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nbcnews: Google patent lets you zoom in from your photo to…
Google patent lets you zoom in from your photo to theirs
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A Google patent has just been granted that allows for “zooming using pre-existing imaging” — in other words, zooming in from your photo to another one. For instance, you could go from your snapshot of the Mona Lisa directly to a high-res scan from the Louvre.