EP0675452A2
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Method and system for retrieving and presenting stored digital images
Assignee: International Business Machines Corp
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Filing: 1995-03-16
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2015-03-16
Abstract
Abstract A method and system for retrieving and presenting or displaying digital images on a portion of an operator's workstation where another portion may be simultaneously displaying a conventional application. The image display system includes a mechanism for browsing images at a speed and in a direction through the ordered images chosen by the operator, much like an operator might browse through successive images on microfilm in prior art systems. The direction of image scrolling is operator selectable and the selections may be entered at a workstation keyboard or from another application, so the operator may move forward through the ordered archive of images until the operator finds a key document, then move backward and forward slowly until the images of the document answer the questions or it is determined that the images will not answer it. When a specific image is displayed, the operator can zoom in, magnify, look at the other views of the document, print the image or take other action as appropriate, using the present system.
Inventors
- 👤 Hamid Aberi
- 👤 Filip Jay Yeskel
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
EP
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 10:40
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06F; G06F16/00; G06F16/50; G06F16/54
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 14
Claim 1
Independent Claim
101 words
A method of retrieving and presenting stored digitized images on a workstation including a display and a keyboard, comprising the steps of: identifying location information indicative of an approximate index location of a subject document in an image archive repository or database; retrieving the image information associated with the subject document from the subject image archive repository or database; and moving sequentially through the archive repository or database in a direction as chosen by the operator either forward or backward as desired in response to an operator entry on the keyboard, until the image of interest is presented on the display.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
42 words
A method of presenting images including the steps of Claim 1 wherein the method further includes the steps of receiving a command selecting an alternate image view of the subject document and obtaining and displaying such alternate view of the subject document.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
41 words
A method of presenting images including the steps of Claim 1 wherein the method further includes the steps of receiving a command to change the presentation of the image and changing the presentation of the image in response to the command.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
27 words
A method of presenting images including the steps of Claim 3 wherein the receiving step includes selecting by a program the change of presentation of the image.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
33 words
A method of presenting images including the steps of Claim 3 wherein the receiving step includes selecting by an operator's depressing a key on a keyboard to change the presentation of an image.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
29 words
A method of presenting images including the steps of Claim 3 wherein the receiving step includes selecting by an operator of another presentation mode based on the image presented.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
24 words
A method of presenting images including the steps of Claim 3 wherein the changing step includes a function selected from zoom, rotate or enhance.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
74 words
A method of presenting images including the steps of Claim 1 wherein the steps of the method further include: presenting information from a first non-image application on one region of the display; and presenting information from a second image application on a second region of the display, wherein, in response to the operator entry based on the first application, the information on one region is changed while information in the other region is maintained.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
26 words
A method of presenting images including the steps of Claim 8 wherein the non-image application is unchanged for operation in conjunction with the new image application.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
29 words
A method of presenting images including the steps of Claim 1 wherein the step of moving includes receiving an operator input indicating the direction of desired movement of images.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
42 words
A method of presenting images including the steps of Claim 8 wherein the step of changing information in one region in response to an operator entry includes displaying a series of images of documents in the sequence in which they are indexed.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
55 words
A method of presenting images including the steps of Claim 11 where, in response to an operator entry at a keyboard, the speed of displaying the series of images is changed, and the change of speed is either from a faster speed to a slower speed or from a slower speed to a faster speed.
Claim 13
Independent Claim
94 words
A system of browsing through images on a computer display in a direction and at a speed chosen by an operator by keying at a keyboard coupled to a computer coupled to the display, the system comprising: a source of ordered images; means for identifying a desired starting image selected from the source of images; means for displaying the starting image and subsequent images on the computer display; and means for receiving an operator input for indicating a direction and speed to move through the source of ordered images to display sequentially the images.
Claim 14
Independent Claim
99 words
A method of retrieving and displaying a series of images from an ordered image archive, the steps of the method comprising: identifying an image of a document from the image archive retrieving the image from the image archive and displaying the image of the identified document from the image archive; receiving an indication from an operator of desired movement through the image archive including a direction of movement and the speed; and displaying, in response to the operator's indications, images from the image archive at the rate and in the direction from the archive as selected by the operator.
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