Displaying a plurality of images in a stack arrangement
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsLaurence Crew, Andrew Shellshear
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Abstract
A method (700) of displaying a plurality of images is disclosed. The method (700) displays the images in a stack arrangement. The stack may be a perspective stack and a non-perspective stack. Another method (1200) of displaying a plurality of images is also disclosed. The method (1200) displays the images in a stack following any arbitrary path. The methods (700) and (1200) are particularly advantageous for displaying a collection of images of irregular sizes and aspect ratios. The methods (700) and (1200) maintain the regular geometric layout of a stack of images and also ensure that the size of the minimum visible area of each image in the stack remains the same irrespective of the aspect ratio of a particular image.
Claims42
A method of displaying a plurality of images, each image having an associated aspect ratio and at least one of said images having a different aspect ratio to at least one other of said images, said method comprising the steps of:
- displaying a first of said images, said first image being scaled so that a selected side of said first image is fitted to a corresponding side of a first region associated with said first image;
- and
- displaying a second of said images substantially behind said first image, said second image being scaled so that a selected side of said second image is fitted to a corresponding side of a second region associated with said second image, wherein the aspect ratios of said first and second images are maintained.
A method of displaying a plurality of images on a display device, each image having first and second dimensions defining an aspect ratio and at least one image of said images having a different aspect ratio to at least one other of said images, said method comprising the steps of:
- displaying a first of said images, the first and second dimensions of said first image being scaled so as to maintain the aspect ratio of said first image;
- and
- displaying a second of said images substantially behind said first image, the first and second dimensions of said second image being scaled so as to maintain the aspect ratio of said second image, wherein at least one of the first and second scaled dimensions of said second image are determined, by a processor, according to a predetermined ratio with respect to a corresponding scaled dimension of said first image.
A method of displaying a plurality of images, said method comprising the steps of:
- displaying a first of said plurality of images, said first image being scaled so that a selected side of said first image is fitted to a corresponding side of a predetermined region;
- and
- displaying a second of said plurality of images substantially behind said first image, wherein said second image is positioned according to a predetermined ratio based on said predetermined region.
An apparatus for displaying a plurality of images, each image having an associated aspect ratio and at least one of said images having a different aspect ratio to at least one other of said images, said apparatus comprising at least a display means for displaying a first of said images, said first image being scaled so that a selected side of said first image is fitted to a corresponding side of a first region associated with said first image, and for displaying a second of said images substantially behind said first image, said second image being scaled so that a selected side of said second image is fitted to a corresponding side of a second region associated with said second image, wherein the aspect ratios of said first and second images are maintained.
An apparatus for displaying a plurality of images on a display device, each image having first and second dimensions defining an aspect ratio and at least one image of said images having a different aspect ratio to at least one other of said images, said apparatus comprising at least a display means for displaying a first of said images, the first and second dimensions of said first image being scaled so as to maintain the aspect ratio of said first image, and for displaying a second of said images substantially behind said first image, the first and second dimensions of said second image being scaled so as to maintain the aspect ratio of said second image.
A computer program for displaying a plurality of images, each image having an associated aspect ratio and at least one of said images having a different aspect ratio to at least one other of said images, said program comprising:
- code for displaying a first of said images, said first image being scaled so that a selected side of said first image is fitted to a corresponding side of a first region associated with said first image;
- and
- code for displaying a second of said images substantially behind said first image, said second image being scaled so that a selected side of said second image is fitted to a corresponding side of a second region associated with said second image, wherein the aspect ratios of said first and second images are maintained.
A computer program for displaying a plurality of images on a display device, each image having first and second dimensions defining an aspect ratio and at least one image of said images having a different aspect ratio to at least one other of said images, said program comprising:
- code for displaying a first of said images, the first and second dimensions of said first image being scaled so as to maintain the aspect ratio of said first image;
- and
- code for displaying a second of said images substantially behind said first image, the first and second dimensions of said second image being scaled so as to maintain the aspect ratio of said second image.
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