Method and apparatus for conveying image attributes
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1. A method for conveying an attribute of a digital image, comprising encoding the attribute using the a case of letters in an extension of a file name associated with the digital image, wherein the case of each letter in the extension is one of upper case and lower case, and wherein the extension comprises N letters such that the case of the N letters is capable of representing 2N combinations.
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Abstract
Attributes of a digital image are conveyed using the case of letters in an extension of a file name associated with the digital image. The technique is applicable to a wide variety of image attributes, including orientation.
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- 1. A method for conveying an attribute of a digital image, comprising encoding the attribute using the a case of letters in an extension of a file name associated with the digital image, wherein the case of each letter in the extension is one of upper case and lower case, and wherein the extension comprises N letters such that the case of the N letters is capable of representing 2N combinations.
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9. A method for displaying a digital image, comprising:
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reading a file name associated with the digital image, the file name including an extension, the extension comprising at least one letter, each of the at least one letters being represented in one of at least two possible cases; interpreting the case of the at least one letters as an encoded attribute of the digital image; and displaying the digital image in accordance with the encoded attribute, wherein the at least two possible cases are upper case and lower case, and wherein the encoded attribute is an orientation of the digital image. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11)
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12. A digital imaging device, comprising:
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an imaging module to convert an optical image to a digital image, the digital image having an attribute; a memory in which to store the digital image; and control logic configured to associate a file name with the digital image, the file name including an extension, the extension comprising at least one letter, a case of the at least one letters being selected by the control logic to encode the attribute, wherein the case of each of the at least one letters is one of upper case and lower case, and wherein the attribute is an orientation of the digital image. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14)
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15. A digital imaging device, comprising:
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means for converting an optical image to a digital image; means for storing the digital image; and means for associating a file name with the digital image, the file name including an extension, the extension comprising at least one letter and for selecting a case of the at least one letters so as to encode an attribute of the digital image, wherein the case of each of the at least one letters in the extension is one of upper case and lower case, and wherein the encoded attribute is an orientation of the digital image.
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16. A system programmed to perform the following method:
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reading a file name associated with a digital image, the file name including an extension, the extension comprising at least one letter, each of the at least one letters being represented in one of at least two possible cases; interpreting the case of the at least one letters as an encoded attribute of the digital image; and displaying the digital image in accordance with the encoded attribute, wherein the at least two possible cases are upper case and lower case, and wherein the encoded attribute is an orientation of the digital image. - View Dependent Claims (17)
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18. A computer-readable storage medium containing program code to display a digital image, comprising:
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a first code segment that reads a file name associated with a digital image the file name including an extension, the extension comprising at least one letter, each of the at least one letters being represented in one of at least two possible cases; a second code segment that interprets the case of the at least one letters as an encoded attribute of the digital image; and a third code segment that causes the digital image to be displayed in accordance with the encoded attribute, wherein the at least two possible cases are upper case and lower case, and wherein the encoded attribute is the orientation of the digital image. - View Dependent Claims (19)
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