Image file formats

About: Image file formats is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 10349 publications have been published within this topic receiving 102407 citations.

Subtitle generating apparatus and method

Abstract: For generation of a subtitle in a digital movie screening system, it is essential to reduce the burden of processing the subtitle when screening a movie. There is provided a subtitle generating apparatus destined for use in a digital movie screening system, the subtitle generating apparatus, which includes a storage unit having a movie subtitle file stored therein, a controller to generate an internal file on the basis of the subtitle file, and a subtitle processor to decode the internal file for generating a subtitle and combine the subtitle and a movie picture with each other, the subtitle file consisting of a main file in which there are described information identifying a file of text data representing characters to be displayed as a subtitle of a movie and a file of image data representing the content of an image displayed as the movie subtitle along with control data for displaying the subtitle, one or more font files including font data on the text data, and one or more image files including the image data, the internal file being an integration of the main, font and image files, made by combining the described content of the main file with the substantive data of the font and image files, and the controller generating the internal file from the subtitle file prior to displaying the movie.

Asynchronous collaboration via audio/video annotation

Abstract: A system and method is disclosed for asynchronous collaboration between a plurality of remote users. More specifically, a system based on a client/server architecture is disclosed, in which a remote user may create a combined message having an audiovisual message and an image file on which collaboration is to occur. The remote user may then transmit the message and file to a central location, where it is stored and then accessed by other remote users for viewing, replying, and editing.

Reading system which reads aloud from an image representation of a document

Abstract: A reading system includes a computer and a mass storage device including software comprising instructions for causing a computer to accept an image file generated from optically scanning an image of a document. The software convert the image file into a converted text file that includes text information, and positional information associating the text with the position of its representation in the image file. The reading system has the ability therefore to display the image representation of the scanned image on a computer monitor and permit a user to control operation of the reader by with respect to the displayed image representation of the document by using the locational information associated with the converted text file. Also described are techniques for dual highlighting spoken text and a technique for determining the nearest word to a position selected by use of mouse or other pointing device operating on the image representation as displayed on the monitor.

Integration of a multimedia teaching and reference database in a PACS environment.

Abstract: In one radiology department, a computerized authoring and editing environment was developed and integrated with the picture archiving and communication systems (PACS) for creation of image-based electronic teaching files to replace a collection of printed film images. This multimedia database and authoring environment allows physicians to create reference databases for teaching and research directly from clinical cases being reviewed on PACS diagnostic workstations. The database engine allows users to generate stand-alone CD-ROMs (compact disks, read-only memory) and World Wide Web–based teaching files. The system is fully compliant with the Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) standard and supports a large number of standard multimedia image file formats. The focus of the development was on convenience and ease of use of a generic system adaptable to all users. The software was integrated on the PACS workstations to allow users to add new cases to the database at any time and anywhere i...

Identifying changes to an image file

Abstract: Editing an image is disclosed. Editing may include receiving a marking on the image, activating a command interface in response to the marking, receiving a command via the command interface, and applying the command to a portion of the image, where the portion is determined based at least in part on the marking.