Appeal No. 2000-0125
Application No. 08/681,646
BACKGROUND
The invention is directed to a method of combining a captured, customer
generated digital image with a prestored digital image. Representative claim 1 is
reproduced below.1
1. A method of combining at least one customer generated digital image with
at least one prestored digital image to form a merged digital image, comprising
the steps of:
a) selecting a prestored digital image, said prestored digital image having
at least one predetermined location where a customer generated digital image
may be placed, said prestored digital image having a design attribute of a
predetermined value contributing to a visual characteristic when printed or
displayed;
b) providing at least one capture means for obtaining at least one
customer generated digital image in digital form;
c) providing at least one output means for printing, displaying, transferring
or storing of a merged digital image formed of said at least one customer
generated digital image and said prestored digital image;
d) capturing at least one customer generated digital image with said
capture means, said customer generated digital image having a design attribute
of a value differing from said predetermined value of said design attribute of said
prestored digital image, and contributing to a visual characteristic when printed or
displayed differing from the visual characteristic of said prestored digital image;
e) automatically analyzing said design attribute of said customer
generated digital image to obtain an analyzed value of said design attribute of
said customer generated digital image;
f) automatically adjusting said design attribute of said customer
generated digital image or said prestored digital image based on the
1 We note that claim 1 stands amended by appellants’ paper filed March 8, 1999 (Paper No. 15),
as indicated by the examiner’s Advisory Action mailed March 23, 1999 (Paper No. 16). However, there
has been no formal entry of the amendment in the file wrapper.
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