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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 08, 2004

Filed:

Jun. 23, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:

Edward B. Gindele, Rochester, NY (US);

Andreas E. Savakis, Rochester, NY (US);

Stephen Etz, Venice, FL (US);

Assignee:

Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 ; B41B 1/500 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 ; B41B 1/500 ;
Abstract

In a method for varying one or more print attributes of a print made from a digital image, a print attribute value is computed for the digital image based on a determination of the degree of importance, interest or attractiveness of the image and the resulting print attribute value is used to control a print attribute of the print made from the image. The print attribute value is derived from an emphasis or appeal value, wherein an appeal value is an assessment of each image taken by itself and the emphasis value is an assessment of each image in relation to other images in a group. In a typical embodiment, the print attribute is either the number of prints made of the image, the size of a print made from the image, or the magnification factor used for the image.


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