Electronic picture frame and image display method thereof
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorSoo-hyun Jho
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Abstract
An electronic picture frame and an image display method thereof are provided. In the electronic picture frame, a plurality of images are arranged and displayed on one side of a screen, and among the plurality of images, an image at a particular position is enlarged and displayed. Alternatively, a screen is divided into a plurality of sub-screens, so images stored in each of a plurality of storage areas can be displayed on a respective sub-screen. Accordingly, the images stored in the plurality of storage areas can be displayed on the electronic picture frame in diverse forms.
Claims30
An image display method for an electronic picture frame, the method comprising:
- displaying, under a control of a processor, a plurality of images on a first area of a screen;
- scrolling through the plurality of images on the screen;
- and
- automatically displaying at least one of the plurality of images, which are being scrolled through, on a second area of the screen,
- wherein, when the at least one image reaches a preset location on the first area, the at least one image appears in the second area and disappears from the first area of the display.
An electronic picture frame, comprising:
- a display unit;
- a signal processing unit which processes a plurality of images so that the plurality of images are scrolled through and displayed on a first area of the display unit;
- and
- a control unit which controls the signal processing unit to automatically display at least one of the plurality of images, which are being scrolled through, on a second area of the display unit,
- wherein, when the at least one image reaches a preset location on the first area, the at least one image appears in the second area and disappears from the first area.
An image display method for an electronic picture frame, the method comprising:
- simultaneously displaying, under a control of a processor, a first sequence of images of a plurality of images in a first area of a screen;
- automatically displaying in a second area, one image of the plurality of images within the first sequence of images, if the one image is in a predetermined area;
- scrolling the plurality of images to simultaneously display a second sequence of images of the plurality of images;
- and
- displaying in the second area, another image of the plurality of images within the second sequence of images, if the other image is scrolled into the predetermined area,
- wherein, when the at least one image reaches a preset location on the first area, the at least one image appears in the second area and disappears from the first area.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.