System and method of adjusting zoom factors of display area and display contents

• US 20110050731A1
• Filed: 11/25/2009
• Published: 03/03/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 09/03/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Inventec Corporation
• Original Assignee: Inventec Corporation
• Inventors: Zhou, Tao, Chiu, Chaucer
• Application Number:
  US12/591,619
• Publication Number:
  US 20110050731A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/660
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04806 Zoom, i.e. interaction techniques or interactors for controlling the zooming operation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/04 Changes in size, position or resolution of an image

Abstract

This specification discloses system and method of adjusting the zoom factors of display area and display contents. A zoom region around the cursor is zoomed by the area zoom factor, rendering an area zoomed image for display. The user can then adjust the zoom of the display area. The area zoomed image is zoomed by the contents zoom factor, rendering a contents zoomed image for display. The user can then zoom the display contents. The system thus achieves the effects of zooming the display area and display contents.

Claims

1. A system that adjusts the zoom factors of display area and display contents, comprising:

an extracting module, which extracts the screen image as an original image;

a zooming module, which zooms a zoom region centered at the cursor position in the original image into an area zoomed image according to an area zoom factor and zooms the area zoomed image into a contents zoomed image according to a contents zoom factor;

a displaying module, which shows a display area according to the shape and size of the area zoomed image, displays the area zoomed image in the display area, and displays the contents zoomed image in the display area;

a receiving module, which receives an area adjusting parameter or contents adjusting parameter; and

an adjusting module, which adjusts the area zoom factor according to the received area adjusting parameter or the contents zoom factor according to the received contents adjusting parameter.

2. The system that adjusts the zoom factors of display area and display contents according to claim 1, wherein the size of the zoom region is predetermined by the system or set by the user.

3. The system that adjusts the zoom factors of display area and display contents according to claim 1, wherein the displaying area replaces the cursor control.

4. The system that adjusts the zoom factors of display area and display contents according to claim 1 further comprising a timing module, which repeatedly counts an extraction time and the extracting module, the zooming module, and the displaying module re-execute each time the extraction time is counted.

5. The system that adjusts the zoom factors of display area and display contents according to claim 4, wherein the extraction time is predetermined by the system or set by the user.

6. The system that adjusts the zoom factors of display area and display contents according to claim 1, wherein the area adjusting parameter and the contents adjusting parameter are set by a keyboard key event, keyboard key combination event, mouse key combination event, or keyboard mouse key combination event.

7. The system that adjusts the zoom factors of display area and display contents according to claim 6, wherein the keyboard key event, the keyboard key combination event, the mouse key combination event, or the keyboard mouse key combination event are a key or key combination event predetermined by the system or set by the user.

8. The system that adjusts the zoom factors of display area and display contents according to claim 1, wherein displaying the contents zoomed image in the display area is the center of the contents zoomed image is shown at the center of the display area.

9. The system that adjusts the zoom factors of display area and display contents according to claim 1, wherein displaying the contents zoomed image in the display area is the contents zoomed image is displayed in the display area with a designated position therein shown at a specific position in the display area.

10. A method that adjusts the zoom factors of display area and display contents, comprising the steps of:

extracting the screen image as an original image;

zooming a zoom region centered at the cursor position of the original image into an area zoomed image according to an area zoom factor;

showing a display area according to the shape and size of the area zoomed image and showing the area zoomed image in the display area;

zooming the area zoomed image into a contents zoomed image according to a contents zoom factor;

showing the contents zoomed image in the display area;

receiving an area adjusting parameter or a contents adjusting parameter;

adjusting the area zoom factor according to the area adjusting parameter; and

adjusting the contents zoom factor according to the contents adjusting parameter.

11. The method that adjusts the zoom factors of display area and display contents according to claim 10, wherein the size of the zoom region is predetermined by the system or set by the user.

12. The method that adjusts the zoom factors of display area and display contents according to claim 10, wherein the displaying area replaces the cursor control.

13. The method that adjusts the zoom factors of display area and display contents according to claim 10 further comprising the step of repeatedly counting an extraction time and the first to fifth steps are re-executed each time the extraction time is counted.

14. The method that adjusts the zoom factors of display area and display contents according to claim 13, wherein the extraction time is predetermined by the system or set by the user.

15. The method that adjusts the zoom factors of display area and display contents according to claim 10, wherein the area adjusting parameter and the contents adjusting parameter are set by a keyboard key event, keyboard key combination event, mouse key combination event, or keyboard mouse key combination event.

16. The method that adjusts the zoom factors of display area and display contents according to claim 15, wherein the keyboard key event, the keyboard key combination event, the mouse key combination event, or the keyboard mouse key combination event are a key or key combination event predetermined by the system or set by the user.

17. The method that adjusts the zoom factors of display area and display contents according to claim 10, wherein the step of showing the contents zoomed image in the display area is in the display area puts the center of the contents zoomed image at the center of the display area.

18. The method that adjusts the zoom factors of display area and display contents according to claim 10, wherein the step of showing the contents zoomed image in the display area is in the display area shows a designated position therein at a specific position in the display area.