Patent ID: 6847382

Claim:
A method to zoom a selected area of a display of an electronic device, which comprises the steps of: a) detecting information to display an electronic image, the information being transferred from an input unit to a central processing unit connected to the input unit; b) executing an image displaying operation utilizing the central processing unit and displaying the electronic image on a display screen of an output unit connected to the central processing unit; c) detecting information requesting that a box be inserted, the information being transferred from the input unit to the central processing unit; d) executing a box insertion operation to display the box on the display screen utilizing the central processing unit; e) performing an operation to determine whether the central processing unit has received information transferred from the input unit to delete the box; f) when an outcome of the performing step e) is negative, proceeding directly to a performing step g), and when an outcome of the performing step e) is affirmative, executing a displacement operation to remove the box utilizing the central processing unit; g) performing an operation to determine whether the central processing unit has received information to zoom the selected area located within the box; and h) when an outcome of the performing step g) is negative, proceeding directly to the performing step d), and when an outcome of the performing step g) is affirmative, executing a zoom operation to zoom the selected area located within the box and displaying an enlarged version of the selected area on the display screen.