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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 06, 2012
Lytro, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Chia-Kai Liang, Mountain View, CA (US);
Michael Knott, San Mateo, CA (US);
Mugur Marculescu, Los Altos, CA (US);
Jason Wilson, Mill Valley, CA (US);
Yi-Ren Ng, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Lytro, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
According to various embodiments of the invention, parallax and/or three-dimensional effects are added to thumbnail image displays. In at least one embodiment, such effects are applied in a manner that causes the thumbnail images to appear to respond to their display environment. For example, a parallax effect can be applied that responds to current cursor position, scroll position, scroll velocity, orientation of the display device (detected, for example, by position- and/or motion-sensing mechanisms), and/or any other environmental conditions. As another example, thumbnail images can be refocused, and/or a viewpoint for an image can be adjusted, in response to a user clicking on or tapping on particular elements within such images.