JP6701268B2 - Information processing apparatus, control method, and program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an information processing device, a control method and a program for editing image data.

  Conventionally, there is known a technique for facilitating the reuse of the content set for outputting a document using application software (application) on a personal computer (PC). For example, the output setting contents are saved as a history, and a history list is displayed by reading the contents, and the contents set in the past are reused and output by selecting a desired history item from the list. There is also known a technique of easily distinguishing history items on a list display by storing an icon indicating an output operation as a pair in addition to the setting content as the data to be stored (Patent Document 1).

  Patent Document 1 describes that an icon of an application that uses output settings is displayed. Further, it is described that the history content can be corrected by the user selecting an icon provided in advance on the output setting screen. The icon in Patent Document 1 is expressed by an abstracted icon design, not by a design that allows the setting contents of the driver to be understood at a glance.

  Meanwhile, a page design editing application for editing a design image is also known. The page design editing application has a function (auto design function) of automatically generating a page design by setting each design generating element such as a text, an image, a color scheme and a font that greatly contributes to a design impression. The auto-design function has two user interface screens, a design generation element setting screen for setting design generation elements and a design candidate selection screen for displaying a list of multiple types of design images automatically generated based on each design generation element. Is displayed.

  On the design generation element setting screen, it is possible to set each design generation element such as text such as a title or subtitle, a photograph or a clip art image, an overall color scheme and a font to be used. When the user selects a desired design image on the design candidate selection screen, the page design based on the design image is displayed in the preview area.

JP, 2008-140244, A

  Even in the auto design function, there are cases where it is desired to reuse a generated element set in the past and generate a different design by changing the text set in the past, and it is useful to display a history list of design generated elements.

  However, in the history list display in the automatic design function, in the case of the conventional list display such as icons and text data, the user understands the specific setting content indicated by the history item from the display state and the desired history is displayed. Selecting information is not easy. Therefore, it is desired to improve the operability of selecting history information in the auto design function.

An object of the present invention is to solve such conventional problems. In view of the above points, it is an object of the present invention to provide an information processing device, a control method, and a program that improve the operability of user selection when selecting a display item indicating a placement result of image objects in a template. ..

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a program according to the present invention is a program for arranging an object in a template, the first display step of displaying a screen on which a user inputs a title on the display, and the first display step. after the display, arrangement step of arranging an image object into a plurality of templates, is entered by the user in the plurality of said arranging step shows placement results of image objects by and the screen at a given template is a part of the template a thumbnail image including the titles, a display item and a text of the title, a second display step of displaying the selectable manner the display by the user, is the display items displayed in the second display step When selected by the user, the computer is caused to execute an editing step of editing the image object arranged in the arranging step according to an editing instruction from the user, and in the second display step, the user A first title is input and a first image object is placed in the placing step, and a second title different from the first title is entered by the user and the first image object is placed in the placing step. When the second image object different from the image object is arranged, the first display item including the thumbnail image including the first title and the text of the first title, and the second title are displayed. A second display item including the thumbnail image including the second title and the text of the second title is displayed, and in the editing step, when the first display item is selected, in response to an editing instruction by the user, It is characterized in that editing is performed on the first image object, and when the second display item is selected, editing is performed on the second image object according to an editing instruction from the user .

  According to the present invention, the operability of user selection in the history information list can be improved.

It is a block diagram which shows the structure of an information processing apparatus. It is a figure which shows the main screen of a design edit application. It is a figure which shows a design generation element setting screen. It is a figure which shows a design candidate selection screen. It is a figure which shows a library image selection screen. It is a figure which shows a history selection screen. It is a figure which shows a history data table. It is a figure which shows a history database tree. It is a figure which shows a production|generation element file. It is a flowchart which shows the addition process of a history item.

  Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. The following embodiments do not limit the present invention according to the claims, and all combinations of the features described in the present embodiments are not necessarily essential to the solving means of the present invention. .. In addition, the same reference numerals are given to the same components, and the description thereof will be omitted.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the information processing apparatus 100 according to this embodiment. In the present embodiment, the information processing apparatus 100 operates as an image processing apparatus that performs image processing such as layout editing on image data, and for example, a general-purpose PC is used. A central processing unit (hereinafter, CPU) 101 shown in FIG. 1 controls the entire information processing apparatus 100 as a whole, and, for example, by reading a program stored in a ROM into a RAM and executing the program, Realize the action. The CPU 101 performs management control of a design editing system, generation and editing of a page design, and the like, for example. A storage device (hard disk: HDD) 102 stores an operating system (OS), a web browser, other applications, and the like. In addition, a file system is constructed in the storage device 102, and an application program that realizes the operation of the present embodiment, image data, design-edited image data, and the like are stored.

  The input device 103 is, for example, a keyboard or a pointing device, and receives an operation instruction from the user. The display device 104 is, for example, an LCD display, and displays a setting screen for the user to edit the design in the present embodiment. The user gives instructions and settings using a keyboard and pointing device on the setting screen. The external storage device 105 is, for example, an external storage medium such as a CD-ROM. The image input device interface 106 is a communication interface that enables communication with an image input device such as a film scanner, a flatbed scanner, or a digital camera that acquires image data by an optical reading configuration. The printing device interface 107 is a communication interface that enables communication with a printing device that records an image on a recording medium based on image data. The CPU 101 to the printer interface 107 in FIG. 1 are communicably connected to each other via a system bus (not shown). The information processing apparatus 100 also includes a communication interface that connects to a network such as a LAN and enables communication with an external device. The information processing apparatus 100 can acquire the image data of the design edit target from an external host terminal, for example, via the communication interface.

  In the present embodiment, the information processing apparatus 100 executes the design editing application stored in the ROM or HDD. The design editing application is an application for a user to perform design editing work according to each purpose such as an office document, a poster, a postcard, and a presentation. The design editing application has various editing functions for a user to perform design editing work. The design editing application has editing functions such as resizing, moving, rotating, selecting, correcting an image, text editing, decorating a photo image or text, and setting a background for a component (object) of a document to be edited. The user can select and execute each of these functions using an input device such as a keyboard or a pointing device.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of the main screen of the design editing application. The main screen 201 of FIG. 2 is displayed on the display device 104 when the CPU 101 activates the design editing application. In the design editing application, a plurality of types of design templates that the user can arbitrarily select and use are prepared in advance. The main screen 201 can display, in the preview area 202, an image edited based on the design template selected by the user among the design templates prepared in advance. In addition to the preview area 202, the main screen 201 also includes a menu and a toolbar for executing the above-described editing functions, buttons for confirming or canceling a user operation, and the like. The user displays a list of each design generation element (hereinafter also referred to as an art mark) such as a photo image, clip art, photo image frame, character decoration, and background using those menus and toolbars, and selects a desired art mark. can do.

  FIG. 2 shows a state in which the character string object 203 “SALE” is selected by the user on the page displayed in the preview area 202. The main screen 201 further includes menus and toolbars for executing editing support functions such as guides, grids, and rulers, and the user uses these to execute each editing function for the selected object. be able to. The auto design execution button 204 displays a design generation element setting screen, which will be described later, in response to the user's pressing. Then, the design image created by the design creation element setting screen can be displayed in the preview area 202. The design generation element is, for example, a character string object indicating a title in image data of a design edit target such as a poster, or an inserted image object. Although not shown in FIG. 2, when the main screen 201 is further configured with a menu or button for executing other functions such as a drop-down list for designating the display magnification of the preview area 202. There is also.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a design generation element setting screen displayed by pressing the automatic design execution button 204 in FIG. The design generation element setting screen 301 displays setting information of each design generation element for the purpose of creating a page design of a poster. When the user sets each item on the design generation element setting screen 301, the contents of each item are reflected in a plurality of types of templates prepared in advance and displayed as a list of design image candidates in FIG.

  Item 302 is an item that allows the user to select a poster design image, and the color scheme of the entire page and the fonts used are defined for each selectable design image. For example, in FIG. 3, “four seasons (winter)” is selected as the design image, and the poster design can be realized by using the color scheme and font suitable for the image of winter. As the design image other than “four seasons (winter)”, for example, four seasons (spring), four seasons (summer), four seasons (autumn), natural, sporty, pop, chic, elegant, pretty, and monotone can be selected. The color scheme and font suitable for each image are also defined in those design images.

  Item 303 is an item for the user to set the title used for the poster, and item 304 is an item for the user to set the subtitle. Item 305 is an item for the user to set the content of the body of the poster, and item 306 is an item for the user to set the organization name. Item 307 is an item for the user to set the orientation of the poster paper, and in FIG. 3, the user can select portrait orientation or landscape orientation. In the above items, the user does not necessarily have to set all the items.

  The image input area 308 is used by the user to set an insertion image used for a poster. For example, the user uses a pointing device to drag and drop a file icon on the file system to the image input area 308. Further, for example, the user presses the button 313 to display the file system screen and designates a desired image on the file system. Further, the user presses the button 314 to display a list of default images provided by the design editing application and specify a desired image. A list of default images will be described later as a library image selection screen. The user can press the button 315 to delete the image selected in the image input area 308. In FIG. 3, an input image 309, an input image 310, an input image 311, and an input image 312 are set in the image input area 308. In the following description, the default image provided by the design editing application is referred to as a library image, and the other images set in the image input area 308 are referred to as user images.

  The upper limit number of images that can be set in the image input area 308 may be set. For example, when the user tries to set a user image or a library image using the button 313 or the button 314 and the number of settings in the image input area 308 exceeds the upper limit, a warning screen is displayed to set the image. May be rejected. The order of arrangement of the images set in the image input area 308 represents the priority order of insertion into a template, which will be described later, and is in descending order from the upper left to the lower right. The user can change the desired insertion order by dragging the thumbnail image set in the image input area 308 with a pointing device.

  When the user presses the history selection button 316, a history selection screen described later with reference to FIG. 6 is displayed. On the history selection screen, a list of past history items is displayed. Here, the history item is a combination of the setting content of each design generation element set in the design generation element setting screen 301 in the past and the thumbnail image of the image in which the editing content based on the setting of each design generation element is reflected. Say. In the present embodiment, when the user selects a history item based on the thumbnail image, the setting content of the design generation element corresponding to the history item can be restored and default-displayed on the design generation element setting screen 301. .. Details of the history selection screen will be described later.

  By pressing the reset button 317, all setting contents of the design generation element setting screen 301 are reset. For example, in FIG. 3, when the reset button 317 is pressed, the item 307 becomes "vertical" and the other text input areas, items 303 to 306, are blank. In addition, when the reset button 317 is pressed, a warning message indicating that the settings made up to that point may be lost may be displayed.

  When the user completes the setting of the necessary design generating elements, if the next button 318 is pressed, a design image based on the set design generating elements is generated. Further, the user presses the cancel button 319 at an arbitrary timing to discard the setting contents input on the design generation element setting screen 301 and return to the main screen 201 of the design editing application in FIG. At that time, the setting state of the design generation element immediately before pressing the cancel button 319 is stored in the storage device 102 and restored as the default display at the next display of the design generation element setting screen 301, but reflected in the preview area 202. Not done.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a design candidate selection screen displayed when the next button 318 of FIG. 3 is pressed. In the design candidate selection screen 401, a plurality of types of design images to which texts, images, design images, etc., set on the design generation element setting screen 301 of FIG. Listed. The user selects a desired design image from the displayed design image candidates by using a pointing device or the like, and presses the OK button 405. When the OK button 405 is pressed, the selected design image is displayed in the preview area 202 of the design editing application. In FIG. 4, the design image 403 is selected. The OK button 405 is disabled so that the user cannot press it when there is no selected design image on the design candidate selection screen 401.

  When the user presses the return button 404, the screen returns to the design generation element setting screen 301 of FIG. At that time, the set contents of the design generation element that has been set are retained as they are. When the user presses the cancel button 406, the screen returns to the main screen 201 of the design editing application. At that time, the display of the preview area 202 does not change.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a library image selection screen displayed when the button 314 of FIG. 3 is pressed. A library image list list 503 on the library image selection screen 501 displays a list of raster data such as photographs and vector data such as illustrations prepared in advance by the design editing application. The user selects a desired image from the library image list list 503 to capture the selected image in the image input area 308 of FIG. In FIG. 5, the library image 504 is selected and highlighted. In addition, a plurality of library images may be selected on the library image list list 503.

  The category list list 502 displays a plurality of categories as a list. When the user selects a desired category item, thumbnail image groups of library images belonging to the selected category are displayed as a list in the library image list list 503. In FIG. 5, the category “shape” is selected in the category list list 502, and the thumbnail image group belonging to the category “shape” is displayed in a list in the library image list list 503.

  When the user presses the OK button 505, the currently selected library image 504 is loaded into the image input area 308 of FIG. If the maximum number of images that can be inserted into the template is set on the design generation element setting screen 301, the maximum number can be set by adding the currently selected library image 504 when the OK button 505 is pressed. It is determined whether or not it exceeds. At that time, if it is determined that the upper limit number is exceeded, a warning screen that the insertion operation is not performed is displayed. When the user presses the cancel button 506, the library image is not loaded into the image input area 308, and the screen returns to the design generation element setting screen 301 of FIG.

  Note that a button for adding a library image may be provided on the main screen 201 in FIG. 2, and when the button is pressed, the library image selection screen 501 may be displayed. In that case, the library image selected in the library image selection list 503 is added to the design image being edited which is displayed in the preview area 202. In the library image selection screen 501 of FIG. 5, raster images such as photographs and vector images such as clip arts and illustrations are not distinguished, but both attributes may be displayed in a distinguishable manner.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a history selection screen displayed when the history selection button 316 of FIG. 3 is pressed. In the history list list 602 of the history selection screen 601, the setting contents of each design generation element when the design image generation process is executed in the past by pressing the next button 318 in FIG. 3 or the OK button 405 in FIG. Listed as history items together with thumbnail images. The thumbnail image is a thumbnail image of an image in which the setting content of each design generation element is reflected. Further, when the user selects a desired history item, the setting content of the design generation element corresponding to the history item is displayed on the design generation element setting screen 301, and the past setting content can be easily restored. ..

  In FIG. 6, history items 604, 605, and 606 are displayed in the history list list 602. Further, in FIG. 6, the history item 604 is selected and highlighted by the user. The thumbnail image 607 is a thumbnail image of an image in which the setting content 608 of the design generation element included in the history item 604 is reflected. As shown in FIG. 6, since the thumbnail image of each history item reflects the setting content of the design generation element, the user can visually and easily select a desired history item to be reused. ..

  The image file name set in the image input area 308 is displayed in the “image:” item included in the setting content of the design generation element. A library image is designated in the “image:” section of the history item 604, and a user image is designated in the “image:” section of the history item 605. A scroll button 603 is configured on the right side of the history list list 602. When the number of history items is large and cannot be displayed all at once on the history list 602, the display position can be adjusted by the user's drag operation of the scroll button 603.

  When the user selects a desired history item on the history list 602 and presses the OK button 609, the setting contents of each design generation element included in the history item are displayed on the design generation element setting screen 301 by default. .. For example, regarding the history item 604 in FIG. 6, “four seasons (winter)” is displayed as the design image, and the orientation of the paper sheet is “vertical”, which is displayed as a selected state on the items 302 and 307, respectively. Further, the character strings of "SALE" and "Christmas sale" are set in the text input areas of the items 303 and 304, respectively. Further, in the history item 604, since there is no text data about the body or the organization name, the text input areas of the items 305 and 306 are displayed empty. In addition, the image Now_04. The kit is set in the image input area 308.

  When some data is already set in each text input area or image input area 308 on the design generation element setting screen 301, a warning message indicating that the data will be lost is displayed when the OK button 609 is pressed. To do. When the user accepts the warning message, the setting content of the history item 604 is overwritten with the setting content set in the design generation element setting screen 301. In the history list list 602 of the history selection screen 601, history items including a predetermined character string of each setting content of the design generation element setting screen 301 when the history selection button 316 of FIG. 3 is pressed are searched. It may be displayed.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a conceptual configuration of the history data table stored in the storage device 102. When the history selection button 316 on the design generation element setting screen 301 is pressed by the user, each history item is displayed as shown in FIG. 6 based on the data in the history data table 700.

  As shown in FIG. 7, the history data table 700 includes items such as an ID 701, a design image 702, a title 703, a subtitle 704, a body 705, an organization name 706, an orientation 707, and an image 708. Here, the ID 701 is identification information for identifying the history data of each history item. Design images 702 to 707 correspond to the setting items of items 303 to 307, and store the setting contents of each design setting element at the time of design editing. In the history item of ID001, the body 705 and the organization name 706 are described by a "-" symbol indicating an empty state, and the image 708 is described only by the file name "Snow_04.kit". When it is described only by a file name like ID001, it means that the main image is a library image prepared in advance by the design editing application.

  In the history item of ID002, two file names are described in the image 708, and these files are described by the path name from the history database folder. This is a history item that uses a user image unlike ID001, and is image data copied to a storage area under the management of a history database by a user image storage process described later. Unlike the library image, the user image is not directly managed by the design editing application, and is therefore likely to be moved or deleted by the user operation. For example, this corresponds to a case where an external storage medium used in a digital camera is connected to the information processing apparatus 100, an image therein is used for design editing, and then the external storage medium is removed from the information processing apparatus 100. In that case, if only the file path name of the user image is left in the history database, the image data of the design edit target cannot be searched when the history item is reused. Therefore, when the user image is designated, the image is copied to the history database and managed by the design editing application, so that it is possible to avoid the situation where the image cannot be searched when the history item is reused.

  FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a history database tree composed of folders and files on the file system of the storage device 102. The history database in FIG. 7 has a tree structure having a folder 801 as a root. The history database of FIG. 7 includes generation element files 805, 807, and 810 that store setting contents of design generation elements such as design images and texts for each history item folder 802 to 804. In addition, the history database includes thumbnail image files 806, 808, and 811 generated for each history item folder 802 to 804 based on the design generation element thereof. Further, in the history item folder 803, two user image files 809 are stored.

  FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of the generated element file of FIG. 7. FIG. 9A shows a part of the content of the generation element file 805 of the history item identified by ID001. The first line is the value of the design image, the second to fifth lines are the title, subtitle, body text, and organization name character strings, the sixth line is the paper orientation, and the seventh line is the specified image file. The name is described. The image attribute “type” on the 7th line indicates a library image or a user image, and in ID001, “library” indicating a library image is described.

  FIG. 9B shows a part of the contents of the generation element file of the generation element file 807 of the history item identified by ID002. Unlike FIG. 9A, two image file names are described. Since these are user images, the path name from the "history DB" is described in the file name indicated by "path", and "user" indicating the user image is described in "type". 9A and 9B, each generated element file is described in a markup format, but it may be described in another format.

  FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing a process of adding a history item in generating a design image. In step S1001, the user has pressed the next button 317 on the design generation element setting screen 301. In step S1002, a basic layout data search process called a skeleton template is performed based on the settings of each design generation element.

  The skeleton template is a plurality of types of prepared templates that can reflect the setting contents of each design generation element, and has layout information for text objects such as titles and subtitles and image objects. Further, the layout information included in each of the plurality of types of templates is different from each other. By applying an object such as an image or a text to each of a plurality of types of skeleton templates in S1006, which will be described later, it is possible to generate a plurality of patterns of designs as shown in FIG. Further, the skeleton template used for generating the design image differs depending on the set contents of the set design generating elements. For example, if the body of the item 305 or the organization name of the item 306 is not set, a skeleton template that does not include the body or the organization name is used.

  In S1003, it is determined whether or not the processes of S1004 to S1005 have been completed for all the searched skeleton templates. If it is determined that all skeleton plates have been completed, the processing proceeds to step S1006. If it is determined that all skeleton plates have not been completed, the processing proceeds to step S1004 with an unprocessed skeleton template as the processing target. move on.

  In step S1004, the text or image set as the design generation element is arranged at a corresponding position based on the layout information of the text or image on the skeleton template currently being processed. At that time, the colors of the background, the figure, the text, and the font type of the text are applied based on the color arrangement and the font information defined on the design generation element setting screen 301. It should be noted that texts and images that are common to a plurality of types of templates are applied. When all the design generation elements are applied to the skeleton template, they are temporarily stored in the storage device 102 in a file format. In S1005, thumbnail image data is generated based on the file generated and stored in S1004, and is temporarily stored in the storage device 102 (memory).

  In S1006, the design candidate selection screen of FIG. 4 is displayed, and all the thumbnail image data generated in S1005 are displayed in the design candidate list list 402. In S1007, a history item folder including a new generation element file is generated on the history database. In the newly generated generating element file, the setting contents of the design generating element other than the image data such as the design image, the text and the orientation of the paper are described. In S1008, all the image data set as the design generation elements (set in the image input area 308) are described in the newly generated generation element file. When the image set as the design generation element is a library image, the “library” attribute is added and the file name is described in the generation element file as shown in FIG. 9A. If the image is a user image, the "user" attribute is given, the file name and the file path name are described in the generation element file, and the image data is copied to the history item folder generated in S1007. The file name after copying is determined based on a unified naming rule so that each history item is unique in the history database.

  In S1009, one of the thumbnail image data generated in S1005 and displayed in S1005 and displayed in S1006 is provisionally provisionally determined and copied to the history item folder created in S1007. At this time, one thumbnail image data may be, for example, the thumbnail image first generated in S1005 among the plurality of thumbnail image data.

  In step S1010, a user operation on the design candidate selection screen of FIG. 4 is awaited. The user operation here is an operation for ending the design candidate selection screen, and is any one of the return button 404, the OK button 405, and the cancel button 406 being pressed. In S1011, it is determined whether or not the OK button 405 has been pressed (that is, whether or not the design image has been selected). If it is determined that the OK button 405 is pressed, the process proceeds to S1012, and if it is determined that any button other than the OK button 405 is pressed, the process proceeds to S1014.

  In S1012, since the design image is selected on the design candidate list 402, the thumbnail image data corresponding to the selected design image replaces the thumbnail image data copied to the history item folder in S1009. Then, in S1013, the design image selected on the design candidate list 402 is expanded and displayed in the preview area 202 of FIG.

  In S1014, the file temporarily stored in the storage device 102 in S1004 and S1005 is deleted. In S1005, the design candidate selection screen of FIG. 4 is closed. At that time, if the return button 404 is pressed in S1010, the screen returns to the design generation element setting screen of FIG. 3, and if the cancel button 406 is pressed, the screen returns to the main screen 201 of the design editing application. ..

  By the process of FIG. 10, when there is a design image intentionally selected by the user among the generated design image candidates, the thumbnail image data is saved as a history item. On the other hand, if there is no design image intentionally selected by the user, the temporarily determined thumbnail image data in the generated design group is stored as a history item. That is, if there is a design image actually used by the user, the history item is displayed on the history selection screen 601 of FIG. 6 in association with the thumbnail image. On the other hand, even if the user does not make a selection, the thumbnail image provisionally determined in S1009 is saved as a history item.

  Further, in the process of S1012, information indicating that the user has selected may be stored in the folder 802. As a saving method, the file may be saved as a file separate from the generation element 805 and the thumbnail image 806, or may be saved in the generation element 805 or in the header of the file of the thumbnail image 806. Then, when the history item is displayed on the screen shown in FIG. 6 as the history item, the display may be performed so that the user can recognize the selected history item and the history item not selected by the user. For example, information indicating that selection has been made may be added to the selected history item (for example, the text “selected” or a frame for a thumbnail image).

  When it is determined in S1011 that the user has selected a design, the skeleton template used for the selected design may also be saved as a history item. For example, the template information (for example, the file path of the template file) for specifying the skeleton template or the template file itself may be stored in the generated element file shown in FIG. Then, when the user selects a history item on the screen shown in FIG. 6 and presses the button 609, the template file is read according to the template information in the generated element file. Then, the design may be generated again according to the information in the read template file and generation element file. Specifically, the image, text, color scheme, etc. corresponding to the generated element file are applied to the template file read as described above. In this case, the screens of FIGS. 3 and 4 may not be displayed.

  As described above, when the history item of the design selected by the user is selected in FIG. 6, the design is automatically regenerated based on the template information and the generation element file. Specifically, an object such as text described in the generated element file or image data specified in the generated element file is rearranged in the template specified by the template information. As a result, it is possible to generate a design having the same content as the thumbnail image shown in FIG. 6 without the user selecting the design again on the screen of FIG. When the history item of the design not selected by the user is selected, the design is not regenerated and the screen returns to the screen shown in FIG. Even in this case, the information in the history item is displayed as the default setting on the screen shown in FIG.

  As another method of design reselection in FIG. 4, there is also a method of storing an image having a sufficient number of pixels as the thumbnail image 806 and reusing it. However, in this case, the thumbnail image 806 has a large data capacity, and since it has been converted into image data, it may not be easily editable. Therefore, by automatically regenerating the design according to the selection of the history item as described above, the thumbnail image 806 can be stored as an image having a small number of pixels whose content can be recognized. Also, when regenerating the design, it is possible to easily adjust the position of each object and change the contents by displaying each object in the template instead of generating the image data of the entire page. You can

  It should be noted that an upper limit may be set on the number of history items that can be stored. In that case, the oldest history item is automatically deleted in S1007. Further, the number of selections selected may be acquired for each history item on the history selection screen 601 of FIG. In that case, the oldest one that is reused the least is deleted.

  Further, in the present embodiment, the history is added by pressing the return button 404 and the cancel button 406, but in those cases, the history item added in S1007 may be deleted so as not to remain in the history. .. This is because, in those cases, it is considered that the selection operation was not performed because the user does not have the design to use. With such a configuration, it is possible to prevent unnecessary history information from increasing.

  Furthermore, in the present embodiment, thumbnail image data is stored as history information, but any other data format may be used as long as the setting content of the design generation element can be expressed as a generation result. For example, the image may be stored in a larger size, and when the history list list shown in FIG. 6 is displayed, the generation result may be greatly enlarged and displayed so that the setting content of the generation element can be confirmed in more detail. Alternatively, the generation result may be stored as a file in the standard data format of the design editing application. In that case, for example, every time the history list list shown in FIG. 6 is displayed, the file is read and a display image is generated and displayed.

  Further, various displays in the above embodiments may be displayed on a display device included in the information processing device that performs the display, or may be displayed on an external display device connected to the information processing device.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, the designs (thumbnail images, contents of objects, setting of color arrangement, etc.) generated in the past are stored in the memory as a history, and the screen in FIG. 6 is displayed. Since thumbnail images are displayed on the screen in FIG. 6, the user can select a desired history (design) after checking the result. Then, the contents of the object used in the selected design and various settings are reflected on the setting screen shown in FIG. For example, when a user selects a history when a long text is arranged, the setting screen is displayed with the text being input, so the user does not have to input the text again. In addition, for example, the user may want to use a design image newly created with a design image that is determined to be desirable as a result of checking the thumbnail image. In this case, even if the user does not recognize the design image, by selecting the history, the design image used in the design can be easily reflected in the new design.

  Further, on the setting screen of FIG. 3 displayed in response to the selection of the history, the content of the object and various settings can be changed. Therefore, for example, even when the history design is adjusted to generate a new design, the desired design can be easily generated.

  Further, as described above, when the template information is included as the history, the design having the same contents as the history can be easily regenerated without the user performing the setting work on the setting screen of FIG. 3 again.

  The present invention is also realized by executing the following processing. That is, software (program) that realizes the functions of the above-described embodiments is supplied to a system or device via a network or various storage media, and the computer (or CPU, MPU, etc.) of the system or device reads the program. This is the process to be executed.

  Further, the program code for realizing the functions of the present embodiment may be executed by one computer (CPU, MPU), or may be executed by the cooperation of a plurality of computers. Good. Further, the program code may be executed by a computer, or hardware such as a circuit for realizing the function of the program code may be provided. Alternatively, a part of the program code may be realized by hardware and the rest may be executed by a computer.

  100 Information processing device: 101 Central processing unit: 102 Storage device: 103 Input device: 104 Display device

Claims (14)

A program that places objects in a template,
A first display step of displaying a screen on which a user inputs a title on a display;
An arrangement step of arranging image objects in a plurality of templates after the display in the first display step,
Display containing thumbnail image including the title inputted by the user placement results of image objects by the disposing step in a given template is part in shown by and the screen of the plurality of templates, and a text of the title a second display step of displaying an item on the display can be selected by the user,
An editing step of editing the image object arranged in the arranging step in response to an editing instruction from the user when the display item displayed in the second displaying step is selected by the user;
To run on your computer,
In the second display step, the first title is input by the user, the first image object is arranged in the arrangement step, and a second title different from the first title is input by the user. And a second image object different from the first image object is placed in the placing step, a first display including a thumbnail image including the first title and text of the first title Displaying a second display item including an item and a thumbnail image including the second title and text of the second title;
In the editing step, when the first display item is selected, editing related to the first image object is performed according to the editing instruction by the user, and when the second display item is selected. Editing the second image object according to an editing instruction from the user,
A program characterized by that. A layout displaying step of displaying layout results in the plurality of templates, further causing the computer to execute,
The display item including a thumbnail image showing a layout result in the predetermined template is displayed in the second display step based on a user instruction after the layout display step. Program of.   The program according to claim 2, wherein the layout display step displays a list of a plurality of images showing a layout in each of the plurality of templates. Storage step of storing the image object information on the image object and title information about titles arranged in said predetermined template, was further performed on the computer,
In the editing process, on the basis of the title information and the image object information stored in said storing step, any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that editing relating to the title or the image object The program described in. The program according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein in the second display step, a screen including the first display item and the second display item is displayed . Wherein in the editing step, in the editable text of titles included in the display items are displayed and the title screen, any one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that editing the titles The program described in. Wherein in the disposing step, according to the plurality of templates, even without indication of position by the user, any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein placing a plurality of image objects in a predetermined position The program described in. In the arrangement step, according to the plurality of templates, even without an instruction of the arrangement size by the user, any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein placing a plurality of image objects in a predetermined arrangement size The program described in. Wherein after the display items displayed in the second display step is selected by the user, by dragging operation by the user for images objects, arrangement order of the plurality of templates with the image object and another image object program according to any one of claims 1 to 8, characterized in that it is possible to change. In the disposing step, the program according to any one of claims 1 to 9, wherein the image object and said title is being arranged in accordance with each of the plurality of templates. The program according to any one of claims 1 to 10 , wherein the predetermined template is the first template in a predetermined order of the plurality of templates. In the second display step, the thumbnail image including the character string input as a title by the user on the screen displayed in the first display step and the same character string as the character string are displayed together. The program according to any one of claims 1 to 11 , characterized in that An information processing device that arranges objects in a template,
First display means for displaying on the display a screen for the user to input a title;
Arranging means for arranging image objects in a plurality of templates after the display by the first display means,
Display containing thumbnail image including the title inputted by the user placement results of image objects by the positioning means in a predetermined template is part in shown by and the screen of the plurality of templates, and a text of the title items, and second display means for displaying the selectable manner the display by the user,
When the display item displayed by the second display means is selected by the user, editing means for editing the image object arranged by the arranging means in response to an editing instruction from the user. Prepare,
In the second display means, the first title is input by the user, the first image object is arranged by the arranging means, and the second title different from the first title is input by the user. And a second image object different from the first image object is arranged by the arrangement means, a first display including a thumbnail image including the first title and text of the first title. Displaying a second display item including an item and a thumbnail image including the second title and text of the second title;
When the first display item is selected, the editing unit edits the first image object according to an editing instruction from the user, and when the second display item is selected, Editing the second image object according to an editing instruction from the user,
An information processing device characterized by the above. A method for controlling an information processing device, wherein an object is arranged in a template,
A first display step of displaying a screen on which a user inputs a title on a display;
An arranging step of arranging image objects in a plurality of templates after the display in the first displaying step;
Display containing thumbnail image including the title inputted by the user placement results of image objects by the disposing step in a given template is part in shown by and the screen of the plurality of templates, and a text of the title A second display step of displaying items on the display in a selectable manner by the user;
An editing step of editing the image object arranged in the arranging step in response to an editing instruction from the user when the display item displayed in the second displaying step is selected by the user; Have,
In the second display step, the first title is input by the user, the first image object is arranged in the arrangement step, and a second title different from the first title is input by the user. And a second image object different from the first image object is placed in the placing step, a first display including a thumbnail image including the first title and text of the first title An item and a second display item including a thumbnail image including the second title and text of the second title,
In the editing step, when the first display item is selected, editing related to the first image object is performed according to the editing instruction by the user, and when the second display item is selected. Editing the second image object according to an editing instruction from the user,
A control method characterized by the above.