A graphical programming system allows a user to place geometric shapes onto a scaled image, the shape having associated behavior that operates on the image or on the object of which the image is formed. In a preferred embodiment, the shapes are objects in the Visio program by Microsoft Corporation. The...http://www.google.de/patents/US7308334?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7308334 - Graphical automated machine control and metrology
