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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2003
Filed:
May. 05, 2000
Timothy Merrick Long, Lindfield, AU;
George Politis, Macquaire Fields, AU;
Marija Herceg, Lindfield, AU;
Lincoln David Stone, Ryde, AU;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A method of automatically positioning one or more images within a region. The method comprises of computing ( ) a field at each image due to every other image, wherein the field at any image due to any other image is a function of the distance between any image and any other image and the surface area of that any other image. The method then computates ( ) a net force exerted on each image by every other image, wherein the net force acting on any one image is a function of the field acting on the said any one image and a characteristic of the said any one image. The method then moves ( ) each image a distance, which is a function of the net force acting on the image, in the direction of the net force.