Dynamic Photo Collage
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1. A method for providing a dynamic photo collage, said method comprising the steps of:
- receiving a group of digital images (2);
assigning ranks to at least first and second images of the group of digital images; and
using the ranks assigned to the first and second images to control a display attribute of the images relative to each other when the images are displayed on a display device (10).
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Abstract
The invention proposes a photo display system that allows photo collages from any photo collection (2), in which the collage is changing over time in such a way that the refresh time and presentation form is dependent on user choices for selection and non-selection on photo per photo basis. The display dynamics of each photo are also dependent on the characteristics of the photo relative to that of the other photos in the collection (2), including such matters as photo quality and uniqueness of picture action.
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1. A method for providing a dynamic photo collage, said method comprising the steps of:
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receiving a group of digital images (2); assigning ranks to at least first and second images of the group of digital images; and using the ranks assigned to the first and second images to control a display attribute of the images relative to each other when the images are displayed on a display device (10). - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system for displaying a digital photo collage, said system comprising:
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a program running on a processor (100); a database (2) comprising a plurality of digital images; metadata (4) associated with each of the plurality of digital images; and a display device (10) in communication with the processor (100) for displaying the plurality of digital images to a viewer; wherein the processor (100) instructs the display device (10) to display at least two of the plurality of digital images, each of the images having a display size, display time, or display position on the display device (10) that is based on the metadata associated with each image. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A dynamic photo collage for displaying a plurality of digital photos, comprising:
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a processor (100); an image database (2) connected to the processor (100), the database comprising a plurality of digital images; a metadata database (4) connected to the processor, the metadata database comprising information relating to each of the plurality of digital images; and a display device (10) connected to the processor (100), the database configured for displaying the plurality of digital images to a viewer; wherein the processor (100) is configured to instruct the display device (10) to display each of the plurality of images for a predetermined time, the predetermined time being based on at least a portion of the metadata associated with each of the plurality of images. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A memory medium (200) for providing a dynamic photo collage, said memory medium comprising:
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code for receiving a group of digital images; code for assigning ranks to at least first and second images of the group of digital images; and code for using the ranks assigned to the first and second images to control a display attribute of the images relative to each other when the images are displayed on a display device.
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30. A device for displaying a digital photo collage, said device comprising:
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a processor (100) running a program; a database (2) comprising a plurality of digital images; metadata (4) associated with each of the plurality of digital images; and a display device (10) in communication with the processor (100) for displaying the plurality of digital images to a viewer; wherein the processor (100) instructs the display device (10) to display at least two of the plurality of digital images, each of the images having a display size, display time, or display position on the display device that is based on the metadata associated with each image.
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