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Automatic Document Layout
Xerox Scientists have developed a program that automatically produces
aesthetically pleasing – and
functional- customized documents, regardless of how the content changes.
Automatic Document
Layout (ADL) gracefully arranges text, pictures, graphics, headlines, and white
space in a document,
finding their proper places without fuss or bother - all under the supervision
of a computer, not a
graphic designer.
Technology Description
Automated document layout software starts with raw content or a simple layout,
then arranges it based upon
sound design principles, until it comes up with pages that look good. Add more
elements - text, graphics or
pictures — and the computer redesigns the page. So-called genetic algorithms
pick the best design a little like
the way nature picks the best genes - by examining many “species,” eliminating
those that aren’t good
enough and allowing the most fit to survive.
The technique is aimed at document creation in a digital, networked environment
where personalized content
is prized. It enables the user not only to satisfy basic content and layout
constraints, but also to find a “best”
solution incorporating alignment, balance and page utilization as aesthetic
criteria. The technique would be
useful for creation of attractive, personalized Web documents as well as
hardcopy documents.
One of the prime advantages is that the software will customize the page design
to best display on the
selected viewing medium, whether that be a computer monitor or a printed
document., thus overcoming one
of the toughest challenges of today’s office. The problem is that it’s
impossible to say where or how a
document will be viewed over its lifetime. It may be printed, it may come to
life on a computer monitor or it
may be viewed on a mobile device like a cell phone or a BlackBerry. To look its
best — and, certainly, to be
most effective — a document must be designed specially for each medium. The
Xerox system can do that
automatically, ensuring that it is presented in the most effective way no
matter where it will be viewed. This
can free people from the time-consuming task of designing documents for
multiple media.
Intellectual Property Summary
Xerox Intellectual Property includes patents, patent applications, and know-how.
For your convenience and review, we have provided a sample of selected patents
from our portfolio.
| U.S.
7107525 |
METHOD FOR
CONSTRAINT-BASED DOCUMENT GENERATION |
| U.S. 7010746 |
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR
CONSTRAINT-BASED DOCUMENT GENERATION |
| U.S.
7092552 |
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR
MEASURING AND QUANTIZING DOCUMENT QUALITY |
| U.S. 7035438 |
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEASURING AND
QUANTIZING DOCUMENT QUALITY |
| U.S.
7072495 |
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR
MEASURING AND QUANTIZING DOCUMENT QUALITY |
| U.S. 7092551 |
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEASURING AND
QUANTIZING DOCUMENT QUALITY |
| U.S.
7024022 |
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR
MEASURING AND QUANTIZING DOCUMENT QUALITY |
| U.S. 7130451 |
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEASURING AND
QUANTIZING DOCUMENT QUALITY |
| U.S.
7136511 |
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR
MEASURING AND QUANTIZING DOCUMENT QUALITY |
| U.S. 7269276 |
METHOD FOR MEASURING AND QUANTIZING
DOCUMENT QUALITY |
| U.S.
7266222 |
METHOD FOR MEASURING AND
QUANTIZING DOCUMENT QUALITY |
| U.S. 7116802 |
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEASURING AND
QUANTIZING DOCUMENT QUALITY |
| U.S.
7130450 |
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR
MEASURING AND QUANTIZING DOCUMENT QUALITY |
| U.S. 7305107 |
METHOD FOR MEASURING AND QUANTIZING
DOCUMENT QUALITY |
| U.S.
7283648 |
METHOD FOR MEASURING AND
QUANTIZING DOCUMENT QUALITY |
| U.S. 7308116 |
METHOD FOR MEASURING AND QUANTIZING
DOCUMENT QUALITY |
| U.S.
7260245 |
METHOD FOR MEASURING AND
QUANTIZING DOCUMENT QUALITY |
| U.S. 7277560 |
METHOD FOR MEASURING AND QUANTIZING
DOCUMENT QUALITY |
| U.S.
7280675 |
METHOD FOR MEASURING AND
QUANTIZING DOCUMENT QUALITY |
| U.S. 7035439 |
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEASURING AND
QUANTIZING DOCUMENT QUALITY |
| U.S.
7451140 |
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR
PROOFING INDIVIDUAL DOCUMENTS OF VARIABLE INFORMATION DOCUMENT RUNS USING
DOCUMENT QUALITY MEASUREMENTS |
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