Digital Image Magnification For Internet Appliance
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1. A method of digital image magnification in a graphical user interface (GUI), the method comprising:
- identifying a region of a first image in which a cursor is positioned in the GUI, the region including one or more graphical elements having corresponding hyperlinks;
forming a magnified image including an enlarged version of the first image corresponding to the region, the magnified image including enlarged versions of the one or more graphical elements;
superimposing the cursor over the magnified image to form a second image; and
utilizing cursor position data indicating the cursor position in the GUI such that positioning of a second point in the magnified image corresponding to the superimposed cursor relative to the magnified image coincides with a first point corresponding to the cursor in the GUI relative to the first image,wherein utilizing includes maintaining the cursor position such that it remains adjacent to a magnified region corresponding to the region including one or more graphical elements having corresponding hyperlinks.
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Abstract
A magnifying tool that enlarges a selected region of displayed image surrounding a cursor in a graphical user interface (GUI), and superimposes the enlarged region directly over the selected region (and a portion of the adjacent non-selected region). The location of the cursor relative to the enlarged region is co-located with the location of the cursor relative to the selected region such that the locations are identical.
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1. A method of digital image magnification in a graphical user interface (GUI), the method comprising:
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identifying a region of a first image in which a cursor is positioned in the GUI, the region including one or more graphical elements having corresponding hyperlinks; forming a magnified image including an enlarged version of the first image corresponding to the region, the magnified image including enlarged versions of the one or more graphical elements; superimposing the cursor over the magnified image to form a second image; and utilizing cursor position data indicating the cursor position in the GUI such that positioning of a second point in the magnified image corresponding to the superimposed cursor relative to the magnified image coincides with a first point corresponding to the cursor in the GUI relative to the first image, wherein utilizing includes maintaining the cursor position such that it remains adjacent to a magnified region corresponding to the region including one or more graphical elements having corresponding hyperlinks. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of digital image magnification in a graphical user interface (GUI), the GUI including a first image and a cursor superimposed over the first image and movable on the first image by manipulation of an input device, the method comprising:
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determining Cartesian coordinate data identifying a first point on the first image located under the cursor; forming a magnified image including an enlarged version of a region surrounding the identified first point, the region including one or more graphical elements having corresponding hyperlinks; superimposing the cursor over the magnified image; and utilizing cursor position data indicating the cursor position in the GUI such that positioning of a second point in the magnified image corresponding to the superimposed cursor relative to the magnified image coincides with the first point corresponding to the cursor in the GUI relative to the first image, wherein utilizing includes maintaining the cursor position such that the second point remains surrounded by a magnified region corresponding to the region including one or more graphical elements having corresponding hyperlinks. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13)
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14. A method of magnifying a background image in a graphical user interface (GUI), the GUI including image data for generating the background image on a display, and cursor position data for positioning a cursor over the background image, the method comprising:
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identifying a first point of the background image that coincides with the cursor position data; forming a magnified image using the image data corresponding to a region located adjacent to the first point, the region including one or more graphical elements having corresponding hyperlinks; and superimposing the cursor over the magnified image such that the cursor is located directly over a second point of the magnified image; and utilizing the cursor position data such that positioning of the second point in the magnified image corresponding to the superimposed cursor relative to the magnified image coincides with the first point corresponding to the cursor in the GUI relative to the background image, wherein utilizing includes maintaining the cursor position such that it remains adjacent to a magnified region corresponding to the region including one or more graphical elements having corresponding hyperlinks. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17)
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18. A system for magnifying an image, the system comprising:
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means for identifying a region of a first image in which a cursor is positioned in the GUI, the region including one or more graphical elements having corresponding hyperlinks; means for forming a magnified image including an enlarged version of the first image corresponding to the region, the magnified image including enlarged versions of the one or more graphical elements; means for superimposing the cursor over the magnified image to form a second image; and means for utilizing cursor position data indicating the cursor position in the GUI such that positioning of a second point in the second image corresponding to the superimposed cursor relative to the magnified image coincides with a first point corresponding to the cursor in the GUI relative to the first image, wherein the means for utilizing includes means for maintaining the cursor position such that it remains adjacent to a magnified region corresponding to the region including one or more graphical elements having corresponding hyperlinks. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21)
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