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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:
Jun. 27, 1997
Michael E. Miller, Rochester, NY (US);
Richard W. Lourette, Fairport, NY (US);
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
A camera with: means for capturing an image of a real world scene as an image signal; storage means for storing captured images and from which stored images can be read; a screen; and a means for displaying on the screen a high resolution version of a stored image from a list of stored images when a location within the list is selected. The camera also has a means for displaying on the screen, when a browsing mode is selected, a scrolling strip of low resolution versions of stored images from the list. A single control allows a user to select the location within the list and which also allows a user to select the browsing mode. The camera can a user to move between full screen display of stored images and the browsing mode multiple times, with little repetitive finger and/or hand motion, without blocking viewing of the screen, and while allowing the hands to be retained in a convenient picture taking position.