Image repositioning, storage and retrieval

• US 7,587,671 B2
• Filed: 05/17/2005
• Issued: 09/08/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 05/17/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Palm, Inc. (TCL Technology Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Su, Yingfeng, Saft, Keith, Crowley, Matthew W.
• Primary Examiner(s): Hutton; Doug
• Assistant Examiner(s): Hillery; Nathan
• Application Number:
  US11/132,072
• Publication Number:
  US 20060265643A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,575 Days
• Field of Search: 715/500.1, 715/512, 715517- 21, 715730- 2, 382/201, 382/293, 382/294
• US Class Current: 715/253
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/957 Browsing optimisation, e.g. caching or content distillation

Abstract

A system and a method are disclosed for optimally viewing a non-square aspect ratio photo or video within a non-square aspect ratio display area of a screen. In addition, a system and a method are disclosed for positioning and storing a reference point (e.g., a relative center point) of an image within a display area of a screen. Further, in a slideshow configuration, a system and a method allows for transition between images using sound annotations associates with a particular image.

Claims

1. A method for storing an image file, the method comprising:

determining a coordinate system for use with a display area of the screen;

retrieving, by a processor, the image file for display of an image on the screen to provide for display, by a processor, a first position of the image, the first position corresponding to the image having a first portion displayed within the display area and a second portion being out of the display area, the first position corresponding to a first reference point within the coordinate system;

moving the image to provide for display, by a processor, a second position of the image, the second position corresponding to the image having a third portion displayed within the display area and a fourth portion being out of the display area, the displaying of the image within the display area and the image file unaltered between the first position and the second position;

identifying coordinates of a second reference point within the coordinate system;

storing, in a storage device, the coordinates of the second reference point with the image file; and

subsequently retrieving and displaying, by a processor, the image in the second position based on the stored coordinates of the second reference point.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising retrieving reference coordinates associated with the image.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising displaying the second position of the image in response to retrieval of the reference coordinates.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the first reference point is a center of the display area in the first position and the second reference point is a center of the display area in the second position.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the image is a JPEG image.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the image is a MPEG image.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein steps of the method are stored as instructions on a computer readable medium for execution by a processor.

8. A computer program product comprising:

a computer readable storage medium adapted to store computer program code for execution by a processor,

the computer program code comprising instructions executable by the processor to cause the processor to;

determine a coordinate system for use with a display area of a screen;

retrieve an image file for display of an image on the screen;

display a first position of the image on the screen, the first position corresponding to the image having a first portion displayed within the display area and a second portion being out of the display area, the first view of the image having a first reference point within the coordinate system;

display a second position of the image on the screen, the second position corresponding to the image having a third portion within the display area and a fourth portion being out of the display area, the displaying of the image within the display area and the image file unaltered between the first position and the second position;

identify coordinates of a second reference point within the coordinate system;

store the coordinates of the second reference point with the image file; and

subsequently retrieve and display the image in the second position based on the stored coordinates of the second reference point.

9. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein the instructions further comprise instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to retrieve reference coordinates associated with the image.

10. The computer program product of claim 9, wherein the instructions further comprise instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to display the second position of the image in response to retrieval of the reference coordinates.

11. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein the first reference point is a center of the display area in the first position and the second reference point is a center of the display area in the second position.

12. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein the image is a JPEG image.

13. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein the image is a MPEG image.