Patent ID: 8249388

Claim:
A system for cropping images to create thumbnail images for aggregate display, said system comprising: a memory area for storing a plurality of rectangular images, wherein each of the plurality of rectangular images has a short side and a long side; and a processor programmed to: create thumbnail images corresponding to at least two of the plurality of images stored in the memory area by: determining an orientation of the image, said determined orientation comprising portrait orientation or landscape orientation; if the determined orientation corresponds to the portrait orientation: identifying a point along the long side of the image, said identified point corresponding to an approximate golden ratio measured from the short side of the image; determining a golden section line spanning the image at the identified point and approximately parallel to the short side of the image; defining a square within the image, wherein the determined golden section line approximately bisects the defined square; and cropping the image outside the defined square to create one of the thumbnail images; and if the determined orientation corresponds to the landscape orientation: identifying a midpoint along the long side of the image; determining a line spanning the image at the identified midpoint; defining a square within the image, wherein the determined line approximately bisects the defined square; and cropping the image outside the defined square to create one of the thumbnail images; and arrange the created thumbnail images to be substantially adjacent for display.