IMAGE LAYOUT FOR A DISPLAY

• US 20130106913A1
• Filed: 10/28/2011
• Published: 05/02/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 10/28/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Miranda-Steiner, Emmanuel, Edmiston, Greg, Zearing, David Benjamin
• Granted Patent: US 9,269,323 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/660
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/14 Digital output to display device ; Cooperation and interconnection of the display device with other functional units
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/60 Editing figures and text; Combining figures or text
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/0407 Resolution change, inclusive of the use of different resolutions for different screen areas
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/0442 Handling or displaying different aspect ratios, or changing the aspect ratio
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/045 Zooming at least part of an image, i.e. enlarging it or shrinking it
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/0464 Positioning
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/0492 Change of orientation of the displayed image, e.g. upside-down, mirrored
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/145 related to small screens
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/00 Control arrangements or circuits for visual indicators common to cathode-ray tube indicators and other visual indicators image data processing or generation, in general G06T
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/12 Synchronisation between the display unit and other units, e.g. other display units, video-disc players
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/14 Display of multiple viewports

Abstract

One or more techniques and/or systems are disclosed for efficiently organizing one or more images in a display. The display may comprise one or more display lines, such as display rows or display columns. Images can be selected sequentially from an image database and scaled to fill into a display line, at least until a selected image does not fit. If the selected image does not fit, a cropping amount can be determined for the images in the display line, including the image that does not fit, and the images can be proportionally cropped accordingly. The cropping amount can comprise merely enough display space to accommodate a cropped version of the image that does not fit into the display line. The cropped version of the image can then be filled into the display line, and, if available, a next display line can similarly be populated.

Claims

1. A computer-based method for organizing one or more images in a display, comprising:

filling an image into a first display line if a size of the image is not greater than an amount of remaining display space in the first display line;

cropping one or more images filled into the first display line if the size of the image is greater than the amount of the remaining display space, the cropping resulting in an amount of additional display space that, when combined with the amount of the remaining display space, is sufficient to accommodate a cropped version of the image in the first display line; and

if the size of the image is greater than the amount of the remaining display space, filling the cropped version of the image into the first display line, resulting in the organized images in the display.

2. The method of claim 1, comprising scaling an original image resulting in the image, the scaling comprising one or more of:

adjusting a height of the original image to a desired height while maintaining an image aspect ratio; and

adjusting a width of the original image to a desired width while maintaining the image aspect ratio.

3. The method of claim 1, comprising determining the amount of the remaining display space comprising determining a difference between a size of the first display line and a combined size of the one or more images filled into the first display line.

4. The method of claim 1, comprising determining the amount of the additional display space comprising determining a difference between the size of the image and the amount of the remaining display space.

5. The method of claim 1, comprising determining an image cropping amount for a first image from the one or more images filled into the first display line, the image cropping amount comprising at least a portion of the amount of the additional display space.

6. The method of claim 5, comprising determining an image portion for the first image, the image portion comprising a percentage of the one or more images in the first display line indicated by the first image.

7. The method of claim 6, comprising combining the image portion for the first image with the amount of the additional display space resulting in the image cropping amount for the first image.

8. The method of claim 5, cropping one or more images filled into the first display line comprising one or more of:

cropping a first side of the first image by up to half of the image cropping amount for the first image; and

cropping a second side of the first image by at least half of the image cropping amount for the first image.

9. The method of claim 1, comprising incrementally selecting the image from a set of sequentially arranged images.

10. The method of claim 9, comprising filling a next incrementally selected image from the set of sequentially arranged images into a next display line if a size of the next incrementally selected image is not greater than an amount of remaining display space in the next display line.

11. The method of claim 1, filling an other image into a display line if a size of a desired margin combined with a size of the other image is not greater than an amount of remaining display space in the display line.

12. The method of claim 11, the desired margin disposed between the other image and a second image in the display line.

13. A system for organizing images in a display, comprising:

a filling component, operably coupled with the display component, configured to at least one of;

fill an image into a first display line if a size of the image is not greater than an amount of remaining display space in the first display line; and

if the size of the image is greater than the amount of the remaining display space, fill a cropped version of the image into the first display line; and

a cropping component, operably coupled with the filling component, configured to crop one or more images filled into the first display line by a cropping amount if the size of the image is greater than the amount of the remaining display space, the cropping amount, when combined with the amount of the remaining display space, sufficient to accommodate the cropped version of the image in the first display line.

14. The system of claim 13, comprising a scaling component configured to scale an original image resulting in the image, the scaling comprising one or more of:

adjusting a height of the original image to a desired height while maintaining an image aspect ratio; and

adjusting a width of the original image to a desired with while maintaining the image aspect ratio.

15. The system of claim 13, comprising a display space determination component configured to perform one or more of:

determine the amount of the remaining display space comprising a difference between a size of the first display line and a combined size of the one or more images filled into the first display line; and

determine the cropping amount comprising a difference between the size of the image and the amount of the remaining display space.

16. The system of claim 13, comprising a cropping amount determination component configured to perform one or more of:

determine an image portion for a first image, the image portion comprising a portion of the first display line comprised by the first image;

combine the image portion for the first image with the cropping amount resulting in an image cropping amount for the first image; and

divide the image cropping amount into two image cropping portions comprising one or more of;

a first image cropping portion comprising up to half of the image cropping amount for the first image; and

a second cropping portion comprising least half of the image cropping amount for the first image.

17. The system of claim 16, the cropping component configured to:

crop a first side of the first image by the first image cropping portion; and

crop a second side of the first image by the second image cropping portion.

18. The system of claim 13, comprising an image selection component configured to incrementally select the image from a set of sequentially arranged images.

19. The system of claim 13, the filling component configured to fill an other image into a second display line if a size of the other image is not greater than an amount of remaining display space in the second display line.

20. A computer readable medium comprising computer executable instructions that when executed via a processor perform a method for organizing one or more images in a display, comprising:

incrementally selecting a first image from a set of sequentially arranged images;

scaling the first image resulting in a scaled first image, the scaling comprising adjusting a height of the first image to a desired height while maintaining an image aspect ratio;

determining an amount of remaining display space in a first display line, the amount of the remaining display space comprising a difference between a size of the first display line and a combined size of one or more images filled into the first display line;

filling the scaled first image into the first display line if a size of the scaled first image is not greater than the amount of the remaining display space;

cropping at least one of the one or more images filled into the first display line, and cropping the scaled first image, if the size of the scaled first image is greater than the amount of the remaining display space, an amount of the cropping, when combined with the amount of the remaining display space, sufficient to accommodate the cropped scaled first image in the first display line;

filling the cropped scaled first image into the first display line, resulting in the organized images in the display if the size of the scaled first image is greater than the amount of the remaining display space; and

filling a next incrementally selected scaled image into a next display line if a size of the next incrementally selected scaled image is not greater than an amount of remaining display space in the next display line.