Method for orienting a digital image on a display of an image display device

• US 20040095498A1
• Filed: 11/19/2002
• Published: 05/20/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 11/19/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Monument Peak Ventures, LLC (Dominion Harbor Enterprises, LLC)
• Original Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
• Inventors: Woodworth, Duane A.
• Granted Patent: US 6,999,124 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/333.01
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04845 for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/631 Graphical user interfaces [GUI] specially adapted for controlling image capture or setting capture parameters

Abstract

A method of orienting a digital image for viewing on a display of a digital imaging device. The method comprises the steps of: accessing the digital image, the digital image being defined by a plurality of sides, each of the plurality of sides being substantially linear; displaying the digital image in a first orientation on the display of the digital imaging device, the display having a top edge; providing a selection member for selecting one of the plurality of sides; and automatically displaying the digital image in a second orientation responsive to the selecting of the one of the plurality of sides, the second orientation configured such that the selected one of the plurality of sides is disposed in a substantially horizontal orientation and is disposed closer to the top edge of the display than the other of the plurality of sides.

Claims

1. A method of orienting a digital image for viewing on a display of a digital imaging device, the method comprising the steps of:

(a) accessing the digital image, the digital image being defined by a plurality of sides, each of the plurality of sides being substantially linear;

(b) displaying the digital image in a first orientation on the display of the digital imaging device, the display having a top edge;

(c) providing selection means for selecting one of the plurality of sides; and

(d) automatically displaying the digital image in a second orientation responsive to the selecting of the one of the plurality of sides, the second orientation configured such that the selected one of the plurality of sides is disposed in a substantially horizontal orientation and is disposed closer to the top edge of the display than the other of the plurality of sides.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the digital image comprises four sides configured as a parallelogram.

3. A computer storage product having at least one computer storage medium having instructions stored therein causing one or more computers to perform the method of claim 1.

4. A method of orienting a digital image for viewing on a display of a digital imaging device, the digital image having a curved shape comprised of a plurality of portions, the method comprising the steps of:

accessing the digital image;

displaying the digital image in a first orientation on the display of the digital imaging device, the display having a top edge;

providing selection means for selecting one of the plurality of portions of the curved shape; and

automatically displaying the digital image in a second orientation responsive to the selecting of the one portion, the second orientation configured such that the selected one of the plurality of portions is disposed closest to the top edge of the display.

5. A method of orienting a digital image for viewing on a display of a digital imaging device, the boundary of the digital image being defined by a curved portion and a substantially linear portion, the method comprising the steps of:

accessing the digital image;

displaying the digital image in a first orientation on the display of the digital imaging device, the display having a top edge;

providing selection means for selecting the curved or linear portion;

determining whether the curved or linear portion was selected; and

automatically displaying the digital image in a second orientation responsive to the selecting of the curved or linear portion, the second orientation being configured such that (1) if the curved portion was selected, the selected curved portion being disposed closer to the top edge of the display than the linear portion, or (2) if the linear portion was selected, the selected linear portion being disposed in a substantially horizontal orientation and positioned closer to the top edge of the display than the curved portion.