Displaying still and moving images of a constant size or images that occupy a specified percentage of a screen across different size display screens
AssigneeVizio Inc.
InventorsWilliam Pat Price, Timothy Elliott, Marcus Apitz
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Abstract
Advertisers specify the size of an ad in pixels or in physical units such as inches or millimeters. The physical square area of an ad specified in pixels will change as the physical size of the television screen or computer display screen varies. The number of pixels of an ad specified in inches or millimeters will also change as the physical size of the television screen or computer display screen varies. The present invention manages the issue of keeping the physical area size of an image constant across television display screens regardless of the physical size of the screen.
Claims15
A method of displaying information comprising:
- receiving, in a processing system, an image file which includes display data and display attributes associated with the display data, said display attributes including an absolute size attribute to control a display which is displayed based on said display data to be displayed as the same physical size as measured in units of measurement that are independent of a physical size of a display screen on which the image is displayed;
- calculating information, using a physical size of the display screen and said absolute size attribute, to use to display the image file on the display screen, and where said same physical size comprises a first percentage of a first display screen and a second percentage different than said first percentage of a second display screen of a different size than said first display screen;
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- producing an output to the display screen that causes said display data to be displayed on the display screen as the same physical size on any display screen of any of a plurality of different numbers of sizes.
A method of displaying information comprising:
- providing an absolute size attribute which controls an image to appear as the same physical size as measured in units of measurement that are independent of a physical size of a display screen on which the image is displayed;
- calculating information using a physical size of the display screen and said absolute size attribute, to use to display the image file on the display screen;
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- using said information to display said image on an output display and to appear as the same physical size on any display screen of any of a plurality of different numbers of sizes.
A system for displaying information, comprising:
- a processing system, receiving an image file which includes display data and display attributes associated with the display data, said display attributes including an absolute size attribute, said processing system calculating information, using a physical size of the display screen and said absolute size attribute, to use to display the image file on the display screen, and using said information for creating an output display data value which controls a display to show said display data as the same physical size as measured in units of measurement that are independent of a physical size of a display screen on which the image is displayed and where said same physical size comprises a first percentage of a first display screen and a second percentage different than said first percentage of a second display screen of a different size than said first display screen;
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- producing said output to a display screen, that causes said display data to be displayed on the display screen as the same physical size on any display screen of any of a plurality of different numbers of sizes.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.