Software notes

• US 20060129944A1
• Filed: 11/12/2005
• Published: 06/15/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 01/27/1994
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company (3M Company)
• Original Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company (3M Company)
• Inventors: Munson, Cindy L., Mertens, Timothy A., Uebel, Gary G., Westover, Brian L., Hering, David N., Anderson, Gregory J., Grunes, Mitchell B., Kruse, John M., Kenner, Martin A., Eisenberg, Peter M., Berquist, David T.
• Application Number:
  US11/271,380
• Publication Number:
  US 20060129944A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/764
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/60 Editing figures and text; Combining figures or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 3/00 Geometric image transformations in the plane of the image

Abstract

In a data processing system, a note can be displayed and an image can be displayed in the note. The image may be acquired by a camera such as photographic camera, a digital camera, or other camera.

Claims

1. A method performed by a data processing system comprising:

executing program code in the data processing system so as to display a note;

executing program code in the data processing system so as to display an image in the note; and

executing program code in the data processing system so as to perform operations on the image in the note selected from the group consisting of cropping the image, scaling the image, rotating the image, and combinations thereof.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the executing of program code so as to display an image in the note comprises executing program code so as to display in the note an image selected from the group consisting of a camera acquired image, a photographically acquired image, and a digitally acquired image.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising executing program code in the data processing system so as to pop up a control panel, wherein the control panel is displayed so that the control panel does not obscure the note, and wherein the control panel includes functions permitting editing of the image.

4. The method of claim 3 further comprising executing program code in the data processing system so as to pop up the control panel upon a user selection of a button, wherein the button is part of the note.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising executing program code in the data processing system so as to pop up a box, wherein the box includes functions permitting editing of the image.

6. The method of claim 5 further comprising executing program code in the data processing system so as to pop up the box upon a right click by a user over the note.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein the executing of program code in the data processing system so as to display an image in the note comprises executing program code in the data processing system so as to fill the note with the image.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein the note is capable of being automatically and repeatedly attached to different regions.

9. The method of claim 1 wherein the note is capable of being attached to a window.

10. The method of claim 1 further comprising executing program code in the data processing system so as to display or print the note in a selectable non-rectangular shape.

11. A method performed by a data processing system comprising:

executing program code in the data processing system so as to display a note;

executing program code in the data processing system so as to display a camera acquired image in the note; and

executing program code in the data processing system so as perform operations on the camera acquired image in the note selected from the group consisting of cropping the camera acquired image, scaling the camera acquired image, rotating the camera acquired image, and combinations thereof.

12. The method of claim 11 further comprising executing program code in the data processing system so as to pop up a control panel, wherein the control panel is displayed so that the control panel does not obscure the note, and wherein the control panel includes functions permitting editing of the camera acquired image.

13. The method of claim 11 further comprising executing program code in the data processing system so as to pop up a box, wherein the box includes functions permitting editing of the camera acquired image.

14. The method of claim 11 wherein the executing of program code in the data processing system so as to display a camera acquired image in the note comprises executing program code in the data processing system so as to fill the note with the camera acquired image.

15. The method of claim 11 further comprising executing program code in the data processing system so as to display or print the note in a selectable non-rectangular shape.

16. A computer readable memory having program code stored thereon such that execution of the program code causes the following functions to be performed:

displaying a note;

displaying a camera acquired image in the note; and

performing an additional function on the camera acquired image in the note selected from the group consisting cropping the camera acquired image, scaling the camera acquired image, rotating the camera acquired image, and combinations thereof.

17. The computer readable memory of claim 16 further comprising popping up a control panel, wherein the control panel is displayed so that the control panel does not obscure the note, and wherein the control panel includes functions permitting editing of the camera acquired image.

18. The computer readable memory of claim 16 further comprising popping up a box, wherein the box includes functions permitting editing of the camera acquired image.

19. The computer readable memory of claim 16 further comprising filling the note with the camera acquired image.

20. The computer readable memory of claim 16 further comprising displaying or printing the note in a selectable non-rectangular shape.

21. A computer readable memory having program code stored thereon such that execution of the program code causes the following functions to be performed:

displaying an image in a non-four-sided shape in a note; and

printing the image on a media having a pre-cut shape matching the shape of the image.

22. The computer readable memory of claim 21 wherein the image in the note is capable of being automatically scaled to substantially match the size of the media.

23. The computer readable memory of claim 21 wherein the note is capable of being attached to a window.