System and method for selecting photographic images using index prints
AssigneeEastman Kodak Company
InventorsJohn Randall Fredlund, David Lynn Patton, Roger R. A. Morton, Steven Bruce Paciocco
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Abstract
A method for selecting and ordering photographic prints, includes the steps of: obtaining a digital image file containing a plurality of images; employing the digital image file to produce an index print having the plurality of images along with an index number associated with each image and a customer order number; prior to making any individual prints, delivering the index print to a customer; selecting images for which prints are desired from the index print; using the index print to order prints of selected images; making prints of the selected images; and delivering the selected prints to the customer.
Claims11
A method for selecting and ordering photographic prints, comprising the steps of:
- a) obtaining a digital image file containing a plurality of images;
- b) employing the digital image file to produce an index print having the plurality of images along with an index number associated with each image and a customer order number;
- c) prior to making any individual prints, delivering the index print to a customer;
- d) selecting images for which prints are desired from the index print;
- e) using the index print to order prints of selected images;
- f) making prints of the selected images;
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- g) delivering the selected prints to the customer.
A method for selecting and ordering photographic prints, comprising the steps of:
- a) delivering a photographic film bearing a plurality of latent images to a photofinisher;
- b) developing the photographic film to produce visible images;
- c) scaning the visible images to create a digital image file;
- d) employing the digital image file to produce an index print having a plurality of images from the photographic film along with a frame number associated with each image and a customer order number;
- e) prior to making any individual prints from the film, delivering the index print to a customer;
- f) selecting images for which prints are desired from the index print;
- g) using the index print to order prints of selected images;
- h) making prints of the selected images;
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- i) delivering the selected prints to the customer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.