Imaging product layout method
AssigneeIntellectual Ventures Fund 83 LLC
InventorsRichard J. Chinnici, Ronald S. Cok, Christopher Lyons, Daniel E. Gross
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Abstract
A computer implemented method for making a single rendered printable image corresponding to a picture frame. Two or more digital images are arranged on a print sheet according to machine decodable frame-specification information that specifies where two or more image openings in a picture frame are situated. The two or more acquired images are rendered into a single printed page of images having the two or more acquired images located in positions corresponding to the image openings.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- acquiring two or more images;
- reading a machine-readable code that stores encoded frame-specification information, wherein the frame specification information comprises image-opening locations and sizes of two or more image openings in a picture frame and image orientation criteria, wherein the machine-readable code comprises a pictogram that depicts the picture frame and image openings in the picture frame;
- decoding, using a processor, the frame specification information from the machine-readable code;
- and
- rendering the two or more acquired images into a single rendered printable image having two or more acquired images located in positions corresponding to the two or more image openings, wherein the two or more acquired images are automatically assigned to the positions based on characteristics of the two or more acquired images and the image orientation criteria.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon, the instructions comprising:
- instructions to acquire two or more images;
- instructions to read a machine-readable code that stores encoded frame-specification information, wherein the frame specification information comprises image-opening locations and sizes of two or more image openings in a picture frame and image orientation criteria, wherein the machine-readable code comprises a pictogram that depicts the picture frame and image openings in the picture frame;
- instructions to decode the frame specification information from the machine-readable code;
- and
- instructions to render the two or more acquired images into a single rendered printable image having two or more acquired images located in positions corresponding to the two or more image openings, wherein the two or more acquired images are automatically assigned to the positions based on characteristics of the two or more acquired images and the image orientation criteria.
A system comprising:
- one or more electronic processors configured to:
- acquire two or more images;
- read a machine-readable code that stores encoded frame-specification information, wherein the frame specification information comprises image-opening locations and sizes of two or more image openings in a picture frame and image orientation criteria, wherein the machine-readable code comprises a pictogram that depicts the picture frame and image openings in the picture frame;
- decode the frame specification information from the machine-readable code;
- and
- render the two or more acquired images into a single rendered printable image having two or more acquired images located in positions corresponding to the two or more image openings, wherein the two or more acquired images are automatically assigned to the positions based on characteristics of the two or more acquired images and the image orientation criteria.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.