IP Library Granted Patent US 11,003,340
Granted Patent B2
US 11,003,340 · App. 16/662,159 · Granted May 11, 2021

Display device

Inventors: Masahiro Kawashima (Tokyo, JP); Kenji Fujiune (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
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Patent No.
US 11,003,340
App. No.
16/662,159
Granted
May 11, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device includes a display part, a storage stores original image data of an original image, a detector detects a touch operation being performed on a screen of the display part, and outputs touch position information indicating a touch position, and a controller displays a base image by resizing the original image according to a display resolution of the display part on the display part. When the touch operation is detected, the controller determines an enlargement target area that is a part of area on the base image including a position corresponding to the touch position, resizes and cuts an area on the original image to generate a partial enlarged image in which the enlargement target area is enlarged, the area corresponding to the enlarged target area, and display the base image and the partial enlarged image which is displayed over a part of the base image.

Claims (51)

1. A display device comprising:

a display part;

a storage that stores original image data of an original image;

a detector that detects a touch operation being performed on a screen of the display part, and outputs touch position information indicating a touch position corresponding to the touch operation; and

a controller that generates a base image by resizing the original image according to a display resolution of the display part and displays the base image on the display part, wherein

when the touch operation is detected by the detector,

the controller:

determines an enlargement target area that is a part of area on the base image including a position corresponding to the touch position,

resizes and cuts an area on the original image to generate a partial enlarged image in which the enlargement target area is enlarged, the area corresponding to the enlargement target area, and

display on the display part, the base image and the partial enlarged image which is displayed over a part of the base image,

when a rotating operation is performed on a screen of the display part by a multi-touch, the detector outputs rotating operation information indicating a rotating center position, a rotating direction, and a rotating amount of the rotating operation, and

when the rotating operation information is output from the detector and the rotating center position is within a display area of the partial enlarged image, the controller rotates the partial enlarged image with respect to the base image based on the rotating direction and the rotating amount.

2. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein in generating the partial enlarged image, the controller cuts an area from the original image and then resizes an image of the cut area, the area corresponding to the enlarged target area.

3. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein when a plurality of pieces of touch position information are simultaneously or sequentially output from the detector, the controller generates the partial enlarged image for each piece of the touch position information, composites the partial enlarged image generated with the base image to generate a composite image, and displays the composite image.

4. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein when a predetermined time has elapsed since the touch position information has been output, the controller erases the partial enlarged image corresponding to the touch position information.

5. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

when a rotating operation is performed on a screen of the display part by a multi-touch, the detector outputs rotating operation information indicating a rotating center position, a rotating direction, and a rotating amount of the rotating operation, and

when the rotating operation information is output from the detector and the rotating center position is within a display area of any of partial enlarged images, the controller rotates the partial enlarged image at which the rotating center position is located based on the rotating direction and the rotating amount.

6. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the controller performs color conversion processing on the partial enlarged image so as to cause at least one of a color and a brightness to be different from the base image.

7. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the controller performs contrast enhancement processing on the partial enlarged image.

8. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the original image has a resolution larger than a display resolution of the display part.

9. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the screen of the display part is disposed to face vertically upward or diagonally upward.

10. The display device according to claim 9 configured as a stationary table, wherein

the display part is disposed on a top surface of a top board of the stationary table.

11. The display device according to claim 1 having a shape of a tablet, wherein

the screen of the display part is disposed to face vertically upward or diagonally upward.

12. A display device comprising:

a display part;

a storage that stores original image data of an original image;

a detector that outputs, when a touch operation is performed on a screen of the display part, touch position information indicating a touch position corresponding to the touch operation; and

a controller that generates a base image by resizing the original image according to a display resolution of the display part and displays the base image on the display part, wherein

when the touch position information is output from the detector, the controller

determines an enlargement target object that is included in an enlargement target area that is an area on the base image and includes a position corresponding to the touch position,

resizes and cuts a part that is an area on the original image and corresponds to the enlargement target object to generate a partial enlarged image in which the enlargement target object is enlarged, and

composites the partial enlarged image generated with the base image to generate a composite image, and displays the composite image on the display part,

when a rotating operation is performed on a screen of the display part by a multi-touch, the detector outputs rotating operation information indicating a rotating center position, a rotating direction, and a rotating amount of the rotating operation, and

when the rotating operation information is output from the detector and the rotating center position is within a display area of the partial enlarged image, the controller rotates the partial enlarged image with respect to the base image based on the rotating direction and the rotating amount.

13. The display device according to claim 12 , wherein the enlargement target object is an image indicating at least one of a character, a symbol, a face, and an area of a predetermined color.

14. The display device according to claim 12 , wherein when a plurality of pieces of touch position information are simultaneously or sequentially output from the detector, the controller generates the partial enlarged image for each piece of the touch position information, composites the partial enlarged image generated with the base image to generate a composite image, and displays the composite image.

15. The display device according to claim 12 , wherein when a predetermined time has elapsed since the touch position information has been output, the controller erases the partial enlarged image corresponding to the touch position information.

16. The display device according to claim 12 , wherein

when a rotating operation is performed on a screen of the display part by a multi-touch, the detector outputs rotating operation information indicating a rotating center position, a rotating direction, and a rotating amount of the rotating operation, and

when the rotating operation information is output from the detector and the rotating center position is within a display area of any of partial enlarged images, the controller rotates the partial enlarged image at which the rotating center position is located based on the rotating direction and the rotating amount.

17. The display device according to claim 12 , wherein the controller performs color conversion processing on the partial enlarged image so as to cause at least one of a color and a brightness to be different from the base image.

18. The display device according to claim 12 , wherein the controller performs contrast enhancement processing on the partial enlarged image.

19. The display device according to claim 12 , wherein the original image has a resolution larger than a display resolution of the display part.

20. The display device according to claim 12 , wherein the screen of the display part is disposed to face vertically upward or diagonally upward.

21. The display device according to claim 20 configured as a stationary table, wherein

the display part is disposed on a top surface of a top board of the stationary table.

22. The display device according to claim 12 having a shape of a tablet, wherein

the screen of the display part is disposed to face vertically upward or diagonally upward.

Assignments (3)
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Feb 24, 2026
From: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC PROJECTOR & DISPLAY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 074988/0945 →
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Feb 24, 2026
From: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 074984/0429 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 27, 2020
From: KAWASHIMA, MASAHIRO; FUJIUNE, KENJI
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 051957/0367 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2017-090470 · Apr 28, 2017 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2018014515 · Apr 5, 2018
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