System and method for resizing images prior to upload
There is disclosed a system and method for resizing an image on a handheld mobile communication device prior to uploading to an image repository. In an embodiment, the method comprises: determining the size of an original image; determining any upload size restrictions for uploading the image to the image repository; and in dependence upon the upload size restrictions, resizing the original image to a new resized image to meet the upload size restriction. In another embodiment, the method may further comprise specifying at least one user selectable image size for resizing the original image; receiving a user selection of a desired image size; and resizing the original image to the user selected desired image size. In another embodiment, the image size automatically in dependence upon image upload bandwidth.
1. A method of resizing an image on a handheld mobile communication device prior to transmitting to an online image repository, comprising:
determining the size of an original image;
displaying a plurality of sizing options on a display of the handheld mobile communications device, wherein at least two sizing options are each associated with a predetermined image size and wherein each predetermined image size specifies a size of an image after resizing;
receiving a selection of one of the sizing options;
extracting meta-data from the image;
modifying the extracted meta-data to replace the original image size with the size of the resized image in accordance with the selected sizing option;
resizing the original image in accordance with the selected sizing option to create a resized image; and
transmitting the resized image to the online image repository.
2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising selecting the image size automatically in dependence upon image transmission bandwidth.
3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising selecting the image size automatically in dependence upon storage space on the online image repository.
4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising transmitting the modified extracted meta-data to the online image repository.
5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
inserting the modified meta-data into the resized image; and
transmitting the resized image including the modified meta-data to the online image repository.
6. A system for resizing an image on a handheld mobile communication device prior to transmitting to an online image repository, the system comprising an image resizing module, executed on a processor, adapted to:
determine the size of an original image;
display a plurality of sizing options on a display of the handheld mobile communications device wherein at least two sizing options are each associated with a predetermined image size and wherein each predetermined image size specifies a size of an image after resizing;
receive a selection of one of the sizing options;
extract meta-data from the image;
modify the extracted meta-data to replace the original image size with the size of the resized image in accordance with the selected sizing option;
resize the original image in accordance with the selected sizing option to create a resized image; and
transmit the resized image to the online image repository.
7. The system of claim 6 , wherein the image resizing module is further adapted to select the image size automatically in dependence upon image transmit bandwidth.
8. The system of claim 6 , wherein the image resizing module is further adapted to select the image size automatically in dependence upon storage space on the online image repository.
9. The system of claim 6 , wherein the image resizing module is further adapted to prepare the modified extracted meta-data for transmission to the online image repository.
10. The system of claim 6 , wherein the image resizing module is further adapted to:
insert the modified meta-data into the resized image; and
prepare the resized image including the modified meta-data for transmission to the online image repository.
11. A non-transitory computer readable medium containing computer readable code that when loaded onto a mobile handheld communication device adapts the device to resize an image prior to transmitting the image to an online image repository, the computer readable medium comprising:
code for determining the size of an original image;
code for displaying a plurality of sizing options on a display of the handheld mobile communications device, wherein at least two sizing options are each associated with a predetermined image size and wherein each predetermined image size specifies a size of an image after resizing;
code for receiving a selection of one of the sizing options;
code for extracting meta-data from the image;
code for modifying the extracted meta-data to replace the original image size with the size of the resized image in accordance with the selected sizing option;
code for resizing the original image in accordance with the selected sizing option to create a resized image;
code for transmitting the resized image to the online image repository.
12. The computer readable medium of claim 11 , further comprising code for selecting the image size automatically in dependence upon image transmission bandwidth.
13. The computer readable medium of claim 11 , further comprising code for selecting the image size automatically in dependence upon storage space on the online image repository.
14. The computer readable medium of claim 11 , further comprising code for transmitting the modified extracted meta-data to the online image repository.
15. The method of claim 1 , wherein the predetermined image size is specified as a maximum size of any side of the image.
16. The method of claim 1 , further comprising: displaying an option to maintain the original image without resizing.