Interactive frames for images and videos displayed in a presentation application

• US 8,225,208 B2
• Filed: 08/06/2008
• Issued: 07/17/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 08/06/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: Sprang, Steve, Vaughan, Brad, Capela, Jay Christopher
• Primary Examiner(s): Lo, Weilun
• Assistant Examiner(s): WIENER, ERIC A
• Application Number:
  US12/187,174
• Publication Number:
  US 20090144651A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,441 Days
• Field of Search: 715/716, 715/723, 715/730, 715/800
• US Class Current: 715/730
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/4393 Multimedia presentations, e.g. slide shows, multimedia albums
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04845 for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/60 Editing figures and text; Combining figures or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2207/20104 Interactive definition of region of interest [ROI]
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 7/11 Region-based segmentation
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 7/194 involving foreground-background segmentation
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/034 on discs G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/10 Indexing; Addressing; Timing or synchronising; Measuring tape travel
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/34 Indicating arrangements indicating means incorporated in magazine or cassette G11B23/046 and G11B23/0875; indicating measured values in general G01D

Abstract

A presentation application for framing objects, such as images and videos, is provided. Using the presentation application, the user may select a frame from a plurality of available frames. The presentation application may mask portions of the displayed object that would lie outside of the selected frame before displaying the selected frame. The presentation application may provide an interface that allows the user to adjust the size of the frame and the object. The presentation application may automatically adjust the size of the frame when the size of the object is changed, and vice versa.

Claims

1. A method of framing an object displayed in a presentation application implemented on an electronic device, the method comprising:

in response to a user selection, determining a set of graphics to form a frame around at least a portion of the object when the object is displayed on a slide of a slide show presentation, wherein each graphic in the set is associated with a corresponding object edge;

displaying the set of graphics, wherein displaying a respective graphic in the set comprises;

determining whether to stretch or replicate the respective graphic when a length of the respective graphic is shorter than a length of the corresponding object edge, wherein the determination is based on metadata associated with the respective graphic;

stretching the graphic based on the length of the object edge if the metadata indicates that the respective graphic is to be changed in length by stretching; and

replicating the graphic based on the length of the object edge if the metadata indicates that the respective graphic is to be changed in length by replication.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the set of graphics comprises:

identifying a plurality of graphics to associate with a top edge, bottom edge, and side edges of the object.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein displaying the graphic in the set further comprises:

clipping the graphic when the length of the respective graphic is longer than the corresponding object edge.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the replicating comprises:

displaying the graphic;

determining whether to display the graphic a second time based on the length of the object edge; and

displaying at least a clip of the graphic based on the determining whether to display the graphic a second time.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a user request to rescale the width of the frame, wherein the user request is input via a slider or text box;

resizing each of the graphics in the set based on the width requested by the user; and

displaying the resized graphics to form the frame.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a user request to change a size of the object;

displaying the object at a different size in response to the user request; and

automatically displaying the set of graphics to frame the object based on the different size of the object.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a user selection of a different frame;

selecting a different set of graphics based on the different frame; and

displaying the different set of graphics in place of the set of graphics.

20. The method of claim 1, wherein the frame has the appearance of a physical picture frame.

8. A method of displaying a frame for an object in a presentation application implemented on an electronic device, wherein the frame has an inner boundary and an outer boundary, the method comprising:

displaying the object on a slide of a slide show presentation;

determining a contour for the object that lies within the inner boundary and the outer boundary of where the frame will be displayed, wherein the contour is determined based on metadata associated with the frame;

masking portions of the object outside of the contour, wherein masking the portions of the object comprises hiding the portions of the object without deleting information about the object; and

displaying the frame, wherein an inner portion of the object is visible inside the inner boundary of the frame and the object is not visible outside the outer boundary of the frame.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the inner and outer boundaries of the frame are not parallel and not straight.

10. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

receiving a selection of the frame from a plurality of frames.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein the object is stored as a file, and wherein masking the portions comprises:

hiding the portions from view without altering the file.

12. The method of claim 8, wherein the contour is in the inner boundary of the frame.

13. The method of claim 8, wherein the contour is the outer boundary of the frame.

14. An electronic device for framing an object using a presentation application, the electronic device comprising a display and a processor, the processor operative to:

receive a user selection of a set of graphics to form a frame around at least a portion of the object when the object is displayed on a slide of a slide show presentation, wherein each graphic in the set is associated with a corresponding object edge;

determine whether to stretch or replicate each graphic when the length of that graphic is shorter than a length of the corresponding object edge associated with that graphic, wherein the determination is based on metadata associated with the respective graphic;

direct the display to display a stretched version of at least one of the graphics in the set if the metadata indicates that the respective graphic is to be changed in length by stretching; and

direct the display to display duplicates of at least one of the graphics in the set if the metadata indicates that the respective graphic is to be changed in length by replication.

15. The electronic device of claim 14, further comprising:

a memory that stores the metadata.

16. The electronic device of claim 14, wherein the processor is further operative to:

direct the display to display a clipped version of at least one of the graphics in the set when the at least one of the graphics is longer in length than the corresponding object edge.

17. The electronic device of claim 14, further comprising an input device, wherein the processor is further operative to:

receive a user request to rescale the frame to a different size;

rescale the graphics in the set based on the different size requested by the user; and

direct the display to display the frame using the rescaled graphics.

19. The electronic device of claim 14, wherein the inner and outer boundaries of the frame are not parallel and not straight.

18. An electronic device for displaying a frame for an object using a presentation application, the electronic device comprising a display and a processor, the processor operative to:

direct the display to display the object on a slide of a slide show presentation;

determine a contour for the object that lies within the inner boundary and the outer boundary of where the frame will be displayed, wherein the contour is determined based on metadata associated with the frame;

direct the display to mask portions of the object outside of the contour, wherein the portions of the object are masked by hiding the portions of the object without deleting information about the object; and

direct the display to display the frame such that an inner portion of the object is visible inside the inner boundary of the frame and the object is not visible outside the outer boundary of the frame.