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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2012
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford, Junior, University, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Paul Merrell, Redwood City, CA (US);
Vladlen Koltun, San Francisco, CA (US);
Eric Schkufza, San Francisco, CA (US);
Maneesh Agrawala, Oakland, CA (US);
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
In an embodiment of the present invention, an interactive system employs sets of interior design guidelines. In an embodiment, the user begins by specifying the shape of a room and the set of furniture that must be arranged within it. The user then interactively moves furniture pieces. In response, the system suggests a set of furniture layouts that follow the interior design guidelines. The user can interactively select a suggestion and move any piece of furniture to modify the layout.