Method for generating a common mosaic design for the covers of photo projects created through an electronic interface
A system for creating media-based projects includes a server, the server having access to a processor and a data repository, the server including a non-transitory physical medium, and software running from the non-transitory physical medium, the software providing a method comprising steps of receiving a plurality of images from a user-operated computing appliance to add to the media-project; performing image analysis on the images added to the media-project to identify a plurality of distinguishable features in the images; and selecting a subset of the plurality of distinguishable features in the images for presentation in a mosaic pattern in the media-project, wherein the mosaic pattern comprises the plurality of distinguishable features displayed in a tile pattern comprising a plurality of tiles, and wherein an overlaid die-cut pattern has a plurality of die-cuts corresponding to the plurality of tiles through which the mosaic pattern comprising the distinguishable features is visible.
1. A method executable from a non-transitory physical storage medium, the non-transitory physical storage medium storing program code that is executable by a hardware processor, the program code when executed by the hardware processor performs a process for creating a media-project, the method comprising steps of:
receiving a plurality of images from a user-operated computing appliance to add to the media-project;
performing image analysis on the images added to the media-project to identify a plurality of distinguishable features in the images; and
selecting a subset of the plurality of distinguishable features in the images for presentation in a mosaic pattern in the media-project, wherein the mosaic pattern comprises the plurality of distinguishable features displayed in a tile pattern comprising a plurality of tiles, and wherein an overlaid die-cut pattern has a plurality of die-cuts corresponding to the plurality of tiles through which the mosaic pattern comprising the distinguishable features is visible.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the image analysis further comprises:
performing pattern recognition of shapes in the images by identifying the distinguishable features in a pattern recognition database, said pattern recognition database storing pre-existing shapes for comparison to the images.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the image analysis further comprises:
responsive to not identifying a specific distinguishable feature in an analyzed image, moving to a next image, wherein the analyzed image for which the specific distinguishable feature was not identified is not utilized in the mosaic pattern.
4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
centering the distinguishable features according to a footprint of the tiles of the mosaic pattern that present the distinguishable feature of each image.
5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the tiles capture the distinguishable features identified in the images and are centered with respect to the tile's boundaries.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the mosaic pattern of the plurality of tiles represents a compilation of the selected distinguishable features in the images centered in photo slots contained in each tile, wherein each tile is an image container with a corresponding image inside.
7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the image containers are presented at a plurality of predetermined aspect ratios, wherein the aspect ratios are selected from the group consisting of portrait, landscape, and square.
8. The method of claim 7 , wherein a combination of aspect ratios are incorporated into a single mosaic pattern.
9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the media-project is a photobook, and wherein the mosaic pattern is positioned on a page dedicated to facing an inside cover of the photobook.
10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the images are also displayed inside the media-project.
11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the mosaic pattern is chosen from a pool of pre-generated pattern designs.
12. The method of claim 1 , wherein the images are not also displayed inside the media-project.
13. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving a print order from the user-operated computing appliance; and
instructing a printer to print one or more of the images centered on their corresponding distinguishable features.
14. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
printing the mosaic pattern comprising the distinguishable features; and
producing the die-cut pattern matching a location of the distinguishable features, such that the distinguishable features are visible through the die-cut pattern.
15. A non-transitory physical storage medium for storing program code for creating a media-project, the non-transitory physical storage medium accessible by a hardware processor for executing the stored program code, the program code executable by the hardware processor to perform steps of:
receiving a plurality of images from a user-operated computing appliance to add to the media-project;
performing image analysis on the images added to the media-project to identify a plurality of distinguishable features in the images; and
selecting a subset of the plurality of distinguishable features in the images for presentation in a mosaic pattern in the media-project, wherein the mosaic pattern comprises the plurality of distinguishable features displayed in a tile pattern comprising a plurality of tiles, and wherein an overlaid die-cut pattern has a plurality of die-cuts corresponding to the plurality of tiles through which the mosaic pattern comprising the distinguishable features is visible.
16. The non-transitory physical storage medium of claim 15 , further comprising program code executable by the hardware processor to perform steps of:
performing pattern recognition of shapes in the images by identifying the distinguishable features in a pattern recognition database, said pattern recognition database storing pre-existing shapes for comparison to the images.
17. The non-transitory physical storage medium of claim 15 , further comprising program code executable by the hardware processor to perform steps of:
responsive to not identifying a specific distinguishable feature in an analyzed image, moving to a next image, wherein the analyzed image for which the specific distinguishable feature was not identified is not utilized in the mosaic pattern.
18. The non-transitory physical storage medium of claim 15 , further comprising program code executable by the hardware processor to perform steps of:
centering the distinguishable features according to a footprint of the tiles of the mosaic pattern that present the distinguishable feature of each image.
19. A computing appliance comprising a non-transitory physical storage medium for storing program code for creating a project, the computing appliance comprising at least one hardware processor for executing the stored program code, the program code executable by the hardware processor to perform steps to:
receive a plurality of images from a user to add to the project;
perform image analysis on the images to identify a plurality of distinguishable features in the images; and
select a subset of the plurality of distinguishable features in the images for presentation in a mosaic pattern in the project, wherein the mosaic pattern comprises the plurality of distinguishable features displayed in a tile pattern comprising a plurality of tiles, and wherein an overlaid die-cut pattern has a plurality of die-cuts corresponding to the plurality of tiles through which the mosaic pattern comprising the distinguishable features is visible.
20. The computing appliance of claim 19 , wherein the project is a photobook, and wherein the mosaic pattern is positioned on a page dedicated to facing an inside cover of the photobook.