Shutterfly has patented a system for creating group composite images from individual photos, accounting for varying subject heights and zoom factors. A fiducial marking device emits light to mark subjects, allowing the camera to adjust pixel density and scale images accordingly. GlobalData’s report on Shutterfly gives a 360-degree view of the company including its patenting strategy. Buy the report here.
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According to GlobalData’s company profile on Shutterfly, AI for workflow management was a key innovation area identified from patents. Shutterfly's grant share as of March 2024 was 70%. Grant share is based on the ratio of number of grants to total number of patents.
Photographic system for group composite images with varying heights
A recently granted patent (Publication Number: US11972588B2) discloses a photographic system that includes a fiducial marking device with a fiducial light source emitting collimated light towards a subject. The system comprises a camera capturing background-illuminated, subject-illuminated, and fiducially marked images of the subject, along with a computing device generating a photography product using these images and values derived from the fiducial marker's location on the subject. The system's innovative approach involves processing the background-illuminated image based on the fiducial marker's pixel density and the subject's reference height, generating a mask, and applying it to the subject-illuminated image to create the final photography product.
Furthermore, the patent details additional features of the photographic system, such as capturing multiple background-illuminated images, utilizing different fiducial light sources, and coordinating the operation of subject lighting, background lighting, and the fiducial marking device through a controller. The system's controller synchronizes the illumination of the background and subject with image capture, ensuring the fiducially marked image is captured in conjunction with the background-illuminated image or independently. This comprehensive approach aims to enhance the photography process by integrating precise fiducial marking techniques with advanced image processing algorithms, resulting in high-quality photography products.
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