JP3390604B2 - Figure editing apparatus and figure editing method - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a document processing device 1
The present invention relates to a graphic editing device mounted on a personal computer or the like as one function.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a part of a function for creating a document, there is a graphic function for creating and editing a graphic. Among these figure functions, the figure editing function is to move the figure in order to provide an environment in which it is easier for the figure creator to create.
It has various editing functions such as copying or deleting.

However, when it is necessary to select a specific figure when the figure to be edited is complicated, conventionally, it has been necessary to use a pointing device or the like to point the desired figure on the screen. Therefore, in the past, detailed work and operation of a highly sophisticated pointing device were required.

A conventional graphic selection method will be described with reference to FIG.

For example, the composite figure 10 shown in FIG.
Consider the case where 1 is corrected to the composite figure 102 shown in FIG. The composite figure 101 has an outer circle 101a, an inner shadow 101b, and a middle shadow 10 as shown in the enlarged view of FIG.
1c and a figure of the outer shadow 101d.

In this case, a line as the middle shadow 101c is selected with a pointing device or the like, and the middle shadow 10c is selected.
Although it is necessary to delete 1c, it is very difficult to select only the middle shadow 101c because the inner shadow 101b and the outer shadow 101d are close to the middle shadow 101c.

With respect to such a problem, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 5-31
Japanese Laid-Open Patent Publication No. 4232 discloses a configuration of a graphic creation device that makes it easy to select a target graphic by giving the graphic a width. With this configuration, when a point on the drawing is designated with the keyboard, the figure closest to the designated point position or the figure having one of the characteristic points closest to it is determined to be the selected figure, and the figure editing is performed. Is executed.

[0008]

However, in the configuration of the above publication, as a first problem, basically it is necessary to point the figures on the screen, and when the figures overlap each other, it is necessary to select them. It is often difficult. In other words, the conventional problem when the target graphic is complicated still remains, and when the target graphic is close to another graphic, it is very difficult to select the target graphic.

A method of enlarging and displaying the target figure and selecting the target figure is conceivable. However, even if the enlarging process of the figure function is used, it is difficult to select the figure when it is a fine figure, and it is still a fine task. Skilled pointing device operation is required. It is also possible to repeat the magnified display operation many times so that the target figure can be selected, but this causes a problem that it takes a lot of time and effort.

The second problem is as follows. That is, it is customary to take an editing action (deformation, correction, etc.) after selecting a certain figure, but when making a correction by referring to another figure that is separated from the selected figure, another You must scroll the screen to display the graphic on the screen. Therefore, the figure selected by the user becomes invisible on the screen, and it is necessary to store the position of the figure selected by the user.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems, and its purpose is to display each figure data of figures constituting a complex figure to be edited in a window in a list format. Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a graphic editing device capable of easily selecting a target graphic.

[0012]

In order to achieve the above object, a graphic editing apparatus according to claim 1 of the present invention is a composite graphic consisting of a plurality of graphics and a graphic showing geometric attributes of the graphic. A display device for displaying a list of data and mark data selected from the graphic data list on the screen; an input device for designating a range for the composite graphic;
The graphic data of all the graphics within the specified range are extracted, the list of the extracted graphic data is displayed on the selection list display section on the screen, and the graphic data in the list is selected. In this case, the figure corresponding to the figure data of the selection candidate is displayed differently from the other figures, and the plurality of figure data selected from the list are respectively set as the mark data on the screen .
The above selection list display unit and a processing unit for displaying in a separate mark list display unit, which is selected from the list
A feature is that a graphic corresponding to a plurality of the mark data is set as an editing target.

According to the above configuration, the range is specified so that the input device includes the figure to be edited with respect to the composite figure composed of a plurality of figures displayed on the screen of the display device. Then, the processing device extracts the graphic data of the graphic within the range, and the graphic data is displayed in a list format on the screen.

The user can select the desired figure by simply selecting the figure data corresponding to the figure to be edited from the list. Here, the graphic data indicates the geometric attributes of the graphic, and the graphic data in the above list is also used.
When selecting a pattern, it corresponds to the figure data of the selection candidate.
Display the figure differently from other figures (for example,
(Track handle, blinking)
It is easy to know which figure the figure is.

As a result, there is no need to point the figures themselves with a pointing device or the like as in the prior art, so that advanced techniques are not required even in the case of overlapping figures or complex figures in which the figures are intricately intimate. It is possible to easily select the target figure.

Further , the graphic data selected from the list
Display as mark data on the screen, that is, edit
Display the mark data corresponding to the target figure.
Multiple marks can be made by using.

[0017] The graphic editing apparatus according to claim 2, claim
In addition to the configuration described in 1, the input device inputs a unique name, and the processing device adds the unique name data to the selected mark data .

According to the above arrangement, the selected mark data is
Since the unique name data is added to the data, the user can freely name the selected mark data . Since the mark data indicates geometrical attributes such as coordinate data and the property of the figure, it may be difficult to find the mark data corresponding to the target figure when there are a plurality of figures of the same type. Even in such a case, since the mark data itself can be named, it becomes easy to handle the mark data . That is, it is possible to clearly determine what kind of figure the selected mark data corresponds to.

The graphic editing apparatus according to claim 3 is
In addition to the configuration described in No. 1, the processing device is
It is equipped with a storage unit for storing data and is displayed on the above screen.
Corresponds to the selected mark data in the mark data
The feature is to call a figure .

According to the above configuration, the data is stored in the storage unit.
The mark data can be
You can call and use the figure corresponding to the data.
Therefore, for example, the mark data stored in the storage unit
When editing the second figure other than the corresponding first figure
If you want to return your attention to the first figure,
If you do the work, you can easily change to the screen on which the first figure is displayed.
You can In other words, let your thoughts go along the second shape
Even if it is, the viewpoint can be instantly returned to the first figure. Well
For example, if you enter a unique name when calling,
The figure can be called easily.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, the figure editing method detects all the figures in the area including the figure to be edited specified on the screen, and detects the geometry of the detected figure. The graphic data showing the biological attributes is extracted and selected on the screen.
In addition to displaying a list in the selection list display section , when selecting the graphic data displayed in the list, the graphic corresponding to the graphic data of the selection candidate is displayed in a list different from that of other graphics. Of the figure data
A plurality of selected graphic data are set as mark data on the screen and different from the selection list display section.
Display in the mark list display area and select from the list above.
It is characterized in that a plurality of figures corresponding to the above-described mark data are selected and edited as figures to be edited.

According to the above method, the pointing
There is no need to point to the shape itself with a
Therefore, the shapes will overlap and the shapes will be complicated.
Advanced techniques are required even from close complex shapes.
Easily select the desired figure to be edited without
It is possible to

The figure editing method according to claim 5 is
In addition to the configuration described in 4, the marks listed above
If any of the data is selected, the selected
Call the figure corresponding to the mark data and display it on the screen above.
It is characterized by displaying.

According to the above method, for example, the selected
The second figure other than the first figure corresponding to the mark data
If you want to bring your attention back to the first shape when editing
If the above-mentioned calling operation is performed, the first figure will be displayed easily.
You can change to the screen shown. In other words, think first
Instantly return the viewpoint to the first figure even if it is deflected to the second figure
You can

[0025]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION [First Embodiment] The following will describe a first embodiment of the present invention with reference to FIGS. 1 to 8. The figure editing device according to the present embodiment is applied to a document creating function installed in a personal computer.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the structure of the graphic editing apparatus. The graphic editing device includes an input device such as a keyboard 1 and a pointing device 2, a processing device including an input data processing unit 3, a graphic processing unit 4, a display processing unit 5, and a display control unit 6, and a display device 7. .

Keyboard 1 and pointing device 2
In response to the user's operation, the user inputs input information necessary for editing the figure. The keyboard 1 is provided with character keys for inputting characters, up and down cursor keys for moving the cursor up and down, and the like.

The input data processing section 3 extracts necessary data such as coordinate data based on the input information obtained from the keyboard 1 and the pointing device 2, and the graphic processing section 4 which is a characteristic part of the present embodiment. Send to.

The graphic processing unit 4 is composed of a graphic editing unit 8, a graphic data processing unit 9, a window processing unit 10, a temporary graphic data storage unit 11, and a graphic data list management unit 12. The operation of each component of the graphic processing unit 4 will be described in detail later, but the graphic data processing unit 9 performs central processing of graphic editing, and the data processed by the window processing unit 10 and the temporary graphic data storage unit 11 are processed. The data temporarily stored in and the data processed by the graphic data list management unit 12 are sorted according to the processing.

The display processing unit 5 creates display data based on the data processed and transmitted by the graphic processing unit 4.

The display control unit 6 controls and drives the display device 7 in accordance with the display data to output the display.

The operation of the graphic processing unit 4 will be described below by taking as an example the case of correcting the cherry figure (composite graphic 21) in the illustration of FIG.

First, in order to specify the composite figure 21 that needs to be edited from the illustration, click the start point 22 on the pointing device 2 and drag it to the end point 23 to specify the selection area 24 including the composite figure 21. To do.

Based on the coordinate data of the starting point 22 and the ending point 23 designated by the pointing device 2, the figure editing unit 8
Detects all the figures included in the coordinate range of the designated selection area 24. At this time, as shown in FIG. 3, the figures in the selection area 24 are the outer circle 21a and the inner shadow 21.
b, the middle shadow 21c, and the outer shadow 21d.

The graphic editing unit 8 processes the graphic data of each graphic into the data structure shown in Table 1 and sends it to the graphic data processing unit 9. Each figure data has a figure number for managing a series of figures, an attribute of each figure, and coordinate data. The coordinate data for displaying the list is data of graphic coordinates managing the graphic data.

[0036]

[Table 1]

The graphic data processing unit 9 transfers these graphic data to the window processing unit 10, and the window processing unit 10
Performs processing so that the graphic data is displayed in a list format on the screen of the display device 7. By this processing, for example, the window shown in FIG. 4 is displayed on the screen of the display device 7.

In the case of the window display example of FIG. 4, a list of the graphic data of Table 1 processed by the graphic editing unit 8 is displayed in the selection list display unit 31 on the window. The user uses the keyboard 1 or the pointing device 2 to move the focus 31a in the selection list display unit 31 to select the graphic data corresponding to the target graphic from the selection list as a candidate.

The graphic editing unit 8, the graphic data processing unit 9, and the graphic data list management unit 12 extract the graphic data selected as candidates and store them in the temporary graphic data storage unit 11. Then, the graphic data processing unit 9 displays the track handle on the graphic corresponding to the graphic data selected as the candidate.

A method of selecting graphic data will be described below with reference to FIGS. 5 and 6.

FIG. 5 shows, as an example, the focus 31 when the down cursor keys on the keyboard 1 are sequentially pressed.
The transition state of a is shown. FIG. 6 shows a track handle on the screen displayed corresponding to the graphic data surrounded by the focus 31a of FIG.

When the window shown in FIG. 4 is first displayed, the focus 31a indicates the uppermost graphic data of the selection list display section 31 as a selection candidate (g1), and the outer circle 21a is enclosed on the screen. A track handle 41 composed of four points is formed (FIG. 6A).
reference). After that, if you press the down cursor key once, the focus 31a moves down one position on the window (g
2) On the screen, 2 formed on both ends of the inner shadow 21b
A track handle 42 consisting of dots is displayed (Fig. 6).
(See (b)).

When the down cursor key is pressed again in order, the focus 31a is moved down one more (g3), and the track handles 43 formed of two points at both ends of the middle shadow 21c are displayed on the screen. (See FIG. 6C). Similarly, when the down cursor key is pressed, the focus 31a moves to the bottom (g4), and the outer shadow 2 appears on the screen.
Track handles 44 composed of two points formed at both ends of 1d are displayed (see FIG. 6D).

In this way, the focus 31a is moved using the keyboard 1, and the graphic data displayed on the selection list display section 31 is shown as a selection candidate. When selecting using the pointing device 2, the graphic data may be directly indicated. For example, if the figure data at the bottom of the selection list display section 31 is pointed to by the pointing device 2 in the screen state of (g1) in FIG. 5, the focus 31a is suddenly moved from the position of (g1) to the position of (g4). Moving.

Using the selection method as described above, the graphic data corresponding to the graphic to be edited is named as a selection candidate, and after confirming that the track handle is displayed on the graphic, the mark button 32 shown in FIG. push. Then, the graphic data processing unit 9 performs the marking process and causes the mark list display unit 33 to display the graphic data selected from the selection list as mark data. After this, OK button 34
When confirmed by pressing, the graphic editing unit 8, the graphic data processing unit 9, and the graphic data list management unit 12 extract this mark data and store it in the mark data buffer of the temporary graphic data storage unit 11. Here, the graphic on the screen corresponding to the mark data will be referred to as a mark graphic.

The data structure of the mark data is shown in Table 2 below.

[0047]

[Table 2]

The mark data basically has a data structure similar to that of the graphic data shown in Table 1, and it is considered that the structure of the internal data string can be shared. The difference from the data structure of the graphic data is that, in the case of graphic data, the graphic number is indicated, whereas in the case of mark data, the mark number is stored so as to correspond to a plurality of marks. The mark graphic attribute and the mark graphic coordinate data have the same data format as the graphic attribute and the graphic coordinate data in Table 1.

The operation of the graphic editing apparatus until window display will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

In S1, the input by the keyboard 1 and the pointing device 2 is awaited. When the input is made, it is judged whether or not the operation of selecting the figure is performed (S2).
If the figure selection operation is performed in S2, it is determined whether or not the operation is a start point operation for area designation (S3). If it is determined in S3 that the operation is the start point operation, the start point flag is turned on (S4). In this way, if the start point operation is completed and it is determined in S3 that it is not the start point operation, the start point flag is confirmed (S
5) If the start point flag is ON in S5, it is determined whether or not the operation is the end point operation for specifying the area (S6). If it is determined in S6 that the operation is the end point operation, the area specifying operation is completed.

Next, it is judged whether or not there is a figure in the area designation (S7), and if there is a figure in S7, all the figures in the area designation are detected (S8). Thereafter, the graphic data of these graphics is processed into a list structure and stored in the semiconductor memory (temporary graphic data storage unit 11) (S9), and the window display as shown in FIG. 4 is performed (S10).

Next, based on the flowchart of FIG.
The flow in the window display of FIG. 4 will be described.

When the window of FIG. 4 is displayed, the keyboard 1 and pointing device 2 are awaited for input (S11), and it is next determined whether or not the OK button 34 has been pressed (S12). If the OK button 34 is pressed in S12, this window is closed and the mark processing ends. On the other hand, if the OK button 34 is not pressed in S12, it is determined whether or not the mark button 32 is pressed (S13).

If the mark button 32 is not pressed in S13, it is determined whether or not there is a key control in the selection list display (S14). If there is a key control in S14, it is determined whether or not the key control is by the up and down cursor keys (S15). If the cursor is the up / down cursor key in S15, the focus 31a in the selection list display section 31 moves in the direction in which the cursor key is pressed (S1).
6). Then, the track handle is displayed on the figure corresponding to the figure data indicated by the focus 31a, and the track handle also moves along with the movement of the focus 31a (S).
17).

On the other hand, if the mark button 32 is pressed in S13, it is determined whether or not the mark list has key control (S18). If there is key control in S18, the selected mark data is stored in the mark data buffer (S19).

As described above, the graphic editing apparatus according to the present embodiment designates the range with the pointing device 2 for the composite graphic composed of a plurality of graphics displayed on the screen of the display device 7. The graphic editing unit 8 extracts the graphic data of all the graphics within the specified range, and the window processing unit 10 displays the selection list of the graphic data on the window of the display device 7.
Then, when the graphic data in the selection list is selected, the graphic data processing unit 9 performs the marking process, and the graphic to be edited is selected.

Therefore, when a target figure is selected from a complex figure that is complicatedly complicated, compared with the conventional configuration in which the figure itself needs to be specified and designated with a pointing device or the like, In the form, you can select from the graphic data displayed in the selection list.
The desired figure can be easily selected. Also, you can definitely select even small figures.

Further, when a target figure is selected from the selection list, the track handle is displayed on the figure corresponding to the figure data which is a selection candidate in the selection list, so that which figure on the screen is focused You can clearly determine whether you are doing. Therefore, even if the figures are overlapping or intricately close to each other, the figures can be selected while visually checking, and it is possible to prevent erroneous operation.

In addition to the track handle, in the case of a display device capable of color display, the graphic itself corresponding to the graphic data selected as a selection candidate may be displayed in a specific color.

[Embodiment 2] The following will describe Embodiment 2 of the present invention with reference to FIGS. 8 to 10. For the sake of convenience of explanation, the same members as those shown in the drawings of the above-described embodiment are designated by the same reference numerals, and the description thereof will be omitted.

The track handle is used in the first embodiment to discriminate which figure on the screen is the figure data which is the selection candidate in the selection list on the window. It may be difficult to understand just by expressing it with a handle.

Therefore, in the second embodiment, by blinking the figure corresponding to the figure data which is the selection candidate in the selection list, it is possible to clearly understand which figure on the screen is focused. There is.

That is, the graphic data processing unit 9 performs processing such that the graphic corresponding to the graphic data selected in the selection list is displayed with the track handle attached in the first embodiment, but in the second embodiment. Processing is performed so that the figure itself is displayed by blinking. This blinking uses the computer's built-in timer. The other configuration is the same as that of the first embodiment.

FIG. 9 shows an example of a blinking figure in correspondence with FIG.

As in the case of the first embodiment, when the lower cursor key of the keyboard 1 is pressed and the focus 31a is moved as shown in FIG. 5, the screen displays are shown in FIGS.
Transition to (d). That is, the outer circle as a figure on the screen is shown as a blinking figure 51 (see FIG. 9A), similarly, the inner shadow is a blinking figure 52 (see FIG. 9B), and the middle shadow is a blinking figure 53 (see FIG. 9B). 9C), the outer shadow is a blinking figure 5
4 (see FIG. 9D).

Next, the display operation of the blinking figure will be described with reference to FIGS. 8 and 10. Here, in the present embodiment, S17 of FIG. 8 is replaced with S21 to S25 of FIG. That is, after the focus 31a (see FIG. 4) in the selection list display section 31 is moved in S16 through the processes of S11 to S15 described in the first embodiment, the process proceeds to S21 without performing the process of S17. move on.

First, in S21, the system timer is read and the basic clock of the time data to be blinked is taken out. After that, for example, it is determined whether a fixed time of about 0.5 seconds has passed (S22), and when the fixed time has passed in S22, the figure corresponding to the figure data on which the focus 31a is placed is erased (S23). . Next, it is again determined whether or not a fixed time of, for example, about 0.5 seconds has passed (S24), and the figure that has disappeared in S23 is displayed (S25). Then, it again enters the input waiting state of FIG. 8 (S11). In this way, the graphic blinking process is performed.

As described above, the graphic editing apparatus according to the present embodiment is configured to blink and display the graphic itself corresponding to the graphic data listed as the selection candidates in the selection list. Compared with the truck handle display of the first embodiment,
Since a means of blinking that changes the display with time is used, it is possible to more visually appeal that it is a selection candidate.

[Third Embodiment] A third embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.
The description will be made based on item 2. For the sake of convenience of explanation, the same members as those shown in the drawings of the above-described embodiment are designated by the same reference numerals, and the description thereof will be omitted.

In the first and second embodiments, when the mark data is managed in the mark list in the window, only the mark data is used. Therefore, if there are a plurality of mark figures of the same type, it is only necessary to read the mark list once. , It may be difficult to understand which mark figure the mark data corresponds to.

Therefore, in the third embodiment, by giving unique names to these mark figures, an environment that is easy for the user to understand is provided.

That is, the window processing unit 10 prompts the user to input characters, and the graphic data processing unit 9 adds the unique name data consisting of the character data input by the user using the keyboard 1 to the mark data to add the unique name. The mark data is created, and the temporary figure data storage unit 11 stores the mark data with proper name.

The operation of inputting the unique name will be described based on the window display example with the unique name input of FIG. The window with the proper name input is displayed by adding a proper name button 35 and a proper name input frame 36 to the window shown in FIG.

As described in the first embodiment, when the target graphic data is selected from the selection list display section 31 and the mark button 32 is pressed, the mark data is displayed in the mark list display section 33. The figure corresponding to this mark data becomes the mark figure. After that, when the proper name button 35 is pressed, it becomes possible to input characters in the proper name input frame 36, and the user can freely enter a name that is easy for the user to understand as the proper name of the mark graphic. The input unique name is additionally displayed on the mark list display unit 33 and is stored in the mark data buffer of the temporary figure data storage unit 11 as the unique named mark data 33b.

Table 3 shows the mark data 33b with unique names.
Shows the data structure of. This data structure is obtained by adding proper name data to the data structure of the mark data in Table 2.

[0076]

[Table 3]

Next, the proper name input operation will be described with reference to FIGS. 8 and 12. Here, in the present embodiment, the steps of S31 to S34 of FIG. 12 are inserted after the step of S19 of FIG.

First, in S31, it is determined whether or not the proper name button 35 shown in FIG. 11 is pressed. If the proper name button 35 is not pressed in S31, the keyboard 1 or the pointing device 2 returns to the input waiting state ( If the proper name button 35 is pressed in S11) and S31, the proper name input frame 36 is displayed, and the cursor is moved to the proper name input frame 36 (S32). Next, the unique name is input (S33), and the mark data with unique name 33b is stored in the mark data buffer according to the data structure of Table 3 (S34). After this, the state returns to the input waiting state again (S11).

As described above, the graphic editing apparatus according to the present embodiment is configured to add the unique name data to the mark data selected in the first or second embodiment. Therefore, for example, even when a plurality of same arcs are marked, it is possible to easily distinguish which arc is the marked arc. This makes it possible to clearly determine what kind of figure the selected mark data is. Further, the mark data typically indicates the coordinate data and the property of the figure, but the mark data itself can be named by adding a unique name, which makes the mark data easier to handle.

[Fourth Embodiment] The fourth embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 13 to 15. For the sake of convenience of explanation, the same members as those shown in the drawings of the above-described embodiment are designated by the same reference numerals, and the description thereof will be omitted.

When a target graphic is edited by referring to another graphic after selecting the target graphic, if the referenced graphic is not in the screen, it is necessary to scroll the screen to the position of the referenced graphic. , The figure selected earlier may go out of the screen. In this case, conventionally, when returning the screen to the previous figure, the screen had to be scrolled again.

Therefore, in the present embodiment, even after the screen scrolling to another reference graphic using the mark graphic,
It is designed so that it can be immediately returned to the position of the mark figure.

That is, the graphic data processing unit 9 takes out the mark data as shown in Table 2 stored in the temporary graphic data storage unit 11 and sends it to the window processing unit 10. The window processing unit 10 displays the mark data jump window shown in FIG. 13, which displays the mark data in a list format.

Using the keyboard 1 and the pointing device 2, the mark data (here, the unique named mark data 33b) corresponding to the target mark graphic is selected from the mark list display section 33 of FIG. After that, when the jump button 37 is pressed, the information passes through the input data processing unit 3, the graphic editing unit 8 and the graphic data processing unit 9, and the graphic data processing unit 9 sends the target mark from the graphic data list management unit 12. Select data. The graphic data processing unit 9 transfers the selected mark data from the graphic data processing unit 9 to the display processing unit 5, and displays the target mark graphic.

The operation until the mark data jump window is displayed will be described based on the flowchart of FIG.

In order to jump / call to the mark graphic, the mark number, the mark graphic attribute, and the mark data of the mark graphic coordinate data are retrieved from the mark data buffer (S41), and the window shown in FIG. 13 is displayed. (S42).

Next, the operation of calling the mark graphic will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

First, while the keyboard 1 or the pointing device 2 is in the input waiting state (S51), it is determined whether or not the jump button 37 is pressed (S52).
If the jump button 37 is not pressed in S52, S
At 53, it is determined whether or not the mark list has a key control, and then it is determined whether or not the key control is performed by the up / down cursor key (S54). If the cursor is the up / down cursor key in S54, the selected mark data is read from the mark data buffer (S55).

On the other hand, if the jump button 37 is pressed in S52, it is judged whether or not the designated mark figure exists (S56). If the mark figure exists, the mark figure jumped to the selected mark figure, A track handle is displayed on the mark figure (S57).

As described above, the graphic editing apparatus according to the present embodiment is configured to call the mark graphic by using the mark data stored in the temporary graphic data storage unit 11 in the first embodiment. This is effective when referring to another figure or temporarily storing the position, and is a powerful auxiliary function for figure editing. For example, it can be used in the case where another mark or the like is edited / corrected instead of the marked mark mark and the user wants to return to the marked mark mark. As a result, the viewpoint can be instantly returned to the target figure even if the thinking is shifted to another figure.

[Fifth Embodiment] The fifth embodiment of the present invention will be described below. For the sake of convenience of explanation, the same members as those shown in the drawings of the above-described embodiment are designated by the same reference numerals, and the description thereof will be omitted.

Embodiment 4 when calling a mark graphic
However, in the fifth embodiment, the mark graphic is called based on the unique name added to the graphic by the user. As this unique name, the name given in the third embodiment can be used as it is.

That is, the graphic data processing unit 9 extracts the mark data with proper nouns shown in Table 3 stored in the temporary graphic data storage unit 11 in the third embodiment and sends it to the window processing unit 10. Window processing unit 10
Displays the mark data jump window shown in FIG. 13, which displays mark data with proper nouns in a list format.

This calling operation is the same as that of the fourth embodiment except that the mark data of the fourth embodiment is changed to the mark data with proper noun. Therefore, in addition to the calling effect of the fourth embodiment, it is possible to call / jump a mark graphic that is easy to understand by the unique name.

[0095]

As described above, the graphic editing apparatus according to claim 1 of the present invention is a composite graphic consisting of a plurality of graphics, a list of graphic data indicating geometric attributes of the graphic, and the graphic data. Display device for displaying the mark data selected from the list on the screen, an input device for designating the range for the composite figure, and all of the figures within the designated range. The graphic data is extracted, the list of the extracted graphic data is displayed on the selection list display section on the screen, and when the graphic data in the list is selected, the graphic data of the selection candidate is selected. The corresponding figure has a display form different from that of the other figures, and a plurality of figure data selected from the above list are used as the mark data on the screen different from the selection list display section.
And a processing apparatus to be displayed on Kurisuto display unit, the
The configuration is such that a graphic corresponding to the plurality of mark data selected from the list is an edit target.

As a result, the mask corresponding to the figure to be edited is displayed.
Since we only need to select the target data from the list,
The effect is that it is possible to easily select a target figure without requiring advanced techniques.

[0097] figure editing apparatus according to claim 2, claim
In addition to the configuration described in 1, the input device inputs a unique name, and the processing device adds the unique name data to the selected mark data .

[0098] Thus, an effect that since it is name the mark data itself, even from among the similar mark data can be easily discriminated graphic data picked.

The graphic editing apparatus according to claim 3 is
In addition to the configuration described in No. 1, the processing device is
It is equipped with a storage unit for storing data and is displayed on the above screen.
Corresponds to the selected mark data in the mark data
This is a configuration for calling a figure.

As a result, the figure corresponding to the mark data
You can call and use it, so you can think differently
Even if the shape is changed, the viewpoint can be instantly returned to the remembered figure.
The effect that can be achieved.

The graphic editing method according to claim 4 of the present invention detects all the graphics in the area including the graphics to be edited specified on the screen, and detects the geometrical shape of the detected graphics. Extract the graphic data showing the attribute and select it on the screen.
In addition to displaying the list in the list display section , when selecting the graphic data displayed in the list, the graphic corresponding to the graphic data of the selection candidate is displayed in a different display form from the other graphic and is displayed in the list. Of the graphic data, a plurality of selected graphic data are used as mark data, respectively, and are displayed on the screen as a mark different from that of the selection list display section.
Displayed in the list display area and selected from the list above
In this configuration, a graphic corresponding to a plurality of the mark data is selected and edited as a graphic to be edited.

As a result, a pointing device, etc.
Since it is not necessary to point to the shape itself with
In a complex figure in which the shapes overlap and the shapes are complicated and closely
Even from the edit target without requiring advanced techniques
When it becomes possible to easily select the target figure that becomes
Has the effect.

The graphic editing method according to claim 5 is
In addition to the configuration described in 4, the marks listed above
If any of the data is selected, the selected
Call the figure corresponding to the mark data and display it on the screen above.
It is a configuration to be displayed.

As a result, the figure corresponding to the mark data
You can call and use it, so you can think differently
Even if the shape is changed, the viewpoint can be instantly returned to the remembered figure.
The effect that can be achieved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a graphic editing apparatus according to a first exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a method of designating a selection area by the graphic editing device.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing graphics included in the selected area.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a window display example of a graphic selection process and a marking process.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing a focus transition state in the selection list display section in the window.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing a track handle attached to a figure corresponding to the figure data surrounded by the focus.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing an operation until the window is displayed.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing operations of a graphic selection process and a marking process.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram showing a blinking graphic corresponding to graphic data surrounded by a focus in the graphic editing apparatus according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing a graphic blinking operation.

FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram showing a window display example with a proper name of the graphic editing apparatus according to the third exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing a unique name input operation.

FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram showing a mark data jump window display example of the graphic editing apparatus according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing an operation up to displaying the mark data jump window.

FIG. 15 is a flowchart showing a mark graphic calling operation.

16A is an explanatory view showing a display screen before correction of the conventional graphic editing apparatus, and FIG. 16B is an enlarged view of FIG. 16A.

FIG. 17 is an explanatory diagram showing a corrected display screen of the graphic editing device.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 keyboard 2 pointing device 7 Display 8 Graphic editor 9 Graphic data processing unit 10 Window processing unit 11 Temporary figure data storage 12 Graphic data list management section 21 compound figure

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Claims (5)

(57) [Claims] 1. A display device for displaying, on a screen, a composite figure composed of a plurality of figures, a list of figure data indicating geometric attributes of the figure, and mark data selected from the list of the figure data. An input device for designating a range for the composite figure, and extracting the figure data of all figures within the specified range, and selecting the list of the extracted figure data on the selection list on the screen. causes display on the display unit, in the selection of graphic data in the list, a display form different from the shape of the others a figure corresponding to the graphic data of the selected candidates, a plurality of shapes selected from the list data respectively as the mark data, the screen odor
And a processing device for displaying it on a mark list display section different from the selection list display section, and a figure corresponding to a plurality of the mark data selected from the list is to be edited. Editing device. 2. The graphic editing device according to claim 1, wherein the input device inputs a proper name, and the processing device adds data of the proper name to the selected mark data. . 3. The processing device includes a storage unit for storing the mark data, and calls a graphic corresponding to the selected mark data among the mark data displayed on the screen. The graphic editing device according to 1. 4. A screen in which all the figures in the selected area including the figure to be edited specified on the screen are detected, and the figure data indicating the geometric attribute of the detected figure is extracted. In addition to displaying the list in the selection list display section above, when selecting the graphic data displayed in the list, the graphic corresponding to the graphic data of the selection candidate is displayed in a different display form from the other graphic, among the graphic data is displayed, the selected multiple
Mark data each of which is a number of graphic data, and a mark list different from the selection list display section is displayed on the screen.
Is displayed on the preparative display unit, picks a figure corresponding to a plurality of the mark data selected from the list as the edited graphic, graphic editing method characterized by editing. 5. When any one of the mark data displayed in the list is selected, a figure corresponding to the selected mark data is called and displayed on the screen. Figure editing method described in.