Patents by Inventor NATHANIEL P. CURRY
NATHANIEL P. CURRY has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20240046539Abstract: A method for generating a digital image collage is provided. The method includes accessing digital images stored in a memory; selecting first, second and third digital images; generating a first aperture in a collage template layout, and populating the first aperture with the first digital image; randomly dividing the first aperture into second and third apertures, populating the second and third apertures with the first and second digital images, respectively; randomly dividing the second aperture into fourth and fifth apertures, populating the third aperture with one of the three digital images, populating the fourth aperture with another of the three digital images, populating the fifth aperture with the remaining digital image, identifying one of the three digital images as a target digital image; and changing the size of the respective aperture associated with the target digital image so that the respective aperture includes a greatest aperture area.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2023Publication date: February 8, 2024Applicant: FUJIFILM North America CorporationInventors: William A. Fuss, Nathaniel P. Curry, Christopher T. Asbury
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Patent number: 11810232Abstract: A method for generating a digital image collage is provided. The method includes displaying a collage template on a user interface, wherein the collage template includes populating a plurality of randomly configured apertures with digital images; assigning a weight to each of the apertures based on an area of the apertures; and selecting a new digital image to add in the layout. In response to the user input command, comparing the weights assigned to the respective apertures in the layout to identify an aperture having the greatest weight among the apertures; randomly dividing the aperture having the greatest weight into two new apertures to change the layout to a different arrangement; and populating the two new apertures and the remaining undivided apertures among the plurality of apertures in the layout with the new selected digital image and the previously selected digital images, thereby generating the digital image collage.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2022Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: FUJIFILM North America CorporationInventors: William A. Fuss, Nathaniel P. Curry, Christopher T. Asbury
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Publication number: 20220366624Abstract: A method for generating a digital image collage is provided. The method includes displaying a collage template on a user interface, wherein the collage template includes populating a plurality of randomly configured apertures with digital images; assigning a weight to each of the apertures based on an area of the apertures; and selecting a new digital image to add in the layout. In response to the user input command, comparing the weights assigned to the respective apertures in the layout to identify an aperture having the greatest weight among the apertures; randomly dividing the aperture having the greatest weight into two new apertures to change the layout to a different arrangement; and populating the two new apertures and the remaining undivided apertures among the plurality of apertures in the layout with the new selected digital image and the previously selected digital images, thereby generating the digital image collage.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2022Publication date: November 17, 2022Applicant: FUJIFILM North America CorporationInventors: William A. Fuss, Nathaniel P. Curry, Christopher T. Asbury
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Patent number: 11450049Abstract: A system and method for generating a digital image collage is provided. The method comprises displaying a user interface comprising a collage template including a layout, and a catalog segment; displaying a plurality of digital images in the catalog segment; generating a first aperture in the layout to establish a first arrangement, and populating the first aperture with the first selected digital image; changing the layout from the first arrangement to a second arrangement, wherein the second arrangement comprises randomly dividing the first aperture into a second aperture and a third aperture, populating the second aperture with the first selected digital image, and populating the third aperture with the second selected digital image thereby generating the digital image collage.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2021Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: FUJIFILM North America CorporationInventors: William A. Fuss, Nathaniel P. Curry, Christopher T. Asbury
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Publication number: 20210142544Abstract: A system and method for generating a digital image collage is provided. The method comprises displaying a user interface comprising a collage template including a layout, and a catalog segment; displaying a plurality of digital images in the catalog segment; generating a first aperture in the layout to establish a first arrangement, and populating the first aperture with the first selected digital image; changing the layout from the first arrangement to a second arrangement, wherein the second arrangement comprises randomly dividing the first aperture into a second aperture and a third aperture, populating the second aperture with the first selected digital image, and populating the third aperture with the second selected digital image thereby generating the digital image collage.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2021Publication date: May 13, 2021Applicant: FUJIFILM North America CorporationInventors: William A. Fuss, Nathaniel P. Curry, Christopher T. Asbury
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Patent number: 10902656Abstract: A system and method for generating a digital image collage is provided. The method comprises displaying a user interface comprising a collage template including a layout, and a catalog segment; displaying a plurality of digital images in the catalog segment; generating a first aperture in the layout to establish a first arrangement, and populating the first aperture with the first selected digital image; changing the layout from the first arrangement to a second arrangement, wherein the second arrangement comprises randomly dividing the first aperture into a second aperture and a third aperture, populating the second aperture with the first selected digital image, and populating the third aperture with the second selected digital image thereby generating the digital image collage.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2017Date of Patent: January 26, 2021Assignee: FUJIFILM North America CorporationInventors: William A. Fuss, Nathaniel P. Curry, Christopher T Asbury
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Publication number: 20170249767Abstract: A system and method for generating a digital image collage is provided. The method comprises displaying a user interface comprising a collage template including a layout, and a catalog segment; displaying a plurality of digital images in the catalog segment; generating a first aperture in the layout to establish a first arrangement, and populating the first aperture with the first selected digital image; changing the layout from the first arrangement to a second arrangement, wherein the second arrangement comprises randomly dividing the first aperture into a second aperture and a third aperture, populating the second aperture with the first selected digital image, and populating the third aperture with the second selected digital image thereby generating the digital image collage.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2017Publication date: August 31, 2017Applicant: FUJIFILM North America CorporationInventors: WILLIAM A. FUSS, NATHANIEL P. CURRY, CHRISTOPHER T. ASBURY