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Organizing and displaying drawing objects

US8659621B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateAug 11, 2010
Grant dateFeb 25, 2014
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Expiry dateOct 24, 2031

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06T2219/2016
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A system in accordance with the present invention may include one or more programs stored in the memory, with instructions to scan for drawing objects on a drawing area of a graphics editing application, determine overlap of the drawing objects on the drawing area, analyze the overlap of the drawing objects and a force to repel each of the drawing objects on the drawing area to eliminate the overlap, and organize the drawing objects according to the force to repel each of the drawing objects on the drawing area to eliminate the overlap.

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