Method and system for conducting image processing from a mobile client device
First Claim
1. An image processing system comprising:
- (a) a client device including a limited display having a resolution less than VGA and a bit depth less than 24 bits for displaying a low resolution digital image and image processing operation indicators, an operator interface for user input, a CPU and a memory, the CPU being capable of running a limited client image processing program, and a first communication port;
(b) an image processing server for performing an image processing operation on a high definition image stored at the image processing server, for producing a low resolution version of the image for display on the limited display of the client device, and for producing image processing operation indicators indicating a particular image processing operation, the image processing server including a second communication port and being responsive to remote user inputs to produce a processed digital image; and
(c) a limited bandwidth mobile communication network connectable with the first and second communication ports for transmitting the low resolution image and the image processing operation indicators from the image processing server to the client device and transmitting remote user inputs from the client device to the image processing server.
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Abstract
An image processing system includes a client device including a limited display having a resolution less than VGA and a bit depth less than 24 bits for displaying a low resolution digital image and image processing operation indicators, an operator interface for user input, a CPU and a memory, the CPU being capable of running a limited client image processing program, and a first communication port; an image processing server for performing an image processing operation on a high definition image stored at the image processing server, for producing a low resolution version of the image for display on the limited display of the client device, and for producing image processing operation indicators indicating a particular image processing operation, the image processing server including a second communication port and being responsive to remote user inputs to produce a processed digital image; and a limited bandwidth mobile communication network connectable with the first and second communication ports for transmitting the low resolution image and the image processing operation indicators from the image processing server to the client device and transmitting remote user inputs from the client device to the image processing server.
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34 Claims
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1. An image processing system comprising:
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(a) a client device including a limited display having a resolution less than VGA and a bit depth less than 24 bits for displaying a low resolution digital image and image processing operation indicators, an operator interface for user input, a CPU and a memory, the CPU being capable of running a limited client image processing program, and a first communication port;
(b) an image processing server for performing an image processing operation on a high definition image stored at the image processing server, for producing a low resolution version of the image for display on the limited display of the client device, and for producing image processing operation indicators indicating a particular image processing operation, the image processing server including a second communication port and being responsive to remote user inputs to produce a processed digital image; and
(c) a limited bandwidth mobile communication network connectable with the first and second communication ports for transmitting the low resolution image and the image processing operation indicators from the image processing server to the client device and transmitting remote user inputs from the client device to the image processing server. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A method of conducting image processing from a client device having a limited display and limited image processing power, comprising the steps of:
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(a) providing a client device including a limited display having a resolution less than VGA and a bit depth less than 24 bits for displaying a low resolution digital image and image processing operation indicators, an operator interface for user input, a CPU and a memory, the CPU being capable of running a limited client image processing application, and a first communication port;
(b) providing an image processing server for performing an image processing operation on a high resolution image stored at the image processing server, for producing a low resolution version of the image for display on the limited display of the client device, and for producing image processing operation indicators indicating a particular image processing operation, the image processing server including a second communication port and being responsive to remote user inputs to produce a processed digital image;
(c) producing a low resolution version of the image, a processed high resolution digital image, and a low-resolution preview image representing the effect of the image processing operation in the image processing server;
(d) transmitting the low resolution version of the image along with image processing operation indicators to the client device over a limited bandwidth mobile communication network and displaying the low resolution version of the image and the image processing operation indicators on the client device;
(e) using the displayed image processing operation indicators and the operator interface to request a preview image and transmitting the preview image to the client device;
(f) displaying the preview image on the display of the client device;
(g) using the operator interface to obtain user feedback and transmitting the user feedback to the client device; and
(h) producing a final processed high resolution image on the image processing server in response to the user feedback. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34)
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