Method and system for navigating within an image
View Patent ↗The present invention relates to at least one image section which is represented according to a zoom factor selected from a number of different zoom factors. Either the represented image section is changed when the zoom factor is lower than a zoom threshold value, or a marker representation superimposing the image section is displaced when the zoom factor is higher than a zoom threshold value, via input elements.
1. A method for navigating within an image, the method comprising:
displaying at least one image segment according to a zoom factor;
changing the displayed image segment using an input element if the zoom factor is less than a zoom threshold value;
setting a displayed image segment when the zoom factor is greater than the zoom threshold value; and
moving a marker display superimposed on the set image segment using the input element when the zoom factor is greater than the zoom threshold value and without changing the image segment being displayed when the marker is not located in a corresponding border zone of the image segment and changing the image segment when, the marker is located in a corresponding border zone of the image segment.
2. A method for navigating within an image as claimed in claim 1 , wherein one of at least four directions is selected via a first input element.
3. A method for navigating within an image as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a format of the image is displayed by a first display element.
4. A method for navigating within an image as claimed in claim 3 , wherein a portion of a second display element is highlighted, the portion being selected as a function of a current zoom factor of the display of the image segment.
5. A system for navigating within an image, comprising:
a display device for displaying at least one image segment according to a zoom factor, and for displaying a marker which can be moved over the image segment;
an input element; and
a processor device for controlling both the image segment display and the marker display, wherein the displayed image segment is changed using the input element when the zoom factor is less than a zoom threshold value, a displayed image segment is set when a zoom factor is greater than the zoom threshold value, and the marker display superimposed on the set image segment is moved using the input element when the zoom factor is greater than the zoom threshold value without changing the image segment being displayed when the marker is not located in a corresponding border zone of the image segment and changing the image segment when the marker is located in a corresponding border zone of the image segment.
6. A system for navigating within an image as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the first input element select one of at least four directions.
7. A system for navigating within an image as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the display device displays a first display element, and the processor device controls the display of the first display element such that a format of the image is displayed by the first display element.
8. A system for navigating within an image as claimed 7 , wherein the display device displays a second display element, and the processor device controls the display of the second display element such that a portion of the second display element is highlighted, the portion being selected as a function of a current zoom factor of the display of the image segment.