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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2006
Applicants:
Youssef Hamadi, Cambridge, GB;
Stephanie Ubeda, Lyons, FR;
Inventors:
Youssef Hamadi, Cambridge, GB;
Stephanie Ubeda, Lyons, FR;
Assignee:
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/048 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A user interface is described which displays a shape and enables a user to manipulate that shape by dividing it into a number of regions. Each region has an associated term which is made up from one or more constraints. A mathematical function, such as an objective function, is generated from the resultant graphical representation of the shape, where the function contains a term for each region and where each term is weighted according to the size of the corresponding region.