Converting a still image to a plurality of video frame images

• US 20060182425A1
• Filed: 02/11/2005
• Published: 08/17/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 02/11/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Inventors: Liu, Samson J., Boerger, Paul, Walker, Philip M., Wu, Peng
• Application Number:
  US11/057,272
• Publication Number:
  US 20060182425A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 386/219
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/2537 Optical discs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/034 on discs G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4117 for generating hard copies of the content, e.g. printer, electronic paper interfaces to printers G06F3/12; printing data G06K15/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4122 additional display device, e.g. video projector digital output for controlling a plurality of local displays G06F3/1423
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42646 for reading from or writing on a non-volatile solid state storage medium, e.g. DVD, CD-ROM
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4325 by playing back content from the storage medium reproduction of recorded television signals H04N5/76; reproduction of recorded television signals H04N9/79
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4402 involving reformatting operations of video signals for household redistribution, storage or real-time display details of conversion of video standards at pixel level H04N7/01; video transcoding H04N19/40; adapting incoming signals to the display format of the display terminal G09G5/005; media handling at the source in data packet switching networks H04L65/764
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8153 comprising still images, e.g. texture, background image
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/775 between a recording apparatus and a television receiver
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/85 on discs or drums
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/915 for field- or frame-skip recording or reproducing

Abstract

A method of viewing a file comprises causes the file to begin playing and, after causing the file to begin playing, converts a still image from the file into a plurality of video frames to form a video clip.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

converting a still image to a video sequence;

providing said video sequence to a video plane; and

combining said video plane with at least one other plane to generate a signal to be provided to a display.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein said video sequence comprises a plurality of video frame images and said method further comprises implementing a visual effect on at least one video frame images in said video sequence.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein converting the still image to a video sequence occurs during playing of the still image.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein combining said video plane with at least one other plane comprises combining said video plane with a plane that provides a background for the video plane.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein combining said video plane with at least one other plane comprises combining said video plane with a plane that provides instructions.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein combining said video plane with at least one other plane comprises combining said video plane with a plane that provides metadata associated with said video sequence.

7. The method of claim 1 further comprising printing at least one of said video or other planes.

8. A method of viewing a file, comprising:

causing the file to begin playing; and

after causing the file to begin playing, converting a still image from the file into a plurality of video frames to form a video clip.

9. The method of claim 8 wherein converting the still image comprises replicating the still image into a plurality of video frames to form the video clip.

10. The method of claim 8 further comprising combining a plurality of graphics planes to form a video signal, at least one of said graphics planes comprising the video clip.

11. The method of claim 10 further comprising printing at least one of said graphics planes.

12. A system, comprising:

a frame replication module to convert each of a plurality of still images into a plurality of video frame images;

storage containing a plurality of graphics planes, one of said planes being provided with the plurality of video frame images.

a buffer that combines said graphics planes together to generate a signal to be provided to a display.

13. The system of claim 12 further comprising a print agent adapted to print from at least one of said graphics planes.

14. The system of claim 12 further comprising executable code that implements a visual effect on at least one video frame image from among said plurality of video frame images.

15. The system of claim 12 wherein at least one of said graphics planes contains information selected from at least one of the group consisting of metadata, navigational menus, and a background image.

16. The system of claim 12 wherein said frame replication module converts each of the plurality of still images during playing of a file containing said still images.

17. A storage medium containing software that, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to:

cause a file to begin playing; and

after causing the file to begin playing, to convert a still image from the file into a plurality of video frames to form a video clip.

18. The storage medium of claim 17 wherein, when executed by a processor, the software causes the processor to convert the still image by replicating the still image into a plurality of video frames to form the video clip.

19. The storage medium of claim 17 wherein, when executed by a processor, the software causes the processor to store said video clip as one of a plurality of graphics planes.

20. The storage medium of claim 19 wherein, when executed by a processor, the software causes the processor to initiate printing of at least one of said graphics planes.