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Picture display apparatus
Assignee: Sony Corp
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Filing: 1996-04-19
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Granted: 2001-02-06
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Expires: 2016-04-19
Abstract
Abstract A picture display apparatus for enlarging a portion of a picture displayed on a screen for display on the same screen. The picture display apparatus includes a display unit having a display screen on which a picture is displayed, a specifying unit for specifying an optional area of an overall picture displayed on a display screen of the display unit, a magnified picture generating unit for generating a magnified picture of the area specified by the specifying unit, and a display control unit for superimposing the magnified picture on the overall picture in such a manner that the magnified picture is superimposed on the overall picture and the portion of the overall picture overlapped below the magnified picture is rendered visible and displayed on the display screen of the display unit. Since a magnified picture is superimposed on an overall picture for prohibiting the display from being divided into two portions, the viewer is not fatigued and is safeguarded against mistaken recognition, while the picture portion desired to be viewed may be designated easily, while the picture may be seen as the picture is magnified smoothly continuously.
Inventors
- 👤 Kiyonobu Kojima
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-24 10:37
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06F; G06F3/00; G06F3/01; G06F3/048; G06F3/0481; G09; G09G; G09G5/00; G09G5/36; G09G5/39; G09G5/391; G06F2203/00; G06F2203/048; G06F2203/04805; G06F2203/04806; G09G2340/00; G09G2340/04; G09G2340/0407; G09G2340/045; G09G2340/12; G09G2370/00; G09G2370/02; G09G2370/027
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 14
Claim 1
Independent Claim
154 words
A picture display apparatus, comprising: display means having a display screen for displaying a picture; specifying means for specifying an optional area of an overall picture displayed on a display screen of said display means; magnified picture generating means for generating a magnified picture of the area specified by said specifying means; display control means for superimposing said magnified picture on said overall picture in such a manner that said magnified picture is superimposed on said overall picture and the portion of said overall picture overlapped below the magnified picture is rendered visible and displayed in a same color as and with a lower density than said overall picture on the display screen of the display: bi-level display control means for initially displaying a picture displayed on the display screen of said display means by bi-level representation; and convert-to-multi-level display control means for displaying in multi-level representation after end of display in bi-level representation.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
154 words
A picture display apparatus, comprising: display means having a display screen for displaying a picture; specifying means for specifying an optional area of an overall picture displayed on a display screen of said display means; magnified picture generating means for generating a magnified picture of the area specified by said specifying means; display control means for superimposing said magnified picture on said overall picture in such a manner that said magnified picture is superimposed on said overall picture and the portion of said overall picture overlapped below the magnified picture is rendered visible and displayed in a same color as and with a lower density than said overall picture on the display screen of the display: bi-level display control means for initially displaying a picture displayed on the display screen of said display means by bi-level representation; and convert-to-multi-level display control means for displaying in multi-level representation after end of display in bi-level representation.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
43 words
The picture display apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein plural bits are used for each pixel of a displayed picture and wherein a conversion table is employed which correlates the contents of the plural bits for each pixel with the display density.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
32 words
The picture display apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein said display controlling means processes a picture supplied from an external network for display on a display screen of said display means.
Claim 5
Independent Claim
156 words
A method for displaying a picture using a picture display apparatus having display means having a display screen on which a picture is displayed and specifying means for specifying an optional area of an overall picture displayed on a display screen of said display means, comprising the steps of: a magnified picture generating step for generating a magnified picture of an area specified by said specifying means; superimposing said magnified picture on said overall picture in such a manner that said magnified picture is superimposed on said overall picture and the portion of said overall picture overlapped below the magnified picture is rendered visible and displayed in a same color as and with a lower density than said overall picture on the display screen of said display means; initially displaying a picture displayed on the display screen of said display means by bi-level representation; and displaying in multi-level representation after end of display in bi-level representation.
Claim 6
Independent Claim
156 words
A method for displaying a picture using a picture display apparatus having display means having a display screen on which a picture is displayed and specifying means for specifying an optional area of an overall picture displayed on a display screen of said display means, comprising the steps of: a magnified picture generating step for generating a magnified picture of an area specified by said specifying means; superimposing said magnified picture on said overall picture in such a manner that said magnified picture is superimposed on said overall picture and the portion of said overall picture overlapped below the magnified picture is rendered visible and displayed in a same color as and with a lower density than said overall picture on the display screen of said display means; initially displaying a picture displayed on the display screen of said display means by bi-level representation; and displaying in multi-level representation after end of display in bi-level representation.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
161 words
An information recording medium having stored thereon a computer program readable and executable by a picture display apparatus having display means having a display screen on which a picture is displayed and specifying means for specifying an optional area of an overall picture displayed on a display screen of said display means, wherein said computer program comprises the steps of: generating a magnified picture of an area specified by said specifying means; superimposing said magnified picture on said overall picture in such a manner that said magnified picture is superimposed on said overall picture and the portion of said overall picture overlapped below the magnified picture is rendered visible and displayed in a same color as and with a lower density than said overall picture on the display screen of said display means; initially displaying a picture displayed on the display screen of said display means by bi-level representation; and displaying in multi-level representation after end of display in bi-level representation.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
161 words
An information recording medium having stored thereon a computer program readable and executable by a picture display apparatus having display means having a display screen on which a picture is displayed and specifying means for specifying an optional area of an overall picture displayed on a display screen of said display means, wherein said computer program comprises the steps of: generating a magnified picture of an area specified by said specifying means; superimposing said magnified picture on said overall picture in such a manner that said magnified picture is superimposed on said overall picture and the portion of said overall picture overlapped below the magnified picture is rendered visible and displayed in a same color as and with a lower density than said overall picture on the display screen of said display means; initially displaying a picture displayed on the display screen of said display means by bi-level representation; and displaying in multi-level representation after end of display in bi-level representation.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
161 words
An information transmission medium having stored thereon a computer program readable and executable by a picture display apparatus having display means having a display screen on which a picture is displayed and specifying means for specifying an optional area of an overall picture displayed on a display screen of said display means, wherein said computer program comprises the steps of: generating a magnified picture of an area specified by said specifying means; superimposing said magnified picture on said overall picture in such a manner that said magnified picture is superimposed on said overall picture and the potion of said overall picture overlapped below the magnified picture is rendered visible and displayed in a same color as and with a lower density than said overall picture on the display screen of said display means; initially displaying a picture displayed on the display screen of said display means by bi-level representation; and displaying in multi-level representation after end of display in bi-level representation.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
161 words
An information transmission medium having stored thereon a computer program readable and executable by a picture display apparatus having display means having a display screen on which a picture is displayed and specifying means for specifying an optional area of an overall picture displayed on a display screen of said display means, wherein said computer program comprises the steps of: generating a magnified picture of an area specified by said specifying means; superimposing said magnified picture on said overall picture in such a manner that said magnified picture is superimposed on said overall picture and the potion of said overall picture overlapped below the magnified picture is rendered visible and displayed in a same color as and with a lower density than said overall picture on the display screen of said display means; initially displaying a picture displayed on the display screen of said display means by bi-level representation; and displaying in multi-level representation after end of display in bi-level representation.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
171 words
A picture display apparatus, comprising: a display for displaying a picture; a specifier that specifies an optional area of the picture; a magnified picture generator that generates a magnified picture of the area specified by the specifier; a display controller operable to superimpose the magnified picture on the picture in such a manner that both the magnified picture and the portion of the picture covered by the magnified picture are visible on the display, wherein the display controller displays the magnified picture using a different display density than a display density of the portion of the picture covered by the magnified picture, and wherein the display controller displays the magnified picture in a same color as and with a lower density than the portion of the picture covered by the magnified picture; a bi-level display controller that initially displays the magnified picture in a bi-level representation; and a multi-level display controller that displays the magnified picture in a multi-level representation after the bi-level representation of the magnified picture has been displayed.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
171 words
A picture display apparatus, comprising: a display for displaying a picture; a specifier that specifies an optional area of the picture; a magnified picture generator that generates a magnified picture of the area specified by the specifier; a display controller operable to superimpose the magnified picture on the picture in such a manner that both the magnified picture and the portion of the picture covered by the magnified picture are visible on the display, wherein the display controller displays the magnified picture using a different display density than a display density of the portion of the picture covered by the magnified picture, and wherein the display controller displays the magnified picture in a same color as and with a lower density than the portion of the picture covered by the magnified picture; a bi-level display controller that initially displays the magnified picture in a bi-level representation; and a multi-level display controller that displays the magnified picture in a multi-level representation after the bi-level representation of the magnified picture has been displayed.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
40 words
The apparatus of claim 7 wherein a plurality of bits are used for each pixel of a displayed picture and wherein a conversion table is employed to correlate the bits for each pixel with the display density of each pixel.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
19 words
The apparatus of claim 7 wherein the display controller processes a picture supplied from an external network for display.
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