Patents by Inventor Virginia A. McLean

Virginia A. McLean has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Zoom control of digital images on a display screen
    Patent number: 11631159
    Abstract: A computer program product and apparatus suitable may perform operations including receiving a first digital image, and identifying a pixel resolution of a display, the pixel resolution of the display being less than a pixel resolution of the first digital image. The operations may further include providing first data to the display to cause display of the first digital image at an image resolution adapted to the identified pixel resolution, wherein a section of the first digital image displayed on the display includes a first area of the display. The operations may further include receiving a user-initiated instruction to zoom in on the section of the first digital image, and providing, in response to receiving the user-initiated instruction, second data to the display to cause display of the section of the first digital image over a second area of the display that is greater than the first area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Inventors: Virginia A. McLean, James G. McLean
  • ZOOM CONTROL OF DIGITAL IMAGES ON A DISPLAY SCREEN
    Publication number: 20210303117
    Abstract: A computer program product and apparatus suitable may perform operations including receiving a first digital image, and identifying a pixel resolution of a display, the pixel resolution of the display being less than a pixel resolution of the first digital image. The operations may further include providing first data to the display to cause display of the first digital image at an image resolution adapted to the identified pixel resolution, wherein a section of the first digital image displayed on the display includes a first area of the display. The operations may further include receiving a user-initiated instruction to zoom in on the section of the first digital image, and providing, in response to receiving the user-initiated instruction, second data to the display to cause display of the section of the first digital image over a second area of the display that is greater than the first area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Virginia A. McLean, James G. McLean, III