METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING RELATED IMAGES OF AN OBJECT BASED ON DIRECTIVES

• US 20100309196A1
• Filed: 06/08/2009
• Published: 12/09/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 06/08/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Swakker LLC
• Original Assignee: Swakker LLC
• Inventors: CASTLEMAN, Mark
• Application Number:
  US12/480,432
• Publication Number:
  US 20100309196A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/418
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 13/80 2D [Two Dimensional] animation, e.g. using sprites

Abstract

In one embodiment, a processor-readable medium can store code representing instructions that when executed by a processor cause the processor to receive a set of directives from a host device. The set of directives can define an aspect of a media resource. A set of target locations can be defined within a canvas displayed at a communication device based on the set of directives. An image can be selected from a set of images for display at a target location from the set of target locations based on the set of directives. Each image from the set of images can represent a perspective view of an object.

Claims

1. A processor-readable medium storing code representing instructions that when executed by a processor cause the processor to:

receive a set of directives from a host device, the set of directives defining an aspect of a media resource;

define a set of target locations within a canvas displayed at a communication device based on the set of directives; and

select from a set of images an image for display at a target location from the set of target locations based on the set of directives, each image from the set of images representing a perspective view of an object.

2. The processor-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the target location is a first target location,

the processor-readable medium further storing code representing instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to:

move the image from the first target location towards a second target location from the set of target locations.

3. The processor-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the media resource is at least one of a visual resource or an audio resource.

4. The processor-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the media resource is a glyph displayed within the canvas, the target location is at a specified distance from a portion of the glyph.

5. The processor-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the set of directives are received at the communication device from the host device, the set of images are stored at the communication device before the set of directives are received at the communication device.

6. The processor-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the target location is identified within a directive from the set of directives.

7. The processor-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the communication device is a first communication device, the set of directives are defined at a second communication device in response to an interaction of a user with the second communication device.

8. The processor-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the image is associated with an orientation indicator, the image is selected based on an algorithm using the orientation indicator.

9. The processor-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the image is selected based on a map of neighbor relationships between images from a set of images.

10. A processor-readable medium storing code representing instructions that when executed by a processor cause the processor to:

store a set of orientation indicators associated with images from a set of images of an object, each orientation indicator from the set of orientation indicators representing a perspective view the object; and

select, from the set of images, an image of the object in a specified orientation based on the set of orientation indicators and based on a directive configured to trigger display of a glyph on a canvas of a communication device.

11. The processor-readable medium of claim 10, wherein the directive is received at the communication device from a host device.

12. The processor-readable medium of claim 10, further storing code representing instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to:

send a request for a stream of directives to a host device via a network; and

receive the stream of directives in response to the request, the directive being from the stream of directives.

13. The processor-readable medium of claim 10, wherein the image is a static image.

14. The processor-readable medium of claim 10, wherein the communication device is a first communication device,

the processor-readable medium further storing code representing instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to:

receive a stream of directives from a host device via a network, the directive being from the stream of directives, each directive from the stream of directives having an order within the stream of directives defined at a second communication device different from the first communication device.

15. The processor-readable medium of claim 10, wherein the image of the object in the specified orientation is selected based on a characteristic of the glyph, the characteristic is represented within the directive.

16. The processor-readable medium of claim 10, wherein the set of orientation indicators is included in a metadata file associated with the set of images.

17. The processor-readable medium of claim 10, wherein the set of images are collectively processed at the communication device as a single image resource.

18. A processor-readable medium storing code representing instructions that when executed by a processor cause the processor to:

store a predefined map of neighbor relationships between images from a set of images, each image from the set of images representing a perspective view of an object, at least one image from the set of images having a nearest neighbor relationship with more than two images from the set of images;

receive a set of directives from a host device;

select a first image from the set of images based on a first directive from the set of directives; and

select a second image associated with the first image based on a second directive from the set of directives and based on the predefined map of neighbor relationships.

19. The processor-readable medium of claim 18, further storing code representing instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to:

move the first image along a portion of a glyph displayed at a communication device based on the first directive.

20. The processor-readable medium of claim 18, wherein the set of directives are received from the host device as a stream of directives,

the processor-readable medium further storing code representing instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to:

identify the second directive as a final directive from the stream of directives; and

trigger display of a default sequence of images from the set of images in response to the second directive being identified as the final directive.

21. The processor-readable medium of claim 18, wherein the first directive and the second directive are collectively configured to trigger display of a glyph defining at least a portion of an alphanumeric character.

22. The processor-readable medium of claim 18, further storing code representing instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to:

select a third image having a neighbor relationship with the second image based on the second directive;

trigger display of a glyph based on the second directive during a time period;

trigger display of the second image during a first portion of the time period; and

trigger display of the third image during a second portion of the time period mutually exclusive from the first portion of the time period.

23. The processor-readable medium of claim 18, further storing code representing instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to:

trigger display of a glyph based on the first directive;

trigger display of a glyph based on the second directive; and

trigger display of the second image along a path between the glyph associated with the first directive and the glyph associated with the second directive.

24. The processor-readable medium of claim 18, wherein the set of directives define a message from a user.

25. The processor-readable medium of claim 18, wherein the map of neighbor relationships is included in a metadata file associated with the set of images, the image of the object in the specified orientation is selected based on a representation of the specified orientation within the metadata file.