Patent ID: 8525852

Claim:
A method for selectively presenting two different first and second images, respectively obtained from a first image data set and a second image data set that is different from said first image data set, either individually or combined as a fusion image, comprising the steps of: in a computerized display device having a presentation area, said presentation area having a first side and a second side perpendicular to said first side, automatically detecting movement of at least one finger of a user over or in contact with a surface of said presentation area; when one of said first or second images is currently displayed in said presentation area, as a currently-displayed image, and movement of said at least one finger in a direction parallel to said first side of said presentation area is detected by said computerized display device, in response to no more than said movement of said at least one finger in said direction parallel to said first side of said presentation area, automatically removing said currently displayed image from said presentation area and displaying only the other of said first and second images; when one of said first and second images is currently displayed in said presentation area, as an initially displayed image, and movement of said at least one finger in a first direction parallel to said second side of said presentation area is detected by said computerized display device, in response to no more than said movement of said at least one finger in said first direction parallel to said second side of said presentation area, automatically adding the other of said first and second images to said initially displayed image in said presentation area to form a fusion image of said first and second images in said presentation area; and when said fusion image is displayed in said presentation area, and movement of said at least one finger in a second direction, opposite to said first direction, parallel to said second side of said presentation area is detected by said computerized display device, in response to no more than said movement of said at least one finger in said second directional parallel to said second side of said presentation area, removing the other of said first and second images from said fusion image to leave only said initially displayed image in said presentation area.