Displaying a long sequence of images in a short amount of time
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1. A method comprising:
- determining, by a display module of a processor, a rate at which an image-based document is to be displayed, the image-based document including a plurality of page images;
selecting, by the display module, a first set of merged page images if the rate at which the document is to be displayed is at a first rate, wherein the first set of merged page images comprises salient content from a first number of page images of the image-based document merged into one image;
selecting, by the display module, a second set of merged page images if the rate at which the document is to be displayed is at a second rate, wherein the second set of merged page images comprises salient content from a second number of page images of the image-based document merged into one image, the second number being different from the first number; and
serially displaying, by the display module, the selected page images on a display.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus is disclosed herein for displaying a long sequence of images in a short amount of time. In one embodiment, the method comprises selecting page images for display from a plurality of page images corresponding to an image-based document, the plurality of page images including merged page images and each merged page image having salient content from multiple successive page images of the image-based document merged into one image; and serially displaying the selected page images on a display.
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1. A method comprising:
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determining, by a display module of a processor, a rate at which an image-based document is to be displayed, the image-based document including a plurality of page images; selecting, by the display module, a first set of merged page images if the rate at which the document is to be displayed is at a first rate, wherein the first set of merged page images comprises salient content from a first number of page images of the image-based document merged into one image; selecting, by the display module, a second set of merged page images if the rate at which the document is to be displayed is at a second rate, wherein the second set of merged page images comprises salient content from a second number of page images of the image-based document merged into one image, the second number being different from the first number; and serially displaying, by the display module, the selected page images on a display. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. An article of manufacture comprising a machine-readable storage medium storing instructions thereon which, when executed by a system, causes the system to perform a method comprising:
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determining a rate at which an image-based document is to be displayed, the image-based document including a plurality of page images; selecting a first set of merged page images if the rate at which the document is to be displayed is at a first rate, wherein the first set of merged page images comprises salient content from a first number of page images of the image-based document merged into one image; selecting a second set of merged page images if the rate at which the document is to be displayed is at a second rate, wherein the second set of merged page images comprises salient content from a second number of page images of the image-based document merged into one image, the second number being different from the first number; and serially displaying the selected page images on a display. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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