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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2009
Applicant:
Karl Ola Thörn, Malmö, SE;
Inventor:
Karl Ola Thörn, Malmö, SE;
Assignees:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Mobile Communications AB, Lund, SE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A device is provided, in which a display screen displays an image; an image analyzer determines at least one potential area of interest in the image; a visual indicator highlights at least a boundary of the at least one potential area of interest, and an optical zoom and/or a digital zoom changes the magnification level of an area of interest selected from the at least one potential area of interest. The device permits a user to zoom in and/or zoom out of the selected area of interest by displacing the boundary of the selected area of interest over at least a portion of the display screen.