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Automatic layout of items along an embedded one-manifold path

  • US 7,710,423 B2
  • Filed: 03/21/2005
  • Issued: 05/04/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/21/2005
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A system for positioning objects in a container of a graphics application, the system comprising:

  • a processor comprising a positioner module that receives parameters associated with placing a set of objects along a curved one-manifold embedded, at least in part, within the container, and provides positioning coordinates along the curved one-manifold based, at least in part, on a non-zero amount of space defined by a dimensional attribute of an individual object, the non-zero amount of space surrounding each object in the set of objects, and wherein placing the set of objects along the curved one-manifold comprises rendering each object with a center line of each object oriented tangentially to the curved one-manifold.

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