Abstract: A charging display system and method for operating a display system are provided with the method comprising sensing the presence of a wirelessly rechargeable device proximate to or on a surface through which a presentation area of a display can present image information; identifying a type of the wirelessly rechargeable device; obtaining device representation having features that are related to a portion of the presentation area that can be occupied by the presence of the identified type of rechargeable device; determining a position and orientation of the rechargeable device proximate to or on the surface; and segmenting the presentation area into a wirelessly rechargeable device portion and a graphic presentation portion outside of the determined of the rechargeable device portion. A wireless power signal is transmitted through the rechargeable device portion and graphic information related to the rechargeable device is displayed in the graphic presentation portion.

Abstract: Methods and systems for managing presentation of digital images using multiple separate digital media frames each positioned in a separate location and providing images that are viewable within a presentation space, the method comprising the steps of providing access to a source of a plurality of digital images; determining a semantic type defining at least one semantic element of the digital images to be presented; determining the number of the multiple separate digital media frames that are available to be used for presenting the digital images; determining the semantic content of the accessed digital images; selecting digital images for presentation having determined semantic content that corresponds to the determined semantic type; determining a manner for presenting the selected digital images using the determined number of number of digital media frames; and, presenting the selected digital images in the determined manner.

Abstract: A system and method for facilitating video clip identification from a video sequence is provided. According to various embodiments of the present invention, a video sequence is received including a plurality of image frames. Thereafter, a first collection of image frames in the video sequence is identified, the first collection having image frames having a characteristic with a predetermined relationship with respect to the collection threshold. A first preferred image frame in the first collection of image frames is identified having a preferred image quality. Thereafter, the first preferred image frame is assigned as a beginning or an end of a video clip in the video sequence.

Abstract: In one aspect, a method is provided for operating a charging display system that is capable of wirelessly charging a rechargeable device positioned on a connector-less charging surface. In accordance with the method, the presence of a chargeable device on the charging surface is detected and the type of the chargeable device is identified. A set of interaction options based upon the identity of the chargeable device with the set, including a charging interaction option, is determined and, a displayable output signal based upon the determined set interaction options is generated. The set of interaction options is initiated based upon the detected presence of the chargeable device on the charging surface and the identified device type and, the output signal is presented on a display of the charging device.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for presenting digital images using a plurality of digital media frames separated spatially along at least two axes. In one aspect the method comprises the steps of obtaining the digital images to be presented determining the multi-dimensional relationship between the digital media frames analyzing the digital images and any associated metadata to assign an image perspective determination to each of the digital images and determining an arrangement of the digital images for presentation on the plurality of the digital media frames according to the multi-dimensional relationship between the digital media frames and according to the determined image perspectives.

Abstract: A method and digital media frame array are provided comprising a plurality of digital media frame supports each support being adapted to support at least one digital media frame, an array structure positioning the plurality of frame supports to define at least a two-dimensional arrangement of the plurality of digital media frames; an array interface adapted to communicate with one of the digital media frames using the digital media frame interface; an array interaction system having at least one form of user interface device adapted to receive or generate an environmental stimulus; and; an array controller being adapted to cause the array interface to communicate with one of the digital media frames so that when the digital media frame is supported by the digital media frame array the digital media frame array can interact with its environment in ways that the digital media frame cannot do when not so supported.

Abstract: A cartridge having a donor ribbon; a supply housing having an exterior surface and further having a supply projection extending away from the exterior surface of the supply housing, said supply projection allowing the donor ribbon to pass from the supply area to a supply waypoint, and a take-up housing having an exterior surface and having a take-up projection extending away from the exterior surface of the take-up housing said take-up projection allowing the donor ribbon to pass from a take-up waypoint to the take-up area. A connecting portion holds the supply housing and the take-up spool with a separation area therebetween, said connecting portion providing a printing path from the supply waypoint to the take-up waypoint, wherein the supply waypoint is positioned at a supply side separation from supply housing and the take-up waypoint is positioned at a take-up separation from the take-up housing.

Abstract: A lens system is provided. The lens system includes a first lens system moveable between a first position removed from an optical axis and a second position on the optical axis. The first lens system includes a first lens element, an aperture stop, and a second lens element positioned in order from an object side to an image side of the lens system. The first lens system has a first focal length. A second lens system is moveable between a first position on the optical axis and a second position removed from the optical axis. The second lens system has a second focal length with the second focal length being greater than the first focal length such that a magnification ratio change results from interchanging the first lens system and the second system on the optical axis.

Abstract: A camera assembly has a mount defining an optical axis. The mount has opposed first and second stops. A rocker pivots between the stops. An over-center mechanism biases the rocker toward the nearer stop. A lens turret has primary and secondary openings. The lens turret rotates with the rocker between a first configuration and a second configuration upon pivoting of the rocker between first and second positions. The rocker is movable in a direction parallel to the optical axis, independent of the lens turret in both configurations.

Abstract: In a photography method, a film image is scanned and digitized to provide a digital image. An identifier associated with the film image is read. The identifier points to a group of filter effects. Each filter effect has a preassigned digital modification. The modifications are not remedial for the respective filter effects. One of the filter effects is detected in the digital image. Responsive to the detecting of that filter effect, the preassigned digital modification is applied to the digital image.

Abstract: A two position variable focal length lens is provided. The variable focal length lens includes a common lens element moveably positioned on an optical axis; a wide angle lens element moveable between a first location removed from the optical axis and a first position on the optical axis on an image side of the common lens element; and a telephoto lens element moveable between a second location removed from the optical axis and a second position on the optical axis on the image side of the common lens element. A magnification ratio change is effected by moving the common lens element along the optical axis and switching between the wide angle lens element located at the first position on the optical axis and the telephoto lens element located at the second position on the optical axis.

Abstract: In a photography method, a determination is made that a set of captured images includes one or more encoded captured images having a partial shading encodement. The encodement has a predetermined edge pattern and is disposed within a predetermined subarea of an image. An encoded captured image is digitized to provide a digital image having a plurality of pixels. A plurality of pixel templates of an edge pattern and the pixels in the subarea of the digital image are convolved to provide a plurality of template position metrics. Each pixel template has the same shape. Each pixel template is differently located in said subarea. The highest of the template position metrics and a predetermined threshold template position metric value of the edge pattern are compared. The digital image is digitally modified when said highest template position metric matches the threshold template position metric value.

Abstract: A camera has a body and a film holder having an exposure frame surrounding an exposure opening. A taking lens system is mounted to the body. The taking lens system has an optical axis. The taking lens system transmits a scene image through the exposure opening. A screener is mounted to the body. The screener is movable, relative to the exposure frame, between a primary position and a plurality of different secondary positions. The screener shadows the exposure frame differently in each secondary position. The exposure frame is unshaded when the screener is in the primary position.

Abstract: In a photography method, a film image is scanned and digitized to provide a digital image. An identifier associated with the film image is read. The identifier points to a group of filter effects. Each filter effect has a preassigned digital modification. The modifications are not remedial for the respective filter effects. One of the filter effects is detected in the digital image. Responsive to the detecting of that filter effect, the preassigned digital modification is applied to the digital image.

Abstract: In a photography method, a determination is made that a set of captured images includes one or more encoded captured images having a partial shading encodement. The partial shading is partial shadowing or partial filtering or a combination of the two. The encodement has a predetermined edge pattern and is disposed within a predetermined subarea of an image. An encoded captured image is digitized to provide a digital image having a plurality of pixels. A plurality of pixel templates of an edge pattern and the pixels in the subarea of the digital image are convolved to provide a plurality of template position metrics. Each pixel template has the same shape. Each pixel template is differently located in said subarea. The highest of the template position metrics and a predetermined threshold template position metric value of the edge pattern are compared.

Abstract: A camera has a body and a film holder having an exposure frame surrounding an exposure opening. A taking lens system is mounted to the body. The taking lens system has an optical axis. The taking lens system transmits a scene image through the exposure opening. A screener is mounted to the body. The screener is movable, relative to the exposure frame, between a primary position and a plurality of different secondary positions. The screener shadows the exposure frame differently in each secondary position. The exposure frame is unshaded when the screener is in the primary position.

Abstract: A camera has a wide-angle taking lens and a telephoto taking lens for forming simultaneous wide-angle and telephoto images of the same subject, to make wide-angle and telephoto simultaneous exposures on a single frame of film. A wide-angle/telephoto selection indicator is supported for movement between the taking lenses and the frame of film to prevent either the wide-angle or telephoto image from being fully exposed on the frame of film. Thus, one of the simultaneous exposures is provided with an indication that it is not to be printed as a picture.

Abstract: In a first aspect of the present invention, a camera exposure control system is provided. The camera exposure control system has a shutter movable during an exposure period through a path of travel between a first position and a second position and a detector to sense the shutter and to generate a signal when the shutter is at a flash trigger position on the path of travel. A flash circuit is provided and receives the signal generated by the detector causing a flash of light to discharge when the signal is received. A stop is also provided. The stop is selectably movable from a location out of the path of travel of the shutter to a location in the path of travel of the shutter. The location of the stop determines whether the detector can sense the shutter during the exposure.

Abstract: A two position variable focal length lens is provided. The variable focal length lens includes a common lens element moveably positioned on an optical axis; a wide angle lens element moveable between a first location removed from the optical axis and a first position on the optical axis on an image side of the common lens element; and a telephoto lens element moveable between a second location removed from the optical axis and a second position on the optical axis on the image side of the common lens element. A magnification ratio change is effected by moving the common lens element along the optical axis and switching between the wide angle lens element located at the first position on the optical axis and the telephoto lens element located at the second position on the optical axis.

Abstract: A camera has a wide-angle taking lens and a telephoto taking lens for forming simultaneous wide-angle and telephoto images of the same subject, to make wide-angle and telephoto simultaneous exposures on a single frame of film. A wide-angle/telephoto selection indicator is supported for movement between the taking lenses and the frame of film to prevent either the wide-angle or telephoto image from being fully exposed on the frame of film. Thus, one of the simultaneous exposures is provided with an indication that it is not to be printed as a picture.