Patent ID: 7202878
Filing Date: 2007-04-10
Classification: G06F,H04N

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for enlarging a first portion of a first image, the apparatus comprising: a first memory location capable of storing the first portion of the first image; a second memory location capable of storing a second portion of the first image wherein the first portion of the first image and the second portion of the first image have a first orientation relative to each other in the first image; a processor capable of operating in accordance with instructions wherein the processor retrieves the first portion from the first memory location, retrieves the second portion from the second memory location and generates a second image comprising an enlarged first portion and a second portion wherein the second portion in the second image is adjacent to and distinct from the enlarged first portion and wherein the enlarged first portion of the second image and the second portion of the second image have a second orientation relative to each other that is different from the first orientation.