JP3205016B2 - Electronic device and control method thereof - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an electronic device and a control method thereof, and more particularly to an electronic device for moving or copying predetermined display information to a desired position and editing the same, and a control method thereof.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, electronic devices that handle advanced documents and graphics use a pointing device or the like to move or copy graphics when editing graphics, and use auxiliary lines ( (Grid) was used for editing.

[0003]

However, when a figure is moved or copied in the figure editing, the editing is performed by relying only on the eyes of the creator and the grid displayed on the screen. It was not easy to move and copy figures.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned prior art, and a desired point position of display information is displayed in advance.
To be able to move along the desired line drawing, and
Each time a predetermined operation is performed during the movement,
It is an object of the present invention to provide an electronic device capable of providing a copy of display information in a fixed position at such a position and providing a comfortable operation environment and a control method thereof.

[0005]

In order to solve this problem, an electronic apparatus according to the present invention has the following arrangement. That is, an electronic device for moving and editing display information displayed on a display screen by using a predetermined coordinate input means, and a specifying means for specifying display information to be moved;
A point finger to specify a desired point in the display information specified by
Setting means, and a line drawing finger for designating the displayed desired line drawing
Setting means, and the display information specified by the specifying means,
The point position specified by the point designating means is
Specify by the above-mentioned specification means so that it passes on the specified line drawing
The displayed information is changed according to the operation of the coordinate input means.
Moving means for moving along the line drawing, when a predetermined operation is performed during the movement of the display information by the moving means,
A copy of the display information is fixedly arranged at the position displayed at the time of the operation, and the movement of the display information designated by the designation means is continued to a desired position.
Control means for fixing the display of the display information when the display information is moved to the position .

Further, a control method for an electronic device according to the present invention has the following configuration.

A method for controlling an electronic device for moving and editing display information displayed on a display screen by using a predetermined coordinate input means, wherein a designation for designating display information to be moved
Specify a process and a desired point in the specified display information
Point designation process and designated desired line drawing displayed
Line drawing specifying step to be performed and the display information specified in the specifying step.
The point position specified in the point position specifying step of the report is the line
So that it passes on the line drawing specified in the drawing specifying step.
The display information specified in the specifying step is transmitted to the coordinate input means.
A moving step of moving along the line drawing according to an operation ;
A predetermined operation is performed during the movement of the display information in the moving step.
Displayed when the operation was performed and when the operation was performed
A fixed copy of the display information at
Continuing the movement of the display information specified in the specifying step,
When the display information is moved to the desired position, the display information is displayed.
And a control step of determining

[0008]

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments according to the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an electronic apparatus according to the present embodiment. In the figure, 1 is a CPU that controls the entire apparatus, 2 is a program memory PMEM storing a program (flow chart of FIG. 2 described later) for controlling the CPU 1, and 3 is, for example, RS-2.
1 shows a communication I / F (interface) that enables transmission / reception means such as 32C. Reference numeral 4 denotes a keyboard, 5 denotes a pointing device, and 6 denotes a KEY I / F (keyboard interface) that enables connection between the keyboard and the pointing device. Reference numeral 7 denotes a system bus for transmitting address signals, data, and control signals inside the apparatus, 8 denotes a CRT, and 9 denotes a VRAM (video RAM) for developing a bit image displayed on the CRT 8. Reference numeral 10 denotes a floppy disk drive for storing edited documents (including graphics and images), 11 a hard disk drive for storing the system programs of the apparatus as well as the edited documents, and 12 a floppy disk drive. DISK / F 10 for connecting hard disk drive 11 to system bus 7
(Disk interface).

[0011] 13 is a image memory for developing image data to be output to the printer 14, for example, 8 bits per pixel (256 tones), and stores the image data having a resolution 400dpi equivalent. Reference numeral 14 denotes a printer (for example, a laser beam printer) having a resolution of 400 dpi.

In the electronic apparatus according to the present embodiment having the above-described configuration, when moving (or copying) a specific graphic, in addition to causing the moving target graphic to follow the position of the cursor linked in accordance with the operation of the pointing device, the electronic apparatus can be operated in a desired manner. Lines (curves,
(A straight line, a free curve, etc.). The difference between copying and moving a graphic is whether or not the graphic is displayed at the original position.

The overall processing flow of the embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 2 and FIGS.

First, when performing figure editing, a window as shown in FIG. 3 is displayed on a screen, for example (step S).
1). When the figure is to be moved along an arbitrary path (straight line, curve, free curve), the graphic cursor 32 is moved to the "extended edit" button 1 as shown in the figure using the pointing device 5, and clicked (step S2). For example, a menu screen as shown in FIG. 4 is displayed (step S3). Then, the user uses the pointing device 5 to click the "move along path" button 2 therein (step S4).

Thereafter, the figure to be moved (figure 3 in FIG. 3)
(0) is specified by clicking with the pointing device 5 (step S5), and the pointing device 5 is dragged to a path to be moved (the free curve 31 in FIG. 3) (step S6). After the setting of the path is completed, the pointing device 5 is operated until the position to be moved is reached (step S
7), the center of the designated figure moves along the designated path (step S8). When the graphic reaches the position intended by the operator, a click operation is performed to notify the CPU of the click operation, and the processing ends. In addition, the processing from step S6 to step S8 described above is repeated until the intended position is reached.

FIG. 5 shows a state change of the screen corresponding to the above processing.

When the designated figure is moved along the designated line, the input coordinate data used to draw the designated figure and the line is stored in the work area in the PMEM 2, and the coordinate data is stored in the work area. Control is performed so that the center position of the designated figure moves based on the designated figure. Also, this line, which serves as a guide when the figure moves, does not necessarily need to have data in the coordinate data format. That is, if the dot information is checked and the figure is not moved only in the direction in which the dot in the ON state follows, the same operation and effect can be obtained.

[Second Embodiment] In the above-described embodiment (first embodiment), a figure is moved along a designated path by designating one point on an arbitrarily designated path. However, this embodiment (second embodiment) is an example in which one or more figures are copied along a designated path.

The processing flow will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. A program for realizing the processing according to this flowchart is stored in the PMEM 2 as a matter of course. This is the same in the third and fourth embodiments described later.

When a figure is edited, for example, a window as shown in FIG. 3 is displayed on the screen (step S).
11). To copy a figure along an arbitrary path (straight line, curve, free curve), use the pointing device 5 and click the "extended edit" button 1 (step S5).
12) Then, a screen as shown in FIG. 4, for example, is displayed (step S13), and the "copy along path" button 3 is clicked using the pointing device 5 (step S14).

Thereafter, the figure to be copied is designated by clicking with the pointing device 5 (step S15), and the path where the copied figure is to be arranged is determined by dragging the pointing device 5 (step S16). After the setting of the path is completed, the pointing device 5 is operated to click when it reaches the position to be copied (step S17), thereby copying the designated figure to that position (step S18). Thereafter, when a plurality of copies are desired (step S19), the processes of steps S17 and S18 are repeated to copy a plurality of designated graphics along the designated path. In this way, in the process of copying a plurality of figures, if the designated value is appropriate, the process is terminated;
To the step S19 are repeated.

FIG. 7 shows the above process.
As shown in the figure, it can be seen that two original figures are copied on the designated path.

[Third Embodiment] In the first and second embodiments described above, the arbitrarily designated path moves so as to pass through the center of the figure. In the embodiment, an arbitrary point of the figure is designated, and the point moves so as to pass on the set path.

The processing flow will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

First, when a figure is edited, for example, a window as shown in FIG. 3 is displayed on the screen (step S3).
1). To move the figure along an arbitrary path (straight line, curve, free curve), use the pointing device 5 and click the "extended edit" button 1 (step S3).
2) Then, for example, a screen as shown in FIG. 4 is displayed (step S33), and the "move along path" button 2 is clicked using the pointing device 5 (step S34).

Thereafter, the figure to be moved is designated by clicking with the pointing device 5 (step S35), and a point passing on the path at the time of movement is clicked on the selected figure using the pointing device 5. And specify (step S36). Next, the path to be moved is determined by dragging the pointing device 5 (step S37). Thereafter, data input from the pointing device 5 is performed until the designated graphic is at a position to be copied (step S38), and movement display is performed based on the input data and the designated path (step S39). In this way, when the sequentially updated graphic comes to the position intended by the operator, that is, when it comes to an appropriate position, the processing is ended, and otherwise, the processing from step S36 to step S39 is repeated.

FIG. 9 shows a copying process when the upper left corner position of the figure is instructed along the designated path in the above-described processing.

[Fourth Embodiment] In the fourth embodiment, an arbitrary point of a desired graphic is moved on a designated path, and a plurality of copied images are arranged at necessary positions in the process.

The operation will be described below with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

First, when performing figure editing, for example, a window as shown in FIG. 3 is displayed on the screen (step S).
51). To copy a figure along an arbitrary path (straight line, curve, free curve), use the pointing device 5 and click the "extended edit" button 1 (step S5).
52) Then, a screen as shown in FIG. 4, for example, is displayed (step S53), and the "copy along path" button 3 is clicked using the pointing device 5 (step S54).

Thereafter, a figure to be copied is designated by clicking with the pointing device 5 (step S55), and a point passing through the path when the copied figure is arranged with respect to the selected figure is designated by the pointing device 5. 5 is clicked and specified (step S5).
6). Thereafter, the path where the copied graphic is to be arranged is determined by dragging the pointing device 5 (step S57). After the setting of the path is completed, the pointing device 5 is operated to click when it reaches the position to be copied (step S58), and the designated figure is copied at that position (step S59).
Thereafter, when a plurality of copies are desired (step S60),
By repeating the processing of steps S58 and S59, a plurality of designated figures are copied along the designated path. In this way, in the process of copying a plurality of graphics, if the designated position is appropriate, the process is terminated;
By repeating the processing from 56 to step S60,
A new path is designated, and the above processing is repeated.

FIG. 11 shows the above process. In the drawing, an example is shown in which the upper left corner of the figure to be copied is along the designated path, and two figures are copied on the designated path.

The present invention may be applied to a system composed of a plurality of devices or an apparatus composed of one device. It is needless to say that the present invention can be applied to a case where the present invention is achieved by supplying a program to a system or an apparatus.

Further, in the embodiment, the copying / moving of a figure is taken as an example, but the present invention is not limited to this. That is, the copy / move target may be an image or a character string.

[0035]

As described above, according to the present invention, the table
The desired point position of the display information is
Moving along the line drawing
Is displayed in each position every time a predetermined operation is performed
A copy of the information is fixedly displayed, and a comfortable operation environment can be provided.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a document processing apparatus according to an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operation processing contents in the first embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an editing window in the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a diagram of a window when an extended editing function is selected in the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an outline of an operation in the first embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing operation processing contents in the second embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an operation outline in the second embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the operation processing content in the third embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an operation outline in the third embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing the operation processing contents in the fourth embodiment.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an outline of operation in a fourth embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 CPU 2 Program Memory (PMEM) 3 Communication I / F 4 Keyboard 5 Pointing Device 6 Keyboard Interface 7 System Bus 8 CRT 9 Video RAM 10 Floppy Disk Drive 11 Hard Disk Drive 12 Disk Interface 13 Image Memory (IMEM) ) 14 Printer

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Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] An electronic device for moving and editing display information displayed on a display screen by using a predetermined coordinate input means, comprising: a specifying means for specifying display information to be moved ; Point to the desired point in the specified display information.
Point designation means to specify the desired line drawing displayed
Line drawing designating means, and the point designating means of display information designated by the designating means.
The point position specified by is the line specified by the line drawing specifying means.
The display specified by the specifying means so that it passes over the picture
Information is stored along the line drawing according to the operation of the coordinate input means.
Moving means for moving the display information, and when a predetermined operation is performed while the display information is being moved by the moving means , a copy of the display information is fixedly arranged at a position displayed when the operation is performed. Along with moving the display information specified by the specifying means ,
When the display information is moved to the desired position, the display information is displayed.
An electronic apparatus, comprising a constant controlling means. 2. A method display information displayed on the display screen, a control method of an electronic device to be edited is moved by using a predetermined coordinate input unit, a designation step of designating the display information to be moved, specifies Point position to specify the desired point in the displayed display information
A designation step, a line drawing designation step of designating a displayed desired line drawing, and the point position designation of the display information designated in the designation step
The point position specified in the process is specified in the line drawing specification process.
Specified in the above-mentioned specification step so that the
The display information is transferred to the line drawing in accordance with the operation of the coordinate input means.
A moving operation for moving the display information in accordance with
Displayed when the operation was performed and when the operation was performed
A fixed copy of the display information at
Continuing the movement of the display information specified in the specifying step,
When the display information is moved to the desired position, the display information is displayed.
Method of controlling an electronic apparatus, characterized in that it comprises a constant control process.