Patents by Inventor Jeremy D. M. Thorp

Jeremy D. M. Thorp has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method and apparatus for compressing and scaling thumbnails
    Publication number: 20030080977
    Abstract: Disclosed are method and apparatus for the manipulation of thumbnail images as used in image-based browsing file management systems. Disclosed are arrangements whereby zooming in and out of thumbnail images can be performed without a continued need to decompress a true image thus providing for faster operation. Pixel interpolation and/or replication are used to generate intermediate images that are display to deliver to the user a perception of a transitory zoom yet are of sufficient detail to maintain user orientation. Aspect ratio zooming of thumbnail containment areas is also disclosed which facilitates ease of browsing. The compression of thumbnail type images using a discrete wavelet transform facilitates the fast zoom of thumbnails and their associated containment areas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2002
    Publication date: May 1, 2003
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Paul Q. Scott, Jeremy D.M. Thorp, Timothy M. Long, Nicolas L. Coleman, Richard M. Antill
  • Thumbnail manipulation using fast and aspect ratio zooming, compressing and scaling
    Patent number: 6545687
    Abstract: A method and apparatus manipulates thumbnail images as used in image-based browsing file management systems. Zooming in and out of thumbnail images can be performed without a continued need to decompress a true image thus providing for faster operation. Pixel interpolation and/or replication are used to generate intermediate images that are displayed to deliver to the user a perception of a transitory zoom yet are of sufficient detail to maintain user orientation. Aspect ratio zooming of thumbnail containment areas is also disclosed which facilitates ease of browsing. The compression of thumbnail type images using a discrete wavelet transform facilitates the fast zoom of thumbnails and their associated containment areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2003
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Paul Q. Scott, Jeremy D. M. Thorp, Timothy M. Long, Nicolas L. Coleman, Richard M. Antill
  • THUMBNAIL MANIPULATION USING FAST AND ASPECT RATIO ZOOMING, COMPRESSING AND SCALING
    Publication number: 20020000998
    Abstract: Disclosed are method and apparatus for the manipulation of thumbnail images as used in image-based browsing file management systems. Disclosed are arrangements whereby zooming in and out of thumbnail images can be performed without a continued need to decompress a true image thus providing for faster operation. Pixel interpolation and/or replication are used to generate intermediate images that are display to deliver to the user a perception of a transitory zoom yet are of sufficient detail to maintain user orientation. Aspect ratio zooming of thumbnail containment areas is also disclosed which facilitates ease of browsing. The compression of thumbnail type images using a discrete wavelet transform facilitates the fast zoom of thumbnails and their associated containment areas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 1998
    Publication date: January 3, 2002
    Inventors: PAUL Q. SCOTT, JEREMY D.M. THORP, TIMOTHY M. LONG, NICOLAS L. COLEMAN, RICHARD M. ANTILL