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Method and apparatus for producing size-appropriate images to be displayed by an electronic device with a small display area

  • US 8,339,420 B2
  • Filed: 06/28/2006
  • Issued: 12/25/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2005
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An image processing apparatus, comprisinga zoom image producing portion which produces a first zoom image by zooming a part of a first image with a first zoom rate, and a second zoom image by zooming a part of a second image, that is different from the first image, with a second zoom rate;

  • anda display portion which displays an image list having a first small image and a second small image;

    wherein the first small image and the second small image are produced by expanding or contracting the first zoom image and the second zoom image respectively; and

    wherein the zoom image producing portion produces the first zoom image from the part of the first image with the first zoom rate, which is greater than the second zoom rate of the second zoom image produced from the part of the second image, when the first small image is displayed on a first display area in the display portion concurrently with the second small image displayed on a second display area in the display portion, the second display area being greater than the first display area.

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