Patent ID: 6760041
Filing Date: 2004-07-06
Classification: G06F,G06T

Abstract:
Electronic equipment comprising:a monitor for displaying an image generated by a graphics process; a switch including pressure-sensitive means for sensing a variable pushing pressure of a user operating the switch and for generating a current pressure-sensing output that is variable and dependent on said variable pushing pressure; a conversion table for converting said current pressure-sensing output into an image magnification; and processing means that performs enlargement or reduction processing of said image on said monitor depending on an output from said pressure-sensitive means and in accordance with said image magnification; wherein said image is enlarged or reduced by a magnitude that is defined by and depends on a percentage change between said current pressure-sensing output and a previous pressure-sensing output that is variable to form a modified image; wherein said processing means performs enlargement processing of images in accordance with a magnitude of said pushing pressure and said current pressure sensing output if there is no previous pressure sensing output, and wherein said modified image is displayed on said monitor subsequent to the user operating said switch.