US 9,959,080 B2 · Transfer of mobile device camera image to an image-supporting surface

Abstract

The invention relates to a method and system for a user to use a mobile device camera to place a camera image on one of a series of transparent product overlays to display on the viewfinder window a real-time mock-up of the camera image on the transparent product overlay. The user has the ability to modify the size and location of the camera image on the transparent product overlay. The user can then accept the latter display or make final adjustments to the camera image to make a final mock-up. The user can share the user's camera image creation without geographic restriction by via email, text, social media, or obtain the product with the camera image thereon in the exact form as the final mock-up, in less than 15 seconds. The user also has the option to share their creation to a newsfeed in which other users can view, share, and buy. The original creator of the product will get a commission of a purchase.

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Dependent claims

A system for printing an image on a product having an image-supporting surface with the use of a mobile device camera for viewing subjects, the mobile device camera being actuable for taking a picture of a subject, the mobile device camera comprising a viewfinder with viewfinder window for displaying images of subjects viewed by the mobile device camera, the mobile device camera including an imaging app comprising a finger actuable displaying touchscreen and a finger actuable editing touchscreen;

said finger actuable displaying touchscreen enabling the simultaneous display on the viewfinder window of at least one of a series of image-supporting surface transparencies of products having image-supporting surfaces and of images of subjects viewed by the mobile device, for enabling the choosing by finger touch of a specific transparency of a product having an image-supporting surface and transparent images of subjects viewed by the mobile device, said finger actuable displaying touchscreen being finger actuable to present said finger-actuable editing touchscreen on the viewfinder window;
and
said finger actuable editing touchscreen enabling the user's fingers to move a selected image of a subject on the product having the image-supporting surface transparency to make mock-ups of the respective images of the subjects on the products having the image-supporting surface transparency and enabling by finger manipulation on said finger actuable editing touchscreen changing of the size and location of a selected image of a subject on the product having the image-supporting surface transparency on said finger actuable editing touchscreen to make sequential mock-ups of respective images of the subjects in real time;
said finger actuable editing touchscreen being finger-actuable to capture a transparency of a selected image on the changeable product having the image-supporting transparency on the touchscreen to prepare a mock-up in real time of the finally selected product having the image-supporting surface with a finally selected captured image of the subject in preparation for the printing of the finally selected captured image on the finally selected product having the image-supporting surface.

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A method for printing an image on an image-supporting surface with the use of a mobile device camera for viewing subjects, the mobile device camera being actuable for taking a picture of a subject, the mobile device camera comprising a viewfinder with viewfinder window for displaying transparent camera images of subjects viewed by the mobile device camera, the method comprising:

installing an imaging app on the mobile device, the imaging app including a finger actuable displaying touchscreen for displaying both camera images and ones of a series of transparencies of images and image-supporting surfaces in a superimposed relationship, and a finger actuable editing touchscreen for displaying editable camera images on the editing touchscreen;
actuating the imaging app to effect the display of the displaying touchscreen on the viewfinder window;
choosing by finger touch one of the series of specific transparencies of image-supporting surfaces and one of the transparent camera images of subjects viewed by the mobile device camera, presenting the finger actuable editing touchscreen on the viewfinder window;
and
moving by finger actuation a selected image of a subject on the image-supporting surface transparency on the finger actuable editing touchscreen to make mock-ups of the respective images of the subjects on the image-supporting surface transparency and selectively changing by finger actuable editing the size and location of a selected camera image of a subject on the image-supporting surface transparency on the finger actuable editing touchscreen to make sequential mock-ups of respective images of the subjects in real time, to capture a transparency of a selected image on the changeable image-supporting transparency on the finger actuable editing touchscreen to prepare a mock-up in real time of the finally selected image-supporting surface with a finally selected captured image of the subject in preparation for the printing of the finally selected captured image on the finally selected image-supporting surface.

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A method for printing an image on a product having an image-supporting surface with the use of a mobile device camera for viewing subjects, the mobile device camera being actuable for taking a picture of a subject and for transferring the picture to a unique newsfeed to create a newsfeed picture and the mobile device camera having a viewfinder for displaying transparent changeable products having image-supporting surfaces superimposed on the newsfeed picture, the method comprising:

installing an imaging app on the mobile device, the imaging app including a finger actuable displaying touchscreen for displaying both created pictures from the unique newsfeed and changeable products having image-supporting surfaces in a superimposed relationship, and a finger actuable editing touchscreen for displaying images of editable created newsfeed pictures and superimposed transparencies of changeable products having image-supporting surfaces;
actuating the imaging app to effect the display of the newsfeed touchscreen on the viewfinder window, the newsfeed touchscreen displaying created newsfeed pictures;
choosing by finger touch on the newsfeed touchscreen one of the created newsfeed pictures;
actuating the imaging app to effect the display of the changeable products having image-supporting surfaces;
choosing by finger touch one of the specific transparencies of changeable products having image-supporting surfaces and the one of the created newsfeed pictures in a superimposed relationship;
presenting the finger actuable editing touchscreen on the viewfinder window;
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moving by finger actuation the one of the created newsfeed picture transparency superimposed on transparencies of the changeable products having image-supporting surfaces on the finger actuable editing touchscreen to make sequential mock-ups of the created newsfeed pictures superimposed on respective transparencies of changeable products having image-supporting surfaces, and selectively changing by finger actuation the size and location of the one of the created newsfeed picture on the transparency of a product having an image-supporting surface, to capture a transparency of the one of the created newsfeed picture on the changeable product having image-supporting surfaces;
actuating the editing touchscreen to prepare a mock-up in real time of the finally selected product having an image-supporting surface with the one of the created newsfeed picture in preparation for the printing of the one of the created newsfeed picture on the finally selected product having the image-supporting surface.

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Description8,579 words

Summary2,192 words

#Field of the Invention

#This invention relates to the printing of an image on an image-supporting surface, and in particular to the printing of an image produced by a mobile device camera on a transparent overlay image of an image-supporting surface such as a garment, a flexible household product, a hard surface or an industrial product in real time as a mock-up, for subsequently printing the image on the actual image-supporting surface, or by sharing the image produced by a mobile device camera on a transparent image of an image-supporting surface on a unique newsfeed in real time as a mock-up.

#Description of the Prior Art

Brief description of the drawings5 figures

#FIG. 1 is a flow diagram showing the method of making an image to be printed on an image-supporting surface.

#FIG. 2 is a modification of the flow diagram shown in FIG. 1.

#FIG. 3 is a flow diagram showing additional steps in a preferred embodiment of the invention.

Detailed description6,301 words

#In the discussion to follow, the following terms and their definitions will be used. The term “real time” means the actual time during which something takes place, i.e. as it comes in.

#The term “mobile device camera” means a camera as used in a smartphone, tablet, or an independent camera of the type used in a smartphone, tablet, or similar device.

#The term “app” means an application, typically a small, self-contained specialized program downloaded into a mobile device.

Facts

Application

15/308,273Filed 29 Apr 2015 · us provisional application

Priority

1 May 2014

Published

US 2017/0060485 A12 Mar 2017

Granted

1 May 2018

Term ends

29 Apr 2035

Estimated · how

20 years from earliest known nonprovisional domestic filing plus recorded patent term adjustment. Maintenance-fee lapses, terminal disclaimers and statutory extensions have not been checked. The continuity chain may be incomplete; this is not an enforceability determination.

Classification13 codes

G06F 3/12
Input arrangements for transferring data to be processed into a form capable of being handled by the computer; Output arrangements for…: digital…
B41J 29/38
Details of, or accessories for, typewriters or selective printing mechanisms not otherwise provided for: drives, motors, controls or automatic…
G06F 3/04817
Based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like…:…
G06F 3/0482
Based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like…:…

Timeline

1 May 2014Priority claimedParent application 61/987,242
29 Apr 2015Application filedUS 15/308,273
6 Dec 2016Assigned to Rageon, Inc.assignment of assignor's interest
12 Jan 2017Assigned to Rageon, Inc.corrective assignment to correct the first name of the assignor from mike to michael previously recorded on reel 040533 frame 0206. assignor(s) hereby confirms the assignment.
2 Mar 2017PublishedUS 2017/0060485 A1
1 May 2018GrantedUS 9,959,080 B2
12 Oct 2026TodayWithin its term
29 Apr 2035Term endsEstimated

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