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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2005
Yeqing Wang, Horsham, PA (US);
Yeqing Wang, Horsham, PA (US);
General Instrument Corporation, Horsham, PA (US);
Abstract
A method () and apparatus () for scaling selected areas of a graphics display. The method () includes removing distortion-sensitive information from the graphics display, scaling or converting the format of the distortion-nonsensitive information, such as from one aspect ratio to another, and then compositing the removed distortion-sensitive information with the scaled distortion-sensitive information. Alternatively, the removed distortion-sensitive is scaled, distortion-free, before combining it with the scaled distortion-nonsensitive information. The apparatus () uses a recognition comparator () to identify distortion-sensitive information, a graphics remover () to remove the distortion-sensitive information, a first scaler () to scale the distortion-nonsensitive information, a second scaler to provide distortion-free scaling of the distortion-sensitive information, and a compositer () to combine the distortion-sensitive information with the scaled distortion-nonsensitive information. A graphics display can be converted using a conversion process that introduces distortion, yet distortion-sensitive information, such as logos, are not subject to such distortion.