Photocollage generation and modification using image recognition
US6389181B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 25, 1998 |
| Grant date | May 14, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 25, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S707/99943
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method and system for employing image recognition techniques to produce a photocollage from a plurality of images wherein the system obtains a digital record for each of the plurality of images, assigns each of the digital records a unique identifier and stories the digital records in a database; automatically sorts the digital records using at least one date type to categorize each of the digital records according at least one predetermined criteria; employs means responsive to the sorting step to compose a photocollage from the digital records. The method and system employ data types selected from pixel data; metadata; product order information; processing goal information; or customer profile to automatically sort data typically by culling or grouping to categorize according to either an event, a person, or chronologically.
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