IMAGE MAGNIFIER WITH FOCUS PLUS CONTEXT

• US 20150235344A1
• Filed: 02/18/2014
• Published: 08/20/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 02/18/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Chi, Jian Wen, Ragan, Richard W. Jr., Yuan, Yue, Zhang, Jian
• Application Number:
  US14/182,464
• Publication Number:
  US 20150235344A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 3/053 Detail-in-context presentations fisheye or wide-angle transformations G06T3/047
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 5/50 using two or more images, e.g. averaging or subtraction

Abstract

In an approach for magnifying areas of an image displayed on a computing device, one or more computer processors copy an image displayed on a computing device. The one or more computer processors divide the copied image into at least two areas, wherein a first area is a portion of the image to be magnified and a second area is a portion of the image to be visually compressed. The one or more computer processors render the first area as a magnified image. The one or more computer processors render the second area as a visually compressed image. The one or more computer processors combine the magnified image and the visually compressed image into a new image. The one or more computer processors display the new image.

Claims

1. A method for magnifying areas of an image displayed on a computing device, the method comprising:

copying, by one or more computer processors, an image displayed on a computing device;

dividing, by the one or more computer processors, the copied image into at least two areas, wherein a first area is a portion of the image to be magnified and a second area is a portion of the image to be visually compressed;

rendering, by the one or more computer processors, the first area as a magnified image;

rendering, by the one or more computer processors, the second area as a visually compressed image;

combining, by the one or more computer processors, the magnified image and the visually compressed image into a new image; and

displaying, by the one or more computer processors, the new image.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein combining, by the one or more computer processors, the magnified image and the visually compressed image into a new image comprises superimposing the magnified image with the visually compressed image such that the visually compressed image surrounds the magnified image.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein a magnification ratio of the magnified image to the copied image includes one of:

a pre-defined ratio and a user-specified ratio.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein a reduction ratio of the visually compressed image to the copied image includes one of:

a pre-defined ratio, a user-specified ratio, and a ratio correlated to a magnification ratio of the magnified image.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein a size of the magnified image includes one of:

a pre-defined size and a user-specified size.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein a shape of the new image includes one of:

a rectangle, a circle, and a user-specified shape.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein dividing the copied image into at least two areas further comprises receiving, by the one or more computer processors, a selected shape of the image to be magnified.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein dividing the copied image into at least two areas further comprises receiving, by the one or more computer processors, a selected size of the image to be magnified.

9. A computer program product for magnifying areas of an image displayed on a computing device, the computer program product comprising:

one or more computer readable storage media and program instructions stored on the one or more computer readable storage media, the program instructions comprising;

program instructions to copy an image displayed on a computing device;

program instructions to divide the copied image into at least two areas, wherein a first area is a portion of the image to be magnified and a second area is a portion of the image to be visually compressed;

program instructions to render the first area as a magnified image;

program instructions to render the second area as a visually compressed image;

program instructions to combine the magnified image and the visually compressed image into a new image; and

program instructions to display the new image.

10. The computer program product of claim 9, wherein program instructions to combine the magnified image and the visually compressed image into a new image comprises superimposing the magnified image with the visually compressed image such that the visually compressed image surrounds the magnified image.

11. The computer program product of claim 9, wherein a magnification ratio of the magnified image to the copied image includes one of:

a pre-defined ratio and a user-specified ratio.

12. The computer program product of claim 9, wherein a reduction ratio of the visually compressed image to the copied image includes one of:

a pre-defined ratio, a user-specified ratio, and a ratio correlated to a magnification ratio of the magnified image.

13. The computer program product of claim 9, wherein dividing the copied image into at least two areas further comprises program instructions to receive a selected shape of the image to be magnified.

14. The computer program product of claim 9, wherein dividing the copied image into at least two areas further comprises program instructions to receive a selected size of the image to be magnified.

15. A computer system for magnifying areas of an image displayed on a computing device, the computer system comprising:

one or more computer processors;

one or more computer readable storage media;

program instructions stored on the computer readable storage media for execution by at least one of the one or more processors, the program instructions comprising;

program instructions to copy an image displayed on a computing device;

program instructions to divide the copied image into at least two areas, wherein a first area is a portion of the image to be magnified and a second area is a portion of the image to be visually compressed;

program instructions to render the first area as a magnified image;

program instructions to render the second area as a visually compressed image;

program instructions to combine the magnified image and the visually compressed image into a new image; and

program instructions to display the new image.

16. The computer system of claim 15, wherein program instructions to combine the magnified image and the visually compressed image into a new image comprises superimposing the magnified image with the visually compressed image such that the visually compressed image surrounds the magnified image.

17. The computer system of claim 15, wherein a magnification ratio of the magnified image to the copied image includes one of:

a pre-defined ratio and a user-specified ratio.

18. The computer system of claim 15, wherein a reduction ratio of the visually compressed image to the copied image includes one of:

a pre-defined ratio, a user-specified ratio, and a ratio correlated to a magnification ratio of the magnified image.

19. The computer system of claim 15, wherein dividing the copied image into at least two areas further comprises program instructions to receive a selected shape of the image to be magnified.

20. The computer system of claim 15, wherein dividing the copied image into at least two areas further comprises program instructions to receive a selected size of the image to be magnified.