Automated Digital Photo Collage |
Pseudocode |
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| 1 | Creation of base image |
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| 1a | Image captured from camera |
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| 1b | Image saved to disk as base_image |
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| 1c | base_image displayed on screen. |
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| 1d | Wait.** |
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| 2 | Creation of layered image 1 |
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| 2a | Image captured from camera |
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| 2b | Save image as image_1_temp |
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| 2c | image_1_temp compared to base_image, all pixels of image_1_temp that match* the corresponding pixels in base_image are deleted. |
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| 2d | Remaining pixels from image_1_temp are layered over base_image. |
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| 2e | Image saved to disk as image_1_time_date |
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| 2f | image_1_time_date displayed on screen.
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| 2g | Wait.** |
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| 3 | Creation of layered image 2 |
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| 3a | Image captured from camera |
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| 3b | Save image as image_2_temp |
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| 3c | image_2_temp compared to base_image, all pixels of image_2_temp that match* the corresponding pixels in base_image are deleted. |
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| 3d | Remaining pixels from image_2_temp are layered over image_1_time_date. |
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| 3e | Image saved to disk as image_2_time_date |
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| 3f | image_2_time_date displayed on screen. |
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| 3g | Wait.** |
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| 3 | Creation of layered image 3 |
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| 3a | Image captured from camera. |
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| 3b | Save image as image_3_temp. |
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| 3c | image_3_temp compared to base_image, all pixels of image_3_temp that match* the corresponding pixels in base_image are deleted. |
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| 3d | Remaining pixels from image_3_temp are layered over image_2_time_date. |
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| 3e | Image saved to disk as image_3_time_date |
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| 3f | image_3_time_date displayed on screen. |
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| 3g | Wait.** |
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| 5 | Creation of layered image 3...5a - 5g |
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| 6 | Creation of layered image 4.. 6a - 6g |
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| 7 | Creation of layered image 5..7 a - 7g |
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| 8 | Clear screen |
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| 9 | Erase base_image |
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| 10 | Repeat from step 1 |
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*Matching pixels may need some leeway to make sure slightly changing light conditions and oter subtle changes do not get read as non-matching.
**Wait time can be variable - in the range of 3 to 7 seconds.
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