IES20020941A2 - A bakery industry system for personalising printable images for cakes - Google Patents

A bakery industry system for personalising printable images for cakes

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IES20020941A2
IES20020941A2 IES20020941A IES20020941A2 IE S20020941 A2 IES20020941 A2 IE S20020941A2 IE S20020941 A IES20020941 A IE S20020941A IE S20020941 A2 IES20020941 A2 IE S20020941A2
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Hugh Fraser Nohilly
Paul Patrick Coyle
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Hugh Fraser Nohilly
Paul Patrick Coyle
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Priority to IES20020941 priority Critical patent/IES20020941A2/en
Priority to PCT/IE2003/000163 priority patent/WO2004049809A2/en
Priority to AU2003292496A priority patent/AU2003292496A1/en
Priority to IE20030910A priority patent/IE20030910A1/en
Publication of IES20020941A2 publication Critical patent/IES20020941A2/en

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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A21—BAKING; EDIBLE DOUGHS
    • A21C—MACHINES OR EQUIPMENT FOR MAKING OR PROCESSING DOUGHS; HANDLING BAKED ARTICLES MADE FROM DOUGH
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A21—BAKING; EDIBLE DOUGHS
    • A21C—MACHINES OR EQUIPMENT FOR MAKING OR PROCESSING DOUGHS; HANDLING BAKED ARTICLES MADE FROM DOUGH
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    • A23—FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; TREATMENT THEREOF, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
    • A23G—COCOA; COCOA PRODUCTS, e.g. CHOCOLATE; SUBSTITUTES FOR COCOA OR COCOA PRODUCTS; CONFECTIONERY; CHEWING GUM; ICE-CREAM; PREPARATION THEREOF
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A23—FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; TREATMENT THEREOF, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
    • A23G—COCOA; COCOA PRODUCTS, e.g. CHOCOLATE; SUBSTITUTES FOR COCOA OR COCOA PRODUCTS; CONFECTIONERY; CHEWING GUM; ICE-CREAM; PREPARATION THEREOF
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    • G06Q—INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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    • H04N1/00127—Connection or combination of a still picture apparatus with another apparatus, e.g. for storage, processing or transmission of still picture signals or of information associated with a still picture
    • H04N1/00204—Connection or combination of a still picture apparatus with another apparatus, e.g. for storage, processing or transmission of still picture signals or of information associated with a still picture with a digital computer or a digital computer system, e.g. an internet server
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    • H04N2201/32—Circuits or arrangements for control or supervision between transmitter and receiver or between image input and image output device, e.g. between a still-image camera and its memory or between a still-image camera and a printer device
    • H04N2201/3201—Display, printing, storage or transmission of additional information, e.g. ID code, date and time or title
    • H04N2201/3225—Display, printing, storage or transmission of additional information, e.g. ID code, date and time or title of data relating to an image, a page or a document
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N2201/00—Indexing scheme relating to scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, and to details thereof
    • H04N2201/32—Circuits or arrangements for control or supervision between transmitter and receiver or between image input and image output device, e.g. between a still-image camera and its memory or between a still-image camera and a printer device
    • H04N2201/3201—Display, printing, storage or transmission of additional information, e.g. ID code, date and time or title
    • H04N2201/3274—Storage or retrieval of prestored additional information
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Abstract

A bakery industry system and process for personalising printable images for cakes, using a screen, a cake-shape selection area, an area for placing a chosen image in an image-editing area, allowing individual editing of the image on the screen, an area for adding customer details, a database storing a) the images to be printed, b) the customer details, and c) customs orders, and an administration area for seeing the database and for printing the images. The system may include a database at a central location.

Description

Something to note - All our graphics are illustrations (ie. done by hand), and are of the highest quality. Also our printing is of a very high quality.
This application has been designed for the bakery industry, specifically the cake making industry. It is designed to allow individual editing of images to personalize printing high quality images on cakes.
A database resides behind the application enabling the potential to store customer orders and details at a central location.
The main Areas and processes are as follows: To begin with is a picture and by clicking on this graphic you can go to Area 1 (below). Hidden on the picture is a part that can also bring you to an admin Section, as I will now briefly explain.
Admin - This area allows you to see the database, from which you can print off the images for the day. - when you try to enter the admin section a keypad shows up, and you need to enter the correct code to gain entry - You can go to a date of your choice. Any images not printed already are indicated with a green circle, any already done have a red ball.
- When you decide to print an image, a preview screen is brought up. Here you can change the printer settings. You also have three options for the image quality. (Some images look better with certain settings). Then you can simply print off the image, and you are brought back to the main admin area, and the image entry will have the red ball (ie. printed) - In the admin you can also change setting for the scanner and database if necessary (ie. Where the database is stored, and if there are multiple scanners you can choose the right one) You can also change the admin code if necessary.
Area 1 - Adding customer details.
- Here we take in the customer details for the database that can be used for possible delivery.
- Mainly we have a touch screen keyboard, with all necessary tetters and numbers, and also a symbol button which gives extended characters.
- Running through in a wizard fashion, you enter the details, and at the end of this process you have the option to make any changes.
- You simply continue from here to Area 2.
Area 2 - You can choose either a round or a rectangular cake Area 3 - This area is where most of the image editing is done, and it moves through a series of stages to split up and simplify different processes for the editing in a wizard like fashion, It is designed to resemble a bakery to give the feel of making your own cake from scratch! Area 4 - Scan / Crop area you can: liTOL ....... , £.:JNLNol.
OPEN TO PUBL’C INSPECTION UNDER SECTION 28 ANC RULE 23 I A, Α λε ΙΕ ί!2 - Scan an image into the application, first with a very low resolution for high speed - Crop the image by drag selecting the area you want to use for the cake - You can change the colours of the image to be full Colour or Grayscale - You can increase and decrease the area you selected using + /- buttons - You can cancel all changes by rescanning the image very quickly - When you have decided on the area and other options and want to continue, the application rescans the area with all the chosen settings, to give a high resolution image, and places this image in the image editing section(Area 2) of the application. The image automatically Centres and resizises to fit the work area.
Area 5 - Image Library - If you want to use a premade image, you can enter the image library and simply select the image you want to use. The library has different sections of images ie.Christmas, Birthday etc. to give a full range of images for every occasion. Again the image automatically Centres and resizises to fit the work area.
Area 6 - Border Library -You can now add a border to your image by clicking the border button. Again there is a library of borders to choose from for every occasion. When you select a border, it is placed on top of the main image. It has the same Layout as the Image library to minimize confusion - If you do not want the border when you see it on the image, you can remove it simply by hitting a no border button Once you have gotten past Area 5, we now go back into Area 2 to continue The image editing. The following are the processes involved in this Area.
- Before continuing from the Image choosing Section (from where you can scan or choose your image), you can - Brighten or Darken your image by using 2 simple buttons, with a third button there for canceling any changes you made - Go back to choosing the shape of the cake. This will erase any work you may have done so far - Or you can continue.........
- By hitting the continue button (A Green Arrow!) the previous options are replaced with the next set, including - Increase and Decrease image size. So the image you are using can be blown up as big or small as you want.
- Rotate the image to any degree, using a clockwise and anti-clockwise buttons - Move the image to any part of the work area with a set of Arrows - Again you can go back to the previous set of options, but this will erase any work you have done after you continued from the first set of options.
- Or you can continue.........
- By continuing again, we arrive at the Text Area. On arriving you have 2 options - You can hit a Text Button, which takes you to Area 7 (see below) - You can hit the Preview Button which takes you to Area 8(see Below) Area 7 - Text Creating area - This is an area with a Touch screen Keyboard, allowing the user to add whatever caption they want to the cake very easily.
- Along with all the numbers and letters of a normal keyboard, there is also a Symbol button, which allows the user to add all the extended characters.
- There is also a Caption Library with premade captions for all occasions.
- Here you can make the text Bold, Italic or Underlined, or all three - You can clear any text if you simply don't want to bother with it - If you have added text, when you continue, you return to the main area (Area 3), but with a few more options for changing the new text around (see Below).
- (Continued!!) If you have added text, you will now have the following additional options - You can change the font of the Text. When you hit the button a screen appears with lots of different font types - You can change the colour of the Text. When you hit this button a palette of 20 or so colours appears at the bottom of the screen, and simply pressing the colour you want changes the text colour.
- You can increase or decrease the size of the Text using + /- buttons - You can rotate the text to any angle using clockwise and anti-clockwise buttons - You can add shadow to the Text. When you hit this button the colour palette appears again, and you can choose the colour of the Text Shadow - You can also remove the text shadow - You can move the Text around the work area with the same arrows as used when moving the image around - Obviously you still have the option of the Preview, and once you have finished Editing the Text, since this is the last process to go through, you can now hit the Preview button to bring you to Area 8 (see Below) Area 8 - Cake Preview IE 0 2 Ο 9 4 j - Here you can see your cake as big as is possible, along with ail the details you entered in Area .
- From here you can return to either editing your details which takes you back to Area But when you finish this time you are taken straight back to here.
- You can hit the Cancel button, which takes you back to the previous editing process to make more changes - Or you can Continue which will finish the cake making process for now!!!!!!!!!!!

Claims (5)

1. A bakery industry system for personalising printable images for cakes, comprising: a screen, a cake-shape selection area, an area for placing a chosen image in an image-editing area, allowing individual editing of the image on the user screen, an area for adding customer details, a database storing a) the images to be printed, b) the customer details, and c) customer orders, an administration area for seeing the database and for printing the images.
2. The system of claim 1 which provides for resizing the image, or a selected area of an image, to fit the work area of the selected cake-shape.
3. The system of claim 1 or 2 wherein the database stores the day on which an image is to be printed.
4. A bakery industry process for personalizing images for cakes by use of a screen, comprising: selecting a cake-shape for which the image is intended, placing an image in an image-editing area on the screen, using the application to individually edit the image, adding customer details, storing the image in a database together with the customer details, and printing the image.
5. A bakery industry system or process substantially as described herein.
IES20020941 2002-12-04 2002-12-04 A bakery industry system for personalising printable images for cakes IES20020941A2 (en)

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IES20020941 IES20020941A2 (en) 2002-12-04 2002-12-04 A bakery industry system for personalising printable images for cakes
PCT/IE2003/000163 WO2004049809A2 (en) 2002-12-04 2003-12-04 A system and process for personalising images for cakes
AU2003292496A AU2003292496A1 (en) 2002-12-04 2003-12-04 A system and process for personalising images for cakes
IE20030910A IE20030910A1 (en) 2002-12-04 2003-12-04 A system and process for personalised images for cakes

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