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Image information displaying device

  • US 7,142,191 B2
  • Filed: 10/24/2001
  • Issued: 11/28/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/24/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An image information displaying apparatus comprising:

  • a casing of a size that can be held and operated by hand,a display unit built into said casing for displaying an image;

    a position sensor for detecting a direction and a distance when said casing is moved;

    an image information storage unit for storing the image information of an image size larger than an image size that permits display at a time on said display unit;

    a display image range selection unit for selecting a partial image information of a display range that can be displayed at a time, from the image information stored in said image information storage unit, and for outputting the selected information to said display unit for display; and

    a partial image information selection controller for moving the image selected by said display image range selection unit according to the direction and the distance of the casing movement as selected by said position sensor;

    wherein said position sensor is an acceleration sensor, there being provided a movement stop time period decision unit for determining the movement stop time period since the stop of the spatial movement of said casing following the start of the spatial movement until re-start of the spatial movement, and a displacement correction unit for setting the spatial displacement of said casing during the movement stop time period as determined by said movement stop time period decision unit to zero.

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