Patent Document ID: 8922843
Application ID: 12914074
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. An imaging kiosk, comprising: a printer; a reader for reading machine-readable encoded frame-specification information located on an item selected from the group consisting of a picture frame package and a print-receivable medium, wherein the print-receivable medium is either adhered to the picture frame package or enclosed in the picture-frame package; and wherein the frame-specification information includes information directly specifying two or more image openings in the picture frame and a print size of two or more images; an image-acquisition device; and a computer system connected to the printer, the reader, and the image-acquisition device, the computer system including: circuitry for acquiring images with the image-acquisition device; circuitry for decoding the encoded frame-specification information directly from the machine-readable code; circuitry for rendering two or more acquired images onto a single printable medium according to the frame-specification information; and circuitry for printing the rendered printable medium on the printer to make a frame-matched multi-image print.