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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7589750 | Methods and apparatus for arranging graphical objects Methods and apparatus for arranging and aligning graphical objects are disclosed. The selection of a first graphical object in a graphical user interface is received, and it is determined if the first graphical object is located at a substantially minimal distance i... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7545392 | Dynamic guides A system, method, and apparatus that, in some embodiments, displays one or more guides when a selected object moves into a particular alignment with one or more other objects is described. The one or more guides may be used to align the objects in relation to one an... | 06/09/2009 |
| RE39950 | Method and apparatus for interactively manipulating and displaying presumptive relationships between graphic objects A presumptive mode computer aided design and drafting system for interactively manipulating and displaying graphic objects that employ predefined rules to govern the geometric layout and logical relationships representing a physical design, schematic or process flow... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7305617 | Method for aligning text to baseline grids and to CJK character grids Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, implementing and using techniques for controlling forced grid line spacing. The height of text consisting of a plurality of characters to be arranged within a current line in a grid displayed on a display d... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7293246 | System and method for aligning objects using non-linear pointer movement The present invention provides a system, method, and computer-readable medium that adjusts pointer movement when an input device causes the pointer to intersect one or more alignment areas. Pointer movement is adjusted in the alignment areas to allow users to easily... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7287241 | Snaplines for control object positioning A visual code designer is provided that allows a user to manipulate control objects on a common design surface. Each control object has extensible snaplines that define alignment characteristics for the control. The snaplines are extensible in that a developer can d... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7227558 | Apparatus and method for sorting line break numbers for line break locations within series of figures The object of the present invention is to assign line break numbers to locations where line breaks have been made in order to separate a series of figures configured by connecting a number of figures into parts in a manner which makes it easy for a user to view a dr... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7176946 | Displaying apparatus and method of controlling the same A displaying apparatus including a signal generator part generating a video signal, and a display part displaying thereon a picture based on the video signal generated by the signal generator part, further comprising including a setting part including a portion set ... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7167189 | Three-dimensional compositing An apparatus for generating image data is provided which comprises memory means, display means, user input means, and processing means, wherein said memory means stores said image data and instructions and said instructions configure said processing means to perform... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7098933 | Acquiring and unacquiring alignment and extension points A method, apparatus, and an article of manufacture for acquiring and unacquiring data points of interest in a drawing program. Data points of interest are acquired after a display cursor is positioned over the data point of interest for an acquisition pause time. Th... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7093192 | Establishing and displaying dynamic grids A computer system that assists the user of computer drawing programs to accurately place new objects on a drawing is described. The system establishes and displays dynamic gridlines according to objects already placed on the drawing. As a new object is dragged for p... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7086028 | Simplified generation of design change information on a drawing in a computer aided design (CAD) environment The invention includes computer instructions that operate to receive an indication of a modification of a design, the design being displayed as part of a drawing within a computer aided design (CAD) environment. Responsive to the received indication, the computer in... | 08/01/2006 |
| 6961055 | Methods and apparatus for constructing virtual environments The invention relates to methods, apparatus, and software for designing and building virtual environments for playing computer games. A map builder is used to construct one or more two-dimensional maps comprised of tiles selected from a set of tiles, the map or maps... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6904392 | Annotation management In CAD/CAM/CAE/PDM systems in which three dimensional objects are display along with two dimensional annotations, a method and system is described for assisting the user in selecting a location for placement of the annotation on the object so that it annotates the p... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6654009 | Method and apparatus for arranging entities in a two-dimensional lattice A method for arranging entities in a two-dimensional lattice including the steps of determining all applicable two-dimensional lattice forms from a predetermined group of lattice forms for a predetermined number of entities to be arranged; determining the... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6584237 | Method and apparatus for expanding image data An expanded-image generating apparatus is provided for original image data, in which a plurality of pixels is arranged in a matrix, so as to obtain expanded-image data partitioned into a plurality of blocks, each of which is composed of a plurality of pix... | 06/24/2003 |
| 5825347 | Physical/electronic image depiction apparatus and method A system for depicting a complete image from a plurality of partial images is provided. A set of one or more physical objects are positioned on at least one side of a display device. Each of the physical objects represents a different discrete portion of ... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5821916 | Digitizer cursor velocity offset error correction system Methods and apparatus are shown for correcting velocity-induced offset errors in a digitizing system when the cursor is moved diagonally across a sensing grid. Primarily, this is a system for reducing the offset error in the actual and depicted cursor pos... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5684940 | Computer-implemented method and apparatus for automatically labeling area regions of maps using two-step label placing procedure and for curved labeling of point features A computer-implemented method and apparatus for automatically labeling maps in accordance with predefined label criteria provides automated labeling of any number of different types of maps with point, line and region features. For automatically labeling ... | 11/04/1997 |
| 5572639 | Method and apparatus for interactively manipulating and displaying presumptive relationships between graphic objects A presumptive mode computer aided design and drafting system for interactively manipulating and displaying graphic objects that employ predefined rules to govern the geometric layout and logical relationships representing a physical design, schematic or p... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5506948 | Topology maintaining geometric data correcting method and system employing same A geometric data correction method is applicable to geometric data-element data comprising a plurality of line segments and circular arcs. When geometric data elements that should originally be interconnected cross or become separated from each other, the... | 04/09/1996 |
| 5504696 | User interface calibration and alignment device An user interface edit pad for accepting two or three dimensional information for input into a computer, printer, copier or other electronic device. The user interface apparatus includes an edit pad which may be aligned and calibrated with an electronical... | 04/02/1996 |
| 5452371 | Method of aligning shapes on a display of a computer system An apparatus for recognizing shapes characterized by a stroke grouper receptive to a plurality of strokes formed on a screen of a pen-based computer system; a shape recognition engine receptive to a stroke group produced by the stroke grouper; and a knowl... | 09/19/1995 |
| 5437008 | Method of establishing constraints and links in a distribution frame between graphical elements and resolving the constaints A user interface (UI) may be used in specifying spatial relationships between graphical elements in a graphics environment with drawing or graphical element manipulating functions. The UI interacts with the operating system through an application shell. A... | 07/25/1995 |
| 4974174 | Alignment method for positioning textual and graphic objects In a computer system, an application program is able to specify the location of an object to be displayed relative to another object to be displayed by means of alignment points selected for each of the objects. The alignments points include the intersect... | 11/27/1990 |
