Scaling Patents (Class 345/660)
  • Publication number: 20150145883
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for providing content on a computing device. Content is provided, from execution of an application, in a defined portion of a display area that is provided by a display device of the computing device. The defined portion includes a first set of attributes. One or more attributes of the first set of attributes is altered based on one or more inputs detected by one or more sensors. The one or more attributes are altered independent of a set of settings used by the display device to provide the display area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2012
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Applicant: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
    Inventor: Stefan Marti
  • Patent number: 9041743
    Abstract: A method of presenting a scene to a user according to a preferred embodiment includes determining a real orientation of a device relative to a projection matrix and determining a user orientation of the device relative to a nodal point. The method of the preferred embodiment can further include orienting a scene displayable on the device to the user in response to the real orientation and the user orientation; and displaying the scene on the device. Variations of the method can include a three-dimensional aspect of the scene with which the user can interact through manipulation of the real orientation and/or the user orientation of the device. The method of the preferred embodiment can be performed by an apparatus and/or embodied in computer program product including machine-readable code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: Aria Glassworks, Inc.
    Inventors: Terrence Edward McArdle, Benjamin Zeis Newhouse
  • Patent number: 9041730
    Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus for processing, transmitting and displaying data received from an analyte sensor, such as a glucose sensor. The system may include a display device with at least one input device. In response to movement of or along the input device, the display device may change a glucose data output parameter and update an output of the display device using the changed output parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: DexCom, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Johnson, Michael Robert Mensinger, Peter C. Simpson, Thomas Hall, Hari Hampapuram, Kostyantyn Snisarenko, Eli Reihman, Holly Chico, Kassandra Constantine
  • Patent number: 9041729
    Abstract: A set of graphical data is stored, the set of graphical data including a first representation of an image in each of a first format and a second format. A set of processes that are organized according to a specified order is stored. The processes are applied, in the specified order, to the graphical data, thereby generating a second representation of the image in each of the first format and the second format.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: Stahls' SCS
    Inventors: Ted Stahl, Greg Peirce, Clint Phillips, Fernando Luis Cacciola Carballal
  • Publication number: 20150130844
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for cropping one or more files in freeform using transparent or non-transparent layers. Specifically, the embodiments allow a user to crop a file with irregular/freeform boundaries while using a plurality of transparent or non-transparent layers that overlay the original file. The transparent layers overlap the image data for cropping, so that the finalized cropped image may be copied, pasted, or imported into another document while leaving the original file unaltered. The cropped portion of the image may also be sent or emailed by the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2015
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventor: Vispi Burjor Mistry
  • Patent number: 9030500
    Abstract: An object sharing system includes a common terminal and a personal terminal. The common terminal includes a common screen for displaying an object handwritten in the personal terminal, and a control section configured to define a reference size and transmit the reference size to the personal terminal. The personal terminal includes a personal screen including a touch panel, and a control section configured to perform processes of determining a guide size based on the reference size, and displaying a guide of the determined size on the personal screen, and processes of calculating a display size on the common screen of an object which has been handwritten on the personal screen, and transmitting the handwritten object and the display size to the common terminal. Further, the control section of the common terminal is further configured to make the common screen display the handwritten object of the display size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventors: Yasuhiko Yamaguchi, Kenta Hosaka, Yu Iritani, Yoko Oehara
  • Patent number: 9030499
    Abstract: A system and method for generating a content based, custom labeled map is provided. A request for a map is received. The request includes a geographical area to be displayed in the map and a type of content item to be displayed in the map. A plurality of orientation points to display on the map is determined based on a ranking of locations in the geographical area, and one or more pieces of content to be associated with each orientation point is determined. Each orientation point is ranked based in part on ranks of the one or more pieces of content associated with each orientation point. A map is generated to display at the locations of the plurality of orientation points the pieces of content associated with each orientation point at a level of prominence that is based on the ranking of each orientation point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Marcus Börger, Christos Savvopoulos, Jonah Jones
  • Publication number: 20150123999
    Abstract: A user interface for a map display application used on a computing device includes a strip of photographic images corresponding to objects located within a geographic location represented by a map displayed on a screen. More specifically, the strip of photographic images is responsive to the viewing experience of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Applicant: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventors: Andrew Ofstad, Willem Van Lancker, Mathew R. Simpson, Bernhard Seefeld
  • Patent number: 9025173
    Abstract: An image display apparatus includes: a display device configured to display a plurality of images. At least one common setting is provided in common for the images, and an individual setting is allowed to be set individually for each image. A controller controls the display device to display the at least one common setting when the images displayed on the display device are being scrolled. When the images displayed on the display device are not being scrolled, the controller controls the display device to display at least one individual setting and at least one image of the images such that each of the at least one individual setting is displayed in association with a corresponding one of the at least one image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yutaka Urakawa
  • Patent number: 9024977
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide an approach to resize (e.g., shrink and/or enlarge) objects in a region of a VU so that additional objects can be accommodated. Specifically, embodiments of the present invention provide a mechanism for a region/room to calculate when it has reached full capacity, and use a configurable multiplier to decrease the size of all objects in the room, including avatars, desks, chairs, tables, etc. This allows for accommodation of a significantly higher quantity of objects within the region. In a typical embodiment, the transition to smaller size would be seamless to the user. Moreover, in one embodiment, if the room is of a certain type (e.g., auditorium), additional objects may be auto-created or deleted based on the number of avatars entering or exiting the room. Still yet, objects can be enlarged as the occupancy falls below the capacity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Marc K. Johlic, Andrew J. LaHart, Emi K. Olsson
  • Patent number: 9024976
    Abstract: A system includes, but is not limited to, a obtaining information module configured for obtaining user advisory information including information regarding one or more users each of two or more devices based at least in part upon physical status information including information regarding one or more spatial aspects of one or more portions of each of the two or more devices, and an output module configured for outputting output information based at least in part upon one or more elements of the user advisory information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: The Invention Science Fund I, LLC
    Inventors: Eric C. Leuthardt, Royce A. Levien
  • Patent number: 9019315
    Abstract: An exemplary information-processing device includes: a first display controller configured to display selectively on a display a first image and a second image including the first image in a reduced size; and a second display controller configured, while the second display is displayed on the display, to display an indicator image on the display, the indicator image indicating a position of an image to be displayed when display of the second image is changed to display of the first image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Munetaka Tsuda, Ryoma Aoki, Yasuto Kakimoto
  • Patent number: 9019301
    Abstract: A medical image display apparatus 1 having a display component 9, an image data storage part 31, an information storage component 32, an operation component 10, and a control part 2. The display component 9 displays a medical image display screen P on which image display regions P1 to P4 are defined. The image data storage part 31 stores image data of medical images. The information storage component 34 stores process associating information 32a for associating combinations of the image display regions P1 to P4 with the processing content of image data of medical images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji Matsue, Kenichi Niwa
  • Patent number: 9019314
    Abstract: At the first scale size, a predetermined first arrangement position is determined as the arrangement position of an image to be arranged on a map. At the second scale size larger than the first scale size, the second arrangement position closer to the shooting location of the image than at a position corresponding to the first arrangement position on the map at the second scale size is determined as the arrangement position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hiroto Oka
  • Patent number: 9019313
    Abstract: A display device includes a flexible display including a flexible display panel and a flexible touch panel, and a housing configured to enclose the flexible display while allowing the flexible display to move relative to the housing such that a portion of the flexible display is drawn out of the housing and retracted into the housing. The display device further includes a marker configured to contact a location of the flexible touch panel when a portion of the flexible display is drawn out of the housing. The marker is provided such that the contact location changes as the flexible display moves relative to the housing. The display device also includes at least one processor configured to compute the contact location on the flexible display and to adjust the size of an image displayed on the flexible display panel based on the computed contact location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun-Ho Kwack, Dae-Won Kim, Young-Sik Kim
  • Publication number: 20150109328
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate generally to providing a user with an image navigation experience. In order to do so, a reference image may be identified. A set of potential target images for the reference image may also be identified. An area of the reference image is identified. For each particular image of the set of potential target images an associated cost for the identified area is determined based at least in part on a cost function for transitioning between the reference image and the particular target image. A target image is selected for association with the identified area based on the determined associated cost functions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2013
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Applicant: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventors: David Gallup, Steven Maxwell Seitz
  • Publication number: 20150109343
    Abstract: Provided is a new framework to perform zoom processing of a screen displayed on a display by unit of a simple operation. A zoom processing device of this invention, includes: calculates a movement amount of a pointer which is selecting an object on the screen; and performs enlarged display of the screen including the object at a first magnification when, as a result of the calculation, the movement amount of the pointer is equal to or less than a threshold value, and performs reduced display of the screen including the object at a second magnification when, as a result of the calculation, the movement amount of the pointer is greater than a threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2014
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroshi Maesaka
  • Publication number: 20150109342
    Abstract: A system includes a content obtaining circuit configured to obtain a plurality of content and information related to the content from at least one of a plurality of sources, an importance obtaining circuit configured to obtain an importance level for each content, and a display control circuit configured to generate data to control a display of an image corresponding to each of the plurality of content. The importance level is based on the information related to the content. The display control circuit determines a size of each image on a display screen based on the importance level for each content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2013
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshihito Ohki, Daiki Nogami
  • Patent number: 9013511
    Abstract: This disclosure describes adaptive spatial variant interpolation (SVI) techniques for image upscaling. In various embodiments, the interpolation techniques described in this disclosure may support low complexity upscaling of image while promoting high image quality, including enhanced sharpness, higher contrast and more accurate interpolation. The interpolation techniques may be applied using generalized finite impulse response (FIR) filters. In some embodiments, the interpolation techniques may be content-adaptive to provide more accurate interpolation while suppressing significant artifacts associated with sharp edges. In addition, the interpolation techniques may be readily applicable to upscaling of color imagery and video, e.g., in both YCbCr (luminance, blue chrominance, red chrominance) and RGB (red, green, blue) formats.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Yi Liang, King-Chung Lai, Khaled Helmi El-Maleh
  • Patent number: 9007397
    Abstract: An image control apparatus wherein an acquisition unit acquires position information from attribute information of the image, a setting unit sets a display scale of a map when displaying the image on the map, and a generation unit generates display data for displaying the map and the image on a display device using the acquired position information and the set display scale, when the set display scale is lower than a predetermined display scale, the generation unit generates display data in which the image is laid out at a position corresponding to the position information on the map, and when the display scale is higher than the predetermined display scale, the generation unit generates display data in which the image and the map are laid out without laying out the image on the map.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Chiaki Mikawa
  • Patent number: 9008462
    Abstract: Featured are methods and systems for reslicing-based nonrigid registration of multiparametric and modality images or objects. In such registration methods, global motion is modeled by multiple affine transforms (rigid), while local motion and slices matching is estimated using non-uniform radial reslicing of RTV to search for best match between reference volume slices and resampled target volume (RTV), orthogonally re-sliced to higher spatial resolution compared to the spatial resolution of the reference volume. The reference and target volumes can be in any plane and the method presented in this invention transfers them to target plane which can be any of axial, coronal, or sagittal and there is no need for the original and target scanning planes to be the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: The Johns Hopkins University
    Inventors: Alireza Akhbardeh, Michael A. Jacobs
  • Patent number: 9001159
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus and method are provided, the information processing apparatus including: a display unit that displays content in a display area; a content analyzing unit that obtains a content resolution indicating a resolution of the content by analyzing the content; a display resolution storage unit that stores a display resolution indicating a resolution of the display area; a display resolution storage unit that stores the display resolution from the display resolution storage unit; a display ratio calculating unit that calculates a display ratio of the content based on the content resolution obtained by the content analyzing unit and the display resolution obtained by the display resolution obtaining unit; and a display content generating unit that generates display content by adjusting a size of the content according to the display ratio calculated by the display ratio calculating unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Takuji Kiyotaki
  • Patent number: 9001274
    Abstract: An image processing method for processing an input image is provided. The image processing method includes: performing a plurality of first imaging processing operations on the input image to generate a first image; and performing a plurality of second imaging processing operations on the first image. Each of the first imaging processing operations is along a first direction, and the plurality of first imaging processing operations include a first scaling operation for increasing resolution. Each of the second imaging processing operations is along a second direction different from the first direction, and the plurality of second imaging processing operations include a second scaling operation for increasing resolution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Teng-Yi Lin, Wei-Fu Chen, Wei-Jen Lo
  • Patent number: 9001160
    Abstract: During downscaling of an image, a scaler may generate a specified number ‘M’ output lines of an output frame for each specified number ‘N’ input lines of an input frame, and store the output lines in a buffer. The scaler may keep the output horizontal line durations consistent throughout the active line period, with a horizontal line duration ratio of M/N between input and output frame streams. ‘M’ threshold values may be stored in a lookup table, and for each output line the relative position of the output line within the output frame may be used to look up a corresponding threshold value in the lookup table, and the timing generator may wait until the buffer occupancy reaches the corresponding threshold value before outputting the output line from the buffer. To guarantee even line widths, the threshold values may be assigned values that depend on the scaling ratio used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: Vijay G. Prabakaran
  • Patent number: 9001230
    Abstract: Many cameras have the ability to capture an image and generate metadata associated with the image. Such image metadata may include focus point metadata information that may be indicative of the potential focus points available to the camera as well as which one or more of those potential focus points were utilized to capture the image. As the location of a focus point used during image capture is generally intended to coincide with the location of the photographer's main area of interest within the image, such focus point metadata can be accessed during image editing and used to zoom in to the captured image at that focus point location. Performing a “smart-zoom” based on an image's focus point metadata may save time and reduce frustration during the image editing process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: Stan Jirman
  • Patent number: 8994776
    Abstract: A telepresence robot uses a series of connectible modules and preferably includes a head module adapted to receive and cooperate with a third party telecommunication device that includes a display screen. The module design provides cost advantages with respect to shipping and storage while also allowing flexibility in robot configuration and specialized applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: CrossWing Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen Sutherland, Sam Coulombe, Dale Wick
  • Patent number: 8989519
    Abstract: A method implementable on a computing device includes exploiting data redundancy to combine high frequency information from at least two different scales of an input signal to generate a super resolution version of said input signal. An alternative method includes exploiting recurrence of data from an input signal in at least two different scales of at least one reference signal to extract and to combine high frequency information from a plurality of scales of said at least one reference signal to generate a super resolution version of said input signal. An alternative method includes generating a super resolution version of a single input video sequence in at least the temporal dimension by exploiting data recurrence within the input video sequence or with respect to an external database of example video sequences. A signal may be an image, a video sequence, an audio signal, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Yeda Research & Development Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Michal Irani, Daniel Glasner, Oded Shahar, Shai Bagon
  • Patent number: 8988468
    Abstract: An interactive flyer system is disclosed. The system includes a flyer image tiler for creating a flyer image tile set, the set including multiple copies of a flyer image segmented into a plurality of flyer image tiles with each copy representing the flyer image at one of a plurality of zoom levels, wherein a copy of the multiple copies is configured to fit within a viewport having a resolution, and a flyer image tile store for storing the flyer image tile set. There is also disclosed a method for displaying the interactive digital flyer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Wishabi Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Cheung, David Au-Yeung, Jeff Francis, David Meyers, Wehuns Tan
  • Patent number: 8990681
    Abstract: A method for aligning a modified document and an original document is provided according to an aspect of the present invention. The method includes a step of receiving a first bitmap representative of the modified document, including a first anchor. Additionally, a second bitmap representative of the original document including a second anchor is received. The method also includes the step of deriving a set of first vertex coordinates of the first anchor, and a set of second vertex coordinates of the second anchor. The method further includes the step of transforming the first bitmap to a common reference based upon the first set of vertex coordinates, and the step of transforming the second bitmap to the common reference based upon the second set of vertex coordinates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Inventors: Brian Hartmann, Benjamin Gunderson
  • Publication number: 20150077436
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an information processing apparatus including: operation accepting means for accept an operation input; image storing means for storing a plurality of images; management information storing means for storing management information corresponding to the plurality of images stored in the image storing means; image drawing means for drawing, in a display area including at least an image display area, at least one of images stored in the image storing means onto the image display area in a predetermined sequence; and controlling means for, when an operation input commanding selection of an image included in the image display area has been accepted by the operation accepting means, controlling recording of the selection of the image to management information stored in the management information storing means in correspondence with the image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuo IKEDA, Makoto Imamura, Hidenori Karasawa, Yoshiyasu Kubota, Takashi Kitao, Shogo Sato
  • Patent number: 8982151
    Abstract: Independently processing planes of display data is provided by a method of outputting a video stream. The method includes retrieving from memory a first plane of display data having a first set of display parameters and post-processing the first plane of display data to adjust the first set of display parameters. The method further includes retrieving from memory a second plane of display data having a second set of display parameters and post-processing the second plane of display data independently of the first plane of display data. The method further includes blending the first plane of display data with the second plane of display data to form blended display data and outputting the blended display data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: John Tardif, Mark S. Grossman
  • Patent number: 8982159
    Abstract: A system which employs a method of creating transferable map schemas, storing the map schemas to storage devices, receiving target device settings, re-sampling the map schemas to fit the target devices using the target device settings, delivering the re-sampled map schemas to the target devices is described. Thereby providing the innovation that map schemas may be accessed by more than one type of device, the method by which maps are scaled from a created map dimension with given details to either a larger map having the ability to be utilized on a more capable playing device or to a map or a smaller map having the ability to be utilized on a less capable device without losing the important game-specific required data is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Open Invention Network, LLC
    Inventor: Carey Leigh Lotzer
  • Patent number: 8982128
    Abstract: A method of providing an image and a display apparatus applying the same are provided. The method of providing an image of a display apparatus includes receiving signals requesting images having different resolutions from each other from a plurality of mobile apparatuses, determining a resolution reproducible by all of the plurality of mobile apparatuses among a plurality of resolutions requested from the plurality of mobile apparatuses as a first resolution and processing the image to be provided to the plurality of mobile apparatuses with the first resolution, and transmitting the image having the first resolution to the plurality of mobile apparatuses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyo-dae Kim, Myung-suk Bae
  • Publication number: 20150070397
    Abstract: A computer server prepares application-specific map data responsive to a request from a client device. The application-specific map data includes map feature data and label data which itself includes information that specifies one or more zoom levels for which the label information is appropriate to display. When generating the label data, a type table that designates label style information by feature type and by zoom level may be used at the server. The map feature data may also include a relative rank for each feature that is passed to its corresponding label. The display order allows the map client, when generating the map, to select the most appropriate labels to display when the display of all possible labels would cause clutter or otherwise violate label display rules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2014
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Inventor: Andrew Miller
  • Publication number: 20150070396
    Abstract: The display apparatus includes: a display; a decoder which decodes an image in unit of a MCU; a scaler which scales the decoded image; a memory which stores the scaled image; and a controller which controls the display to display the scaled image, sets an RAU structure of the image, and further stores in the memory image information corresponding to the RAU structure. Thus, even if a decoded and scaled image is zoomed in, the quality of the zoomed image may be maintained at a high level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2014
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tae-young LEE, Kee-won JOE, Cheul-hee HAHM
  • Patent number: 8976441
    Abstract: A digital micromirror device (“DMD”) is used to alter the shape of light that is projected onto a stage. The DMD selectively reflects some light, thereby shaping the light that is projected onto the stage. The control for the alteration is controlled by an image. That image can be processed, thereby carrying out image processing effects on the shape of the light that is displayed. One preferred application follows the shape of the performer and illuminates the performer using a shape that adaptively follows the performer's image. This results in a shadowless follow spot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Production Resource Group, LLC
    Inventor: William E. Hewlett
  • Patent number: 8976193
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus that executes information display processing is disclosed. The apparatus includes: a display unit that executes information display; and a data processing unit that executes a control of the information display of the display unit and data processing based on a user input. The data processing unit displays an image browsing screen, which corresponds to image data stored in a storage unit, on the display unit and executes display of a map at the position, which corresponds to position information included in attribute information of a selected image, on the basis of a user's input of image selection information and map display request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroki Takakura, Shiro Miyagi, Yoshihiro Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20150062182
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for rendering complex artwork using tile-based caching. The artwork is divided into one or more sets of separately rendered tiles. Each tile is progressively rendered at a particular scale level and stored in a cache. When the clip region or scale level is changed by the user, tiles in the cache that provide a so-called best rendering of the artwork in the clip region at the requested scale or zoom level are selected. The selected tiles can be displayed in the clip region while the artwork is rendered at the requested scale level. The best rendering includes the tile or tiles that are more completely rendered than other tiles in the cache, or if multiple tiles are as completely rendered as others, the best rendering includes the tile or tiles that are rendered at a scale level closest to the requested scale level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2013
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicant: Adobe Systems Incorporated
    Inventor: Gordon Dow
  • Publication number: 20150066511
    Abstract: A method and an electronic device for processing an image in an electronic device are provided. The method includes determining whether the electronic device is mounted in a cradle comprising at least one guide region, scanning an image in the guide region using a camera, and outputting the scanned image or image information based on the scanned image. The method can easily process the image and provide the user with the output information. Therefore, the output information is favorable to the blind people or the illiterate, and the usability and the reliability of the electronic device can be enhanced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: In-Ho BAEK
  • Patent number: 8970618
    Abstract: Computer implemented methods and data processing apparatus are described for displaying virtual slide images. Images of a plurality of slides are automatically displayed in a first region of a display device at a first magnification. The slides comprise all the slides including material from a same specimen. An image of at least one of the slides is displayed in a second region at a second magnification greater than the first magnification. At least the image displayed in the second region is changed responsive to receiving user input. Methods for automatically determining a slide layout pattern and methods for virtually melding glass slide images into a single image are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignees: University of Leeds, The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
    Inventors: Roy Ruddle, Darren Treanor
  • Patent number: 8970633
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with controlling zooming and panning on a handheld computing device (e.g., personal digital assistant (PDA)) are described. A PDA may include a touch sensor that can generate both rotational and flick signals. A PDA may display images at different zoom levels. When “zoomed in”, less than an entire image may be displayed. Therefore a PDA may pan to different viewable image portions. An example system includes a receive logic to receive a rotational signal from the touch sensor. The rotational signal has a direction that indicates a desired zoom level change. The example system includes a control logic to change the zoom level in response to the rotational signal and to control the PDA to display the image in accordance with the updated zoom level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventor: Chee Keat Fong
  • Patent number: 8970632
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to temporarily rendering a display on a display device using map data stored in a high speed memory of the display device while the display device is waiting to receive updated data from a display device persistent memory or a remote map data database in response to a user initiated request for updated data. The present disclosure also relates to a display device high speed memory management module for managing the contents of a high speed memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Ronghui Zhu, Michael Siliski
  • Patent number: 8970448
    Abstract: In accordance with some embodiments of the inventions, a display system is disclosed for manipulation of images on tiled displays. The display system can include at least one discrete display device and a control module configured to allow a user to move a graphical representation of an image to a plurality of positions on the at least one discrete display device to thereby define a requested position. The control module can be configured to determine a difference between the requested position and a plurality of predetermined positions on the at least one discrete display device. The control module can also be configured to move and/or stretch the image toward one of the predetermined positions based on the determination of the determined difference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Hiperwall, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen F. Jenks, Sung-Jin Kim, Jeff Greenberg
  • Patent number: 8970630
    Abstract: An information processing device includes: an operation recognition part that recognizes a user operation for a display screen of a display unit; a determination part that determines whether the user operation recognized by the operation recognition part is an operation starting from within a predetermined region of the display screen or not; and a control part that scrolls information being displayed on the display screen while changing a level of detail of the information if the determination part determines that the user operation is the operation starting from within the predetermined region in response to the user operation, and performs changing of the level of detail of the information or scrolling of the information if the determination part determines that the user operation is not the operation starting from within the predetermined region in response to the user operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Reiko Miyazaki
  • Patent number: 8970631
    Abstract: A signal discriminating and monitoring circuit provides a full black detection circuit which detects a full black signal input during the change of the video signal and holds the detection result of the full black signal only during the specified time period. When a full black video signal is detected in the full black detection circuit, the signal discriminating and monitoring circuit detects whether the resolution of the video signal input has changed by determining whether the frequency of the horizontal synchronization signal included in the video signal of the next frame to be input changed above a preset value. When a change in the resolution of the video signal is detected, the change detected signal indicates that the detection result is output. When a scalar circuit receives the change detected signal, the video display signal is output as a constant value in order to set the display video in the static state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: NEC Display Solutions, Ltd.
    Inventors: Eifuu Nezu, Tooru Kataoka
  • Patent number: 8970481
    Abstract: A portable electronic device includes a display screen, a gravity sensor, at least one sensor provided at a side of the portable electronic device and a processor. The gravity sensor detects gravity information of the portable electronic device and generates a sensing value. The at least one sensor senses a holding position. The processor determines a holding manner according to sensing signals of the at least one sensor and determines a display mode of the display screen according to the sensing value and the holding manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Quanta Computer Inc.
    Inventor: Meng-Pang Chung
  • Patent number: 8971625
    Abstract: According to various embodiments, a dolly zoom effect is generated using light field image data. The dolly zoom effect simulates an in-camera technique wherein a camera moves toward or away from the subject in such a way that the subject is kept at the same size throughout the effect. The effect causes the relative size of foreground background elements to change while foreground elements such as the subject remain the same size. By varying a parameter while projecting the light field image, the size of each object in the projection image scales depending on its relative depth as compared with the depth of the target subject, thus simulating the dolly zoom effect without any need to physically move the camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Lytro, Inc.
    Inventors: Colvin Pitts, Timothy James Knight, Chia-Kai Liang, Yi-Ren Ng
  • Patent number: 8970629
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a mobile terminal and a 3D object control method thereof for controlling the depth or rotation of a 3D object using a 3D manipulation portion displayed around the 3D object. According to the present invention, a circular- or ring-shaped 3D manipulation portion may be touched to intuitively control the rotation and enlargement/reduction of the 3D object, thereby providing usefulness and convenience for the user, capable of editing the 3D object while directly viewing the transformed form and depth of the 3D object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jonghwan Kim, Mohammad Afroz Alam Khan, Mohan Krishna Ranganathan
  • Publication number: 20150054853
    Abstract: Systems and methods of automatic image sizing are provided. An image is provided in a first frame within a first layout. A request to display the image in a second frame of a second layout is received, where the second frame is different than the first frame. Region data associated with the image is accessed. The region data corresponds to a prior edit to the image and indicates a portion of the image to be displayed in the second frame. The image is provided in the second frame using the region data such that the portion of the image is displayed in the second frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2013
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Applicant: Adobe Systems Incorporated
    Inventor: Evtim Ivanov Georgiev
  • Patent number: RE45451
    Abstract: The system control section 50 displays the entire original image as a display image, or scrolls a display image with a part of the original image being the display image, depending on relationship between the aspect ratios of the original image and the display area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Masato Sanno