Image handling to select a subject of an image to display and conceal a remainder of the image

• US 10,643,361 B2
• Filed: 02/28/2018
• Issued: 05/05/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 02/28/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions, Inc. (Kyocera Corporation)
• Original Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions, Inc. (Kyocera Corporation)
• Inventors: Sahagun, Allan, Holmes, Christian
• Primary Examiner(s): Sheng, Xin
• Application Number:
  US15/908,717
• Publication Number:
  US 20190266768A1
• Time in Patent Office: 797 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/60 Editing figures and text; Combining figures or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2210/22 Cropping
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 3/40 Scaling of whole images or parts thereof, e.g. expanding or contracting

Abstract

System and method relating generally to an electronic device are described. In such a method, content is accessed by the electronic device to display the accessed content on at least a portion of a screen. At least one original dimension of the accessed content is determined to exceed at least one threshold dimension corresponding thereto in order to display the accessed content with the at least one original dimension on at least the portion of the screen. Responsive to a determination that the at least one original dimension exceeds the at least one threshold dimension, a subset of the accessed content is obtained with subset dimensions thereof each less than or equal to corresponding display region dimensions including the at least one threshold dimension to display the subset on at least the portion of the screen. The subset is displayed on at least the portion of the screen.

Claims

1. A method for an electronic device, comprising:

accessing content by the electronic device to display the accessed content on a portion of a screen;

determining at least one original dimension of the accessed content exceeds at least one threshold dimension corresponding thereto in order to display the accessed content with the at least one original dimension on the portion of the screen;

responsive to the determining of the at least one original dimension exceeding the at least one threshold dimension, obtaining a subset of the accessed content with subset dimensions thereof each less than or equal to corresponding display region dimensions including the at least one threshold dimension to display the subset on the portion of the screen;

displaying the subset on the portion of the screen;

wherein the accessed content is an entirety of an image stored in the electronic device having attributes indicating original dimensions of the image;

wherein the subset is a cropped portion of the image displayed with the subset dimensions thereof being for an original size of the subset as in the accessed content with a remainder of the image as a peripheral subject matter dynamically concealed responsive to available display area of the portion of the screen allotted to display an object subject matter of the image;

selecting the subset from a plurality of subsets of the accessed content each having a same aspect ratio and a same resolution;

wherein the plurality of subsets have progressively less subject matter corresponding to progressively smaller sizes of contents constituting the plurality of subsets;

wherein the accessed content includes metadata regarding the object subject matter of the subset to be displayed with different sets of metadata for each of the plurality of subsets for the dynamic concealment; and

wherein the plurality of subsets have corresponding original sizes as in the accessed content for the progressively smaller sizes of contents.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the object subject matter of each of the plurality of subsets is in each of the plurality of the subsets.

3. The method according to claim 2, further comprising:

selecting the subset from the plurality of subsets having the largest one of the original sizes most closely capable of fitting within a window having the display region dimensions; and

rendering the subset for the displaying within the window on the screen.

4. The method according to claim 3, further comprising interrogating the accessed content to obtain the subset dimensions thereof from the metadata provided with the accessed content.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the electronic device is a mobile phone or a printer having the screen.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein:

the electronic device is a printer having the screen;

the subset is a window cropped portion of the image displayed on the screen with the subset dimensions thereof being for an original size of the subset as in the accessed content; and

the subset displayed on the screen is selectable for printing the cropped portion of the image.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein:

the electronic device is a printer having the screen;

the subset is a window cropped portion of the image displayed on the screen with the subset dimensions thereof being for an original size of the subset as in the accessed content; and

the subset displayed on the screen is selectable for printing the entirety of the image.

8. A method for display of content, comprising:

querying a database, by a programmed computing device, to obtain the content as an entirety of an image for storing in an electronic device and for displaying on a portion of a screen of the electronic device;

cropping, by the programmed computing device, the content to select a subject thereof to provide a plurality of subsets of the content;

defining attributes, by the programmed computing device, for each of the plurality of subsets;

encoding, by the programmed computing device, each of the plurality of subsets of the content with the attributes corresponding thereto as sets of metadata; and

wherein;

each of the sets of metadata includes dimensions of each corresponding set of the plurality of subsets and corresponding information regarding the subject;

each of the sets of metadata include an object subject matter and a peripheral subject matter for the subject with differences thereof corresponding to differences in the plurality of subsets;

the dimensions for each of the sets of metadata for the plurality of subsets is for display of a subset thereof in a window on the portion of the screen to have an original size thereof as in the content with a remainder of the content as the peripheral subject matter dynamically concealed responsive to available display area of the portion of the screen allotted to display the object subject matter of the content;

the window has at least one dimension smaller than a corresponding original dimension of the content for a same orientation; and

the subset has a same aspect ratio and a same resolution as obtained from the content.

9. The method according to claim 8, wherein the window is for a web browser, a text message or an email application executed on the electronic device for the display of the subset in the window.

10. The method according to claim 9, wherein the dimensions of the subset include a height attribute and a width attribute of the attributes.

11. The method according to claim 10, wherein the window is for a split screen region of the screen.

12. A system of an electronic device, comprising:

a memory configured to store program code; and

a processor coupled to the memory, wherein the processor, in response to executing the program code, is configured to initiate operations for implementing displaying a subset of content on a portion of a screen of the electronic device, the operations including;

accessing content by the electronic device to display the accessed content on a portion of a screen;

determining at least one original dimension of the accessed content exceeds at least one threshold dimension corresponding thereto in order to display the accessed content with the at least one original dimension on the portion of the screen;

responsive to the determining of the at least one original dimension exceeding the at least one threshold dimension, obtaining a subset of the accessed content with subset dimensions thereof each less than or equal to corresponding display region dimensions including the at least one threshold dimension to display the subset on the portion of the screen;

displaying the subset on the portion of the screen with a remainder of the accessed content as a peripheral subject matter dynamically concealed responsive to available display area of the portion of the screen allotted to display an object subject matter of the accessed content;

wherein the accessed content is an entirety of an image stored in the electronic device having attributes indicating original dimensions of the image;

wherein the subset is a cropped portion of the image displayed with the subset dimensions thereof being for an original size of the subset as in the accessed content;

wherein the accessed content includes metadata regarding the object subject matter of the subset to be displayed with different sets of metadata for each of a plurality of subsets for the dynamic concealment;

interrogating the accessed content to obtain the subset dimensions thereof as metadata provided with the accessed content;

selecting the subset from a plurality of subsets of the accessed content each having a same aspect ratio and a same resolution;

the plurality of subsets having progressively less subject matter corresponding to progressively smaller sizes of contents constituting the plurality of subsets; and

the plurality of subsets having corresponding original sizes as in the accessed content though for the progressively smaller sizes of contents.

13. The system according to claim 12, wherein the operations further comprise:

selecting the subset from any one of the plurality of subsets having the largest one of the original sizes most closely capable of fitting within a window having the region dimensions; and

rendering the subset for the displaying within the window on the screen.