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US 8,947,451 B2Granted
System and method for automatic generation of image distributions
AssigneeLumaPix
InventorsA. Michael Mondry, Michael Chilton Sheasby, Luis Fernando Talavera Abdala
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Abstract
A method and system for automatically producing arrangements of two-dimensional extents in a computer-based editing or animation environment is presented. The method consists of defining a set of objects having two or more dimensions, automatically calculating and presenting an arrangement of said objects, and optionally iterating to produce alternative arrangements. The arrangements may use templates to guide the selection of sizes, border colors and transparency, rotation, and other attributes of the contained regions.
Claims31
A computer-implemented process for generating arrangements of a set of images, wherein there is a number of images in the set, comprising:
- receiving from a user the set of images, wherein the set can contain any number of images,
- generating, in a memory of a computer, a collage of the set of images in a plurality of frames, thereby providing a number of frames, by:
- specifying the plurality of frames according to a set of attributes, and setting the number of frames to correspond to the number of images,
- generating an arrangement of the plurality of frames wherein the plurality of frames fits within an overall dimension defining a border with a uniform distance between all edges of all frames and edges of adjacent frames and the border in the collage,
- associating each of the images with at least one of the frames,
- sizing and cropping each image to fit the frame with which it is associated;
- and
- rendering the sized and cropped images in the frames to create the collage of the images with a uniform distance between all edges of all images and edges of adjacent images and the border in the collage;
- and
- causing the collage to be displayed on a display wherein the arrangement of the plurality of frames is specified by a template having a number of frames, and wherein the number of frames is adjusted to match the number of images.
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A computer-implemented method for generating arrangements of a set of images wherein there is a number of images in the set, comprising:
- receiving from a user the set of images,
- generating, in a memory of a computer, a first collage of the set of images in a template comprising a plurality of frames by:
- specifying the plurality of frames according to a set of attributes and corresponding in number to the number of images, wherein values used for the set of attributes in the first collage are selected by the computer from within ranges defined for the attributes,
- generating a first arrangement of the plurality of frames wherein the plurality of frames fits within an overall dimension with uniform spacing among the frames, and
- associating each of the images with at least one of the frames in the first arrangement;
- causing the first collage to be displayed on a display;
- generating, in the memory of the computer, a second collage of the set of images using the same template as the first collage, by:
- specifying the set of attributes of the plurality of frames such that values used for the set of attributes in the second collage are selected by the computer from within ranges defined for the attributes and differ from the values used for the set of attributes in the first collage,
- generating a second arrangement of the plurality of frames wherein the plurality of frames fits within the overall dimension with uniform spacing among the frames, and
- associating each of the images with at least one of the frames in the second arrangement;
- causing the second collage to be displayed on the display;
- and
- enabling the user to select at least one of the first and second arrangements.
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A computer program product, comprising:
- a computer readable storage device;
- computer program instructions stored on the computer readable storage device that, when processed by a computer, instruct the computer to perform a process for generating arrangements of a set of images wherein there is a number of images in the set, the process comprising:
- receiving from a user the set of images,
- generating, in a memory of a computer, a first collage of the set of images in a template comprising a plurality of frames by:
- specifying the plurality of frames according to a set of attributes and corresponding in number to the number of images, wherein values used for the set of attributes in the first collage are selected by the computer from within ranges defined for the attributes,
- generating a first arrangement of the plurality of frames wherein the plurality of frames fits within an overall dimension with uniform spacing among the frames, and
- associating each of the images with at least one of the frames in the first arrangement;
- causing the first collage to be displayed on a display;
- generating, in the memory of the computer, a second collage of the set of images using the same template as the first collage, by:
- specifying the set of attributes of the plurality of frames such that values used for the set of attributes in the second collage are selected by the computer from within ranges defined for the attributes and differ from the values used for the set of attributes in the first collage,
- generating a second arrangement of the plurality of frames wherein the plurality of frames fits within the overall dimension with uniform spacing among the frames, and
- associating each of the images with at least one of the frames in the second arrangement;
- causing the second collage to be displayed on the display;
- and
- enabling the user to select at least one of the first and second arrangements.
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