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Recognition and interpretation of graphical and diagrammatic representations

  • US 20040090439A1
  • Filed: 11/07/2002
  • Published: 05/13/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/07/2002
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method for use in recognizing a graphical or diagrammatic representation in a computer, the method comprising:

  • (a) identifying one or more symbols in the graphical or diagrammatic representation;

    (b) identifying one or more relationships between the identified symbols;

    (c) generating an adjacency matrix in the computer, said adjacency matrix corresponding to a graph having one or more nodes in an arrangement that represents information obtained from the identified symbols and their relationship to each other; and

    (d) applying one or more rules to the adjacency matrix to modify the graph toward a desired arrangement.

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