Method of zooming in a display image for a portable electrical device

• US 20060146016A1
• Filed: 06/21/2005
• Published: 07/06/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 12/30/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Tatung Company
• Original Assignee: Tatung Company
• Inventors: Chen, Szu-Hua, Chen, Yi-Ru, Wang, Yueh-Chi, Chan, Chieh-Yu
• Application Number:
  US11/156,521
• Publication Number:
  US 20060146016A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/156
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04806 Zoom, i.e. interaction techniques or interactors for controlling the zooming operation
• 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

Abstract

The present invention relates to one method of zooming in a displayed image to be used in a portable electronic device. The method comprises: displaying an original image; determining whether or not to switch to a zooming in mode; selecting a zooming in ratio; in accordance with the zooming in ratio, processing the zoom in of the original image to produce a zoomed in image; and displaying the zoomed in image corresponding to the size of the display screen, and in accordance with one control signal to change the zoomed in image displayed by the display screen.

Claims

1. A method of zooming in a display screen to be used in a portable electronic device, comprising the steps of:

(A) displaying an original image;

(B) determining whether or not to switch to a zooming in mode;

(C) selecting a zooming in ratio;

(D) in accordance with the zooming in ratio, processing a zoom in of the original image to produce a zoomed in image; and

(E) displaying a zoomed in image corresponding to the size of display screen, and in accordance with one control signal to change the zoomed in image displayed by the display screen.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the initial image is one digital picture.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the original image is a digital motion image.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the original image is a digital file.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the portable electronic device is a multimedia player.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the portable electronic device is a MP3 player.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the portable electronic device is a PDA.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the control signal is provided by one keystroke of the portable electronic device.

9. A method of zooming in a display screen to be used in a portable electronic device, comprising the steps of:

(A) processing a zooming out to an original image to obtain a zoomed out image;

(B) displaying the zoomed out image;

(C) determining whether or not to switch to a zooming in mode;

(D) selecting a zooming in ratio;

(E) in accordance with the zooming in ratio, processing a zoom in of the original image to produce a zoomed in image; and

(F) displaying the zoomed in image corresponding to the size of display screen, and in accordance with one control signal to change the zoomed in image displayed by the display screen;

wherein the size of the zoomed in image is greater than that of the zoomed out image.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the original image is a digital picture.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the original image is a digital motion image.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein the original image is a digital file.

13. The method of claim 9, wherein the portable electronic device is a multimedia player.

14. The method of claim 9, wherein the portable electronic device is a MP3 player.

15. The method of claim 9, wherein the portable electronic device is a PDA.

16. The method of claim 9, wherein the control signal is provided by one keystroke of the portable electronic device.