Generating customized effects for image presentation

• US 9,690,442 B2
• Filed: 10/17/2008
• Issued: 06/27/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 10/17/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Adobe Inc.
• Original Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated (Adobe Inc.)
• Inventors: Weskamp, Marcos, Behun, Lori
• Primary Examiner(s): Hoang, Phi
• Application Number:
  US12/253,834
• Publication Number:
  US 20140028685A1
• Time in Patent Office: 3,175 Days
• Field of Search: 345173, 345156, 348 1412, 719318, 482129, 700 94, 40407, 715863
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 3/60 Rotation of whole images or parts thereof

Abstract

A method to receive an image to be displayed within an animation sequence. The method also including calculating position data identifying a position of the image within a display area, the position data calculated using a physics property attributed to the image. Further, the method including the transmission of the position data for use in generating the animation sequence. Additionally, a method is provided that includes making a request for an animation sequence that includes an image and position data for the image, the position data identifying a plurality of positions relative to a display area and calculated though applying a physics property to the image. This method further includes receiving the animation sequence for display in a display area. The method additionally includes displaying the image in the display area based upon the position data.

Claims

1. A computer implemented method comprising:

receiving an image to be displayed within an animation sequence;

positioning the image on a canvas that is used to create the animation sequence of the image using a physics property, wherein the image is a photograph formatted using image file formats, wherein the image can rotate along a pivot point, wherein the image cannot initiate executable routines nor facilitate computing functions, and wherein the physics property is a physics engine that includes a Y-gravity and X-gravity;

calculating, using a processor of a machine, position data identifying a plurality of positions of the image within a display area of the canvas, the plurality of positions defining the animation sequence, the position data calculated by applying the physics property to the image resulting in the animation sequence from a start position to a resting position on the canvas; and

transmitting the position data to a device for aggregation to generate the animation sequence including the image and the plurality of positions within the display area for subsequent retrieval and display.

2. The computer implemented method of claim 1, further comprising calculating the position of the image within the display area using an additional physics property attributed to the display area.

3. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein the physics property includes at least one selection from the group consisting of force, gravity, momentum, and velocity.

4. The computer implemented method of claim 3, further comprising calculating the force as a product of a mass of the image and an acceleration of the image.

5. The computer implemented method of claim 4, wherein the mass of the image is based on a byte size of the image.

6. The computer implemented method of claim 4, wherein the acceleration of the image is calculated based upon the difference between an initial velocity and a final velocity of a graphical pointer, the velocity imparted to the image by the graphical pointer.

7. The computer implemented method of claim 4, further comprising calculating a vector of the acceleration through finding at least one of a slope, or shortest path between two pixel locations in the display area.

8. The computer implemented method of claim 3, further comprising calculating gravity as a quotient of a change of a coordinate value of the display area over time.

9. The computer implemented method of claim 8, further comprising applying the gravity to the image using a terminal function that sets a maximum value for the gravity.

10. The computer implemented method of claim 3, further comprising calculating the momentum as a product of a mass of the image and a velocity of a graphical pointer, the velocity imparted to the image by the graphical pointer.

11. The computer implemented method of claim 10, further comprising calculating the velocity of the graphical pointer as a quotient of a change in position of the graphical pointer over time.

12. The computer implemented method of claim 10, further comprising applying the momentum to the image using the decay function that decreases the momentum.

13. The computer implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving input setting a pivot point position on the image, the input including at least one of a mouse-over action, a right-click action, or a left-click action; and

applying at least one of force, gravity, momentum, or velocity to the image based upon the pivot point position.

14. The method of claim 1 wherein the animation sequence is part of a larger animation sequence comprising animation sequences of a plurality of images.

15. A computer implemented method comprising:

requesting retrieval of a stored animation sequence that includes an image and position data aggregated for the image, the position data identifying a plurality of positions of the image relative to a display area and calculated though applying a physics property to the image on a canvas used to generate the animation sequence that results in the image moving from a start position to a resting position on the canvas, the resting position associated with a border of the canvas, wherein the image is a photograph formatted using image file formats, wherein the image can rotate along a pivot point, wherein the image cannot initiate executable routines nor facilitate computing functions, and wherein the physics property is a physics engine that includes a Y-gravity and X-gravity;

receiving the animation sequence for display in a display area; and

displaying, using a processor of a machine, the image in the display area based upon the position data generated from the applying of the physics property to the image on the canvas.

16. The computer implemented method of claim 15, wherein the physics property includes at least one of force, gravity, momentum, or velocity.

17. A computer system comprising:

a receiver to receive an image to be displayed within an animation sequence;

a physics engine to calculate position data that identifies a position of the image within a display area of a canvas that is used to generate the animation sequence, the position data calculated by applying a physics property to the image resulting in the animation sequence from a start portion to a resting position on the canvas, the resting position associated with a border of the canvas, wherein the image is a photograph formatted using image file formats, wherein the image can rotate along a pivot point, wherein the image cannot initiate executable routines nor facilitate computing functions, and wherein the physics engine includes a Y-gravity and X-gravity; and

a transmitter to transmit the position data to a device for aggregation to generate the animation sequence for subsequent retrieval and display, the animation sequence generated based on the aggregation of position data identifying a plurality of positions of the image from the start position to the resting position on the canvas.

18. The computer system of claim 17, wherein the animation sequence includes the image and the position data identifying the plurality of positions of the image within the display area.

19. The computer system of claim 17, further comprising the physics engine to calculate the position of the image within the display area using an additional physics property attributed to the display area.

20. The computer system of claim 17, wherein the physics property includes at least one of force, gravity, momentum, or velocity.

21. The computer system of claim 20, further comprising the physics engine to calculate the force as a product of a mass of the image and an acceleration of the image.

22. The computer system of claim. 21, wherein the mass of the image is based on a byte size of the image.

23. The computer system of claim 21, wherein the acceleration of the image is calculated based upon the difference between an initial velocity and a final velocity of a graphical pointer, the velocity imparted to the image by the graphical pointer.

24. The computer system of claim 21, further comprising the physics engine to calculate a vector of the acceleration through finding at least one of a slope, or shortest path between two pixel locations in the display area.

25. The computer system of claim 20, further comprising the physics engine to calculate gravity as a quotient of a change of a coordinate value of the display area over time.

26. The computer system of claim 25, further comprising a terminal engine to apply the gravity to the image through the use of a terminal function that sets a maximum value for the gravity.

27. The computer system of claim 20, further comprising the physics engine to calculate the momentum as a product of a mass of the image and a velocity of a graphical pointer, the velocity imparted to the image by the graphical pointer.

28. The computer system of claim 27, further comprising the physics engine to calculate the velocity of the graphical pointer as a quotient of a change in position of the graphical pointer over time.

29. The computer system of claim 27, further comprising a friction engine to apply the momentum to the image using the decay function that decreases the momentum.

30. The computer system of claim 17, further comprising:

an input device to receive input to set a pivot point position on the image, the input to include at least one of a mouse-over action, a right-click action, or a left-click action; and

the physics engine to apply at least one of force, gravity, momentum, or velocity to the image based upon the pivot point position.

31. A computer system comprising:

a requesting engine to request retrieval of a stored animation sequence that includes an image and position data aggregated for the image, the position data to identify a plurality of positions of the image relative to a display area and calculated though applying a physics property to the image on a canvas used to generate the animation sequence that results in the image moving from a start position to a resting position on the canvas, the resting position associated with a border of the canvas, wherein the image is a photograph formatted using image file formats, wherein the image can rotate along a pivot point, wherein the image cannot initiate executable routines nor facilitate computing functions, and wherein the physics property is a physics engine that includes a Y-gravity and X-gravity;

a receiver to receive the animation sequence for display in a display area; and

a display to display the image in the display area based upon the position data generated from the applying of the physics property to the image on the canvas.

32. The computer system of clam 31, wherein the physics property includes at least one of force, gravity, momentum, or velocity.

33. A non-transitory machine-readable medium comprising instructions, which when implemented by one or more machines, cause the one or more machines to perform operations comprising:

receiving an image from an image database to be displayed within an animation sequence;

positioning the image on a canvas that is used to create the animation sequence of the image using a physics property, wherein the image is a photograph formatted using image file formats, wherein the image can rotate along a pivot point, wherein the image cannot initiate executable routines nor facilitate computing functions, and wherein the physics property is a physics engine that includes a Y-gravity and X-gravity;

calculating, using a processor of a machine, position data identifying a plurality of positions of the image within a display area of the canvas, the plurality of positions defining the animation sequence, the position data calculated by applying the physics property to the image resulting in the animation sequence from a start position to a resting position on the canvas; and

transmitting the position data to a device for aggregation to generate the animation sequence including the image and the plurality of positions within the display area for subsequent retrieval and display.