DIGITAL PHOTO ALBUM, DISPLAY METHOD THEREOF AND CONTROLLER USING THE DISPLAY METHOD

• US 20100020371A1
• Filed: 11/21/2008
• Published: 01/28/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 07/24/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Flexmedia Electronics Corp. (Phison Electronics Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Flexmedia Electronics Corp. (Phison Electronics Corporation)
• Inventors: Sun, Chin-Lin, Tseng, Yun-Hsi, Chi, Chih-Kai
• Application Number:
  US12/275,229
• Publication Number:
  US 20100020371A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 358/527
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/0035 User-machine interface; Control console input or output arrangements for computers G06F3/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00458 Sequential viewing of a plurality of images, e.g. browsing or scrolling
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0089 Image display device

Abstract

Digital photo albums, display methods thereof and controllers using the display methods are provided by the present invention so that a user can have a page-turning effect during switching digital photos. The first display method with the page-turning effect includes generating a plurality of digital photos with an arbitrary quadrilateral, and sequentially displaying the present digital photo, the plurality of digital photos with an arbitrary quadrilateral and the next digital photo. The second display method with the page-turning effect includes respectively dividing the digital photo and the next digital photo into a plurality of image data blocks, sequentially generating a plurality of intermediate digital photos according to the image data blocks of the present digital photo and the next digital photo and sequentially displaying the present digital photo, the intermediate digital photos and the next digital photo on a screen.

Claims

1. A display method for a digital photo album, comprising:

receiving the image data of all the points of a first digital photo;

displaying the first digital photo, wherein the first digital photo has a rectangle shape;

converting the first digital photo into a second digital photo with an arbitrary quadrilateral shape according to a linear transformation formula; and

displaying the second digital photo.

2. The display method according to claim 1, further comprising:

judging whether or not a page-turning command is received, wherein if the page-turning command is received, the first digital photo is converted into the second digital photo with the arbitrary quadrilateral shape according to the linear transformation formula;

otherwise, the first digital photo is continuously displayed.

3. The display method according to claim 1, further comprising:

setting the position coordinates of the four vertexes of the arbitrary quadrilateral and obtaining a solution of the linear transformation formula according to the position coordinates of the four vertexes of the rectangle of the first digital photo and the position coordinates of the four vertexes of the arbitrary quadrilateral.

4. The display method according to claim 1, wherein the arbitrary quadrilateral is a trapezoid.

5. The display method according to claim 1, further comprising:

presetting a number of displaying the second digital photo as zero;

adding one to the number of displaying the second digital photo if the second digital photo is displayed;

judging whether or not the number of displaying the second digital photo is greater than a threshold value, wherein if the number of displaying the second digital photo is not greater than the threshold value, the steps of converting the first digital photo into a second digital photo with an arbitrary quadrilateral shape according to a linear transformation formula and displaying the second digital photo are conducted;

if the number of displaying the second digital photo is greater than the threshold value, the image data of all the points of a third digital photo are received, wherein the third digital photo is the next digital photo of the first digital photo; and

displaying the third digital photo.

6. A controller for a digital photo album, comprising:

a central processing unit; and

a memory circuit, coupled to the central processing units, and having a plurality of machine commands that can be executed by the central processing unit to execute a plurality of display steps, the display steps comprise;

receiving the image data of all the points of a first digital photo from a storage device;

displaying the first digital photo on the display device, wherein the first digital photo has a rectangle shape;

converting the first digital photo into a second digital photo with an arbitrary quadrilateral shape according to a linear transformation formula; and

displaying the second digital photo on the display device.

7. The controller according to claim 6, wherein the steps conducted by the central processing unit according to the machine commands further comprise:

judging whether or not a page-turning command is received, wherein if the page-turning command is received, the first digital photo is converted into the second digital photo with the arbitrary quadrilateral shape according to the linear transformation formula;

otherwise, the first digital photo is continuously displayed on the display device.

8. A digital photo album, comprising:

a controller;

a display device, coupled to the controller; and

a storage device, coupled to the controller;

wherein the controller comprises a memory circuit and a central processing unit, both coupled to each other, and the memory circuit have a plurality of machine commands that can be executed by the central processing unit to execute a plurality of display steps, the display steps comprise;

receiving the image data of all the points of a first digital photo from a storage device;

displaying the first digital photo on the display device, wherein the first digital photo has a rectangle shape;

converting the first digital photo into a second digital photo with an arbitrary quadrilateral shape according to the linear transformation formula; and

displaying the second digital photo on the display device.

9. The digital photo album according to claim 8, wherein the CPU further conducts a following step according to the machine commands:

judging whether or not a page-turning command is received, wherein if the page-turning command is received, the first digital photo is converted into the second digital photo with the arbitrary quadrilateral shape according to the linear transformation formula;

otherwise, the first digital photo is continuously displayed on the display device.

10. A display method for a digital photo album, comprising:

receiving the image data of all the points of a first digital photo;

displaying the first digital photo;

receiving the image data of all the points of a third digital photo, wherein the third digital photo is just the next digital photo of the first digital photo;

respectively dividing the first digital photo and third digital photo into r image data blocks, wherein r is an integer and each image data block contains a plurality of image data;

generating a second digital photo, wherein the second digital photo contains r image data blocks which are generated according to the r image data blocks of the first digital photo and the r image data blocks of the third digital photo; and

displaying the second digital photo.

11. The display method according to claim 10, wherein the image data of the image data blocks from the first one to the (i+1)-th one in the second digital photo are the same as the image data of the image data blocks from the first one to the (i+1)-th one in the third digital photo;

if (2i+2−

x) is greater than or equal to zero, the image data of the x-th image data block in the second digital photo are the same as the image data of a result obtained after performing an image processing function operation on the image data of the horizontally flipped (2i+3−

x)-th image data block in the first digital photo and the image data of the x-th image data block in the first digital photo;

if (2i+2−

x) is less than zero, the image data of the x-th image data block in the second digital photo are the same as the image data of the x-th image data block in the first digital photo;

wherein x is an integer from (i+2) to r, and i represents a number of displaying the second digital photo.

12. The display method according to claim 11, wherein the image processing function sets the transparency of the image data of the horizontally flipped (2i+3−

x)-th image data block in the first digital photo, and the image data of the x-th image data block in the second digital photo are obtained by adding the image data of the transparent horizontally flipped (2i+3−

x)-th image data block in the first digital photo to the image data of the x-th image data block in the first digital photo.

13. The display method according to claim 10, further comprising:

judging whether or not a page-turning command is received, wherein if the page-turning command is received, the first digital photo and third digital photo are respectively divided into r image data blocks and then the second digital photo is generated and displayed;

otherwise, the first digital photo is continuously displayed.

14. The display method according to claim 11, further comprising:

presetting the number of displaying the second digital photo as zero;

adding one to the number of displaying the second digital photo if the second digital photo is displayed; and

judging whether or not the number of displaying the second digital photo is greater than a threshold value, wherein if the number of displaying the second digital photo is not greater than the threshold value, the steps of generating the second digital photo and displaying the second digital photo are conducted;

if the number of displaying the second digital photo is greater than the threshold value, the third digital photo is displayed and set as the first digital photo.

15. A controller for a digital photo album, comprising:

a central processing unit; and

a memory circuit, coupled to the central processing units, and having a plurality of machine commands that can be executed by the central processing unit to execute a plurality of display steps, the display steps comprise;

receiving the image data of all the points of a first digital photo from a storage device;

displaying the first digital photo on the display device;

receiving the image data of all the points of a third digital photo from the storage device, wherein the third digital photo is just the next digital photo of the first digital photo;

respectively dividing the first digital photo and third digital photo into r image data blocks, wherein r is an integer and each image data block contains a plurality of image data;

generating a second digital photo, wherein the second digital photo contains r image data blocks, and the r image data blocks of the second digital photo are generated according to the r image data blocks of the first digital photo and the r image data blocks of the third digital photo; and

displaying the second digital photo on the display device.

16. The controller according to claim 15, wherein the image data of the image data blocks from the first one to the (i+1)-th one in the second digital photo are the same as the image data of the image data blocks from the first one to the (i+1)-th one in the third digital photo;

if (2i+2−

x) is greater than or equal to zero, the image data of the x-th image data block in the second digital photo are the same as the image data of a result obtained after performing an image processing function operation on the image data of the horizontally flipped (2i+3−

x)-th image data block in the first digital photo and the image data of the x-th image data block in the first digital photo;

if (2i+2−

x) is less than zero, the image data of the x-th image data block in the second digital photo are the same as the image data of the x-th image data block in the first digital photo;

wherein x is an integer from (i+2) to r, and i represents a number of displaying the second digital photo.

17. The controller according to claim 16, wherein the image processing function sets the transparency of the image data of the horizontally flipped (2i+3−

x)-th image data block in the first digital photo, and the image data of the x-th image data block in the second digital photo are obtained by adding the image data of the transparent horizontally flipped (2i+3−

x)-th image data block in the first digital photo to the image data of the x-th image data block in the first digital photo.

18. The controller according to claim 15, wherein the steps conducted by the central processing unit according to the machine commands further comprise:

judging whether or not a page-turning command is received, wherein if the page-turning command is received, the first digital photo and third digital photo are respectively divided into r image data blocks and then the second digital photo is generated and displayed;

otherwise, the first digital photo is continuously displayed on the display device.

19. The controller according to claim 16, wherein the steps conducted by the central processing unit according to the machine commands further comprise:

presetting the number of displaying the second digital photo as zero;

adding one to the number of displaying the second digital photo if the second digital photo is displayed; and

judging whether or not the number of displaying the second digital photo is greater than a threshold value, wherein if the number of displaying the second digital photo is not greater than the threshold value, the steps of generating the second digital photo and displaying the second digital photo on the display device are conducted;

if the number of displaying the second digital photo is greater than the threshold value, the third digital photo is displayed on the display device and set as the first digital photo.

20. A digital photo album, comprising:

a controller;

a display device, coupled to the controller; and

a storage device, coupled to the controller;

wherein the controller comprises a memory circuit and a central processing unit, both coupled to each other, and the memory circuit have a plurality of machine commands that can be executed by the central processing unit to execute a plurality of display steps, the display steps comprise;

receiving the image data of all the points of a first digital photo from the storage device;

displaying the first digital photo on the display device;

receiving the image data of all the points of a third digital photo from the storage device, wherein the third digital photo is just the next digital photo of the first digital photo;

respectively dividing the first digital photo and third digital photo into r image data blocks, wherein r is an integer and each image data block contains a plurality of image data;

generating a second digital photo, wherein the second digital photo contains r image data blocks, and the r image data blocks of the second digital photo are generated according to the r image data blocks of the first digital photo and the r image data blocks of the third digital photo; and

displaying the second digital photo on the display device.

21. The digital photo album according to claim 20, wherein the image data of the image data blocks from the first one to the (i+1)-th one in the second digital photo are the same as the image data of the image data blocks from the first one to the (i+1)-th one in the third digital photo;

if (2i+2−

x) is greater than or equal to zero, the image data of the x-th image data block in the second digital photo are the same as the image data of a result obtained after performing an image processing function operation on the image data of the horizontally flipped (2i+3−

x)-th image data block in the first digital photo and the image data of the x-th image data block in the first digital photo;

if (2i+2−

x) is less than zero, the image data of the x-th image data block in the second digital photo are the same as the image data of the x-th image data block in the first digital photo;

wherein x is an integer from (i+2) to r, and i represents a number of displaying the second digital photo.

22. The digital photo album according to claim 21, wherein the image processing function sets the transparency of the image data of the horizontally flipped (2i+3−

x)-th image data block in the first digital photo, and the image data of the x-th image data block in the second digital photo are obtained by adding the image data of the transparent horizontally flipped (2i+3−

x)-th image data block in the first digital photo to the image data of the x-th image data block in the first digital photo.