Dynamic image presentation

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9383916-B2
Application number	US-77098810-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 30, 2010
Priority date	Sep 30, 2009
Publication date	Jul 5, 2016
Grant date	Jul 5, 2016

Abstract

One or more techniques and/or systems are disclosed for efficiently organizing images in a display. A size of an image is scaled by an image scale factor, while an aspect ratio for the image is maintained, where the image scale factor comprises a combination of a first scale distance and a second scale distance. The scaled image is filled into a first display line, if the size of the scaled image is not greater than an amount of display space remaining in the first display line; otherwise the scaled image is filled into a second display line. The image is expanded to mitigate white space in the display after the scaling, while maintaining the image's aspect ratio. This can be performed for a collection of images presented on a display to provide an enhanced user experience.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method, implemented at least in part via a processing unit, comprising:
responsive to receiving a zoom indication in association with a first arrangement of images, creating a second arrangement of images by at least one of filling an image from a second display line into a first display line if a size of the image is not greater than an amount of display space remaining in the first display line after receiving the zoom indication or filling the image from the first display line into the second display line if the size of the image is greater than the amount of display space remaining in the first display line after receiving the zoom indication, the zoom indication corresponding to a scale factor that is a non-linear function described by

f
⁡

(
x
)

=

x
+

x
4

2

,

where x corresponds to a combination of a first scale distance between a first finger and a second finger and a second scale distance between the first finger and the second finger, the first scale distance and the second scale distance corresponding to a pinch gesture.

2. The method of claim 1 , the method performed at least in part via a computing device.

3. The method of claim 2 , the computing device comprising a smart phone.

4. The method of claim 2 , the computing device comprising a portable media player.

5. The method of claim 2 , the computing device comprising a personal digital assistant.

6. The method of claim 2 , the computing device comprising a touch screen device.

7. The method of claim 2 , the computing device comprising a mobile device.

8. The method of claim 1 , comprising:
providing for scrolling a display comprising the second arrangement of images in merely two opposite directions.

9. The method of claim 8 , the two opposite directions comprising a horizontal direction.

10. The method of claim 8 , the two opposite directions comprising a vertical direction.

11. The method of claim 1 , the non-linear function comprising an exponential function.

12. The method of claim 1 , at least one of the first arrangement of images or the second arrangement of images associated with a search query.

13. The method of claim 1 , the first display line different than the second display line.

14. A system, comprising:
one or more processing units; and
memory comprising instructions that when executed by at least one of the one or more processing units, perform a method comprising:
responsive to receiving a zoom indication in association with a first arrangement of images, creating a second arrangement of images by at least one of filling an image from a second display line into a first display line if a size of the image is not greater than an amount of display space remaining in the first display line after receiving the zoom indication or filling the image from the first display line into the second display line if the size of the image is greater than the amount of display space remaining in the first display line after receiving the zoom indication, the zoom indication corresponding to a scale factor that is a combination of a previous scale factor and a function described by

f
⁡

(
x
)

=

x
+

x
4

2

,

where x corresponds to a combination of a first scale distance corresponding to an initiation of a pinch gesture and a second scale distance corresponding to a conclusion of the pinch gesture.

15. The system of claim 14 , comprising a mobile device.

16. The system of claim 14 , comprising a portable media player.

17. The system of claim 14 , comprising a touch screen device.

18. The system of claim 14 , comprising a personal digital assistant.

19. A computer readable memory comprising instructions that when executed, perform a method, comprising:
responsive to receiving a zoom indication in association with a first arrangement of images, creating a second arrangement of images by at least one of filling an image from a second display line into a first display line if a size of the image is not greater than an amount of display space remaining in the first display line after receiving the zoom indication or filling the image from the first display line into the second display line if the size of the image is greater than the amount of display space remaining in the first display line after receiving the zoom indication, the zoom indication corresponding to a scale factor that is a combination of a previous scale factor and a function described by

f
⁡

(
x
)

=

x
+

x
4

2

,

where x corresponds to a second combination of a first scale distance and a second scale distance.

20. The computer readable memory of claim 19 , wherein at least one of the first arrangement of images or the second arrangement of images are associated with a search query.

Assignees

• Srinivasan Sridhar
• Zhu Rui
• Denney Justin Samuel
• Microsoft Technology Licensing Llc

Inventors

• Srinivasan Sridhar
• Zhu Rui
• Denney Justin Samuel

Classifications

• G06T11/60

  Creating or editing images; Combining images with text · CPC title

• G09G2340/0407

  Resolution change, inclusive of the use of different resolutions for different screen areas · CPC title

• G09G2340/0442

  Handling or displaying different aspect ratios, or changing the aspect ratio · CPC title

• G06F3/04883 Primary

  for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text · CPC title

• G09G2340/0464

  Positioning · CPC title