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Method for determining whether a point lies along a curve in a multidimensional space

  • US 9,459,095 B2
  • Filed: 11/12/2015
  • Issued: 10/04/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method for determining whether a point lies along a first curve in a multidimensional space, the method executable by a processor of an electronic device, the point and the first curve being presented on a display interface of the electronic device, the point on the display interface corresponding to a click from a user of the electronic device, the method comprising:

  • determining first curve coordinates defining each of a position and a form of the first curve generated in the multidimensional space and presented on the display interface;

    based on the first curve coordinates, identifying regions of the multidimensional space each encompassing a respective portion of the first curve while generating a second curve approximating the first curve, the identifying the regions including;

    identifying a first set of the regions while generating a first version of the second curve, the first version of the second curve being a first polygonal chain, andidentifying a second set of the regions while generating a second version of the second curve, the second version of the second curve being a second polygonal chain having more line segments than the first polygonal chain;

    storing, in a non-transitory computer-readable medium, region coordinates of at least one of the regions;

    analyzing the region coordinates and point coordinates defining a position of the point in the multidimensional space, the analyzing being configured for providing, on the display interface, one of;

    an indication that the point lies along the first curve, the indication that the point lies along the first curve being an indication that the user has clicked on the first curve; and

    an indication that the point does not lie along the first curve, the indication that the point does not lie along the first curve being an indication that the user has not clicked on the first curve.

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