Display device and system

• US 7,271,780 B2
• Filed: 09/23/2003
• Issued: 09/18/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 09/23/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Monument Peak Ventures, LLC (Dominion Harbor Enterprises, LLC)
• Original Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
• Inventors: Cok, Ronald S.
• Primary Examiner(s): Shalwala, Bipin
• Assistant Examiner(s): DHARIA, PRABODH M
• Application Number:
  US10/668,730
• Publication Number:
  US 20050062695A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,456 Days
• Field of Search: 345/1.1, 345/30, 345/530, 345/668, 345/690, 345/87.88, 345/3.4, 345625-637, 345/3.1, 345/3.3, 345/810, 715/716, 382/209, 382/254, 348/407, 348/416, 348/333.11, 348/231.1, 725/55, 386/68, 705/51, 700/29, 375/240.1, 703/11
• US Class Current: 345/1.1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/51 Indexing; Data structures therefor; Storage structures
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/36 characterised by the display of a graphic pattern, e.g. using an all-points-addressable [APA] memory
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/41 Flat as opposed to hierarchical combination, e.g. library of tapes or discs, CD changer, or groups of record carriers that together store one title
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/65 wherein solid state memory is used for storing indexing information or metadata
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/034 on discs G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/329 on a disc [VTOC]

Abstract

A display device, system, and method are provided. The display device has a communication interface adapted to communicate with an archival storage device, a content source adapted to acquire content in an acquisition form, a presentation system for presenting content in a form that is different from the acquisition form and a memory for storing content. A controller is provided and is adapted to receive acquired content from the content source, to form presentation content that corresponds to the acquired content said presentation content adapted for presentation using the presentation system and to cause the acquired image content and the corresponding presentation content to be stored in the memory. The controller is further adapted to cause the communication interface to transfer acquired content to the archival storage device and to delete the transferred acquired content from the memory.

Claims

1. A digital display device comprising:

a communication interface adapted to communicate with an external archival storage device;

a content source adapted to acquire content in an acquisition resolution from an external device;

a presentation system for presenting content at a presentation resolution that is lower than acquisition resolution;

a memory for storing content;

a controller adapted to receive acquired content at from the content source, to form presentation content that corresponds to the acquired content said presentation content and that is adapted to have the second resolution for presentation using the presentation system and to cause the acquired content and the corresponding presentation content to be stored in the memory; and

wherein the controller is further adapted to cause the communication interface to transfer acquired content to the external archival storage device and to delete the transferred acquired content from the memory while retaining the presentation content in the memory for later presentation.

2. The digital display device of claim 1, wherein the content source is an image capture system.

3. The digital display device of claim 1, wherein the archival storage device is a home computer.

4. The digital display device of claim 1, wherein the archival storage device is an Internet-accessible on-line storage system.

5. The digital display device of claim 1, wherein the acquired content comprises at least one still image.

6. The digital display device of claim 1, wherein the acquired content comprises at least one of a digital still image, an image sequence, graphics, text, audio content and a stream of image information.

7. The digital display device of claim 1, wherein the communication interface uses a memory storage device.

8. The digital display device of claim 1, wherein the communication interface uses a wireless connection.

9. The digital display device of claim 1, wherein the communication interface uses a wired connection.

10. The digital display device of claim 1, wherein the archival storage device has a communication system to acquire content from sources different from the digital display device.

11. The digital display device of claim 1, wherein the archival storage device has a processor adapted to perform at least one of the functions of editing, deleting, and organizing content and a memory to store content.

12. The digital display device of claim 1, wherein the display device displays the presentation content using an organization structure provided by the archival storage device, so that the digital display device organizes presentation content in a way that reflects the organization of acquired content to the transferred archival storage device.

13. The digital display device of claim 1, wherein the total storage available in the display device is dynamically divided between the acquisition content and presentation content images depending on the use of the display device.

14. The digital display device of claim 1, further comprising an audio system for acquiring content containing audio information and for presenting audible signals representing audio information contained in acquired content.

15. The digital display device of claim 1 wherein the display comprises an OLED display.

16. The digital display device of claim 1 wherein the controller is adapted to prevent the storage of more than one copy of the same content.

17. The digital display device of claim 1 further comprising an audio system adapted to generate audio content associated with or incorporated within the image content.