Patent ID: 7213215
Filing Date: 2007-05-01
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for controlling the display of an image stored in a digital camera on a display of the digital camera, the method comprising: displaying the image on the display of the digital camera; zooming-in on a first non-central portion of the image being displayed, the first non-central portion occupying substantially an entire area of the display; setting a first reference point for the first non-central portion of the image; determining if the first non-central portion of the image is being resized according to a user input; zooming-in from and zooming-out from the first non-central portion of the image relative to the determining step while maintaining the first reference point as a center of a second non-central portion of the image that includes at least a portion of the first non-central portion of the image; determining if a third non-central portion of the image adjacent the first non-central portion of the image is being reproduced according to a user input; changing the first reference point according to the moving step; detecting a center coordinate of the third non-central portion of the image; and comparing the center coordinate from the detecting step with the first reference point.