Patents by Inventor Robert B. Tatsumi

Robert B. Tatsumi has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method of establishing constraints between master and slave graphical elements
    Patent number: 5745122
    Abstract: 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 the operating system through an application shell. A document engine, a graphics engine, and a constraint engine are coupled between the UI and operating system. A user may create a distribution frame with an area on a page of a documents and a set of elements may be specified to be automatically linked by the distribution frame. Graphical elements positioned within the distribution frame are governed by alignment and distribution criteria. The user may select alignment and distribution criteria to determine the spatial relationships between the elements in the set and the distribution frame. One or more dimensions of the graphical elements in the distribution frame are a function of the area encompassed by the distribution frame where a user's edits to one may affect the other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 28, 1998
    Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated
    Inventors: Jonathan L. Gay, Robert B. Tatsumi
  • Method of establishing constraints between graphical elements
    Patent number: 5577189
    Abstract: 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 the operating system through an application shell. A document engine, a graphics engine, and a constraint engine are coupled between the UI and operating system. A user may create a distribution frame with an area on a page of a documents and a set of elements may be specified to be automatically linked by the distribution frame. Graphical elements positioned within the distribution frame are governed by alignment and distribution criteria. The user may select alignment and distribution criteria to determine the spatial relationships between the elements in the set and the distribution frame. One or more dimensions of the graphical elements in the distribution frame are a function of the area encompassed by the distribution frame where a user's edits to one may affect the other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 19, 1996
    Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated
    Inventors: Jonathan L. Gay, Robert B. Tatsumi
  • Method of establishing constraints and links in a distribution frame between graphical elements and resolving the constaints
    Patent number: 5437008
    Abstract: 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 the operating system through an application shell. A document engine, a graphics engine, and a constraint engine are coupled between the UI and operating system. A user may create a distribution frame with an area on a page of a document and a set of elements may be specified to be automatically linked by the distribution frame. Graphical elements positioned within the distribution frame are governed by alignment and distribution criteria. The user may select alignment and distribution criteria to determine the spatial relationships between the elements in the set and the distribution frame. One or more dimensions of the graphical elements in the distribution frame are a function of the area encompassed by the distribution frame where a user's edits to one may affect the other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 1992
    Date of Patent: July 25, 1995
    Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated
    Inventors: Jonathan L. Gay, Robert B. Tatsumi