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| 8191012 | Method and system for creating theme, topic, and story-based cover pages A method creates cover pages for news themes, topics, and stories, with elements to allow viewing more information from the theme, topic, or story. A database of stories is provided, comprising text, images, and possibly other web-accessible content. For a theme-bas... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8191014 | Information processing apparatus, display control method and program There is provided an information processing apparatus including a display control unit that displays a list screen of thumbnails associated with content, an execution unit that executes any application using the content associated with the thumbnails, and an image g... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8191013 | User interface for designating a page as a tab sheet and inserting a tab sheet between pages A tab sheet setting apparatus displays sheet images which correspond to sheets for consecutive two or more pages among a plurality of pages and a tab ear icon that functions as a tab image which corresponds to a tab of a tab sheet on an operating screen. In case whe... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8181121 | Display unit and display method When displaying on a display (46) a plurality of thumbnails respectively corresponding to a plurality of image files selected from an external memory card (40), the CPU 26 determines whether each image file is a moving image file or a still imag... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8166420 | Electronic apparatus and image display control method of the electronic apparatus According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus displays face images in each column of a plurality of face image display areas arranged in a matrix based on time stamp information, and displays thumbnail images in time-series in a thumbnail display area arrange... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8161409 | Re-writable cover sheets for collection management A method and apparatus is disclosed herein for using rewritable sheets. In one embodiment, the method comprises representing a first collection of media objects using a first sheet having a first identifier and a first graphical content representing the media object... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8151216 | Electronic apparatus and list display method of electronic apparatus An electronic apparatus is provided in which, even in the case where a list of image files stored in a data folder is displayed to the user while another function is active, the list of image files can be displayed without degradation in the performance of the other... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8126898 | Method and system for generating scored recommendations based on scored references A computer method includes receiving a query from a user system; searching a plurality of data objects of a first type for data objects that substantially match the query; generating a first-relevance score for each data object of the second type that is associated ... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8122378 | Image capture and manipulation The present disclosure includes, among other things, systems, methods and program products for image capture and manipulation. ... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8122379 | Zooming operations and magnification for groups of images A disclosed image display apparatus for displaying multiple images on a single screen includes a magnification unit configured to, in response to a zooming operation on the screen, magnify distances between centroids of first group images included in the multiple im... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8112721 | Image reproduction device and method thereof An image reproduction device comprises: a thumbnail image read device which reads a thumbnail image file having recorded thereon two or more types of thumbnail images produced based on a stereo image composed of a plurality of images obtained by capturing the identi... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8069421 | Methods and apparatus for graphical object implementation A system displays a graphical element in a graphical user interface, and receives a command to display the at least one graphical sub-element associated with the graphical element. The system replaces the display of the graphical element with a display of at least o... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8065633 | Electronic apparatus, display control method for the electronic apparatus, graphical user interface, and display control program An electronic apparatus, display control method thereof, graphical user interface, and display control program are provided. The electronic apparatus includes a total-number obtaining unit to obtain information about a total number of items to be provided from a sou... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8051388 | Device having bookmark thumbnail management function There is provided a device having a function of browsing contents obtained through a network. The device includes a display unit, an operation unit, a storing unit configured to store a thumbnail corresponding to a part of a captured image of contents as a bookmark,... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8046717 | Method to automatically determine the thumbnail of a document A system and method for automatically generating the most relevant thumbnail of a document. Every page of a multi-page document is analyzed for rich content. Based on this analysis, a score is assigned to every page of the document depending on certain parameters su... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8042063 | Dynamic array presentation and multiple selection of digitally stored objects and corresponding link tokens for simultaneous presentation A system and method for the multiple selection of digitally stored objects and the link-tokens of each selected object for simultaneous presentation and examination of the selected objects with their associated linked objects and information, including organized arr... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8032841 | Exception page programming system The present disclosure relates to exception page programming, and, in particular, to a system and method for providing an exception page programming tool for use with a page description language file where the exception page programming tool can display exception pa... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8032840 | Apparatus, method and computer program product for generating a thumbnail representation of a video sequence A system, method and computer program product are provided for generating an image, such as a thumbnail, representation of a video sequence, where the video sequences includes a plurality of frames, at least some of which include an image of a scene that may include... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8024670 | Workflow management using live thumbnails A method for performing a task, which includes generating a user interface with multiple screens where each screen corresponds to a step in a workflow used for performing the task; generating multiple live thumbnails which include miniaturized sections of the screen... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8006201 | Method and system for generating thumbnails for video files A method for generating thumbnails for video files includes receiving one or more parameters associated with a plurality of thumbnails to be displayed simultaneously and a plurality of frames for each thumbnail. The plurality of frames for each thumbnail is extracte... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7996791 | Streaming video programming guide system selecting video files from multiple websites and automatically generating selectable thumbnails A programming guide for streaming video files may be automatically compiled in response to a user request. The user may provide keywords for categories of streaming video files that are of interest. A graphical user interface is automatically developed which splits ... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7992104 | Viewing data A processing device and method may be provided for displaying a graph, including a number of icons. The icons may be thumbnail images of data elements of a data set. A position of the icons may indicate one or more attribute values of an associated set of attributes... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7954068 | Extensible master-slave user interface with distinct interaction models A method, computer system and computer readable medium regarding an extensible master-slave user interface with distinct interaction models is presented. A slave region is displayed in a Graphical User Interface (GUI), the slave region displaying a current state. A ... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7954069 | Microscopic-measurement apparatus A microscopic-measurement apparatus capable of displaying, on a display device, an enlarged view of a particular part of a specimen placed on a movable stage and providing optical information of a desired portion includes an observation-image display section for dis... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7930650 | User interface with menu abstractions and content abstractions Media menu items are generated within a media interface environment. Media menu item abstractions are generated, one of the media menu item abstractions arranged in a foreground position, and one or more of the media menu item abstractions arranged in background pos... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7921380 | Detachable and reattachable portal pages A portal environment may include at least one detachable and reattachable portal page. The detachable and reattachable portal page may include a detach feature to detach the portal page from the portal environment. A reattach feature may be provided to reattach a de... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7904831 | Image processing apparatus, image displaying method, and computer-readable recording medium storing program of the method An image processing apparatus which displays a thumbnail image of a stored image is disclosed. When a thumbnail image of a stored image is displayed, it is determined whether the stored image is open or secret by using an attribute attached to the stored image. When... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7904832 | Method and apparatus for dynamically resizing windows The present invention provides a method for resizing windows and an apparatus for resizing windows. The method, in one embodiment, involves selecting a seam bordering a window, building a list of windows, and resizing more than one window in response to a single sea... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7895533 | Interactive image thumbnails A computer-implemented method displaying, within a user interface, a view pane having a vertical direction and a horizontal direction, displaying, within the view pane, a first frame represented by a bounded region, wherein the first frame represents a container tha... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7873919 | Content-retrieval device, content-retrieval method, and content-retrieval program A content-retrieval device includes first and second operation units, a display unit, storage storing contents, and a control circuit. The control circuit shows at least two thumbnails of the contents stored in the storage and an image of a mark indicating one of th... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7861149 | Key phrase navigation map for document navigation Computer-readable media having computer-executable instructions and apparatuses provide a keyphrase navigation map (KNM) for a document page. Keyphrases are extracted from the document page. Keyphrase clusters are subsequently formed by a measure of relevancy, and a... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7856459 | Recording apparatus, recording method, and disc shaped record medium A digital recording apparatus using a disc shaped record medium is disclosed, that comprises a means for extracting outlined information of each of a plurality of files recorded on the disc shaped record medium, a means for correlating the extracted outlined informa... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7853897 | Information processing apparatus and method, and program An information processing apparatus may control display of a GUI image including indexes that allow a user to select the entirety or part of an image content piece. The information processing apparatus may include a controller configured to control display of a firs... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7853896 | Three-dimensional motion graphical user interface and apparatus and method of providing the same A three-dimensional motion graphical user interface and an apparatus and a method of providing the same are provided. The apparatus for providing a three-dimensional motion graphical user interface includes a creation module which creates a polyhedral object having ... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7844918 | Desktop thumbnails with page controllers A method, apparatus and computer program product for displaying a graphical element within a graphical user interface is presented. A registration is made with an operating system (OS) to be sent a notification when a predetermined file type is being displayed in a ... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7840566 | Recording apparatus, recording method, and disc shaped record medium A digital recording apparatus using a disc shaped record medium including an extracting unit that extracts outlined information of each of a plurality of files recorded on the disc shaped record medium. A correlating unit correlates the extracted outlined informatio... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7823084 | Information processing device and method, and information processing program A note-type personal computer according to the present invention has an LCD for displaying information stored in an internal storage provided therein, and an external storage or an external picture server connected thereto, via the internet. And, operation for the i... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7810049 | System and method for web navigation using images A system and method is provided for accessing information content that enables handheld or mobile device users, for example, to quickly and efficiently navigate images contained within the information content to access other areas of the information content. A user ... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7797645 | System and method for displaying full product functionality using minimal user interface footprint A sidebar UI of an application program provides access to the application program's functionality while occupying a reduced amount of real estate on the screen when compared to conventional UIs. The sidebar UI comprises an icon or multiple icons, and each icon refer... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7788605 | Morphing between views of data A method, apparatus, system, and signal-bearing medium are provided that in various embodiments relate to manipulating data. In an embodiment, the data may be manipulated with respect to viewing the data. ... | 08/31/2010 |
