Patent ID: 8487939
Filing Date: 2013-07-16
Classification: G06T,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for providing animation in an electronic message, comprising: receiving a plurality of images of a scene captured in a sequential order using a defined set of photographic parameters; designating a first image of the plurality of images as a first naked image; identifying portions of first plurality of images that follow the first naked image in the sequential order and differ from the first naked image to a degree corresponding to a first sensitivity level; cutting the identified portions of the first plurality of images that follow the first naked image to produce a first plurality of cut images; superimposing, the first plurality of cut images onto the first naked image as a first plurality of layers such that each cut portion is displayed in the first naked image in a position corresponding to the position of the cut portion in the corresponding image of the first plurality of images and displayed in a time sequence proportional to the timing between the corresponding image of the first plurality of images and the first naked image; saving the first naked image and the first plurality of layers as a single, web-enabled graphic file; and detecting that a particular sequential image of the plurality of the sequential images that follow the first naked image in the sequential order differs from the first naked image to a degree corresponding to a second sensitivity level; and, in response to the detecting,