JP2020144453A - Image editing device and image editing method - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a technique for reducing time and labor to eliminate interference between an object disposed on a page and a common object disposed on each of a plurality of pages including the page.SOLUTION: It is determined whether a page object disposed according to user operation on a display target page among a plurality of pages is interfering on the display target page with a common object disposed in common on each of the plurality of pages. When it is determined that the page object is interfering on the display target page with the common object, arrangement of the common object on the display target page is changed so that the page object is not interfering on the display target page with the common object.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 8

Description

The present invention relates to a technique for arranging objects on a page.

In recent years, design programs for arranging objects such as arbitrary character strings, figures, and images on the display screen of an information processing device and creating layout data having a different design for each page have been widely used.

In the conventional design program, the typeface and position of the page number for each page of the layout data and the binding position of the paper at the time of printing can be specified, and the page number is assigned to each page of the layout data based on the specification. It can be printed and bound. On the other hand, if the page number and the binding position are specified on the same side of the top, bottom, left, and right, there is a concern that the page number and the staple needle may overlap, or the page number may be difficult to see when the page is folded, resulting in deterioration of visibility. .. In order to prevent this, in the document creation device disclosed in Patent Document 1, it is possible to prevent deterioration of visibility by rearranging the position of the page number at another position.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 7-168818

In the method of Patent Document 1, only the information of the page number and the binding position is considered as the target of the deterioration of the visibility, but there are other cases where the visibility is deteriorated. For example, recent design programs have a function to display arbitrary objects on all pages in the same way (header information / footer information for general word processing programs. Slide master function for PowerPoint (Microsoft)). Is equivalent). Objects that use this function and are displayed on all pages in the same way are hereinafter referred to as common objects. When a common object is placed, interference such as overlap may occur between the object placed on each page and the common object. In this case, the interfering objects have different information from the page number and the binding position.

Therefore, in order to prevent the objects from interfering with each other, the user needs to adjust the placement position of the objects while checking the design of all pages when arranging or moving the common objects, which is troublesome. It was. Further, when the degree of interference differs for each page, there is a problem that it takes time and effort to confirm and correct it.

The present invention provides a technique for reducing the time and effort to eliminate interference between an object arranged on a page and a common object arranged on each of a plurality of pages including the page.

In one aspect of the present invention, a page object arranged on a display target page among a plurality of pages according to a user operation and a common object commonly arranged on each of the plurality of pages are displayed targets. When the determination means for determining whether or not there is interference on the page and the determination means determine that the page object and the common object are interfering with each other on the display target page, the page object It is characterized by providing a changing means for changing the arrangement of the common object on the display target page so that the common object and the common object do not interfere with each other on the display target page.

According to the configuration of the present invention, it is possible to reduce the time and effort to eliminate the interference between the object arranged on the page and the common object arranged on each of the plurality of pages including the page.

The figure which shows the display example of the screen which is displayed on the display screen of the display device 805 by executing a page design program. The figure which shows an example of the edit screen for a common object. The figure which shows the display example of the page layout edit screen which displayed page 301. A flowchart of processing performed by the image editing device. The figure which shows an example of a menu screen. The figure which shows the page obtained as a result of performing the process according to the flowchart of FIG. 4 with page 301 as a display target page. The flowchart which shows the detail of the process in step S406. The block diagram which shows the hardware configuration example of the image editing apparatus.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

[First Embodiment]
First, a hardware configuration example of the image editing device according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to the block diagram of FIG. The image editing device is a computer device such as a PC (personal computer), a tablet terminal device, or a smartphone.

The CPU 801 executes various processes using computer programs and data stored in the RAM 802 and the ROM 803. As a result, the CPU 801 controls the operation of the entire image editing device, and executes or controls each process described later as what the image editing device performs.

The RAM 802 has a computer program and data loaded from the ROM 803 and the external storage device 806, and an area for storing data received from the outside via the I / F (interface) 807. Further, the RAM 802 has a work area used by the CPU 801 to execute various processes. As described above, the RAM 802 can appropriately provide various areas. The ROM 803 stores information that does not require rewriting, such as setting data of the image editing device and a startup program.

The operation unit 804 is a user interface such as a keyboard, a mouse, and a touch panel screen, and various instructions can be input to the CPU 801 by the user operating the operation unit 804.

The display device 805 is composed of a liquid crystal screen, a touch panel screen, and the like, and can display the processing result by the CPU 801 with images, characters, and the like. Various screens described later are displayed on the display device 805. The display device 805 may be a projection device such as a projector that projects an image or characters.

The external storage device 806 is a large-capacity information storage device such as a hard disk drive device. The external storage device 806 stores computer programs and data for causing the CPU 801 to execute or control each process described later as performed by the OS (operating system) and the image editing device. The computer programs and data stored in the external storage device 806 are appropriately loaded into the RAM 802 according to the control by the CPU 801 and become the processing target by the CPU 801. That is, the information used in each process described below is stored in the external storage device 806, and is loaded and used in the RAM 802 as needed.

The I / F 807 functions as a network interface for the image editing device to perform data communication with an external device. The CPU 801 and RAM 802, ROM 803, operation unit 804, display device 805, external storage device 806, and I / F 807 are all connected to the bus 808.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a display example of a screen displayed on the display screen of the display device 805 when the CPU 801 executes a page design program for editing the arrangement (layout) of objects on the page. In FIG. 1, a page 101 is displayed on this screen (page layout editing screen), and the page 101 is arranged on the page 101 by a user operating the operation unit 804 (user operation) on the page 101. The objects 111 and 112 are arranged. Further, on this page 101, a common object 211 that is commonly arranged on a plurality of pages including the page 101 is also arranged. As shown in FIG. 1, the object 111 and the object 112 are objects having an arrangement position and a size on the page 101 so as not to overlap each other or interfere with each other. Further, as shown in FIG. 1, on page 101, the object 111 and the object 112 do not interfere with the common object 211 such as overlapping. The arrangement (position, rotation angle, size, etc.) of the common object 211 is edited on the edit screen for the common object, and cannot be edited on the screen of FIG.

FIG. 2 shows an example of the editing screen for the common object. As shown in FIG. 2, on the edit screen for the common object, only the common object 211 is displayed in the frame 201 of the page, and the user operates the operation unit 804 to set the arrangement of the common object 211 in the frame 201. The arrangement of the common object 211 set on the edit screen for the common object is the arrangement of the common object 211 on each page.

FIG. 3 shows a display example of a page layout edit screen in which a page 301 different from the page 101 of FIG. 1 is displayed. Objects 311, 312, and 313 arranged by the user operating the operation unit 804 with respect to the page 301 are arranged on the page 301. Further, the above-mentioned common object 211 is also arranged on this page 301. As shown in FIG. 3, on page 301, the object 313 has interference such as overlapping with the common object 211. In the present embodiment, for such page 301, the arrangement of the common object 211 is changed so as not to interfere with the objects 311, 312, 313.

According to the flowchart of FIG. 4, the process performed by the image editing device when the display target page specified by the user operating the operation unit 804 as the page to be displayed on the display device 805 among the plurality of pages is displayed on the page layout editing screen. explain. The process according to the flowchart of FIG. 4 is repeatedly executed while the page layout edit screen is displayed. In the following, in order to distinguish an object that is not a common object from a common object, it is referred to as a non-common object.

In step S401, the CPU 801 refers to the history of the display target page and determines whether or not the arrangement of the common objects has been changed in the past on the display target page. As a result of this determination, if the arrangement of the common objects has not been changed in the past on the display target page, the process proceeds to step S402, and if the arrangement of the common objects has been changed in the past on the display target page, the process proceeds. The process proceeds to step S408.

In step S402, the CPU 801 acquires the common object area information defining the area of the common object on the display target page from the external storage device 806 to the RAM 802. The common object area information is, for example, a set of "the position of the upper left corner of the common object area on the display target page" and "the vertical size and the horizontal size of the common object area". However, the common object area information may be, for example, a set of the positions of the upper left corner and the position of the lower right corner of the area of the common object on the display target page, or may be a set of the positions of the four corners.

In step S403, the CPU 801 acquires the non-common object area information defining the non-common object area on the display target page from the external storage device 806 to the RAM 802. The non-common object area information is, for example, a set of "position of the upper left corner of the non-common object area on the display target page" and "vertical size and horizontal size of the non-common object area". However, the non-common object area information may be, for example, a set of the positions of the upper left corner and the position of the lower right corner of the non-common object area on the display target page, or may be a set of the positions of the four corners.

In step S404, the CPU 801 uses the common object area information and the non-common object area information to determine whether or not the common object and the non-common object interfere with each other on the display target page. That is, the CPU 801 determines whether or not there is interference such as overlap between the area of the common object represented by the common object area information and the area of the non-common object indicated by the non-common object area information.

As a result of this determination, if the common object and the non-common object do not interfere with each other on the display target page, the process proceeds to step S405. On the other hand, when the common object and the non-common object interfere with each other on the display target page, the process proceeds to step S406.

In step S405, the CPU 801 displays the display target page on which the non-common objects and the common objects are arranged on the display device 805 without changing the arrangement of the common objects on the display target page.

On the other hand, in step S406, the CPU 801 searches for the arrangement of the common objects on the display target page so as not to interfere with the non-common objects on the display target page. Then, as a result of this search, if the arrangement of the common objects on the display target page that does not interfere with the non-common objects is found on the display target page, the process proceeds to step S407. On the other hand, if the arrangement of the common objects on the display target page that does not interfere with the non-common objects is not found on the display target page, the process proceeds to step S405. Details of the process in step S406 will be described later with reference to FIG. 7.

In step S407, the CPU 801 changes the arrangement of the common objects to the arrangement found in step S406. Further, the CPU 801 stores the flag information indicating that the arrangement of the common object has been changed and the common object area information of the common object before the arrangement is changed in this step in the history of the display target page. In step S401 described above, when the flag information is stored in the history of the display target page, the CPU 801 determines that the arrangement of the common objects has been changed in the past on the display target page, and flags the display target page history. If the information is not stored, it is determined that the arrangement of common objects has not been changed in the past on the display target page. Then, the CPU 801 displays the display target page including the non-common object and the common object whose arrangement has been changed on the display device 805.

On the other hand, in step S408, the CPU 801 acquires the common object area information of the common object of the arrangement before the change from the history of the display target page. Then, in step S409, the CPU 801 acquires the non-common object area information defining the non-common object area on the display target page from the external storage device 806 to the RAM 802.

In step S410, the CPU 801 determines whether or not the area represented by the common object area information acquired in step S408 and the area represented by the non-common object area information acquired in step S409 interfere with each other on the display target page. To do.

As a result of this determination, if the area represented by the common object area information acquired in step S408 and the area represented by the non-common object area information acquired in step S409 do not interfere with each other on the display target page, the processing is performed. The process proceeds to step S411. On the other hand, when the area represented by the common object area information acquired in step S408 and the area represented by the non-common object area information acquired in step S409 interfere with each other on the display target page, the process proceeds to step S412. move on.

In step S411, the CPU 801 returns the arrangement of the common objects on the display target page to the arrangement before the change (the arrangement of the area represented by the common object area information acquired in step S408), and returns to the non-common objects and the arrangement before the change. The display target page including the common object is displayed on the display device 805.

That is, in step S401, when the common object has been moved and displayed, it is monitored whether or not the common object and the non-common object do not interfere with each other even if the arrangement is returned to the one before the change, and the common object interferes. If it is determined that the layout has disappeared, the layout change can be minimized by returning to the layout before the change.

In step S412, the CPU 801 displays the display target page on which the non-common objects and the common objects are arranged on the display device 805 without changing the arrangement of the common objects on the display target page (the arrangement is the same as the previously changed arrangement). indicate.

FIG. 5 shows an example of a menu screen displayed on the display device 805 when the user operates the operation unit 804 on the edit screen for the common object of FIG. 2 and inputs an instruction to set the common object. The menu screen 501 of FIG. 5 is a screen for setting the common object, and the setting for each common object can be made by the menu screen 501.

The area 502 is an area for inputting the height (vertical size) of the common object, and the value input to the area 502 by the user operating the operation unit 804 is used as the height (vertical size) of the common object. Set.

The area 503 is an area for inputting the width (horizontal size) of the common object, and the value input to the area 503 by the user operating the operation unit 804 is set as the width (horizontal size) of the common object. The object.

The check box 511 is for selecting whether or not to perform the process according to the flowchart of FIG. 4, and the user operates the operation unit 804 to instruct the check box 511 to turn on the check box 511 (check). (Marking), processing is performed according to the flowchart of FIG. 4, and when the user operates the operation unit 804 to instruct the check box 511 and turns off the check box 511 (removes the check mark), FIG. 4 The processing according to the flowchart of is not performed.

FIG. 6 shows a page obtained as a result of performing processing according to the flowchart of FIG. 4 with page 301 of FIG. 3 as a display target page. On page 601 of FIG. 6, the arrangement of the common object 211 is changed so as not to interfere with the object 313. After the display of page 601 of FIG. 6, when the user operates the operation unit 804 to change the position, size, etc. of the object 313 so as not to interfere with the common object 211, the common object 211 is not common to other objects. If it does not interfere with the object, the arrangement of the common object 211 returns to the arrangement of the common object 211 in FIG. 3 by the processing of steps S408, S409, S410, and S411 described above.

Next, the details of the process in step S406 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 7.

In step S701, the CPU 801 refers to the common object area information and determines whether or not the condition "vertical size of common object <horizontal size of common object" is satisfied, that is, whether or not the common object is a horizontally long object. To judge.

As a result of this determination, if the condition "vertical size of common object <horizontal size of common object" (the common object is a horizontally long object) is satisfied, the process proceeds to step S702. On the other hand, if the condition "vertical size of common object> horizontal size of common object" (the common object is a vertically long object) is satisfied, the process proceeds to step S703.

In step S702, the CPU 801 determines whether the common object is closer to the lower end of the display target page than the upper end of the display target page. For example, in the CPU 801 the distance d1 between the position in the area of the common object (the position of any of the four corners of the area, the center position, etc.) and the upper end of the display target page is the position in the area of the common object and the display target. Determine if the distance to the bottom edge of the page is greater than d2.

As a result of this determination, if the common object is closer to the upper end of the display target page than the lower end of the display target page (d1 <d2), the process proceeds to step S704. On the other hand, when the common object is closer to the lower end of the display target page than the upper end of the display target page (d1> d2), the process proceeds to step S705.

In step S704, the CPU 801 sets the entire display target page as the search range, moves the common object to the right from the position of the upper left corner of the display target page, and arranges the common object that does not interfere with the non-common object for the first time. Explore.

In step S705, the CPU 801 sets the entire display target page as the search range, moves the common object to the right from the position of the lower left corner of the display target page, and arranges the common object that does not interfere with the non-common object for the first time. Explore.

In step S703, the CPU 801 determines whether the common object is closer to the left edge of the display target page than to the right edge of the display target page. For example, in the CPU801, whether or not the distance d3 between the position in the area of the common object and the right edge of the display target page is larger than the distance d4 between the position in the area of the common object and the left edge of the display target page. To judge.

As a result of this determination, if the common object is closer to the left edge of the display target page than the right edge of the display target page (d4 <d3), the process proceeds to step S706. On the other hand, when the common object is closer to the right edge of the display target page than the left edge of the display target page (d3 <d4), the process proceeds to step S707.

In step S706, the CPU 801 sets the entire display target page as the search range, moves the common object upward from the position of the lower left corner of the display target page, and arranges the common object that does not interfere with the non-common object for the first time. Explore.

In step S707, the CPU 801 sets the entire display target page as the search range, moves the common object upward from the position of the lower right corner of the display target page, and arranges the common object that does not interfere with the non-common object for the first time. Explore.

In steps S704, S705, S706, and S707, the entire display target page is set as the search range. However, a range specified in advance may be used as the search range. Further, the start point and the movement direction of the movement of the common object in each of steps S704, S705, S706, and S707 are not limited to the above examples.

In step S708, the CPU 801 determines whether or not "arrangement of common objects that no longer interfere with non-common objects for the first time" is found in the processing step executed in steps S704, S705, S706, and S707. As a result of this judgment, when "arrangement of common objects that do not interfere with non-common objects for the first time" is found, "the common objects on the display target page that do not interfere with the non-common objects on the display target page" The placement was found. " On the other hand, if "arrangement of common objects that no longer interfere with non-common objects for the first time" is not found, "arrangement of common objects on the display target page that does not interfere with non-common objects on the display target page is performed. I couldn't find it. "

As described above, according to the present embodiment, since the arrangement of the common objects is automatically adjusted, it is possible to reduce the labor of the user's work when the common objects and the non-common objects interfere with each other on the same page. it can.

The above-mentioned "arrangement of common objects / non-common objects" includes one or more of the positions, postures (rotation angles), sizes, etc. of common objects / non-common objects. Further, the common object / non-common object is not limited to a character string, and may be another type of object such as a figure or an image.

[Second Embodiment]
When the arrangement of common objects is changed on one page, the CPU 801 may make the same arrangement change on other pages. For example, when the CPU 801 detects that the arrangement of the common objects has been changed on the page A, the CPU 801 also changes the arrangement of the common objects on the other pages B, C, ... In the same manner as the arrangement of the common objects on the page A. ..

[Third Embodiment]
Some or all of the above information (pages, common object area information, non-common object area information, history, etc.) described as being stored in the external storage device 806 is stored in the external device, and it is necessary. Accordingly, it may be downloaded to the RAM 802 via the I / F 807 and acquired.

Further, the CPU 801 may save the data of each page created as described above in a storage device such as an external storage device 806, or print data from the data of one or more pages of the respective pages. The one or more pages may be printed on a recording medium such as paper by generating and sending the generated print data to a printing device connected to the I / F 807.

[Fourth Embodiment]
The screen configuration, its operation method, and specific numerical values described above are examples, and each embodiment described above is intended to be limited to the screen configuration, its operation method, and the specific numerical values described above. Not what I did. In addition, some or all of the above-described embodiments may be used in combination as appropriate, or may be selectively used.

801: CPU 802: RAM 803: ROM 804: Operation unit 805: Display device 806: External storage device 807: I / F 808: Bus

Claims (6)

Whether or not the page object arranged on the display target page among the plurality of pages according to the user operation and the common object commonly arranged on each of the plurality of pages interfere with each other on the display target page. Judgment means to judge whether
When it is determined by the determination means that the page object and the common object interfere with each other on the display target page, the page object and the common object should not interfere with each other on the display target page. , An image editing device comprising a changing means for changing the arrangement of the common object on the display target page. The changing means
When it is determined that the page object and the common object interfere with each other on the display target page, the display target is prevented so that the page object and the common object do not interfere with each other on the display target page. The image editing device according to claim 1, further comprising a search means for searching the arrangement of the common object on the page. The search means
From the position on the display target page according to whether the common object is a vertically long object or a horizontally long object, and whether the common object is closer to the upper end, the lower end, the left end, or the right end of the display target page. The image editing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the search is performed. The judgment means is
It monitors whether or not the common object before the arrangement is changed by the changing means and the page object no longer interfere with each other on the display target page, and when it is determined by the monitoring that the common object no longer interferes. The image editing device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the changing means returns the arrangement of the common object to the arrangement before the change. This is an image editing method performed by an image editing device.
Of the plurality of pages, the determination means of the image editing device includes a page object arranged on the display target page according to a user operation and a common object commonly arranged on each of the plurality of pages. Judgment process to judge whether or not there is interference on the target page,
When it is determined in the determination step that the page object and the common object interfere with each other on the display target page, the changing means of the image editing device is such that the page object and the common object are the same. An image editing method comprising a change step of changing the arrangement of the common object on the display target page so as not to interfere with the display target page. A computer program for causing a computer to function as each means of the image editing device according to any one of claims 1 to 4.

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