US 9,792,012 B2 · Method relating to digital images

Abstract

The present invention is related to a method for selecting an image comprises forming a group of digital image representations, displaying a first digital image representation of the group of digital image representations on a touch sensitive display, generating a position signal in response to a detection of a pointing device on the touch sensitive display, said position signal indicating a touch position, identifying a selected position within the displayed first digital image representation based on the position signal, generating a zoom-in signal in response to a detection of the pointing device sliding away from the touch position on the touch display, said zoom signal indicating a sliding distance from the touch position, displaying an enlarged representation of the first digital image representation in response to the zoom-in signal, generating a shift signal in response to a detection of a second sliding motion of the fingertip on the touch sensitive display, and displaying a second digital image representation and an enlarged representation of the second digital image representation in response to the shift signal, the enlargement of the subarea being based on the zoom signal generated during displaying of the first digital image representation.

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A method for selecting a digital image representation comprising:

forming a group of digital image representations;
displaying on a touch sensitive display a first digital image representation from the group of digital image representations on the touch sensitive display;
in response to a detection of a first user input at the touch sensitive display, generating a position signal indicative of a touch position;
identifying an area at the touch position indicated by the position signal as a first portion of the first digital image representation within a second portion of the first digital image representation;
receiving a second user input at the touch sensitive display and, in response to the received second user input, generating a first new composite image by displaying on the touch sensitive display the second portion of the first digital image representation but not the first portion of the first digital image representation and displaying on the touch sensitive display, in the area at the touch position, a third portion extracted from a second digital image representation from the group of digital image representations, which third portion is automatically identified by comparing the first portion of the first digital image representation to the second digital image representation;
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receiving a third user input at the touch sensitive display and, in response to the received third user input, generating a second new composite image by displaying on the touch sensitive display the second portion of the first digital image representation but not the first portion of the first digital image representation nor the third portion of the second digital image representation and displaying on the touch sensitive display, in the area at the touch position, a fourth portion extracted from a third digital image representation from the group of digital image representations, which fourth portion is automatically identified by comparing the first portion of the first digital image representation to the third digital image representation.

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An image presentation device comprising:

memory for storing a group of digital image representations,
a touch sensitive display for receiving user inputs and displaying a first digital image representation from the group of digital image representations, and
a processor for, in response to a detection of a first user input at the touch sensitive display, generating a position signal indicative of a touch position,
wherein the processor is configured to:
identify an area at the touch position indicated by the position signal as a first portion of the first digital image representation within a second portion of the first digital image representation;
generate a first new composite image, in response to a second user input at the touch sensitive display, by displaying on the touch sensitive display the second portion of the first digital image representation but not the first portion of the first digital image representation and displaying on the touch sensitive display, in the area at the touch position, a third portion extracted from a second digital image representation from the group of digital image representations, which third portion is automatically identified by the processor by comparing the first portion of the first digital image representation to the second digital image representation;
and
generate a second new composite image, in response to a third user input at the touch sensitive display, by displaying on the touch sensitive display the second portion of the first digital image representation but not the first portion of the first digital image representation nor the third portion of the second digital image representation and displaying on the touch sensitive display, in the area at the touch position, a fourth portion extracted from a third digital image representation from the group of digital image representations, which fourth portion is automatically identified by the processor by comparing the first portion of the first digital image representation to the third digital image representation.

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An image presentation device comprising:

storage means for storing a group of digital image representations;
a touch sensitive display for receiving user inputs and displaying a first digital image representation from the group of digital image representations;
processor means for, in response to a detection of a first user input at the touch sensitive display, generating a position signal indicative of a touch position;
means for identifying an area at the touch position indicated by the position signal as a first portion of the first digital image representation within a second portion of the first digital image representation;
means for generating a first new composite image, in response to a second user input at the touch sensitive display, by displaying on the touch sensitive display the second portion of the first digital image representation but not the first portion of the first digital image representation and displaying on the touch sensitive display, in the area at the touch position, a third portion extracted from a second digital image representation from the group of digital image representations, which third portion is automatically identified by the processor means by comparing the first portion of the first digital image representation to the second digital image representation;
and
means for generating a second new composite image, in response to a third user input at the touch sensitive display, by displaying on the touch sensitive display the second portion of the first digital image representation but not the first portion of the first digital image representation nor the third portion of the second digital image representation and displaying on the touch sensitive display, in the area at the touch position, a fourth portion extracted from a third digital image representation from the group of digital image representations, which fourth portion is automatically identified by the processor means by comparing the first portion of the first digital image representation to the third digital image representation.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Description3,650 words

Summary906 words

#The present invention relates to a method for selecting an image and a method for facilitating generation or capturing of a desired image.

#A great number of the graphical or photographical images of today are generated digitally. Generally this results in that more images are created and many times a greater amount of undesirable images are created. One of the problems of today is that even undesired images are stored and thereby occupy storage capacity. One simple solution to this problem is to delete all undesired images. However, the likelihood of undesired images still occupying storage capacity becomes greater as the time pass from the time an image was created.

#It is an object of the invention to improve operations on images and to improve the experience for the user of continuous operations on images.

Brief description of the drawings6 figures

#The invention will now be described in further detail by way of example under reference to the accompanying drawings, on which:

#FIG. 1a is a schematic view of a display side of an image presentation device according to one embodiment of the invention,

#FIG. 1b is a schematic view of a lens side of an image presentation device incorporating a camera according to one embodiment of the invention,

Detailed description2,621 words

#The present invention will now be described more fully hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which certain embodiments are shown. Like numbers refer to like elements throughout.

#In FIG. 1 an image presentation device 10 for implementing the invention is showed. According to one embodiment the image presentation device 10 includes housing 12 and a touch sensitive display 14, see FIG. 1a. It may also include a lens 16, see FIG. 1b, for focusing light to be captured as an image on an image sensor, not showed. The image presentation device 10 may, thus, be included in a camera or have a camera incorporated.

#Moreover, now referring to FIG. 1c, the image presentation device 10 includes processor 18, a volatile memory 20, a non volatile memory 22, a display driver 24, a touch screen driver 26, touch screen circuitry 28, and camera circuitry 30 including an image sensor.

Facts

Application

13/499,711Filed 22 Sep 2010

Priority

SE 0901263-41 Oct 2009

Published

US 2012/0262490 A118 Oct 2012

Granted

17 Oct 2017

Term ends

12 Feb 2033

Estimated · how

20 years from earliest known nonprovisional domestic filing plus recorded patent term adjustment, including 874 days of adjustment. Maintenance-fee lapses, terminal disclaimers and statutory extensions have not been checked. The continuity chain may be incomplete; this is not an enforceability determination.

Classification7 codes

G06F 3/04842
For the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a…:…
G06F 3/041
Arrangements for converting the position or the displacement of a member into a coded form: digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads,…
G06F 3/0488
Using specific features provided by the input device, e.g. functions controlled by the rotation of a mouse with dual sensing arrangements, or of…:…
G06F 2203/04104
Indexing scheme relating to G06F3/041 - G06F3/045: multi-touch detection in digitiser, i.e. details about the simultaneous detection of a…

Timeline

1 Oct 2009Priority claimedSE 0901263-4
22 Sep 2010Application filedUS 13/499,711
23 Apr 2012Assigned to Scalado ABassignment of assignor's interest
6 Jul 2012Assigned to Mobile Imaging In Sweden ABassignment of assignor's interest
18 Oct 2012PublishedUS 2012/0262490 A1
17 Oct 2017GrantedUS 9,792,012 B2
25 Oct 2018Assigned to Nokia Technologies Oyasset transfer agreement
12 Oct 2026TodayWithin its term
12 Feb 2033Term endsEstimated, includes 874 days of adjustment

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