Navigating digital images using detail-in-context lenses

• US 9,129,367 B2
• Filed: 01/06/2012
• Issued: 09/08/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 11/17/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Callahan Cellular LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: Noregin Assets N.V. LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Doyle, Michael, Jetha, Zeenat, Shoemaker, Garth
• Primary Examiner(s): HARRISON, CHANTE E
• Application Number:
  US13/344,763
• Publication Number:
  US 20120121207A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,341 Days
• Field of Search: 345/660, 345/661, 345/647, 345/619, 345/666, 345/668, 345/670, 345/671, 715/763, 715/767, 715/864, 715/866, 715/848, 715/851, 715/764
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04805 Virtual magnifying lens, i.e. window or frame movable on top of displayed information to enlarge it for better reading or selection
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 3/047 Fisheye or wide-angle transformations

Abstract

In an implementation, an appearance of lens is displayed on a display device for a selected region of an image to magnify the selected region of the image in comparison with a portion of the image outside of the appearance of the lens. A zoomed-in view of the image is displayed on the display device by increasing magnification of the portion of the image outside the appearance of the lens successively as an animation until the magnification of the portion of the image outside of the appearance of the lens corresponds with the magnification of the selected region of the image within the appearance of the lens, at which point the appearance of the lens is no longer displayed.

Claims

1. A method of displaying image data, wherein the method comprises:

causing a display of a first presentation on a computer screen of a first subset of the image data at a first magnification;

subsequent to said causing a display of a first presentation, receiving a panning signal at a processor;

in response to said receiving a panning signal, causing a display of a second presentation on the computer screen of a second subset of the image data at a second magnification, wherein the second subset of the image data is different than the first subset of the image data;

subsequent to said causing a display of a second presentation, receiving a first additional signal different from the panning signal at the processor; and

in response to said receiving the first additional signal, causing a display of a third presentation on the computer screen of the image data, wherein the third presentation of the image data includes;

a lens at a first location within the image data, wherein the lens includes a focal region including a portion of the second presentation of the image data presented at the second magnification, and

wherein portions of the third presentation of the image data outside of the lens include;

image data included in the second presentation presented at a third magnification, which is less than the second magnification; and

image data not included in the second presentation presented at the third magnification.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

while causing the display of the third presentation, receiving a second additional signal at the processor to move the lens to a second location within the image data, wherein the second additional signal is different from the panning signal and the first additional signal;

in response to said receiving the second additional signal, causing display on the computer screen of a fourth presentation of the image data, wherein the fourth presentation of the image data includes;

the lens at the second location within the image data; and

the focal region of the lens includes a portion of the fourth presentation of the image data at the second magnification, and wherein portions of the fourth presentation of the image data outside of the lens are presented at the third magnification.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

while causing display of the fourth presentation of the image, receiving a third additional signal at the processor; and

in response to said receiving the third signal, causing display of a fifth presentation on the computer screen of the image at the first magnification such that a shoulder region of the lens is no longer visible.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein each of the third and fourth presentations each include the entire image data.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the lens comprises a detail-in-context lens.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising causing maintenance of a screen position on the computer screen of the focal region as the magnification of the portion of the image data outside of the lens changes.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the second magnification is different from the first magnification.

8. At least one non-transitory computer-readable device comprising instructions executable to cause a data processing system to:

cause a display of a first presentation of a first subset of image data at a first magnification;

subsequent to causing a display of a first presentation, receive a panning signal;

in response to receiving the panning signal, cause a display of a second presentation of a second subset of the image data at a second magnification, wherein the second subset of the image data is different than the first subset of the image data;

subsequent to causing a display of a second presentation, receive a first additional signal different from the panning signal; and

in response to receiving the first additional signal, cause a display of a third presentation of the image data, wherein the third presentation of the image data includes;

a lens at a first location within the image data, wherein the lens includes a focal region including a portion of the second presentation of the image data presented at the second magnification, and

wherein portions of the third presentation of the image data outside of the lens include;

image data included in the second presentation presented at a third magnification, which is less than the second magnification; and

image data not included in the second presentation presented at the third magnification.

9. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable device of claim 8, further comprising instructions executable to cause the data processing system to:

while causing the display of the third presentation, receive a second additional signal to move the lens to a second location within the image data, wherein the second additional signal is different from the panning signal and the first additional signal;

in response to receiving the second additional signal, cause display of a fourth presentation of the image data, wherein the fourth presentation of the image data includes;

the lens at the second location within the image data; and

the focal region of the lens includes a portion of the fourth presentation of the image data at the second magnification, and wherein portions of the fourth presentation of the image data outside of the lens are presented at the third magnification.

10. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable device of claim 9, further comprising instructions executable to cause the data processing system to:

while causing display of the fourth presentation of the image, receive a third additional signal; and

in response to receiving the third additional signal, cause display of a fifth presentation of the image at the first magnification such that a shoulder region of the lens is no longer visible.

11. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable device of claim 9, wherein each of the third and fourth presentations include the entire image.

12. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable device of claim 8, wherein the lens comprises a detail-in-context lens.

13. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable device of claim 8, further comprising instructions executable to cause the data processing system to cause maintenance of a screen position of the focal region as the magnification of the portion of the image data outside of the lens changes.

14. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable device of Claim 8, wherein the second magnification is different from the first magnification.

15. A data processing system comprising a processor and memory including instructions that are executable by the processor to cause the data processing system to perform operations comprising:

causing a display of a first presentation of a first subset of image data at a first magnification;

subsequent to said causing a display of a first presentation, receiving a panning signal;

in response to said receiving the panning signal, causing a display of a second presentation of a second subset of the image data at a second magnification, wherein the second subset of the image data is different than the first subset of the image data;

subsequent to said causing a display of a second presentation, receiving a first additional signal different from the panning signal; and

in response to said receiving the first additional signal, causing a display of a third presentation of the image data, wherein the third presentation of the image data includes;

a lens at a first location within the image data, wherein the lens includes a focal region including a portion of the second presentation of the image data presented at the second magnification, and

wherein portions of the third presentation of the image data outside of the lens include;

image data included in the second presentation presented at a third magnification, which is less than the second magnification; and

image data not included in the second presentation presented at the third magnification.

16. The data processing system of claim 15, wherein the memory includes instructions that are executable by the processor to further cause the data processing system to perform operations comprising:

while causing the display of the third presentation, receiving a second additional signal to move the lens to a second location within the image data, wherein the second additional signal is different from the panning signal and the first additional signal;

in response to said receiving the second additional signal, causing display of a fourth presentation of the image data, wherein the fourth presentation of the image data includes;

the lens at the second location within the image data; and

the focal region of the lens includes a portion of the fourth presentation of the image data at the second magnification, and wherein portions of the fourth presentation of the image data outside of the lens are presented at the third magnification.

17. The data processing system of claim 16, wherein the memory includes instructions that are executable by the processor to further cause the data processing system to perform operations comprising:

while causing display of the fourth presentation of the image, receiving a third additional signal; and

in response to said receiving the third signal, causing display of a fifth presentation of the image at the first magnification such that a shoulder region of the lens is no longer visible.

18. The data processing system of claim 16, wherein each of the third and fourth presentations include the entire image.

19. The data processing system of claim 15, wherein the lens comprises a detail-in-context lens.

20. The data processing system of claim 15, wherein the memory includes instructions that are executable by the processor to further cause the data processing system to perform operations comprising causing maintenance of a screen position of the focal region as the magnification of the portion of the image data outside of the lens changes.