Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p.

Hewlett-packard Company

Malcolm Stuart Rix

Qian Lin

Guy De Warrenne Bruce Adams

David Mark Frohlich

Daniel R Tretter

Rafael Dal Zotto

Michael Stokes

Joao Luis Prauchner

Andre Gobbi Farina

Gabriel Lima Paz

Dun Liu

Gabriel Lando

A device includes a display panel and a processor. The processor is to receive information corresponding to an image displayed on the display panel and determine whether a relevant portion of the image is centered with respect to an area of interest of the display panel. The processor is further to responsive to a determination that the relevant portion of the image is not centered with respect to the area of interest of the display panel, perform an operation to cause the relevant portion of the image to be adjusted such that the relevant portion of the image is centered with respect to the area of interest of the display panel.

Image adjustment

A passage of sound is attached to a printed imageby means of an electronic storage medium. The electronic storage mediumcomprises a diecontaining a non-volatile memory and a flexible substratewith connectors. The connectors can be interfaces with a separate readerwhich plays the passage of sound recorded in the electronic storage medium. Further information is also provided in the electronic storage mediummemory. This further information relates to the printed image. Such information may include a version of the image printed, either to the same or to a lower resolution. It may also include information relating to image capture conditions or location, or information allowing referencing or indexing of the image.

Method and system for providing a printed image with a related sound

A printer is adapted to produce a printed image with an associated sound passage stored on an electronic storage device. The printer comprises an information input for receiving information to define a visual image and also information defining a passage of sound. The printer has a printer element for printing the first information as a printed image , but also has a writing element for writing the sound information into an electronic storage device adapted for attachment to the printed image. An appropriate mechanism for attaching the electronic storage device to the printer image is provided at the printer.

Printing of image with related sound

A process and apparatus is described to improve the digital processing of scanned negative films by reducing the amount of time necessary to perform the process and by increasing the robustness and quality of the images produced. These benefits are achieved by a process of color inversion, white point and black point mapping, and midtone adjustment. White and black mapping increases the dynamic range of the image, as well as removes the color cast of the negative film. A backlit image postprocessing algorithm can be employed which uses heuristics to identify backlighted situations, which are then brightened using a nonlinear power mapping. A midtone adjustment can include the sub-steps of contrast reduction and color adjustment. Contrast reduction reverses the film exposure characteristics. Color adjustment removes the remaining color cast in the midtone region of the image, and obtains the correct brightness. Starting from images with poor contrast and color cast, the system automatically looks for the appropriate correction parameters to produce images with vivid color and good contrast. This is achieved without rescanning or retaking the picture. One implementation, using one dimensional look-up-tables, is very efficient.

Digital processing of scanned negative films

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San Diego, CA, United States of America

Malcolm Stuart Rix