Shutterfly, Inc.

Silicon Graphics, Incorporated

Paul E Haeberli

Hwei Mien Quek

Chase Garfinkle

Jeffrey Benson

Leonard J Flory

John Skidgel

A method for manipulating a digital image includes identifying an image for processing at a local client computer, sending the image to a remote server, manipulating either locally or remotely parameters associated with the image without modifying the image itself, capturing state information defining a state of the manipulations at a predefined time and selecting a previous state at the request of the user, and synchronizing the local client computer and the remote server including updating metadata for one of the local client computer and the remote server using metadata of the other.

System and method for manipulating digital images

The invention provides a method and apparatus for manipulating a digital image. The method includes identifying an image for processing at a local client computer, sending the image to a remote server, manipulating either locally or remotely parameters associated with the image without modifying the image itself and synchronizing the local client computer and the remote server including updating metadata for one of the local client computer and the remote server using metadata of the other.

A system and method for changing attributes of an image-based product in which an attribute of a first image is automatically identified and a new value for a product attribute of the image-based product is automatically selected based on the image attribute. Also, a user interface can be provided that allows a user to actuate a user interface control in order to select a new value for a product attribute of an image-based product. Such techniques can be used to offer image-based products for sale over a computer network such as the Internet so that the user can change attributes of the image-based products before ordering.

System and method of changing attributes an image-based product

An apparatus and method of generating a visual representation of an image based product. Where the image based product is a picture image, the method produces a framed prototype image showing the picture image framed within a frame. The method includes providing a frame image showing the frame in a perspective view. The frame image has a picture portion corresponding to the portion of the frame used to view a picture mounted in the frame. The method includes mapping the picture image to the picture portion of the frame image in order to generate the frame prototype image.

Previewing a framed image print

An apparatus and method of generating a visual representation of an image based product. Where the image based product is a picture image, the method produces a framed prototype image showing the picture image framed within a frame. The method includes providing a frame image showing the frame in a perspective view. The frame image has a picture portion corresponding to the portion of the frame used to view a picture mounted in the frame. The method includes mapping the picture image to the picture portion of the frame image in order to generate the frame prototype image. The method also includes presenting an enhanced edit set along with the frame prototype image. The enhanced edit set includes user manipulatable tools for editing either the picture or the frame in the perspective view.

Previewing and manipulating a framed image print

System and method of changing attributes of an image-based product

Systems and methods are disclosed for cropping an image to be included in an image-based product by displaying the image; generating a crop mask based on cropping product attributes, the crop mask having a selected portion corresponding to a selected portion of the image and a cropped portion corresponding to a cropped portion of the image, the crop mask having a user selectable size; and displaying the crop mask over the image to visually indicate the selected portion of the image.

System and method of cropping an image

A system and method in which a user interface is presented to a user that allows the user to crop a selected image. A crop mask is displayed over the selected image. The system can generate the crop mask as a GIF image in which a portion of the crop mask corresponding to a selected portion of the image is transparent and a portion of the crop mask corresponding to a cropped portion of the image has a checkerboard pattern. By displaying the crop mask over the image, the selected portion of the image can be visually indicated. When a user changes the current selected portion of the image (for example, by actuating a control included in the user interface), a new crop mask can be generated based on the changes made by the user. The new crop mask can be displayed over the image in order to visually indicate the new selected portion of the image. The system and method can be implemented using a browser-based system such as the World Wide Web. For example, the image and the crop mask can be displayed in an HTML table cell embedded in a web page.

The invention described herein is a method, system, and computer program product for the design and fabrication of the surfaces of an object. The process begins by using a CAD process to design surfaces of the object. In particular, the surfaces are modeled using developable surfaces only. The intersections of the developable surfaces are then calculated. Any excess surface area of the developable surfaces is then trimmed. The boundaries of each developable surface are abstracted to produce a two-dimensional planar model of each developable surface. From each planar model, a full-sized two-dimensional shape can then be fabricated in proportion to the planar model. Each fabricated shape can then be bent in accordance with the corresponding developable surface of the CAD model. Finally, the edges of the fabricated shapes are attached as determined by the calculated intersections of the developable surfaces of the CAD model.

Modeling and fabrication of objects represented as developable surfaces

A method is provided which sharpens three-dimensional images by using an unsharp masking technique subsequent to interleaving and before printing.

Digital filtering for lenticular printing

A method and apparatus for painting in a computer controlled video display system is described. A current shape of a brush stroke is determined. A current direction of the brush stroke is determined. A current position is determined. A current color is set equal to a color at the current position. The step of drawing the brush image on the display comprises the steps of setting a color of the brush image equal to the current color, setting a position of the brush image equal to the current position, and setting a direction of the brush image equal to the current direction of the brush stroke.

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Menlo Park, CA, United States of America

Paul E Haeberli