Document layout using tiling
September 23, 2013. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.Patent ReferencesMultiformat image recordation Automatically balancing and vertically justifying a plurality of text/graphics-columns Skew detector for digital image processing system Optical character reader with skew recognition Detection of barcodes in binary images with arbitrary orientation Method and apparatus for editing documents Document management and production system Document image processing apparatus Method for pattern selection involving scaling-up circumscribed rectangles Apparatus for editing documents adapted to reduce a process time of refreshing the documents InventorsAssigneeApplicationNo. 125958 filed on 09/23/1993US Classes:715/521, Boundary processing715/518, Spacing control715/520Area designationExaminersPrimary: Jankus, Almis R.Assistant: Buchel, Rudolph Attorney, Agent or FirmForeign Patent References
International ClassG06F 017/21AbstractA method and apparatus for formatting a document and creating a best document layout from an input list of picture and text objects is disclosed. The method includes calculating multiple document layouts while maintaining the correct reading order of the picture and text objects at all times. The method positions each picture and text object at multiple anchor points to create multiple document layouts, and then selects a best document layout which is the layout using the least number of pages to display the entire list of objects. If more than one layout uses the least number of pages, the layout positioning the least number of objects on the last page is the best layout.Other References
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