Interactive frames for images and videos displayed in a presentation application

• US 9,430,479 B2
• Filed: 06/27/2012
• Issued: 08/30/2016
• 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): WIENER, ERIC A
• Application Number:
  US13/535,043
• Publication Number:
  US 20130050255A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,525 Days
• Field of Search: 715/716, 715/723, 715/730, 715/790, 715/800
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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 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 first contour for the object wherein at least a portion of the first contour follows the inner boundary of the frame;

applying a mask to at least one portion of the object outside of the first contour and not to portions of the object inside of the first contour, wherein applying the mask comprises hiding the at least one portion without deleting information about the object;

displaying the frame so that the portions of the object inside the inner boundary are visible and the at least one portion of the object outside the outer boundary is not visible;

automatically determining, in response to input adjusting the size of the image, a second contour for the object that is different from the first contour; and

applying the mask to portions of the object outside of the second contour.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the inner and outer boundaries of the frame are not parallel and not straight.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

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

4. The method of claim 1, wherein each of the object and the slide is stored as a file, and wherein hiding the portions of the object without deleting information about the object comprises:

hiding the portions of the object from view using information from the file representing the slide, the hiding of the portions of the object being performed without altering the file representing the object.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of the first contour or the second contour is in the inner boundary of the frame.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein the inner boundary of the frame is determined based at least in part on metadata stored in a file associated with the frame.

17. The method of claim 1, wherein at least a portion of the first contour that follows the inner boundary of the frame does not follow an edge of the object.

18. The method of claim 1, comprising generating an adjusted frame by automatically lengthening or shortening the edges of frame.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein at least a portion of the second contour follows the inner boundary of the adjusted frame.

20. The method of claim 1, wherein at least a first edge of the object lies outside of the first contour and at least a second edge of the object lies inside of the first contour.

21. The method of claim 1, wherein at least a portion of the second contour that follows the inner boundary of the frame does not follow an edge of the object.

22. The method of claim 1, wherein at least a first edge of the object lies outside of the second contour and at least a second edge of the object lies inside of the second contour.

6. An electronic device, comprising:

a memory storing one or more routines; and

a processing component configured to execute the one or more routines stored in the memory, wherein the one or more routines, when executed by the processing component, execute a presentation application that performs acts comprising;

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

determining a first contour for the object wherein at least a portion of the first contour follows the inner boundary of the frame;

applying a mask to at least one portion of the object outside of the first contour and not to portions of the object inside of the first contour, wherein applying the mask comprises hiding the at least one portion without deleting information about the object;

displaying the frame so that the portions of the object inside the inner boundary are visible and the at least one portion of the object outside the outer boundary is not visible;

automatically determining, in response to input adjusting the size of the image, a second contour for the object that is different from the first contour; and

applying the mask to portions of the object outside of the second contour.

7. The electronic device of claim 6, wherein the inner and outer boundaries of the frame are not parallel and not straight.

8. The electronic device of claim 6, wherein the presentation application, when executed, performs acts further comprising:

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

9. The electronic device of claim 6, wherein each of the object and the slide is stored as a file, and wherein hiding the portions of the object without deleting information about the object comprises:

hiding the portions of the object from view using information from the file representing the slide, the hiding of the portions of the object being performed without altering the file representing the object.

10. The electronic device of claim 6, wherein at least one of the first contour or the second contour is in the inner boundary of the frame.

11. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media, encoding one or more routines which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform acts comprising:

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

determining a first contour for the object wherein at least a portion of the first contour follows the inner boundary of the frame;

applying a mask to at least one portion of the object outside of the first contour and not to portions of the object inside of the first contour, wherein applying the mask comprises hiding the at least one portion without deleting information about the object;

displaying the frame so that the portions of the object inside the inner boundary are visible and the at least one portion of the object outside the outer boundary is not visible;

automatically determining, in response to input adjusting the size of the image, a second contour for the object that is different from the first contour; and

applying the mask to portions of the object outside of the second contour.

12. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 11 wherein the inner and outer boundaries of the frame are not parallel and not straight.

13. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 11, wherein the one or more routines, when executed, performs acts further comprising:

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

14. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 11, wherein each of the object and the slide is stored as a file, and wherein hiding the portions of the object without deleting information about the object comprises:

hiding the portions of the object from view using information from the file representing the slide, the hiding of the portions of the object being performed without altering the file representing the object.

15. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 11, wherein at least one of the first contour or the second contour is in the inner boundary of the frame.