Image handling to select a subject of an image to display and conceal a remainder of the image

Abstract

System and method relating generally to an electronic device are described. In such a method, content is accessed by the electronic device to display the accessed content on at least a portion of a screen. At least one original dimension of the accessed content is determined to exceed at least one threshold dimension corresponding thereto in order to display the accessed content with the at least one original dimension on at least the portion of the screen. Responsive to a determination that the at least one original dimension exceeds the at least one threshold dimension, a subset of the accessed content is obtained with subset dimensions thereof each less than or equal to corresponding display region dimensions including the at least one threshold dimension to display the subset on at least the portion of the screen. The subset is displayed on at least the portion of the screen.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method for an electronic device, comprising:
 accessing content by the electronic device to display the accessed content on a screen;   determining at least one original dimension of the accessed content exceeds at least one threshold dimension corresponding thereto in order to display the accessed content with the at least one original dimension on the screen;   responsive to the determining of the at least one original dimension exceeding the at least one threshold dimension, obtaining a subset of the accessed content with subset dimensions thereof each less than or equal to corresponding display region dimensions including the at least one threshold dimension to display the subset on the screen;   displaying the subset on the screen;   wherein the accessed content is an entirety of an image stored in the electronic device having attributes indicating original dimensions of the image; and   wherein the subset is a cropped portion of the image displayed with the subset dimensions thereof being for an original size of the subset as in the accessed content with a remainder of the image as a peripheral subject matter dynamically concealed responsive to available display area of the screen allotted to display of an object subject matter of the image.   
     
     
         2 . The method according to  claim 1 , further comprising selecting the subset from a plurality of subsets of the accessed content each having a same aspect ratio and a same resolution. 
     
     
         3 . The method according to  claim 2 , wherein the plurality of subsets have progressively less subject matter corresponding to progressively smaller sizes of contents constituting the plurality of subsets. 
     
     
         4 . The method according to  claim 2 , wherein the plurality of subsets have corresponding original sizes as in the accessed content for the progressively smaller sizes of contents. 
     
     
         5 . The method according to  claim 2 , wherein the accessed content includes metadata regarding the object subject matter of the subset to be displayed with different sets of metadata for each of the plurality of subsets for the dynamic concealment. 
     
     
         6 . The method according to  claim 5 , wherein the object subject matter of each of the plurality of subsets is in each of the plurality of the subsets. 
     
     
         7 . The method according to  claim 5 , wherein the subset selected from the plurality of subsets has the largest one of the original sizes most closely capable of fitting within a window having the display region dimensions. 
     
     
         8 . The method according to  claim 7 , further comprising rendering the subset for the displaying within the window on the screen. 
     
     
         9 . The method according to  claim 5 , further comprising interrogating the accessed content to obtain the subset dimensions thereof from the metadata provided with the accessed content. 
     
     
         10 . The method according to  claim 1 , wherein the electronic device is a mobile phone having the screen. 
     
     
         11 . The method according to  claim 1 , wherein:
 the electronic device is a printer having the screen; and   the subset is a window cropped portion of the image displayed on the screen with the subset dimensions thereof being for an original size of the subset as in the accessed content.   
     
     
         12 . The method according to  claim 11 , wherein the subset displayed on the screen is selectable for printing the cropped portion of the image. 
     
     
         13 . The method according to  claim 11 , wherein the subset displayed on the screen is selectable for printing the entirety of the image. 
     
     
         14 . A system of an electronic device, comprising:
 a memory configured to store program code; and   a processor coupled to the memory, wherein the processor, in response to executing the program code, is configured to initiate operations for implementing display of a subset of content on a screen of the electronic device, the operations including:
 accessing content by the electronic device to display the accessed content on a screen; 
 determining at least one original dimension of the accessed content exceeds at least one threshold dimension corresponding thereto in order to display the accessed content with the at least one original dimension on the screen; 
 responsive to the determining of the at least one original dimension exceeding the at least one threshold dimension, obtaining a subset of the accessed content with subset dimensions thereof each less than or equal to corresponding display region dimensions including the at least one threshold dimension to display the subset on the screen; 
 displaying the subset on the screen; 
 wherein the accessed content is an entirety of an image stored in the electronic device having attributes indicating original dimensions of the image; and 
 wherein the subset is a cropped portion of the image displayed with the subset dimensions thereof being for an original size of the subset as in the accessed content with a remainder of the image as a peripheral subject matter dynamically concealed responsive to available display area of the screen allotted to display of an object subject matter of the image. 
   
     
     
         15 . The system according to  claim 14 , wherein the operations further comprise interrogating the accessed content to obtain the subset dimensions thereof as metadata provided with the accessed content. 
     
     
         16 . The system according to  claim 14 , wherein the operations further comprise selecting the subset from a plurality of subsets of the accessed content each having a same aspect ratio and a same resolution. 
     
     
         17 . The system according to  claim 16 , wherein the plurality of subsets have progressively less subject matter corresponding to progressively smaller sizes of contents constituting the plurality of subsets. 
     
     
         18 . The system according to  claim 16 , wherein the plurality of subsets have corresponding original sizes as in the accessed content for the progressively smaller sizes of contents. 
     
     
         19 . The system according to  claim 16 , wherein the accessed content includes metadata regarding the object subject matter of the subset to be displayed with different sets of metadata for each of the plurality of subsets for the dynamic concealment. 
     
     
         20 . The system according to  claim 16 , wherein the operations further comprise:
 selecting the subset from any one of the plurality of subsets having the largest one of the original sizes most closely capable of fitting within a window having the region dimensions; and   rendering the subset for the displaying within the window on the screen.