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Simulated annealing to place annotations in a drawing

US10198412B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 9, 2016
Grant dateFeb 5, 2019
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Expiry dateJul 28, 2036

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06T2210/12
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method, system, and computer program product provide the ability to optimize placement of annotations in a drawing model. A drawing model that has annotations and objects is acquired. An annotation (to be moved) is randomly selected. A new position for the selected annotation is randomly selected. The selected annotation is moved to the new position. A new quality score of a resulting drawing model is computed. The resulting drawing model is accepted or rejected based on the new quality score. The above steps are iterated, wherein over time, a probability of accepting the resulting drawing model based on a worse new quality score decreases. The final resulting drawing model is output (e.g., for display).

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