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US 7,403,212 B2Granted
Method and apparatus for the display of still images from image files
AssigneeMicrosoft Corporation
InventorsDarryl R. Schick, Mark A. Zlotnik
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Abstract
An apparatus for creating a digital photo album is disclosed. Digital photo albums may be created on the storage media by a method that includes the steps of displaying a group of images, receiving instructions to select a subset of those images and save the subset as an album, compressing the files corresponding to those images and saving the compressed files to the storage medium.
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A method comprising:
- displaying on a first display device a group of plural images;
- formatting one or more of the plural images as an album;
- making a contact sheet image, the contact sheet image including thumbnail representations of the one or more images of the album;
- converting one or more image files corresponding to the one or more images of the album and the contact sheet image to one or more video signals that are formatted to produce representations of the one or more images of the album and the contact sheet image on a second display device that is different from the first display device;
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- transferring the one or more video signals to the second display device, wherein the contact sheet image is displayed first on the second display device to inform a viewer of the album being viewed;
- wherein a first hardware device performs the formatting the one or more of the plural images as the album, and wherein the formatting the one or more of the plural images as the album further comprises preparing the album for transport to a second hardware device that performs the converting and the transferring.
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A system comprising:
- a first hardware device adapted to (a) display, on a first display device, a group of plural images and (b) format one or more of the plural images as an album and (c) make a contact sheet image, the contact sheet image including thumbnail representations of the one or more images of the album;
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- a second hardware device adapted to (a) convert one or more image files corresponding to the one or more images of the album and the contact sheet image to one or more video signals that are formatted to produce representations of the one or more images of the album and the contact sheet image on a second display device that is different from the first display device, and (b) transfer the one or more video signals to the second display device for display of the contact sheet image first on the second display device so as to inform a viewer of the album being viewed;
- wherein the formatting the one or more of the plural images as the album by the first hardware device comprises preparing the album for transport to the second hardware device.
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One or more computer-readable media having stored thereon computer-executable instructions for causing one or more processors programmed thereby to perform a method comprising:
- displaying on a first display device a group of plural images;
- formatting one or more of the plural images as an album;
- making a contact sheet image, the contact sheet image including thumbnail representations of the one or more images of the album;
- converting one or more image files corresponding to the one or more images of the album and the contact sheet image to one or more video signals that are formatted to produce representations of the one or more images of the album and the contact sheet image on a second display device that is different from the first display device;
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- transferring the one or more video signals to the second display device for display of the contact sheet image first on the second display device so as to inform a viewer of the album being viewed.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.