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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 25, 2005
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2001
Eric C. Anderson, San Jose, CA (US);
Eric C. Anderson, San Jose, CA (US);
FlashPoint Technology, Inc., Peterborough, NH (US);
Abstract
A method and system for accelerating a user interface on a display of an image capture unit is disclosed. The image capture unit includes a plurality of image files for providing a plurality of images, each image file includes a high resolution image therein. The image capture unit includes controls for allowing an image to be viewed on the display and for allowing navigation between the plurality of images. The method and system in accordance with the present invention comprises providing a lower resolution image within each image file, the lower resolution image being associated with the high resolution image within a particular image file, wherein both the lower and higher resolution images are substantially display-sized; allowing the lower resolution image to be viewed on the display; and replacing display of the lower resolution images with the high resolution image if the user has not navigated to another image.