Method and apparatus for sizing an image on a display

• US 7,760,269 B2
• Filed: 08/22/2005
• Issued: 07/20/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 08/22/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Inventors: Taft, Frederick Denham, Ochs, David H.
• Primary Examiner(s): KOSTAK, VICTOR R
• Application Number:
  US11/209,245
• Publication Number:
  US 20070052851A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,793 Days
• Field of Search: 348/556, 348/445, 348/581, 348/564, 348/569, 348/333.05, 348/333.11, 348/333.12, 386/52, 386/83, 386/123, 386/124, 345/660, 345667-671, 715/764, 715/788, 715/800, 715/801, 725/38
• US Class Current: 348/556
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4312 involving specific graphical features, e.g. screen layout, special fonts or colors, blinking icons, highlights or animations
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4316 for displaying supplemental content in a region of the screen, e.g. an advertisement in a separate window
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/440272 for performing aspect ratio conversion
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/443 OS processes, e.g. booting an STB, implementing a Java virtual machine in an STB or power management in an STB
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47 End-user applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4858 for modifying screen layout parameters, e.g. fonts, size of the windows
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/0122 the input and the output signals having different aspect ratios

Abstract

Methods and apparatuses are provided for sizing an image on a display screen. A user is provided the ability to display an image, display graphical objects, navigate, highlight, and activate one of the graphical objects on a display screen thereby sizing the image to the display screen.

Claims

1. A method for sizing an image on a display, comprising:

providing a mechanism to display the image on a screen on the display;

providing a processing device to simultaneously display a set of graphical objects on the screen, the set of graphical objects representing available display options for the image, and each graphical object rendered as a non-textual object providing a different indication of how the image would be sized for display on the screen if a respective graphical object from the set of graphical objects is activated by an activation event;

allowing the processing device to size the image for display on the screen based on the activated graphical object; and

determining the set of graphical objects based on detecting a format of an image signal and an aspect ratio of the display.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein allowing the processing device to size the image includes nonuniformly sizing the image.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein providing a processing device to simultaneously display a set of graphical objects on the screen includes allowing the highlight of one of the graphical objects.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein providing a processing device to simultaneously display a set of graphical objects on the screen includes allowing a rendering of the graphical object as a thumbnail of the image.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein providing a processing device to simultaneously display a set of graphical objects on the screen includes allowing a rendering of the graphical object as an icon predictive of the sizing if activated.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing an input device to activate the graphical object.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein providing a mechanism to display the image on a screen and providing a processing device to simultaneously display a set of graphical objects on the screen provides the display of the image on the screen with the simultaneous display of the set of graphical objects on the screen.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein providing a processing device to simultaneously display a set of graphical objects on the screen provides simultaneous display of more than one of a normal display option, a wide display option, a zoom display option, a panorama display option, and a letterbox display option for the image on the screen.

9. A method for sizing an image on a display, comprising:

displaying the image on a screen on the display;

simultaneously displaying a set of graphical objects on the screen, each graphical object rendered as a non-textual object, and the set of graphical objects representing available sizing options for display of the image on the screen;

activating one graphical object from the set of graphical objects;

sizing the image for display on the screen based on the activated graphical object; and

determining the set of graphical objects based on detecting a format of an image signal and an aspect ratio of the display.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein sizing the image based on the activated graphical object includes nonuniformly sizing the image.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein simultaneously displaying a set of graphical objects on the screen includes highlighting one of the graphical objects.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein simultaneously displaying a set of graphical objects on the screen includes rendering a graphical object as a thumbnail of the image.

13. The method of claim 9, wherein simultaneously displaying a set of graphical objects on the screen includes rendering a graphical object as an icon predictive of the sizing if activated.

14. The method of claim 9, wherein activating one graphical object from the set of graphical objects includes activating the graphical object by an input device.

15. The method of claim 9, wherein displaying the image on a screen and simultaneously displaying a set of graphical objects on the screen includes displaying the image on the screen with the simultaneously displaying the set of graphical objects on the screen.

16. The method of claim 9, wherein simultaneously displaying a set of graphical objects on the screen includes simultaneously displaying more than one of a normal sizing option, a wide sizing option, a zoom sizing option, a panorama sizing option, and a letterbox sizing option for the image on the screen.

17. A display, comprising:

a processor;

a screen displaying an image and a set of graphical objects, the set of graphical objects representing available display options for the image, and each graphical object rendered as a non-textual object providing a different indication of how the image would be sized for display on the screen if activated; and

a memory having instructions readable by the processor to cause the processor to perform acts of;

displaying the image on the screen;

simultaneously displaying the set of graphical objects on the screen;

activating one of the graphical objects; and

sizing the image for display on the screen based on the activated graphical object,

wherein the display of the set of graphical objects on the screen is determined based on a detected format of an image signal and a format of the display.

18. The display of claim 17, wherein the set of graphical objects are arranged in an object area.

19. The display of claim 17, further comprising an input device wherein the processor accepts inputs from the input device.

20. The display of claim 17, wherein one of the set of graphical objects is highlighted.

21. The display of claim 17, wherein the displayed image is nonuniformly sized.

22. The display of claim 17, wherein one or more of the set of graphical objects is a thumbnail of the image.

23. The display of claim 17, wherein one or more of the set of graphical objects is an icon predictive of the sizing if activated.

24. The display of claim 17, wherein displaying the image on the screen and simultaneously displaying the set of graphical objects on the screen includes displaying the image on the screen with the simultaneously displaying the set of graphical objects on the screen.

25. The display of claim 17, wherein simultaneously displaying the set of graphical objects on the screen includes simultaneously displaying more than one of a normal display option, a wide display option, a zoom display option, a panorama display option, and a letterbox display option for the image on the screen.

26. A display, comprising:

means for simultaneously displaying a set of graphical objects on the display, the set of graphical objects representing available display options for an image, and each graphical object rendered as a non-textual object providing a different indication of how the image will be sized for display on a screen of the display if activated;

means for selecting one of the graphical objects, and

means for sizing the image for display on the screen of the display based on the selected graphical object,

wherein the means for simultaneously displaying a set of graphical objects on the display is based on means for detecting a format of an image signal and an aspect ratio of the display.

27. The display of claim 26, wherein the means for simultaneously displaying a set of graphical objects on the display includes means for highlighting one of the graphical objects.

28. The display of claim 26, wherein the means for selecting one of the graphical objects includes means for receiving a command from an input device.

29. The display of claim 26, wherein the means for sizing the image based on the selected graphical object includes means for nonuniformly sizing the image.

30. The display of claim 26, wherein the means for simultaneously displaying a set of graphical objects on the display includes means for rendering at least one of the graphical objects as a thumbnail of the image.

31. The display of claim 26, wherein the means for simultaneously displaying a set of graphical objects on the display includes means for rendering at least one of the graphical objects as an icon predictive of the sizing if activated.

32. The display of claim 26, wherein means for simultaneously displaying a set of graphical objects on the display includes means for displaying the image on the display with the simultaneously displaying the set of graphical objects on the display.

33. The display of claim 26, wherein means for simultaneously displaying a set of graphical objects on the display includes means for simultaneously displaying more than one of a normal display option, a wide display option, a zoom display option, a panorama display option, and a letterbox display option for the image on the display.