IP Library Granted Patent US 6,972,774
Granted Patent B2
US 6,972,774 · App. 09/737,489 · Granted Dec 6, 2005

Image processing system for inserting plurality of images into composite area, and medium

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Patent No.
US 6,972,774
App. No.
09/737,489
Granted
Dec 6, 2005
Kind
B2
Abstract

An image processing system according to the present invention aiming at providing a function capable of efficiently managing and utilizing image data, comprises a display unit for displaying on a screen a composite area as an aggregation of unit areas into which images are inserted, and an operation unit for inserting a processing target image into the unit area within the composite area.

Claims (39)

1. An image processing apparatus, comprising:

at least one processing target unit image;

a plurality of vacant unit storage areas arranged in a matrix to have images selectively inserted; and

a control unit controlling an access to each of the unit storage areas,

wherein the control unit stores the at least one processing target unit image in at least one of the plurality of vacant unit storage areas in accordance with a selected insertion of the at least one processing target unit image, accesses the unit storage areas in a predetermined sequence, and thereby generates a composite image from the unit images.

2. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:

unit storage areas having different capacities,

wherein the composite image is composed of the unit images having different dimensions.

3. A storage medium readable by a machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine to perform operations, comprising:

displaying a composite area on a display of the machine as an aggregation of vacant unit areas arranged in a matrix into which images are insertable; and

selectively inserting processing target images into selected ones of the vacant unit areas within the composite area.

4. A storage medium readable by a machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine to perform operations, comprising:

displaying a composite area as an aggregation of vacant unit areas arranged in a matrix into which images are insertable;

detecting an indication of a processing target image;

detecting a transfer of the indicated image; and

selectively inserting the indicated image into one of the vacant unit areas.

5. An image processing apparatus, comprising:

a controlling unit for dividing a portion of a display into a predetermined composite area, wherein the composite area includes a plurality of vacant blocks arranged in a matrix and each of the plurality of blocks may have a processing target image inserted from a source or any of the plurality of blocks may be left vacant;

an operation unit aggregating the matrix of the plurality of blocks, whether filled with an image or vacant into a combined image.

6. An image processing apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the image inserted into the block is transferable to other blocks within the composite area.

7. An image processing apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the image inserted into the block is deleted by transferring the same image to a position outside the composite area.

8. An image processing apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the processing target image is inserted into the block by a drag-and-drop operation.

9. An image processing apparatus according to claim 5 , further comprising:

a transfer detection unit indicating a processing target image and detecting a transfer of the indicated image,

wherein the indicated image is inserted into the block.

10. An image processing apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the composite area into which the images are inserted is stored as an image having predetermined dimensions.

11. An image processing apparatus according to claim 5 , further comprising:

a related image indicating module relating a plurality of target images to each other,

wherein when a first target image is related to other images, the related images are consecutively inserted together as a group with the first target image into the plurality of blocks.

12. An image processing apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein when the number of images to be inserted exceeds the number of insertable vacant blocks, the image insertion is finished.

13. An image processing apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the composite area is composed of blocks having different dimensions.

14. An image processing apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein dimensions of the blocks are specified irrespective of dimensions of the processing target image, and

the processing target image is adjusted to the dimensions of the block that accepts the inserted image.

15. An image processing apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the number of the blocks within the composite area can be arbitrarily set.

16. An image processing apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein a background color of the blocks can be arbitrarily set.

17. An image processing apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein a configuration of the blocks is a rectangular shape of which dimensions can be arbitrarily set.

18. An image processing apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein even when the image inserted into the block is deleted, an original image of the image inset in the block is not deleted.

19. An image processing apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein dimensions of the composite area can be arbitrarily set.

20. An image processing apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the plurality of target images are consecutively inserted into the plurality of blocks starting from an arbitrarily specified block within the composite area matrix.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 13, 2019
From: STEEPHILL TECHNOLOGIES LLC
To: CEDAR LANE TECHNOLOGIES INC.
Reel/Frame 049156/0100 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 11, 2019
From: INTELLECTUAL VENTURES ASSETS 94 LLC
To: STEEPHILL TECHNOLOGIES LLC
Reel/Frame 048565/0450 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE RECEIVING PARTY DATA PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 48113 FRAME: 31. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Jan 25, 2019
From: LD TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
To: INTELLECTUAL VENTURES ASSETS 94 LLC
Reel/Frame 048142/0744 →
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Jan 23, 2019
From: LD TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
To: INTELLECTUAL VENTURES 94 LLC
Reel/Frame 048113/0031 →