Patent Document ID: 9838661
Application ID: 14292267
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A method of photographing a subject, the method comprising: capturing a digital photograph of a subject and a photographic scene with a digital camera when the subject is arranged between the digital camera and the photographic scene, the photographic scene having a background scene and a floor scene, at least a portion of the floor scene having a static detectable pattern thereon; and processing the digital photograph at least in part by automatically detecting the detectable pattern in the digital photograph, to distinguish the subject from the photographic scene in the digital photograph, wherein the floor scene has a forward end arranged close to the digital camera and a rearward end arranged away from the digital camera; and wherein the detectable pattern includes a plurality of dots spaced apart at distances, the plurality of dots and the distances being dimensioned to gradually change from the forward end of the floor scene to the rearward end of the floor scene to have consistent dimensions when captured by the digital camera.