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The recent surge in interest in city layout generation underscores its significance in urban planning and smart city development. The task involves procedurally or automatically generating spatial arrangements for urban elements such as…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-04-14 Jie Deng , Wenhao Chai , Jianshu Guo , Qixuan Huang , Junsheng Huang , Wenhao Hu , Shengyu Hao , Jenq-Neng Hwang , Gaoang Wang

Structured layouts are preferable in many 2D visual contents (\eg, GUIs, webpages) since the structural information allows convenient layout editing. Computational frameworks can help create structured layouts but require heavy labor input.…

Graphics · Computer Science 2025-10-31 Xin Hu , Pengfei Xu , Jin Zhou , Hongbo Fu , Hui Huang

Graphic design is essential for visual communication with layouts being fundamental to composing attractive designs. Layout generation differs from pixel-level image synthesis and is unique in terms of the requirement of mutual relations…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-07-20 Hsin-Ying Lee , Lu Jiang , Irfan Essa , Phuong B Le , Haifeng Gong , Ming-Hsuan Yang , Weilong Yang

Layout is important for graphic design and scene generation. We propose a novel Generative Adversarial Network, called LayoutGAN, that synthesizes layouts by modeling geometric relations of different types of 2D elements. The generator of…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-01-23 Jianan Li , Jimei Yang , Aaron Hertzmann , Jianming Zhang , Tingfa Xu

We address the problem of scene layout generation for diverse domains such as images, mobile applications, documents, and 3D objects. Most complex scenes, natural or human-designed, can be expressed as a meaningful arrangement of simpler…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-10-01 Kamal Gupta , Justin Lazarow , Alessandro Achille , Larry Davis , Vijay Mahadevan , Abhinav Shrivastava

Modeling layout is an important first step for graphic design. Recently, methods for generating graphic layouts have progressed, particularly with Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs). However, the problem of specifying the locations and…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-09-14 Jianan Li , Jimei Yang , Jianming Zhang , Chang Liu , Christina Wang , Tingfa Xu

Leveraging the flexible expressive ability of (Max)SMT and the powerful solving ability of SMT solvers, we propose a novel layout model named SMT-Layout. SMT-Layout is the first constraint-based layout model that can support real-time…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2024-11-20 Bohan Li , Dawei Li , Ming Fu , Shaowei Cai

Graphical user interface (GUI) has become integral to modern society, making it crucial to be understood for human-centric systems. However, unlike natural images or documents, GUIs comprise artificially designed graphical elements arranged…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-03-19 Ziwei Wang , Weizhi Chen , Leyang Yang , Sheng Zhou , Shengchu Zhao , Hanbei Zhan , Jiongchao Jin , Liangcheng Li , Zirui Shao , Jiajun Bu

Controllable layout generation aims to create plausible visual arrangements of element bounding boxes within a graphic design according to certain optional constraints, such as the type or position of a specific component. While recent…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-06-04 Yuxuan Wu , Le Wang , Sanping Zhou , Mengnan Liu , Gang Hua , Haoxiang Li

Graphical User Interface (GUI) grounding - the task of mapping natural language instructions to screen coordinates - is essential for autonomous agents and accessibility technologies. Existing systems rely on monolithic models or one-shot…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-11-18 SeokJoo Kwak , Jihoon Kim , Boyoun Kim , Jung Jae Yoon , Wooseok Jang , Jeonghoon Hong , Jaeho Yang , Yeong-Dae Kwon

To improve the accessibility of smart devices and to simplify their usage, building models which understand user interfaces (UIs) and assist users to complete their tasks is critical. However, unique challenges are proposed by UI-specific…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-08-11 Chongyang Bai , Xiaoxue Zang , Ying Xu , Srinivas Sunkara , Abhinav Rastogi , Jindong Chen , Blaise Aguera y Arcas

GUI (graphical user interface) prototyping is a widely-used technique in requirements engineering for gathering and refining requirements, reducing development risks and increasing stakeholder engagement. However, GUI prototyping can be a…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2023-10-05 Jialiang Wei , Anne-Lise Courbis , Thomas Lambolais , Binbin Xu , Pierre Louis Bernard , Gérard Dray

This paper presents a novel method for user interface (UI) generation based on the Transformer architecture, addressing the increasing demand for efficient and aesthetically pleasing UI designs in software development. Traditional UI design…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2024-10-24 Shiyu Duan , Runsheng Zhang , Mengmeng Chen , Ziyi Wang , Shixiao Wang

During the early stages of interface design, designers need to produce multiple sketches to explore a design space. Design tools often fail to support this critical stage, because they insist on specifying more details than necessary.…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2026-03-31 Aryan Garg , Yue Jiang , Antti Oulasvirta

This paper addresses the challenge of object-centric layout generation under spatial constraints, seen in multiple domains including floorplan design process. The design process typically involves specifying a set of spatial constraints…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-04-02 Mohammed Haroon Dupty , Yanfei Dong , Sicong Leng , Guoji Fu , Yong Liang Goh , Wei Lu , Wee Sun Lee

Automating parts of the user interface (UI) design process has been a longstanding challenge. We present an automated technique for optimizing the layouts of mobile UIs. Our method uses gradient descent on a neural network model of task…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2020-02-26 Peitong Duan , Casimir Wierzynski , Lama Nachman

One of the most common ways to represent and share visual designs is with vector graphics. Designers working with vector graphics often explore layout alternatives and generate them by moving and resizing elements. The motivation for this…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2023-09-22 Jeremy Warner , Shuyao Zhou , Bjoern Hartmann

The development of high-quality datasets is crucial for benchmarking and advancing research in Graphical User Interface (GUI) agents. Despite their importance, existing datasets are often constructed under idealized conditions, overlooking…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-06-18 Jingqi Yang , Zhilong Song , Jiawei Chen , Mingli Song , Sheng Zhou , linjun sun , Xiaogang Ouyang , Chun Chen , Can Wang

We introduce a novel, training-free approach for enhancing alignment in Transformer-based Text-Guided Diffusion Models (TGDMs). Existing TGDMs often struggle to generate semantically aligned images, particularly when dealing with complex…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-03-25 Shulei Wang , Wang Lin , Hai Huang , Hanting Wang , Sihang Cai , WenKang Han , Tao Jin , Jingyuan Chen , Jiacheng Sun , Jieming Zhu , Zhou Zhao

We address the problem of indoor layout synthesis, which is a topic of continuing research interest in computer graphics. The newest works made significant progress using data-driven generative methods; however, these approaches rely on…

Graphics · Computer Science 2022-10-25 Kurt Leimer , Paul Guerrero , Tomer Weiss , Przemyslaw Musialski