公开(公告)号：US06441927B1

公开(公告)日：2002-08-27

申请号：US09131258

申请日：1998-08-07

申请人： James C. Dow ,  Dan L. Dalton ,  Michael L. Rudd ,  Karin C. Ruffatto ,  Beth Moses ,  Daniel Formosa ,  Sandra Nieves ,  Paul Hamburger ,  Michael J. DeVries ,  Nancy Shepard

发明人： James C. Dow ,  Dan L. Dalton ,  Michael L. Rudd ,  Karin C. Ruffatto ,  Beth Moses ,  Daniel Formosa ,  Sandra Nieves ,  Paul Hamburger ,  Michael J. DeVries ,  Nancy Shepard

IPC分类号： H04L1024

CPC分类号： H04N1/00416 ,  H04N1/00384 ,  H04N1/00413 ,  H04N1/00437 ,  H04N1/00466 ,  H04N1/00469 ,  H04N1/00474 ,  H04N1/00482 ,  H04N1/107 ,  H04N1/2104

摘要： An appliance and method are provided for capturing and viewing images. The capturing and viewing appliance is an instrument used to capture and communicate images to other appliances and devices with communication capabilities. The capturing and viewing appliance includes a processor for manipulating and viewing the images on a built-in display. Program code stored in internal memory includes a viewing application program which allows the user to view stored images in a variety of pixel resolutions. According to another aspect of the invention, the viewing system provides a user-friendly interface for effective graphical communication of the functioning of the appliance or other device to the user through use of animated transitions. Through the use of metaphorical icons, animated transitions between exploded and unexploded images and image magnification, the present invention presents a novel user interface which makes the viewing system and method a solution to devices in need of image viewing capabilities with limited resources. The viewing method is designed for viewing captured images through instrument reuse especially useful in portable hand-held appliances or other devices which are capable of displaying images where space and compactness are a concern.

摘要翻译： 提供了用于捕获和观看图像的装置和方法。 捕获和查看设备是用于捕获和传送图像到具有通信功能的其他设备和设备的仪器。 捕获和观看设备包括用于操纵和观看内置显示器上的图像的处理器。 存储在内部存储器中的程序代码包括允许用户以各种像素分辨率查看存储的图像的查看应用程序。 根据本发明的另一方面，观看系统提供用户友好的界面，用于通过使用动画转换来将用户或其他设备的功能有效地图形通信给用户。 通过使用隐喻图标，分解和未爆炸图像之间的动画转换和图像放大，本发明提出了一种新颖的用户界面，其使观看系统和方法成为有限资源需要图像查看功能的设备的解决方案。 观察方法被设计用于通过仪器重用来观察捕获的图像，其特别适用于便携式手持电器或能够显示空间和紧凑性方面的图像的其他装置。