Display Control Device for Simultaneous Panorama and Detail Viewing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Digital cameras struggle to display panorama images with aspect ratios differing from the liquid crystal panel, resulting in either reduced size whole images or partial enlarged images, failing to simultaneously show the entire image and its details.
Innovation Solution
A display control device and method that allows for the simultaneous display of the whole and partial details of an image by adjusting the image size and overlaying a partial enlarged image on the display screen, enabling users to view both the entire panorama image and its details at once.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Area of stationary object
If the whole panorama image is displayed on the liquid crystal panel, then the entire image is visible, but the image must be displayed in a reduced size and details are lost
Solution Approach 1:
The patent embeds a magnified partial image within the displayed panorama image on the liquid crystal panel. The magnified image is positioned at the location corresponding to the selected region in the full panorama, allowing users to view both the entire panorama and detailed portions simultaneously on the same display area.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transitions from a single-scale display to a multi-scale display by adding a magnified view layer. This creates a visual hierarchy where the full panorama serves as the base layer and the magnified partial image is overlaid on top, effectively utilizing the display's spatial capacity in multiple dimensions of scale.
2Measurement precision
If the panorama image is displayed in an enlarged size, then image details are visible, but only a part of the panorama image can be displayed
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the panorama image into a full-view portion and a magnified partial portion. The liquid crystal panel displays the complete panorama at reduced size while simultaneously showing an enlarged version of a selected region, effectively segmenting the display content into two functional areas that serve different viewing needs.
Solution Approach 2:
The magnified partial image is nested within the overall panorama display area. This allows the detailed view to be contained within the context of the full panorama, enabling users to understand both the local details and their position within the entire scene.
3Measurement precision
If a magnified partial image is displayed, then image details are visible, but the position and context within the whole image is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The magnified partial image is positioned at the exact location on the panorama that corresponds to the magnified region. This spatial mapping preserves the contextual relationship, allowing users to immediately understand where the detailed portion is located within the overall panorama without losing spatial orientation.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a copy of the selected partial region and displays it in magnified form at the corresponding position on the panel. This copy maintains the spatial relationship with the original panorama, providing both detailed view and contextual location information simultaneously.
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AI summary
A display control device includes a display controller executing display control to display, on a display screen of a display device displaying an image, a whole of a display target image that is to be displayed and that has an aspect ratio differing from an aspect ratio of the display screen, and to display a partial enlarged image, which is obtained by enlarging a partial image corresponding to a part of the display target image and which has a smaller size than the display screen, at a displayed position of the partial image in superimposed relation to the display target image.