Patent ID: 7542948
Filing Date: 2009-06-02
Classification: G06F,G06N

Abstract:
1. A graphical user interface for generating a visual display to facilitate design and modeling of an automobile, comprising: a display screen; a processor to generate an output on the display screen; and a user actuable controller to select outputs on the display screen in a design process, wherein the processor generates a display of a parent profile representing an outline for design, the outline delineating a shape of the automobile, the parent profile including segments, each of the segments having at least one dimensional characteristic, an icon for selecting at least one segment of the segments, and an icon for evolving the parent profile, and wherein, in response to the user selecting the at least one segment by selecting the icon for selecting with the user actuable controller, the processor modifies the at least one dimensional characteristic of the at least one segment to produce a modified segment, and causes the display to display the modified segment, and wherein, in response to the user selecting the icon for evolving the parent profile with the user actuable controller, the processor performs evolving of the parent profile using a genetic algorithm to produce an offspring profile, the evolving including evolving the modified segment, the offspring profile representing a new outline for the design, the new outline delineating a new shape of the automobile, and causes the display to display the new outline for the design.