Custom recommendations application for creating photo book cover
A device and algorithm for allowing a customer to choose a photo book cover template that is compatible with a photo having faces. The photo is compared with a set of templates arranged in a first order to determine how compatible the photo is to each of the templates, and a score indicative of compatibility is assigned. A re-sorted set of compatible templates combined with the photo is presented to the customer for consideration.
1. A computing device having a processor and a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing program code which, when executed, is operative to cause the processor to perform the steps of:
receiving an electronic photo having a face and determining a position of the face with respect to electronic photo;
comparing the electronic photo with a plurality of templates each having a design element, wherein the plurality of templates are arranged in a first order;
determining if the position of the face is overlapped by the design element of the plurality of templates when the electronic photo is overlaid with the plurality of templates; and
displaying the electronic photo with several of the plurality of templates on a display in a second order that is different than the first order as a function of the determination.