Taylor Corporation

Digital Imagination, Inc.

James A Schuyler

Michael N Sax

Michael J Finn

Paul Fullwood

Fenton Rosewarne

Gaylon W Babcock

Alan D Johnson

Royal P Farros

A photo subject station used to capture information regarding a subject suitable for integration into a personalized, printed product and method of using same with children so that a personal identification of a child need not be saved to deliver a customized product to the child when the child takes part of a session, for example, at a school. The station uses a stool, a color background device, preferably two digital cameras and lights located at fixed positions in the station and a computer. The computer creates and stores a subject file for each subject that contains photographs of the subject (e.g., three frontal and three profile photographs with three different facial expressions, plus a rear photograph), an image data file associated with the photographs (which contains x-y coordinates used for scaling the photographs), a data file containing an identification related to the subject and a bit map skin file (derived from one of the photographs for use in fixing personalized skin color). The method uses a coordinator whose identity is used for shipping personalized products and assisting in a session.

Photo booth and method for personalized photo books and the like

A printing system operates on a computer system to enable creation of a variety of printed products. The printing system takes either a kiosk form or a personal system form. The printing system contains a variety of definitions of products in its storage which may be selected and modified by a user. The user may alter a plurality of aspects of the selected product including the layout of the product, the graphics of the product and different aspects of the textual information to be printed on the product to personalize the product. Upon completion of personalization of the product, the printing system provides the user with a plurality of order and transmission options which allow certain products to be printed locally, and which allows certain products to be printed by a remotely located printing facility. The user may create a print order which is transmitted in one of two manners to the remote printing facility. Payment information including credit card information may also be entered for payment of products printed by the remote printing facility.

Printing system with pre-defined user modifiable forms and local and

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San Francisco, CA, United States of America

James A Schuyler