Patent ID: 7777766
Filing Date: 2010-08-17
Classification: G09G,H04N

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for displaying an image, comprising: an image display unit including a display region having a higher resolution than a number of pixels of the image; a base information storage unit configured to store viewing position information of a viewer, and size information of the display region; and a wide-angle transformation unit configured to calculate a central area including a viewing center of the viewer of the display region using the viewing position information and the size information, to divide the image into a first pixel area corresponding to the central area and a second pixel area corresponding to a peripheral area other than the central area, and to transform the first pixel area and the second pixel area by magnifying, a magnification ratio of the first pixel area being less than a magnification ratio of the second pixel area; wherein the image display unit displays an image including the transformed first pixel area and the transformed second pixel area.