Methods and apparatus for navigating an image
First Claim
1. A method, comprising:
- zooming into or out of an image having at least one object, wherein at least some elements of the at least one object are scaled up and/or down in a way that is non-physically proportional to one or more zoom levels associated with the zooming, wherein the non-physically proportional scaling may be expressed by the following formula;
p=d′
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za, where p is a linear size in pixels of one or more elements of the object at the zoom level, d′
is an imputed linear size of the one or more elements of the object in physical units, z is the zoom level in units of physical linear size/pixel, and a is a power law where a≠
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus are contemplated to perform various actions, including: zooming into or out of an image having at least one object, wherein at least some elements of the at least one object are scaled up and/or down in a way that is non-physically proportional to one or more zoom levels associated with the zooming, and wherein, for example, the non-physically proportional scaling may be expressed by the following formula: p=d′·za, where p is a linear size in pixels of one or more elements of the object at the zoom level, d′ is an imputed linear size of the one or more elements of the object in physical units, z is the zoom level in units of physical linear size/pixel, and a is a power law where a≠−1.
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1. A method, comprising:
- zooming into or out of an image having at least one object, wherein at least some elements of the at least one object are scaled up and/or down in a way that is non-physically proportional to one or more zoom levels associated with the zooming, wherein the non-physically proportional scaling may be expressed by the following formula;
p=d′
·
za, where p is a linear size in pixels of one or more elements of the object at the zoom level, d′
is an imputed linear size of the one or more elements of the object in physical units, z is the zoom level in units of physical linear size/pixel, and a is a power law where a≠
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1. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
- zooming into or out of an image having at least one object, wherein at least some elements of the at least one object are scaled up and/or down in a way that is non-physically proportional to one or more zoom levels associated with the zooming, wherein the non-physically proportional scaling may be expressed by the following formula;
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9. A storage medium containing one or more software programs that are operable to cause a processing unit to execute actions, comprising:
- zooming into or out of an image having at least one object, wherein at least some elements of the at least one object are scaled up and/or down in a way that is non-physically proportional to one or more zoom levels associated with the zooming, wherein the non-physically proportional scaling may be expressed by the following formula;
p=d′
·
za, where p is a linear size in pixels of one or more elements of the object at the zoom level, d′
is an imputed linear size of the one or more elements of the object in physical units, z is the zoom level in units of physical linear size/pixel, and a is a power law where a≠
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1. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
- zooming into or out of an image having at least one object, wherein at least some elements of the at least one object are scaled up and/or down in a way that is non-physically proportional to one or more zoom levels associated with the zooming, wherein the non-physically proportional scaling may be expressed by the following formula;
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17. An apparatus including a processing unit operating under the control of one or more software programs that are operable to cause the processing unit to execute actions, comprising:
- zooming into or out of an image having at least one object, wherein at least some elements of the at least one object are scaled up and/or down in a way that is non-physically proportional to one or more zoom levels associated with the zooming, wherein the non-physically proportional scaling may be expressed by the following formula;
p=d′
·
za, where p is a linear size in pixels of one or more elements of the object at the zoom level, d′
is an imputed linear size of the one or more elements of the object in physical units, z is the zoom level in units of physical linear size/pixel, and a is a power law where a≠
1. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
- zooming into or out of an image having at least one object, wherein at least some elements of the at least one object are scaled up and/or down in a way that is non-physically proportional to one or more zoom levels associated with the zooming, wherein the non-physically proportional scaling may be expressed by the following formula;
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25. A method, comprising:
- preparing a plurality of images of different zoom levels of at least one object, wherein at least some elements of the at least one object are scaled up and/or down in a way that is non-physically proportional to one or more zoom levels, wherein scaling may be expressed by the following formula;
p=d′
·
za, where p is a linear size in pixels of one or more elements of the object at the zoom level, d′
is an imputed linear size of the one or more elements of the object in physical units, z is the zoom level in units of physical linear size/pixel, and a is a power law where a≠
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1. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
- preparing a plurality of images of different zoom levels of at least one object, wherein at least some elements of the at least one object are scaled up and/or down in a way that is non-physically proportional to one or more zoom levels, wherein scaling may be expressed by the following formula;
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