Method and apparatus for processing digital images files to a digital video disc
OwnerAfzal Hossaininventor
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Abstract
There is provided a method and apparatus for transferring digital image files to a digital video disc. The files in the digital video disc, or digital photos, are representative of a plurality of still pictures and are user controllable interactively played on either a personal computer or through a standard digital video disc playback device, such as a digital video disc player or a video compact disc player. The user has control of manipulating and sequencing the digital photos. During playback, the user has control of sequence during playback on either the personal computer or the television. A custom software package allows for the user controlled playback of the digital photos with most standard playback devices.
Claims41
An apparatus for creating a digital video disc having user controllabe interactive playback capabilities for still images when played on a standard digital video disc playback device, from at least one compressed digital image file that is stored on a memory card, said at least one compressed digital image file being representative of at least one still image, said apparatus comprising:
- a housing;
- a digital video disc writer secured within said housing that interfaces with said digital video disc;
- a multi card reader secured within said housing that interfaces with said memory card;
- customized computer software processing means stored within said housing,
- wherein said customized computer software processing means includes reading means that reads the at least one compressed digital image file that is stored on the memory card;
- wherein said customized computer software processing means further includes formatting means that formats the read at least one compressed digital image file according to a digital video storage standard;
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- wherein said digital video disc writer further includes writing means that writes the formatted digital image according to the digital video storage standard to the digital video disc.
An apparatus for creating a digital video disc having user controllable interactive playback capabilities for still images when played on a standard digital video disc playback device, from at least one compressed digital image file representative of at least one still image, said apparatus comprising:
- a first housing;
- a digital video disc writer secured within said first housing;
- a file source having said at least one compressed digital image file;
- customized computer software processing means stored within said first housing,
- wherein said customized computer software processing means includes reading means that reads said at least one compressed digital image file;
- wherein said customized computer software processing means further includes formatting means that formats the read said at least one compressed digital image file according to a digital video storage standard;
- wherein said digital video disc writer further includes writing means that writes the formatted digital image to the digital video disc according to the digital video storage standard;
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- data transmission means that transmits said at least one compressed digital image file to said reading means.
An apparatus for simultaneously creating a plurality of digital video discs each of said plurality of video discs having user controllable interactive playback capabilities when played on a standard digital video disc playback device, from a plurality of digital inputs each of said plurality of digital inputs having at least one compressed digital image file, said apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of digital input devices each having at least one compressed digital image file;
- first parallel data transmission means connected from said plurality of digital input devices to an input hub for transmitting said at least one compressed digital image file from each of said plurality of digital input devices;
- second parallel data transmission means connected from said input hub that transmits said compressed digital image files from said input hub to a plurality of parallel processing units, wherein each of said plurality of parallel processing units includes customized computer software processing means,
- wherein said customized computer software processing means includes reading means that reads said at least one compressed digital image file;
- wherein said customized computer software processing means further includes formatting means that formats the read said at least one compressed digital image file according to a digital video storage standard;
- third parallel data transmission means that transmits said formatted digital image files to an output hub;
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- fourth parallel data transmission means that transmits said formatted digital image files from said output hub to a plurality of external digital video disc writers.
An apparatus for creating a digital video disc having user controllable interactive playback capabilities of still images when played on a standard digital video disc playback device, said apparatus comprising:
- a storage medium having at least one compressed digital image file representative of at least one still image;
- a first housing having customized computer software processing means stored within said first housing,
- wherein said customized computer software processing means includes reading means that reads the at least one compressed digital image file that is stored on the first storage medium;
- wherein said customized computer software processing means further includes formatting means that formats the read at least one compressed digital image file according to a digital video storage standard;
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- a digital video disc writer that interfaces with said digital video disc, wherein said digital video disc writer further includes writing means that writes the at least one formatted digital image file to the digital video disc according to the digital video storage standard.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.