Image display apparatus capable of combining image displayed with high resolution and image displayed with low resolution
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1. An image display system, comprising:
- an image plane on which an image is displayed, said image plane being capable of displaying images at a variety of image pixel densities,primary means for displaying said image on said image plane,said primary displaying means including first means for displaying a part of said image with a predetermined resolution in a predetermined image pixel density, and second means for displaying another part of said image with a resolution of a level higher than the level of said predetermined resolution in an image pixel density higher than the predetermined image pixel density without magnifying the another part.
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Abstract
An image display apparatus according to the present invention includes an image data memory for storing image data to be displayed, an image plane for displaying an image, a low resolution image display unit for displaying an image based on image data on the image plane with low resolution, a mouse for designating a position in a particular region in the image plane, and a high resolution image display unit for displaying an image based on image data of the particular region designated by the mouse on the image plane with high resolution of a resolution level higher than the resolution level of the low resolution.
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38 Claims
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1. An image display system, comprising:
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an image plane on which an image is displayed, said image plane being capable of displaying images at a variety of image pixel densities, primary means for displaying said image on said image plane, said primary displaying means including first means for displaying a part of said image with a predetermined resolution in a predetermined image pixel density, and second means for displaying another part of said image with a resolution of a level higher than the level of said predetermined resolution in an image pixel density higher than the predetermined image pixel density without magnifying the another part. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An image display apparatus, comprising:
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image data storing means for storing image data to be displayed; an image plane provided for displaying an image, said image plane being capable of displaying images at a variety of image pixel densities; low resolution image display means for displaying an image based on said image data on said image plane with low resolution in a first image pixel density; position designating means for designating a particular region in said image plane; and high resolution image display means for displaying an image based on said image data in the particular region designated by said position designating means on said image plane with a resolution level higher than the resolution level of said low resolution in a second image pixel density higher than the first image pixel density without magnifying it. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. An image display apparatus, comprising:
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an image plane provided for displaying an image, said image plane being capable of displaying images at a variety of image pixel densities; low resolution image display means for displaying an image on said image plane with low resolution in a first image pixel density; high resolution image display means for displaying an image in a particular region in said image plane with a resolution level higher than the resolution level of said low resolution in a second image pixel density higher than the first image pixel density; and brightness changing means for changing the ratio of the average brightness of an image displayed with said high resolution to the average brightness of an image displayed with said low resolution. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. An image display apparatus comprising:
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an image plane provided for displaying an image, said image plane being capable of displaying images at a variety of image pixel densities, low resolution image display means for displaying an image on said image plane with low resolution in a first image pixel density; and high resolution image display means for displaying an image of a particular region in said image plane with a resolution level higher than the resolution level of said low resolution in a second image pixel density higher than the first image pixel density, wherein, on said image plane, a first quantity of light irradiated from a part corresponding to one pixel of the image displayed by said low resolution image display means differs from a second quantity of light irradiated from a part corresponding to one pixel of the image displayed by said high resolution image display means. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25)
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26. An image display apparatus, comprising:
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an image plane provided for displaying an image, said image plane being capable of displaying images at a variety of image pixel densities, low resolution image display means for displaying an image on said image plane with low resolution in a first image pixel density; and high resolution image display means for displaying an image of a particular region in said image plane with a resolution level higher than the resolution level of said low resolution in a second image pixel density higher than the first image pixel density, wherein the average brightness of the image displayed with said high resolution differs from the average brightness of the image displayed with said low resolution. - View Dependent Claims (27)
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28. An image display apparatus, comprising:
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first output means for outputting first image data; second output means for outputting second image data; image display means for displaying a first image corresponding to said outputted first image data and a second image corresponding to said outputted second image data simultaneously in one image plane, said image display means being capable of displaying images at a variety of image pixel densities; and brightness control means for controlling said image display means so that the average brightness of said first image displayed by said image display means differs from the average brightness of said second image displayed by said image display means. - View Dependent Claims (29)
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30. An image display apparatus, comprising:
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first output means for outputting first image data; second output means for outputting second image data; image display means for displaying a first image corresponding to said outputted first image data and a second image corresponding to said outputted second image data simultaneously in one plane, said image display means being capable of displaying images at a variety of image pixel densities; and brightness adjusting means for changing the ratio of the average brightness of said first image displayed by said image display means to the average brightness of said second image displayed by said image display means. - View Dependent Claims (31)
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32. Image display apparatus, comprising:
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image display means for displaying an image on the basis of image data, said image display means being capable of displaying images at a variety of image pixel densities; region designating means for designating an arbitrary region included in the image displayed by said image display means; and brightness control means for controlling said image display means so that the average brightness of said displayed image in the region designated by said region designating means differs from the average brightness of said displayed image in another region. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34)
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35. A method of displaying an image on an image plane, said image plane being capable of displaying images at a variety of image pixel densities, comprising the steps of:
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displaying a first part of said image on said image plane with a predetermined resolution with a predetermined image pixel density; and displaying a second part of said image on said image plane with a level of resolution that is higher than said predetermined resolution with an image pixel density higher than the predetermined image pixel density without magnifying it. - View Dependent Claims (36)
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37. An image display system, comprising:
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an image plane on which an image is displayed, said image plane being capable of displaying images at a variety of image pixel densities; first memory for storing image data inputted from an external device; compressing means for compressing image data stored in said first memory; second memory for storing image data compressed by said compressing means; first display means for displaying an image based on image data stored in said second memory on said image plane in a predetermined image pixel density; designating means for designating a region in the image displayed by said first display means; and second display means for displaying an image in the region designated by said designating means in an image pixel density higher than the predetermined image pixel density based on image data which is stored in said first memory and corresponds to the region. - View Dependent Claims (38)
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