JPH06176123A - Image forming device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide an image forming device which can easily recognize display elements having the same attribute on the same screen. CONSTITUTION:Plural graphics 11-18 are displayed on the display screen. When the graphic 14 is designated by a mouse and effect that the graphic having the same attribute (same line width, for example) as the graphic 14 is retrieved is instructed, for example, graphic data of the respective graphics are retrieved and the graphics having the same attribute are retrieved. The graphic of the same attribute is displayed in a display mode different in the other graphic (displayed by broken line, for example). A line type and the color of a line can be designated as the attributes. In the case of a character, a type face and the size and the color of a type can be designated as the attributes.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an image forming apparatus, and more particularly to an apparatus for forming an image composed of display elements such as figures and characters on a display screen.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art With the widespread use of computers, image creating apparatuses for arranging display elements such as arbitrary figures and characters on a display screen to create an image are used in various fields. For example, a CAD device used for performing graphic design is typical of such an image creating device. Further, in the printing and publishing industry, an image creating apparatus using a computer is used to create a film original plate. That is, by arranging various objects such as photographic images, characters, and figures at desired positions on the display screen, it is possible to perform the layout work for making the film original plate.

[0003]

The display elements such as figures and characters arranged on the display are arranged with their respective unique attributes. For example, "radius R
Even in the case of arranging a figure "a circle having a circle", different display results can be obtained depending on the attributes of the width, line type, and color of the line forming the circumference. To give a specific example, 1 m
A circle having a line width of m, a circle having a line width of 2 mm, and a circle having a line width of 3 mm are display elements having different attributes regarding the line width. Similarly, even if the circles have the same line width of 1 mm, the circle drawn with a solid line, the circle drawn with a broken line, and the circle drawn with a dash-dotted line all have different attributes regarding the line type. It becomes a display element. Similarly, some attributes can be defined in terms of line color. Conversely, circles, triangles,
Even if they are different shapes such as a rectangle, they are the same 2
If drawn with a line width of mm, the line width has the same attribute.

However, it is often difficult to accurately confirm the attributes of each display element on the screen of the display. For example, regarding the line width, it is possible to understand which attribute (that is, which thickness) the line is by observing the lines that make up each figure,
This cannot be easily confirmed on the display screen where many figures are displayed. This also applies to characters. For example, when considering an attribute of a font for a character, it is difficult to easily recognize where a character having the same attribute of “Mincho” exists on the display screen.

Therefore, it is an object of the present invention to provide an image creating apparatus capable of easily recognizing display elements having the same attribute on the same screen.

[0006]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

(1) A first invention of the present application is an apparatus for creating an image composed of display elements such as figures and characters on a display screen, a display for displaying the created image, a specific display element, and a display. Instruction input means for inputting an instruction indicating a specific position on the screen, and image data indicating that a specific display element is displayed at a specific position based on the instruction input by the instruction input means Based on the image data storage means for storing the generated image data and the image data stored in the image data storage means, an image in which a specific display element is arranged at a specific position is displayed. From the image display means to be displayed on the screen of the display and the instruction input means, an input for designating one of the display elements displayed on the screen of the display is received, and The other display element having the same attribute as the predetermined attribute of the display element of (1) is searched for from the display elements displayed on the same screen, and the image display means is searched for. The displayed display element has a function of displaying the display element in a display mode different from that of the other display elements.

(2) The second invention of the present application is, in the image creating apparatus according to the above-mentioned first invention, after the same attribute element is searched for by the same attribute element searching means, the target object is searched by the instruction input means. When an input to specify a display element having a different attribute from the specified display element is received, the attribute of the specified display element is changed to the same attribute as the search target display element. In addition, a function of correcting the image data in the image data storage means is further provided.

(3) The third invention of the present application is, in the image creating apparatus according to the above-mentioned first or second invention, regarding the display element of the graphic, the line width, line type, One of the line colors is designated as a predetermined attribute, and another figure having the same line width, line type, or line color is searched for as the same attribute element.

(4) A fourth invention of the present application is the image creating apparatus according to the above-mentioned first or second invention, wherein as for the display element of the character, any one of the typeface, size and color is selected for this character. By designating as a predetermined attribute, other characters having the same typeface, size, or color are searched for as the same attribute element.

[0010]

[Operation] According to the image creating apparatus of the present invention, when the operator designates a specific display element, the display element having the same attribute as this is searched by the attribute element searching means,
The searched display element is displayed in a mode different from that of the other display elements. Therefore, the operator can easily visually confirm the display elements having the same attribute on the display screen.

[0011]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to illustrated embodiments. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the basic configuration of an image creating apparatus according to the present invention. This device is based on a display 1 for displaying an image composed of display elements such as figures and characters, an image data storage means 2 for storing image data corresponding to the image displayed on the display 1, and an image data storage unit 2 based on the image data. Image display means 3 for displaying on the display 1 and image data generating means 4 for generating image data
And the same attribute element searching means 5 for searching display elements having the same attribute on the basis of the image data stored in the image data storage means 2, and the image data generating means 4 and the predetermined attribute for the same attribute element searching means 5. Instruction input means 6 for inputting instructions
And,

The instruction input means 6 is composed of a keyboard and a mouse in this embodiment. The operator can use this keyboard and mouse to input an instruction to arrange an arbitrary figure or character at an arbitrary position on the screen of the display 1. Image data generation means 4
Generates image data according to this instruction and stores it in the image data storage means 2. Specifically, for example, if the operator makes an input such that a circle having a line width of 1 mm and a radius of 50 mm is designated as a display element and a predetermined coordinate position (x, y) on the screen is designated as an arrangement position, The image data generation means 4 generates image data for performing such display, and stores this in the image data storage means 2. The image display means 3 displays an image on the screen of the display 1 based on this image data.

The feature of the present invention lies in the function of the attribute element searching means 5. Now, for example, it is assumed that display elements 11 to 18 as shown in FIG. 2 are displayed on the screen of the display 1 (in this example, since they are all figures, they are hereinafter referred to as figures 11 to 18). To do. This is because the image data for the figures 11 to 18 is stored in the image data storage means 2, and based on these image data,
The image display means 3 is displaying an image as shown in FIG. Here, the lines forming the figures 11 to 18 shown in FIG. 2 are of various thicknesses, and the operator recognizes which figure has the same line width as the specific figure. Suppose you want to. For example, if the operator wants to recognize a graphic having the same line width as the graphic 14, the operator inputs a search command for searching for a graphic having the same line width from the instruction input means 6 and inputs an instruction for the graphic 14. It suffices to carry out (specifically, for example, a predetermined search command may be inputted from the keyboard and the figure 14 may be designated with the mouse). Upon receiving such an instruction input, the attribute element search means 5 searches each image data in the image data storage means 2, recognizes the line width of the designated figure 14, and then determines the same line width as this. Search for graphic data with Here, for example, it is assumed that the figures 12, 16 and 17 are drawn with the same line width. In this case, these figures are recognized as elements having the same attributes as the figure 14 with respect to the line width. Therefore, the same-attribute element search means 5 gives an instruction to the image display means 3 to display the recognized same-attribute element in a display mode different from that of other elements. As a result, the display on the screen of the display 1 changes from the state shown in FIG. 2 to the state shown in FIG. In the example shown in FIG. 3, figures 12, 16, 17 having the same attribute as the figure 14, including the designated figure 14, are displayed by broken lines, and other figures 11, 13, 15, 18 displayed by solid lines. The display mode is different from. Thereby, the operator can easily visually recognize that the figures 12, 16 and 17 have the same line width as the figure 14.

The function of easily confirming the graphics having the same attribute as described above is useful for improving the work efficiency of the operator. As described above, if the graphic having the same line width can be easily recognized, the operator can immediately recognize that the graphic whose line width is erroneously specified exists.

In the apparatus of this embodiment, the same attribute element searching means 5 has a function of searching for display elements having the same attribute as described above, and also has a function of correcting the attribute. That is, after the search for the same attribute element described above is performed, when the operator inputs from the instruction input means 6 a display element having a different attribute from the display element that is the search target, this is designated. It has a function of correcting the image data in the image data storage means 2 so that the attribute of the display element becomes the same as the attribute of the display element that is the search target. Let's demonstrate this function with a concrete example. Now, consider a case where the searched same attribute element is displayed by a broken line as shown in FIG. Then, looking at this display, the operator said that "the line width of the graphic 18 was originally set to be the same as the line width of the graphic 17, but was actually set incorrectly". I have noticed. In such a case, the operator can easily perform the work of correcting the line width by inputting the figure 18 with the mouse. That is, the same attribute element search means 5 which receives the input to be corrected searches the graphic data of the graphic 18 from the image data storage means 2 and immediately performs the line width on the searched graphic data. Make the correction so that it is the same as the line width for search.
As a result, the graphic 18 is displayed as a broken line on the screen of the display 1 like the graphic 17.

As described above, in the present image creating apparatus, not only can the figures having the same attribute be easily confirmed, but also the figures having different attributes can be easily corrected with the same attributes. .

In the above example, the same attribute element is displayed by a broken line so that it is displayed in a mode different from other display elements. However, the present invention displays the display mode by such a solid line and a broken line. The method is not limited to the different method. In short, any method may be used as long as the display is changed in a manner that the operator can easily visually recognize. For example, it is possible to change the color such as displaying the attribute element in red while the other display elements are displayed in black, and change the brightness. Alternatively, only the same attribute element can be displayed in blinking.

Further, in the above example, the display elements having the same attribute regarding the line width are searched, but in the present invention, the "display element having the same attribute" is referred to as "display element having commonality in some property". In a broad sense, for example, in the case of a figure, it is possible to search for the same attribute element related to the line type (line type such as solid line, broken line, and dashed line) or the same attribute element related to line color. . Further, when displaying a character, it is possible to search for the same attribute element regarding the typeface, size, and color of the character. For example,
By designating the Gothic characters displayed on the screen of the display 1 and searching for the same attribute element related to the typeface, all the Gothic characters on the screen are displayed in a display mode different from other characters. Will be. It is also possible to search for the same attributes such as white characters, shaded characters, and deformed characters. Further, it is possible to search for the same attribute regarding the allocation mode. For example, a display element whose allocation angle is a predetermined angle can be searched for as the same attribute element, or a display element whose position has been corrected so as to be aligned with a predetermined grid pattern can be searched for as the same attribute element. it can.

[0019]

As described above, according to the image creating apparatus of the present invention, the display element having the same attribute as the specific display element designated by the operator is searched, and the searched display element is another display element. Since it is displayed in a mode different from that described above, the operator can easily visually confirm the display elements having the same attribute on the display screen.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a basic configuration of an image creating apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of an image created by the apparatus shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a result of searching for an attribute element of the image shown in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Display 2 ... Image data storage means 3 ... Image display means 4 ... Image data generation means 5 ... Same attribute element search means 6 ... Instruction input means 11-18 ... Graphic (display element)

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. An apparatus for creating an image composed of display elements such as graphics and characters on a display screen, a display for displaying the created image, a specific display element, and a display screen. Instruction input means for inputting an instruction indicating a specific position, and image data for generating image data indicating that a specific display element is displayed at a specific position based on the instruction input by the instruction input means Generating means, image data storing means for storing the generated image data, and an image in which a specific display element is arranged at a specific position based on the image data stored in the image data storing means. Image display means to be displayed on the screen, and an input for specifying one of the display elements displayed on the screen of the display from the instruction input means. Receive power,
The same attribute element searching means for searching other display elements having the same attributes as the predetermined attributes for this display element from the display elements displayed on the same screen, and the image display means, An image creating apparatus having a function of displaying a searched display element in a display mode different from other display elements. 2. The image creating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein after the same attribute element search means has searched for the same attribute element, an attribute different from the search target display element is set from the instruction input means. When the input for designating the display element to have is received, the attribute of the designated display element is changed to the same attribute as the attribute of the search target display element.
An image creating apparatus, further comprising a function of correcting image data in an image data storage means. 3. The image creating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, with respect to a display element of a graphic, a predetermined width of the line forming the graphic is any one of a line width, a line type, and a line color. An image creating apparatus, characterized in that another graphic having the same line width, line type, or line color is searched for as the same attribute element. 4. The image creating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a display element of a character is a typeface for the character.
An image creating apparatus characterized in that either size or color is designated as a predetermined attribute, and other characters having the same typeface, size, or color are searched for as the same attribute element.