GRAPHIC FLOW HAVING UNLIMITED NUMBER OF CONNECTIONS BETWEEN SHAPES

Patent №

US 9,367,201

Granted

2016-06-14

Filed 2011

Owner

MICROSOFT CORPORATION

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.

VisionAI hardwareG06F 3/0482G06F 3/04812G06F 3/04842G06F 30/12G06F 30/18G06F 30/00

AI classification

Vision0.91
AI hardware0.91
Knowledge representation0.19
Planning0.03
Machine learning0.02
Natural language0.01
Evolutionary computation0.00
Speech0.00

Ownership

MICROSOFT CORPORATION

assignment · 273110574

Assignors

SONG, PING, TIAN, CHAO

On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.

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