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Layout apparatus for laying out objects in space and method thereof

  • US 6,374,200 B1
  • Filed: 08/12/1997
  • Issued: 04/16/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/03/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A space managing apparatus, comprising:

  • a space representing unit representing an area of a two-dimensional space composed of at least one closed figure surrounded by vertical sides and horizontal sides with a set of inscribed rectangles inside the closed figure, all sides of each of the inscribed rectangles partially congruent with corresponding sides of the closed figure, respectively; and

    a managing unit managing the closed figure by laying out a rectangular object in a designated position of the closed figure, generating a new closed figure in the closed figure by excluding from the closed figure a space of the rectangular object laid in the closed figure, and instructing said space representing unit to represent a space of the new closed figure area with a set of inscribed rectangles.

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