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Graphical user interface with zoom for detail-in-context presentations

  • US 9,323,413 B2
  • Filed: 03/27/2007
  • Issued: 04/26/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/12/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for adjusting a display of detail-in-context information, the method comprising:

  • generating an original presentation to be displayed within a display region of a display, wherein the original presentation includes;

    an input image;

    a lens within the input image, wherein an extent of the lens is defined by a base, and wherein the input image outside of the base has a constant magnification;

    a focal region within the lens, wherein image data in the focal region has a constant magnification, which is greater than the constant magnification outside of the base; and

    a shoulder region between the focal region and the base, wherein the shoulder region provides context for the focal region with respect to portions of the image outside of the base by preserving visibility of information surrounding the focal region, wherein the shoulder region has a magnification that varies; and

    adjusting the original presentation by;

    in a first mode, generating an adjusted presentation to fill the display region with the image data in the focal region;

    in a second mode, generating an adjusted presentation to fill the display region with image data in the extent of the lens; and

    in a third mode, generating an adjusted presentation to fill the display region with image data from a portion of the input image outside of the focal region, wherein a magnification applied to the image data from the portion of the input image outside of the focal region is the same as the constant magnification of the focal region.

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