IMAGING PRODUCT SELECTION SYSTEM

• US 20120297300A1
• Filed: 05/20/2011
• Published: 11/22/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 05/20/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kodak Alaris Inc (KPP (no. 2) Trustees Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Kodak Alaris Inc (KPP (no. 2) Trustees Ltd.)
• Inventors: Mahoney, Kathleen A., Cok, Ronald S.
• Granted Patent: US 9,524,086 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/716
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04803 Split screen, i.e. subdividing the display area or the window area into separate subareas
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/60 Editing figures and text; Combining figures or text

Abstract

A display system for a collage of digital multimedia elements. A display is used to display the collage and a pointing device selects one of the collage elements for activating a multimedia presentation of the selected element.

Claims

1. A multi-media display system, comprising:

a server computer providing graphical user interface display elements and functions to a remote client computer connected to the server computer through a computer network, the remote client computer including a display having a graphic user interface (GUI) including a user-interactive GUI pointing device;

a plurality of multi-media elements stored on the server computer, communicated to the remote client computer, and displayed on the GUI, one or more of the displayed multi-media elements of the plurality of multi-media elements apparently overlapping another of the plurality of multi-media elements so that only a portion of the overlapped multi-media elements is visible; and

a tool for controlling the display of each multi-media elements displayed on the GUI so that when the pointing device is located in association with a selected one of the displayed overlapped multi-media elements, the display of the multi-media elements is modified to display and present the entire selected multi-media element in such a way that it is not overlapped by any other of the plurality of multi-media elements and so that when the pointing device is removed from association with the selected overlapped multi-media elements, the presentation of the multi-media element is stopped and the display of the multi-media elements is modified to be apparently overlapped by another of the plurality of multi-media elements so that only a portion of the selected overlapped multi-media elements is visible.

2. The multi-media display system of claim 1, wherein the multi-media element is a still image, a graphical element, or a video image sequence.

3. The multi-media display system of claim 1, wherein the multi-media element includes an audio element and wherein the tool includes means for playing the audio element when the pointing device is located in association with the selected overlapped multi-media element.

4. The multi-media display system of claim 1, wherein the entire selected multi-media element is displayed in front of other overlapped images at the same location as the selected image.

5. The multi-media display system of claim 1, wherein the entire selected multi-media element obscures other overlapped images at the same location as the associated image

6. The multi-media display system of claim 1, wherein the entire associated multi-media element is displayed in a different location than the associated image.

7. The multi-media display system of claim 1 wherein the display of the selected image is modified to display a larger view of the associated image.

8. The multi-media display system of claim 1 wherein the plurality of multi-media elements forms a photo-collage.

9. The multi-media display system of claim 1 wherein the plurality of multi-media elements forms a page of images.

10. The multi-media display system of claim 1 wherein the pointing device is located in association with one of the plurality of multi-media elements by locating the pointing device over an image.

11. The multi-image display system of claim 1 wherein the multi-media elements include an image and the pointing device is located in association with one of the multi-media elements by selecting an image that is a part of the multi-media element.

12. The multi-media display system of claim 1 wherein the pointing device is a mouse pointer.

13. A multi-media display apparatus, comprising:

a display having a graphic user interface (GUI) including a user-interactive GUI pointing device;

a plurality of multi-media elements displayed on the GUI, one or more of the displayed multi-media elements of the plurality of multi-media elements apparently overlapping another of the plurality of multi-media elements so that only a portion of the overlapped multi-media elements is visible; and

a computer executing software for controlling the display of each multi-media elements displayed on the GUI so that when the pointing device is located in association with a selected one of the displayed overlapped multi-media elements, the display of the multi-media elements is modified to display and play back the entire selected multi-media element in such a way that it is not overlapped by any other of the plurality of multi-media elements and so that when the pointing device is removed from association with the selected overlapped multi-media elements, the play back of the multi-media element is stopped and the display of the multi-media elements is modified to be apparently overlapped by another of the plurality of multi-media elements so that only a portion of the selected overlapped multi-media elements is visible.

14. A display system comprising:

digital memory for storing a collage of digital multimedia elements;

a display for displaying the collage of digital multimedia elements;

a pointing device for selecting individual ones of the multimedia elements and for activating a presentation of a selected one of the multimedia elements; and

at least one system processor coupled to the digital memory, the display, and to the pointing device, for accessing and retrieving from the digital memory the collage of digital multimedia elements, for receiving a selection of said one of the multimedia elements for presentation on the display, and for activating a presentation on the display of said selected one of the multimedia elements.

15. The system of claim 14, further comprising data stored in the digital memory indicating that an audio track is associated with said selected one of the multimedia elements, and a speaker for playing at least a portion of the associated audio track, wherein the processor causes the audio portion associated with said selected one of the multimedia elements to be played on the speaker when activating the presentation on the display and in response to reading the data stored in the digital memory indicating that an audio track is associated with said selected one of the multimedia elements.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein said selected one of the multimedia elements comprises a still image representing a video and wherein activating said selected one of the multimedia elements causes a playback of the video on the display.

17. The system of claim 14, wherein the presentation on the display of said selected one of the multimedia elements comprises an unobstructed presentation without being overlapped by another multimedia element in the collage.

18. The system of claim 14, wherein the collage of digital multimedia elements comprises a visual indicator for indicating that one of the multimedia elements comprises an associated audio track.

19. The system of claim 14, wherein the collage of digital multimedia elements comprises a visual indicator for indicating that one of the multimedia elements comprises a video.

20. The system of claim 14, wherein the presentation occupies the entire display area.