ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,293,071, issued on May 6, was assigned to ORANGE (Issy-les-Moulineaux, France).
"Method for zooming an image displayed on a touch-sensitive screen of a mobile terminal" was invented by Zhihong Guo (Beijing).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for zooming an image displayed on a touch-sensitive screen of a mobile terminal. The method includes: measuring the duration of a stationary touch gesture by the user on the touch-sensitive screen; determining a zoom ratio as a function of the measured duration; and displaying on the touch-sensitive screen the image zoomed by the determined zoom ratio."
The patent was filed on Nov. 30, 2018, und...