Patent ID: 8059136

Claim:
A system for conducting image triage of an image that may include one or more target entities, comprising: a display device operable to receive display commands and, in response thereto, to display an image in a display region; a user interface configured to receive input from a user, the user interface responsive to the input from the user to at least supply user interface signals representative of a target entity to be searched for in an image, and a processor coupled to the display device and the user interface, and configured to: a) selectively retrieve the image, b) divide the retrieved image into a plurality of sub-images, c) command the display device to display each sub-image in the display region to a user, d) determine the target entity to be searched for, e) divide each sub-image that was just displayed into a plurality of sub-images, f) command the display device to display each sub-image that was just divided to the user in the display region, and g) repeat steps e) and f) a determined number of times, the determined number of times based on the determined target entity.