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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 27, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2017
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Elizaveta Girsova, Mountain View, CA (US);
Chao-Kuo Lin, Campbell, CA (US);
Michael D. Trent, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Jonathan Cho, San Francisco, CA (US);
Lorraine S. Shim, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Ryan M. Olshavsky, San Jose, CA (US);
Andrew L. Harding, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Brian J. Rupert, Wexford, PA (US);
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 11/20 (2006.01); G06T 3/60 (2006.01); G06T 3/20 (2006.01); G06T 11/60 (2006.01); G06T 3/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 11/206 (2013.01); G06T 3/20 (2013.01); G06T 3/60 (2013.01); G06T 11/60 (2013.01); G06T 3/40 (2013.01); G06T 2210/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed herein are techniques for automatically mitigating overlapping labels associated with pie charts. In particular, the techniques involve migrating positions of the labels in response to adjustments of the pie chart to ensure that the labels are distributed in a non-overlapping, uniform, and aesthetically-pleasing manner.