JPH0855118A - Device and method for editing illustration - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide illustration editing device and method capable of easily superposing another illustration to an edited illustration prepared by deformation processing while applying similar deformation processing to the superposed illustration. CONSTITUTION:A deformation attribute for an illustration in editing is stored in an editing attribute table. In illustration inserting processing, a prescribed illustration is selected from illustration data stored in an illustration storing part in accordance with an operator' s instruction (S3). Then the prescribed illustration is selected from editing illustration in accordance with the operator's instruction, and while referring to an editing attribute table, a deformation attribute for the selected illustration is extracted (S5 to S7). The extracted deformation attribute is registered in the editing attribute table as the deformation attribute of the illustration selected from the illustration storing part. Then the registered deformation attribute is displayed on an editing screen in accordance with an updated editing attribute table (S8 to S11).

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an illustration editing device and an illustration editing method.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, with the development of a document creating apparatus represented by a word processor using a microcomputer, it has become possible to create a document including an illustration. A device having various illustration editing functions has also been developed. For example, a device that can perform deformation processing such as rotation, inversion, enlargement, reduction, and shearing on an illustration to be edited, and further, these An apparatus capable of performing complicated deformation processing by combining a combination of several deformation processings such as rotation / reversal at an arbitrary angle and enlargement / reduction at an arbitrary magnification has been developed. ing.

In such an illustration editing device, normally,
An illustration storage unit that stores a plurality of illustration data (specifically, bitmap data and outline data) is provided.
Specific illustration data is selected from the selected illustration data, and the selected illustration data is subjected to deformation processing according to the instruction of the operator and displayed.

By the way, when actually operating such an illustration editing apparatus, it is necessary to insert another illustration onto the edited illustration created by performing the above-described transformation while performing the same transformation. Therefore, an operation for creating a new composite illustration may be performed. In this case, the operator selects an illustration to be inserted, instructs the insertion position, and the transformation process, and according to the instructions, the corresponding illustration data is selected from the plurality of illustration data stored in the illustration storage unit. Then, the transformation processing is performed and the inserted, and a new composite illustration is created.

[0005]

However, when the operator creates a composite illustration as described above by combining several transformation processes, he / she gives instructions only for the number of transformation processes. It had to be done, and its operation was troublesome. For example, as an example of deformation processing, when an illustration edited by combining rotation, inversion, and shear at an arbitrary angle is superimposed on another illustration while performing similar deformation processing, the operator Three instructions are required: a processing instruction, a reversal processing instruction, and a shearing instruction.

Further, when selecting the illustration data to be inserted, normally, the data of some candidate illustrations are taken out from the illustration storage unit and displayed on the screen, and the operator
The displayed candidate illustrations are viewed, and a desired illustration is selected and instructed. However, if you try to insert an illustration by combining several transformation processes, you cannot easily predict what the transformed illustration will look like by looking at the candidate illustrations that are displayed. , Selection operation is not easy.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and it is possible to easily superimpose another illustration on an edited illustration created by performing a modification process while performing the same modification process. It is an object of the present invention to provide an illustration editing device and an editing method thereof that make it possible to easily predict a transformed illustration when selecting an illustration to be inserted.

[0008]

In order to achieve the above object, the illustration editing apparatus according to the first aspect of the present invention corresponds to the illustration storage unit for storing a plurality of illustration data and the illustration data being edited. And a deformation attribute holding means for holding the deformation attribute, an edited illustration displaying means for displaying an illustration to be edited according to the deformation attribute held by the deformation attribute holding means on an edit screen, and an illustration storage section according to an operator's instruction. The illustration selection means for selecting a predetermined illustration from the illustration data stored in and the predetermined illustration selected from the illustrations being edited according to the instruction of the operator and held by the deformation attribute holding means. The deformation attribute extraction means for extracting the deformation attribute of the illustration and the deformation attribute extracted by the deformation attribute extraction means As a modified attribute of the illustrations selected by the illustration selecting means it is characterized by comprising a Illustration editing control unit provided with a modified attribute holding instruction means for instructing to retain the deformation attribute holding means.

The illustration editing apparatus according to claim 2 is different from the illustration editing apparatus according to claim 1 in that the illustration selecting means extracts a plurality of candidate illustrations from the illustration storage unit, and the transformation attribute extracting means A candidate illustration display unit that performs a transformation process according to the extracted transformation attribute and displays it on the candidate screen, and a candidate illustration selection unit that selects a predetermined illustration from the candidate illustrations displayed by the candidate illustration display unit according to the instruction of the operator. It is characterized by having and.

Further, in the illustration editing apparatus according to claim 3 of the present invention, the illustration selecting means changes the arrangement order of the illustration data stored in the illustration storage unit in the illustration editing apparatus according to claim 1. According to the operator's instruction, the order change means, the candidate illustration display means for sequentially extracting a plurality of candidate illustrations from the illustration storage unit and displaying them on the candidate screen, and the candidate illustrations displayed by the candidate illustration display means And a candidate illustration selecting means for selecting a predetermined illustration.

Further, the illustration editing method according to the present invention comprises an illustration storage section for storing a plurality of illustration data, and a holding table for holding the transformation attribute of the illustration being edited in association with the illustration data. An illustration editing method of an illustration editing device having an illustration editing control unit having, wherein an illustration whose deformation attribute is held in a holding table is displayed on an edit screen according to the illustration data and the deformation attribute, and an editing illustration display step, According to the operator's instruction, a first illustration selecting step for selecting a predetermined illustration from the illustration data stored in the illustration storage unit, and a predetermined illustration according to the operator's instruction from the illustration being edited. The second illustration selecting step for selecting an illustration and the second table are referred to by referring to the holding table. The modified attribute extraction step of extracting a deformation attributes illustration selected in list selection step,
The modification attribute registration step of registering the modification attribute extracted in the modification attribute extraction step in the holding table as the modification attribute of the illustration selected in the first illustration selection step.

The editing method according to claim 5 is different from the editing method according to claim 4 in that the first illustration selecting step extracts a plurality of candidate illustrations from an illustration storage unit and uses the transformation attribute. Thirdly, a predetermined illustration is selected from the candidate illustration display step displayed on the candidate screen and the candidate illustration displayed in the candidate illustration display step, which is modified according to the modification attribute extracted in the extraction step, according to the instruction of the operator. And an illustration selection step of.

Further, in the editing method according to the sixth aspect of the present invention, the first illustration selecting step is different from the editing method according to the fourth aspect in that the illustration data is arranged in order in the illustration storage section. And a candidate illustration display step of sequentially extracting a plurality of candidate illustrations from the illustration storage unit and displaying the candidate illustrations on the candidate screen.

[0014]

According to the configuration of the illustration editing apparatus described in claim 1, the edited illustration display means displays the illustration to be edited on the editing screen according to the transformation attribute held by the transformation attribute holding means. The operator gives an instruction to extract the transformation attribute from the illustration being edited displayed on the editing screen, and at the same time, inserts the illustration to be inserted from the illustration data stored in the illustration storage section. Give instructions.

The illustration selecting means selects a predetermined illustration from the illustration data stored in the illustration storage unit in accordance with the instruction of the operator. Further, the deformation attribute extraction means selects a predetermined illustration from the illustrations being edited according to the instruction of the operator, and extracts the deformation attribute of the illustration held by the deformation attribute holding means.

The modification attribute retention instruction means instructs the modification attribute retention means to retain the modification attribute extracted by the modification attribute extraction means as the modification attribute of the illustration selected by the illustration selection means. Then, the deformation attribute held by the deformation attribute holding means is updated in accordance with the instruction. The edited illustration display means displays the illustration to be edited on the edit screen in accordance with the updated deformation attribute held by the transformation attribute holding means.

Therefore, the transformation attribute of the illustration selected from the illustration being edited according to the instruction of the operator is the transformation of the illustration selected from the illustration data stored in the illustration storage unit according to the instruction of the operator. The attribute is held by the transformation attribute holding means, and the illustration is transformed and displayed on the edit screen. Further, the above-mentioned claim 2
According to the illustrated configuration of the illustration editing apparatus, the candidate illustration display means extracts a plurality of candidate illustrations from the illustration storage unit, performs the transformation processing according to the transformation attributes extracted by the transformation attribute extraction means, and displays the transformation results on the candidate screen.

The operator looks at the candidate illustrations displayed on the candidate screen and designates the illustration to be inserted from the candidate illustrations. The illustration selecting means selects a predetermined illustration from the candidate illustrations displayed by the candidate illustration displaying means in accordance with the instruction of the operator. Therefore,
When instructing an illustration to be inserted from among the candidate illustrations, the operator can do so while looking at the candidate illustration subjected to the transformation process to be performed.

Further, according to the configuration of the illustration editing apparatus of claim 3, the order changing means changes the arrangement order of the illustration data stored in the illustration storing section, and the candidate illustration displaying means stores the illustration storing. A plurality of candidate illustrations are taken out from the department in order and displayed on the candidate screen. The operator looks at the candidate illustrations displayed on the candidate screen and instructs the illustration to be inserted from the candidate illustrations.
The candidate illustration selection means selects a predetermined illustration from the candidate illustrations displayed by the candidate illustration display means in accordance with the instruction of the operator.

Therefore, when instructing an illustration to be inserted from among the candidate illustrations, the operator can instruct while viewing the candidate illustrations taken out in the order rearranged by the order changing means. Further, according to the illustration editing method of claim 4, in the first illustration selecting step, a predetermined illustration is selected from the illustration data stored in the illustration storage unit according to the instruction of the operator, and the first illustration selecting step is performed. In the second illustration selecting step, a predetermined illustration is selected from the illustrations being edited according to the instruction of the operator.

In the transformation attribute extraction step, the transformation table of the illustration selected in the second selection step is extracted by referring to the holding table, and in the transformation attribute holding instruction step,
The modification attribute extracted in the modification attribute extraction step is instructed to be retained in the retention table as the modification attribute of the illustration selected in the second illustration selection step. The deformation attribute held by the holding table is updated according to the instruction.

In the edit illustration display step, the illustration to be edited is displayed on the edit screen in accordance with the updated deformation attribute held by the holding table. Therefore, the transformation attribute of the illustration selected from the illustrations being edited is held in the holding table as the transformation attribute of the illustration selected from the illustration data stored in the illustration storage unit, and the illustration is transformed. Is displayed and displayed on the edit screen.

Further, according to the illustration editing method of claim 5, in the candidate illustration display step, a plurality of candidate illustrations are taken out from the illustration storage unit and subjected to transformation processing in accordance with the transformation attributes extracted in the transformation attribute extraction step. , Display on the candidate screen. The operator looks at the candidate illustrations displayed on the candidate screen and instructs the illustration to be inserted from the candidate illustrations. Then, in the third selection step, a predetermined illustration is selected from the candidate illustrations displayed in the candidate illustration display step according to the instruction of the operator.

Therefore, when instructing an illustration to be inserted from among the candidate illustrations, the operator can instruct while looking at the candidate illustration subjected to the transformation process to be performed. Further, according to the illustration editing method of claim 6, in the order changing step, the arrangement order of the illustration data stored in the illustration storage unit is changed,
In the candidate illustration display step, a plurality of candidate illustrations are sequentially taken out from the illustration storage unit and displayed on the candidate screen.

The operator looks at the candidate illustrations displayed on the candidate screen and designates the illustration to be inserted from the candidate illustrations. Then, in the first illustration selecting step, a predetermined illustration is selected from the candidate illustrations displayed in the candidate illustration displaying step according to the instruction of the operator. Therefore, when instructing an illustration to be inserted from the candidate illustrations, the operator can instruct while viewing the candidate illustrations taken out in the order rearranged in the order changing step.

[0026]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of an illustration editing apparatus according to the present invention will be specifically described below with reference to the drawings. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of an illustration editing apparatus according to a first embodiment of the present invention. As shown in the figure, the illustration editing device includes an input device 10 including a mouse and a keyboard, a control device body 20 including a microcomputer, and an output device 30 having a screen such as a bitmap display.
It is composed of an illustration storage section 40 including a hard disk and the like, and each section has the following functions.

The input device 10 is operated by the operator by the control device main body 2
This is for inputting to 0, and the input content according to the input operation of the operator is transmitted to the control device main body 20. For example, if the operator operates the mouse,
Predetermined coordinates on the screen of the output device 30 can be input. The illustration storage unit 40 stores a plurality of illustration data used. The illustration data stored here are stored in the order of addresses from the first number to the last number, and are stored in a storage area of a predetermined address for each illustration. In addition, this illustration data is bitmap data of the illustration, outline data whose contour is defined by straight lines or curves,
Other images such as line drawings are collectively referred to. Further, in the present embodiment, the illustration storage unit 40 stores the illustration data for each illustration as well as the data about the display size thereof.

The control device body 20 controls the output device 30 to display an illustration, retrieves the illustration data from the illustration storage section 40, selects the illustration data to be inserted, and transforms the selected illustration data. It has a function of selecting whether to perform and performing a transformation process on the illustration data. Further, the control device body 20 has a RAM (not shown), and the output device 3
For the illustration displayed on the screen of 0, the editing attribute table that holds the transformation attribute data and the like is
It is stored in AM.

The output device 30 is connected to the main body 20 of the control device.
The transformed illustration data is received and displayed on the screen. Tables 1 and 2 show examples of the attribute table. In this attribute table, for the illustration displayed on the screen, the address of the illustration storage unit 40 in which the illustration data is stored and the display area (that is, the display size) when the output device 30 is displayed on the screen. And display position), and each data of the deformation attribute (that is, the rotation angle, the reverse angle, etc.) are held.

[0030]

[Table 1]

[0031]

[Table 2] Table 1 is an editing attribute table that holds the transformation attributes and the like of the illustration being edited displayed in the edit frame of the screen, and Table 2 shows the candidate illustrations displayed in the candidate frame of the screen. It is a candidate attribute table. Then, according to the contents held in these attribute tables, each illustration data is subjected to a transformation process and sent to the output device 30, and with a predetermined display size and display position,
Each illustration is displayed on the screen.

2 to 5 are configuration diagrams showing an example of a screen display of the output device 30 shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 2 shows a state of an initial screen before entering the illustration insertion process. As shown in the figure, the edit frame 100 is displayed on the screen of the output device 30.
And the illustration 101 being edited (shown as a black chicken) and the illustration 102 being edited (shown as a spotted chicken) are displayed in the diagonally lower right position. ing. Here, illustration 1
The 02 is deformed by rotating 45 degrees in the clockwise direction. In the figure, the rectangular frames of the illustration 101 and the illustration 102 are the illustration 101 and the illustration 10, respectively.
2 shows the display area.

Then, in the editing attribute table shown in Table 1, for the edited illustrations 101 and 102,
An address where each piece of illustration data is stored, a display area (display size and display position), and a deformation attribute are held. Here, the display size (Ma, Na) and (M
b, Nb) are the illustrations 101, 1 on the display screen.
This is a value representing the horizontal and vertical lengths of the display area 02, and holds the display size extracted from the illustration storage unit 40. The display positions (Xa, Ya) and (Xb, Yb) are determined according to the input from the operator, and the illustrations 101, 1 on the display screen are displayed.
No. 02 is a coordinate value that determines the display position at the center of the display area.

As described above, the edit attribute table holds the display area (display size and display position) of the edited illustration and the deformation attribute. Therefore, by referring to the edit attribute table, each edited illustration can be displayed. It is possible to acquire the display area after the transformation process. Therefore, by searching the editing attribute table, it is also possible to search for an edited illustration in which the display area after the transformation process overlaps the coordinates designated by the operator.

On the screen of FIG. 3, a candidate frame 200 is displayed on the right side of the editing frame 100, and six candidate illustrations 201 to 206 are displayed therein. And Table 2
In the candidate attribute table shown in FIG. 3, addresses for storing the respective illustration data of the candidate illustrations 201 to 206 displayed in FIG. 3 and corresponding display areas (display size and display position) are shown. Is held. The display size (M, N) held in this candidate attribute table and the display positions (X1, Y1) to (X
6, Y6) defines each area in the candidate frame 200 for displaying the six candidate illustrations. Here, the display size (M, N) is a value common to the six candidate illustrations, and the display positions (X1, Y1) to (X6, Y6) are the candidate numbers 1 to 6 in the candidate frame. It is a fixed value that is assigned correspondingly. And this display position (X1,
Six candidate illustrations are displayed at predetermined positions in the candidate frame 200 depending on Y1) to (X6, Y6) and the display size (M, N).

Next, FIG. 6 shows the control device body 2 shown in FIG.
The flowchart of the illustration insertion process performed by 0 is shown. 4 and 5 will be used in the description of this flowchart. An example of the insertion process will be described with reference to this flowchart. When the operator performs an input operation for performing the illustration insertion process through the input device 10, first, the illustration data of the candidate illustration is retrieved from the illustration storage unit 40 and displayed on the screen of the output device 30 (S1). ). Here, six pieces of illustrated data stored in the illustration storage unit 40 are sequentially taken out from the beginning and displayed in the candidate frame 200 on the screen. Therefore, as the initial screen, the first six pieces of illustration data stored in the illustration storage unit 40 are extracted and displayed.

Then, the operator inputs to select the illustration to be inserted, if any, from the displayed candidate illustrations. In the present embodiment, the candidate displayed in the candidate frame 200 is selected. In the illustration, the coordinates on the display area of the illustration to be selected are designated by pointing with the mouse of the input device 10. Then, the input device 10
If an input for selecting an illustration is input from (YES in S2), a candidate illustration is selected according to the input content, and a thick frame surrounding the display area of the selected illustration is displayed (S3). FIG. 3 shows candidate illustrations 201 to 20.
It is shown that the illustration 205 is selected from 6 and a thick frame surrounding the display area is displayed. In this case, regarding the process of selecting an illustration to be inserted from the candidate illustrations, the display area of the candidate attribute table shown in Table 2 is sequentially referred to, and the display area including the coordinates input through the input device 10 is displayed. It is supposed to be done by selecting what has.

If there is no illustration to be inserted in the candidate illustrations displayed in step S1, the operator
Perform an input operation to retrieve a new illustration. At this time,
The following six pieces of illustration data are retrieved from the illustration storage unit 40 and displayed as candidate illustrations (S2 → S1).
3 → S1). Then, the operator repeats the input operation for extracting the illustration until the illustration to be inserted is found,
If found, an illustration selection is input (Yes in S2 → S3).

Next, the operator waits for the insertion position to be input (S4). The input of the insertion position is also performed by the operator operating the mouse of the input device 10 to indicate the coordinates on the screen. When the insertion position is input, the coordinates are acquired as the coordinates of the illustration insertion position. Further, the acquired coordinates, the display area and the modification attribute of the editing attribute table shown in Table 1 are sequentially referred to (S5), and if there is an overlapping illustration (Yes in S6), the illustration The transformation attribute is extracted, and the periphery of the display area of the illustration displayed in the editing frame 100 is displayed with a thick frame (S
7).

Subsequently, the illustration selected in step S3 is subjected to transformation processing according to the transformation attribute extracted in step S7 and displayed at the illustration insertion position acquired in step S5 (S8). On the other hand, if there is no overlapping illustration in step S6, it is considered that the operator has not instructed the deformation process, and the illustration selected in step S3 remains unchanged at the illustration insertion position acquired in step S5. Display (S8).

For example, if the operator specifies the position (Xp, Yp) on the display area of the illustration 102 rotated by 45 degrees when inputting the insertion position in the state of the screen of FIG. 3 described above, By referring to the display area and transformation attributes of the editing attribute table shown in Table 1, the illustration 1
02 is selected as an overlapping illustration, and its deformation attribute (rotated by 45 degrees) is extracted. And
Illustration 10 rotated 45 degrees, as shown in FIG.
The periphery of the second display area is displayed with a thick frame. Then, FIG.
As shown in, the illustration 205 selected in step S3 is placed at the designated position (Xp, Yp) on the display area of the illustration 102 according to the transformation attribute (that is, rotated by 45 degrees) extracted in step S7. It is transformed and displayed.

In this way, after the illustration to be inserted is displayed on the screen, when the operator confirms the insertion of the illustration, the operator gives a confirmation instruction with the input device 10, and conversely the confirmation. If the operation is to be redone without doing so, an erase instruction is given (S9). If the confirmation input is made here (Yes in S10), the illustration selected in step S3 is displayed in the display position input in step S4 in the editing attribute table shown in Table 1, and in step S7. Register with the extracted transformation attributes. For example, when registering in the state of the screen of FIG.
Address where the 05 data is recorded (0x050
0) and the display size (Mg, Ng), the position coordinates (Xp, Yp) input in step S4, and the deformation attribute (rotated by 45 degrees) extracted in step S7 are for editing shown in Table 1. It is registered in the attribute table and updated to the editing attribute table shown in Table 3 below (S12).

[0043]

[Table 3] If the deletion input is made in step S9 (No in S10), the display of the insertion illustration displayed in step S8 is deleted (S11) and the registration in the editing attribute table is not performed. As described above, when the operator instructs the end of the insertion process after the general insertion process is performed (Yes in S14),
The insertion process ends. Further, when the operator newly inputs a selection from the candidate illustrations extracted in step S1 (Yes in S2), the processing from step S3 is repeated.

If a new illustration extraction input is made (Yes in S13), the process returns to step S1 again, and the next six illustrations extracted in step S1 are extracted as candidate illustrations. After the display (S13, S1), the process from step S2 is repeated. In the illustration editing apparatus according to the first embodiment described above, it is possible to extremely easily perform the operation of applying the same transformation attribute to the illustration to be inserted as the edited illustration displayed on the illustration editing screen. .

Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described. Specifically, the candidate illustrations retrieved from the illustration storage unit 40 are displayed with the same transformation attributes as those of the illustrations selected from the edited illustrations, and the operator can see and select them. FIG. 1 shows the overall configuration of the illustration editing device.
Like the illustration editing apparatus of the embodiment, the input device 10
The control device body 20, the output device 30, and the illustration storage unit 40 are included. Further, the control device main body 20 holds the same attribute table as that of the first embodiment described above.

7 and 8 are block diagrams showing an example of a screen display of the output device 30 in the illustration editing apparatus according to the second embodiment of the present invention. Regarding the initial screen display, the output device 3 is the same as in FIG. 2 of the first embodiment described above.
An illustration 101 and an illustration 102 that has been transformed by 45 degrees are displayed in an editing frame 100 of the screen 0 (therefore, the editing attribute table has the same illustration 101 and illustrations as in Table 1 above). It is assumed that each data regarding 102 is held).

FIG. 9 is a flow chart showing an illustration insertion process performed by the control device body 20 according to the second embodiment of the present invention. An example of the illustration insertion process will be described with reference to this flowchart. If the operator operates the input device 10 to perform an input operation for performing the illustration insertion process, first, the operator inputs the insertion position. For the input of this insertion position,
Similar to the embodiment described above, the operation is performed by the operator operating the mouse of the input device 10 to instruct the coordinates on the screen. Here, if you want to insert a new illustration while performing the same transformation process as the edited illustration displayed on the edit screen, specify the coordinates on the display area of the edited illustration, and do not perform the transformation process. When inserting, the coordinates other than the display area of the edited illustration are designated.

When the insertion position is input in this way (Yes in S21), the coordinates are acquired as the coordinates of the illustration insertion position. Then, the acquired coordinates are sequentially compared with the display area and the modification attribute of the editing attribute table shown in Table 1 (S22), and the overlapping illustration (that is, the display area after the modification process is acquired. If there is any (including the coordinates) (Yes in S23), the deformation attribute of the illustration is extracted and the periphery of the display area of the illustration displayed in the editing frame 100 is displayed in a thick frame (S24). ). Then, similarly to step S1 of the first embodiment, from the illustration storage unit 40,
The illustration data of the six candidate illustrations is taken out, the transformation processing is performed according to the transformation attributes extracted in step S24, and displayed in the candidate frame of the screen of the output device 30 (S2).
5). At this time, the retrieved 6
Register data about individual candidate illustrations.

On the other hand, if there is no overlapping illustration in step S23, it is considered that the operator has not instructed the deformation process, and the deformation process is not performed and the candidate illustration is displayed in the candidate frame. The data of the candidate illustration is registered in the candidate attribute table (S25). For example,
If the operator designates the position (Xp, Yp) on the display area of the illustration 102 rotated by 45 degrees as the insertion position, refer to the display area and the modification attribute of the editing attribute table shown in Table 1. , The illustration 102 is selected as an overlapping illustration, and its transformation attribute (4
5 degree rotation) will be extracted. Then, as shown in FIG. 7, the periphery of the display area of the illustration 102 rotated by 45 degrees is displayed in a thick frame, and the candidate illustrations 201 to 206 displayed in the candidate frame 200 are displayed in step S2.
The image is transformed according to the transformation attribute (rotated by 45 degrees) extracted in 4, and is displayed. At this time, in the candidate attribute table, as shown in Table 4 below, six candidate illustrations 2
The transformation attributes of 45 ° rotation are registered for 01 to 206.

[0050]

[Table 4] If there is no illustration to be inserted among the candidate illustrations displayed in step S25, the operator inputs a new illustration extraction. At this time, the following six pieces of illustration data are fetched from the illustration storage unit 40, and as candidate illustrations, transformation processing is performed according to the transformation attributes extracted in step S24, and displayed in a candidate frame on the screen of the output device 30, It is registered in the candidate attribute table (No in S26 → Yes in S27 → S25).

Then, the operator repeats the input for extracting the illustration until the illustration to be inserted is found, and if found, the input for selecting the illustration is performed. When performing this selection operation, the operator looks at the displayed candidate illustrations and
Although you make an input to select an illustration, the candidate illustration is displayed with the transformation process you are going to give, so you can select while looking at the transformed illustration,
The selection operation is also easy.

In this embodiment, the method of selecting and instructing an illustration to be inserted from the candidate illustrations is the same as in the first embodiment 1, and the candidate illustrations displayed in the candidate frame 200 are displayed. It is assumed that the selection is made by pointing the coordinates on the display area of the candidate illustration to be selected with the mouse of the input device 10. next,
When the illustration selection is input from the input device 10 (Yes in S26), the illustration is selected according to the input (S28), and the thick frame surrounding the display area of the selected illustration is displayed. Regarding the process of selecting an illustration to be inserted from the candidate illustrations, the display area and the transformation attributes of the candidate attribute table shown in Table 4 are sequentially referred to, and the display area including the coordinates input from the input device 10 ( This is done by selecting one having a display area after the transformation process). Here, the search is possible by referring to the candidate attribute table, in the first embodiment, by searching the edit attribute table, the display area after the transformation process does not overlap the coordinates specified by the operator. It is the same as it is possible to search for the edited illustrations that they have.

Then, the illustration selected in step S26 is transformed according to the transformation attribute extracted in step S24 and displayed at the insertion position input in step S21 (S29). For example, in the state of the screen shown in FIG.
If the operator selects the illustration 205, the illustration 205 is transformed to the designated position (Xp, Yp) on the display area of the illustration 102 according to the transformation attribute (rotated by 45 degrees) as shown in FIG. It is processed and displayed.

As in the case of the first embodiment, the operator gives an instruction for confirmation or deletion, and in accordance with the instruction, registration in the edit attribute table (Yes in S31 → S33), or step The inserted illustration displayed in S29 is deleted (No in S31 → S
32). For example, when registration is instructed in the state of the screen shown in FIG. 8, the updated editing attribute table is the first
It becomes the same as Table 3 of the embodiment of.

After a series of insertion processing is performed as described above, if the operator gives an instruction to end the insertion processing, the insertion processing ends (No in S34, S35).
In case of Yes). On the other hand, if the operator newly inputs the insertion position (Yes in S34), the processing from step S22 is repeated.

Also in the illustration editing apparatus of the second embodiment, when an illustration to be inserted is displayed with the same deformation attribute as the illustration being edited displayed on the illustration screen, the operation is performed. Can be done easily. Next, a third embodiment of the present invention will be described.
Specifically, this is an example in which the order of extracting the candidate illustration data from the illustration storage unit 40 is controlled in the illustration editing apparatus shown in the first embodiment. The overall configuration of the illustration editing apparatus is shown in FIG. The illustration editing apparatus of the first embodiment is similar to the first embodiment, and the illustration inserting process performed by the control device main body 20 is performed in substantially the same manner as the first embodiment according to the flowchart shown in FIG.

However, in this embodiment, the control device main body 20 is provided with a take-out control section for controlling the take-out order when taking out the candidate illustrations from the illustrations. This take-out control unit has a function of rearranging the arrangement order of the illustration data stored in the illustration storage unit 40 according to the input, for example, when the operator inputs from the input device 10. In this case, the selection operation can be improved by the user registering the favorite illustration at the top.

Further, the extraction control unit may have a function of updating the illustration data by moving it to the head of the illustration storage unit 40 when the illustration selection process is performed. In this case, the selection operation can be further improved by also having the learning function. In the first to third embodiments described above, the example of performing the deformation process of rotating by 45 degrees on the inserted illustration is shown, but the case of combining deformations such as rotation at any angle, inversion, and shearing is also applicable. It can be similarly implemented.

Further, in the first to third embodiments, as a method of instructing one of the edited illustrations from which the transformation attribute is to be extracted, when the insertion position is instructed by the mouse, the illustration is displayed. Although the method of instructing the coordinates on the area is shown, the operation of instructing the insertion position and the operation of instructing the one from which the deformation attribute is to be extracted from the edited illustration may be performed separately. Further, there are various methods for instructing the edited illustration, and for example, the instruction may be made from the keyboard.

Further, in the above-mentioned first to third embodiments, as a method of selecting an illustration to be inserted from the candidate illustrations, a method of pointing the coordinates on the screen with the mouse has been shown. There are various methods, and for example, an illustration selected from a keyboard may be designated. In addition, in the first to third embodiments, the selected illustration is subjected to transformation processing, temporarily displayed at the insertion position in the editing frame, and registered after the confirmation instruction. The selected illustration may be directly registered and displayed at the insertion position by omitting the part that is displayed once and waits for the confirmation instruction.

Further, a pen and a tablet may be used as the input device 10 instead of the mouse, and the transparent tablet may be laminated on the screen of the output device 30 so that the input device 10 can be displayed on the screen. You can also enter with. Further, as the illustration storage unit 40, a device such as a compact disk device, a floppy disk device or a ROM can be used in addition to the hard disk device.

[0062]

According to the present invention described above, when a transformation operation is performed on an illustration, if an illustration having a transformation attribute to be applied already exists in the document, the illustration can be designated and the same operation can be performed. Illustrations with transformation attributes can be easily inserted. In addition, the operation of superimposing another illustration on the modified illustration while performing the same modification is extremely simple.

When the candidate illustration is displayed with the same transformation attribute as that of the illustration selected from the illustrations being edited, the transformation process to be performed on the illustration to be inserted by the operator. Since it is displayed after being marked, the selection operation becomes easy. As described above, according to the present invention, an illustration editing apparatus with excellent operability and an editing method therefor are provided, and the efficiency of editing work can be improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of an illustration editing apparatus according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram showing an example of a screen display of the output device 30 shown in FIG.

3 is a configuration diagram showing an example of a screen display of the output device 30 shown in FIG.

4 is a configuration diagram showing an example of a screen display of the output device 30 shown in FIG.

5 is a configuration diagram showing an example of a screen display of the output device 30 shown in FIG.

6 is a flowchart showing an illustration insertion process performed by the control device body 20 shown in FIG.

FIG. 7 is a configuration diagram showing an example of a screen display of the output device 30 in the illustration editing apparatus according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a configuration diagram showing an example of a screen display of the output device 30 according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a control device body 20 according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
It is a flowchart which shows the illustration insertion process performed by.

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 10 input device 20 control device body 30 output device 40 illustration storage unit

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. An illustration storage unit for storing a plurality of illustration data, a deformation attribute holding unit for holding a deformation attribute of an illustration being edited in association with the illustration data, and a holding unit held by the deformation attribute holding unit. Edited illustration display means for displaying an illustration to be edited according to the modified attribute on the editing screen, and illustration selection means for selecting a predetermined illustration from the illustration data stored in the illustration storage section according to the operator's instruction. Deformation attribute extraction means for selecting a predetermined illustration from the illustrations being edited according to the operator's instruction and extracting the deformation attribute of the illustration held by the deformation attribute holding means; The transformation attribute extracted by the means is used as a transformation attribute of the illustration selected by the illustration selecting means. As illustration editing apparatus characterized by comprising, Illustration editing control unit provided with a modified attribute holding instruction means for instructing to hold against the deformation attribute holding means. 2. The candidate selection display means extracts a plurality of candidate illustrations from the illustration storage unit, performs a modification process according to the modification attributes extracted by the modification attribute extraction means, and displays the candidate illustration display means on a candidate screen. 2. The illustration editing device according to claim 1, further comprising: a candidate illustration selection unit that selects a predetermined illustration from the candidate illustrations displayed by the candidate illustration display unit according to an instruction from an operator. 3. The illustration selecting means according to claim 1, wherein the order changing means changes an arrangement order of the illustration data stored in the illustration storing section, and a plurality of candidate illustrations are taken out in order from the illustration storing section. And a candidate illustration display means for displaying on the candidate screen, and a candidate illustration selection means for selecting a predetermined illustration from the candidate illustrations displayed by the candidate illustration display means according to the instruction of the operator. The illustration editing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein: 4. An illustration editing device comprising an illustration storage section for storing a plurality of illustration data and an illustration editing control section having a holding table for holding a transformation attribute of an illustration being edited in association with the illustration data. An illustration editing method for displaying an illustration whose deformation attribute is held in the holding table on an editing screen according to the illustration data and the deformation attribute, and the illustration storage unit according to an operator's instruction. First illustration selection step of selecting a predetermined illustration from the illustration data stored in, and second illustration selection of selecting a predetermined illustration from the illustrations being edited according to the operator's instruction. Step, referring to the holding table, select in the second illustration selecting step. A transformation attribute extraction step of extracting transformation attributes of the illustrated illustration, and a transformation attribute extracted in the transformation attribute extraction step is registered in the holding table as a transformation attribute of the illustration selected in the first illustration selection step. An illustration editing method comprising: a transformation attribute registration step. 5. The candidate illustration display in which the first illustration selecting step extracts a plurality of candidate illustrations from the illustration storage unit, performs a modification process according to the modification attributes extracted in the modification attribute extracting step, and displays the candidate screen. 5. The method according to claim 4, further comprising a step, and a third illustration selecting step of selecting a predetermined illustration from the candidate illustrations displayed in the candidate illustration displaying step in accordance with an instruction from an operator. Illustration editing method. 6. The first illustration selecting step according to claim 4, wherein an order changing step of changing the arrangement order of the illustration data stored in order in the illustration storage unit, and a plurality of candidates from the illustration storage unit. 5. The illustration editing method according to claim 4, further comprising: a candidate illustration displaying step of sequentially extracting the illustrations and displaying the illustrations on a candidate screen.