System and method for printing and scanning a user-completed digital still camera image proof sheet and order form
US8228527B2 · kind B2 · utility
Assignee
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 9, 2004 |
| Grant date | Jul 24, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 15, 2030 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N1/00968
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A digital still camera is used for taking and storing digital representations of a plurality of images. A printer, such as an ink jet printer or a laser printer, is used for generating graphical representations of selected ones of the plurality of images on a preselected print media such as a paper. A flash memory card, floppy diskette, direct data link or some other data transfer scheme is used to transfer the digital representations of the plurality of images from the digital still camera to the printer. The printer includes programming for generating a combination proof sheet and order form. The combination proof sheet and order form can include an array of thumbnail images and a plurality of image selection and/or image enhancement user designation areas such as bubbles to be filled in by the user with a pencil. The printer includes a scanner and related circuitry and software for scanning the combination proof sheet and order form to detect the user designation areas completed by the user. The programming in the printer thereafter causes it to generate at least one final print sheet with the images and enhancements designated by the user on the combination proof sheet and orde…
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.