Method and system for progressive image transmission
AssigneeMicrosoft Corporation
InventorsWei-Ying Ma, Xing Xie
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Abstract
A method and system for transmitting an image progressively is provided. The transmission system identifies a first region and a second region of the image. The transmission system also identifies a first resolution and a second resolution. The transmission system then transmits the image by transmitting, in the following order, the first region in the first resolution, the second region in the first resolution, the first region in the second resolution, and the second region in the second resolution. The transmission system may identify the regions based on the likelihood of being the focus of user attention.
Claims22
1-32. (canceled)
A computer-readable medium containing instructions for controlling a computer system to display an image, by a method comprising:
- receiving, in the following order, a first region of the image in a first resolution, a second region of the image in the first resolution, the first region in a second resolution, and the second region in the second resolution, the first region of the image having been identified as a region of interest and the second region of the image being a region other than the first region, a region of interest being an area of the image that a viewer would likely perceive as more important than the other region of the image, the first resolution being a lower resolution than the second resolution;
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- displaying the regions of the image in the resolutions in the order received so that a viewer views the first region before the second region and views the first region in the first resolution before the second resolution.
(canceled)
A computer system for displaying an image, the method comprising:
- a memory storing computer-executable instructions for
- a component that identifies a region of interest of the image, a region of interest being an area of the image that a viewer would likely perceive as important to view before other regions of the image;
- and
- a component that displays the image by displaying, in the following order, the region of interest in a first resolution, a region other than the region of interest in the first resolution, the region of interest in a second resolution, and the region other than the region of interest in the second resolution, the first resolution being a lower resolution than the second resolution;
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- a processor for storing the computer-executable instructions that are stored in memory.
39-40. (canceled)
A computing device for transmitting an image, comprising:
- a memory for storing
- the image;
- an identification of a first region and a second region of the image, the first region of the image being a region of interest and the second region of the image being a region other than the first region, a region of interest being an area of the image that a viewer would perceive as important;
- an identification of a first resolution and a second resolution, the first resolution being a lower resolution than the second resolution;
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- computer-executable instructions for transmitting the image by transmitting, in the following order, the first region in the first resolution, the second region in the first resolution, the first region in the second resolution, and the second region in the second resolution for progressive display of the image;
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- a processor for executing the computer-executable instructions stored in the memory.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.