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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2012
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Jacob G. Refstrup, Vancouver, WA (US);
Martin J. Murrett, Portland, OR (US);
Christopher E. Rudolph, Vancouver, WA (US);
Assignee:
APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/46 (2006.01); G06T 11/20 (2006.01); G09G 5/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 11/203 (2013.01); G06K 2215/00 (2013.01); G06K 2215/0068 (2013.01); G09G 5/24 (2013.01);
Abstract
A content processing application that implements a method for displaying characters at least a threshold distance apart. The method receives two consecutive characters. The method automatically identifies a distance between the two consecutive characters and moves at least one of the two consecutive characters to adjust the distance between the two consecutive characters to a threshold distance apart.