Patent ID: 7876334
Filing Date: 2011-01-25
Classification: G06T,H04N

Abstract:
1. A digital photography system comprising: a mechanism for selecting at least one graphical object from a plurality of graphical objects; a mechanism for superimposing said selected at least one graphical object within a field of view of said digital photography system; a mechanism for manipulating said selected at least one graphical object within said field of view with relation to a subject in said field of view according to manipulation parameters that are set by a user before capturing an image of said field of view; a mechanism for capturing the image of said field of view to form a captured image of said field of view; a mechanism for storing the manipulated at least one graphical object separately from the captured image of said field of view, wherein the captured image of said field of view is stored with the manipulation parameters of the at least one graphical object; and a mechanism allowing a user to choose between displaying the captured image of said field of view and displaying a hybrid image including the manipulated at least one graphical object combined with the captured image of said field of view.