MULTI-FRAME DISPLAY SYSTEM WITH PERSPECTIVE BASED IMAGE ARRANGEMENT

• US 20110090322A1
• Filed: 12/21/2010
• Published: 04/21/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 01/05/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kodak Alaris Inc (KPP (no. 2) Trustees Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Kodak Alaris Inc (KPP (no. 2) Trustees Ltd.)
• Inventors: Telek, Michael J., Fredlund, John R., McIntyre, Dale F., Lawther, Joel S., Manico, Joseph A.
• Granted Patent: US 8,782,531 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/52
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1423 controlling a plurality of local displays, e.g. CRT and flat panel display
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1446 display composed of modules, e.g. video walls
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1454 involving copying of the display data of a local workstation or window to a remote workstation or window so that an actual copy of the data is displayed simultaneously on two or more displays, e.g. teledisplay
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/147 using display panels
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/042 for monitor identification

Abstract

Systems and methods are provided for presenting digital images using a plurality of digital media frames separated spatially along at least two axes. In one aspect the method comprises the steps of obtaining the digital images to be presented determining the multi-dimensional relationship between the digital media frames analyzing the digital images and any associated metadata to assign an image perspective determination to each of the digital images and determining an arrangement of the digital images for presentation on the plurality of the digital media frames according to the multi-dimensional relationship between the digital media frames and according to the determined image perspectives.

Claims

1. A digital image presentation system comprising:

a plurality of digital media frames each having a display surface and driving circuit capable of cooperating to present digital images, with the plurality of digital media frames arranged in a multi-dimensional spatial distribution so that each display surface forms images that are viewable from a presentation space; and

a processing circuit in at least one of the digital media frames that is adapted to determine an image perspective for each of the digital images, to determine a multi-dimensional distribution of the digital media frames and to obtain digital image data files from which the processing circuit can generate signals causing the digital images to be presented on the plurality of digital media frames;

wherein the processing circuit determines an arrangement of the digital images for presentation on the plurality of the digital media frames according to the multi-dimensional relationship between the digital media frames and according to the determined image perspectives for the digital images being presented.

2. The digital image presentation system of claim 1, wherein the image perspective determination for a digital image is based upon analysis of at least two of the metadata associated with the digital image data, auxiliary information and a user input.

3. The digital image presentation system of claim 2, wherein the image perspective determination is further based upon analysis of the digital image data for the digital image.

4. The digital image presentation system of claim 1, wherein the image perspective determination for a digital image is assigned based upon analysis of the digital image according to at least one semantic element.

5. The digital image presentation system of claim 1, wherein the multi-dimensional spatial distribution includes at least one digital media frame at a first distance along a projection axis through the presentation space and a second digital media frame at a second distance along the projection axis that is smaller than the first viewing distance.

6. The digital image presentation system of claim 1, wherein the presentation space is defined is a function of both of the rate of propagation of the image modulated light from each of the plurality of digital medium frames and the propagation distance from each digital medium frame and wherein at least one of the separated from a person in the presentation space by a first distance along a first projection axis and a second distance along a second projection axis that is smaller than the first distance so that the presentation space is defined by the overlapping area in which image modulated light provided by all digital medium frames can be observed and is limited by a lesser extent of propagation of light from the second digital medium frame.

7. The digital image presentation system of claim 1, further comprising a user input that receives a designation of selected ones of the plurality of digital media frames associated with selected people and wherein the processing circuit is adapted to receive digital images tagged with metadata identified with that person, the processing circuit automatically place the appropriate tagged digital images on the designated frame.

8. The digital presentation system of claim 1, wherein the processing circuit is configured to present video images such that these images provide an ordered sequence of images on the images of the digital medium frame in accordance with the timing of the events of the video image.

9. A method for presenting digital images using a plurality of digital media frames separated spatially along at least two axes, the method comprising the steps of:

obtaining the digital images to be presented;

determining the multi-dimensional relationship between the digital media frames;

determining an image perspective determination for each of the digital images; and

determining at one of the digital medium frames an arrangement of the digital images for presentation on the plurality of the digital media frames according to the multi-dimensional relationship between the digital media frames and according to the determined image perspectives for the images being presented at the same time.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein analysis of at least two of the metadata associated with the digital image data, auxiliary information and a user input.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the image perspective determination is further based upon analysis of the digital image data for the digital image.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein the multi-dimensional spatial distribution includes at least one digital media frame at a first distance along a first axis and a second digital media frame at a second distance along projection axis that is smaller than the first distance.

13. The method of claim 9, wherein the multi-dimensional spatial distribution includes at least two frames arranged laterally in a first direction and wherein the processing circuit causes digital images associated with video content to be presented according to a timing of the video content.

14. The method of claim 9, wherein a user input is received designating selected ones of the plurality of digital media frames associated with selected people and placing digital images tagged with metadata identified with that person, the digital frame.

15. The method of claim 9, wherein the processing circuit is configured to present video images such that these images provide an ordered sequence of images on the images of the digital medium frame in accordance with the timing of the events of the video image.