Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Trigger-action-circuits: leveraging generative design to enable novices to design and build circuitry
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Application No.: US16739935Application Date: 2020-01-10
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Publication No.: US11113439B2Publication Date: 2021-09-07
- Inventor: Fraser Anderson , Tovi Grossman , George Fitzmaurice
- Applicant: Autodesk, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA San Rafael
- Assignee: Autodesk, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Autodesk, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Rafael
- Agency: Gates & Cooper LLP
- Main IPC: G06F30/327
- IPC: G06F30/327 ; G06F30/30 ; G06F30/34 ; G06F30/392 ; G06F30/394 ; G06F30/398 ; G06F111/12

Abstract:
A method, system, and apparatus provide the ability to design a circuit. A behavior of the circuit is authored by dragging nodes from side panels and connecting them in an authoring canvas. Multiple circuit designs that satisfy the behavior are generated. A data grid table is generated and displays the circuit designs with each row representing a design, and the table is sortable based on columns that represent computed metrics. Upon selection of a design in the table, a computer generated circuit diagram is rendered. Interactive assembly instructions are generated and displayed. The interactive assembly instructions provide a text-based step-by-step guide to wire the circuit. Further, upon selection of an assembly instruction step, a corresponding element in the computer generated circuit diagram is highlighted.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200151378A1 TRIGGER-ACTION-CIRCUITS: LEVERAGING GENERATIVE DESIGN TO ENABLE NOVICES TO DESIGN AND BUILD CIRCUITRY Public/Granted day:2020-05-14
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