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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 7298382 | Figure selection method, figure selection device, and storage medium storing figure selection program A figure selection method and device including a retrieval operation of a figure element adjacent to a designated figure element where a figure is formed by a plurality of figure elements. According to an aspect of the present invention, the retrieval operation is c... | 11/20/2007 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7068288 | System and method for moving graphical objects on a computer controlled system A user interface method and system for positioning graphical objects in the display area of a free form system. A selected object may operate in a first state where it can be moved to different positions within the display area. The selected object may further opera... | 06/27/2006 |
| 6928618 | Intelligent drag of assembly components One or more embodiments of the invention provide a method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for positioning a graphical component in a computer-implemented drawing program. A selection of a graphical component displayed on a display device is received. Thereaft... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6922701 | Generating cad independent interactive physical description remodeling, building construction plan database profile A method for generating an interactive profile of a structure, such as a building, employing an interactive profile system that preferably utilizes an Internet web browser to interface with a user. The interactive profile system includes an application engine embodi... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6915298 | User-defined relationships for diagramming user-defined database relations A schema diagrammer aids a database administrator or other user in maintaining and managing a database in a computer system. The schema diagrammer allows the user to define “user-defined relationships” between objects in the database. The schema diagrammer gener... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6907573 | Intelligent constraint definitions for assembly part mating One or more embodiments of the invention provide a method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for defining mating properties of a graphical component in a computer-implemented drawing program. An option to create a first constraint interface for a first geometric... | 06/14/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6804416 | Method and system for aligning geometric object models with images A method and system is provided for aligning a geometric object model with a pixel image. A geometric object model representing an object is obtained first. Using the geometric object model of the object, a revised geometric object model is created. An alignment too... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6606081 | Moveable magnetic devices for electronic graphic displays The invention includes moveable magnetic devices, for use in conjunction with electronic displays associated with computers and electronic devices enable manual input devices and control devices to be joined to the display, whereby the electronic device m... | 08/12/2003 |
| 5687305 | Projection of images of computer models in three dimensional space A system and method for precisely superimposing images of computer models in three-dimensional space to a corresponding physical object in physical space. The system includes a computer for producing a computer model of a three-dimensional object. A proje... | 11/11/1997 |
| 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 |
