JP2014071755A - Editing device and method for controlling editing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To add a blank for editing content with simple operation.SOLUTION: A content editing device (1) includes: a content display editing unit (20) in which a plurality of page data are displayed, and the head border and the tail border are displayed in each of the respective page data: a border touch detection unit (11) which obtains operation with respect to a borderline region sandwiched between two page data; and a blank additional processing unit (14) which adds blank for writing operation content to a position corresponding to positional relationship with the borderline region.

Description

  The present invention relates to an editing apparatus for editing content.

  Information processing apparatuses such as tablets and smartphones usually include a memo application, a text editor, word processor software, an image editing application, and the like as applications for the user to edit desired content.

  FIGS. 10A and 10B show an example of an application for editing conventional content.

  FIG. 10A shows an application in which no break exists in the area for editing the content. An example of an application that does not have such a delimiter is a text editor.

  On the other hand, FIG. 10B shows an application in which an area for editing content is divided for each page. As described above, examples of the application in which the area is divided for each page include word processing software. In word processing software, usually, when the number of characters input to one page exceeds a predetermined number of characters, the next page is created and subsequent character input is accepted.

  Furthermore, Patent Document 1 below describes an invention for browsing edited content.

  In Patent Document 1, each page of a document is displayed in a list, and when a delimiter addition button is clicked, a delimiter symbol indicating a delimiter position of the document is displayed. The delimiter symbol is moved to a delimiter position designated by the user, An electronic file generation device that generates a document file for each group separated by symbols is disclosed.

JP 2009-239594 A (released on October 15, 2009)

  However, in the conventional configuration, it is inconvenient to edit the content and view the edited content.

  Specifically, an application without a break as shown in FIG. 10A has the advantage that there is no restriction on the area for editing the content, but at a glance how far the content is one piece of content. There is a problem that it is difficult to understand.

  On the other hand, an application divided into pages as shown in FIG. 10B needs to be input so as to fit within the divided page when inputting characters or drawing a picture. Has the problem that it cannot be freely edited. In addition, since the number of characters per page is fixed, even for a single content, the content is displayed across a plurality of pages. For this reason, it is difficult for the user to input, and there is a problem that even when viewing the edited content later, the content is cut off and displayed before and after the page.

  The invention according to Patent Document 1 is not an apparatus for editing content because the electronic document is delimited by the user's specification.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems, and the object of the present invention is to freely edit content without being limited to page breaks when editing content, and to edit content with a simple operation. An object of the present invention is to realize an editing device or the like that can add a blank for the purpose.

  In order to solve the above problem, an editing apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention is an editing apparatus that edits a content area data list including a plurality of content areas, and displays the plurality of content areas arranged in a line. In addition, each content area is sandwiched between content display means for displaying the head boundary information indicating the head position and the tail boundary information indicating the tail position, and two adjacent content areas displayed by the content display means. The content is placed at a position corresponding to the positional relationship between the operation acquisition means for acquiring an operation on the boundary area and the end boundary information and the head boundary information displayed in the boundary area of the operation acquired by the operation acquisition means. And a blank adding means for adding a blank for writing.

  An editing apparatus control method according to an aspect of the present invention is an editing apparatus control method for editing a content area data list including a plurality of content areas, and displays the plurality of content areas arranged in a line. And a content display step for displaying the start boundary information indicating the start position and the end boundary information indicating the end position in each content area, and a boundary sandwiched between two adjacent content areas displayed by the content display step. Content is written at a position corresponding to the positional relationship between the operation acquisition step for acquiring an operation on the area and the end boundary information and the start boundary information displayed in the boundary area of the operation acquired by the operation acquisition step. And a blank addition step for adding a blank for.

  An editing apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention is an editing apparatus that edits a content area data list including a plurality of content areas, displays the plurality of content areas arranged in a line, and displays each content area, Content acquisition means for displaying the head boundary information indicating the head position and the tail boundary information indicating the tail position, and an operation acquisition for acquiring an operation on the boundary area sandwiched between two adjacent content areas displayed by the content display means And an operation for the boundary area is acquired by the operation acquisition means, and (1) a new set of the start boundary information and the end boundary information between the end boundary information and the start boundary information displayed in the boundary area. Add a new content area with a space between the boundary information, (2) the tail boundary displayed in the boundary area The user adds either a blank in the content area whose boundary is defined by the information, or (3) adds a blank in the content area whose boundary is defined by the head boundary information displayed in the boundary area. A position selection acquisition means for acquiring an operation to select, and a blank addition means for adding the new content area or adding a blank in the content area according to the operation acquired by the position selection acquisition means. I have.

  An editing apparatus control method according to an aspect of the present invention is an editing apparatus control method for editing a content area data list including a plurality of content areas, and displays the plurality of content areas arranged in a line. In addition, each content area is sandwiched between a content display step for displaying the start boundary information indicating the start position and the end boundary information indicating the end position, and two adjacent content areas displayed in the content display step. When an operation acquisition step for acquiring an operation for the boundary region and an operation for the boundary region are acquired in the operation acquisition step, (1) between the end boundary information and the start boundary information displayed in the boundary region, Add a new content area with a space between the new set of start boundary information and end boundary information, 2) A blank is added in the content area whose boundary is defined by the tail boundary information displayed in the boundary area. (3) In the content area whose boundary is defined by the head boundary information displayed in the boundary area. A position selection acquisition step for acquiring an operation for the user to select one of adding a blank, and addition of the new content area or into the content area according to the operation acquired in the position selection acquisition step And a blank addition step for adding a blank.

  According to one aspect of the present invention, when editing content, the content can be freely edited without being limited to page breaks, and a blank for editing the content can be added with a simple operation. There is an effect.

It is a block diagram which shows the outline of a structure of the content editing apparatus which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of the said content editing apparatus. It is a figure which shows an example of the display screen of the touchscreen mounted in the said content editing apparatus. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the process of the said content editing apparatus. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of the blank addition process in the said content editing apparatus. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the blank addition process in the said content editing apparatus. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of the blank addition process in the said content editing apparatus. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of the blank addition process in the said content editing apparatus. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of the margin deletion process in the said content editing apparatus. (A) is a figure which shows a prior art, Comprising: It is a figure which shows an example of an application without a division | segmentation, (b) is a figure which shows a prior art, Comprising: An example of the application divided | segmented for every page is shown FIG.

  One embodiment of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to FIGS.

(Configuration of content editing apparatus 1)
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an outline of a configuration of a content editing apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment. The content editing apparatus 1 is typically an information processing apparatus capable of touch input, such as a smartphone or a tablet PC.

  In addition, the content editing apparatus 1 includes a content editing application for editing content. The content editing application is typically a memo application, a notebook application, a word processor, an image editing application, or the like. The user of the content editing apparatus 1 can create / edit one or more desired contents using the application and save the one or more contents as a list.

  The configuration of the content editing apparatus 1 will be described. As shown in FIG. 1, the content editing apparatus 1 includes a control unit 2, a storage unit 3, and a touch panel 4.

  The control unit 2 performs overall control of each unit included in the content editing apparatus 1. The control unit 2 includes a blank addition control unit 10, a content display editing unit 20, and a margin deletion processing unit 30 as functional blocks. Details of each part with which control part 2 is provided are mentioned below.

  The storage unit 3 is executed by the control unit 2 (1) a control program for each unit, (2) an OS (Operation System) program, (3) an application program, and (4) various types of information read out when executing these programs. Stores data. The storage unit 3 is configured by a nonvolatile storage device such as a flash memory. In addition, the storage unit 3 is configured by a volatile storage device such as a RAM (Random Access Memory) as a work area for temporarily storing data in the process of executing the various programs described above by the control unit 2. Has an area.

  And the memory | storage part 3 memorize | stores the page data list 50 especially. The page data list 50 will be described in detail later.

  The touch panel 4 is a normal touch panel that can perform an input operation using a touch input operation surface. That is, the touch panel 4 has a configuration that serves both as a function of accepting a touch operation from a user and a function of displaying the content specified by the control unit 2.

  Next, a detailed configuration of the control unit 2 will be described.

(Content display editing unit 20)
First, the content display editing unit 20 provided in the control unit 2 will be described. The content display editing unit 20 edits the desired content based on an operation from the user of the content editing apparatus 1 received by the touch panel 4, and page data including the content is stored in the storage unit 3 as the page data list 50. One or more page data items stored in the page data list 50 are arranged in a line and displayed on the touch panel 4.

  Here, the page data is data indicating a page including an area (content area) for editing the content. In the page, two types of boundaries are set for explicitly indicating to the user of the content editing apparatus 1 that the area is different from other areas. That is, the top (for example, the upper end) of the page data includes a leading boundary, and the end (for example, the lower end) of the page data includes a trailing boundary. Hereinafter, page data including a certain boundary T is referred to as “page data to which the boundary T belongs”.

  First, the content display editing unit 20 acquires the page data list 50 when the content display editing unit 20 acquires the page data list 50 input from the blank addition control unit 10 described later. The page data list 50 is a list in which each of a plurality of page data is stored in order.

  The content display editing unit 20 reads and acquires the page data list 50 from the storage unit 3 when the operation received from the user on the touch panel 4 instructs the activation of the content editing application. It may be configured.

  Next, the content display editing unit 20 arranges a plurality of continuous page data included in the page data list 50 acquired by any one of the methods described above, and displays the page data on the touch panel 4. Note that the method of displaying the page data list 50 on the touch panel 4 by the content display editing unit 20 is not limited to the method of displaying the page data list 50 sequentially from the top, and any method can be used as long as each page data is displayed on the touch panel 4 so as not to overlap each other. Good. Therefore, for example, the content display editing unit 20 may display page data on the touch panel 4 in order from the bottom, the left, or the right.

  Subsequently, the content display editing unit 20 edits the content included in any one of the one or more page data based on the operation from the user received on the touch panel 4. Note that the content display editing unit 20 may be configured to edit only page data to which a blank is newly added by the blank addition control unit 10. The content editing method is usually drawing by handwriting input such as a finger / touch pen, character input, addition of a desired image, and the like, and the content is drawing data, text, image data, and the like.

  Note that the content display editing unit 20 may be configured to instruct the blank addition control unit 10 to be described later to add a blank based on a user operation received on the touch panel 4 when editing the content.

  Then, the content display editing unit 20 determines whether or not the content editing (content writing) by the user has been completed. The determination method is not particularly limited. For example, it is a method for determining whether or not an operation from a user accepted on the touch panel 4 indicates that the content is to be stored on the content editing application. Also good.

  When the content display editing unit 20 determines that the editing of the content has been completed, the content display editing unit 20 outputs the page data including the edited content to the margin deletion processing unit 30.

  Then, the content display editing unit 20 acquires the page data from which the margin has been deleted by the margin deletion processing unit 30 from the margin deletion processing unit 30, and adds the page data included in the page data list 50 acquired first to the page data. Update the corresponding page data. Then, the content display editing unit 20 stores the updated page data list 50 in the storage unit 3.

  According to the above configuration, the content display editing unit 20 outputs the page data to the margin deletion processing unit 30 before saving the page data in the storage unit 3. In this configuration, the deleted page data is stored in the storage unit 3, but as another configuration, the content display editing unit 20 directly updates the page data list 50 when determining that the editing of the content is completed. The storage unit 3 may be configured to store.

(Margin Delete Processing Unit 30)
Next, the margin deletion processing unit 30 provided in the control unit 2 will be described. The margin deletion processing unit 30 controls processing for deleting a margin included in the page data edited by the content display editing unit 20.

  First, when page data is input from the content display editing unit 20, the margin deletion processing unit 30 detects a margin other than the content included in the page data. Specifically, the margin deletion processing unit 30 deletes a blank space that exists between the start position of the content included in the page data (for example, the upper end of the content) and the leading boundary belonging to the page data. A blank area existing between the area and / or the end position of the content (for example, the lower end of the content) and the end boundary belonging to the page data is detected as a margin.

  Next, the margin deletion processing unit 30 deletes the margin detected as described above from the page data. Then, the margin deletion processing unit 30 outputs the page data from which the margin has been deleted to the content display editing unit 20.

  The method of deleting the margin by the margin deletion processing unit 30 is not limited to the above method. For example, the margin deletion processing unit 30 may be configured to detect a blank included in a part of the content as a margin and delete the margin. Good.

  In addition, the margin deletion processing unit 30 instructs the blank addition control unit 10 (to be described later) to add a blank when the content display editing unit 20 edits the content, and the blank addition control unit 10 adds the blank according to the instruction. You may be comprised so that a margin may be deleted.

(Blank addition control unit 10)
Next, the blank addition control unit 10 included in the control unit 2 will be described. The blank addition control unit 10 controls generation of a blank area for the user of the content editing apparatus 1 to edit content. Therefore, the blank addition control unit 10 includes a boundary touch detection unit 11, a touch method determination unit 12, a dialog display processing unit 13, a blank addition processing unit 14, and a boundary setting unit 15.

  The boundary touch detection unit 11 acquires an operation on a boundary sandwiched between two content areas included in two adjacent page data displayed on the touch panel 4. Hereinafter, a region where each boundary display indicating the end and top of two adjacent content regions is displayed, and a region including a region between these two boundary displays (between boundary display regions) are referred to as a boundary region. Specifically, the boundary touch detection unit 11 detects a touch operation on the boundary region by a user's finger, a touch pen, or the like in one or more page data. Then, the boundary touch detection unit 11 outputs identification information for identifying the touched boundary region and boundary region touch information including the time when the boundary region is touched to the touch method determination unit 12.

  The touch method determination unit 12 determines whether the touch method detected by the boundary touch detection unit 11 is registered in advance in the content editing application, and the touch method is registered in advance. If it is, the execution of the corresponding process is instructed to another functional block.

  Specifically, first, the touch method determination unit 12 determines that the boundary region is tapped when the time when the boundary region is touched is less than a predetermined time A. Here, the tap means a momentary touch on the touch panel 4.

  On the other hand, the touch method determination unit 12 determines that the boundary region has been pressed for a long time when the time during which the boundary region is touched exceeds a predetermined time B.

  Hereinafter, processing executed by the blank addition control unit 10 when the boundary area is tapped and when the boundary area is pressed for a long time will be described.

(Blank addition control unit 10: When the boundary region is tapped)
When it is determined that the boundary region is tapped on the touch panel 4, the touch method determination unit 12 is configured to execute one of the following two processes. It may be configured so that the user or the like can specify in advance which of the following two processes the touch method determination unit 12 executes.

  [A] First, the first process will be described. In the first process, when the touch method determination unit 12 determines that the space between the head boundary and the tail boundary of two adjacent page data is tapped, the page data to which the tapped tail boundary belongs is blank. Decide to add. Then, the touch method determination unit 12 outputs identification information for identifying the end boundary to the blank addition processing unit 14, and includes in the page data to which the end boundary belongs (for example, the end of the page data, If the scroll direction is the vertical direction, it is instructed to add a blank at the bottom.

  [B] Next, the second process will be described. In the second process, when the touch method determination unit 12 determines that the boundary area has been tapped on the touch panel 4, the dialog display processing unit 13 determines how to add a blank to the user. To display a dialog for selection. At this time, the touch method determination unit 12 is configured to display the dialog display processing unit 13 even when the tapped boundary and the two adjacent boundaries are tapped at the same time without sandwiching the content between the tapped boundaries. To display a dialog.

  Specifically, the dialog display processing unit 13 displays on the touch panel 4 a dialog for allowing the user to select at which part of the boundary a blank is to be added. The dialog is a dialog for allowing the user to select three items, each of which is displayed with three texts “add a space above”, “add a space below”, and “add new page”. is there. Subsequently, the dialog display processing unit 13 sends, to the touch method determination unit 12, information for identifying one item selected by the user among the above three items based on the operation from the user received on the touch panel 4. Output.

  The touch method determination unit 12 acquires information for identifying the item selected by the user from the dialog display processing unit 13. And the touch method determination part 12 performs a different process according to the kind of the said selected item.

  First, when the selected item is an item corresponding to “add a blank above”, the touch method determination unit 12 determines whether the tapped boundary or the boundary adjacent to the tapped boundary is: It is determined that a blank is added to the end of the page data to which the boundary that is the end boundary belongs (for example, the lower end of the page data). At this time, the touch method determination unit 12 outputs identification information for identifying the tail boundary to the blank addition processing unit 14 to instruct to add a blank to the page data to which the tail boundary belongs. .

  In addition, when the selected item is an item corresponding to “add a space below”, the touch method determination unit 12 may include a tapped boundary or a boundary adjacent to the tapped boundary. It is determined that a blank is added to the top of the page data to which the boundary that is the top boundary belongs (for example, the upper end of the page data). At this time, the touch method determination unit 12 outputs identification information for identifying the leading boundary to the blank addition processing unit 14 to instruct to add a blank to the page data to which the leading boundary belongs. .

  Further, when the selected item is an item corresponding to “add new page”, the touch method determination unit 12 sets a new value between the tapped boundary and the boundary adjacent to the tapped boundary. Decide to add page data. At this time, the touch method determination unit 12 outputs identification information for identifying the two adjacent boundaries to the blank addition processing unit 14 to generate new page data between the two adjacent boundaries. Instruct.

  The blank addition processing unit 14 acquires the page data list 50 from the content display editing unit 20 and, based on an instruction from the touch method determination unit 12, the inside of the page data included in the page data list 50 or the designated 2 Perform processing to add white space between two boundaries. Here, the blank addition processing unit 14 executes different processing according to the instruction received from the touch method determination unit 12.

  First, when receiving an instruction from the touch method determination unit 12 to add a blank to the page data to which the end boundary belongs, the blank addition processing unit 14 determines that the end boundary indicated by the identification information acquired from the touch method determination unit 12 is the end boundary. The page data to which it belongs is acquired from the page data list 50. Then, the blank addition processing unit 14 adds a blank of a predetermined size between the end of the page data, that is, the end of the content included in the page data and the boundary of the end belonging to the page data. .

  When receiving an instruction from the touch method determination unit 12 to add a blank to the page data to which the leading boundary belongs, the blank addition processing unit 14 determines that the leading boundary indicated by the identification information acquired from the touch method determining unit 12 The page data to which it belongs is acquired from the page data list 50. Then, the blank addition processing unit 14 adds a blank of a predetermined size between the top of the page data, that is, the top of the content included in the page data and the boundary of the top belonging to the page data. .

  When receiving an instruction from the touch method determination unit 12 to generate new page data between two adjacent boundaries, the blank addition processing unit 14 generates a blank having a predetermined size. Specifically, the generation of a blank means securing a work area of a predetermined size on the RAM of the storage unit 3. Then, the blank addition processing unit 14 instructs the boundary setting unit 15 to add a boundary to the blank. Then, the boundary setting unit 15 adds a boundary to the blank generated by the blank addition processing unit 14. Specifically, the boundary setting unit 15 adds a leading boundary to the top (for example, the upper end) of the blank generated by the blank addition processing unit 14, and the trailing boundary to the end (for example, the lower end) of the blank. Add When the blank addition processing unit 14 acquires the blank with the added boundary from the boundary setting unit 15, the blank addition processing unit 14 stores the blank with the added border as new page data in the page data list 50. The position where the blank addition processing unit 14 stores the page data is between two adjacent boundaries indicated by the identification information acquired from the touch method determination unit 12.

  Finally, the blank addition control unit 10 outputs the page data list 50 updated as described above to the content display editing unit 20.

  Note that the blank addition processing unit 14 may add the current date and time dynamically changing with the passage of time to the vicinity of the leading boundary or the trailing boundary. This indicates to the user the date and time when the page data was generated.

  In addition, the size of the blank added by the blank addition processing unit 14 is set in advance so that the user of the content editing apparatus 1 can edit the content and the operability and legibility are not impaired. . The blank addition processing unit 14 may be configured to accept the user's operation from the touch panel 4 and allow the user to specify the size of the page data to be generated.

(Blank addition control unit 10: When the boundary is long pressed)
On the other hand, when it is determined that the boundary is long pressed on the touch panel 4, the touch method determination unit 12 determines which boundary is long pressed. And the touch method determination part 12 performs a different process according to the kind of boundary pushed long.

  First, when the touch method determination unit 12 determines that the end boundary is long pressed, the touch method determination unit 12 determines to add a blank to the end of the page data to which the end boundary belongs. At this time, the touch method determination unit 12 outputs identification information for identifying the tail boundary to the blank addition processing unit 14 to instruct to add a blank to the page data to which the tail boundary belongs. . The touch method determination unit 12 may be configured to add a blank to the end of the page data to which the tail boundary belongs when it is determined that the tail boundary has been tapped.

  Further, when the touch method determination unit 12 determines that the leading boundary has been pressed for a long time, the touch method determination unit 12 determines to add a blank at the beginning of page data to which the leading boundary belongs. At this time, the touch method determination unit 12 outputs identification information for identifying the leading boundary to the blank addition processing unit 14 to instruct to add a blank to the page data to which the leading boundary belongs. . Note that the touch method determination unit 12 may be configured to add a blank to the head of the page data to which the head boundary belongs when it is determined that the head boundary has been tapped.

  In addition, when the touch method determination unit 12 determines that a distance between two adjacent boundaries sandwiched between two contents is long-pressed (or tapped), a new one is generated between the two boundaries. Decide to add page data. At this time, the touch method determination unit 12 instructs the blank addition processing unit 14 to generate new page data between two adjacent boundaries. Further, the touch method determination unit 12 outputs identification information for identifying the two adjacent boundaries to the blank addition processing unit 14. The touch method determination unit 12 may determine that a long press is performed between the two boundaries when the two boundaries are pressed at the same time.

  Then, the blank addition control unit 10, based on each of the above instructions received from the touch method determination unit 12, between the new set of leading and trailing boundaries, in the same manner as when the boundary is tapped. New page data having a blank is generated, the page data list 50 is updated with the page data, and output to the content display editing unit 20.

  Note that the combination of the touch method determined by the touch method determination unit 12 and the corresponding blank addition processing method is not limited to the above. For example, the content editing apparatus 1 may be configured to add a blank when a part of the displayed boundary is touched.

(Modification)
As described above, the margin deletion processing unit 30 deletes the margin included in the page data for the page data to which the boundary has already been added by the boundary setting unit 15.

  As another configuration, the blank addition processing unit 14 does not instruct the boundary setting unit 15 to add a boundary to the page data at the stage where the blank of the page data is generated, and the blank deletion processing unit 30 Acquires the page data after editing with no boundary added from the content display editing unit 20, deletes the margin of the page data, and then adds a boundary to the page data to the boundary setting unit 15. The boundary setting unit 15 may be configured to add a boundary to the page data from which the margin is deleted.

  According to the above configuration, the content editing apparatus 1 adds a boundary to the page data including the content after the user completes the editing of the content.

(Application display example)
FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a display example of the content editing apparatus 1. FIG. 2 illustrates the contents of the page data list 50 in a roll form. As described above, the content editing application can infinitely scroll in the vertical direction to edit and display the content.

  The page data list 50 includes a tail boundary 102, a head boundary 111, a tail boundary 112, a head boundary 121, and a tail boundary 122. Here, the leading boundary 111 and the trailing boundary 112 belong to the page data 110. FIG. 2 also shows a display screen 300.

  The display screen 300 is a frame that indicates an area that the content editing apparatus 1 can display on the touch panel 4. In the content editing application, the content editing apparatus 1 can scroll the area displayed on the touch panel 4 by moving the display screen 300 based on a drag operation with a user's finger, touch pen, or the like received on the touch panel 4. it can.

  Since the content editing application can be scrolled infinitely in the vertical direction (or the horizontal direction), the content editing apparatus 1 can add unlimited page data in the vertical direction in the content editing application.

  The content editing application may further have a function of scrolling in the left-right direction. In this case, the content editing apparatus 1 can add the page data without limitation in the left-right direction.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 2, the content editing apparatus 1 displays information indicating a boundary between the contents. Therefore, the user of the content editing apparatus 1 can intuitively distinguish the page data including the content being edited and the boundary from other page data. Therefore, the problem that it is difficult to understand at a glance how far one piece of content exists in an application without a conventional break is solved in the content editing application.

(Application display screen example)
FIG. 3 shows an example of a display screen of the touch panel 4 mounted on the content editing apparatus 1. That is, the area indicated by the display screen 300 shown in FIG. 2 is displayed on the touch panel 4 included in the content editing apparatus 1 as shown in FIG.

  In FIG. 3, the touch panel 4 includes first page data 100 and second page data 110 as two page data. The first page data 100 is an area including a leading boundary 101, a trailing boundary 102, and a date and time 103, and content is input. The second page data 110 is an area including a leading boundary 111, a trailing boundary 112, and a date and time 113.

  When the content editing application is activated for the first time in the content editing apparatus 1 based on an operation from the user received on the touch panel 4, the blank addition processing unit 14 displays the leading boundary 101, the trailing boundary 102, and the date and time. 103 may be displayed. That is, in this case, the page data 100 is generated regardless of the boundary touch.

(Processing flow of content editing application)
A flow of processing executed by the content editing apparatus 1 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating an example of processing executed in the content editing apparatus 1.

  First, the blank addition control unit 10 executes a blank addition process for adding a blank for the user to edit the content based on an operation from the user received on the touch panel 4 (S1). Here, the blank addition control unit 10 newly generates blank page data, or adds a blank to already edited page data.

  Next, the content display editing unit 20 arranges a plurality of continuous page data included in the page data list 50 in a line and displays it on the touch panel 4, and also newly generated blank page data or blanks are displayed. The added page data is edited (S2). The exchange of page data between the content display editing unit 20 and the blank addition control unit 10 is performed by a page data list 50 including the page data. Note that the content display editing unit 20 may be configured to instruct the blank addition control unit 10 to add a blank based on a user operation received on the touch panel 4 when editing the content.

  Then, the content display editing unit 20 determines whether the editing of the content by the user has been completed (S3). Specifically, it is determined whether or not an operation from a user received on the touch panel 4 indicates that the content is to be stored on the content editing application.

  When the content display editing unit 20 determines that the editing of the content has been completed (Yes in S3), the content display editing unit 20 outputs the page data including the edited content to the margin deletion processing unit 30.

  On the other hand, when the content display editing unit 20 determines that editing of the content has not been completed (No in S3), the process returns to step S2 and continues editing the content.

  Then, the margin deletion processing unit 30 deletes margins other than the content included in the input page data (S4). Then, the margin deletion processing unit 30 outputs the page data from which the margin has been deleted to the content display editing unit 20.

  Finally, the content display editing unit 20 acquires the page data from which the margin has been deleted from the margin deletion processing unit 30, and updates the corresponding page data included in the page data list 50 (S5). Then, the content display editing unit 20 stores the updated page data list 50 in the storage unit 3.

  With the above, the illustrated process ends.

(Blank addition processing)
The details of the blank addition process shown in step S1 of FIG. 4 will be described with reference to FIGS. The blank addition control unit 10 is configured to execute either the first process shown in FIG. 5 or the second process shown in FIGS. 6 to 8 in the blank addition process.

  First, a display example by the first process executed by the blank addition control unit 10 will be described with reference to FIG.

  FIG. 5A is an example of a display screen, which includes the first page data 100, the second page data 110, and the third page data 120, and includes the last boundary 102 and the second page belonging to the first page data 100. A head boundary 111 and a tail boundary 112 belonging to the data 110 and a head boundary 121 belonging to the third page data 120 are displayed.

  In the state shown in FIG. 5A, when the user taps the area between the tail boundary 102 and the head boundary 111 (that is, the boundary display area), the display screen is displayed as shown in FIG. ) State. FIG. 5B shows a state in which a blank 400 is added to the end of the first page data 100.

  Specifically, when the touch method determination unit 12 determines that the space between the tail boundary 102 and the head boundary 111 is tapped in the state of FIG. It is determined to add a blank at the end of the first page data 100 to which the boundary 102 belongs. At this time, the touch method determination unit 12 outputs identification information for identifying the end boundary 102 to the blank addition processing unit 14 and instructs to add a blank at the end of the first page data 100.

  Then, the blank addition processing unit 14 specifies the end boundary 102 from the identification information, the end of the first page data 100 to which the end boundary 102 belongs, that is, the end of the content included in the first page data 100, A blank 400 having a predetermined size is added between the last boundary 102 belonging to one page data 100.

  Next, the flow of the second process executed by the blank addition control unit 10 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the second process of the blank addition process in the content editing apparatus 1. The following processing is executed by each functional block provided in the blank addition control unit 10.

  First, the boundary touch detection unit 11 detects a touch operation on the boundary region in one or more page data displayed on the touch panel 4 (S21).

  When the boundary area is touched (Yes in S21), the boundary touch detection unit 11 touches the boundary touch information including the identification information for identifying the touched boundary area and the time when the boundary area is touched. It outputs to the method determination part 12. Then, the process proceeds to step S22.

  Next, the touch method determination unit 12 determines whether or not the touch method detected by the boundary touch detection unit 11 is registered in advance in the content editing application (S22).

  The touch method determination unit 12 determines that the boundary region has been tapped when the time during which the boundary region is touched is less than the predetermined time A (“tap boundary” in S22). At this time, the touch method determination unit 12 instructs the dialog display processing unit 13 to display a dialog for allowing the user to select how to add a blank. Then, the process proceeds to step S23.

  In step S23, the dialog display processing unit 13 displays on the touch panel 4 a dialog for allowing the user to select where to add a blank (S23). The dialog is a dialog for allowing the user to select three items, each of which is displayed with three texts “add a space above”, “add a space below”, and “add new page”. is there. Then, the dialog display processing unit 13 outputs information for identifying one item selected by the user among the above three items to the touch method determination unit 12 based on an operation from the user received on the touch panel 4. To do.

  Then, the touch method determination unit 12 acquires information for identifying the item selected by the user from the dialog display processing unit 13. Then, the touch method determination unit 12 determines which item has been selected by the user (S24).

  At this time, if the selected item is an item corresponding to “add a space above” (“add a space above” in S24), the touch method determination unit 12 The blank addition processing unit 14 is instructed to add a blank to the end of the page data to which the boundary which is the last boundary among the boundaries adjacent to the tapped boundary belongs.

  Then, the blank addition processing unit 14 adds a blank of a predetermined size between the end of the page data, that is, the end of the content included in the page data and the boundary of the end belonging to the page data. (S26).

  In addition, when the selected item is an item corresponding to “add a blank below” (“add a blank below” in S24), the touch method determination unit 12 The blank addition processing unit 14 is instructed to add a blank to the head of the page data to which the boundary that is the first boundary among the boundaries adjacent to the tapped boundary belongs.

  Then, the blank addition processing unit 14 adds a blank of a predetermined size between the top of the page data, that is, the top of the content included in the page data and the boundary of the top belonging to the page data. (S27).

  In addition, when the selected item is an item corresponding to “add new page” (“add new page” in S24), the touch method determination unit 12 sets the tapped boundary and the tapped boundary. Instruct to add new page data between adjacent boundaries.

  Then, the blank addition processing unit 14 adds a blank between the two boundaries (S28). At this time, the blank addition processing unit 14 generates a blank having a predetermined size, and instructs the boundary setting unit 15 to add a boundary to the blank.

  Subsequently, the boundary setting unit 15 adds a boundary to the generated blank (S29). Specifically, the boundary setting unit 15 adds a leading boundary to the top of the generated blank, and adds a trailing boundary to the end of the blank.

  On the other hand, the touch method determination unit 12 determines that the boundary has been pressed for a long time when the time during which the boundary area is touched exceeds the predetermined time B (“long press the boundary” in S22). Then, the process proceeds to step S25.

  In step S25, the touch method determination unit 12 determines which boundary has been pressed for a long time (S25).

  At this time, if the touch method determination unit 12 determines that the end boundary is being pressed for a long time (“end boundary” in S25), it adds a blank to the end of the page data to which the end boundary belongs. An instruction is given to the blank addition processing unit 14. Subsequently, the blank addition processing unit 14 executes the process of step S26.

  Further, when the touch method determination unit 12 determines that the leading boundary has been pressed for a long time (“leading boundary” in S25), adding a blank to the beginning of the page data to which the leading boundary belongs is blank. An instruction is given to the additional processing unit 14. Subsequently, the blank addition processing unit 14 executes the process of step S27.

  When the touch method determination unit 12 determines that a distance between two adjacent boundaries sandwiched between two contents is long pressed (“between the last boundary and the first boundary” in S25), It instructs the blank addition processing unit 14 to add new page data between the two boundaries. Subsequently, the blank addition processing unit 14 executes the processes of step S28 and step S29.

  The touch method determination unit 12 is configured to execute one of the following two processes.

  In the first process, the touch method determination unit 12 instructs the blank addition processing unit 14 to add a blank to the end of the page data to which the tapped end boundary belongs. Subsequently, the blank addition processing unit 14 executes a process of step S26 described later.

  Note that the touch method determined in step S22 and the step proceeding according to the method may be reversed. That is, if it is determined in step S22 that the boundary region has been tapped, the process proceeds to step S25. On the other hand, if it is determined that the boundary region has been long pressed, the process proceeds to step S23.

  If the touch method determination unit 12 determines that the boundary region has been tapped, the touch method determination unit 12 determines which boundary has been tapped. At this time, when the touch method determination unit 12 determines that the space between the leading boundary and the trailing boundary of two adjacent page data has been tapped, the blank addition processing unit 14 determines the page data to which the trailing boundary belongs. Add a space to When the touch method determination unit 12 determines that the tail boundary has been tapped, the blank addition processing unit 14 may add a blank to the end of the page data to which the tail boundary belongs. Similarly, when it is determined that the leading boundary has been tapped, the blank addition processing unit 14 may add a blank at the beginning of the page data to which the leading boundary belongs.

  With the above, the blank addition process shown in the figure ends.

  Next, a display example by the second process executed by the blank addition control unit 10 will be described with reference to FIGS.

  (A) of FIG. 7 includes the first page data 100, the second page data 110, and the third page data 120 as the display screen of the content editing application. The first boundary 111 and the last boundary 112 belonging to the page data 110 and the first boundary 121 belonging to the third page data 120 are included.

  In the state of FIG. 7A, when the user selects the last boundary 102 (tap or long press), the display screen transitions to the state of FIG. 7B. In FIG. 7B, a blank 400 is added to the first page data 100 by the content editing apparatus 1.

  Specifically, the touch method determination unit 12 determines that the tail boundary 102 has been selected, and adds a blank to the first page data 100 to which the tail boundary 102 belongs to the blank addition processing unit 14. Instruct to do. Then, the blank addition processing unit 14 adds a blank 400 having a predetermined size between the end of the first page data 100, that is, the end of the content included in the first page data 100 and the end boundary 102. .

  Further, in the state of FIG. 7A, when the head boundary 111 is selected (tapped or long pressed) by the user, the display screen transitions to the state of FIG. 7C. In FIG. 7C, a blank 400 is added to the second page data 110 by the content editing apparatus 1.

  Specifically, the touch method determination unit 12 determines that the leading boundary 111 has been selected, and adds a blank to the second page data 110 to which the leading boundary 111 belongs to the blank addition processing unit 14. Instruct to do. Then, the blank addition processing unit 14 adds a blank 400 having a predetermined size between the top of the second page data 110, that is, the top of the content included in the second page data 110 and the top boundary 111. .

  Further, in the state of FIG. 7A, when the user selects (tap or long press) between the tail boundary 102 and the head boundary 111, the display screen is in the state of FIG. Transition to. In FIG. 7D, the content editing apparatus 1 newly generates the fourth page data 130 in which the leading boundary 131 and the trailing boundary 132 are added between the trailing boundary 102 and the leading boundary 111. Have been added.

  Specifically, the touch method determination unit 12 instructs the blank addition processing unit 14 to newly generate the fourth page data 130 between the end boundary 102 and the start boundary 111. At this time, the blank addition processing unit 14 generates a blank having a predetermined size. Furthermore, the blank addition processing unit 14 instructs the boundary setting unit 15 to add a boundary to the blank. Then, the boundary setting unit 15 adds a leading boundary 131 to the leading end (that is, the upper end) of the blank, and adds a trailing boundary 132 to the trailing end (that is, the lower end) of the blank.

  On the other hand, when the last boundary 102 or the first boundary 111 is selected (tapped or long pressed), the display screen transitions to the state shown in FIG. In FIG. 8, a dialog 500 is displayed for allowing the user to select how to add a blank.

  Specifically, when it is determined that the boundary is tapped, the touch method determination unit 12 instructs the dialog display processing unit 13 to display the dialog 500. At this time, the touch method determination unit 12 instructs the dialog display processing unit 13 to display the dialog 500 regardless of whether the last boundary 102 or the first boundary 111 is selected.

  Then, the dialog display processing unit 13 displays a dialog 500 for allowing the user to select where to add a blank. The dialog 500 includes three items: an item 501 described as “adding a blank above”, an item 502 described as “adding a blank below”, and an item 503 described as “add new page”. Including. Based on the operation from the user received on the touch panel 4, the dialog display processing unit 13 outputs information on one item selected by the user among the three items to the touch method determination unit 12.

  The touch method determination unit 12 acquires information related to the item selected by the user from the dialog display processing unit 13.

  At this time, when the selected item is the item 501 (corresponding to “add a blank above”), the touch method determination unit 12 determines whether the last boundary 102 belongs to the blank addition processing unit 14. An instruction to add a blank to one page data 100 is given. Then, the blank addition processing unit 14 adds the blank 400 to the end of the first page data 100 as described above, and transitions to the state shown in FIG. 7B.

  In addition, when the selected item is the item 502 (corresponding to “add a blank below”), the touch method determination unit 12 determines the second boundary to which the leading boundary 111 belongs to the blank addition processing unit 14. An instruction to add a blank to the page data 110 is given. Then, the blank addition processing unit 14 adds the blank 400 to the head of the second page data 110 as described above, and transitions to the state of FIG. 7C.

  Further, when the selected item is the item 503 (corresponding to “add new page”), the touch method determination unit 12 makes a new page between two adjacent boundaries with respect to the blank addition processing unit 14. Instructs to generate data.

  Then, the blank addition processing unit 14 and the boundary setting unit 15 newly generate and add the fourth page data 130 between the trailing boundary 102 and the leading boundary 111 as described above. As a result, the state transitions to the state shown in FIG.

  As described above, the blank addition process operates in the content editing apparatus 1.

(Display example of margin deletion processing)
Next, FIG. 9 will be described. FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating a display example of a process for deleting a margin (hereinafter referred to as a margin deletion process) in the content editing apparatus 1.

  (A) of FIG. 9 includes the first page data 100 and the second page data 110 as the display screen of the content editing application, the last boundary 102 belonging to the first page data, and the first page belonging to the second page data 110. The boundary 111 is included.

  In FIG. 9A, the user of the content editing device 1 has completed editing the content included in the first page data 100. Here, since the size of the first page data generated by the blank addition control unit 10 or added with blanks is larger than the size of the content edited by the user, a margin 105 is generated.

  At this time, if the operation from the user received on the touch panel 4 indicates that the content of the first page data 100 is to be stored, the content display editing unit 20 performs the margin deletion process on the first page data 100. To the unit 30. Then, the margin deletion processing unit 30 detects the margin 105 included in the first page data 100 and outputs the deleted margin to the content display editing unit 20. When the margin 105 is deleted in this way, the display screen transitions to the state shown in FIG.

  FIG. 9B shows a display screen in a state where the margin 105 included in the first page data 100 in FIG. 9A is deleted. As shown in FIG. 9B, as a result of the deletion of the margin 105 by the margin deletion processing unit 30, the end boundary 102 belonging to the first page data is the end of the content included in the first page data 100 (that is, To the bottom). Further, the second page data 110 and the leading boundary 111 belonging to the second page data 110 move in the direction of the first page data 100 (ie, upward) accordingly.

  As described above, the margin deletion process operates in the content editing apparatus 1.

(effect)
Next, the effect produced by the content editing apparatus 1 will be described.

  The conventional application without a delimiter has an advantage that there is no restriction on the area for editing the content, but there is a problem that it is difficult to understand at a glance how far the content is.

  On the other hand, the content editing apparatus 1 displays boundary information between the contents. Therefore, the user of the content editing apparatus 1 can distinguish the content being edited and the irrelevant content at a glance.

  In addition, in a conventional application divided into pages, when inputting characters or drawing pictures, it is necessary to input them so that they fit within the divided pages, so the user cannot edit freely. There was a problem.

  On the other hand, the content editing apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment executes the blank addition process using each functional block included in the blank addition control unit 10 as described above. Through the blank addition process, the content editing apparatus 1 enlarges the page data being edited by the content display editing unit 20.

  As a result, the user of the content editing apparatus 1 is not satisfied with the size of the predetermined area generated first, and wants to input characters or draw a picture for the page data including the edited content. When you think, you can add a new space to secure an area for editing.

  In addition, the content editing apparatus 1 includes a boundary touch detection unit 11. The boundary touch detection unit 11 detects a touch operation with a user's finger, a touch pen, or the like on the boundary displayed on the touch panel 4. Therefore, the content editing apparatus 1 can execute the blank addition process by accepting a simple operation of touching the boundary.

  In addition, in the conventional application divided for each page, the number of characters on one page is fixed, so even content with the same content is input across a plurality of pages. For this reason, there is a problem that it is difficult for the user to input, and when viewing the edited content later, the content is cut off and displayed before and after the page. In particular, page breaks added according to a predetermined number of characters, size, and the like are unnecessary for terminals such as tablets that do not print on paper.

  The boundary setting unit 15 included in the content editing apparatus 1 also adds a boundary for distinguishing from other areas to the page data, as in the conventional application. However, unlike the conventional application, the content editing apparatus 1 does not add a boundary by dividing an area by the number of characters, size, or the like. Specifically, after content is input to the page data, the margin deletion processing unit 30 deletes the margin between the boundary and the content included in the page data. Therefore, the content editing apparatus 1 can improve conveniences such as ease of input and visibility for conventional applications.

  In addition, in a conventional application, when a small amount of characters are input on a page or a small picture is drawn, most of the page becomes a blank space. For this reason, since a large margin is displayed on the screen displaying the page, there is a problem that it is difficult to view the content. Further, in this case, there is a problem that wasteful resources are consumed because an area of a page that can be edited is not effectively used.

  On the other hand, the size of the page data from which the margin has been deleted by the margin deletion processing unit 30 is substantially equal to the size of the content that has been edited. For this reason, the size of the page data is determined by the position and size of the edited content. Therefore, the content editing apparatus 1 can display all necessary information on the screen for displaying the content because there is no unnecessary blank space when browsing the page data that has been edited. The visibility is improved.

  Moreover, in the conventional application, when displaying the input text, unnecessary blanks such as space codes and TAB codes are omitted and displayed on the screen. It does not mean that data is processed and saved to save. Therefore, the conventional application has a problem that when editing the content again, it is difficult to edit the content because unnecessary blanks that were input at the previous editing time remain.

  On the other hand, the content editing apparatus 1 performs a process of processing and storing data so as to omit the blank included in the page. Therefore, the content editing apparatus 1 has an advantage that the content can be easily edited.

  Further, in the conventional application, when a new page for new editing is added, the content of the previous page cannot be browsed. For this reason, in order to view the content of the previous page, it is necessary to return to the previous page. Such an application is inconvenient when editing the content while checking the content information of the previous page.

  On the other hand, the content editing apparatus 1 can add page data between two boundaries. Therefore, new contents can be edited while checking the contents included in the previously edited page data. Furthermore, since the content editing apparatus 1 performs display in a roll shape as shown in FIG. 2, a plurality of page data can be browsed simultaneously.

  Furthermore, the blank addition processing unit 14 may add the current date and time that dynamically changes with the passage of time to the vicinity of the boundary. Thus, the user can recognize when each page data is created.

  Furthermore, the content editing application provided in the content editing apparatus 1 is particularly effective in applications that cannot easily execute addition or deletion of content, such as a handwriting application that draws content by handwriting input from a user.

(Summary)
An editing apparatus (content editing apparatus 1) according to an aspect of the present invention is an editing apparatus that edits a content area data list (page data list 50) including a plurality of content areas (page data). Content display means (content display) for displaying the top boundary information (start boundary) indicating the start position and the end boundary information (end boundary) indicating the end position in each content area The editing unit 20), an operation acquisition unit (boundary touch detection unit 11) for acquiring an operation on a boundary region sandwiched between two adjacent content regions displayed by the content display unit, and the operation acquisition unit. Relationship between the last boundary information and the first boundary information displayed in the boundary area In corresponding positions, and a blank add means for adding a blank for writing the content (blank addition processing section 14), the.

  An editing apparatus control method according to an aspect of the present invention is an editing apparatus control method for editing a content area data list including a plurality of content areas, and displays the plurality of content areas arranged in a line. At the same time, a content display step (S2) for displaying the start boundary information indicating the start position and the end boundary information indicating the end position in each content area, and the two adjacent content areas displayed by the content display step. Corresponding to the positional relationship between the operation acquisition step (S21) for acquiring the operation for the boundary region and the tail boundary information and the head boundary information displayed in the boundary region of the operation acquired by the operation acquisition step. A blank addition step (S26, S) for adding a blank for writing content to the position. 7, including S28 and), the.

  According to the above-described configuration and method, the editing apparatus displays a plurality of content areas arranged in a line, and includes, in each content area, start boundary information indicating the start position and end boundary information indicating the end position. indicate. The head boundary information and the tail boundary information function as a separator that distinguishes the content area from other content areas.

  In particular, the editing apparatus acquires an operation on a boundary area sandwiched between two displayed adjacent content areas, and the end boundary information and the start boundary displayed in the boundary area of the acquired operation. A blank for writing content is added at a position corresponding to the positional relationship with the information.

  Here, in the content area sandwiched between the head boundary information and the tail boundary information, the contents can be handled together. Therefore, the editing apparatus can edit the content without being limited to a break like a conventional page. In addition, the editing device, based only on a simple operation such as an operation on the boundary region, determines the position corresponding to the positional relationship between the end boundary information and the start boundary information, for example, between the two boundary information or the boundary information. White space can be added within the defined content area.

  Therefore, the editing apparatus can freely edit the content without being limited to page breaks, and can add a blank for editing the content with a simple operation. Play.

  Further, in the editing apparatus according to one aspect of the present invention, when the operation acquisition unit acquires an operation of selecting a region between the tail boundary information and the head boundary information displayed in the boundary region, the blank addition unit May add a new content region having a blank between the new set of start boundary information and the end boundary information between the end boundary information and the start boundary information.

  According to the above configuration, when the editing device acquires an operation for selecting an area between the end boundary information and the start boundary information displayed in the boundary area, the end boundary information and the start boundary information are acquired. In between, a new content area having a space between the new set of head boundary information and tail boundary information is added.

  Therefore, the editing apparatus has an effect that a new new content area can be added between the existing content areas by a simple operation of selecting a position between two pieces of boundary information. .

  Furthermore, in the editing apparatus according to one aspect of the present invention, when the operation acquisition unit acquires an operation of selecting one of the tail boundary information and the head boundary information displayed in the boundary region, the blank addition unit includes: A blank may be added in the content area where the boundary is defined by the selected tail boundary information or head boundary information.

  According to the above configuration, when the editing device acquires an operation of selecting one of the tail boundary information and the head boundary information displayed in the boundary region, the selected tail boundary information or head boundary information is acquired. A blank is added in the content area whose boundary is defined by.

  Therefore, the editing apparatus has a simple operation of selecting one of the boundary information displayed in the boundary area, and has the selected boundary information at the head in the content area having the selected boundary information at the end. There is an effect that a blank can be added in the content area.

  An editing apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention is an editing apparatus that edits a content area data list including a plurality of content areas, displays the plurality of content areas arranged in a line, and displays each content area, Content acquisition means for displaying the head boundary information indicating the head position and the tail boundary information indicating the tail position, and an operation acquisition for acquiring an operation on the boundary area sandwiched between two adjacent content areas displayed by the content display means And an operation for the boundary area is acquired by the operation acquisition means, and (1) a new set of the start boundary information and the end boundary information between the end boundary information and the start boundary information displayed in the boundary area. Add a new content area with a space between the boundary information, (2) the tail boundary displayed in the boundary area The user adds either a blank in the content area whose boundary is defined by the information, or (3) adds a blank in the content area whose boundary is defined by the head boundary information displayed in the boundary area. Depending on the operation acquired by the position selection acquisition means (dialog display processing unit 13) for acquiring the operation to be selected and the position selection acquisition means, the addition of the new content area or the addition of a blank in the content area is performed. Blank addition means for performing.

  An editing apparatus control method according to an aspect of the present invention is an editing apparatus control method for editing a content area data list including a plurality of content areas, and displays the plurality of content areas arranged in a line. In addition, each content area is sandwiched between a content display step for displaying the start boundary information indicating the start position and the end boundary information indicating the end position, and two adjacent content areas displayed in the content display step. When an operation acquisition step for acquiring an operation for the boundary region and an operation for the boundary region are acquired in the operation acquisition step, (1) between the end boundary information and the start boundary information displayed in the boundary region, Add a new content area with a space between the new set of start boundary information and end boundary information, 2) A blank is added in the content area whose boundary is defined by the tail boundary information displayed in the boundary area. (3) In the content area whose boundary is defined by the head boundary information displayed in the boundary area. A position selection acquisition step for acquiring an operation for the user to select one of adding a blank, and addition of the new content area or into the content area according to the operation acquired in the position selection acquisition step And a blank addition step for adding a blank.

  According to the above-described configuration and method, the editing apparatus displays a plurality of content areas arranged in a line, and includes, in each content area, start boundary information indicating the start position and end boundary information indicating the end position. indicate. The head boundary information and the tail boundary information function as a separator that distinguishes the content area from other content areas.

  In particular, the editing device acquires an operation for a boundary area sandwiched between two displayed adjacent content areas, and when an operation for the boundary area is acquired, a space for writing content is further deleted. A user operation for selecting a position to be added is acquired. Specifically, (1) there is a blank between a new set of head boundary information and tail boundary information between the tail boundary information and head boundary information displayed in the border area. A new content area is added, (2) a blank is added in the content area where the boundary is defined by the tail boundary information displayed in the boundary area, and (3) the leading boundary information displayed in the boundary area Either adding a blank in the content area where the boundary is defined. Then, according to the user's selection operation, the new content area is added or a blank space is added to the content area.

  Here, in the content area sandwiched between the head boundary information and the tail boundary information, the contents can be handled together. Therefore, the editing apparatus can edit the content without being limited to a break like a conventional page. The editing apparatus causes the user to select a position to add a blank and adds a blank according to the user's operation.

  Therefore, the editing device can freely edit content without being limited to page breaks, and can add a blank based only on simple operations such as an operation on a boundary region and a selection operation. There is an effect that can be done.

  Note that the editing apparatus according to one aspect of the present invention may be realized by a computer. In this case, the editing apparatus is controlled by the computer so that the editing apparatus is realized by causing the computer to operate as the respective units. A program and a computer-readable recording medium on which the program is recorded also fall within the scope of the present invention.

  The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications can be made within the scope shown in the claims. That is, embodiments obtained by combining technical means appropriately modified within the scope of the claims are also included in the technical scope of the present invention.

(Example of software implementation)
Finally, each block of the content editing apparatus 1, particularly the control unit 2, may be realized in hardware by a logic circuit formed on an integrated circuit (IC chip), or using a CPU (Central Processing Unit). It may be realized by software.

  In the latter case, the content editing apparatus 1 includes a CPU that executes instructions of a program that realizes each function, a ROM (Read Only Memory) that stores the program, a RAM (Random Access Memory) that expands the program, the program, A storage device (recording medium) such as a memory for storing various data is provided. An object of the present invention is a recording medium on which a program code (execution format program, intermediate code program, source program) of a control program of the content editing apparatus 1 which is software for realizing the functions described above is recorded so as to be readable by a computer. This can also be achieved by supplying the content editing apparatus 1 and reading and executing the program code recorded on the recording medium by the computer (or CPU or MPU).

  Examples of the recording medium include non-transitory tangible medium, such as magnetic tape and cassette tape, magnetic disk such as floppy (registered trademark) disk / hard disk, and CD-ROM / MO. Discs including optical discs such as / MD / DVD / CD-R, cards such as IC cards (including memory cards) / optical cards, semiconductor memories such as mask ROM / EPROM / EEPROM (registered trademark) / flash ROM Alternatively, logic circuits such as PLD (Programmable Logic Device) and FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array) can be used.

  Further, the content editing apparatus 1 may be configured to be connectable to a communication network, and the program code may be supplied via the communication network. The communication network is not particularly limited as long as it can transmit the program code. For example, the Internet, intranet, extranet, LAN, ISDN, VAN, CATV communication network, virtual private network, telephone line network, mobile communication network, satellite communication network, and the like can be used. The transmission medium constituting the communication network may be any medium that can transmit the program code, and is not limited to a specific configuration or type. For example, even with wired lines such as IEEE 1394, USB, power line carrier, cable TV line, telephone line, ADSL (Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line) line, infrared rays such as IrDA and remote control, Bluetooth (registered trademark), IEEE 802.11 wireless, HDR ( It can also be used by radio such as High Data Rate (NFC), Near Field Communication (NFC), Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA), mobile phone network, satellite line, and digital terrestrial network. The present invention can also be realized in the form of a computer data signal embedded in a carrier wave in which the program code is embodied by electronic transmission.

  The present invention can be used for an information processing apparatus equipped with an application for editing content. In particular, it can be widely applied to various information processing apparatuses such as a personal computer, a mobile phone, a smartphone, a tablet PC, and a game machine.

1 Content editing device (editing device)
3 storage unit 11 boundary touch detection unit (operation acquisition means)
13 Dialog display processing unit (position selection acquisition means)
14 Blank addition processing part (blank addition means)
15 Boundary setting part (blank adding means)
20 Content display editing section (content editing means, content display means)
30. Margin deletion processing section (margin deletion means)
50 page data list (content area data list)
105 Margin 100 First page data (content area)
110 Second page data (content area)
120 Third page data (content area)
130 4th page data (content area)
101 First boundary (first boundary information)
111 First boundary (first boundary information)
121 First boundary (first boundary information)
131 First boundary (head boundary information)
102 End boundary (end boundary information)
112 End boundary (end boundary information)
122 End boundary (end boundary information)
132 End boundary (end boundary information)

Claims (6)

An editing apparatus for editing a content area data list including a plurality of content areas,
A plurality of content areas are arranged and displayed in a row, and content display means for displaying, in each content area, head boundary information indicating a head position and tail boundary information indicating a tail position,
An operation acquisition means for acquiring an operation for a boundary area sandwiched between two adjacent content areas displayed by the content display means;
Blank addition means for adding a blank for writing content at a position corresponding to the positional relationship between the end boundary information and the start boundary information displayed in the boundary area of the operation acquired by the operation acquisition means; An editing apparatus comprising: When the operation acquisition means acquires an operation of selecting an area between the end boundary information and the start boundary information displayed in the boundary area,
The blank adding means adds a new content region having a blank between a new set of head boundary information and tail boundary information between the tail boundary information and the head boundary information. Item 2. The editing device according to Item 1. When the operation acquisition means acquires an operation of selecting one of the end boundary information and the start boundary information displayed in the boundary area,
3. The editing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the blank adding means adds a blank in a content area whose boundary is defined by the selected tail boundary information or head boundary information. An editing apparatus for editing a content area data list including a plurality of content areas,
A plurality of content areas are arranged and displayed in a row, and content display means for displaying, in each content area, head boundary information indicating a head position and tail boundary information indicating a tail position,
An operation acquisition means for acquiring an operation for a boundary area sandwiched between two adjacent content areas displayed by the content display means;
When an operation for the boundary region is acquired by the operation acquisition unit,
(1) Add a new content area having a blank between the new set of start boundary information and end boundary information between the end boundary information and the start boundary information displayed in the boundary area.
(2) adding a blank in the content area where the boundary is defined by the tail boundary information displayed in the boundary area;
(3) adding a blank in the content area where the boundary is defined by the head boundary information displayed in the boundary area;
Position selection acquisition means for acquiring an operation for the user to select any of
An editing apparatus comprising: a blank adding unit that adds the new content area or adds a blank to the content area in accordance with the operation acquired by the position selection acquiring unit. A control method of an editing apparatus for editing a content area data list including a plurality of content areas,
A content display step for displaying a plurality of content areas arranged in a line, and displaying a head boundary information indicating a head position and a tail boundary information indicating a tail position in each content area,
An operation acquisition step of acquiring an operation for a boundary region sandwiched between two adjacent content regions displayed in the content display step;
A blank addition step of adding a blank for writing content at a position corresponding to the positional relationship between the end boundary information and the head boundary information displayed in the boundary area of the operation acquired in the operation acquisition step; The control method of the editing apparatus characterized by including these. A control method of an editing apparatus for editing a content area data list including a plurality of content areas,
A content display step for displaying a plurality of content areas arranged in a line, and displaying a head boundary information indicating a head position and a tail boundary information indicating a tail position in each content area,
An operation acquisition step of acquiring an operation for a boundary region sandwiched between two adjacent content regions displayed in the content display step;
When an operation for the boundary region is acquired in the operation acquisition step,
(1) Add a new content area having a blank between the new set of start boundary information and end boundary information between the end boundary information and the start boundary information displayed in the boundary area.
(2) adding a blank in the content area where the boundary is defined by the tail boundary information displayed in the boundary area;
(3) adding a blank in the content area where the boundary is defined by the head boundary information displayed in the boundary area;
A position selection acquisition step for acquiring an operation for the user to select one of
And a blank addition step of adding a new content area or adding a blank in the content area in accordance with the operation acquired in the position selection acquisition step. .

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