Patent ID: 8504941

Claim:
An image processing system for displaying and magnifying a source image about a focus point, the image processing system comprising: an input device configured to receive an input designating the focus point from a user; an output screen; and a processor programmed to render a graphical user interface on the output screen, the graphical user interface comprising: an image frame displayed on the output screen, the image frame responsive to user input via the input device; a background image generated from the source image and rendered on the output screen to fill the image frame; and a zoomed-in image created by mapping at least a portion of the source image onto a curved surface as a texture, and superimposing a two-dimensional render of a resulting textured surface atop a region of the background image in the image frame, on the output screen, wherein a magnification of the zoomed-in image changes in response to a change in radius to the curved surface.