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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 04, 2005
Jacob Fleisher, Seattle, WA (US);
Joseph K. Ngari, Seattle, WA (US);
Kevin J. Smith, Redmond, WA (US);
Samuel A. Mann, Bellevue, WA (US);
Scott Mitchell Mail, Seattle, WA (US);
Michael Winser, Westport, CT (US);
David V. Esposito, North Haven, CT (US);
Jacob Fleisher, Seattle, WA (US);
Joseph K. Ngari, Seattle, WA (US);
Kevin J. Smith, Redmond, WA (US);
Samuel A. Mann, Bellevue, WA (US);
Scott Mitchell Mail, Seattle, WA (US);
Michael Winser, Westport, CT (US);
David V. Esposito, North Haven, CT (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A display screen magnifier is controllable by a user to magnify selected portions of a desktop including windows open on the screen. A moveable magnifier frame is provided, within which a magnified image is presented. The magnified image corresponds to screen content located within a magnification region underlying the magnifier frame, magnified to a set level of magnification. The magnifier is controllable through use of a user input device. At least one operational parameter of the magnifier can be adjusted, without interaction with on-screen objects and without taking focus away from the desktop or any windows open on the screen. In a particular embodiment of the invention, on-the-fly controllability of the magnifier includes its activation and deactivation, adjustment of the magnification level, and adjustment of the size of the magnifier frame.