Wendy L Hunter

US Patent:

7139095, Nov 21, 2006

Filed:

Sep 28, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/672415

Inventors:

Wendy F. Hunter - San Diego CA, US

Assignee:

Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. - Houston TX

International Classification:

G06K 15/00
G06F 3/12

US Classification:

358 118, 358 113, 358 16

Abstract:

A user interface for a printer is disclosed for printing image files. The user interface includes a display for displaying information, including messages to a user, an input device for enabling the user to respond to the displayed messages, an interface to a detachable memory device including at least one image file, and a processor coupled to the input device, display, and to the interface. The processor is responsive to a user input to print a thumbnail of the image file, in the same orientation in which the image file was acquired, by utilizing stored orientation information. The processor is also responsive to a user input to print a subset of the image files. The thumbnails are printed with an image number, a date, and a unique identifier of the image file.

US Patent:

6914698, Jul 5, 2005

Filed:

Sep 28, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/672416

Inventors:

Wendy F. Hunter - San Diego CA, US

Assignee:

Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. - Houston TX

International Classification:

G06F015/00
G06F012/00

US Classification:

358 118, 358 116, 347108, 3482072

Abstract:

A method and apparatus are disclosed for printing image files, including a printer, with a receptacle for receiving a memory card for storing a plurality of image files. The printer further includes a user interface for enabling a user to enter selection commands, a display for showing messages, and a processor responsive to a first user input to print a sheet with reduced versions of the image files in a first sequence of the image files. The processor is further responsive to another user input for specifying at least one arrangement of the image files where they are all printed with the same orientation on a particular sheet.