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US 2002/0163537 A1Published application
Multi-user collaborative circular graphical user interfaces
AssigneeMitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc.
InventorsFrederic Vernier, Chia Shen
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Abstract
A multi-user collaborative circular graphical user interface for displaying items includes a transformation engine responsive to external command, such as mouse clicks, for generating polar coordinates for the items, an asynchronous rendering engine for generating images of the items according to the polar coordinates, and a thread switching engine for controlling the rendering engine.
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A multi-user collaborative circular graphical user interface for displaying items, comprising;
- a transformation engine responsive to external command for generating polar coordinates for the items;
- an asynchronous rendering engine for generating images of the items according to the polar coordinates;
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- a thread switching engine for controlling the rendering engine.
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