Apparatus, system, and method for simulating physical movement of a digital image

A system to simulate physical movement of a digital image, the system comprising:

• a position input unit configured to send a position input identifying a physical unit of measure to an input receiving module in response to a physical movement of the position input unit;
• an input receiving module configured to receive the position input;
• a calculation module configured to correlate the position input to a position of an image positioning coordinate,
• wherein the calculation module correlates a virtual x-coordinate of a virtual pixel position in a digital image of a physical specimen with a physical x-coordinate on the physical specimen by dividing a width of the physical specimen by a total number of virtual pixel positions in an x-axis to obtain an x-axis correlation;
• wherein the calculation module correlates a virtual y-coordinate of a virtual pixel position in the digital image of the physical specimen with a physical y-coordinate on the physical specimen by dividing a height of the physical specimen by a total number of virtual pixel positions in a y-axis to obtain a y-axis correlation;
• a comparison module configured to compare a value for the virtual x-coordinate correlation with a value for the virtual y-coordinate correlation to determine which value is greater, wherein the correlation module uses the greater value for the virtual x-coordinate correlation and the virtual y-coordinate correlation in correlating the position of the virtual pixel in the virtual image with the physical position on the physical specimen;
• and
• an output module configured to output the position of the image positioning coordinate.

At least one computer storage device storing computer-executable instructions for simulating physical movement of a digital image of a physical specimen, the operations of the computer-executable instructions comprising instructions that, when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform actions comprising:

• receiving a position input;
• correlating position input to a position of an image positioning coordinate,
• wherein a virtual x-coordinate of a virtual pixel position in the digital image is correlated with a physical x-coordinate on the physical specimen by dividing a width of a physical specimen by a total number of virtual pixel positions in an x-axis to obtain an x-axis correlation;
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• wherein a virtual y-coordinate of a virtual pixel position in the digital image is correlated with a physical y-coordinate on the physical specimen by dividing a height of the physical specimen by a total number of virtual pixel positions in a y-axis to obtain a y-axis correlation;
• and
• comparing a value for the virtual x-coordinate correlation with a value for the virtual y-coordinate correlation to determine which value is greater, wherein the correlation module uses the greater value for the virtual x-coordinate correlation and the virtual y-coordinate correlation in correlating the position of the virtual pixel in the virtual image with the physical position on the physical specimen;
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• outputting the position of the image positioning coordinate.