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US 8,572,168 B2Granted
Systems and methods for networked, in-context, high-resolution image viewing
AssigneeOpus Medicus, Inc.
InventorThomas Tahan
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Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for viewing portions of an image in high resolution and in context with a full image, which is displayed at a base resolution that is lower resolution than the resolution of the high-resolution image. A user can select an area of interest from the base-resolution image for viewing at a higher resolution on the client device. The server, or in some implementations the client device, can generate a high-resolution image representing the area of interest and the client device can display a portion of the high-resolution image in a virtual lens overlaid on the base-resolution image.
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A computer-implemented method for displaying a portion of a higher-resolution image in the context of a lower-resolution image, wherein one or more processors are programmed to perform the steps comprising:
- receiving a user indication of a position on a display that corresponds to a point in a lower-resolution image that is displayed on the display, wherein the lower-resolution image comprises an image in a first resolution;
- sending a request to a server over a network for a higher-resolution image that corresponds to the lower-resolution image;
- receiving the higher-resolution image from the server over the network, wherein the higher-resolution image comprises the image in a second resolution that is higher than the first resolution;
- receiving a user request to view a portion of the higher-resolution image in a virtual lens overlaid on the lower-resolution image;
- displaying the portion of the higher-resolution image on the display in the virtual lens overlaid on the lower-resolution image, wherein the portion of the higher-resolution image comprises an area that includes a point in the higher-resolution image that matches the point in the lower-resolution image;
- tracking changes to the user-indicated position on the display;
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- whenever the user-indicated position on the display changes, updating the portion of the higher-resolution image displayed by the virtual lens and positioning the virtual lens with respect to the lower-resolution image, such that, at the user-indicated position on the display, a point in the portion of the higher-resolution image displayed in the virtual lens matches a point in the underlying lower-resolution image.
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A computer-implemented method for displaying a portion of a higher-resolution image in the context of a lower-resolution image, wherein one or more processors are programmed to perform the steps comprising:
- receiving a user indication of a position on a display that corresponds to a point in a lower-resolution image that is displayed on the display, wherein the lower-resolution image comprises an image in a first resolution;
- sending a request to a server over a network for a top-resolution image that corresponds to the lower-resolution image;
- receiving the top-resolution image from the server over the network, wherein the top-resolution image comprises the image in a second resolution that is higher than the first resolution;
- generating a higher-resolution image from the top-resolution image, wherein the higher-resolution image comprises the image in a third resolution that is higher than the first resolution and less than or equal to the second resolution;
- receiving a user request to view a portion of the higher-resolution image in a virtual lens overlaid on the lower-resolution image;
- displaying the portion of the higher-resolution image on the display in the virtual lens overlaid on the lower-resolution image, wherein the portion of the higher-resolution image comprises an area that includes a point in the higher-resolution image that matches the point in the lower-resolution image;
- tracking changes to the user-indicated position on the display;
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- whenever the user-indicated position on the display changes, updating the portion of the higher-resolution image displayed by the virtual lens and positioning the virtual lens with respect to the lower-resolution image, such that, at the user-indicated position on the display, a point in the portion of the higher-resolution image displayed in the virtual lens matches a point in the underlying lower-resolution image.
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A computer-implemented method for displaying a portion of a higher-resolution image in the context of a lower-resolution image, wherein one or more processors are programmed to perform the steps comprising:
- receiving a user indication of a position on a display that corresponds to a point in a lower-resolution image that is displayed on the display, wherein the lower-resolution image comprises an image in a first resolution;
- sending a request to a server over a network for a higher-resolution image that corresponds to the lower-resolution image;
- receiving the higher-resolution image from the server over the network, wherein the higher-resolution image comprises a portion of the image in a second resolution that is higher than the first resolution;
- receiving a user request to view at least a portion of the higher-resolution image in a virtual lens overlaid on the lower-resolution image;
- displaying the at least a portion of the higher-resolution image on the display in the virtual lens overlaid on the lower-resolution image, wherein the at least a portion of the higher-resolution image comprises an area that includes a point in the higher-resolution image that matches the point in the lower-resolution image;
- tracking changes to the user-indicated position on the display;
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- whenever the user-indicated position on the display changes, updating the at least a portion of the higher-resolution image displayed by the virtual lens and positioning the virtual lens with respect to the lower-resolution image, such that, at the user-indicated position on the display, a point in the at least a portion of the higher-resolution image displayed in the virtual lens matches a point in the underlying lower-resolution image.
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A computer-implemented method for displaying a portion of a higher-resolution image in the context of a lower-resolution image, wherein one or more processors are programmed to perform the steps comprising:
- receiving a user indication of a position on a display that corresponds to a point in a lower-resolution image that is displayed on the display, wherein the lower-resolution image comprises an image in a first resolution;
- sending a request to a server over a network for a top-resolution image that corresponds to the lower-resolution image;
- receiving the top-resolution image from the server over the network, wherein the top-resolution image comprises at least a portion of the image in a second resolution that is higher than the first resolution;
- generating a higher-resolution image from the top-resolution image, wherein the higher-resolution image comprises a portion of the image in a third resolution that is higher than the first resolution and less than or equal to the second resolution;
- receiving a user request to view at least a portion of the higher-resolution image in a virtual lens overlaid on the lower-resolution image;
- displaying the at least a portion of the higher-resolution image on the display in the virtual lens overlaid on the lower-resolution image, wherein the at least a portion of the higher-resolution image comprises an area that includes a point in the higher-resolution image that matches the point in the lower-resolution image;
- tracking changes to the user-indicated position on the display;
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- whenever the user-indicated position on the display changes, updating the at least a portion of the higher-resolution image displayed by the virtual lens and positioning the virtual lens with respect to the lower-resolution image, such that, at the user-indicated position on the display, a point in the at least a portion of the higher-resolution image displayed in the virtual lens matches a point in the underlying lower-resolution image.
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