Patent ID: 7746332
Filing Date: 2010-06-29
Classification: G09G

Abstract:
1. A method of decoding and displaying a previously compressed digital image, a first portion of the image being previously decoded and displayed in a first display window, said method comprising the steps of: reading a request of a user defining a movement direction representing the direction from the previously decoded and displayed first portion of the image to at least one undisplayed and coded area of the previously compressed digital image that will be decoded and displayed; determining a new display window in the image as a function of the movement; determining the at least one undisplayed and coded area of the previously compressed digital image to be decoded and a decoding direction of the at least one undisplayed and coded area of the previously compressed digital image from the relative position of the new display window with respect to the first display window; decoding and displaying the at least one previously undisplayed and coded area of the previously compressed digital image according to the determined decoding direction.