Abstract: A digital camera for use by both left-handed and right-handed users. The digital camera has a body design that employs a swivel mechanism and symmetric placement of pertinent camera hardware components, particularly flash devices.

Abstract: Mechanisms for compensating for backlight conditions in a scene for use in an image capture device that includes a flash and a flash control signal for activating the flash when the flash control signal is asserted are described. First, a meter matrix for a scene that includes a plurality of points, where each point can include brightness information and distance information, is generated. Second, a flash control signal is selectively asserted based on the meter matrix.

Abstract: A digital camera for use by both left-handed to right-handed users. The digital camera has a body design that employs a swivel mechanism and symmetric placement of pertinent camera hardware components, particularly flash devices.

Abstract: A scalable vector graphics (SVG) page layout logic receives a specification of a plurality of images, receives a specification for a page layout format, positions the specified number of images on a page and displays the page on a display.

Abstract: A system for extracting an audio file embedded in an image file and attaching the extracted audio file to an image file in an electronic mail message is disclosed. The system includes a software code segment for extracting an embedded audio file from an image file, a memory for storing the extracted audio file and a software code segment for associating the extracted audio file with the image file in an electronic message.

Abstract: A distributed automated testing system is provided which is capable of being distributed over a network, such as the Internet, for testing hardware and software. A plurality of users operating computers interface to the automated testing system via user interfaces, which preferably are graphical user interfaces. Each user interface displays test parameter choices to the user from which the user may select test parameters relating to a test to be performed. The user interfaces generate data packets in response to selections by the users and output the data packets onto the network. The data packets output from the user interfaces comprise information relating to test parameters selected by the user, commands indicating that performance of a test is being requested, and an address of the location to which the packet is being sent. The data packets are routed to one or more dispatcher machines located on the network which are designated by the addresses contained in the data packets.

Abstract: A distributed automated testing system is provided which is capable of being distributed over a network, such as the Internet, for testing hardware and software. A plurality of users operating computers interface to the automated testing system via user interfaces, which preferably are graphical user interfaces. Each user interface displays test parameter choices to the user from which the user may select test parameters relating to a test to be performed. The user interfaces generate data packets in response to selections by the users and output the data packets onto the network. The data packets output from the user interfaces comprise information relating to test parameters selected by the user, commands indicating that performance of a test is being requested, and an address of the location to which the packet is being sent. The data packets are routed to one or more dispatcher machines located on the network which are designated by the addresses contained in the data packets.

Abstract: A system that translates the color of a pixel being displayed in a first visual type into a comparably colored pixel for a second visual type. The system first allocates a ramp of colors evenly distributed over the color palette of the second visual type, with the ramp occupying half of the colormap in the second visual type. For each pixel displayed on the first visual type, the colors of the pixel are matched to the ramp and if a close color is in the ramp, it is displayed on the second visual type. If no ramp color is sufficiently close, a new color is allocated in the colormap of the second visual type, if possible. Color translations are retained and used again when possible. When read-only and read-write classes of colors are used, a corresponding class is defined in the second visual type's colormap.