Thumbnail image browsing method in an embedded system
First Claim
1. A thumbnail image browsing method in a mobile communication terminal, the method comprising:
- generating a trimmed image from an original image stored in the mobile communication terminal, wherein the trimmed image is generated from the original image in accordance with a predetermined set of trimming rules stored in the mobile communication terminal; and
generating a thumbnail image for display on a screen of the mobile communication terminal from the trimmed image prior to receiving a request for rendering the thumbnail image on the display of the mobile communication terminal,wherein the thumbnail image is associated with the original image for the purpose of file management, such that any file management operation performed on the thumbnail image is also performed on the original image,wherein the file management operation comprises a move operation that allows both the original image and the thumbnail image to be transferred and an erase operation that allows both the original image and the thumbnail image to be deleted.
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Abstract
In accordance with one aspect of the invention, a method of viewing images accessible by an embedded system, the method comprises: generating a trimmed image from an original image accessible by an embedded system, wherein the trimmed image'"'"'s dimension are relatively smaller or equal to the dimensions of the original image; generating a thumbnail image from the trimmed image, such that dimensions of the thumbnail image are relatively smaller and directly proportional to the respective dimensions of the trimmed image; and associating the thumbnail image with the original image so that in response to selection of the thumbnail image the original image is displayed on the embedded system'"'"'s display unit.
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35 Claims
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1. A thumbnail image browsing method in a mobile communication terminal, the method comprising:
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generating a trimmed image from an original image stored in the mobile communication terminal, wherein the trimmed image is generated from the original image in accordance with a predetermined set of trimming rules stored in the mobile communication terminal; and generating a thumbnail image for display on a screen of the mobile communication terminal from the trimmed image prior to receiving a request for rendering the thumbnail image on the display of the mobile communication terminal, wherein the thumbnail image is associated with the original image for the purpose of file management, such that any file management operation performed on the thumbnail image is also performed on the original image, wherein the file management operation comprises a move operation that allows both the original image and the thumbnail image to be transferred and an erase operation that allows both the original image and the thumbnail image to be deleted. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method of viewing images accessible by a limited processing and limited display device, the method comprising:
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generating a trimmed image from an original image accessible by the limited processing and limited display device, wherein the trimmed image'"'"'s dimension are relatively smaller or equal to the dimensions of the original image; generating a thumbnail image from the trimmed image, such that dimensions of the thumbnail image are relatively smaller and directly proportional to the respective dimensions of the trimmed image, prior to receiving a request for displaying the thumbnail image on a screen of the limited processing and limited display device; associating the thumbnail image with the original image so that in response to selection of the thumbnail image, the original image is displayed on the limited processing and limited display device; and associating the thumbnail image with the original image so that any file management operations performed on the thumbnail image are also performed on the original image, wherein the any file management operations comprise a move operation that allows both the original image and the thumbnail image to be transferred when either the original image or the thumbnail image is transferred, and an erase operation that allows both the original image and the thumbnail image to be deleted when either the original image or the thumbnail image is deleted. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A method for displaying images on a display of a mobile device, the method comprising:
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producing a second image from a first image stored in a mobile communication terminal, wherein the first image has a higher resolution than the second image, wherein the second image is generated, before a request for displaying the second image is received, and wherein the second image and the first image are associated such that any image processing operation performed on the first image is also performed on the second image and any image processing operation performed on the second image is also performed on the first image, and wherein the second image is produced from a cropped version of the first image. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35)
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