Patents Examined by Cong-Lec Huynh
  • Method of optimizing the filling of an editing medium with digital images of variable sizes, and with preservation of the size ratios
    Patent number: 6253220
    Abstract: The method comprises the steps of sorting the images according to a principal criterion (width or height) and a secondary criterion (height or width) and after having indexed these images, automatically associating the image p−j and the image p+1+j with the same editing row so as to minimize the total useful width of the aggregation of the images, and calculates the maximum enlargement ratio for editing the aggregation of the images on a medium arranged in portrait or landscape mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2001
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Jean-Claude Le Beux, Michel F. Buff