US 6,437,811 B1Granted

User interface for sorting photographs on a digital camera

AssigneeHewlett-Packard Company

InventorsAmy E Battles, K. Douglas Gennetten

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Abstract

A user interface for viewing and sorting photos at one time from a single common screen. The sorting operations includes such processes as deleting, locking, grouping, printing, and rotating the photographs or other data files such as tables. A user can (1) view from a single screen the photographs stored, (2) select the desired operations to perform on each photograph, and then (3) photograph by photograph view a display of selections made. Viewing and selecting desired operations from a single screen, eliminates unnecessary steps. In representative embodiments, a user of a digital camera or other imaging device can easily and conveniently perform these actions by selecting and activating a desired menu listed function using one or two thumbs while at the same time holding the camera.

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Dependent claims

A visual display for an optical image device, comprising:

a first screen, comprising:
at least two data files displayed on the visual display;
at least one function label, wherein each function label identifies a function operable on at least one data file;
and
at least one function indicator for each paired data file and function operable on that data file, wherein each function indicator is displayable in first, second, third, and fourth selected-function-display modes, wherein the first selected-function-display mode indicates that the associated function identified by the function label is deselected and cannot be selected, wherein the second selected-function-display mode indicates that the associated function is deselected and can be selected, wherein the third selected-function-display mode indicates that the associated function is selected and cannot be deselected, and wherein the fourth selected-function-display mode indicates that the associated function is selected and can be deselected.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.