Patent ID: 7570275
Filing Date: 2009-08-04
Classification: G06F,G06T,G09F,G09G,H04M,H04N

Abstract:
1. An image information displaying apparatus comprising: a casing of a size that can be held and operated by hand, said casing having a horizontal orientation and a vertical orientation; a display unit built into said casing for displaying an image; a two-dimension position sensor for detecting a direction and a distance when said casing is moved in an XY-plane; an image information storage unit for storing the image information of an image size larger than an image size that permits display at a time on said display unit; a display image range selection unit for selecting a partial image information of a display range that can be displayed at a time, from the image information stored in said image information storage unit, and for outputting the selected information to said display unit for display; and a partial image information selection controller for moving the image selected by said display image range selection unit according to the direction and the distance of the casing movement as selected by said two-dimension position sensor, wherein the partial image information selection controller detects movement of the casing along a Z-axis perpendicular to the XY plane of the casing such that, when the casing is in the horizontal orientation, movement of the casing along the Z-axis causes movement of the displayed image along a height of the image information, and when the casing is held in the vertical orientation, movement of the casing along the Z-axis causes movement of the displayed image along a cross-section of the image information.