End-user-navigable set of zoomed-in images derived from a high-resolution master image
First Claim
1. A method of creating an interactive visual medium comprising:
- providing an image at a first resolution;
causing to be produced a first presentation data representing of the image at a second resolution, wherein the second resolution is lower than the first resolution;
causing to be produced a second presentation data comprising a representation of a portion of the image at a third resolution higher than the second resolution;
causing to be produced logical data linking the first and second presentation data; and
causing the logical data and the first and second presentation data to be placed on the interactive visual medium.
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Abstract
The invention relates generally to improvements in systems used in the development (“authoring”) of interactive visual media. More particularly, the invention relates to (a) the automatic or semi-automatic generation of a set of files representing “zoomed-in” sections of a master high-resolution image file, and (b) the automatic or semi-automatic generation of the logical data required to allow navigation of the generated files by an end-user of an interactive visual medium, including but not limited to such optical disc formats as DVD-Video, DVD-Audio, Video CD, and Super Video CD, as well as media hosted by a server and delivered over a network.
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37 Claims
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1. A method of creating an interactive visual medium comprising:
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providing an image at a first resolution;
causing to be produced a first presentation data representing of the image at a second resolution, wherein the second resolution is lower than the first resolution;
causing to be produced a second presentation data comprising a representation of a portion of the image at a third resolution higher than the second resolution;
causing to be produced logical data linking the first and second presentation data; and
causing the logical data and the first and second presentation data to be placed on the interactive visual medium. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method of creating content for an interactive visual medium comprising:
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receiving an image at a first resolution;
forming a first presentation data representing of the image at a second resolution, wherein the second resolution is lower than the first resolution;
forming a second presentation data comprising a representation of a portion of the image at a third resolution higher than the second resolution; and
forming logical data linking the first and second presentation data, wherein the logical data and first and second presentation data are encoded in the format of the interactive visual medium. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. An interactive visual medium having content comprising:
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a first presentation data representing an image at a first resolution;
a second presentation data comprising a representation of a portion of the image at a second resolution higher than the first resolution; and
logical data linking the first and second presentation data. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. An interactive visual medium having content in a format, comprising:
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data representing an image at a first resolution native to the format; and
data representing one or more zoom sequences of the image at a resolution higher than the highest resolution native to the format through which a user may navigate.
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