Patent ID: 11861770
Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT LLC
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 17:
18. A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon computer readable instructions that, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform a method, comprising:
accepting image data and an initial display range that is determined by a predetermined method;
setting a target display range different from the initial display range, the target display range having a size that is different from that of the initial display range, the target display range being defined by integer values, the initial display range being defined by non-integer values;
executing a rasterization process based on the image data to generate an initial bitmap image corresponding to the initial display range;
executing the rasterization process based on the image data to generate a target bitmap image corresponding to the target display range;
generating a plurality of scaled bitmap images from at least one of the initial bitmap image or the target bitmap image based on a predetermined function that defines a scaling of bitmap images between the initial bitmap image and the target bitmap image; and
sequentially drawing the initial bitmap image, the plurality of scaled bitmap images, and the target bitmap image as an animation from the initial bitmap image to the target bitmap image over time.