Mechanism for controlling presentation of displayed picture
CA 2092692 C · Owner: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. · Inventors: Timmermans, Josef Maria Karel
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A digital picture processing system digitizes and stores the digitized photographic film picture (421) in their captured orientation on film, in order to obviate the need to physically rotate the film scanner relative to the film for vertical pictures thereby, significantly reducing the complexity and cost of the scanner. Instead each , stored picture file (421) has an associated presentation control file (422), which contains orientation and aspect ratio information so that the picture playback device will know how each picture has been stored on the digital picture database such as a , compact disc. When the disc is inserted into a playback device for driving an output display such …
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- Filed September 13, 1991 and granted April 3, 2001. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 13, 2011.
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