Method and apparatus for magnifying computer screen display

Details Method and apparatus for magnifying computer screen display Method and apparatus for magnifying computer screen display

2011-03-22

2011-03-22

Patel, Kanji (Department: 2624)

Image analysis

Image transformation or preprocessing

Changing the image coordinates

C358S001200, C345S660000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07912322

ABSTRACT:
A screen magnification tool to scale the content of a computer display screen by distinguishing text and non-text elements of the content and applying different scaling methods to the text and non-text elements. Information about the text elements is stored in a database. Other embodiments are also described.

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