Patent ID: 8516390

Claim:
A system for providing visual information to a user, the system comprising: a central unit; and a portable unit having a display configured to provide the visual information to the user, the display having a length, the central unit and the portable unit being configured to communicate with each other, wherein the central unit is configured to identify the visual information to be provided to the user, the visual information being an image including a plurality of lines of text, provide first information relating to a plurality of suitable croppings, sizes, resolutions, and/or aspect ratios of the image, provide second information as to one or more positions between two adjacent lines of text taking into account the length of the display, the two adjacent lines being from the plurality of lines of text, and forward the first and second information, as well as the image, to the portable unit, the portable unit includes an adapter configured to receive the first and second information and the image, and a processor configured to control the display in each of at least three modes, wherein in a first mode, the image is converted into a first altered image by adapting the image of the visual information to a first size, cropping or resolution as derived from the first information, in a second mode, the image is converted into a second altered image by adapting the image of the visual information to a second size, cropping or resolution as derived from the first information, and in a third mode, only a part of the image of the visual information is provided on the display, the part being a part of the image above or below a position of the second information or between two positions of the second information so that the part is fully represented on the display.