On screen measurement tool

A measurement tool overlay program that after initial placement in or around the object field, automatically identifies (in 'expand' mode) any distance between objects by other programs that are displayed on the screen relative to a starting point between the objects. Measures is provided...

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Main Authors MAHEUX GEDEON PAUL, MARION COREY BRYANT, ZUKER TRAVIS JAMES, BRASGALLA DAVID ANDREW, LANHAM DAVID EDWARD, WEAVER MINDY KAROL, ANTE WOLFGANG, HOCKENBERRY CRAIG LEMOINE, TSUI TALOS SHU-MING, PIRAINO ANTHONY JOHN
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 05.06.2012
Subjects
ADVERTISING
ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICESUSING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION
CALCULATING
COMPUTING
COUNTING
CRYPTOGRAPHY
DISPLAY
EDUCATION
HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS
PHYSICS
PRESENTATION OF DATA
RECOGNITION OF DATA
RECORD CARRIERS
SEALS
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Summary:A measurement tool overlay program that after initial placement in or around the object field, automatically identifies (in 'expand' mode) any distance between objects by other programs that are displayed on the screen relative to a starting point between the objects. Measures is provided of the dimensions of any object, or group of objects by accessing the picture elements (pixels) in the memory associated with the display screen. Alternate embodiments according to the present invention operate in 'contract' mode. In 'contract' mode, the present invention also provides the measurements of an end user-placed rectangular boundary around any given object(s), or distance between outside edges of clusters of object(s) immediately. The box will contract to the size (edge) of the area as defined by pixels, which may be part of one or more objects within the area and provide the dimensions automatically.
Bibliography:Application Number: US20080231851