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Thumbnail image browsing method in an embedded system

  • US 7,418,673 B2
  • Filed: 04/03/2003
  • Issued: 08/26/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/08/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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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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