IMAGE SCALING ARRANGEMENT

• US 20080260295A1
• Filed: 06/24/2008
• Published: 10/23/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 10/25/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: David Heller, Greg Marriott, Jeff Miller, Jeffrey L. Robbin, Jesse Boettcher, Thomas Dowdy
• Original Assignee: David Heller, Greg Marriott, Jeff Miller, Jeffrey L. Robbin, Jesse Boettcher, Thomas Dowdy
• Inventors: Dowdy, Thomas, Boettcher, Jesse, Miller, Jeff, Robbin, Jeffrey L., Heller, David, Marriott, Greg
• Granted Patent: US 7,623,740 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 382/305
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/10 Indexing; Addressing; Timing or synchronising; Measuring tape travel
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/105 of operating discs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/34 Indicating arrangements indicating means incorporated in magazine or cassette G11B23/046 and G11B23/0875; indicating measured values in general G01D
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/756 adapting media to device capabilities
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/762 at the source reformatting of additional data in video distribution servers H04N21/2355
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/303 Terminal profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00129 with a display device, e.g. CRT or LCD monitor with a television apparatus H04N1/00283; arrangements for control of display devices G09G
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00198 Creation of a soft photo presentation, e.g. digital slide-show
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00204 with a digital computer or a digital computer system, e.g. an internet server programmed control between transmitter and receiver or between image input and image output device H04N1/32561
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00291 with receiver circuitry television receiver circuitry per se H04N5/44
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2343 involving reformatting operations of video signals for distribution or compliance with end-user requests or end-user device requirements video transcoding H04N19/40; media packet handling at the source H04L65/762
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25825 involving client display capabilities, e.g. screen resolution of a mobile phone optimising the visualisation of content during browsing in the Internet G06F16/9577; processing of terminal status or physical abilities in wireless networks H04W8/22; authentication in wireless network security H04W12/06
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25833 involving client hardware characteristics, e.g. manufacturer, processing or storage capabilities allocation of resources considering hardware capabilities in multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/5044; allocation of resources considering software capabilities in multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/5055
• 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 21/44231 Monitoring of peripheral device or external card, e.g. to detect processing problems in a handheld device or the failure of an external recording device configuring of peripheral devices in general G06F9/4411; reporting information sensed by appliance or service execution status of appliance services in a home automation network H04L12/2823; monitoring the status of connected device in data switched networks H04L43/0817
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8153 comprising still images, e.g. texture, background image
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0065 Converting image data to a format usable by the connected apparatus or vice versa
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0084 Digital still camera
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0086 Image transceiver H04N2201/0093 and H04N2201/0094 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0087 Image storage device
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0089 : Image display device
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/325 : Modified version of the image, e.g. part of the image, image reduced in size or resolution, thumbnail or screennail
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3277 : The additional information being stored in the same storage device as the image data
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99942 : Manipulating data structure, e.g. compression, compaction, compilation
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99945 : Object-oriented database structure processing
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99948 : Application of database or data structure, e.g. distributed, multimedia, or image

Abstract

Methods and system for transferring images between devices are disclosed. For example, differently scaled images by a host device may automatically and/or selectively be transferred to a media player for display. In turn, appropriately scaled images may be transferred automatically and/or selectively to another display device for example a TV, camera or printer. The selectivity may occur either at the host level or at the player level.

Claims

1. An operational method for a portable media device, comprising:

storing image data, the image data including a plurality of image collections, each image collection containing a plurality of differently formatted images based on an original image, the image collections being separately generated on a device other than the portable media device;

receiving a display command, the display command designating one or more images of the image data to be displayed;

retrieving at least the designated images; and

outputting one or more of the retrieved images.

2. The method as recited in claim 1 further including displaying one or more of the retrieved images on the portable media device.

3. The method as recited in claim 1 further including displaying one or more of the retrieved images on a device operatively coupled to the media device.

4. The method as recited in claim 1 wherein each image type is stored in their own individual file.

5. The method as recited in claim 1 wherein the image collection includes at least a full screen image, a plurality of thumbnail images of various sizes, and a TV image.

6. The method as recited in claim 1 wherein the image collection contains the original image along with the differently formatted images.

7. The method as recited in claim 6 wherein each image type is stored in their own individual file.

8. The method as recited in claim 6 wherein the image collection includes at least the original image, a full screen image, a plurality of thumbnail images of various sizes, and a TV image.

9. The method as recited in claim 1 wherein the image collection does not includes the original image.

10. The method as recited in claim 1 wherein the image collection includes a full screen image.

11. The method as recited in claim 1 wherein the image collection includes a plurality of thumbnail images of various sizes.

12. The method as recited in claim 1 wherein the image collection includes a TV image.

13. The method as recited in claim 12 wherein the format of the TV image is selected from NTSC, PAL or HDTV.

27. The computer readable medium as recited in claim 12 wherein the format of the TV image is selected from NTSC, PAL or HDTV.

14. A computer readable medium including at least computer program code for managing images, comprising:

storing a plurality of image collections, each image collection including a plurality of different versions of an original image;

retrieving one or images from storage when a display command is generated; and

presenting one or more of the retrieved images.

15. The computer readable medium as recited in claim 14 wherein the image collections further include the original image.

16. The computer readable medium as recited in claim 14 further including displaying one or more of the retrieved images on a media device.

17. The computer readable medium as recited in claim 16 further including displaying one or more of the retrieved images on a device operatively coupled to the media device.

18. The computer readable medium as recited in claim 14 wherein each image type is stored in their own individual file.

19. The computer readable medium as recited in claim 14 wherein the image collection includes at least a full screen image, a plurality of thumbnail images of various sizes, and a TV image.

20. The computer readable medium as recited in claim 14 wherein the image collection contains the original image along with the differently formatted images.

21. The computer readable medium as recited in claim 20 wherein each image type is stored in their own individual file.

22. The computer readable medium as recited in claim 20 wherein the image collection includes at least the original image, a full screen image, a plurality of thumbnail images of various sizes, and a TV image.

23. The computer readable medium as recited in claim 14 wherein the image collection does not includes the original image.

24. The computer readable medium as recited in claim 14 wherein the image collection includes a full screen image.

25. The computer readable medium as recited in claim 14 wherein the image collection includes a plurality of thumbnail images of various sizes.

26. The computer readable medium as recited in claim 14 wherein the image collection includes a TV image.

28. A portable electronic device, comprising:

a memory unit for storing image data, the image data including a plurality of image collections, each image collection containing a plurality of differently formatted images based on an original image, the image collections being separately generated on a device other than the portable media device;

an interface for receiving a display command, the display command designating one or more images of the image data to be displayed; and

a processor for retrieving at least the designated images and outputting one or more of the retrieved images.

29. The portable electronic device as recited in claim 28 further comprising;

a display for displaying one or more of the retrieved images.

30. The portable electronic device as recited in claim 38 wherein the portable electronic device is operatively coupled to a device arranged to display one or more of the retrieved images.

31. The portable electronic device as recited in claim 28 wherein each image type is stored in their own individual file.

32. The portable electronic device as recited in claim 28 wherein the image collection includes at least a full screen image, a plurality of thumbnail images of various sizes, and a TV image.

33. The portable electronic device as recited in claim 28 wherein the image collection contains the original image along with the differently formatted images.

34. The portable electronic device as recited in claim 33 wherein each image type is stored in their own individual file.

35. The portable electronic device as recited in claim 33 wherein the image collection includes at least the original image, a full screen image, a plurality of thumbnail images of various sizes, and a TV image.

36. The portable electronic device as recited in claim 28 wherein the image collection does not includes the original image.

37. The portable electronic device as recited in claim 28 wherein the image collection includes a full screen image.

38. The portable electronic device as recited in claim 28 wherein the image collection includes a plurality of thumbnail images of various sizes.

39. The portable electronic device as recited in claim 28 wherein the image collection includes a TV image.

40. The portable electronic device as recited in claim 39 wherein the format of the TV image is selected from NTSC, PAL or HDTV.

41. In a media communication system that facilitates communications between a host device and a portable media device, a download embodied as a carrier wave, comprising:

image data including a plurality of image collections, each image collection including a plurality of different versions of an original image.

42. The download embodied as a carrier wave as recited in claim 41 wherein the image collections further include the original image.

43. The download embodied as a carrier wav as recited in claim 41 wherein each image type is stored in their own individual file.

44. The download embodied as a carrier wav as recited in claim 41 wherein the image collection includes at least a full screen image, a plurality of thumbnail images of various sizes, and a TV image.

45. The download embodied as a carrier wav as recited in claim 41 wherein the image collection contains the original image along with the differently formatted images.

46. The download embodied as a carrier wav as recited in claim 45 wherein each image type is stored in their own individual file.