Controlling display object on display screen
First Claim
1. A method for modifying display of an image on a display screen, said method comprising:
- while an original image is being displayed on the display screen, receiving, by one or more processors of a computer system, a selection of a first point in the original image on the display screen;
while the original image is being displayed on the display screen, receiving, by the one or more processors, a selection of a second point in the original image on the display screen;
after said receiving the first point and the second point, generating on the display screen, by the one or more processors, a first line and a second line in the original image respectively passing through the first point and the second point in the original image, wherein the generated first line and the generated second line visibly define a strip area, a first area, and a second area on the display screen by dividing the original image into the first area, the strip area, and the second area on the display screen, wherein the first area is in direct physical contact with the strip area along the first line, wherein the second area is in direct physical contact with the strip area along the second line, wherein the strip area is disposed between, and in direct physical contact with, the first line and the second line, wherein the first area, the strip area, the second area, the first line, and the second line are being visibly displayed on the display screen as a composite image, wherein the original image encompasses the first area, the strip area, and the second area, wherein first area, the strip area, and the second area are not visibly defined in the original image on the display screen prior to said generating the first line and the second line, wherein the original image and the composite image have a same area and are displayed in an identical area of the composite image, wherein the composite image comprises a closed exterior boundary, and wherein the first line and the second line are each oriented at an acute angle or at an obtuse angle with the closed exterior boundary of the composite image; and
after said generating, hiding, by the one or more processors, a portion of the strip area, wherein said hiding comprises either removing the visibility of the strip area from the display screen or displaying the portion of the strip area on the display screen in lower resolution than before said hiding is performed, and wherein all geometric areas within the original image appear unmagnified and uncompressed in the composite image prior to said hiding.
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Abstract
A method and associated system for modifying an image on a display screen. While an original image is being displayed on the display screen, a first point and a second point in the original image are received. A first line and a second line are generated in the original image. The first line and the second line pass through the first point and the second point, respectively, in the original image. The first line and the second line divide the original image into a first area, a second area, and a strip area between the first area and the second area. Hiding a portion of the strip area is performed by either removing the visibility of the strip area from the display screen or displaying the portion of the strip area on the display screen in lower resolution than before the hiding is performed.
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19 Claims
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1. A method for modifying display of an image on a display screen, said method comprising:
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while an original image is being displayed on the display screen, receiving, by one or more processors of a computer system, a selection of a first point in the original image on the display screen; while the original image is being displayed on the display screen, receiving, by the one or more processors, a selection of a second point in the original image on the display screen; after said receiving the first point and the second point, generating on the display screen, by the one or more processors, a first line and a second line in the original image respectively passing through the first point and the second point in the original image, wherein the generated first line and the generated second line visibly define a strip area, a first area, and a second area on the display screen by dividing the original image into the first area, the strip area, and the second area on the display screen, wherein the first area is in direct physical contact with the strip area along the first line, wherein the second area is in direct physical contact with the strip area along the second line, wherein the strip area is disposed between, and in direct physical contact with, the first line and the second line, wherein the first area, the strip area, the second area, the first line, and the second line are being visibly displayed on the display screen as a composite image, wherein the original image encompasses the first area, the strip area, and the second area, wherein first area, the strip area, and the second area are not visibly defined in the original image on the display screen prior to said generating the first line and the second line, wherein the original image and the composite image have a same area and are displayed in an identical area of the composite image, wherein the composite image comprises a closed exterior boundary, and wherein the first line and the second line are each oriented at an acute angle or at an obtuse angle with the closed exterior boundary of the composite image; and after said generating, hiding, by the one or more processors, a portion of the strip area, wherein said hiding comprises either removing the visibility of the strip area from the display screen or displaying the portion of the strip area on the display screen in lower resolution than before said hiding is performed, and wherein all geometric areas within the original image appear unmagnified and uncompressed in the composite image prior to said hiding. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A computer program product comprising one or more computer readable storage devices storing computer readable program code, said program code containing instructions which, upon being executed by one or more processors of a data processing system, implement a method for filtering content received from a search of information, said method comprising:
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while an original image is being displayed on the display screen, receiving, by one or more processors of a computer system, a selection of a first point in the original image on the display screen; while the original image is being displayed on the display screen, receiving, by the one or more processors, a selection of a second point in the original image on the display screen; after said receiving the first point and the second point, generating on the display screen, by the one or more processors, a first line and a second line in the original image respectively passing through the first point and the second point in the original image, wherein the generated first line and the generated second line visibly define a strip area, a first area, and a second area on the display screen by dividing the original image into the first area, the strip area, and the second area on the display screen, wherein the first area is in direct physical contact with the strip area along the first line, wherein the second area is in direct physical contact with the strip area along the second line, wherein the strip area is disposed between, and in direct physical contact with, the first line and the second line, wherein the first area, the strip area, the second area, the first line, and the second line are being visibly displayed on the display screen as a composite image, wherein the original image encompasses the first area, the strip area, and the second area, wherein first area, the strip area, and the second area are not visibly defined in the original image on the display screen prior to said generating the first line and the second line, wherein the original image and the composite image have a same area and are displayed in an identical area of the composite image, wherein the composite image comprises a closed exterior boundary, and wherein the first line and the second line are each oriented at an acute angle or at an obtuse angle with the closed exterior boundary of the composite image; and after said generating, hiding, by the one or more processors, a portion of the strip area, wherein said hiding comprises either removing the visibility of the strip area from the display screen or displaying the portion of the strip area on the display screen in lower resolution than before said hiding is performed, and wherein all geometric areas within the original image appear unmagnified and uncompressed in the composite image prior to said hiding. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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17. A computer system comprising one or more processors, one or more memory units, and one or more computer readable storage devices, wherein the one or more storage device contain program code which, upon being executed by the one or more processors via the one or more memory units, implement a method for filtering content received from a search of information, said method comprising:
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while an original image is being displayed on the display screen, receiving, by one or more processors of a computer system, a selection of a first point in the original image on the display screen; while the original image is being displayed on the display screen, receiving, by the one or more processors, a selection of a second point in the original image on the display screen; after said receiving the first point and the second point, generating on the display screen, by the one or more processors, a first line and a second line in the original image respectively passing through the first point and the second point in the original image, wherein the generated first line and the generated second line visibly define a strip area, a first area, and a second area on the display screen by dividing the original image into the first area, the strip area, and the second area on the display screen, wherein the first area is in direct physical contact with the strip area along the first line, wherein the second area is in direct physical contact with the strip area along the second line, wherein the strip area is disposed between, and in direct physical contact with, the first line and the second line, wherein the first area, the strip area, the second area, the first line, and the second line are being visibly displayed on the display screen as a composite image, wherein the original image encompasses the first area, the strip area, and the second area, wherein first area, the strip area, and the second area are not visibly defined in the original image on the display screen prior to said generating the first line and the second line, wherein the original image and the composite image have a same area and are displayed in an identical area of the composite image, wherein the composite image comprises a closed exterior boundary, and wherein the first line and the second line are each oriented at an acute angle or at an obtuse angle with the closed exterior boundary of the composite image; and after said generating, hiding, by the one or more processors, a portion of the strip area, wherein said hiding comprises either removing the visibility of the strip area from the display screen or displaying the portion of the strip area on the display screen in lower resolution than before said hiding is performed, and wherein all geometric areas within the original image appear unmagnified and uncompressed in the composite image prior to said hiding. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
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