Method and apparatus for rendering a low-resolution thumbnail image suitable for a low resolution display having a reference back to an original digital negative and an edit list of operations

• US 20050052469A1
• Filed: 09/22/2004
• Published: 03/10/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 12/16/1999
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Monument Peak Ventures, LLC (Dominion Harbor Enterprises, LLC)
• Original Assignee: David C. Wilkins, Matt Crosby
• Inventors: Crosby, Matt, Wilkins, David C.
• Granted Patent: US 7,012,621 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/619
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9577 Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents

Abstract

A method of rendering a low-resolution thumbnail image at an embedded imaging device is described. An original digital negative is captured at the embedded imaging device at an original resolution and a thumbnail digital image of the original digital negative is generated at a first resolution. The thumbnail digital image is displayed on a display device coupled to the embedded imaging device and modified to form a first resultant image at the first resolution. A first edit list based upon the modifying is generated and associated with the first resultant image and linked to the original digital negative. The linked first edit list, the original digital negative, and the first resultant image are stored at the embedded imaging device and displayed at the display device.

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19. In a distributed system, an on-demand method of transferring a lower resolution resultant image from a first node to a second node that preserves an ability to form a higher resolution resultant image at the second node, comprising:

at the first node,

(a) generating a first resultant image at a first resolution;

(b) rasterzing the first resultant image to form a second resultant image at a second resolution;

(c) transferring the second resultant image to the second node;

at the second node,

(d) selecting a third resolution;

(e) rasterizing the second resultant image to form a third resultant image at the third resolutions;

(f) retrieving a digital negative of an original digital image;

(g) modifying the digital negative to form the first resultant image at the first resolution;

(h) associating a first edit list based on the modifying with the first resultant image;

(i) linking the first edit list to the digital negative;

(j) modifying the first resultant image to form the second resultant image at the second resolution;

(k) associating a second edit list based on the modifying (j) with the second resultant image at the second resolution and the first resultant image; and

(l) linking the second edit list to the digital negative.

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22. A method as recited in claim 21, further comprising:

at the second node, if it is determined that the third resolution is the first resolution,

(m) sending a digital negative request to the first node;

(n) receiving the requested digital negative and the linked first edit list;

(o) modifying the requested digital negative based upon the first edit list to form the first resultant image at the first resolution.

23. A method as recited in claim 22, wherein the first node is a first computing device coupled to a first input device and a first output device and wherein the second node is a second computing device coupled to a second output device and a second input device.

24. A method as recited in claim 23, wherein the second node is a server computer.

25. A method as recited in claim 23, wherein the first computing device and the second computing device are linked in a peer-to-peer arrangement.

26. A method as recited in claim 25, wherein the first computing device and the second computing device are wirelessly linked.

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