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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2007
Filed:
May. 28, 2004
Appropriately rendering a graphical object when a corresponding outline has excessive control points
Beat Stamm, Redmond, WA (US);
Gregory C. Hitchcock, Woodinville, WA (US);
Michael J. Duggan, Kirkland, WA (US);
Beat Stamm, Redmond, WA (US);
Gregory C. Hitchcock, Woodinville, WA (US);
Michael J. Duggan, Kirkland, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
The principles of the present invention relate to appropriately rendering a graphical object when a corresponding outline has excessive control points. A computer system identifies a point of junction between a first and second feature of the outline. The computer system accesses an excess control point included in the first or second feature of the outline. The computer system moves the excess control point in a first direction until the position of the excess control point in the first direction is essentially the same as the position of the point of junction in the first direction. The computer system moves the excess control point in a second direction until the position of the excess control point in the second direction is essentially the same as the position of the point of junction in the second direction, the second direction being different from the first direction.