject at an event wherein the subject is in front of a background and the image is captured using a digital capture device having digital messaging capacity;
- (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) 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;
- (e) 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 comprises adjusting the digital image by one or more of cropping the digital image, changing the size of the digital image by reduction and changing the size of the digital image by enlargement so that the digital image conforms to a predetermined area on the event specific background, superimposing at least a portion of the digital image onto the event specific background and superimposing a predetermined foreground onto the event specific background;
- (f) 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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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.