BUBBLE LOUPES

摘要

Bubble loupes may be displayed over a portion of a display screen to magnify a region of the display screen. Users may select a region of an image to be displayed as a magnified view on the display screen as a bubble loupe, which automatically resizes and repositions as size and position of the image changes. In this way, bubble loupes may be used to view selected regions of the image at higher or lower levels of magnification simultaneously with the remainder of the image displayed on the display screen. Bubble loupes remains associated with the selected region of the image for which the bubble loupe is displayed. Bubble loupes are stored in association with the image, such that existing bubble loupes associated with the image prior to closing the image will be displayed after a subsequent closing and reopening of the image.

主权项

1. A method for providing a persistent magnified image region within an image, the method comprising:
generating a user interface including a display area to display an image; accessing the image for display within the display area; detecting a first user input selecting a first target region of the image to magnify; associating, in response to detecting the first user input, a first graphical user interface element with the first target region; generating a magnified view of the first target region for display within the first graphical user interface element, the magnified view including at least a portion of the first target region; and storing a parameter set describing the first graphical user interface element in association with the image.