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US 2014/0351679 A1Published application
System and method for creating and/or browsing digital comics
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorHiroaki Tobita
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Abstract
A system for creating a digital comic comprises a page processor configured to generate frames and the layout of frames that form pages of a digital comic including one or more multi-storylines each including two or more storylines and to provide selection elements in one or more frames allowing a user of the digital comic to select a storyline from among the two or more storylines of a multi-storyline associated with a frame containing selection elements. An edit processor is provided that is configured to generate comic content of the frames.
Claims17
1:
- A system for creating a digital comic, comprising
- a page processor configured to generate frames and the layout of frames that form pages of a digital comic including one or more multi-storylines each including two or more storylines and to provide selection elements in one or more frames allowing a user of the digital comic to select a storyline from among the two or more storylines of a multi-storyline associated with a frame containing selection elements, and
- an edit processor configured to generate comic content of the frames.
2:
- The system of claim 1, wherein the page processor is configured to provide addition elements in one or more frames allowing a user of the digital comic to add one or more storylines to a frame containing an addition element.
3:
- The system of claim 2, wherein the page processor is configured to automatically provide one or more selection elements to a frame when a multi-storyline is included in said frame.
4:
- The system of claim 1, wherein the page processor is configured to provide addition elements in one or more frames allowing a user of the digital comic to add one or more storylines to a frame containing an addition element.
5:
- The system of claim 1, wherein the page processor is configured to provide a user interface.
The system of claim 1, wherein the page processor is configured to provide selection elements and/or addition elements as buttons in a user interface provided by the page processor.
7:
- The system of claim 1, wherein the edit processor is configured to provide editing functions allowing a user to generate comic content of the frames.
8:
- A method for creating a digital comic, comprising
- generating frames and the layout of frames that form pages of a digital comic including one or more multi-storylines each including two or more storylines,
- providing selection elements in one or more frames allowing a user of the digital comic to select a storyline from among the two or more storylines of a multi-storyline associated with a frame containing selection elements, and
- generating comic content of the frames.
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9:
- A system for browsing in a digital comic, comprising
- a browser configured to present and traverse comic content of frames that form pages of a digital comic including one or more multi-storylines each including two or more storylines and to present selection elements in one or more frames allowing a user of the digital comic to select a storyline from among the two or more storylines of a multi-storyline associated with a frame containing selection elements, and
- a selecting unit configured to allow a user to actuate a selection element when presented to thus select a storyline from among the two or more storylines of a multi-storyline.
10:
- The system of claim 9, wherein the browser is configured to present one or more selection elements when one or more frames containing the presented comic content is associated with a multi-storyline.
11:
- The system of claim 9, wherein the browser provides a user interface allowing a user of the digital comic to present one or more frames.
12:
- The system of one of claim 11, wherein the user interface contains a graph layout and/or a tree map.
13:
- The system of claim 8, wherein the selecting unit comprises one or more of a computer mouse, a pointer, a touchpad, a remote control.
14:
- A method for browsing in a digital comic, comprising
- presenting and/or traversing comic content of frames that form pages of a digital comic including one or more multi-storylines each including two or more storylines,
- presenting selection elements in one or more frames allowing a user of the digital comic to select a storyline from among the two or more storylines of a multi-storyline associated with a frame containing selection elements, and
- allowing a user to actuate a selection element when presented to thus select a storyline from among the two or more storylines of a multi-storyline.
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15:
- A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium that stores therein a computer program product, which, when executed by a processor, causes the method according to claim 8 to be performed.
16:
- Digital comic comprising
- comic content included in frames that form pages of a digital comic including one or more multi-storylines each including two or more storylines,
- selection elements in one or more frames allowing a user of the digital comic to select a storyline from among the two or more storylines of a multi-storyline associated with a frame containing selection elements.
17:
- A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium that stores therein a digital comic according to claim 16.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.