Image display apparatus and method
AssigneeSumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
InventorIsao Tsuji
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Abstract
Image display apparatus in which an actual size of a target object can be determined by a user. The display apparatus includes a target image of a target object configured to be displayed on a computer screen, and a reference image of a reference object configured to be displayed on the computer screen together with the target image, a size of the reference object known to the user. The user may visually identify the actual size of the target object on the computer screen by comparing the target image with the reference image.
Claims25
An image display apparatus in which an actual size of a target object can be determined by a user, the display apparatus comprising:
- a target image of a target object configured to be displayed on a computer screen;
- and
- a reference image of a reference object configured to be displayed on the computer screen together with said target image, a size of the reference object known to the user, wherein the user may visually recognize the actual size of the target object on the computer screen by comparing said target image with said reference image.
An image display method comprising:
- displaying a target image of a target object on a computer screen;
- displaying, together with the target image, a reference image of a reference object on the computer screen, a size of the reference object known to a user;
- comparing the target image with the reference image;
- and
- visually recognizing, by the user, the actual size of the target object on the computer screen.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.