Picture management method that simulates uses and operations of a physical photo album

• US 20030001879A1
• Filed: 06/28/2002
• Published: 01/02/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 06/29/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Inventec Corporation
• Original Assignee: Inventec Corporation
• Inventors: Sun, Jie, Wen, Sayling, Lin, Kuang-Shin
• Application Number:
  US10/183,154
• Publication Number:
  US 20030001879A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/716
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00408 Display of information to the user, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00416 Multi-level menus
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00424 using a list of graphical elements, e.g. icons or icon bar
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00429 using a navigation tree
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/0044 for image preview or review, e.g. to help the user position a sheet
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00474 outputting a plurality of functional options, e.g. scan, copy or print

Abstract

A picture management method that simulates uses and operations of a physical photo album is disclosed. It is a utility within an OS that can operate with different OS'"'"'s. A user can perform a desired operation with a single action using the UOI provided by the invention. Through browsing, copying, adding, deleting, and renaming functions for picture files, the invention achieves the goal of picture management. The disclosed method includes at least the steps of receiving a request signal from the user, analyzing the request signal through an album manager, and selecting a processing mode according to the request signal.

Claims

1. A picture management method simulating uses and operations of a physical photo album, which is used in a one-touch OS (Operating System) running on a computer controlled hardware platform to manage picture files where a user uses a UOI (User Operating Interface) to perform controls and an album manager to monitor procedures, the method comprising the steps of:

receiving a request signal from the user;

using the album manager to analyze the request signal; and

selecting a processing method according to the request signal.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the one-touch OS is an OS that enables a user to complete a function provided in the work group displayed in an interface generating module 150 in one action.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the work group is comprised of at least one function item.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the single action refers to the action that the user follows a selection menu generated by the UOI to perform controls using a basic I/O (Input/Output) device provided by the computer controlled hardware platform.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the basic I/O device is selected from the group comprising a keyboard, a mouse, a digital touch-control panel and a voice recognition system.

6. The method of claim 2, wherein the UOI generates at least one set of the work group.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the one-touch OS is able to operate with other different OS'"'"'s and the user determines to switch among the different OS'"'"'s.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the one-touch OS operates alone.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the computer controlled hardware platform is selected from the group comprising a PC (Personal Computer), an NB (Notebook), and a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant).

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of selecting a procedure according to the request signal includes the following function items:

BROWSE, ADD, COPY, DELETE, and RENAME.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein processing the request signal using the BROWSE function item further comprises the steps of:

Selecting a picture using the album manager according to the request signal;

producing a picture browsing list; and

displaying the contents of the picture browsing list on the UOI.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein processing the request signal using the ADD function item further comprises the steps of:

reading a complete recognizable picture using the album manager according to the request signal;

producing a original picture adding list; and

saving the original picture adding list to an existing picture list and displaying them on the UOI.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the complete recognizable picture is stored in an external storage medium.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein the existing picture list originally exists in an internal storage medium of the computer controlled hardware platform.

15. The method of claim 10, wherein processing the request signal using the COPY function item further comprises the steps of:

reading all pictures selected by the user using the album manager according to the request signal;

producing a target picture list; and

displaying the contents of an existing picture list and the target picture list on the UOI.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the target picture list is stored in a register.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein the existing picture list originally exists in an internal storage medium of the computer controlled hardware platform.

18. The method of claim 10, wherein processing the request signal using the DELETE function item further comprises the steps of:

deleting a designated picture using the album manager according to the request signal;

producing a new picture browsing list after the deletion; and

displaying the contents of the new picture browsing list on the UOI.

19. The method of claim 10, wherein processing the request signal using the COPY function item further produces an internal change request signal that includes:

an album title list rename request and a picture title list rename request.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the album title list rename request further comprises the steps of:

checking legitimacy of various parameter of the album title;

renaming the album title list;

automatically correcting a correction to an illegitimate album title; and

responding the user through the UOI.

21. The method of claim 19, wherein the picture title list rename request further comprises the steps of:

checking legitimacy of various parameter of the picture title;

responding the internal change request signal using the album manager;

automatically correcting a correction to an illegitimate album title; and

responding the user through the UOI.