Patent ID: 9459825
Filing Date: 2016-10-04
CPC Classification: G06F,G09G,H04N

Claim Text:
1. A method for high-resolution image viewing, wherein the method comprises, by one or more hardware processors: displaying a first image in a display area on a display of a device, wherein the first image comprises a first region that includes at least a portion of an image, at a first resolution level; receiving a first user indication, wherein the first user indication includes an indication of a first position within the first region; in response to the first user indication, displaying a first virtual lens containing a second image on the display of the device overlaid on the first image over the first position, wherein the second image comprises a second region that includes at least a portion of the first region, at a second resolution level which is higher than the first resolution level, and wherein the second region includes the first position; receiving a second user indication; and, in response to the second user indication, expanding the size of the first virtual lens, the second image, and the second region and displaying on the display of the device the expanded first virtual lens containing the expanded second image at the second resolution level overlaid on the first image at the first position; and displaying a second virtual lens containing a third image on the display of the device overlaid on the second image over the first position, wherein the third image comprises a third region that includes at least a portion of the second region, at a third resolution level which is higher than the second resolution level, and wherein the third region includes the first position.