JP4770634B2 - Representation image rearrangement device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a representation image rearrangement apparatus and a representation image rearrangement program.

  In an electronic document processing apparatus capable of managing / displaying a plurality of electronic documents, an actual desk is virtually represented on a screen to handle the electronic document. In these electronic document processing apparatuses, a desk top space (work area) virtually represented is provided to the user, and a representation image (for example, icon) representing the electronic document is placed at a free position on the work area by the user. There is a known technique for expressing the sensation of an actual desk on the screen by allowing the user to arrange and organize icons and making the arrangement possible.

Here, as an invention related to icon alignment, operation, etc., an invention is made in which a pair of an unaligned icon and an aligned icon is created, and when the alignment destination is empty, the closest unaligned icon is moved to an empty alignment destination ( Patent Document 1), an invention in which icons are adhered to each other and moved as a set to operate, organize, classify, and arrange icons (see Patent Document 2), and a similarity scale according to the user's intention is used Then, an invention for arranging icons (see Patent Document 3) has been proposed.
Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 07-219742 JP 09-212330 A JP-A-10-116296

When organizing documents in the real world, each document is moved one by one, or a plurality of documents are moved together and then rearranged.
On the other hand, on the virtually represented work area, using a pointing device such as a mouse, multiple icons indicating the target electronic document can be selected and moved simultaneously, or the selected icons can be rearranged in the order of file names. In this way, the electronic document represented by the icons is organized.

  However, with the conventional icon organizing method, it is possible to perform uniform sorting based on the file name, size, etc., but it can be used, for example, arranged in an oblique direction or arranged in a circle In order to arrange in the shape intended by the user, the user has to move the icons one by one to the corresponding position, which is troublesome for the user.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described conventional circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to enable easy arrangement of each representation image in a shape intended by a user.

  The present invention described in claim 1 is a display processing means for displaying a plurality of representational images representing an electronic file on a screen, and an arrangement condition receiving means for accepting designation of a shape for arranging the plurality of representational images from a user. And a rearrangement unit that arranges a plurality of representational images along the shape and displays them by the display processing unit.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the representational image rearrangement device according to the first aspect, the arrangement condition accepting unit further accepts designation of a position on a screen from a user, and the rearrangement unit Each representation image is arranged based on the received position.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the representational image rearrangement device according to the first aspect, the arrangement condition receiving unit further receives a designation of a conversion rate for enlarging or reducing the shape from a user, and The arranging means arranges each representation image along a shape converted based on the accepted conversion rate.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the representational image rearrangement device according to the first aspect, the arrangement condition receiving means specifies from the user a position on the screen and a conversion rate for enlarging or reducing the shape. Further, the receiving and rearranging unit arranges each representation image along a shape converted based on the received conversion rate based on the received position.

  According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the representational image rearrangement device according to any one of the first to fourth aspects, the arrangement condition receiving unit specifies a distance between the representative images. The re-arranging means arranges the representative images separately by the received distance.

  According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the representational image rearrangement device according to the third or fourth aspect, the rearrangement unit arranges the representative images separately by a distance corresponding to the received conversion rate. It is characterized by doing.

  According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in the representational image rearrangement device according to any one of the first to sixth aspects, the arrangement condition receiving unit uses a start instruction and an end instruction for shape input. It is characterized in that a route traveled by a user's operation input from a start instruction to an end instruction is received as the shape, which is received from the user and pointing to a predetermined position on the screen.

  According to an eighth aspect of the present invention, in the representational image rearrangement device according to the seventh aspect, the arrangement condition receiving means sets a value corresponding to the moving speed of the instruction image from the start instruction to the end instruction of the shape. It is characterized in that it is accepted as a conversion rate.

  According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, in the representational image rearrangement device according to any one of the first to sixth aspects, the arrangement condition accepting unit uses a start instruction and an end instruction to input a shape. A line segment indicated by the position when the start instruction of the instruction image pointing to a predetermined position on the screen is indicated and the position when the instruction image is moved by the user's operation input is received as the shape. And

  According to a tenth aspect of the present invention, in the representational image rearrangement device according to the ninth aspect, the arrangement condition receiving unit is responsive to a linear distance or a moving speed of movement of the instruction image from the start instruction to the end instruction. A value is received as a conversion rate of the shape.

  The present invention according to claim 11 is the representational image rearrangement device according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the arrangement condition receiving means specifies a preset shape from a user. It is characterized by accepting.

  According to a twelfth aspect of the present invention, in the representational image rearrangement device according to any one of the first to eleventh aspects, the rearrangement unit is arranged in an order according to attribute information added to the electronic file. Each symbolic image is arranged side by side.

  According to a thirteenth aspect of the present invention, in the representational image rearrangement device according to the twelfth aspect, the attribute information includes electronic file creation date, file name, update date, file size, producer, file type, document It is at least one of the total number of pages of the electronic file, the document title of the electronic file of the document, and information preset by the user for the electronic file.

  The present invention described in claim 14 is the representation image rearrangement device according to any one of claims 1 to 13, further comprising target reception means for receiving designation of a plurality of representation images from a user, The rearrangement unit arranges the received representation images along the shape.

  According to a fifteenth aspect of the present invention, in the representational image rearrangement device according to any one of the first to thirteenth aspects, an electronic file of a document including a plurality of pages is converted into an electronic file of the document for each page. The re-arrangement unit arranges the representation image of the electronic file of the document for each divided page along the shape.

  The present invention described in claim 16 includes a display processing function for displaying a plurality of representation images representing an electronic file on a screen, and an arrangement condition reception function for receiving designation of a shape for arranging the plurality of representation images from a user. And a symbolic image rearrangement program configured by causing a computer to execute a rearrangement function that arranges a plurality of representational images along the shape and displays them by the display processing function.

  According to the representation image rearrangement apparatus of the present invention, the rearrangement of each representation image to the shape intended by the user can be performed by a simple operation of designating the shape in which each representation image is arranged.

  In addition, according to the representation image rearrangement apparatus of the present invention, in addition to using a predetermined value set in advance as the position of the shape in which each representation image is arranged and the conversion rate for enlarging or reducing the shape, the position and conversion rate from the user are used. By accepting and using the designation, each representation image can be rearranged in a shape converted based on the position and conversion rate intended by the user.

  Further, according to the symbolic image rearrangement device of the present invention, a predetermined value set in advance as the distance between the symbolic images to be arranged, and the user's intention can be obtained by receiving and using the designation of the distance from the user. Representation images can be rearranged at the intervals. In addition, by setting the distance according to the conversion rate received from the user, it is possible to rearrange the representation images at intervals according to the conversion rate simply by specifying the shape conversion rate.

  Further, according to the representation image rearrangement device of the present invention, the user draws uniquely by using the shape according to the movement operation of the instruction image (for example, the cursor) by the user as the shape for arranging each representation image. Each symbolic image can be rearranged in shape. Also, by using a preset shape, it is possible to save the trouble of drawing the shape.

  Moreover, according to the representation image rearrangement apparatus of the present invention, each representation image can be rearranged in the order according to the attribute information of the electronic file. Also, only the representation images that the user wants to organize can be rearranged. Further, it is possible to divide a document of a plurality of pages into documents for each page, and arrange the representation image of the document for each page in a shape designated by the user.

  According to the representation image rearrangement program of the present invention, each of the representation images is rearranged to the shape intended by the user by each function configured by causing the computer to execute the program. This can be done with a simple operation of specifying.

The present invention will be specifically described based on an example.
The symbolic image rearrangement device of this example is a device that displays and rearranges a symbolic image (in this example, an icon will be described as an example) representing an electronic file such as an application or an electronic document. As shown in FIG. 4, a file information holding unit 1, an icon information holding unit 2, a screen 3, an input device 4, a display processing unit 5, a shape table 6, an arrangement condition receiving unit 7, a target icon receiving unit 8, and a rearrangement processing unit 9 , A division processing unit 10 and the like.

  The file information holding unit 1 holds file information relating to each electronic file, and as shown in FIG. 2, a “file ID” for identifying the electronic file and “attribute” which is attribute information added to the electronic file. In addition, “content data” that is the content of the electronic file is stored in pairs.

  As attribute information, for example, the creation date / time, file name, update date / time, file size, producer, file type, etc. of the electronic file are set. In the case of an electronic document file, for example, the total number of pages, document title, etc. are also set. Information set in advance by the user for the electronic file can also be set as attribute information.

  The icon information holding unit 2 holds icon information relating to the icon of each electronic file. As shown in FIG. 3, the “icon ID” that identifies the icon and the “icon” that represents the corresponding electronic file are displayed. “Image”, “Position coordinates” on the work area (screen 3) for displaying the icon image, “File ID” for identifying the corresponding electronic file, etc. are held in pairs.

  In this example, the entire display unit of the screen 3 is treated as one work area, and each icon is displayed at a corresponding position on the work area. The work area displayed on the screen 3 can be switched, and each icon associated with the work area displayed on the screen 3 is displayed at a corresponding position on the work area. Good. In this case, the area information indicating the position on the screen 3 where each work area is displayed may be further held so as to have a correspondence between each area information and each icon information.

The screen 3 is configured by a liquid crystal display or the like, and each icon image is displayed on the work area represented on the screen 3.
The input device 4 is configured by a pointing device such as a mouse, and the user inputs each piece of information using the input device 4.

The display processing unit 5 displays each icon image held by the icon information holding unit 2 at a corresponding position coordinate on the work area expressed on the screen 3.
The shape table 6 holds a plurality of preset shapes. In addition, a shape drawn by the user can be newly added and held.

  The arrangement condition accepting unit 7 accepts designation of a shape for arranging each icon in accordance with an operation performed by the user using the input device 4. In this example, “shape selection” for accepting selection from each shape set in the shape table 6 and “shape drawing” for accepting a shape drawn by operating a pointing device such as a mouse are possible. The user can select whether to specify the shape.

  The arrangement condition receiving unit 7 receives designation of attribute information of an electronic file used as a condition for determining the order in which the icons are arranged. In this example, the creation date / time, file name, update date / time, file size, producer, file type, total number of pages of the electronic file of the electronic file, document title of the electronic file of the electronic file, and the user preset the electronic file. Any one of these information or a combination thereof is accepted as a condition.

  The target icon receiving unit 8 receives designation of a target icon to be rearranged in accordance with an operation performed by the user using the input device 4. Note that all icons in the work area are targeted unless otherwise specified by the user.

  Based on the specified shape received by the placement condition receiving unit 7, the rearrangement processing unit 9 calculates the position coordinates where each icon received by the target icon receiving unit 8 is arranged as follows, and the corresponding icon information Update.

  When “Select shape” is specified, the user is further requested to specify the conversion rate for enlarging or reducing the position and shape on the work area as a reference for placing each icon. The position and conversion rate received by the arrangement condition receiving unit 7 are used for calculating the position coordinates of each icon.

  Specifically, the rearrangement processing unit 9 applies the designated shape converted based on the received conversion rate to the coordinate system of the work area with respect to the received position, and the line forming the fitted shape is applied. Coordinates at regular intervals on the route from the start point to the end point are calculated as position coordinates at which each icon is arranged.

  In this example, the distance calculated by dividing the path length by the number of target icons is used as the interval between the position coordinates. However, a predetermined distance may be used or a designation may be received from the user. Good. In this example, the designation of the position and the conversion rate can be omitted, and when the designation is omitted, the position and the conversion rate defined in advance are used.

  When “shape drawing” is designated, the arrangement condition receiving unit 7 receives a shape input start instruction and an end instruction from the user, and in the meantime, an instruction image indicating a predetermined position on the work area (this example) Then, a cursor will be described as an example), and a route moved by a user's operation input is accepted as a shape. Then, the rearrangement processing unit 9 calculates the coordinates at regular intervals on the route as the position coordinates where each icon is arranged.

  In this example, the distance calculated by dividing the path length by the number of target icons is used as the interval between the position coordinates. However, a predetermined distance may be used or a designation may be received from the user. Good. Also, in this example, the coordinates on the route that the cursor has moved are calculated as the position coordinates of each icon, but conversion based on a prescribed conversion rate or movement to a prescribed position is performed for the route, and these processes are performed. The coordinates on the given route may be calculated as the position coordinates of each icon. Instead of the prescribed conversion rate, a conversion rate corresponding to the moving speed of the cursor (for example, the higher the moving speed, the higher the converting rate, that is, the faster the moving speed, the larger the icon interval) is used. May be.

  In addition, when the rearrangement processing unit 9 receives the attribute information of the electronic file as a condition of the order in which the icons are arranged in the arrangement condition receiving unit 7, the relocation processing unit 9 refers to the corresponding attribute information in each file information and sets each icon. Are arranged, and the position coordinates of each icon are calculated according to the arrangement order.

  When the target icon received by the target icon receiving unit 8 is an icon of an electronic file of a document of a plurality of pages, and the division instruction is received from a user, the division processing unit 10 selects the electronic file for each page. The file information is replaced by dividing the file information, and corresponding icon information is generated based on the file information to replace the icon information, and the position coordinates are set by the rearrangement processing unit 9.

  The representational image rearrangement apparatus of this example has hardware resources such as a medium access unit that performs data access to an external storage medium, an HDD (Hard Disk Drive), a RAM (Random Access Memory), and a CPU (Central Processing Unit). The display processing unit 5 and the arrangement condition receiving unit are read out from a storage medium or HDD that stores and holds the representational image rearrangement program according to the present invention, developed on the RAM, and processed by the CPU. 7, the target icon receiving unit 8, the rearrangement processing unit 9, and the division processing unit 10 are configured, but may be configured by a dedicated electronic circuit.

  The icon rearrangement process by the representational image rearrangement apparatus of this example will be described according to the processing procedure shown in FIG. 5, taking FIG. 4 as an example.

  A user operates a pointing device (input device 4) such as a mouse to select an icon. In this example, each icon 20 in FIG. 4A is selected, and is received by the target icon receiving unit 8 as a target icon to be rearranged (step S11).

  Next, the user selects designation of the shape by “shape drawing”, and operates the pointing device (input device 4) such as a mouse to draw the shape. The arrangement condition reception unit 7 detects the operation of the pointing device from the start instruction to the end instruction of the shape input (steps S12 and S13), and the movement indicated by the locus of the cursor moved with the operation of the pointing device during that time A route is calculated (step S14), and the route is accepted as a shape drawn by the user. In this example, the cursor moves according to the broken line arrow indicated by reference numeral 21 in FIG. 4A, and the movement route is accepted as a shape for arranging each icon.

  Thereafter, the rearrangement processing unit 9 calculates the interval between the position coordinates of each icon by dividing the route length of the route received by the arrangement condition receiving unit 7 by the number of target icons, and on the route for each interval. The coordinates are calculated as the position coordinates of each icon (step S15).

  When the rearrangement processing unit 9 updates the corresponding icon information in the icon information holding unit 2 with the calculated position coordinates of each icon, the display processing unit 5 operates the contents of the updated icon information. The icon on the area (screen 3) is redisplayed (step S16). Thereby, as shown in FIG.4 (b), each icon is rearranged and displayed in the shape designated by the user.

  Next, icon rearrangement processing in a predetermined arrangement order by the representative image rearrangement apparatus of this example will be described according to the processing procedure shown in FIG. 7 by taking FIG. 6 as an example.

  A user operates a pointing device (input device 4) such as a mouse to select an icon. In this example, each icon 20 (file name: A to F) in FIG. 6A is selected, and is received by the target icon receiving unit 8 as an icon to be rearranged (step S21).

  The target icon accepting unit 8 selects a plurality of target icons, and in response to a predetermined operation (such as a right mouse click), the order designation menu 22 indicates conditions for determining the order in which the icons are arranged. Is displayed, and designation of the condition of the arrangement order is received from the user (step S22). In this example, “name order” is designated to the user from the conditions such as “name order”, “date oldest order”, “date newest order”, etc. shown in the order designation menu 22.

  Next, the user selects designation of the shape by “shape drawing”, and operates the pointing device (input device 4) such as a mouse to draw the shape. The arrangement condition receiving unit 7 detects the operation of the pointing device from the start instruction to the end instruction of the shape input (step S23, step S24), and the movement indicated by the locus of the cursor moved with the operation of the pointing device during that time A route is calculated (step S25), and the route is accepted as a shape drawn by the user. In this example, the cursor moves according to the broken line arrow indicated by reference numeral 21 in FIG. 6A, and the movement route is accepted as a shape for arranging each icon.

  Thereafter, the rearrangement processing unit 9 calculates the interval between the position coordinates of each icon by dividing the route length of the route received by the arrangement condition receiving unit 7 by the number of target icons, and on the route for each interval. The coordinates are calculated as the position coordinates of each icon (step S26). Here, in this example, since it is designated by the user that the order in which the icons are arranged is “name order”, the order of the attribute “file name” of the electronic file from the start point to the end point of the path is specified. To calculate the position coordinates of each icon.

  When the rearrangement processing unit 9 updates the corresponding icon information in the icon information holding unit 2 with the calculated position coordinates of each icon, the display processing unit 5 operates the contents of the updated icon information. The icon on the area (screen 3) is redisplayed (step S27). As a result, as shown in FIG. 6B, the icons are rearranged and displayed in the order of the file names in the shape designated by the user.

  Next, an icon rearrangement process that accompanies the division of a multi-page document into documents for each page by the representational image rearrangement apparatus of this example will be described according to the processing procedure shown in FIG. 9, taking FIG. 8 as an example.

  A user operates a pointing device (input device 4) such as a mouse to select an icon. In this example, the icon 20a in FIG. 8A is selected, and is received by the target icon receiving unit 8 as a target icon to be rearranged (step S31). The icon 20a represents an icon representing an electronic document consisting of nine pages.

  The target icon reception unit 8 displays the electronic document operation menu 23 in response to a predetermined operation (such as a right mouse click) being performed with one icon representing the electronic document selected. In addition to general document processing such as “Open”, “Cut”, “Copy”, etc., the user accepts designation of “Rose” to divide a multi-page electronic document into electronic documents for each page. Then, when “separate” is designated by the user and an instruction to divide the electronic document is issued (step S32), the following processing is performed.

  When the user selects designation of a shape by “shape drawing” and draws the shape by operating a pointing device (input device 4) such as a mouse, the arrangement condition receiving unit 7 starts the shape input start instruction. The movement of the pointing device up to the end instruction is detected (steps S33 and S34), and the movement path indicated by the locus of the cursor moved with the operation of the pointing device during that time is calculated (step S35). Accepted as a shape drawn in In this example, the cursor moves according to the broken line arrow indicated by reference numeral 21 in FIG. 8B, and the movement route is accepted as a shape for arranging each icon.

  After that, the division processing unit 10 divides the electronic file (a plurality of pages of documents) corresponding to the specified icon for each page, generates file information of the electronic file of each page, and divides the file in the file information holding unit 1 Replace with the original file information. Further, corresponding icon information is generated based on each file information and replaced with the original icon information in the icon information holding unit 2 (step S36).

  Next, the rearrangement processing unit 9 calculates the interval between the position coordinates of each icon by dividing the path length of the path received by the arrangement condition receiving unit 7 by the number of divided electronic files (number of pages of the original document). Then, the coordinates on the route for each interval are calculated as the position coordinates of the icon for each page (step S37). In this example, the position coordinates of each icon are calculated in page order from the start point to the end point of the route.

  Then, when the rearrangement processing unit 9 sets the calculated position coordinates of each icon for each page to the corresponding icon information in the icon information holding unit 2, the display processing unit 5 displays the icon information divided. An icon is displayed on the work area (screen 3) according to the content (step S38). As a result, as shown in FIG. 8B, an electronic document consisting of nine pages is divided into pages, and nine icons 20b representing the electronic document for each page have a shape designated by the user. Arranged and displayed in page order.

  The icon rearrangement processing described above has been described with respect to an example in which a shape is designated by “shape drawing”. However, if a shape is designated by “shape selection”, the arrangement condition reception of this example is accepted. The unit 7 displays a shape selection screen for accepting selection of a preset shape as shown in FIG. According to the figure, “right direction” is selected, and a line segment from left to right is designated as a shape for arranging icons. In this example, an image showing the selected shape is converted to a specified position on the work area based on a specified conversion rate and temporarily displayed, and changes in position and conversion rate by the user are accepted.

  In the “shape drawing” in the symbolic image rearrangement apparatus of this example, the cursor movement path from the start instruction to the input of the shape to the end instruction is accepted as the shape for arranging each icon, but the cursor position at the time of the start instruction May be accepted as a shape in which each icon is arranged.

  In this case, the coordinates on the line segment are calculated as the position coordinates of each icon, converted to the specified conversion rate of the line segment, and moved to the specified position. The coordinates may be calculated as the position coordinates of each icon. Instead of the prescribed conversion rate, a conversion rate corresponding to the linear distance or speed of the cursor movement (for example, a conversion rate twice the linear distance of movement or a higher conversion rate as the moving speed is faster). You may make it use.

It is a figure which shows the function structure of the representation image rearrangement apparatus which concerns on one Example of this invention. It is a figure which shows the holding data of the icon information holding part which concerns on one Example of this invention. It is a figure which shows the holding data of the file information holding part which concerns on one Example of this invention. It is a figure which shows the rearrangement example of the icon which concerns on one Example of this invention. It is a figure which shows the procedure of the icon rearrangement process which concerns on one Example of this invention. It is a figure which shows the rearrangement example of the icon accompanying the arrangement | sequence order change which concerns on one Example of this invention. It is a figure which shows the procedure of the icon rearrangement process accompanying the arrangement order change which concerns on one Example of this invention. It is a figure which shows the rearrangement example of the icon accompanying the page division | segmentation of the electronic document of several pages based on one Example of this invention. It is a figure which shows the procedure of the icon rearrangement process accompanying the page division | segmentation of the electronic document of several pages based on one Example of this invention. It is a figure which shows the shape selection screen which concerns on one Example of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

1: file information holding unit, 2: icon information holding unit,
3: screen, 4: input device,
5: Display processing unit, 6: Shape table,
7: Placement condition reception unit, 8: Target icon reception unit,
9: Relocation processing unit, 10: Division processing unit

Claims (9)

Display processing means for displaying on the screen a plurality of representational images representing the electronic file;
A path in which a start instruction and an end instruction for inputting a shape for arranging a plurality of representation images are received from the user, and the instruction image indicating the position on the screen is moved by the user's operation input from the start instruction to the end instruction An arrangement condition receiving means for receiving a value corresponding to a moving speed of the instruction image from the start instruction to the end instruction as a rate of enlarging or reducing the received arrangement shape .
Re-arrangement means for arranging a plurality of representational images along the shape after enlargement or reduction of the accepted arrangement shape based on the accepted rate, and causing the display processing means to display the re-arrangement means;
Representation image rearrangement device characterized by comprising: The arrangement condition receiving means further receives a designation of a position on the screen from the user,
The rearrangement means enlarges or reduces the received shape to be arranged based on the accepted rate, and arranges each representation image along the shape after being moved to the accepted position. The representational image rearrangement device according to claim 1. The arrangement condition accepting unit further accepts designation of a distance between the representation images from the user,
It said rearrangement means, representation images rearranging device according to claim 1 or claim 2, characterized in that it may also be remote each representation image by distance the accepted. The representation image rearrangement apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the rearrangement unit arranges the representation images separately by a distance corresponding to the accepted rate . The representation image rearrangement according to any one of claims 1 to 4 , wherein the rearrangement unit arranges and arranges the representation images in an order corresponding to attribute information added to the electronic file. apparatus. The attribute information includes an electronic file creation date, file name, update date, file size, producer, file type, total number of pages of the document electronic file, document title of the document electronic file, 6. The representational image rearrangement apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the information is at least one of the set information. Provided with a target accepting means for accepting designation of a plurality of representation images from the user,
Said rearrangement means, each representation images the accepted, claims 1 to, characterized in that arranged along the shape of the after enlarged or reduced based on the shape of placing said accepted rates accepted the Item 7. The symbolic image rearrangement device according to any one of items 6 to 6 . A dividing unit that divides an electronic file of a document including a plurality of pages into an electronic file of a document for each page;
The rearrangement unit arranges the representation image of the electronic file of the document for each divided page along the shape after the received arrangement shape is enlarged or reduced based on the received rate. The representational image rearrangement device according to any one of claims 1 to 6 , characterized in that: On the computer,
A display processing function for displaying a plurality of representational images representing electronic files on the screen;
A start instruction and an end instruction for input of a shape for arranging a plurality of representation images are received from the user, and an instruction image indicating a predetermined position on the screen is moved by the user's operation input from the start instruction to the end instruction. An arrangement condition receiving function that accepts a path as the shape to be arranged and accepts a value corresponding to the moving speed of the instruction image from the start instruction to the end instruction as a rate of enlarging or reducing the accepted arrangement shape ; ,
A rearrangement function that arranges a plurality of representational images along the shape after the received arrangement shape is enlarged or reduced based on the accepted rate, and displays it by the display processing function;
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