Methods and apparatuses for formatting and displaying content

• US 20050168597A1
• Filed: 02/04/2004
• Published: 08/04/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 02/04/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.), Sony Electronics Inc. (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.), Sony Electronics Inc. (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Edwards, Eric, Sato, Robert, Beaver, Brian, Fisher, Clay, Manowitz, Neal
• Application Number:
  US10/772,208
• Publication Number:
  US 20050168597A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/231.300
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32128 attached to the image data, e.g. file header, transmitted message header, information on the same page or in the same computer file as the image for information embedded in the image H04N1/32144
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41407 embedded in a portable device, e.g. video client on a mobile phone, PDA, laptop constructional details of equipment or arrangements specially adapted for portable computer application G06F1/1626; arrangements specially adapted for mobile receivers in broadcast systems H04H20/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4223 Cameras H04N23/00 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4334 Recording operations recording of a television signal H04N5/76; arrangements for recording or accumulating broadcast information or broadcast-related information H04H60/27
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8153 comprising still images, e.g. texture, background image
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/816 involving special video data, e.g 3D video
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/84 Generation or processing of descriptive data, e.g. content descriptors systems specially adapted for using meta-information in broadcast systems H04H60/73
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3226 of identification information or the like, e.g. ID code, index, title, part of an image, reduced-size image
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3252 Image capture parameters, e.g. resolution, illumination conditions, orientation of the image capture device H04N2201/3256 and subgroups take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3253 Position information, e.g. geographical position at time of capture, GPS data
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3254 Orientation, e.g. landscape or portrait; Location or order of the image data, e.g. in memory
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/9206 the additional signal being a character code signal

Abstract

In one embodiment, the methods and apparatuses for formatting and displaying content capture an image with a device; detect an image parameters related to the image; store the image parameters such that the image parameters are available for access at a later time; and display the image in a display location based on at least one of the image parameters.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

capturing an image with a device;

detecting an image parameter related to the image;

storing the image parameter such that the image parameter is available for access at a later time; and

displaying the image in a display location based on the image parameter.

2. The method according to claim 1 wherein the device is a camera.

3. The method according to claim 1 further comprising storing the image.

4. The method according to claim 1 further comprising detecting a location of the device when the image is captured.

5. The method according to claim 4 detecting related images based on the location of the device.

6. The method according to claim 5 wherein the detecting related images further comprises comparing a first location of the device corresponding to a first image and a second location of the device corresponding to a second image.

7. The method according to claim 1 wherein the image is a photograph.

8. The method according to claim 1 wherein the image is one frame in a video sequence.

9. The method according to claim 1 wherein the image parameter is a horizontal orientation of the image.

10. The method according to claim 1 wherein the image parameter is a vertical orientation of the image.

11. The method according to claim 1 wherein the image parameter is an angle of view of the image.

12. The method according to claim 1 wherein the image parameter is a location of the image relative to the device.

13. A system comprising:

means for capturing an image with a device;

means for detecting an image parameters related to the image;

means for storing the image parameters such that the image parameters are available for access at a later time; and

means for displaying the image in a display location based on at least one of the image parameters.

14. A method comprising:

detecting a first image and a second image;

detecting a first image parameter and a second image parameter corresponding with the first image and the second image respectively;

displaying the first image in a first display location based on the first image parameter; and

displaying the second image in a second display location based on the second image parameter.

15. The method according to claim 14 further comprising storing the first image parameter and the second image parameter such that the firs image parameter and the second image parameter are available for access at a later time.

16. The method according to claim 14 further comprising capturing the first image.

17. The method according to claim 14 further comprising capturing the first image parameter.

18. The method according to claim 14 wherein the first display location is shown on a first display device and the second display location is shown on a second display device.

19. The method according to claim 14 wherein the first display location and the second display location is shown on a display device.

20. The method according to claim 14 wherein the first display location and the second display are embodied on a tangible medium.

21. The method according to claim 14 wherein the first image parameter is a horizontal orientation of the image.

22. The method according to claim 14 wherein the first image parameter is a vertical orientation of the image.

23. The method according to claim 14 wherein the first image parameter is an angle of view of the image.

24. The method according to claim 14 further comprising selecting the first image and the second image based on a first device location and a second device location corresponding to the first image and the second image, respectively.

25. A system, comprising:

a location module for capturing an image parameter that describes an image;

a storage module configured for storing the image parameter; and

a render module configured for displaying the image in a particular location based on the image parameter.

26. The system according to claim 25 further comprising a capture module configured to record the image.

27. The system according to claim 25 wherein the image includes one of a photograph and a frame within a video sequence.

28. The system according to claim 25 wherein the location module detects a location of a device while the image is captured.

29. The system according to claim 25 wherein the storage module is configured to store a record including the image parameter wherein record corresponds to the image.

30. The system according to claim 25 wherein the storage module is configured to store a synchronization program.

32. A computer-readable medium having computer executable instructions for performing a method comprising:

detecting a first image and a second image;

detecting a first image parameter and a second image parameter corresponding with the first image and the second image respectively;

displaying the first image in a first display location based on the first image parameter; and

displaying the second image in a second display location based on the second image parameter.