Context coordination for an artistic digital template for image display
View Patent ↗An apparatus and method for creating a coordinated image display. A computer system comprising stored digital templates for said image display can be operated by a user to generate the image display. The templates each have a plurality of digital openings for displaying digital images and each of those openings has a required image attribute. The group of required attributes for the openings are stored as a template recipe. The template recipe includes a required image attribute for a dependent opening. The dependent opening is dependent on an image attribute of an image captured by a capture device coupled to the computer system, which includes scanners and cameras. The captured image can be of a paint swatch, a fabric, furniture, carpeting, or any other item or image.
1. A computer system for creating a coordinated image display, the computer system comprising:
digital memory for storing a digital template for said image display, said template having a plurality of digital openings disposed therein for displaying digital images;
each of the plurality of openings having at least one corresponding required image attribute, the group of at least one corresponding required image attribute for each of the plurality of openings being stored in the digital memory as a template recipe; and
wherein said template recipe includes at least one required image attribute for a first dependent opening, said at least one required image attribute for the dependent opening defined to be dependent upon at least one image attribute of an image captured by a capture device coupled to the computer system and at least one required image attribute for a second dependent opening, said at least one required image attribute for the second dependent opening defined to be dependent upon the at least one image attribute of the image captured by the capture device coupled to the computer system, wherein the capture device is selected from the group consisting of a scanner and a digital camera.
2. The computer system of claim 1 , wherein said template recipe includes at least one required image attribute for a second dependent opening, said at least one required image attribute for the second dependent opening defined to be dependent upon another one of the at least one image attribute of the image captured by the capture device coupled to the computer system.
3. The computer system of claim 1 , wherein the image captured by the capture device is an image of an item selected from the group consisting of: a paint swatch, a pillow fabric, a curtain fabric, a piece of furniture, a carpet section, and a print of an image of a room.
4. The computer system of claim 1 , further comprising an image database coupled to the computer system, wherein the computer system automatically searches the image database for an image satisfying said at least one required image attribute for the first dependent opening.
5. A method for creating a coordinated image display, comprising:
receiving a sample digital image from a user of the computer system by at least one of scanning an image on a scanner coupled to the computer system to generate the sample digital image, or capturing an image on a camera coupled to the computer system to generate the sample digital image, or coupling a storage device that contains the sample digital image to the computer system, or entering a URL of a server that contains the sample digital image, on a computer accessible network coupled to the computer system, on the computer system;
storing in a memory of a computer system a digital template for said image display, said template having a plurality of digital openings disposed therein for displaying digital images;
defining and storing at least one corresponding required image attribute for each of the plurality of openings;
storing as a template recipe the group of at least one corresponding required image attribute for each of the plurality of digital openings in the template; and
defining in the template recipe at least one required image attribute for a first dependent opening, including defining said at least one required image attribute for the dependent opening to be dependent upon at least one image attribute of the sample digital image and defining at least one required image attribute for a second dependent opening, further comprising defining said at least one required image attribute for the second dependent opening to be dependent upon the at least one image attribute of the sample digital image.
6. The method of claim 5 , further comprising defining at least one required image attribute for a second dependent opening, further comprising defining said at least one required image attribute for the second dependent opening to be dependent upon another one of the at least one image attribute of the sample image.
7. The method of claim 5 , wherein the sample digital image is an image of an item selected from the group consisting of a paint swatch, a pillow fabric, a curtain fabric, a piece of furniture, a carpet section, and a print of an image of a room.
8. The method of claim 5 further comprising printing a completed coordinated image display.
9. The method of claim 5 further comprising transmitting over a network a completed coordinated image display.