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US 9,804,728 B2Granted
Detail-in-context lenses for digital image cropping, measurement and online maps
AssigneeCallahan Cellular L.L.C.
InventorsZeenat Jetha, Andrew Carlisle, Andrew Skiers, David J. P. Baar, Garth B. D. Shoemaker
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Abstract
In one or more implementations, a signal is received selecting a geographic location in an original image of a digital map for display on a display. The original image is distorted to give an appearance of a lens being applied to the digital map for display on the display, the appearance of the lens including a focal region that includes a magnification of the geographic location and a base region that surrounds the focal region.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- establishing an appearance of a lens, by a data processing system, for a region-of-interest in a digital image of a map of geographical locations, the appearance of the lens having a focal region with a magnification for the region-of-interest, wherein the appearance of the lens further includes:
- a base defining an extent of the appearance of the lens in the digital image;
- and
- a shoulder region between the focal region and the base, wherein the shoulder region provides context for the focal region with respect to a portion of the digital image outside of the base of the appearance of the lens by preserving visibility of information surrounding the focal region;
- and
- from a plurality of search results generated in response to at least one search criterion, wherein the plurality of search results correspond to different geographic locations on the map, filtering the plurality of search results, by the data processing system, to:
- display, in a region of a display separate from the appearance of the lens, the plurality of search results that correspond to geographic locations that are included within the appearance of the lens;
- and
- not display, in the region of the display separate from the appearance of the lens, the plurality of search results that correspond to geographic locations that are outside of the appearance of the lens.
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A tangible computer-readable medium comprising instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a system, cause the system to perform operations comprising:
- establishing an appearance of a lens for a region-of-interest in a digital image of a map of geographical locations, the appearance of the lens having a focal region with a magnification for the region-of-interest, wherein the appearance of the lens further includes:
- a base defining an extent of the appearance of the lens in the digital image;
- and
- a shoulder region between the focal region and the base, wherein the shoulder region provides context for the focal region with respect to a portion of the digital image outside of the base of the appearance of the lens by preserving visibility of information surrounding the focal region;
- and
- from a plurality of search results generated in response to at least one search criterion, wherein the plurality of search results correspond to different geographic locations on the map, filtering the plurality of search results to:
- display, in a region of a display separate from the appearance of the lens, the plurality of search results that correspond to geographic locations that are included within the appearance of the lens;
- and
- not display, in the region of the display separate from the appearance of the lens, the plurality of search results that correspond to geographic locations that are outside of the appearance of the lens.
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A system comprising:
- a lens-establishing element operable to establish an appearance of a lens for a region-of-interest in a digital image of a map of geographical locations, the appearance of the lens having a focal region with a magnification for the region-of-interest, wherein the appearance of the lens further includes:
- a base defining an extent of the appearance of the lens in the digital image;
- and
- a shoulder region between the focal region and the base, wherein the shoulder region provides context for the focal region with respect to a portion of the digital image outside of the base of the appearance of the lens by preserving visibility of information surrounding the focal region;
- and
- a search result-filtering element operable to, from a plurality of search results generated in response to at least one search criterion, wherein the plurality of search results correspond to different geographic locations on the map, filter the plurality of search results, by a data processing system, to:
- display, with a displaying element in a region of a display separate from the appearance of the lens, the plurality of search results that correspond to geographic locations that are included within the appearance of the lens;
- and
- not display, in the region of the display separate from the appearance of the lens, the plurality of search results that correspond to geographic locations that are outside of the appearance of the lens.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.