Patent ID: 8533626

Claim:
A method for displaying shape information in a graphical interface using a computer system, the method comprising: causing a display of an image on a display device, wherein one or more shapes are displayed in the image; causing a display of a cursor on the display device, a displayed position of the cursor being controlled by a user of the graphical interface using an input device; determining one or more dimensions describing a zone of focus for a user on a display of the display device, wherein the one or more dimensions are based on allowing the user to focus on and visually process objects displayed within the zone of focus while the eyes of the user are fixedly maintained without visually processing other objects displayed outside the zone of focus; and causing a display of a plurality of labels on the display device, each of the labels being an object associated with and providing information relating to an associated one of the displayed shapes, wherein displayed positions of the labels are based at least in part on positions of their associated shapes and are based at least in part on the one or more dimensions describing the zone of focus, and wherein the positions of the associated shapes are not based on the one or more dimensions describing the zone of focus.