Patent ID: 6930687

Claim:
A method of displaying a digital image, the method comprising: acquiring a set of image data representative of a displayable static image; using a processing means to perform an analysis of the image data to identify characteristics of the image content to determine which of a number of predefined image characteristics are present in the image; identifying, by executing an algorithm in the processing means, a predefined image class wherein, in that image class, there is at least one dominant edge, line or curve; executing an algorithm, in the processing means, associated with those characteristics identified, the algorithm defining a rule or rules for generating a moving viewpoint over the image for display to determine the moving viewpoint without input from a user; executing an algorithm in the processing means, for determining a display path following the at least one dominant edge, line or curve using the determined moving viewpoint; and generating, in the processing means, a set of video data for output to a display device connected to the processing means, the video data representing displayable motion over the static image and being generated in accordance with the image content characteristics.