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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2013
Applicant:
Hewlett-packard Development Company L.p., Houston, TX (US);
Inventor:
Andrew Hunter, Bristol, GB;
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/21 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01); G06T 3/40 (2006.01); G06T 11/60 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/212 (2013.01); G06F 17/30259 (2013.01); G06T 3/40 (2013.01); G06T 11/60 (2013.01);
Abstract
Arranging elements in a layout includes obtaining multiple elements to be arranged in a layout where the layout has at least one container to display multiple elements, determining a range of shapes for at least one of the multiple elements, determining merit values corresponding to the range of shapes, storing a description of the range of the shapes and at least some of the merit value, and arranging the multiple elements based on the merit value to be displayed in a display.