Patent ID: 9652834
Date: 2017-05-16
CPC Classifications: G06T,H04N

Claim:
1. A computer-implemented method for viewing images on an interactive computing device, the method comprising: receiving a plurality of images of nominally the same scene wherein the plurality of images comprises a main image having a main focus measure, and one or more sub-images having sub-image focus measures different from the main focus measure; displaying the main image on a display device; detecting a user selecting a portion of the main image and providing one or more motion inputs wherein: responsive to the user selecting the portion of the main image and providing the one or more motion inputs, determining whether the one or more motion inputs indicate the first motion direction or the second motion direction; in response to determining that the one or more motion inputs indicate the first motion direction or the second motion direction, determining from the one or more sub-images, a first sub-image that depicts at least the portion of the main image and has a first focus measure that is different than the main focus measure; creating a modified main image by modifying the portion of the main image using the portion of the first sub-image; displaying the modified main image on the display device wherein, responsive to the user selecting a particular point in said portion of the main image, the steps of determining said first sub-image and creating the modified main image include: