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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 2004
Filed:
May. 31, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Masashi Hirosawa, Tenri, JP;
Masafumi Yamanoue, Yamatokoriyama, JP;
Assignee:
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 1/500 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 1/500 ;
Abstract
An image display device allowing viewing of zoomed images with good operability includes a divided line region extracting portion ( ) for dividing a line region included in an input image in a line direction, and extracting a plurality of divided line regions; and a processing portion ( ) connected to the divided line region extracting portion ( ) for zooming in or out, arranging and displaying the divided line regions at a predetermined zoom rate in units each formed of the extracted divided line region while keeping a sequence of arrangement.