Editing and browsing images for virtual cameras

• US 20040114176A1
• Filed: 12/17/2002
• Published: 06/17/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 12/17/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Thorson, Derral Charles, Bodin, William Kress
• Application Number:
  US10/322,058
• Publication Number:
  US 20040114176A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 358/1.15
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/60 Editing figures and text; Combining figures or text
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00132 in a digital photofinishing system, i.e. a system where digital photographic images undergo typical photofinishing processing, e.g. printing ordering

Abstract

Digital imaging including creating, in a virtual camera, an unedited image request for an unedited digital image; editing the unedited image request, producing an edited image request for an edited image; communicating the edited image request to a web site for imaging for virtual cameras; receiving in the virtual camera, the edited digital image from the web site; and displaying the edited digital image on a display device of a user interface of the virtual camera. Digital imaging including identifying a browsing image request data element from among image request data elements of an image request data structure; and creating, in dependence upon the identified browsing image request data element, a multiplicity of image requests for digital images, wherein values of the browsing image request data elements vary among the image requests.

Claims

1. A method of digital imaging, the method comprising:

creating, in a virtual camera, an unedited image request for an unedited digital image;

editing the unedited image request, producing an edited image request for an edited image;

communicating the edited image request to a web site for imaging for virtual cameras;

receiving, in the virtual camera, the edited digital image from the web site; and

displaying the edited digital image on a display device of a user interface of the virtual camera.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

communicating, from the virtual camera to the web site for imaging for virtual cameras, the unedited image request for an unedited digital image;

receiving, in the virtual camera, the unedited digital image from the web site; and

displaying the unedited digital image on the display device of the virtual camera.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein editing the unedited image request further comprises displaying unedited image request data elements on the display device and receiving edited image request data elements from a data entry device of the user interface.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the image requests comprise image request data elements including location coordinates, view direction, date, time, zoom, and exposure.

5. A method of digital imaging, the method comprising:

identifying a browsing image request data element from among image request data elements of an image request data structure;

creating, in dependence upon the identified browsing image request data element, a multiplicity of image requests for digital images, wherein each image request comprises an instance of the image request data structure having image request data elements one of which is identified as the browsing image request data element and values of the browsing image request data elements vary among the image requests;

communicating each image request from a virtual camera to a web site for imaging for virtual cameras;

receiving, in the virtual camera, each digital image from the web site; and

displaying each digital image on a display device of the virtual camera.

6. The method of claim 5 further comprising:

identifying a browsing range of values for the browsing image request data element;

identifying one or more browsing interval values in the browsing range for the browsing image request data element;

wherein creating a multiplicity of image requests further comprises creating, for each browsing interval value in the browsing range, an image request, wherein each image request has a browsing image request data element set to a browsing interval value.

7. The method of claim 5 further comprising identifying a browsing rate, wherein communicating each image request from a virtual camera to a web site for imaging for virtual cameras is carried out in dependence upon the browsing rate.

8. The method of claim 5 further comprising receiving at least one ‘

next-image’

command, each ‘

next-image’

command representing an instruction to browse to a next digital image, wherein communicating each image request from a virtual camera to a web site for imaging for virtual cameras further comprises communicating each image request only after receiving a ‘

next-image’

command.

9. A virtual camera comprising:

means for creating, in the virtual camera, an unedited image request for an unedited digital image;

means for editing the unedited image request, producing an edited image request for an edited image;

means for communicating the edited image request to a web site for imaging for virtual cameras;

means for receiving, in the virtual camera, the edited digital image from the web site; and

means for displaying the edited digital image on a display device of a user interface of the virtual camera.

10. The virtual camera of claim 9 further comprising:

means for communicating, from the virtual camera to the web site for imaging for virtual cameras, the unedited image request for an unedited digital image;

means for receiving, in the virtual camera, the unedited digital image from the web site; and

means for displaying the unedited digital image on the display device of the virtual camera.

11. The virtual camera of claim 9 wherein means for editing the unedited image request further comprises means for displaying unedited image request data elements on the display device and means for receiving edited image request data elements from a data entry device of the user interface.

12. The virtual camera of claim 9 wherein the image requests comprise image request data elements including location coordinates, view direction, date, time, zoom, and exposure.

13. A virtual camera comprising:

means for identifying a browsing image request data element from among image request data elements of an image request data structure;

means for creating, in dependence upon the identified browsing image request data element, a multiplicity of image requests for digital images, wherein each image request comprises an instance of the image request data structure having image request data elements one of which is identified as the browsing image request data element and values of the browsing image request data elements vary among the image requests;

means for communicating each image request from a virtual camera to a web site for imaging for virtual cameras;

means for receiving, in the virtual camera, each digital image from the web site; and

means for displaying each digital image on a display device of the virtual camera.

14. The virtual camera of claim 13 further comprising:

means for identifying a browsing range of values for the browsing image request data element;

means for identifying one or more browsing interval values in the browsing range for the browsing image request data element;

wherein means for creating a multiplicity of image requests further comprises means for creating, for each browsing interval value in the browsing range, an image request, wherein each image request has a browsing image request data element set to a browsing interval value.

15. The virtual camera of claim 13 further comprising means for identifying a browsing rate, wherein means for communicating each image request from a virtual camera to a web site for imaging for virtual cameras functions in dependence upon the browsing rate.

16. The virtual camera of claim 13 further comprising means for receiving at least one ‘

next-image’

command, each ‘

next-image’

command representing an instruction to browse to a next digital image, wherein means for communicating each image request from a virtual camera to a web site for imaging for virtual cameras further comprises means for communicating each image request only after receiving a ‘

next-image’

command.

17. A computer program product for digital imaging, the computer program product comprising:

a recording medium;

means, recorded on the recording medium, for creating, in the virtual camera, an unedited image request for an unedited digital image;

means, recorded on the recording medium, for editing the unedited image request, producing an edited image request for an edited image;

means, recorded on the recording medium, for communicating the edited image request to a web site for imaging for virtual cameras;

means, recorded on the recording medium, for receiving, in the virtual camera, the edited digital image from the web site; and

means, recorded on the recording medium, for displaying the edited digital image on a display device of a user interface of the virtual camera.

18. The computer program product of claim 17 further comprising:

means, recorded on the recording medium, for communicating, from the virtual camera to the web site for imaging for virtual cameras, the unedited image request for an unedited digital image;

means, recorded on the recording medium, for receiving, in the virtual camera, the unedited digital image from the web site; and

means, recorded on the recording medium, for displaying the unedited digital image on the display device of the virtual camera.

19. The computer program product of claim 17 wherein means for editing the unedited image request further comprises means, recorded on the recording medium, for displaying unedited image request data elements on the display device and means, recorded on the recording medium, for receiving edited image request data elements from a data entry device of the user interface.

20. The computer program product of claim 17 wherein the image requests comprise image request data elements including location coordinates, view direction, date, time, zoom, and exposure.

21. A computer program product for digital imaging, the computer program product comprising:

a recording medium;

means, recorded on the recording medium, for identifying a browsing image request data element from among image request data elements of an image request data structure;

means, recorded on the recording medium, for creating, in dependence upon the identified browsing image request data element, a multiplicity of image requests for digital images, wherein each image request comprises an instance of the image request data structure having image request data elements one of which is identified as the browsing image request data element and values of the browsing image request data elements vary among the image requests;

means, recorded on the recording medium, for communicating each image request from a virtual camera to a web site for imaging for virtual cameras;

means, recorded on the recording medium, for receiving, in the virtual camera, each digital image from the web site; and

means, recorded on the recording medium, for displaying each digital image on a display device of the virtual camera.

22. The computer program product of claim 21 further comprising:

means, recorded on the recording medium, for identifying a browsing range of values for the browsing image request data element;

means, recorded on the recording medium, for identifying one or more browsing interval values in the browsing range for the browsing image request data element;

wherein means for creating a multiplicity of image requests further comprises means, recorded on the recording medium, for creating, for each browsing interval value in the browsing range, an image request, wherein each image request has a browsing image request data element set to a browsing interval value.

23. The computer program product of claim 21 further comprising means, recorded on the recording medium, for identifying a browsing rate, wherein means for communicating each image request from a virtual camera to a web site for imaging for virtual cameras functions in dependence upon the browsing rate.

24. The computer program product of claim 21 further comprising means, recorded on the recording medium, for receiving at least one ‘

next-image’

command, each ‘

next-image’

command representing an instruction to browse to a next digital image, wherein means for communicating each image request from a virtual camera to a web site for imaging for virtual cameras further comprises means, recorded on the recording medium, for communicating each image request only after receiving a ‘

next-image’

command.