| 6052514 |
Distributed publication system with simultaneous separate access to publication data and publication status information |
| Apr-18-2000 |
A publication system is disclosed for coordinating access to publication data and related information. The publication data typically includes text, image data and layout data. The related information... |
| 6021417 |
Method of stimulating the creation of an artist's drawing or painting, and device for accomplishing same |
| Feb-1-2000 |
A method of simulating the creation of a mock artist's drawing or painting image on a monitor, from an electronically-stored image, comprising translating the electronically-stored image into instructions... |
| 5959867 |
Computer system and process for efficient processing of a page description using a display list |
| Sep-28-1999 |
A page description language is interpreted by an interpreter which outputs successive object definitions. Each object definition is conditionally added to a display list. Based on certain conditions, the... |
| 5929856 |
Method and system for design and drafting |
| Jul-27-1999 |
A dimension indicator is automatically created to define the size of a geometric object or the spatial relationship between two geometric objects for a user of a computer-aided design and drafting system... |
| 5913220 |
Method and apparatus for referring to related information in drawing processing system |
| Jun-15-1999 |
A request for inputting of, for example, a character string of a retrieval item, is issued to an operator by an input request section of an item processing section via a pattern/character editing section... |
| 5895473 |
System for extracting text from CAD files |
| Apr-20-1999 |
Text extracted from computer aided drafting (CAD) files is stored in a receiving database for use in document management. In addition, the textual data stored in the receiving database can be obtained... |
| 5870771 |
Computerized system for selecting, adjusting, and previewing framing product combinations for artwork and other items to be framed |
| Feb-9-1999 |
A computerized system having means for displaying a digital image of an object such as an object of artwork supplied by the user, analyzing the color composition of the image, searching a database for... |
| 5870712 |
Data processing method and its apparatus |
| Feb-9-1999 |
An ordinary person in charge is enabled to easily construct or modify a business processing system only by making a business flow diagram indicating the flow of the business to be adaptable to the contents... |
| 5864482 |
Apparatus and method for managing distributing design and manufacturing information throughout a sheet metal production facility |
| Jan-26-1999 |
An apparatus and method is provided for managing and distributing design and manufacturing information throughout a factory in order to facilitate the production of components, such as bent sheet metal... |
| 5854750 |
System and method for processing transactions in an environment containing a number of object oriented applications |
| Dec-29-1998 |
A computer implemented transaction processing system is presented for processing transactions between an application and one or more transaction processors. The system utilizes a first communication link... |
| 5838328 |
Method for generating graphical models and computer aided design system |
| Nov-17-1998 |
A computer aided design system generates graphical models of 2- or 3-dimensional objects with at least partially variable dimensions, in particular mechanical parts. In order to generate models having... |
| 5813018 |
Automated text extraction from source drawing and composition into target drawing with translated text placement according to source image analysis |
| Sep-22-1998 |
A document processing method and system for automizing extraction of source language sentences from figures, which is the pre-processing for figure translation, as well as embedding of translated sentences... |
| 5809512 |
Information provider apparatus enabling selective playing of multimedia information by interactive input based on displayed hypertext information |
| Sep-15-1998 |
An information provider apparatus, enabling a user to employ hyperlink selection from a displayed hypertext data page to obtain and play the contents of specific sets of multimedia data which are held... |
| 5794258 |
System for transmitting figure data within a retrievable range according to the date and time of update |
| Aug-11-1998 |
A system for transmitting map data between a parent station and a child station. The child station extracts figure data from an optical disk, specifies the retrieval range and transmits it as data for... |
| 5761328 |
Computer automated system and method for converting source-documents bearing alphanumeric text relating to survey measurements |
| Jun-2-1998 |
The computer automated system and method of converting an image file of a scanned source document, bearing alphanumeric text relating to the lengths and directions of the bounding lines of an area surveyed,... |
| 5751594 |
Aperture control system for printed circuit board fabrication |
| May-12-1998 |
An aperture control system comprising a computer aided design workstation for generating CAD aperture data, a data converter for reading the aperture data and generating, in response to the aperture data,... |
| 5748986 |
Method and apparatus for displaying a page with graphics information on a continuous synchronous raster output device |
| May-5-1998 |
An apparatus and method used to perform image rendering in a manner which is capable of producing complex, high resolution page images where a continuous synchronous raster image output device, such as... |
| 5745907 |
Image registering apparatus, image registering method, and its system |
| Apr-28-1998 |
An image registering apparatus which can register formed data without operating both of an image filing system and another system is provided. The image registering apparatus cooperatively operates an... |
| 5729750 |
Automatic dimensioning in computer aided design |
| Mar-17-1998 |
Substantially automatic dimensioning is performed in computer aided design for a design item. For this purpose, different kinds of constituent elements are registered in different tables based on which... |
| 5710918 |
Method for distributed task fulfillment of web browser requests |
| Jan-20-1998 |
A World Wide Web browser makes requests to web servers on a network which receive and fulfill requests as an agent of the browser client, organizing distributed sub-agents as distributed integration solution... |
| 5651105 |
Graphic input and display of network based computations |
| Jul-22-1997 |
An automated system to draw detailed networks for use in various types of engineering analysis. A set of active node sites are available that are specified by entering the node number and selecting the... |
| 5625827 |
Method and system of blueprint document manipulation |
| Apr-29-1997 |
A system (10) allows the storing of construction drawings or blueprints in a plurality of computer files (32). The system (10) allows automatic determinations of lengths, areas and count of dimensions... |
| 5608858 |
Method and system for registering and filing image data |
| Mar-4-1997 |
Disclosed herein is a system integrally comprising a CAD system and an electronic filing system. When vector data such as figures and their names are converted to image (raster) data for storage, the system... |
| 5581676 |
Drawing processor and machining program processor for generating a machining program and method therefor |
| Dec-3-1996 |
A machining program processor and a machining program processing method which includes a drawing processor that allows a plurality of modified shapes to be generated easily from one parametric diagram... |
| 5581670 |
User interface having movable sheet with click-through tools |
| Dec-3-1996 |
A user interface technique operates in the environment of a processor-controlled machine for executing a program that operates on a set of underlying data and displays a visible representation thereof.... |
| 5557727 |
Diagram drawing apparatus |
| Sep-17-1996 |
In a diagram drawing apparatus when a figure in the diagram is enlarged or reduced, data at a line having one end tangent to the figure is automatically modified according to the enlargement or reduction... |
| 5557716 |
Graph drawing |
| Sep-17-1996 |
A graph creation apparatus and method for creating graphs in the designated object scope of table data inhibits the creation of a meaningless graph, having too many items to be readable. An upper limit... |
| 5553224 |
Method for dynamically maintaining multiple structural interpretations in graphics system |
| Sep-3-1996 |
A graphical input and display system for creating and manipulating an abstract graphical image by decomposing it into abstract elemental objects and organizing the elemental objects into a set of perceptually... |
| 5548707 |
Method and system for design and drafting |
| Aug-20-1996 |
A dimension indicator is automatically created to define the size of a geometric object or the spatial relationship between two geometric objects for a user of a computer-aided design and drafting system... |
| 5548706 |
CAD system with parallel dimension-line editing function |
| Aug-20-1996 |
A Computer Aided Design (CAD) system with a dimension line editing function manages a drawing involving dimension lines and displays the drawing on a display unit connected to a terminal. The system edits... |
| 5517604 |
Data input/output process and design supporting process |
| May-14-1996 |
A process for architecting a figure input/output interface of an instance is provided in an object-oriented design supporting system or the like. An applicable graphic editor is provided with a figure... |
| 5517578 |
Method and apparatus for grouping and manipulating electronic representations of handwriting, printing and drawings |
| May-14-1996 |
A note taking system that integrates word-processing functionality and computerized drawing functionality for processing ink strokes comprises novel methods that provide this functionality such as: a method... |
| 5502804 |
Method and apparatus for displaying a page with graphics information on a continuous synchronous raster output device |
| Mar-26-1996 |
An apparatus and method used to perform image rendering in a manner which is capable of producing complex, high resolution page images where a continuous synchronous raster image output device, such as... |
| 5490241 |
Interactive computer graphics system for making precise drawings |
| Feb-6-1996 |
A computer-aided illustration system and method emulate the set of tools that are typically available to the traditional technical illustrator and also provide the user with the ability to easily create... |
| 5444844 |
Figure drawing apparatus and inventory purchasing system using the same |
| Aug-22-1995 |
In order to provide an automatic figure drawing apparatus in which erroneous figure drawing can be prevented, neither a large-capacity magnetic disk nor a number of floppy disks is required, and management... |
| 5444843 |
Method for producing database coordinated drawings for a facility |
| Aug-22-1995 |
A method for generating and maintaining drawings for an industrial facility by a) entering drawing information into a computer-aided drawing work station to produce a drawing in a format adapted for conversion... |
| 5442735 |
Method and apparatus for interactively manipulating models |
| Aug-15-1995 |
A method and a data processing system including a display device, an entry apparatus for enabling a user to enter data representing lines or surfaces of a model, such model data being stored in a storage... |
| 5437008 |
Method of establishing constraints and links in a distribution frame between graphical elements and resolving the constaints |
| Jul-25-1995 |
A user interface (UI) may be used in specifying spatial relationships between graphical elements in a graphics environment with drawing or graphical element manipulating functions. The UI interacts with... |
| 5430837 |
Mechanism conceptual drawing formation method and apparatus |
| Jul-4-1995 |
An apparatus and method for creating conceptional drawings for explaining the operation of a machine displays operation symbols corresponding to elements of the machine, selects predetermined symbols and... |
| 5428727 |
Method and system for registering and filing image data |
| Jun-27-1995 |
A system which includes a CAD system and an electronic filing system, wherein when vector data such as figures and their names are converted to image data for storage, the system automatically extracts,... |
| 5426729 |
Method and system for nonuniformly adjusting a predefined shape |
| Jun-20-1995 |
A method and system for adjusting at position of an adjustable portion of a predefined shape. The predefined shape is displayed on a display with an adjust handle positioned near a reference point on the... |
| 5416902 |
Computer-based system and method for editing figures |
| May-16-1995 |
A graphic editing system and method uses a terminal for editing line graphic data stored in a host computer. The graphic data of a drawing to be edited is retrieved from a common file and is loaded onto... |
| 5410647 |
Hardware symbology and text generator in a graphics rendering processor |
| Apr-25-1995 |
A symbology and text generator for use in a graphics rendering processor. The generator accesses font data stored in a processor display memory and generates symbols and text in dot matrix and stroke coded... |
| 5396590 |
Non-modal method and apparatus for manipulating graphical objects |
| Mar-7-1995 |
A computer controlled graphics display system that treats graphical objects in a uniform fashion for consistent, non-modal and direct manipulation of graphics objects. The user, by operating in a visual... |
| 5384907 |
Method for carrying out scissoring -processing of stroke letters in a screen display |
| Jan-24-1995 |
The desired size of a series of letters is found by cutting out only a portion within a frame surrounded by a predetermined frame line among image information formed by a series of stroke letters. A band... |
| 5353397 |
Registration/search system for registering and searching image data using vector data attributes |
| Oct-4-1994 |
A drawing data obtained by a CAD device is extended once to an image data on a plane and the extended image data is coded and stored in an electronic file device so that every display can be done by merely... |
| 5305208 |
Database retrieval system for effectively displaying differences between elements of plural drawings |
| Apr-19-1994 |
A drawing information presentation apparatus has a memory for storing data representing a plurality of drawings, including text labels, and a concept dictionary memory for storing synonyms and connection... |
| 5302967 |
Figure processing apparatus and method aided by display with ruled lines |
| Apr-12-1994 |
A figure processing method and a figure processing apparatus having a function to automatically display suitable ruling lines for drafting and editing a figure by utilizing a display screen are disclosed.... |
| 5293478 |
Graphical design processing apparatus for assessing and modifying design of components |
| Mar-8-1994 |
A graphic data processing apparatus including an input device for entering graphic data, a graphic data processing device for generating a visible pattern such as a drawing consisting of points represented... |
| 5276791 |
Network editing system |
| Jan-4-1994 |
A computer system includes a display and software that enables the system to create, change and delete, title-containing blocks and their interrelations, as shown on the display. The system employs keyed... |
