Eastman-kodak Company

Intellectual Ventures Fund 83 LLC

Olivier L Seignol

Jean-Marie Vau

Nicolas P Touchard

Olivier A Furon

Dale Frederick McIntyre

Eric Masera

Christophe E Papin

Pierre Schaeffer

Thierry Lebihen

Jason R Oliver

Olivier M Rigault

Nicholas P Touchard

Michel F Buff

The invention relates to a receiving station () comprising a first physical connection port () intended for a first host equipment item and at least one second physical connection port () intended for at least one second host equipment item, detection means () of host equipment connected to the ports, and the means () of automatic selection of combined use modes of the resources of the receiving station and/or connected host equipment, controlled by the detection means (). Application to handheld portable equipment.

Receiving station for mobile host equipment, and method of sharing resources using the station

The invention relates to a method of annotation of images captured by a digital camera equipped with a previewing means, comprising:

Camera and method for creating annotated images

In order to present digital images on different types of screens, and especially on low definition screens, the system provides a server that is adapted for receiving messages coming from at least one display device, and a table for recognizing the type of display device with which the server is communicating. The server performs a transformation for adapting the definition of the image that is transmitted to the type of display screen that is recognized.

Method and device for presenting digital images on a low-definition screen

A method to transmit drawings or images comprising text to low display ability terminals, and more particularly to cellular phones or equivalent mobile devices. The transmission is possible in the best conditions and automatically. The transmission enables the consultation or display by the user of these drawings or images comprising text, on a low display ability terminal. These images can have the form of a plate of several images or an individual image comprising text. This operation is possible by automatically transforming the drawings or images via image analysis into image entities formed by an image zone and a text zone; and without requiring any extra work by the publisher or author of the drawings or images comprising text.

Process for sending images to a low display ability terminal

The present invention concerns a method for managing a quick distribution of images. The method comprises the following steps: receiving, from a user, at least one image associated with a messaging system address; digitizing said at least one image when the image is not in digital form; storing said at least one image on a server; and sending a message to the messaging system address associated with said at least one image giving the information that said at least one image is available on the server.

Method for managing a quick distribution of images

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Grenoble, France

Olivier L Seignol