Patent ID: 6760638
Filing Date: 2004-07-06
Classification: G06T

Abstract:
A method for resolving on a computer system overlaps in a layout including a plurality of possibly overlapping designs, each design including an image and a design mask defining the border of printing of the design, the method comprising:(a) determining any regions of overlap in the layout, each region of overlap being contained within at least two masks; (b) displaying on a user interface of the computer system the overlap regions and, for each overlap region, a set of one or more possible modifications of the designs in the overlap; and (c) for each region of overlap; (i) a user manually inputting to the computer system none or one of the set of possible modifications; and (ii) modifying or not the designs in region of overlap according to the user input of step (i), wherein each design further includes a die defining a contour, wherein each design includes none or more design marks and an image mask defining the border of printing the image, such that the design mask defines the border of printing the image and the design marks, and wherein the design mask of a particular design is initially the bounding box of all elements of the particular design.