Patent ID: 6738081
Filing Date: 2004-05-18
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A method of providing a display for a graphical user interface in which a user may define a selected region of a subject image, the method reducing the complexity in defining the selected region of the subject image, the method comprising the steps of:displaying the subject image; displaying at least one mask over the subject image wherein at least a part of the at least one mask extends to the periphery at the subject image; and defining the selected region as those parts of the subject image not covered by the at least one mask, wherein the at least one mask has a geometry which may vary in accordance with a user's input whereby the user selecting a first focus point within the at least one mask and a second focus point displaced therefrom causes the geometrical layout and area of the mask to vary in relation to the vectorial displacement between the first and second focus points.