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IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD

  • US 20110273474A1
  • Filed: 07/22/2011
  • Published: 11/10/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/30/2009
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. An image display apparatus comprising:

  • an image display unit to display an image on a screen;

    a handwriting acceptance unit to accept handwriting input to the image;

    a handwriting display unit to display the handwriting on the image;

    a detection unit to detect one or more object regions including respective one or more certain objects included in the image;

    an object region display unit to display information indicating the object region on the image;

    a determination unit to determine whether the handwriting is directed to any one of the object regions or not on the basis of the handwriting and the object region;

    an object identification unit that, in a case where the determination unit determines that the handwriting is directed to any one of the object regions, identifies an identified region being the object region to which the handwriting is directed;

    a placement region identification unit to identify a placement region for placing the handwriting to the identified region;

    a calculator to calculate a scaling ratio in a scaling process executed on the handwriting for displaying the handwriting in the placement region;

    a scaling unit to execute the scaling process on the handwriting according to the scaling ratio;

    a display region extraction unit to extract a display region for displaying handwriting after the scaling process from the placement region; and

    a scaled handwriting display unit to display the handwriting after the scaling process in the display region.

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