Navigating digital images using detail-in-context lenses
US8139089B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 18, 2009 |
| Grant date | Mar 20, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 18, 2029 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2203/04805
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In an implementation, an appearance of lens is displayed on a display device for a selected region of an image to magnify the selected region of the image in comparison with a portion of the image outside of the appearance of the lens. A zoomed-in view of the image is displayed on the display device by increasing magnification of the portion of the image outside the appearance of the lens successively as an animation until the magnification of the portion of the image outside of the appearance of the lens corresponds with the magnification of the selected region of the image within the appearance of the lens, at which point the appearance of the lens is no longer displayed.
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