Image Modification for Web Pages

• US 20100302277A1
• Filed: 05/27/2009
• Published: 12/02/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 05/27/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Naick, Indran, Wilson, Jeffrey K., Jiang, Hui, Sahasrabudhe, Rohit R.
• Application Number:
  US12/472,471
• Publication Number:
  US 20100302277A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/650
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9577 Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04845 for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/027 Arrangements and methods specific for the display of internet documents
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/3611 Control of matrices with row and column drivers

Abstract

Provided is a method of providing a feature in a web browser that enables a user to adjust a downloaded image to correctly display on the user'"'"'s computer screen. The disclosed technology provides a mechanism that enables a user to adjust images in a web page. The claimed subject matter provides “rotate” buttons, displayed in conjunction with the particular image, so that the user can rotate the image into an appropriate orientation. In addition, a “sizing” button or buttons are provided. Different web pages may display differently on different computer screens, depending upon both the size of the screen and the size of the window in which the web page is displayed. The disclosed technology enables a user to adjust, in addition to the rotation, the size of an image so that the image displays properly and completely on the user'"'"'s screen and in the corresponding window.

Claims

1. A method for manipulating images in a web page, comprising:

receiving a transmitted web page on a client device;

scanning the web page to detect a plurality of embedded images;

displaying in conjunction with each image of the plurality of embedded images an image adjustment button;

receiving user input corresponding to a particular image adjustment button;

correlating the particular image adjustment button with a particular image of the plurality of detected embedded images;

modifying the particular image in accordance with the user input to produce a modified image; and

displaying the modified image on the client device.

2. The method of claim 1, the modifying comprising rotating the particular image in response to the user input so that the image is displayed in a orientation that is appropriate for image elements in the particular image.

3. The method of claim 1, the modifying comprising resizing the particular image in response to the user input so that the image fits entirely within boundaries of a displayed portion of the web page.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the method is executed automatically in conjunction with a web page.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising toggling between the displaying and not displaying of the image adjustment button corresponding to each image of the plurality of images in response to user input.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein the user input is a click on a toggle image adjustment button displayed in conjunction with the web page.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the claimed method is executed in conjunction with a plug-in module of a web browser.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein the claimed method is executed in conjunction with a plug-in module of a web browser.

8. A system for displaying images in a web page, comprising:

a processor;

a memory, coupled to the processor;

logic, stored on the memory and executed on the processor, to;

receive a transmitted web page on a client device;

scan the web page to detect a plurality of embedded images;

display in conjunction with each image of the plurality of embedded images an image adjustment button;

receive user input corresponding to a particular image adjustment button;

correlate the particular image adjustment button with a particular image of the plurality of detected embedded images;

modify the particular image in accordance with the user input to produce a modified image; and

displaying the modified image on the client device.

9. The system of claim 8, the logic to modify comprising logic to rotate the particular image in response to the user input so that the image is displayed in a orientation that is appropriate for image elements in the particular image.

10. The system of claim 8, the logic to modify comprising logic to resize the particular image in response to the user input so that the image fits entirely within boundaries of a displayed portion of the web page.

11. The system of claim 8, wherein the system executes automatically in conjunction with display of a web page.

12. The system of claim 8, further comprising logic, stored on the memory and executed on the processor, to toggle between the displaying and not displaying of the image adjustment button corresponding to each image of the plurality of images in response to user input.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the user input is a click on a toggle image adjustment button displayed in conjunction with the web page.

15. A computer programming product for displaying images in a web page, comprising:

a computer-readable, physical memory;

logic, stored on the memory for execution on a processor, for;

receiving a web page at a client device;

scanning the web page to detect a plurality of embedded images;

displaying in conjunction with each image of the plurality of embedded images an image adjustment button;

receiving user input corresponding to a particular image adjustment button;

correlating the particular image adjustment button with a particular image of the plurality of detected embedded images; and

modifying the particular image in accordance with the user input to produce a modified image; and

displaying the modified image on the client device.

16. The computer programming product of claim 15, the logic for modifying comprising logic for rotating the particular image in response to the user input so that the image is displayed in a orientation that is appropriate for image elements in the particular image.

17. The computer programming product of claim 15, the logic for modifying comprising logic for resizing the particular image in response to the user input so that the image fits entirely within boundaries of a displayed portion of the web page.

18. The computer programming product of claim 15, wherein the logic executes automatically in conjunction with display of a web page.

19. The computer programming product of claim 15, further comprising logic, stored on the memory and executed on the processor, for toggling between the displaying and not displaying of the image adjustment button corresponding to each image of the plurality of images in response to user input.

20. The computer programming product of claim 19, wherein the user input is a click on a toggle image adjustment button displayed in conjunction with the web page.