Method for arranging images in electronic documents on small devices
First Claim
1. A method of displaying digital images using an image display device, the method comprising the steps of:
- displaying a plurality of digital images on the display device;
dragging, across an electronic document on the display device, a digital image from the plurality of displayed digital images in response to a user'"'"'s designation;
making the plurality of displayed digital images partly transparent except for the dragged digital image while the digital image is dragged;
changing a display position of the dragged digital image according to a user operation; and
changing opacity properties of each of the plurality of displayed digital images other than the dragged digital image so that an opacity property of each of the plurality of displayed digital images other than the dragged digital image is restored to an opacity property possessed before the dragging commenced, the changing being performed once the dragging of the digital image across the electronic document is completed.
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Abstract
Methods (800), apparatuses (100), and computer readable storage mediums of arranging a digital image in one of several image receiving placeholders of an electronic photo album document are provided. The document is displayed (802) on a first virtual plane of a display on a display device. Digital images are displayed (804) on display; the digital images are arranged on a second virtual plane separate from first virtual plane. At least one of the digital images and document are partly transparent enabling the digital images and document to be contemporaneously visible. The second virtual plane extends beyond the boundary of display and can be panned on display device independently of document. A digital image is selected (806) from the displayed digital images; upon selection, the non-selected digital images are at least partly hidden so that the visibility of document on display device is increased. The selected digital image is arranged (808) in an image receiving placeholder.
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28 Claims
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1. A method of displaying digital images using an image display device, the method comprising the steps of:
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displaying a plurality of digital images on the display device; dragging, across an electronic document on the display device, a digital image from the plurality of displayed digital images in response to a user'"'"'s designation; making the plurality of displayed digital images partly transparent except for the dragged digital image while the digital image is dragged; changing a display position of the dragged digital image according to a user operation; and changing opacity properties of each of the plurality of displayed digital images other than the dragged digital image so that an opacity property of each of the plurality of displayed digital images other than the dragged digital image is restored to an opacity property possessed before the dragging commenced, the changing being performed once the dragging of the digital image across the electronic document is completed. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A display control apparatus comprising:
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a memory configured to store data and a computer program; and a processor unit coupled to the memory and configured to execute a computer program, the memory and the processor being configured to arrange digital images in an electronic photo album document using a display of a display device, the computer program comprising; code instructing the display of a plurality of the digital images on the display device; code instructing the dragging, across the electronic document on the display device, a digital image from the plurality of displayed digital images in response to a user'"'"'s designation; code instructing the making of the plurality of displayed digital images partly transparent except for the dragged digital image while the digital image is dragged; code instructing the changing of a display position of the dragged digital image according to a user operation; and code instructing the changing of opacity properties of each of the plurality of displayed digital images other than the dragged digital image so that an opacity property of each of the plurality of displayed digital images other than the dragged digital image, is restored to an opacity property possessed before the dragging commenced, the changing being performed once the dragging of the digital image across the electronic document is completed. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having recorded therein a computer executable program for directing a computer processor to perform a method of displaying digital images using an image display device, the method comprising the steps of:
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displaying a plurality of digital images on the display device; dragging, across an electronic document on the display device, a digital image from the plurality of displayed digital images in response to a user'"'"'s designation; making the plurality of displayed digital images partly transparent except for the dragged digital image while the digital image is being dragged; changing a display position of the dragged digital image according to a user operation; and changing opacity properties of each of the plurality of displayed digital images other than the dragged digital image so that an opacity property of each of the plurality of displayed digital images other than the dragged digital image, is restored to an opacity property possessed before the dragging commenced, the changing being performed once the dragging of the digital image across the electronic document is completed.
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