System of Organizing Digital Images
OwnerSalvadore Ragusainventor
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Abstract
A photography system uses electronically-readable software to process graphic objects that have been captured by a digital camera or scanned to an electronically-readable format for display on a square display screen. The images can be organized according to the aspect ratio, chronologically or according to other criteria selected by a user. The system operates to organize the displayed images in inform rows and/or columns on the page of the display screen and provides consistent per aspect ratio image size for horizontal and vertical images and unrestricted on-screen image placement.
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A method performed by a physical system comprising a digital photo frame and an associated computer program executing device, the method comprising:
- providing a square display screen in the digital photo frame;
- on the display, presenting a user interface responsive to user input requesting a layout of photographic images on a page of the digital photo frame;
- requesting the user to select a desired layout of captured photo images to be displayed simultaneously on the page of the digital photo frame;
- organizing the photo images on the page, while defining the respective size dimensions and position of the vertical and/or horizontal photo images on the page;
- processing the photo images of various aspect ratios and orientation to fit within the display screen irrespective of the aspect ratios of the photo images while maintaining equally sized horizontal and vertical images for each aspect ratio irrespective of the original orientation of the captured photo images or the order in which the photo images are placed on the screen;
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- on the page of the digital photo frame, displaying the organized photo images while utilizing maximum viewable area of the display screen without distorting the photo images.
A machine readable medium for arranging graphic objects on a page of a digital photo frame, the machine readable medium storing machine-readable instructions causing a machine to perform operations comprising:
- on the page of the digital photo frame having a square display screen, presenting a user interface responsive to user input requesting a layout of graphic objects on the page of the digital photo frame;
- requesting the user to select a desired layout of graphic objects to be displayed simultaneously on the page of the digital photo frame;
- organizing the graphic objects on the page, while defining the respective size dimensions and position of the vertical and/or horizontal graphic objects on the page of the digital photo frame;
- processing the photo images of various aspect ratios and orientation to fit within the display screen and irrespective of the aspect ratios of the photo images while maintaining equally sized horizontal and vertical images for each aspect ratio irrespective of the original orientation of the captured photo images or the order in which the photo images are placed on the screen;
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- on the page of the digital photo frame, displaying the organized graphic objects while utilizing maximum viewable area of the display screen without distorting the photo images.
At least one computer-readable medium having electronically-readable program code embodied therein, the electronically-readable program code adapted to be executed by an electronic device to implement a method comprising:
- on a display of a digital photo frame having a square display screen, presenting a user interface responsive to user input requesting a layout of photographic images on a page of the digital photo frame;
- requesting the user to select a desired layout of captured photo images to be displayed simultaneously on the page of the digital photo frame;
- determining aspect ratios of the photo images and selecting photo images having aspect ratios to be displayed on a specific page;
- organizing the photo images on the page, while defining the respective size dimensions and position of the vertical and/or horizontal photo images on the page;
- processing the photo images of various aspect ratios and orientation to fit within the display screen irrespective of the aspect ratios and of original orientation of the captured photo images while maintaining equally sized horizontal and vertical images for each aspect ratio irrespective of the original orientation of the captured photo images or the order in which the photo images are placed on the screen;
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- on the page of the digital photo frame, rendering the organized photo images layout in the user interface without distorting the photo images.
A photography system, comprising:
- digital photo frame-having a square display screen, a memory storing electronically-readable instructions, a data processing unit coupled to the memory, operable to execute the instructions, and based at least in part on the execution of the instructions operable to perform operations comprising the steps:
- on the square a display screen of the digital photo frame, presenting a user interface responsive to user input requesting a layout of photographic images on a page of the digital photo frame;
- requesting the user to select a desired layout of captured photo images to be displayed, simultaneously on the page of the digital photo frame;
- determining aspect ratios of the photo images and selecting photo images having aspect ratios to be displayed on a specific page, organizing the photo images on the page, while defining the respective size dimensions and position of the vertical and/or horizontal photo images on the page;
- processing the photo images of various aspect ratios and horizontal or vertical orientation to fit within the display screen irrespective of the aspect ratios;
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- on the page of the digital photo frame, rendering the organized photo images layout in the user interface without distorting the captured photo images while producing consistent image size per aspect ratio while maintaining equally sized horizontal and vertical images for each aspect ratio irrespective of the original orientation of the captured photo images or the order in which the photo images are placed on the screen.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.