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Method and system for displaying comic books and graphic novels on all sizes of electronic display screens

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  • Publication Date:
    February 17, 2005
  • معلومة اضافية
    • Document Number:
      20050039138
    • Appl. No:
      10/604732
    • Application Filed:
      August 13, 2003
    • نبذة مختصرة :
      A method and system for displaying comic books, and graphic novels on all sizes of electronic display screens. This method maximizes visual quality and text legibility by: displaying one panel, e.g., image at a time, and by generating and sizing the text balloons based on the text of the balloon and a font type and size selected from a group of font types and sizes that are legible for the size of the display area on which the panel and balloons are drawn.
    • Inventors:
      Urbina, Aaron Virgil (Henderson, NV, US)
    • Assignees:
      (Henderson, NV, US)
    • Claim:
      1. A method in a computer system for displaying comic books, and graphic novels on all sizes of electronic display screens, comprising the steps of: displaying one panel, e.g., image at a time; generating text balloons based on the text of the balloon; sizing the text balloons based on the text of the balloon and a predetermined font type and font size selected from a group consisting of font types and font sizes that are legible for the size of the display area on which the panel and balloons are drawn.
    • Claim:
      2. The method of claim 1 wherein said panel is scaled to fit the size of the display area on the screen.
    • Claim:
      3. The method of claim 1 wherein the position and sizing of said text balloons is further determined by the size of the display area on screen, a balloon tail type, and a balloon tail origin point.
    • Claim:
      4. The method of claim 1 wherein the visibility of said text balloons can be toggled.
    • Claim:
      5. The method of claim 1 wherein only one of the said text balloons is shown on screen at a time.
    • Current U.S. Class:
      715802/000
    • الرقم المعرف:
      edspap.20050039138