Light Box for Organizing Digital Images
First Claim
1. A machine-implemented method for organizing digital images, the machine-implemented method comprising:
- providing a light box browsing capability for a user to browse through a plurality of light boxes, each of the plurality of light boxes including a respective plurality of digital images and being displayed as a plane;
permitting a user to select one of the plurality of light boxes;
displaying a portion of a surface of a selected one of the plurality of light boxes in response to the user selecting the selected one of the plurality of light boxes; and
providing organizing assistance for helping the user organize the plurality of digital images of the selected one of the plurality of light boxes.
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Abstract
A processing device and a machine-implemented method may be provided for assisting users of photographic applications to organize large numbers of digital images. A light box may be a conceptual workspace having a number of digital images positioned on a surface thereof. A user may select one of a number of light boxes and a portion of a surface of the selected one of the light boxes may be displayed along with a navigation panel. The navigation panel may provide an indication of where the displayed portion of the surface of the selected one of the light boxes is located with respect to a complete surface of the light box. Digital images may be automatically grouped or manually grouped. A filtering capability may be provided to filter digital images on a surface of a light box based on one or more specified criteria.
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20 Claims
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1. A machine-implemented method for organizing digital images, the machine-implemented method comprising:
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providing a light box browsing capability for a user to browse through a plurality of light boxes, each of the plurality of light boxes including a respective plurality of digital images and being displayed as a plane; permitting a user to select one of the plurality of light boxes; displaying a portion of a surface of a selected one of the plurality of light boxes in response to the user selecting the selected one of the plurality of light boxes; and providing organizing assistance for helping the user organize the plurality of digital images of the selected one of the plurality of light boxes. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A processing device comprising:
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at least one processor; and a memory connected to the at least one processor and including instructions for the at least one processor, the instructions comprising; instructions for receiving a selection of one of a plurality of light boxes, each of the plurality of light boxes including a respective plurality of digital images, instructions for displaying a portion of a selected one of the plurality of light boxes, instructions for permitting a user to assign respective rankings to ones of the plurality of digital images of the selected one of the plurality of light boxes, and instructions for forming groups of digital images based on the respective ranks assigned to the ones of the plurality of digital images. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A tangible machine-readable medium having recorded thereon instructions for at least one processor, the instructions comprising:
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instructions for displaying a portion of a plurality of digital images on a surface of a light box; instructions for panning the surface of the light box responsive to actions performed via a pointing device; instructions for zooming in or zooming out with respect to the surface of the light box and the plurality of digital images thereon; instructions for providing a navigation panel to indicate a position of a displayed portion of the surface of the light box with respect to a complete surface of the light box; instructions for automatically grouping ones of the plurality of digital images based on predefined criteria or user-defined criteria; and instructions for searching within the light box, or across multiple light boxes, for ones of a plurality of digital images having metadata satisfying search criteria of the search. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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