Patent ID: 7023456
Filing Date: 2006-04-04
Classification: G06T

Abstract:
1. A method for displaying a zooming operation on a display screen of a computing platform, the method comprising: obtaining a collection of data for displaying images showing features; using said data to display on the display screen a first image showing features at a first scale with a first level of detail and then to display on the display screen a second image showing the same features at a second scale with a second level of detail, wherein the second scale is different from the first scale; and between the displaying of the first image and the displaying of the second image, displaying on the display screen an intermediate image that combines two component images showing at least some of the same features, wherein said intermediate image is a temporary transitional image that illustrates a relationship between the first image and the second image, wherein the two component images in the intermediate image are at a same scale, and wherein the two component images in the intermediate image are registered so that the sane features represented in the two component images coincide.