JP2001043391A - Object processor and storage medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an object processor which can easily add a text to a graphic object and also can easily display the graphic object, and to provide a storage medium. SOLUTION: When a graphic object is inputted, a CPU 2 sets and displays an accessory area serving as a text input area at a position around the graphic object according to the initialization information which is previously stored in a storage 6. Then the CPU 2 displays the text data which are inputted to identify and explain the graphic object.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to an object processing device and a storage medium, and more particularly, to an object processing device for displaying text relating to a graphic object.
And a storage medium.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, a GUI (Graphical User Interfa
ce) With the development of the system, input drawing data input from an input device such as a keyboard, a mouse, etc.
The function of a drawing tool having a function of drawing a picture on a display device such as a (Cathode Ray Tube) has been improved. In this drawing tool, two-dimensional graphic data called graphic objects such as rectangles and circles are frequently drawn, and descriptive texts and names for identifying and explaining the objects represented by the drawn graphic objects are described. The object represented by the graphic object is clarified by being displayed around the graphic object or superimposed on the graphic object.

FIG. 22 is a diagram showing a display example of text for identifying and explaining a graphic object and an object represented by the graphic object on a screen of a display device. In FIG. 22, two rectangular graphic objects are drawn, and "CPU" and "FDD" are displayed at the center of each graphic object as text for identifying and explaining the target represented by each rectangle. , “Apparatus 1” and “apparatus 2” are displayed at positions close to the respective graphic objects.

For example, as shown in FIG. 22, "CPU" and "FDD" are displayed at the center of each graphic object, and "device 1" and "device 2" are located at positions close to each graphic object. In the case of display, first, two rectangular graphic objects are drawn, and "C" is written in the text portion located at the center of the graphic objects themselves.
"PU" and "FDD", and then create text objects for each graphic object, and enter "device 1" and "device 2" for those text objects, respectively, , "Device 2" are arranged at positions close to the respective graphic objects.

[0005]

However, in the text portion of the graphic object itself, for example, "CPU", "FD" for identifying and explaining the graphic object.
When a text such as "D" is displayed, there is a problem that the display position is limited to the center of the graphic object. In addition, at a position close to the graphic object, for example, for identifying and describing the graphic object, for example,
In the case of displaying text such as “device 1” and “device 2”, a text object is created for the graphic object, and text data for describing the graphic object is input to the text object.
When the text object in which the text data is input must be arranged at a position close to the graphic object, and the graphic object is frequently used, for example,
There is a problem that the amount of input work and the amount of information increase, and it takes much time and effort.

An object of the present invention is to provide an object processing apparatus and a storage medium which can easily add and display text to a graphic object in order to solve the above problem.

[0007]

According to the first aspect of the present invention,
For example, as shown in FIG. 2, a storage unit (for example, a data unit 24 in the CPU 2) for storing a graphic object that can be displayed on a screen, and a plurality of objects around or inside the graphic object stored in the storage unit Display area setting means (for example, the generation processing unit 211 in the CPU 2) for setting a text display area, and text data setting means (for example, for setting text data for the text display area set by the display area setting means) An input data processing unit 212 in the CPU 2 and text display means (for example, CPU 2) for displaying the text data set by the text data setting means in the corresponding text display area in accordance with the display position of the graphic object. And a display data processing unit 23).

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the storage means stores the graphic object which can be displayed on the screen,
The display area setting means sets a plurality of text display areas around or inside the graphic object stored in the storage means, and the text data setting means sets a plurality of text display areas with respect to the text display area set by the display area setting means. Text data is set, and the text display means converts the text data set by the text data setting means into text data.
The text object is displayed in the corresponding text display area in accordance with the display position of the graphic object.

Therefore, since only a plurality of text display areas can be set in advance irrespective of the contents of the text data, a text object for newly displaying text data for identifying and explaining a graphic object can be set. Can be omitted, and text addition and display can be quickly and easily performed on the graphic object.

[0010]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. 1 to 21 are diagrams showing a computer system according to an embodiment to which the present invention is applied. First, the configuration will be described.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a main configuration of a computer system 1 according to the present embodiment. In FIG. 1, a computer system 1 includes a CPU 2,
It comprises an input device 3, a RAM 4, a display device 5, a storage device 6, and a storage medium 7, and each part except the storage medium 7 is connected by a bus 8.

CPU (Central Processing Unit) 2
Expands an application program specified from a system program stored in the storage device 6 and various application programs corresponding to the system into a program storage area (not shown) in the RAM 4 and is input from the input device 3. Various instructions or data are temporarily stored in the RAM 4, various processings are executed in accordance with the application programs stored in the storage device 6 in accordance with the input instructions and the input data, and the processing results are stored in the RAM 4. , On the display device 5. Then, the processing result stored in the RAM 4 is stored in a storage destination in the storage device 6 which is instructed to be input from the input device 3.

The CPU 2 has a drawing tool 20, as shown in FIG. 2. The drawing tool 20 is composed of an object section 21, an event drive section 22, and a display data processing section 23, Data processing unit 23
Creates display data in response to an input instruction input from the input device 3 and outputs the display data to the display device 5.

The event driver 22 inputs an operation command using a mouse of the input device 3 or a graphic object,
When the selection and operation of the supplementary area are performed, the processing to be performed according to the input operation command, the selection area, the operation content, and the processing target are determined, and data necessary for the processing is output to each processing unit. . FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a state where the object / text operation menu 10 is displayed on the display screen displayed on the display device 5. In FIG. 4, the object / text operation menu 10 includes:
As operation commands, “create object”, “move object”, “text input”, “display ON / OF”
F "," combine "," split ", and" size change ".

The event drive section 22 outputs an input data to the generation processing section 211 when an "object generation" command is selected from the object / text operation menu 10 by the input device 3 and is input, and the "object movement" is performed. Command is selected and input, the input data is output to the movement processing unit 214, and the "text input"
When a command is selected and input, the input data is output to the input data processing unit 212 and “display ON / OF” is displayed.
When the "F" command is selected and input, ON /
The input data is output to the OFF processing unit 213, and if the “combination” command is selected and input,
15, the input data is output to the division processing unit 216 when the “divide” command is selected and input, and the “size change” command is selected when the “divide” command is input. The input data is output to the size change processing unit 217.

The object section 21 includes a generation processing section 21
1, input data processing unit 212, ON / OFF processing unit 21
3, a movement processing unit 214, a combination processing unit 215, a division processing unit 216, a size change processing unit 217, and a data unit 24.

When an "object generation" command is input from the input device 3, the generation processing unit 211 executes an object generation process (FIG. 10) described later in accordance with an input instruction input from the event driving unit 22. Then, the graphic object data is set in the data section 24, and the object initial setting information stored in the storage device 6 is acquired according to the type of the graphic object, and is set in the data section 24.

The input data processing unit 212 receives a "text input" command from the input device 3 and inputs text data into an incidental area serving as an input area for text input for explanation and identification of a graphic object. In this case, according to an input instruction input from the event drive unit 22,
A text input process (FIG. 11) described later is executed, and the input text data is set in the data section 24.

The ON / OFF processing unit 213 includes the input device 3
When a “display ON / OFF” command is input from the device, in response to an input instruction input from the event drive unit 22,
The display ON / OFF processing (FIG. 12) described later is executed, and the ON / OFF information set in the data section 24 is updated.

When an "object movement" command is input from the input device 3, the movement processing unit 214 executes an object movement process (FIG. 19) to be described later in accordance with an input instruction input from the event drive unit 22. And the data section 24
Updates the position coordinate data of the graphic object set in.

When a “combination” command is input from the input device 3, the coupling processing unit 215 executes the below-described coupling processing (FIG. 14) according to the coupling instruction data input from the event drive unit 22. , Update the connection-related data set in the data section 24. When a “split” command is input from the input device 3, the split processing unit 216 executes a split process (FIG. 15) to be described later according to the split instruction data input from the event drive unit 22, and Update the division-related data set in 24.

When a "size change" command is input from the input device 3, the size change processing unit 217 responds to an input instruction input from the event drive unit 22 to change the size of an additional area described later (FIG. 17). ), And the data section 2
4 is updated.

The data section 24 includes an object data management section 241, a graphic data section 242, and an additional area management information section 2.
43, and an additional area information section 244.

The object data management section 241 is composed of a "graphic data section address" and an "ancillary area management information section address".
Is set to the storage address of the graphic data section 242,
The storage address of the additional area management information section 243 is set in the “address of the additional area management information section”.

In the graphic data section 242, data relating to the input graphic object is set, and data corresponding to "object type", "upper left X coordinate", "upper left Y coordinate", and "graphic information" are set. . In the “object type”, the shape type of the input graphic object, for example, “rectangle”, “circle”, etc., is set. In the “upper left X coordinate”, the value of the upper left X coordinate of the input graphic object is set. Is set, and in the “upper left Y coordinate”, the value of the upper left Y coordinate of the input graphic object is set,
In the “graphic information”, information such as the size, line type, and color of the input graphic object is set.

The supplementary area management information section 243 stores information on the entire supplementary area as a text input area provided around the graphic object, and reads “dotted frame display ON / OF”.
F "," the number of additional area ", and" the additional area information address "are set. "Dotted frame display ON
For “/ OFF”, “ON” or “OFF” is set. When “ON” is set, a dotted frame indicating an additional area is displayed. When “OFF” is set, an additional area is set. The dotted frame indicating the area is not displayed. "Number of incidental areas"
In the column, the number of additional regions provided around the graphic object is set, and in the “additional region information address”, each address indicating the additional region information section 244 storing information of each additional region is set.

The supplementary area information section 244 stores information on each supplementary area as a text input area provided around the graphic object, and includes “supplementary character string information” and “ON / O”.
Data corresponding to "FF information", "upper left X coordinate", "upper left Y coordinate", "X direction size", "Y direction size", and "combined information address" are set.

In the "attached character string information", text data input to each attached area is set. "ON / OFF
In the “information”, “1” to “4” are set.
"4" represents ON / OFF information as shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 3, when the data set in the “ON / OFF information” is “1”, the display of the characters (text data) input to each of the incidental areas and the display of each of the incidental areas is ON (display). In the case of "2", the display of the characters input to each of the incidental areas is ON (display), and the display of each of the incidental areas is OFF (non-display). In the case of "3", , The display of the character input to each additional area is OFF (non-display), the display of each additional area is ON (display), and in the case of “4”, the characters input to each additional area The display of each incidental area is OFF (not displayed).

In the "upper left X coordinate" of the additional area information section 244, the value of the upper left X coordinate of each additional area is set, and in the "upper left Y coordinate", the value of the upper left Y coordinate of each additional area is set. The size in the X direction of each attached area is set in “X size”, and the Y size of each attached area is set in “Y size”.
The size of the direction is set.
When a plurality of additional areas are combined, an address indicating the additional area information section 244 of the connection partner is set.

The input device 3 includes a keyboard and a pointing device such as a mouse provided with a cursor key, numeral input keys, various function keys, and the like.
Output to 2. The display device 5 is a CRT (Cathode Ray Tu)
be) and the like, and displays display data input from the CPU 2.

A RAM (Random Access Memory) 4 is a C
The PU 2 forms a program storage area for expanding various data when executing the various application programs, and when the display data processing unit 23 of the CPU 2 executes the object display process (FIG. 9), the data unit 2
A memory area including a text buffer for expanding text data obtained from the “character string information” of No. 4 is formed.

The storage device 6 has a storage medium 7 in which programs, data and the like are stored in advance, and this storage medium 7 is constituted by a magnetic or optical storage medium or a semiconductor memory. The storage medium 7 is fixedly provided in the storage device 6 or is detachably mounted. The storage medium 7 includes the system program, various application programs corresponding to the system, an object display processing program, Object generation processing program, text input processing program, display ON / OFF processing program, combination processing program, division processing program, object movement processing program,
It stores an incidental area size change processing program, data processed by various processing programs, and the like.

The program, data, and the like stored in the storage medium 7 may be received and stored from another device connected via a communication line or the like. A storage device provided with the storage medium may be provided on the other connected device side, and the program and data stored in the storage medium 7 may be used via a communication line.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a graphic object processed in the present embodiment and its accompanying area. As shown in FIG. 5, a rectangular graphic object 1
A plurality of additional areas as text input areas are displayed around the area 1 by a dotted frame. In FIG. 5, for example, four auxiliary areas a to d
Is displayed, and text data for identifying and explaining the graphic object 11 can be input and displayed in each of the auxiliary areas a to d.

FIG. 6 shows a state where initial settings are made in the additional area management information section 243 and the additional area information section 244 based on the additional area initial setting information stored in the storage device 6 for each type of graphic object in advance. FIG. FIG. 6 shows an initial setting when a rectangular graphic object 11 is input at a coordinate position as shown in FIG. 7, for example.

In the additional area management information section 243, "ON" is set for "dotted frame display ON / OFF", "4" is set for "number of additional areas", and "additional area information address 1" is set. Is an additional area information section 244a for the additional area a.
Is stored, and the "attached area information address 2" contains an additional area information section 244b for the additional area b.
Is set, and the "attached area information address 3" contains an additional area information section 244d for the additional area d.
Is set, and the "attached area information address 4" contains an additional area information section 244c for the additional area c.
Is set.

The supplementary area information section 244a for the supplementary area a stored in the address of the "supplementary area information address 1" of the supplementary area management information section 243 has text data input to the "supplementary character string information" at the time of initial setting. No data is set because it is not performed, "1" is set in "ON / OFF information", "0" is set in "upper left X coordinate table", "0" is set in "upper left Y coordinate", "X""Directionsize" is "40
“0” and “Y-direction size” are set to “75”, and no data is set to “combined information address”.

The supplementary area information section 244b corresponding to the supplementary area b stored at the address of the "supplementary area information address 2" of the supplementary area management information section 243 inputs text data into the "supplementary character string information" at the time of initial setting. No data is set because it is not performed, “1” is set in “ON / OFF information”, “0” is set in “upper left X coordinate table”, “75” is set in “upper left Y coordinate”, “X” The direction size is "10
“0” and “Y direction size” are set to “150”,
No data is set in the “binding information address”.

The supplementary area information section 244c corresponding to the supplementary area c stored at the address of the "supplementary area information address 4" of the supplementary area management information section 243 inputs text data at the time of initial setting to the "supplementary character string information". No data is set because it has not been set, "1" is set in "ON / OFF information", "300" is set in "X-table in upper left",
"75" is set for "upper left Y coordinate", "100" is set for "X direction size", "150" is set for "Y direction size", and no data is set for "joining information address".

The supplementary area information section 244d for the supplementary area d stored at the address of the "companion area information address 3" of the supplementary area management information section 243 has text data input to the "supplementary character string information" at the time of initial setting. No data is set because it is not performed, “1” is set in “ON / OFF information”, “0” is set in “upper left X coordinate table”, “225” is set in “upper left Y coordinate”, “X” "Direction size" is "40
“0” and “Y-direction size” are set to “75”, and no data is set to “combined information address”.

Since the above initial settings are set in the additional area management information section 243 and the additional area information section 244,
As shown in FIG. 7, auxiliary areas a to d are displayed by four rectangular dotted frames around the rectangular graphic object 11. The default values for the graphic object, such as the size, position, and number of such ancillary regions, vary depending on the type of the graphic object.
It can be changed by the user as appropriate.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of a process in which text data is input to the incidental area of the graphic object 11. FIG. 8A shows a state in which a graphic object 11 is input.
FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a state in which incidental areas a to d are displayed based on initial settings. FIG. 8B is a diagram illustrating a state in which text data “device 1” has been input to the additional area a. At this time, “apparatus 1” is set in “attached character string information” of the attached area information unit 244a for the attached area a. FIG.
(C) is a diagram showing a state in which text data “(attention must be paid to the operation of this device.)” Is input to the additional area d. At this time, "attention must be paid to the operation of the apparatus" is set in the "attached character string information" for the attached area d. FIG. 8D shows the incidental areas ad.
FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a state in which the display of a dotted frame indicating “OFF” is turned off (not displayed). At this time, “OFF” is set to “dotted frame display ON / OFF” in the supplementary area management information section 243.

Next, the operation will be described. An object display process executed by the CPU 2 in the computer system 1 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to a flowchart shown in FIG.

When an update instruction for the display of the graphic object is input, the display data processing unit 23 of the CPU 2
The old data displayed on the display device 5 is erased (step S1), and the event driver 22 in the CPU 2 and various processing units read the graphic data unit 242 in the data unit 24 for the designated object according to the update instruction. The graphic information set in “graphic information” and the coordinate information set in “upper left X coordinate” and “upper left Y coordinate” are acquired, and a new graphic object is displayed on the display device 5 (step S).
2).

Next, the display data processing unit 23 of the CPU 2
Acquires one unprocessed incidental area information address of the incidental area management information section 243 for the specified object (step S3), clears the text buffer (step S4), and acquires in step S3 Various types of information set in the additional area information section 244 indicated by the additional information address are obtained (step S5), and the data set as “ON / OFF information” of the additional area information section 244 is “1” or “2”. Or "3" or "4"
Is determined (step S6), and when the data set in the “ON / OFF information” is “3” or “4” (when the display of the character (text) is “OFF”)
Returning to step S5, if the data of “ON / OFF information” is “1” or “2” (if the display of characters (text) is “ON”), the additional area information section 244 Then, the text data set in "Additional character string information" is obtained (step S7).

Then, the text data acquired in step S7 is added to the text buffer and stored (step S8), and it is determined whether or not data is set in the "combined information address" of the additional area information section 244 (step S8). In step S9), if it is set, the process returns to step S5 to acquire various information set in the supplementary area information section 244 indicated by the address set in the "binding information address", and the information is not set. In this case, step S10
Move to

By repeatedly executing the processing of steps S5 to S9, the character set in the additional area in which the character string is not displayed and the combined information address is set in the additional area set in the graphic object. By obtaining the column information and sequentially storing the column information in the text buffer, the character string information set in the plurality of incidental regions is linked. The character string information stored in this text buffer is
In the following processing, the display of the area is displayed in the incidental area set to “ON”.

In step S10, the one of the additional area information addresses of the additional area management information section 243 which is being processed is set to 1
Get one. Then, information of the additional area information section 244 indicated by the obtained additional area information address is obtained (step S11), and whether the data set in the “ON / OFF information” is “1” or “3” It is determined whether it is "2" or "4" (step S12), and "ON /
Data set in "OFF information" is "1" or "3"
(When the display of the area is “ON”),
Additional area information section 244 acquired in step S11
The position coordinate data set in the “upper left X coordinate” and “upper left Y coordinate” in the information of the position data of the object set in “upper left X coordinate” and “upper left Y coordinate” in the graphic data section 242 (Step S13).

Further, the display data processing unit 23 of the CPU 2
Is the additional area information section 2 acquired in step S11.
“X-direction size” and “Y-direction size” of the 44 information
Is acquired from the size information set in (a), the number of character strings that can be displayed in the incidental area being processed among the undisplayed characters stored in the text buffer (step S14). A display is made at a designated display position set in advance for the incidental area (step S15), and it is determined whether or not there is an undisplayed character in the text buffer (step S16). , Step S1
7 and if there are no undisplayed characters, step S1
Move to 8.

Then, in step S17, the CPU 2 determines that the incidental area information section 2 acquired in step S11
It is determined whether or not the data is set in the “binding information address” of the information of 44, and if it is set, the process returns to step S11 and returns to the step S11 of the additional area information section 244 indicated by the “binding information address”. If the information is acquired and no data is set in the “binding information address”, the process proceeds to step S18.

In step S12, "ON /
Data set in "OFF information" is "2" or "4"
Is satisfied (the display of the area is “OFF”), the CPU 2 proceeds to step S17, determines whether or not data is set in the “binding information address”. Returning to step S11, the information of the supplementary area information section 244 indicated by "combined information address" is obtained, and if no data is set in "combined information address", the process proceeds to step S18.

By repeatedly executing the processing of steps S11 to S17, the display of the area becomes "O".
The character string display of the attached area set to “N” is executed, and the character string display is executed to the attached area whose display is set to “OFF” and the combined address is set and connected to the attached area. Is done.

In step S18, the CPU 2 determines whether or not there is an unprocessed incidental area among the incidental areas for the designated object.
Returning to step 3, if not, the process ends.

By executing the object display processing as described above, the area display is performed for each of the auxiliary areas a to d displayed by four rectangular dotted frames around the rectangular graphic object 11 shown in FIG. The operator can arbitrarily set “ON / OFF” of the character string display and the connection between the attached areas, and can easily add and display text to the graphic object.

Next, an object generation process executed by the CPU 2 in the computer system 1 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to a flowchart shown in FIG.

When the "object creation" command and the type (category) of the graphic object are input from the input device 3 (step S21), the event driver 22 in the CPU 2 makes the type of the graphic object input from the input device 3 And drawing object data such as drawing data and a drawing position of the graphic object further input from the input device 3 to the generation processing unit 211.
Sets the type of the graphic object to “object type” in the graphic data section 242 according to the graphic object data input from the event drive section 22, and sets the size, line type, color, etc. in “graphic information” in the graphic data section 242. Is set, and coordinate position data is set to "upper left X coordinate" and "upper left Y coordinate" according to the drawing position to form graphic data (step S22).

Next, the generation processing unit 211 in the CPU 2
Is the object data management unit 241 in the data unit 24
The address corresponding to the graphic data section 242 formed in step S22 is additionally set to the "graphic data section address" (step S23), and the initial setting information stored and managed in advance for each object type is obtained (step S23).
24), the acquired information is added to the additional area information section 244 for the graphic object set in the graphic data section 242.
(Step S25), and the display data processing unit 2
3 is instructed to update the display, and the display data processing unit 23 in the CPU 2 executes the object display processing (FIG. 9) based on the updated information (step S26), and ends the processing.

Next, text input processing executed by the CPU 2 in the computer system 1 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

When a "text input" command is input by the input device 3 and an incidental area for inputting text is designated, the input data processing section 212 in the CPU 2 transmits an incidental area management information section 243 for the designated incidental area. Of the “additional area information address” in the table (step S3
1) When text data is input and edited by the input device 3 (step S32), the “attachment” of the incidental area information section 244 for the incidental area designated by the “attachment area information address” acquired in step S31. The data of "character string information" is updated with the text data input from the input device 3 (step S33), and the CPU
The display data processing unit 23 in 2 executes the object display processing (FIG. 9) based on the updated information (Step S34), and ends the processing.

Next, the display ON / O executed by the CPU 2 in the computer system 1 in the present embodiment.
The FF process will be described based on the flowchart shown in FIG.

When an incidental area is designated by the input device 3 and a "display ON / OFF" command for the incidental area is input, an ON / OFF processing unit 213 in the CPU 2 is provided.
Is an additional area management information section 2 for the specified additional area.
The address set in the "attached area information address" of 43 is acquired (step S41), and furthermore, the display of characters is turned on.
When the designation of / ON and the ON / OFF of the area is input (step S42), the "ON / OFF" of the additional area information section 244 indicated by the address set in the "auxiliary area information address" acquired in step S41. "Information" is updated in accordance with the designation in step S42 (step S43), and the display data processing unit 23 in the CPU 2 executes an object display process (FIG. 9) based on the updated information (step S44). finish.

FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of a process of switching ON / OFF of the display of the additional area. FIG.
(A) is a diagram showing a case where all the incidental regions for the graphic object 11 are ON (displayed). When the incidental area as shown in FIG. 13A is displayed, the incidental area d is designated, and for the incidental area d, the display of characters is turned off (non-display) and the display of the area is turned off ( When the instruction of (non-display) is input, as shown in FIG. 13 (b), the dotted frame displaying the incidental area d is hidden, and the text “(this device You need to be careful about the operation.) ”Is also hidden. Further, when the additional area d is designated and an instruction to turn on (display) the additional area is input, the additional area d is displayed again by a dotted frame as shown in FIG. The text "(Operating this device requires careful attention)" is also displayed.

Next, the combining process executed by the CPU 2 in the computer system 1 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

A "combine" command is inputted by the input device 3 to select an additional area to be combined (step S5).
1) When the additional area to be combined to combine the additional areas selected in step S51 is selected (step S52), the combining processing unit 215 in the CPU 2 causes the combining source additional unit selected in step S52 to be. The address indicating the additional area information section 244 for the additional area to be connected selected in step S51 is set in the "combination information address" of the additional area information section 244 corresponding to the area (step S53).

Next, the connection processing unit 215 in the CPU 2
Deletes the data of the “additional area information address” corresponding to the additional area to be combined from the additional area management information section 243,
The data set in the “number of incidental areas” is updated by “−1” (step S54), and the display data processing unit 23 in the CPU 2 executes the object display processing (FIG. 9) based on the updated information. Then (step S55), the process ends.

Next, the division processing executed by the CPU 2 in the computer system 1 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

When the "division" command is input by the input device 3 and an incidental region to be divided is selected (step S6).
1) The division processing unit 216 in the CPU 2 determines whether or not the selected incidental areas are combined and can be divided (step S62). If division is possible, the process proceeds to step S63. However, if the division is not possible, the process ends.

In step S 63, the division processing unit 216 in the CPU 2 sets “the additional area information address” of the additional area management information unit 243 corresponding to the additional area that is the connection source among the additional areas selected in step S 61. ”Is added to the additional area management information section 243, and the data of“ the additional area information address ”corresponding to the additional area to be divided is added, and the data set in the“ number of additional areas ”is changed to“ + ”.
"1" is updated (step S64), and is set in the "combination information address" of the supplementary area information section 244 indicated by the address set in the "combination area information address" corresponding to the combination source supplementary area acquired in step S63. The display data processing unit 23 in the CPU 2 executes the object display processing (FIG. 9) based on the updated information (step S66), and ends the processing.

FIG. 16 is a diagram showing an example of a processing result when the combining and dividing processing is executed. FIG. 16A is a diagram illustrating a state in which the auxiliary areas a to d set around the graphic object 11 are displayed without being combined, for example,
When the additional area b and the additional area d are selected and the combining process is executed, as shown in FIG. 16B, the additional area b and the additional area d are displayed as a single additional area by a dotted frame, The text data “this device is a CPU” input to the incidental area “b” is combined with the text data “operation requires careful attention” input to the incidental area “d”. In the state shown in FIG. 16 (b), when an incidental region of the joined incidental region b and incidental region d is selected and the division processing is executed, the incidental region as shown in FIG. 16 (c) is obtained. b and the accompanying area d are divided, and the input text data is also divided, and returns to the state before the combination, that is, the state shown in FIG.

Next, an additional area size changing process executed by the CPU 2 in the computer system 1 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to a flowchart shown in FIG.

The incidental area of the graphic object is designated by the input device 3 and a “size change” command is inputted, or the incidental area is dragged by the mouse of the input device 3 or the like. When the size change instruction is input, the size change processing unit 217 in the CPU 2 acquires the information of the incidental area management information unit 243 corresponding to the incidental area of the designated graphic object (step S71), and acquires the acquired information. Additional area management information section 24
The data of "dotted frame display ON / OFF information" in the information of No. 3 is set to "ON" to display the dotted frame (step S7).
2) The information of the additional area information section 244 indicated by the “additional area information address” corresponding to the additional area whose size is changed specified by the input device 3 is obtained (step S7).
3).

Next, when new coordinates and size information for the input area specified by the input device 3 are input (step S74), the size change processing unit 217 in the CPU 2 obtains the additional area information obtained in step S73. The data set in the “upper left X coordinate” and “upper left Y coordinate” in the information of the unit 244 is updated to the new coordinate information input in step S74, and the “X direction size” and “Y direction size” are updated. Is updated to the new size information input in step S74 (step S75), and based on the updated information, the display data processing unit 23 executes an object display process (FIG. 9) (step S76). , And the process ends.

FIG. 18 is a diagram showing an example of a processing result obtained when the incidental area size changing processing of the graphic object 11 is executed. FIG. 18A is a diagram showing a state in which the incidental area is displayed by the initial setting. In the state shown in FIG. 18A, the incidental area d of the graphic object 11 is designated and the incidental area size change processing is executed. Then, according to the designated size, for example, as shown in FIG.
Can be enlarged by changing the size of the text. For example, text data such as “Reason 1: the center of the system” and “Reason 2: very expensive” can be added to the enlarged attached area d. Is further input and a display as shown in FIG. 18C can be performed. That is, text data that could not be displayed with the size of the incidental region d as shown in FIG. 18A can be displayed.

Next, an object moving process executed by the CPU 2 in the computer system 1 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to a flowchart shown in FIG.

When selection of a graphic object to be moved by the mouse of the input device 3 and movement of the graphic object by dragging are started (step S81), the CP is started.
The movement processing unit 214 in U2 displays the object dummy data at the drag position (Step S82), determines whether or not the drag has been completed (Step S83), and when completed, moves to Step S84. If not, the process returns to step S82.

In step S84, the “upper left X coordinate” of the graphic data section 242 for the selected object
Update the position coordinate data set in the "upper left Y coordinate",
Based on the updated data, the display data processing unit 23 executes the object display processing (FIG. 9), and ends the processing.

As described above, when a graphic object is input, the CPU 2 places an additional area as a text input area around the input graphic object in accordance with the initial setting information stored in the storage device 6 in advance. Set, display, and display the text data entered to identify and explain the graphic object.

When a "display ON / OFF" command is input from the object / text operation menu 10 by the input device 3, and the ON / OFF designation of the display of the auxiliary area is input, the input instruction is followed. The “ON / OFF information” of the area information section 244 is updated, and switching between display and non-display of characters in the incidental area and display and non-display of the area is performed.

When an additional area is designated by the input device 3 and a "combination" or "split" command is input, the "combination address" of the additional area information section 244 is set or deleted according to the input instruction. , Delete or add the information of the "attached area information address" in the attached area management information section 243, update the "number of attached areas" by "-1" or "+1", and combine or divide the attached areas around the graphic object. Execute

Further, the CPU 2 changes the size of the attached area displayed and set around the graphic object in accordance with the input instruction input from the input device 3, and moves the attached area in accordance with the movement of the graphic object. Is updated, and the attached area is moved and displayed.

Therefore, by creating a graphic object, it is possible to set and display an additional area as a text input area around the graphic object in advance, so that a new graphic object can be identified and described. This eliminates the need to create a text object for inputting text, and allows quick and easy addition and display of text on a graphic object.

Further, since the display or non-display of the text data input to the auxiliary area can be switched, the data which has been once hidden can be displayed again, and the display mode of the text for the graphic object can be easily changed. can do.

Further, it is possible to easily divide and combine the supplementary areas. When a plurality of supplementary areas are combined, the text data in the combined supplementary areas is also combined, and the data is spread over the plurality of combined supplementary areas. To display text data. Therefore, for example, when the text data cannot be completely displayed in one incidental region, it can be displayed over a plurality of incidental regions. In addition, since the size of the supplementary area can be changed, for example, it is possible to cope with an increase in the number of character strings to be input in the supplementary area. Functions are improved, and work efficiency can be improved.

In the above embodiment, the additional area set around the rectangular graphic object 11 is displayed. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, FIG. The additional regions e to h may be set around the circular graphic object 12 as shown in FIG. In that case, the additional area information section 244 for the circular graphic object 12
As shown in FIG. 20, for example, the "upper left X coordinate" of the additional area information unit 244e for the additional area e shown in FIG. 20 includes the additional area e and the additional area h. The value of the X coordinate of the point * 2 on the boundary line is set, the value of the Y coordinate of the point * 2 is set in the "lower left Y coordinate", and the value of the arc outside the incidental area e is set in the "X direction size". The length * 3 is set, the width * 4 of the incidental area e is set in the "Y-direction size", and the outer radius of the incidental area from the center point of the circular object is set in the "curvature (radius R)". Distance * 5 is set.

In the above embodiment, the additional area is set around the graphic object. However, the additional area may be set inside the graphic object.

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According to the first and sixth aspects of the present invention, only a plurality of text display areas can be set in advance without depending on the content of text data. This eliminates the need to create a text object for displaying text data for identifying and explaining the object, and allows text addition and display to the graphic object to be performed quickly and easily.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, by specifying a category of a graphic object, a text display area corresponding to the category can be set. The text data can be displayed more effectively in order to identify and explain the graphic object.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the display or non-display of the text and the text display area can be switched for each text display area, so that the display form of the text on the graphic object can be easily changed. it can.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, by combining text display areas, text can be displayed over a plurality of text display areas. For example, text data can be displayed in one text display area. If the length exceeds the number of characters that can be displayed in the text, the text data is displayed across multiple text display areas by combining multiple text display areas, or displayed separately Related text can also be displayed together, giving you more options for how text is displayed for graphical objects,
The function as a drawing tool is improved, and work efficiency can be improved.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, by dividing the text display area once combined, the state before the combination can be restored, so that the display form of the text on the graphic object can be easily changed. Can be.

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FIG. 1 is a computer system 1 according to an embodiment.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a main part of FIG.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of a CPU 2 of FIG.

FIG. 3 shows “ON / OFF” of an incidental area information unit 244 in FIG. 2;
It is a figure which shows the data set in "information" typically.

FIG. 4 is a view showing a state where an object / text operation menu 10 is displayed on a display screen displayed on the display device 5 of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a graphic object 11 to be processed in the present embodiment and an accompanying area thereof.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a state in which an additional area management information section 243 and an additional area information section 244 in FIG. 2 are initialized.

7 is a diagram showing a display example of an additional area set by initialization around a rectangular graphic object 11 in FIG. 5;

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of a process in which text data is input to an incidental area of the graphic object 11 in FIG. 5;

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing an object display process executed by the computer system 1 of FIG. 1;

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing an object generation process executed by the computer system 1 of FIG. 1;

FIG. 11 is a flowchart illustrating a text input process executed by the computer system 1 of FIG. 1;

FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing a display ON / OFF process executed by the computer system 1 of FIG. 1;

FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating an example of a process of switching ON / OFF of the display of an incidental area.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing a combining process executed by the computer system 1 of FIG. 1;

FIG. 15 is a flowchart showing a dividing process executed by the computer system 1 of FIG.

FIG. 16 is a diagram illustrating an example of a processing result when the joining and dividing processes of the incidental regions of the graphic object 11 of FIG. 5 are executed.

FIG. 17 is a flowchart showing an incidental area size changing process executed by the computer system 1 of FIG. 1;

FIG. 18 is a diagram illustrating an example of a processing result obtained by executing the incidental area size changing processing of the graphic object 11 of FIG. 5;

FIG. 19 is a flowchart showing an object moving process executed by the computer system 1 of FIG. 1;

FIG. 20 is a display example of a circular object 12 and a supplementary area thereof as a modification of the present embodiment.

21 is a diagram showing a configuration of an incidental area information section 244e for the incidental area e in FIG.

FIG. 22 is a diagram illustrating a display example of a conventional graphic object and a text for identifying and explaining a target represented by the graphic object.

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 Reference Signs List 1 computer system 2 CPU 3 input device 4 RAM 5 display device 6 storage device 7 storage medium 8 bus 10 object / text operation menu 11, 12 graphic object 20 drawing tool 21 object unit 22 event drive unit 23 display data processing unit 24 data unit 211 Generation processing unit 212 Input data processing unit 213 ON / OFF processing unit 214 Movement processing unit 215 Combination processing unit 216 Division processing unit 217 Size change processing unit 241 Object data management unit 242 Graphic data unit 243 Additional area management information unit 244 Additional area Information section a to f Additional area

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A storage means for storing a graphic object which can be displayed on a screen, a display area setting means for setting a plurality of text display areas around or inside the graphic object stored in the storage means, Text data setting means for setting text data for the text display area set by the area setting means; and setting the text data set by the text data setting means in accordance with the display position of the graphic object. An object processing apparatus, comprising: text display means for displaying in a text display area. 2. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: category information storage means for classifying said graphic objects into a plurality of categories and storing said plurality of text display area information in advance for each of said categories. 2. The object processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein by specifying a category, the category information storage unit is referred to, and a text display area based on text display area information corresponding to the category is set. 3. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising display state setting means for setting a display or non-display state of text for each of said text display areas, wherein said text display means is set for each of said text display areas by said display state setting means. 2. The object processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the text set in each display area is displayed based on the display or non-display state of the text. 4. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising an area connecting unit that functions as one text display area by connecting a plurality of the text display areas, wherein the text display area is connected by the area connecting unit. 2. The object according to claim 1, wherein when the text is displayed, the text set in each text display area is also combined, and the display is performed over the plurality of combined text display areas. Processing equipment. 5. The object processing apparatus according to claim 4, further comprising a dividing unit that divides the combined text display area to restore the text display area to a state before the combination. 6. A storage medium storing a computer-executable program for controlling display of a text display area added to a graphic object, wherein a plurality of programs are provided around or inside the graphic object stored in the storage means. A computer-executable program code for setting the text display area, a computer-executable program code for setting text data for the set text display area, and the set text data And a computer-executable program code for displaying in the corresponding text display area in accordance with the display position of the graphic object.