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Single pass automatic photo album page layout

  • US 8,065,627 B2
  • Filed: 09/30/2003
  • Issued: 11/22/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for arranging a set of objects within an area, comprising:

  • initiating a first current binary tree comprising a leaf node;

    associating a first object selected from the set with the leaf node;

    establishing candidate binary trees, wherein each of the candidate binary trees comprises the current binary tree and a respective leaf node associated with another object selected from the set, and locations of the leaf nodes within each of the candidate binary trees correspond to relative positions of the associated objects within the area;

    computing a respective score for each of the candidate binary treesselecting one of the candidate binary trees as the current binary tree based on the computed scores;

    repeating the establishing, the computing, and the selecting until the current binary tree includes all the objects in the set; and

    after the repeating, arranging the objects within the area in accordance with the locations of the leaf nodes within the current binary tree.

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