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Image display apparatus and method

US7777766B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 6, 2007
Grant dateAug 17, 2010
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Expiry dateJun 16, 2029

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG09G2340/0407
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An image display unit has a display region with a higher resolution than a number of pixels of an image. A base information storage unit stores viewing position information of a viewer and size information of the display region. A wide-angle transformation unit calculates a central area including a viewing center of the viewer of the display region using the viewing position information and the size information, divides the image into a first pixel area corresponding to the central area and a second pixel area corresponding to a peripheral area other than the central area, and transforms the first pixel area and the second pixel area by magnifying. A magnification ratio of the first pixel area is less than a magnification ratio of the second pixel area. The image display unit displays an image including the transformed first pixel area and the transformed second pixel area.

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