JPH08221589A - Device and method for preparing graphic frame - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To provide a device and method for preparing graphic frame with which a graphic frame to completely include characters or graphics to be included can be easily set. CONSTITUTION: A display part 1 displays characters or graphics on a display screen, and a graphic frame area designating means 3 designates a graphic frame area on the display screen corresponding to the instruction of a user. A presence/absence judging means 5 judges whether the displayed characters or graphics exist on the border line of this graphic frame area or not by referring to coordinate data stored in a display data storage means 2 and comparing coordinates specified by those coordinate data with the coordinates of the border line of the graphic frame area. Next, a graphic frame area correcting means 6 corrects the graphic frame area so that the graphic frame area can completely include the characters, etc. A graphic frame deciding means 7 decides the border line of the corrected graphic franme area as the graphic frame.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a graphic frame creating apparatus, and more particularly to a graphic frame creating apparatus for easily creating a graphic frame such as a box-shaped ruled line surrounding an area designated by a user.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, in CAD, word processors and the like, apparatuses have been used for creating a box-shaped ruled line surrounding a region designated by a user or a figure frame such as a circle. As a conventional technique of such a device, there is a graphic frame creation device described in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 5-46614. This creates a box-shaped ruled line that surrounds a rectangular area designated by the user with four ruled lines. As the creation procedure, first, the rectangular area is designated by designating two points on the diagonal of the rectangular area. Next, the lengths and positions of the ruled lines on the four sides that form the box-shaped ruled line to be created by the specified rectangular area are obtained. Next, a box-shaped ruled line is set by drawing a ruled line at the obtained length and position.

[0003]

However, in the graphic frame creating apparatus according to the above-mentioned prior art, when an attempt is made to create a graphic frame such as a box-shaped ruled line containing displayed characters and figures, the characters and figures are The rectangular area that includes is specified by specifying two points on the diagonal of the rectangular area. Therefore, if there are many characters or figures to be enclosed in the box-shaped ruled line, it is difficult to specify the rectangular area that completely contains the characters and the like.

Furthermore, when a rectangular area in which a character or the like to be included is not completely included is specified by an operation, for example, when a character or the like exists beyond the boundary line of the rectangular area. However, it is difficult and time-consuming to correct this rectangular area and re-specify the correct rectangular area. In view of such problems, it is an object of the present invention to provide a graphic frame creation device and a graphic frame creation method for easily setting a graphic frame that completely contains a character or graphic to be included.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, in the invention according to claim 1, display data including a character or figure to be displayed and coordinate information for specifying coordinates on the display screen to display it. A display data storage means for storing the display data, a graphic frame area designating means for designating a graphic frame area on the display screen by receiving a user's instruction, and a displayed character or graphic exists on the boundary line of the graphic frame area. Presence / absence determining means for determining whether or not to perform by referring to the coordinate data of the display data stored in the display data storing means, and the presence / absence determining means determines that a character or a figure exists on the boundary line. In this case, the figure frame area correction means for correcting the figure frame area so that the figure frame area designated by the figure frame area designating means completely includes the character or figure, and the figure Characterized in that a graphic frame determining means for determining the boundaries of the corrected graphic frame area at the frame area correcting means as a figure frame.

According to the second aspect of the invention, instead of the figure frame area correcting means, if the presence / absence determining means determines that a character or a figure exists on the boundary line of the figure frame area, the figure frame area is displayed. A display data correction unit for correcting the coordinate information of the display data stored in the data storage unit so that the character or graphic is displayed at a position where the character or graphic is completely included. To do.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, the graphic frame correction means is configured to completely include the character or graphic by correcting the graphic frame area to be enlarged. In the invention according to claim 4, the display data correction means moves the character or the graphic in a direction completely included in the graphic frame area to thereby obtain coordinate information of the display data stored in the data storage means. It is characterized by correcting.

In the invention according to claim 5, a graphic frame area designating step of designating a graphic frame area on the display screen by receiving a user's instruction, and a displayed character or graphic on the boundary line of the graphic frame area. Presence / absence determination step of determining whether or not it is present by referring to the coordinate data of the display data stored in the display data storage unit, and it is determined by the presence / absence determination step that a character or a figure exists on the boundary line. In this case, a figure frame area correction step of correcting the figure frame area specified in the figure frame area specifying step so that the figure frame area completely includes the character or the figure, and a step of correcting the figure frame area. A graphic frame determining step of determining the corrected boundary line of the graphic frame region as a graphic frame.

In the sixth aspect of the invention, instead of the figure frame area correction step, if the presence / absence determining step determines that a character or a figure exists on the boundary line of the figure frame area, the figure frame area is displayed. A display data correction step of correcting coordinate information of display data stored in the data storage unit so that the character or graphic is displayed at a position where the character or graphic is completely included. To do.

[0010]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the display section displays characters and figures on the display screen, and the figure frame area designating means
The figure frame area is specified on the display screen according to the user's instruction. The presence / absence determining means refers to the coordinate data stored in the display data storage means to determine whether or not a character or a graphic displayed on the boundary line of the graphic frame area exists, and determines whether the coordinates specified by the coordinate data are present. , The judgment is made by comparing with the coordinates of the boundary line of the graphic frame area. Next, the figure frame area correction means corrects the figure frame area so that the figure frame area completely includes the characters and the like. The figure frame determination means determines the boundary line of the corrected figure frame area as the figure frame.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, when the presence / absence determining means determines that a character or graphic exists on the boundary line of the graphic frame area, the character or graphic remains in the graphic frame area. The coordinate information of the display data stored in the data storage means is corrected so that is displayed at a position completely included in the graphic frame area. Claim 3
According to the invention, the correction by the graphic frame correction means is performed by enlarging the graphic frame area.

According to the invention of claim 4, the display data correction means is stored in the data storage means by moving the character or figure in a direction completely included in the figure frame area. Correct the coordinate information of the display data. The inventions of claim 5 and claim 6 perform the same operations as claim 1 and claim 2, respectively.

[0013]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The graphic frame creating apparatus of the present invention will be described below. This graphic frame creation device is, for example, a CAD (Comp
This is a device for creating a figure frame such as a box-shaped ruled line that surrounds an area specified by the user on the screen in the Uter Aided Design. Create a graphic frame that encloses the displayed characters and graphics. A graphic frame creation device that handles box-shaped ruled lines and circle-shaped graphic frames will be described.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a graphic frame creating apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention, particularly for creating a graphic frame having a box-shaped ruled line. The graphic frame creation device includes a display unit 1, a data storage unit 2, a rectangular area designation receiving unit 3, a rectangular area coordinate storage unit 4, a rectangular area overlap determination unit 5, a rectangular area correction unit 6, a ruled line setting unit 7, and a control unit. 8 and.

The display means 1 has a display screen and displays characters and figures. The data storage means 2 stores character data and graphic data of characters and graphics to be displayed on the display screen. Character data is data that includes the character code of the character to be displayed, and the character code, information about the small rectangle that surrounds the character, and coordinate information that indicates where the small rectangle is on the display screen. have. Here, the small rectangle surrounding the character is, for example, a dotted small rectangle indicated by 202 in FIG. Although this is a small rectangle configured so as to be in contact with the character string 201 of “Kakikukeko” displayed on the screen, the small rectangle 202 is not actually displayed on the screen. The graphic data is graphic data composed of image data and vector data, and has coordinate information of which position on the display screen is displayed.

The rectangular area designation receiving means 3 receives from the user the designation of a rectangular area surrounding the character data or graphic data displayed on the display screen.
The following are methods for receiving the designation of the rectangular area. First, the coordinates of the start point and the end point designated by the user operating the mouse or the cursor keys on the display screen are received. Next, a rectangle having the received start point and end point as diagonal lines is created. The area enclosed by the rectangle is a rectangular area. Of course, the method of receiving the designation of the rectangular area is not limited to this, and any other known technique may be used as long as the rectangular area can be designated on the display screen.

The rectangular area coordinate storage means 4 specifies the rectangular area accepted by the rectangular area specification accepting means 3 so that the coordinates of the boundary line of the rectangular area are determined for each side, that is, for each of the upper side, the lower side, the right side, and the left side. Memorize the coordinates of that side. The rectangular area overlap judging means 5 judges for each side under control of the control means 8 whether or not each side of the boundary line of the rectangular area overlaps with a character or a graphic displayed on the display screen. For example, FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a display screen, in which a rectangular area 301 designated by the rectangular area designation receiving means 3 and an upper side 3011 and a lower side 301 which are each side of the boundary line of the rectangular area 301.
2, a right side 3013, a left side 3014, a character string 3021, a character string 3022, a character string 3023, and a character string 3024 are displayed. In this case, it is determined that the upper side 3011 and the character string 3021 overlap. Similarly,
It is determined that the lower side 3012 and the character string 3022, the right side 3013 and the character string 3023, and the left side 3014 and the character string 3024 overlap each other. The determination as to whether or not each side and the displayed character string and the like overlap is specifically made by the coordinates of the side stored in the rectangular area coordinate storage means 4 and the character data of the character or figure. Or the coordinates specified by the coordinate information of the graphic data.

When the rectangular area overlap judging means 5 judges that the side of the boundary of the rectangular area overlaps the displayed character or graphic, the rectangular area correcting means 6 completely overlaps the side. The side is moved in the direction in which the rectangular area expands until it disappears. Specifically, if it is the upper side, the side is moved in the positive direction of the y-axis by the distance Δy until the overlap completely disappears, and the coordinate of the side after the movement is moved every time the rectangular area coordinate storage means 4 is executed. To memorize. Here, the positive direction of the y-axis is the positive direction of the y-axis in the figure as shown in the coordinate axis 303 of FIG. 3, the lower direction is the negative direction of the y-axis, and the right direction is the x-axis. Is the positive direction, and the left is the negative direction of the x-axis. Next, if the side determined to be overlapping is the lower side, the side is moved by Δy in the negative direction of the y-axis, and if it is the right side, the side is moved by Δx in the positive direction of the x-axis, If it is the left side, the side is moved by Δx in the negative direction of the x axis, and the coordinate of the side after the movement is stored in the rectangular area designation receiving means 3. For example, as shown in FIG. 3, when each side of the boundary line of the rectangular area indicated by the dotted line is displayed, each side overlaps the displayed character string, so the displayed character string is By completely containing the rectangular area 301, that is, by moving each side in the direction in which the rectangular area expands, the rectangular area 301 is corrected to become the rectangular area 401 shown in FIG.

The ruled line setting means 7 sets a box-shaped ruled line by setting the ruled lines along the coordinates of each side stored in the rectangular area coordinate storage means 4, and stores the coordinates in the data storage means 2. Let For example, the box-shaped ruled line 51 in FIG. 5 is set along the boundary line of the rectangular area shown in FIG. 4 corrected by the rectangular area correction unit 6. The control means 8 controls each part of the graphic frame creation device. Specifically, FIG.
Control is performed according to the control flow shown in FIG. This control flow will be described later in the operation, so the description thereof is omitted here.

The operation of the graphic frame creating apparatus of the present embodiment having the above-described configuration will be described with reference to the control flows of FIGS. 6 and 7. First, the specification of a rectangular area is received from the user. Specifically, the rectangular area designation receiving means 3 receives the input of the start point of the diagonal line of the rectangular area (step S101), then receives the input of the end point of the diagonal line of the rectangular area (step S102), and receives the input of the received rectangular area. A rectangular area is created from the start point and the end point of the diagonal line (step S103). Further, the rectangular area coordinate storage means 4 stores the coordinates of the boundary line of the rectangular area for each side (step S104). For example, as shown in FIG. 3, a rectangular area 301 is created, and the coordinates of the upper side 3011, the lower side 3012, the right side 3013, and the left side 3014, which are the respective sides of the boundary line of the rectangular area, are stored. Further, a character string 3021, a character string 3022, a character string 3023, and a character string 3024 are displayed on the screen. Next, the rectangular area overlap determination means 5 determines whether or not each side of the rectangular area overlaps the displayed characters and the like. Specifically, it is first determined whether or not the coordinates of the upper side and the coordinates of the displayed character or the like overlap (step S105). In FIG. 3, since it is determined that the upper side 3011 overlaps with the character string 3021, the rectangular area correction unit 6 moves the upper side 3011 by Δy in the positive direction of the y-axis (step S10).
6). This movement is performed by the upper side 301 on the displayed screen.
Not only is 1 moved on the screen, but the coordinates of the upper side 3011 stored in the rectangular area coordinate storage means 4 are also changed to the coordinates after movement. Similarly, the upper side 3011 after the movement is again compared with the displayed character string 3021, and if it is determined that they overlap, this process is repeated until they do not overlap (steps S105 and S106). If it is determined in step S105 that they do not overlap, it is determined by the same procedure whether or not the lower side 3012 and the character or the like overlap (step S107). Since it is determined that there is overlap, the lower side is moved by Δy in the negative direction of the y-axis until the overlap does not occur, and the determination as to whether or not overlap is repeated (step S10
8, step S107). The right side is also judged whether or not it overlaps with the displayed character, and if it overlaps, the right side is moved in the positive direction of the x axis by Δx until it does not overlap.
Move one by one (step S109, step S11
0). It is determined whether or not the left side also overlaps with the displayed character, and if it overlaps, the left side is moved by Δx in the negative direction of the x-axis until it does not overlap (steps S111 and S112). . By performing the processing as described above, the rectangular area is corrected to the rectangular area 401 in FIG. 4 in which there is no overlapping character on the boundary line. Further, by setting a ruled line on each side of the boundary of the rectangular area, a graphic frame of the box-shaped ruled line 51 shown in FIG. 5 is created (step S113), and the coordinates of the set ruled line are stored in the data storage means 2. The graphic frame created by doing is stored (step S114).

FIG. 8 is a block diagram of a graphic frame creating apparatus according to the second embodiment of the present invention, particularly for creating a box-shaped ruled graphic frame. The graphic frame creation device includes a display means 1, a data storage means 2, a rectangular area designation receiving means 3, a rectangular area coordinate storage means 4, a rectangular area overlap determination means 5, a character graphic moving means 86, a ruled line setting means 7, and a control means. And 88. Here, the display means 1, the data storage means 2, the rectangular area designation receiving means 3, and the rectangular area coordinate storage means 4
Since the rectangular area overlap judging means 5 and the ruled line setting means 7 are the same as the components denoted by the same reference numerals in the first embodiment shown in FIG. 1, their explanations are omitted.

If the rectangular area duplication judging means 5 judges that the side of the border of the rectangular area overlaps the displayed character or graphic, the character / graphic moving means 86 overlaps the character or graphic. The character or figure is moved in the direction completely included in the rectangular area until all the characters disappear. Specifically, when the upper side and the character etc. overlap, the character etc. are moved in the negative direction of the y-axis by the distance Δy until the overlap completely disappears, and each time the character etc. after the movement is moved. The coordinates are stored in the data storage means 2. When the upper side and other characters and the like overlap, this process is repeated until there is no overlap between the upper side and any character or the like.
Similarly, if the side determined to overlap is the lower side, y
Move the characters that overlap in the positive direction of the axis by Δy,
If it is the right side, the characters etc. that overlap in the negative direction of the x-axis are Δ
When moving on the left side, the characters or the like overlapping in the positive direction of the x-axis are moved by Δx, and the coordinates of the moved characters or the like are stored in the data storage means 2. For example, as shown in FIG. 9, when each side 9011 to 9014 of the boundary line of the rectangular area 901 indicated by the dotted line is displayed, each side 9011 to 9014 is the displayed character string 902.
1 to 9024, the displayed character strings 9021 to 9024 are moved so as to be completely included in the rectangular area 901.
The positions 1 to 9024 are moved to the positions completely included in the rectangular area 901 as shown in FIG.

The method of completely including a character string or the like in the rectangular area as in the present embodiment is not limited to such a method, and a method of changing format information such as character size and character spacing is used. The rectangular area may completely include the characters and the like, and any method may be used as long as the rectangular area can completely include the characters and the like as a result.

The control means 88 controls each part of the graphic frame creating apparatus. Specifically, control is performed according to the control flows shown in FIGS. 12, 13, and 14. This control flow will be described later in the operation, so the description thereof is omitted here. The operation of the graphic frame creation apparatus according to this embodiment configured as described above will be described with reference to the control flows shown in FIGS. 12, 13, and 14.

First, the rectangular area designation receiving means 3 receives the input of the starting point of the diagonal line of the rectangular area (step S20).
1) Next, the input of the end point of the diagonal line of the rectangular area is accepted (step S202), and the rectangular area is created by the start point and the end point of the diagonal line of the accepted rectangular area (step S202).
203). Further, the rectangular area coordinate storage means 4 stores the coordinates of the boundary line of the rectangular area for each side (step S204). Next, the rectangular area overlap determination means 5
It is determined whether or not each side of the rectangular area overlaps the displayed characters and the like. Specifically, first, it is determined whether the coordinates of the upper side and the coordinates of the displayed character or the like overlap (step S205). For example, in FIG. 9, since it is determined that the upper side 9011 overlaps with the character string 9021, the character / graphics moving unit 86 moves the character string 9021 by Δy in the negative direction of the y axis until it is determined that they do not overlap. (Step S206, Step S20
7). This movement is performed by the character string 90 on the displayed screen.
Not only is 21 moved on the screen, but the coordinate data of the character stored in the data storage means 2 is also corrected to the coordinate data indicating the coordinate after movement. Similarly, again on the upper side 901
It is determined whether or not the character strings and the like displayed as 1 are overlapped (step S205), and when it is determined that there are other overlapping characters or the like, this process is repeated until there is no overlapping of the characters. (Step S206, step S207). When it is determined in step S205 that there is no overlapping character or the like, it is determined by the same procedure whether or not there is a character overlapping the right side (step S208), and there is an overlapping character or the like. If so, the same processing is repeated until there are no overlapping characters (steps S209 and S210), and similarly, the same processing is repeated for the right side and the left side (steps S211 to S216).

By performing these processes, the characters displayed are such that there are no overlapping characters on the boundary.
It is moved to the position indicated by 0. Furthermore, a ruled line is set on each side of the boundary line of the rectangular area to create a graphic frame of the box-shaped ruled line 111 shown in FIG. 11 (step S21).
7) The graphic frame created by storing the coordinates of the set ruled line in the data storage means 2 is stored (step S218).

When moving a character string, if another character or figure already exists at the position of the rectangular area to which the character string should be moved, a structure for canceling the movement may be added. This is realized by providing a configuration for comparing the coordinates of the destination and the coordinates of the currently displayed character or the like. FIG. 15 is a block diagram of a graphic frame creation apparatus according to the third embodiment of the present invention, and is for creating a graphic frame of a circular graphic. The graphic frame creation device includes a display unit 1, a data storage unit 2, a circular graphic region designation receiving unit 153, a circular graphic region coordinate storage unit 154, a circular graphic region overlap determination unit 155, a circular graphic region correction unit 156, and a circular graphic frame. It is composed of setting means 157 and control means 158. Here, the display means 1 and the data storage means 2 are the same as the components denoted by the same reference numerals in the first embodiment shown in FIG.

The circular figure area designation receiving means 153 is the same component as the rectangular area designation receiving means 3 of the first embodiment, but it is a circular figure area rather than a rectangular area that is received from the user. Is different. The following methods are available for receiving the circular figure area. Coordinates between a center point designated by a user operating a mouse or a cursor key on the display screen and points on the circumference are accepted. Next, using the accepted center point and points on the circumference,
Create a circular figure area whose radius is the distance between two points. Of course, the method of accepting the designation of the circular figure area is not limited to this, and other known techniques may be used as long as the circular figure area can be designated on the display screen.

The circle graphic area coordinate storage means 154 stores the coordinates of the boundary line of the circle graphic area according to the designation of the circle graphic area received by the circle graphic area designation receiving means 153. The circular graphic area overlap determination means 155 determines whether or not the boundary line of the circular graphic area overlaps with the character or graphic displayed on the display screen under the control of the control means 158. For example, FIG. 16 is a diagram showing a display screen, in which a circular graphic area 161 designated by the circular graphic area designation receiving means 153,
The boundary 1601 of the circular graphic area 161 and the character string 16
11, character string 1612, character string 1613, and character string 161
4 and are displayed. In this case, the boundary line 16
01 and the character strings 1611 to 1614 are determined to overlap. Similar to the first embodiment, the determination as to whether or not each side overlaps the displayed character string or the like is specifically, the boundary stored in the circular graphic area coordinate storage unit 154. This is performed by comparing the coordinates of the line with the coordinates specified by the coordinate information of the character data or graphic data of the character or graphic.

When the circular graphic area overlap judging means 155 judges that the boundary of the circular graphic area overlaps the displayed character or graphic, the circular graphic area correcting means 156 determines that
The radius of the circle figure area is extended until the boundary line is completely overlapped, and the circle figure area is enlarged. Specifically, the radius of the circle figure area is extended by Δd and the coordinates of the boundary line of the circle figure area after the movement are stored in the circle figure area coordinate storage means 154 every time. For example, in FIG.
When the boundary line 1601 of the circular graphic region 161 indicated by the dotted line is displayed as shown in FIG. 6, the boundary line 1601 overlaps the displayed character strings 1611 to 1614, and thus the displayed character string is displayed. Is completely included in the circular graphic area, that is, by extending the radius of the circular graphic area 161, the circular graphic area 161 is corrected to become the circular graphic area 171 shown in FIG.

The circular graphic frame setting means 157 is almost the same as the ruled line setting means 7 in the first embodiment, but is different in that the circular graphic frame is set. Specifically, the circle figure frame is set along the coordinates of the boundary line stored in the circle figure area coordinate storage means 154, and the set coordinates of the circle figure frame are stored in the data storage means 2. For example, a circle figure frame 181 as shown in FIG. 18 is set along the boundary line of the circle figure area shown in FIG. 17 corrected by the circle figure area correction means 156.

The control means 158 controls each part of the graphic frame creation device. Specifically, the control is performed according to the control flow shown in FIGS. This control flow will be described later in the operation, so the description thereof is omitted here. The operation of the graphic frame creation apparatus of the present embodiment configured as described above will be described using the control flow shown in FIGS.

First, the designation of a circular graphic area is received from the user. Specifically, the circular figure area designation receiving means 153 receives the input of the center point of the circular figure area (step S30).
1) Next, input of points on the circumference of the circle figure area is accepted (step S302), and a circle figure area is created from the accepted two points (step S303). Further, the coordinates of the boundary line of the circle graphic area are stored in the circle graphic area coordinate storage means 154.
(Step S304). For example, a circular graphic area 161 is created as shown in FIG. 16, and the coordinates of the boundary 1601 of the circular graphic area are stored. Next, the circle graphic area overlap determination unit 155 determines whether or not the coordinates of the boundary line of the circle graphic area and the coordinates of the displayed characters and the like overlap (step S305). In FIG. 16, the boundary line 1
Since it is determined that 601 and the character strings 1611 to 1614 overlap each other, the circle figure region correction unit 156 extends the radius of the circle figure region 161 by Δd (step S30).
6). This movement not only enlarges the circular graphic area 161 on the displayed screen on the screen, but also changes the coordinates of the boundary line stored in the circular graphic area coordinate storage means 154 to the coordinates after the movement. Similarly, the boundary line after the movement is again compared with the displayed character strings 1611 to 1614, and if it is determined that the character strings 1611 to 1614 overlap, this process is repeated until the characters do not overlap (steps S305 and S306).
If it is determined in step S305 that they do not overlap with each other, the circle figure frame is set along the boundary line of the circle figure area to create the figure frame of the circle figure frame 181 shown in FIG. 18 (step S307). The graphic frame created by storing the set coordinates of the circular graphic frame in the data storage means 2 is stored (step S308).

FIG. 21 is a block diagram of a graphic frame creating apparatus according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention. In particular, a graphic frame of a circular graphic frame is created. The graphic frame creation apparatus includes a display unit 1, a data storage unit 2, a circular graphic region designation receiving unit 153, a circular graphic region coordinate storage unit 154, a circular graphic region overlap determination unit 155, a character graphic moving unit 216, and a circular graphic frame setting. It is composed of means 157 and control means 218. Here, the display means 1 and the data storage means 2 are the same as the components denoted by the same reference numerals as in the first embodiment shown in FIG.
3, the circular figure area coordinate storage means 154, the circular figure area overlap judging means 155 and the circular figure frame setting means 157 are the same as the components denoted by the same reference numerals as in the third embodiment shown in FIG. Omit it.

When the circular graphic area overlap determining means 155 determines that the boundary of the circular graphic area overlaps with the displayed character or graphic, the character / graphic moving means 216 overlaps the character or graphic. The character or figure is moved in the direction completely included in the figure area until all disappear. Specifically, the character or the like is moved in the direction of the center of the circle of the circle graphic region by a distance of Δd until the overlap completely disappears, and the coordinate of the character or the like after the movement is calculated every time. Store in 2. Further, if another character or the like overlaps the boundary line, this process is repeated until no character or the like overlaps the boundary line. For example, as shown in FIG. 22, the character string 22 in which the boundary line 2201 of the circular graphic region 221 indicated by the dotted line is displayed
Since it overlaps with 11 to 2214, by moving the displayed character strings 2211 to 2214 so as to be completely included in the circle graphic area 221, the positions of the character strings 2211 to 2214 are changed to those shown in FIG. As shown, it is moved to a position completely included in the circular figure area 221.
It should be noted that the method of completely including a character string or the like in the circular graphic area as in the present embodiment is not limited to such a method, and a method such as changing the format information such as the character size or the character interval may be used. It is also possible to completely include characters and the like in the graphic area, and any method may be used so long as it can completely include characters and the like in the circular graphic area.

The control means 218 controls each part of the graphic frame creation device. Specifically, control is performed according to the control flows shown in FIGS. 25 and 26. This control flow will be described later in the operation, so the description thereof is omitted here. The operation of the graphic frame creation apparatus of the present embodiment configured as described above will be described using the control flows shown in FIGS. 25 and 26.

First, steps S401 to S404.
Up to step S30 in FIG. 19 of the third embodiment.
Since the same processing as 1 to step S304 is performed, description thereof will be omitted. Next, the circle graphic area overlap determination unit 155 determines whether or not the coordinates of the boundary line of the circle graphic area and the coordinates of the displayed characters and the like overlap (step S405).
For example, in FIG. 22, the boundary line 2201 is a character string 221.
Since it is determined that the character string 2211 overlaps 1, the character / graphics moving unit 216 moves the character string 2211 by Δd toward the center of the circle in the circle / graphic area until it is determined that they do not overlap (steps S406 and S407). ). This movement not only moves the displayed character string 2211 on the screen, but also corrects the coordinate data of the character stored in the data storage means 2 to the coordinate data indicating the coordinate after the movement. . Similarly, it is again determined whether or not the character strings and the like displayed as the boundary line 2201 overlap (step S405), and if it is determined that there are other overlapping characters or the like, the characters are also not overlapped. This process is repeated until (steps S406 and S4).
07). After these processes, as shown in FIG. 23, all the character strings are moved to a position where they do not overlap the boundary line. Further, by setting a circle figure frame along the boundary line of the circle figure area, a figure frame of the circle figure frame 241 shown in FIG. 24 is created (step S408), and the coordinates of the set circle figure frame are stored in the data. The circular graphic frame created by being stored in the means 2 is stored (step S409).

In the embodiment, the example in which the rectangular area and the circular graphic area are used has been described, but the present invention is not limited to these two areas and other graphic areas may be used.

[0039]

As described above, according to the invention of claim 1,
The presence / absence determining means determines whether or not a character or a graphic displayed on the boundary line of the graphic frame area exists by referring to the coordinate data stored in the display data storage means, and the graphic frame area correcting means. However, since the figure frame area is corrected so that the figure frame area completely includes the character and the like, it is only necessary to specify the figure frame area that includes at least a part of the character or figure to be included. It is possible to set a graphic frame that includes everything. Therefore,
Compared with the conventional technology that had to specify a graphic frame that includes all the characters to be surrounded, the effect of being able to easily set a graphic frame that completely contains the characters and graphics to be included is there.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, if the presence / absence determining means determines that a character or a graphic exists on the boundary line of the graphic frame area, the graphic frame area is left as it is and the character or graphic is not displayed. Since the coordinate information of the display data stored in the data storage means is corrected so that the graphic is displayed at a position completely included in the graphic frame area, the size of the graphic frame area initially specified is changed. Instead, it is possible to easily set a graphic frame that completely contains a character or a graphic to be included.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, since the correction by the graphic frame correction means is performed by enlarging the graphic frame area, the graphic frame that completely contains the character or graphic to be surely included. There is an effect that can be set. According to the invention of claim 4, the display data correction means moves the character or the graphic in a direction to be completely included in the graphic frame area, thereby changing the display data stored in the data storage means. Since the coordinate information is corrected, there is an effect that it is possible to set the figure frame that completely contains the character or figure that should be included.

The inventions of claims 5 and 6 have the same effects as the effects of the inventions of claims 1 and 2, respectively.

[0043]

[Brief description of drawings]

[0044]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a graphic frame creation device according to a first embodiment.

[0045]

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a small rectangle surrounding a character.

[0046]

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a rectangular area and a character string displayed on a display screen.

[0047]

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a rectangular area and a character string displayed on a display screen.

[0048]

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a box-shaped ruled line and a character string displayed on a display screen.

[0049]

FIG. 6 is a control flow chart of a control means 88 in the first embodiment.

[0050]

FIG. 7 is a continuation of FIG. 6;

[0051]

FIG. 8 is a block diagram of a graphic frame creation device according to a second embodiment.

[0052]

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a rectangular area, a character string, and the like displayed on a display screen.

[0053]

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a rectangular area, a character string, and the like displayed on the display screen.

[0054]

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a box-shaped ruled line and a character string displayed on a display screen.

[0055]

FIG. 12 is a control flow chart of a control means 88 in the second embodiment.

[0056]

FIG. 13 is a view continued from FIG. 12;

[0057]

FIG. 14 is a view continued from FIG. 13;

[0058]

FIG. 15 is a block diagram of a graphic frame creation device according to a third embodiment.

[0059]

FIG. 16 is a diagram showing a circular graphic region, a character string, and the like displayed on the display screen.

[0060]

FIG. 17 is a diagram showing a circular graphic region, a character string, and the like displayed on the display screen.

[0061]

FIG. 18 is a diagram showing a circular graphic frame and a character string displayed on the display screen.

[0062]

FIG. 19 is a control flow chart of the control means 158 in the third embodiment.

[0063]

FIG. 20 is a view illustrating a sequel to FIG. 19;

[0064]

FIG. 21 is a block diagram of a graphic frame creation device according to a fourth embodiment.

[0065]

FIG. 22 is a diagram showing a circular graphic region, a character string, and the like displayed on the display screen.

[0066]

FIG. 23 is a diagram showing a circular graphic region, a character string, and the like displayed on the display screen.

[0067]

FIG. 24 is a diagram showing a circular graphic frame and a character string displayed on the display screen.

[0068]

FIG. 25 is a control flow chart of the control means 218 in the fourth embodiment.

[0069]

FIG. 26 is a view illustrating a sequel to FIG. 25;

[0070]

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 display means 2 data storage means 3 rectangular area designation receiving means 4 rectangular area coordinate storage means 5 rectangular area overlap determination means 6 rectangular area correction means 7 ruled line setting means 8 control means 86 character and figure moving means 88 control means 153 circular figure area designation Reception means 154 Circle figure area coordinate storage means 155 Circle figure area duplication judging means 156 Circle figure area correcting means 157 Circle figure frame setting means 158 Control means 216 Character figure moving means 218 Control means

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A graphic frame creation device comprising a display unit for displaying characters or graphics on a display screen, comprising coordinate information for specifying characters or graphics to be displayed and coordinates on the display screen to display them. Display data storage means for storing display data including, a graphic frame area designating means for designating a graphic frame area on the display screen by receiving a user's instruction, and a character displayed on the border of the graphic frame area. Presence / absence determination means for determining whether or not a presence of a figure is present by referring to the coordinate data of the display data stored in the display data storage means, and the presence / absence determination means determines presence of a character or a figure on the boundary line When it is determined that the figure frame area correction means corrects the figure frame area so that the figure frame area designated by the figure frame area designation means completely includes the character or the figure, Serial document creating apparatus characterized by comprising a graphic frame determination means for determining a graphic frame boundaries of the corrected graphic frame area graphically frame area correction unit. 2. When the presence / absence determining means determines that a character or a figure exists on the boundary line of the figure frame area instead of the figure frame area correcting means, the character or the figure is displayed in the figure frame area. 2. The display data correction means for correcting the coordinate information of the display data stored in the data storage means so that the characters and figures are displayed at the completely contained position. Graphic frame creation device. 3. The graphic frame creation apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the graphic frame correction means completely includes the character or graphic by performing a correction to enlarge the graphic frame area. 4. The display data correction means corrects the coordinate information of the display data stored in the data storage means by moving the character or figure in a direction completely included in the figure frame area. The graphic frame creation device according to claim 2, wherein 5. Display data for storing display data including a display unit for displaying characters or graphics on the display screen, and characters or graphics to be displayed and coordinate information for specifying coordinates on the display screen where the characters or graphics should be displayed. A graphic frame creation device comprising a storage unit, wherein a graphic frame area specifying step of designating a graphic frame area on a display screen by receiving a user's instruction, and a graphic frame area display step on a boundary line of the graphic frame area. Presence / absence determination step of determining whether or not a character or figure exists by referring to the coordinate data of the display data stored in the display data storage unit, and the presence / absence determination step causes a character or figure to be present on the boundary line. If it is determined that the figure frame area is specified, the figure frame area specified in the figure frame area specifying step corrects the figure frame area so that the figure frame area completely includes the character or the figure. A document creating method comprising: a correcting step; and a figure frame determining step of determining a boundary line of the figure frame area corrected in the figure frame area correcting step as a figure frame. 6. In place of the figure frame area correction step, if the presence / absence determining step determines that a character or figure exists on the boundary line of the figure frame area, the character or figure is not displayed in the figure frame area. 6. A display data correction step for correcting the coordinate information of the display data stored in the data storage unit so that the character or graphic is displayed at a completely included position. How to create a graphic frame.