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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 07, 1998
James C. Dow, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Dan L. Dalton, Greeley, CO (US);
Michael L. Rudd, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Karin C. Ruffatto, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Barry K. Hansen, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Thomas E. Berg, Fort Collins, CO (US);
David J. Sims, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Daniel Formosa, Montvale, NJ (US);
Sandra Nieves, New York, NY (US);
Paul Hamburger, New York, NY (US);
Michael J. DeVries, Loveland, CO (US);
Nancy Shepard, Arvada, CO (US);
Scott Henderson, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Davin Stowell, New York, NY (US);
Steven Vordenberg, New York, NY (US);
Hewlett-Packard Company, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
A capturing and viewing appliance and method are used for capturing and communicating images. The capturing and viewing appliance is an instrument used to capture and communicate images to other devices with communication capabilities. The capturing and viewing appliance includes a processor for manipulating and viewing the images on a built-in display. Program code stored in internal memory includes a menu/image navigation application program which allows the user to use navigation buttons to view multiple images as well as navigate menus. According to another aspect of the invention, the menu/image navigation interface provides a user-friendly interface for effective communication of functionality of an appliance or other device to the user through use of animated transitions. Through the use of icons, menus, navigation buttons and animated transitions used to communicate functionality to the user, the present invention presents a novel user interface which makes the menu/image navigation user interface and method a solution in devices with limited resources which need to be able to navigate among multiple images arranged in different orientations. The menu/image navigation appliance and method is designed for navigating among multiple captured images and operating the appliance using menus through instrument reuse which is especially useful in portable hand-held appliances or other devices which are capable of displaying images where space and compactness are a concern.