IP Library Granted Patent US 8,456,490
Granted Patent B2
US 8,456,490 · App. 12/637,306 · Granted Jun 4, 2013

Image zooming method for shifting non-dynamic image and setting size of non-dynamic image executed by computing device

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Patent No.
US 8,456,490
App. No.
12/637,306
Granted
Jun 4, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

An image zooming method for adjusting an image in a monitor display area includes the steps of setting at least one focus region in the image in the monitor displaying area; obtaining a focus center in accordance with the focus region; setting a zooming rate of the image; obtaining a shift vector in accordance with a display center of the monitor display area, the focus center and the zooming rate; and shifting the image in the monitor display area in accordance with the shift vector, and setting the size of the image in the monitor display area in accordance with the zooming rate.

Claims (13)

1. An image zooming method executed by a computing device for adjusting a non-dynamic image in a monitor display area, comprising the steps of:

setting at least one focus region in the non-dynamic image in the monitor display area;

obtaining a focus center in accordance with the focus region;

setting a zooming rate of the non-dynamic image;

obtaining a shift vector for the non-dynamic image in accordance with a display center of the monitor display area, the focus center and the zooming rate, wherein the shift vector represents shifting direction and shifting distance of the focus center in the monitor display area; and

shifting the non-dynamic image in the monitor display area toward a set point in the monitor display area in accordance with the shift vector and setting the size of the non-dynamic image in the monitor display area in accordance with the zooming rate, wherein the set point is the center of the monitor display area or any position set according to application demands,

wherein the shift vector is determined in accordance with the zooming rate and a preset shift vector, a direction of the preset shift vector is from the focus center to the display center and a length of the preset shift vector is a distance between the focus center and the display center divided by a parameter,

wherein a zooming-panning rate of the shift vector is determined by the length of the preset shift vector multiplied by a zooming rate difference, and the zooming rate difference is the difference of the zooming rates before and after zooming.

2. The image zooming method according to claim 1 , wherein the focus region is obtained and set by an object recognition method or any region selected by a user.

3. The image zooming method according to claim 2 , wherein the object recognition method is a face recognition method, an animal recognition method, a moving object recognition method, a building recognition method, or a landscape recognition method.

4. The image zooming method according to claim 1 , wherein the focus center is the center of the focus region.

5. The image zooming method according to claim 1 , wherein after the step of setting the focus region in the non-dynamic image in the monitor display area, the non-dynamic image has a plurality of focus regions, and the focus center is obtained in accordance with the focus regions.

6. The image zooming method according to claim 5 , wherein the focus center is the center point of the focus regions.

Assignments (5)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 24, 2019
From: ARCSOFT (HANGZHOU) MULTIMEDIA TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
To: ARCSOFT CORPORATION LIMITED
Reel/Frame 048127/0823 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 16, 2018
From: ARCSOFT HANGZHOU CO., LTD.
To: ARCSOFT (HANGZHOU) MULTIMEDIA TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 044632/0473 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Nov 13, 2015
From: EAST WEST BANK
To: ARCSOFT, INC.; MULTIMEDIA IMAGE SOLUTION LIMITED; ARCSOFT (HANGZHOU) MULTIMEDIA TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.; ARCSOFT (SHANGHAI) TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.; ARCSOFT HANGZHOU CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 037109/0027 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Aug 14, 2014
From: ARCSOFT, INC.; ARCSOFT (SHANGHAI) TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.; ARCSOFT (HANGZHOU) MULTIMEDIA TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.; MULTIMEDIA IMAGE SOLUTION LIMITED; ARCSOFT HANGZHOU CO., LTD.
To: EAST WEST BANK
Reel/Frame 033535/0537 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 14, 2009
From: FENG, PEI-HUA; CAI, DONG-QIANG
To: ARCSOFT HANGZHOU CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 023651/0163 →