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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 2017
Filed:
May. 25, 2016
Esight Corp., Kanata, CA;
Rejean Munger, Ottawa, CA;
Robert Hilkes, Ottawa, CA;
Marc Perron, Kanata, CA;
Nirmal Sohi, Ottawa, CA;
eSight Corp., Kanata, Ontario, CA;
Abstract
A method and apparatus of displaying a magnified image comprising obtaining an image of a scene using a camera with greater resolution than the display, and capturing the image in the native resolution of the display by either grouping pixels together, or by capturing a smaller region of interest whose pixel resolution matches that of the display. The invention also relates to a method whereby the location of the captured region of interest may be determined by external inputs such as the location of a person's gaze in the displayed unmagnified image, or coordinates from a computer mouse. The invention further relates to a method whereby a modified image can be superimposed on an unmodified image, in order to maintain the peripheral information or context from which the modified region of interest has been captured.