Patent ID: 7093202

Claim:
A graphical input and display system having a user interface for selecting and arranging image object elements in a source electronic image, comprising: user input means for selecting and creating image objects; image input means for entering the electronic image onto a display means; a processor, connected for receiving requests for image object selection operations and for accessing a memory structure; program memory means comprising: user interaction module for selecting image objects; and image object selection module for interpreting imprecise image object selection paths, wherein interpreting imprecise image object selection paths comprises: evaluating the temporal characteristics of said object selection gesture, wherein said object selection gesture forms a bounded region; and evaluating the proximity of image objects to the selection gesture, comprising: selecting those image objects falling within an outer boundary of said bounded region; rejecting those image objects falling outside an inner boundary of said bounded region; and splitting those image objects falling across both of said inner boundary and said outer boundary of said bounded region; and data memory means.