JP2010165070A - Drawing editing method and drawing editing device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To edit objects around an object designated by a user in cooperation with each other according to editing of the object. <P>SOLUTION: The drawing editing device for editing the object drawn in a page designates the object to be edited by the user. An object existing at a predetermined position from the designated object is recognized as a plurality of groups. From the plurality of recognized groups, a group to be edited in cooperation with the designated object is specified. According to editing to the designated object, the specified group is edited so that the designated object and the specified group do not overlap each other. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a drawing editing method and a drawing editing apparatus capable of editing an object drawn in a page.

  In recent years, document processing apparatuses have become highly functional, and those having a graphic editing function for editing a graphic have become mainstream. A graphic such as a character string, an image, graphics, or a group of them is arranged on each page of a document handled by the document processing apparatus. These figures are also referred to as drawing objects, and these figures or drawing objects are hereinafter referred to as objects. Then, the user selects these objects using a pointing device or the like, and moves, deletes, or deforms the selected objects to perform graphic editing.

  In this graphic editing, for example, when an object is selected and attempted to be moved, another object may exist at the movement destination. In addition, when an object is selected and an attempt is made to enlarge the object, the object may overlap with another object around it. At that time, there are various methods for arranging both objects.

  As a first method, there is a method in which an object to be moved as it is is superimposed on an object existing at the movement destination. It is also possible to store the order information for each object in advance and specify which object is to be placed upward according to the order information.

  As a second method, editing restrictions are set in advance for objects for which overlapping is prohibited. Then, when editing restrictions are set on the movement destination object of the selected object, there is a method of arranging the selected object below the movement destination object (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

  As a third method, there is a method of shifting the arrangement location of the moving object so as not to overlap with the object existing at the movement destination, and conversely a method of shifting the arrangement location of the object existing at the movement destination so as not to overlap. (For example, refer to Patent Document 2).

  As a fourth technique, when an object is enlarged, there is a technique in which peripheral objects are reduced according to the enlargement ratio so as not to overlap (for example, refer to Patent Document 3).

As a fifth method, there is a method in which association rules between objects are set in advance using a template, and objects are arranged so as not to overlap according to the rules (see, for example, Patent Document 4).
JP 2005-331939 A JP 2002-169793 A Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 06-274586 JP 2005-13597 A

  However, the above conventional technique is based on the premise that an object that exists at the destination of movement or an object that overlaps due to enlargement is basically one object that does not overlap. In recent years, the number of objects to be handled has increased, such as 3D images or images with shadows and blurs, in which a large number of objects rich in drawing expressions are overlapped to implement one drawing expression. And if the object to be selected and moved is such, or if such an object exists at the destination, the combination of the conventional techniques can be enormous and the situation can be unintended by the user .

  Furthermore, even if the user tries to re-edit an object that has not been placed as intended and create an edited result as intended, there are many tasks to correct in the situation where multiple objects overlap. It was necessary and a burden on the user.

  An object of the present invention is to enable drawing editing in cooperation with objects existing around an object in accordance with editing of the object designated by the user.

The present invention is a drawing editing method executed by a drawing editing apparatus capable of editing an object drawn in a page,
When an object to be edited is designated by the user, a recognition step of recognizing objects existing at positions that match a predetermined condition from the designated object as a plurality of groups;
A specifying step of identifying a group that performs drawing editing in cooperation with the specified object from the plurality of recognized groups;
And a drawing editing step of editing the specified group so that the specified object and the specified group do not overlap with each other according to the editing process for the specified object.

Further, the present invention is a drawing editing apparatus capable of editing an object drawn in a page,
When an object to be edited is designated by a user, a recognition unit that recognizes an object existing at a position that matches a predetermined condition from the designated object as a plurality of groups;
A specifying unit for specifying a group that performs drawing editing in cooperation with the specified object from the plurality of recognized groups;
In accordance with an editing process for the specified object, the image processing apparatus includes a drawing editing unit that edits the specified group so that the specified object does not overlap the specified group.

  According to the present invention, according to editing of an object designated by the user, it is possible to perform drawing editing in cooperation with objects existing around the object.

  The best mode for carrying out the invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.

[First Embodiment]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a configuration of an information processing apparatus that executes a drawing editing process according to the first embodiment. In FIG. 1, a CPU 101 controls the entire apparatus according to a program stored in a ROM 102, a RAM 103, or a storage device 105. The RAM 103 is used as a work area when the CPU 101 performs various processes.

  The storage device 105 records an operating system (OS) 114, application software 112, and the like. In this example, document processing, editing processing, and the like are installed as application software 112. The storage device 105 also stores a printer driver 113.

  Input devices such as the keyboard 108 and the pointing device 109 are devices for the user to give various instructions to the information processing apparatus through the input I / F 104. On the other hand, output devices such as the monitor 110 and the printing apparatus 111 are devices for outputting or printing data to the outside through the output I / F 106.

  Further, the printing apparatus 111 may be connected not only through local I / O but also through a network. The system bus 107 exchanges each data.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of the configuration of the application software 112 executed by the information processing apparatus. The application software 112 creates or reads a document by the document management unit 201 and manages object information 204 in which page drawing information is described. The display processing unit 202 displays the page drawing result on an output device such as the monitor 110 based on the object information 204.

  When the user performs an editing process, an object is selected, moved, enlarged, or the like using the pointing device 109 or the like on the drawing result displayed on the display processing unit 202. The information is transmitted to the editing processing unit 203 that executes the editing process, and the editing processing unit 203 updates the object information 204. The updated object information is displayed again as a page rendering result by the display processing unit 202. This shows general graphic editing work.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of the object information 204 illustrated in FIG. For each object, there are an object ID 301, an object type 302, an upper left coordinate 303 and a lower right coordinate 304 indicating the position of the object, and object specific information 305. In the object information 204, objects existing in the page are stored in a list structure.

  In the first embodiment, when the display process is performed, each object is rendered in order from the object stored in the object information 204 so that each object has no overlap information.

  As another example of the object information, there is an object storage method in which the overlapping order information is stored in each object, and it is not always necessary to render in the storing order. In this case, the drawing editing process in the present embodiment is similarly established.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a specific example of an object stored in the object information 204. In the case of a rectangular object located at coordinates as shown in FIG. 4, the contents on the right side shown in FIG. 4 are registered in the object information 204.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining the outline of the drawing editing process in the first embodiment. The display processing unit 202 of the application software 112 renders each object for one page stored in the object information 204 and displays the page drawing result 501 on the monitor 110. Then, the user selects one or a plurality of displayed objects using the pointing device 109 or the like, and performs an editing operation such as movement or enlargement. Here, the selected object is set as an attention group 504.

  When the attention group 504 is selected, the editing processing unit 203 automatically specifies and displays a plurality of objects existing around the attention group 504 as the cooperation candidate groups 505 to 507. A page drawing result 502 displays this state. It is assumed that the cooperation candidate group is composed of one or a plurality of objects.

  Here, the user selects a group to be linked to the group of interest 504 from the cooperation candidate groups 505 to 507. When 508 is selected as a cooperation target group as in the page drawing result shown in 503, the cooperation target group 508 is associated with the group of interest 504. When the attention group 504 is moved or enlarged, the editing processing unit 203 performs reduction or the like on the cooperation target group 508 so that the cooperation target group 508 does not overlap the attention group 504.

  In other words, when the user wants to move an arbitrary object as an editing operation, the editing processing unit 203 automatically groups a plurality of surrounding objects and automatically adjusts each group so that the object to be moved does not overlap. Do. Thereby, it is possible to reduce a user's trouble of shifting a plurality of objects after overlapping.

  Next, a procedure for concretely implementing the outline of the drawing editing process shown in FIG. 5 will be described with reference to FIG.

  FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing drawing editing processing by the application software 112 in the first embodiment. First, the display processing unit 202 of the application software 112 displays a drawing result for one page on the monitor 110 based on the object information 204. When the user selects an object to be edited with the pointing device 109, the editing processing unit 203 starts a drawing editing process. In addition, each step of the flowchart of this application is performed when CPU reads the program memorize | stored in memory.

  In step S601, the application software 112 sets one or a plurality of objects selected by the user as a target group, and calculates the coordinates of a rectangular region (target rectangular region) in which the target software is present. This is calculated by extracting a plurality of objects corresponding to the user selection from the object information 204 shown in FIG. 3, and mapping these objects to the coordinate system shown in FIG.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining the coordinate calculation processing of the rectangular region of interest. Reference numeral 700 shown in FIG. 7 denotes a target rectangular area of the target group composed of a plurality of objects. Here, the rectangular region of interest is obtained with the coordinates specified by (Left-X, Top-Y) for the upper left vertex and (Right-X, Bottom-Y) for the lower right vertex.

  When the coordinates of the rectangular area of interest are calculated, in step S602, the application software 112 calculates a plurality of cooperation candidate areas based on the coordinates. Each cooperation candidate area is a tentatively specified area for finding an object existing around the target group, and is arbitrarily specified if it is adjacent to the target rectangular area and does not overlap each other.

  An example of a cooperation candidate area | region is shown to 701-703 shown in FIG. Reference numeral 701 defines four cooperation candidate areas so as to cover the entire page at the top, bottom, left, and right of the target rectangular area.

  It may be determined by four trapezoidal areas connecting the four corners of the rectangular area of interest as shown at 702 and the four corners of the page. Further, as shown by 703, it may be determined by four rectangular areas connecting the four sides of the target rectangular area and the four sides of the page.

  Since it depends on the drawing contents of each page whether the cooperation candidate area is determined in any form, it is possible to allow the user to select the cooperation candidate area as shown in 704. .

  When a plurality of cooperation candidate areas are calculated as described above, in step S603, the application software 112 extracts objects existing in the cooperation candidate areas calculated from the object information 204 for pages. That is, the application software 112 extracts an object that exists at a position that matches a predetermined condition of the cooperation candidate area from the target group. Then, those objects are combined into one group as a cooperation candidate group. In step S604, the application software 112 displays the cooperation candidate group so that the user can recognize it by a method such as enclosing the group with a dotted line or emphasizing the vertex of each object belonging to the group.

  By performing such processing, the application software 112 can display the attention group 504 and the cooperation candidate groups 505 to 507 existing in the vicinity thereof, as indicated by 502 in FIG.

  Here, an example of processing for generating a cooperation candidate group from the above-described cooperation candidate area will be described with reference to FIG.

  FIG. 8 is a diagram for explaining processing for generating a cooperation candidate group in the first embodiment. A rectangle 800 shown in FIG. 8 is a cooperation candidate area. “☆” is a symbol indicating each object. Here, the coordinates of the objects stored in the object information 204 are compared with the cooperation candidate area one by one, and the objects in the cooperation candidate area are collected into a cooperation candidate group. Specifically, it is determined that the objects 811 to 815 belong to the cooperation candidate group and the object 816 does not belong to the cooperation candidate group.

  As shown in 801, the cooperation candidate group may list only the object ID 301. Further, this cooperation candidate group is not created from any cooperation candidate area where no object exists.

  When the cooperation candidate group is displayed, in step S605, the application software 112 stands by until a cooperation target group to be edited is selected in cooperation with the group of interest by the user. In this case, the user designates one or more of the cooperation candidate groups. At that time, the user may exclude unnecessary objects from the cooperation candidate group. 802 shown in FIG. 8 excludes the object 811 from the cooperation candidate group and forms a cooperation target group.

  FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a user interface screen for the user to select a cooperation candidate group. Reference numeral 901 displays a target group 504, a plurality of cooperation candidate groups 505 to 507, and a message “Select a cooperation target group with a mouse” is displayed outside the drawing area.

  In this state, when the user clicks any one of the cooperation candidate groups with the mouse, a message box is displayed as shown at 902. Here, when another cooperation candidate group is also set as a cooperation target group, when the user presses 903, the screen returns to the screen 901, and the cooperation candidate group can be further selected. When another cooperation candidate group is selected, a message box is displayed again as in 902. On the other hand, when No 904 is pressed, a plurality of cooperation candidate groups selected so far are registered as cooperation target groups. When cancel 905 is pressed, the process ends without registration.

  When the user finishes selecting the cooperation target group, in step S606, the application software 112 calculates the coordinates of a rectangular area where the cooperation target group exists (cooperation target group circumscribed rectangle). This is the same processing as the method of calculating the coordinates of the target rectangular area from the target group described in step S601. An example of a bounding group circumscribing rectangle is shown at 803 shown in FIG. The provisionally determined cooperation candidate area and the cooperation target group circumscribing rectangle do not necessarily match, and the cooperation target group circumscribing rectangle is uniquely determined.

  Through the above processing, the group of interest to be edited is associated with the cooperation target group that is automatically edited so as not to overlap in cooperation with the editing content.

  Next, in step S607, the application software 112 waits until the user performs an editing operation on the group of interest. Whether or not this editing work has been performed is determined by whether or not the transform of the group of interest has been changed.

  In the first embodiment, a transform is a parameter that specifies movement or enlargement / reduction, and the value of the parameter is stored as object information. As shown in FIG. 10, the X coordinate and Y coordinate of each object can be implemented by manipulating the values A to F of the transformation matrix. When the user moves the group of interest using the pointing device 109, for example, the transform is changed according to the amount of movement.

  As described above, when the user edits the attention group and the transform of the attention group is changed, the application software 112 automatically corrects the cooperation target group according to the transform in step S608. Do.

  Here, an outline of correction of the cooperation target group will be described. When the attention group is moved as indicated by reference numeral 503 in FIG. 5, the application software 112 changes the cooperation target group circumscribed rectangle 508 so that the attention group and the cooperation target group 508 do not overlap. And according to it, the object which comprises a cooperation object group is processed. Here, the character size is reduced to cope with it. However, for example, as long as it fits in the circumscribed rectangle after the change, it may be dealt with by a line feed of the character string or a reduction between lines. Note that a method of correcting the cooperation target group circumscribed rectangle will be described later with reference to FIGS.

  Thereafter, in step S609, the application software 112 displays the changed attention group and the cooperation target group on the monitor 110, and the editing process in the present embodiment is completed.

  FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of a cooperation target group circumscribed rectangle that is changed by editing the target group. Here, the target rectangle area 1101 indicating the circumscribed rectangle of the target group and the cooperation target group circumscribed rectangle 1102 are linked in a one-to-one relationship.

  When the user moves the attention rectangular area 1101 upward, the lower side of the cooperation target group circumscribing rectangle 1102 rises upward and the height is reduced accordingly. Also, when the user enlarges the target rectangular area 1101, the upper side of the target rectangular area 1101 rises upward, and the lower side of the linkage target group circumscribed rectangle 1102 rises upward and the height is reduced accordingly. When the user moves the target rectangular area 1101 downward, the lower side of the cooperation target group circumscribing rectangle 1102 decreases downward, and the height increases.

  As described above, the application software 112 performs rearrangement, enlargement, reduction, or the like so that the objects constituting the cooperation target group fit within the circumscribed rectangle according to the change in the size of the circumscribed rectangle. . There are various methods for accommodating this object itself, and since it is not a component of the present invention, details are not mentioned.

  FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating an example of a plurality of cooperation target group circumscribed rectangles that are changed by editing the target group. Even if a plurality of cooperation target group circumscribing rectangles 1202 to 1205 are associated with the target rectangular area 1201, the processing is not different from the case where only one cooperation target group circumscribing rectangle is associated as shown in FIG. 11. .

  Here, the cooperation target group circumscribing rectangle 1202 existing above the target rectangular area 1201 is displaced in the Y direction of the lower side by the same amount as the Y direction displacement of the upper side of the target rectangular area 1201.

  In addition, the cooperation target group circumscribing rectangle 1203 present in the right part of the rectangular region of interest 1201 is displaced in the X direction of the left side by the same amount as the X direction displacement of the right side of the rectangular region of interest 1201.

  Further, the cooperation target group circumscribing rectangle 1204 existing below the target rectangular area 1201 is displaced in the Y direction on the upper side by the same amount as the Y direction displacement on the lower side of the target rectangular area 1201.

  The cooperation target group circumscribing rectangle 1205 existing in the left part of the target rectangular area 1201 is displaced in the X direction on the right side by the same amount as the X direction displacement on the left side of the target rectangular area.

  FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing a process for concretely correcting the cooperation target group circumscribed rectangle by editing the group of interest shown in FIGS. The application software 112 uses the pointing device 109 or the like to edit the group of interest, and determines whether the transform has been changed accordingly (S1301). If it is determined that the change has been made in S1301 (Yes in S1301), the application software 112 determines whether or not a cooperation target group exists above the target group (S1302). Here, when it exists in the upper part, the application software 112 determines whether or not the upper side of the target rectangular area is displaced in the Y direction by the transform of the target group (S1303). If there is a displacement, the application software 112 updates the cooperation target group circumscribing rectangle by shifting the lower side of the cooperation target group circumscribing rectangle existing at the upper portion by the same displacement (S1304). Then, the application software 112 converts the objects of the collaboration target group into the updated collaboration target group circumscribing rectangle so that all the objects of the collaboration target group are expressed in the area (S1305).

  If the cooperation target group exists in the lower part of the processing similar to the cooperation target group existing in the upper part (Yes in S1306), the application software 112 executes steps S1307 to S1309. If there is a cooperation target group on the right side (Yes in S1310), the application software 112 executes steps S1311 to S1313. If there is a cooperation target group on the left side (Yes in S1314), the application software 112 executes Steps S1315 to S1317.

  When the processing is executed for all the cooperation target groups, the changed attention group and the cooperation target group are displayed, the object information 204 is updated, and the drawing editing process is completed.

  According to the first embodiment, overlapping with other objects due to movement or enlargement of the object can be prevented.

[Second Embodiment]
Next, a second embodiment according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. In the first embodiment, a plurality of cooperation candidate areas are provisionally defined, and a large number of objects around the object (attention group) to be edited based on them are grouped and presented to the user. This provides an editing processing method that can prevent the object from overlapping with other objects due to movement or enlargement of the object, or can easily perform the editing work by maintaining the interval between the objects.

  However, in the first embodiment, when an object belonging to a cooperation candidate area is extracted and a cooperation candidate group is generated, a problem occurs when an object belongs to a plurality of cooperation candidate areas.

  Therefore, as shown in FIG. 7, it is possible to let the user select a cooperation candidate area so that one object does not overlap with a plurality of cooperation candidate areas as much as possible. However, in the case of the frame shown in FIG. Can not do it.

  In the second embodiment, data that cannot be properly edited, and data that is appropriately edited are used.

  FIG. 14 is a diagram for explaining the outline of the drawing editing process in the second embodiment. 1401 shown in FIG. 14 is a drawing result of a page displayed by the display processing unit 202 of the application software 112 based on the object information 204. In this example, a “frame line” object and a “rhombus” object each span a plurality of cooperation candidate areas.

  Here, regarding the “rhombus” object, it is possible to prevent the object from straddling a plurality of cooperation candidate areas by selecting the cooperation candidate area as shown in FIG. However, regarding the “frame line” object, no matter how the cooperation candidate area is selected, it is not possible to prevent it from extending over a plurality of cooperation candidate areas.

  Therefore, also in such a case, in order to realize the drawing editing process, an object that spans a plurality of cooperation candidate areas is stored as an excluded object list 1407. At the same time, in a state where a plurality of objects are excluded, a cooperation candidate group in which objects existing only in the candidate area are collected for each cooperation candidate area. The cooperation candidate group is generated in the same manner as 801 shown in FIG. 8 described in the first embodiment.

  In the second embodiment, for the sake of efficiency, cooperation candidate area object lists 1403 to 1406 are created so as not to sequentially search for objects belonging to the generated cooperation candidate group, and the object ID 301 is stored therein.

  By performing the subsequent processing in the same manner as in the first embodiment, “frame lines” and “diamonds” that span a plurality of cooperation candidate areas are not affected by the editing content of the group of interest. Moreover, the effect similar to 1st Embodiment can be acquired with respect to a part other than that.

  Here, the generation process of a cooperation candidate group when one object as shown in FIG. 14 belongs to a plurality of cooperation candidate areas will be described with reference to FIG.

  FIG. 15 is a flowchart illustrating a cooperation candidate group generation process according to the second embodiment. This process corresponds to the process of step S603 shown in FIG. 6 described in the first embodiment, and is executed after the processes of steps S601 and S602 shown in FIG. 6 are executed.

  The application software 112 initializes the cooperation candidate area object lists 1403 to 1406 and the excluded object list 1407 respectively assigned to the plurality of cooperation candidate areas calculated in step S602 (S1501). Then, the application software 112 extracts an object from the object information 204 (S1502). Whether or not the extracted object exists in the cooperation candidate area calculated in step S602 is confirmed with respect to all of the plurality of cooperation candidate areas. As a result, when it belongs to only one cooperation candidate area (Yes in S1503), the application software 112 stores the object in the cooperation candidate area object list of the cooperation candidate area. At this time, it is not necessary to store all the information of each object, and only the object ID 301 is stored here. Thereafter, when acquiring information about each object, the object information 204 is searched based on the object ID 301.

  If the extracted object belongs to two or more cooperation candidate areas (No in S1503), the application software 112 stores the object in the excluded object list (S1505). Note that if the extracted object does not belong to one cooperation candidate area, nothing is done.

  Then, the application software 112 executes this classification for all the objects in the object information 204 for the page (S1506).

  Thereafter, the application software 112 collects the objects stored in the excluded object list as a group, generates an excluded group (S1507), and displays the excluded group (S1508). Note that various methods may be used for displaying objects belonging to the group, such as a special color, blinking, or emphasizing the vertex. Further, after being displayed, the objects belonging to the exclusion group are not affected by the editing of the attention group and are not changed.

  Thereafter, the application software 112 generates each cooperation candidate group from each cooperation candidate area object list (S1509). Here, the difference from the cooperation candidate group generated in the first embodiment is that in the second embodiment, an object belonging to the cooperation candidate group does not necessarily belong to another cooperation candidate group.

  When a cooperation candidate group is generated in this way, the cooperation candidate group is displayed in step S604 of the first embodiment, and thereafter, processing is executed in the same manner as in the first embodiment.

  According to the second embodiment, even when an object belongs to a plurality of cooperation candidate areas, a cooperation candidate group can be generated and displayed, and the same effect as in the first embodiment can be obtained. it can.

[Third Embodiment]
Next, a third embodiment according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. In the second embodiment, the drawing editing process is realized by registering an object that spans a plurality of cooperation candidate areas as an excluded group and then not being affected by the editing process of the group of interest.

  Here, the “frame line” object in 1401 shown in FIG. 14 will be considered. This “border” object is not only an object that constitutes a simple drawing, but also often means “distinctly distinguish between objects existing inside and outside thereof”. For example, when drawing of a plurality of pages is laid out on one page, a “frame line” object may be attached to distinguish the drawing contents of each page.

  In addition, when pasting a graph or the like, a “frame line” object may be attached in order to emphasize that the graph is one group. In addition, a “border” object is also used in the table.

  In these data, there is an original data creator's intention to clearly distinguish between “outside” and “outside”. The same applies to the drawing / editing process. When an object inside the frame is edited, there are many cases where the object outside the frame does not want to be affected at all.

  However, in the second embodiment, the “frame line” object simply constitutes an exclusion group, and the objects existing inside and outside the group are similarly assigned to the cooperation candidate group and the cooperation target group, and the edit contents of the attention group to be influenced. That is, when registering a cooperation target group, the user can manually delete an object outside the “frame line”, but this is inconvenient when the number of objects is very large.

  Therefore, in the third embodiment, by considering the inside and outside of the exclusion group, the outside of the exclusion group is not affected by the editing content of the group of interest.

  FIG. 16 is a diagram for explaining the outline of the drawing editing process in the third embodiment. 1601 shown in FIG. 16 is the situation at the time when the exclusion group display is completed in S1508 shown in FIG. 15 in the second embodiment. That is, a provisional cooperation candidate is set from the target group, and all objects in the page are stored in either the excluded object list 1407 or the cooperation candidate area object lists 1403 to 1406 based on the object information 204. . In the exclusion object list 1407 as an exclusion group, a “frame line” object is stored, and in the second embodiment, the viewpoint of inside and outside the frame line does not exist in the cooperation candidate area.

  On the other hand, the third embodiment updates to a cooperation candidate area limited to only within a frame line as shown by 1602, and regenerates only the objects stored therein as an update cooperation candidate area object list. . As a result, a technique is realized in which only the objects inside the frame line are drawn and edited in cooperation with the group of interest.

  FIG. 17 is a flowchart illustrating a collaboration candidate group generation process according to the third embodiment. This process corresponds to the process of S1509 shown in FIG. 15 described in the second embodiment.

  When the exclusion group is displayed in step S1508 shown in FIG. 15, the application software 112 starts the process shown in FIG. First, the application software 112 calculates an area where an exclusion group exists based on the exclusion object list 1407 and the object information (S1701). Then, the application software 112 determines whether or not the area where the calculated exclusion group exists overlaps with the cooperation candidate area (S1702). If there is no overlapping area as a result of the determination, the cooperation candidate area and the cooperation candidate area object list are not changed.

  On the other hand, if there is an overlapping area in S1702, the application software 112 calculates the intersection between the cooperation candidate area and the area where the exclusion group exists (S1703), and updates the cooperation candidate area to the area having the intersection as a vertex. (S1704).

  Here, two or more regions are created as regions having the intersections as vertices. The application software 112 updates the side close to the group of interest as the cooperation candidate area. Specifically, regarding the update of the cooperation candidate area at the upper part of the target group, an area where more lower sides of the original area remain is set as the updated cooperation candidate area. In addition, regarding the update of the cooperation candidate area on the right side of the target group, an area where more left sides of the original area remain is set as the updated cooperation candidate area.

  The application software 112 updates this cooperation candidate area for all the cooperation candidate areas (S1705), and generates a cooperation candidate group from the updated cooperation candidate area and the cooperation candidate area object list (S1706).

  When the cooperation candidate group is generated in this way, the cooperation candidate group is displayed in step S604 of the first embodiment, and thereafter, the processing is executed as in the first embodiment.

  As described above, with respect to a drawing expression constituted by a combination of a large number of objects, the trouble of user selection of an object and the trouble of correction when it becomes an unintended drawing appearance are heavy loads, which are remarkably reduced. The

  Even if the present invention is applied to a system constituted by a plurality of devices (for example, a host computer, an interface device, a reader, a printer, etc.), it is applied to an apparatus (for example, a copying machine, a facsimile machine, etc.) comprising a single device. It may be applied.

  In addition, a recording medium in which a program code of software for realizing the functions of the above-described embodiments is recorded is supplied to the system or apparatus, and the computer (CPU or MPU) of the system or apparatus stores the program code stored in the recording medium. Read and execute. It goes without saying that the object of the present invention can also be achieved by this.

  In this case, the program code itself read from the computer-readable recording medium realizes the functions of the above-described embodiments, and the recording medium storing the program code constitutes the present invention.

  As a recording medium for supplying the program code, for example, a flexible disk, a hard disk, an optical disk, a magneto-optical disk, a CD-ROM, a CD-R, a magnetic tape, a nonvolatile memory card, a ROM, or the like can be used.

  In addition, by executing the program code read by the computer, not only the functions of the above-described embodiments are realized, but also the following cases are included. That is, based on the instruction of the program code, an OS (operating system) running on the computer performs part or all of the actual processing, and the functions of the above-described embodiments are realized by the processing. .

  Further, the program code read from the recording medium is written in a memory provided in a function expansion board inserted into the computer or a function expansion unit connected to the computer. After that, based on the instruction of the program code, the CPU of the function expansion board or function expansion unit performs part or all of the actual processing, and the processing of the above-described embodiment is realized by the processing. Needless to say.

It is a block diagram which shows an example of a structure of the information processing apparatus which performs the drawing edit process in 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of a structure of the application software 112 performed with an information processing apparatus. It is a figure which shows an example of the object information 204 shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the specific example of the object stored in the object information. It is a figure for demonstrating the outline | summary of the drawing edit process in 1st Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the drawing edit process by the application software 112 in 1st Embodiment. It is a figure for demonstrating the coordinate calculation process of an attention rectangular area. It is a figure for demonstrating the process which produces | generates the cooperation candidate group in 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the user interface screen for a user to select a cooperation candidate group. It is a figure for demonstrating the transform in 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the cooperation target group circumscribed rectangle changed by edit of an attention group. It is a figure showing an example of a plurality of cooperation object group circumscribed rectangles changed by editing an attention group. FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing a process for concretely correcting a cooperation target group circumscribed rectangle by editing the group of interest shown in FIGS. It is a figure for demonstrating the outline | summary of the drawing edit process in 2nd Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the cooperation candidate group production | generation process in 2nd Embodiment. It is a figure for demonstrating the outline | summary of the drawing edit process in 3rd Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the cooperation candidate group production | generation process in 3rd Embodiment.

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Claims (7)

A drawing editing method executed by a drawing editing apparatus capable of editing an object drawn in a page,
When an object to be edited is designated by the user, a recognition step of recognizing objects existing at positions that match a predetermined condition from the designated object as a plurality of groups;
A specifying step of identifying a group that performs drawing editing in cooperation with the specified object from the plurality of recognized groups;
A drawing editing step of editing the specified group so that the specified object and the specified group do not overlap in accordance with an editing process on the specified object; Editing method.   The drawing editing method according to claim 1, wherein the editing process is at least one of movement, enlargement, and reduction of the designated object.   The said recognition process recognizes the candidate which the user selected among the candidates which grouped the object which exists in the circumference | surroundings of the said designated object as said several group. Drawing editing method.   4. The recognition process according to claim 1, wherein when one object belongs to two or more groups, the one object is recognized as a group different from the plurality of groups. 5. The drawing editing method described in 1. A drawing editing device capable of editing an object drawn in a page,
When an object to be edited is designated by a user, a recognition unit that recognizes an object existing at a position that matches a predetermined condition from the designated object as a plurality of groups;
A specifying unit for specifying a group that performs drawing editing in cooperation with the specified object from the plurality of recognized groups;
A drawing comprising: a drawing editing unit that edits the specified group so that the specified object and the specified group do not overlap with each other in accordance with an editing process on the specified object. Editing device.   The program for making a computer perform each process of the drawing edit method of any one of Claims 1 thru | or 4.   A computer-readable recording medium on which the program according to claim 6 is recorded.

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