Patent №
US 9,367,201
Granted
2016-06-14
Filed 2011
Owner
MICROSOFT CORPORATION
Lab
AI components
2
vision · hardware
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
13307720
Techniques are described herein that are capable of generating a graphic flow having an unlimited number of connections between shapes. The shapes are provided in a visual representation of a workspace defined by pixels. For instance, a first shape may have an outer perimeter defined by a first subset of the pixels; a second shape may have an outer boundary defined by a second subset of the pixels, and so on. Any pixel in each subset may serve as a connection point. For example, a first pixel of the first subset may serve as a first connection point based on any of a variety of first criteria, and a second pixel of the second subset may serve as a second connection point based on any of a variety of second criteria. In accordance with this example, a connection may be provided between the first and second connection points.
AI classification
Ownership
MICROSOFT CORPORATION
assignment · 273110574
Assignors
SONG, PING, TIAN, CHAO
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