Graphic drawing device and recording medium storing graphic drawing program

• US 10,353,557 B2
• Filed: 03/13/2015
• Issued: 07/16/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 03/19/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Casio Computer Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Casio Computer Company Limited
• Inventors: Endo, Kota
• Primary Examiner(s): Xia, Xuyang
• Application Number:
  US14/657,851
• Publication Number:
  US 20150268845A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,586 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04845 for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/203 Drawing of straight lines or curves
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/60 Editing figures and text; Combining figures or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2200/24 involving graphical user interfaces [GUIs]

Abstract

A graphic drawing device includes a display unit and a processor. The processor executes a process includes: displaying on the display unit, a measurement item corresponding to at least one graphic part drawn on the display unit; displaying on the display unit, a slider identifier for setting a slider in a case that the displayed measurement item is a type capable of setting a slider for changing a value of the displayed measurement item; and displaying on the display unit, a slider for changing the value of the displayed measurement item according to an operation by a user with respect to the displayed slider identifier.

Claims

1. A graphic drawing device comprising:

a display unit;

a memory which includes a slider pattern table and a slider data memory area in which slider data is stored; and

a processor which executes processes including;

displaying at least one graphic part drawn on the display unit;

displaying, on the display unit, a measurement item which represents a type of an action of measuring the at least one graphic part drawn on the display unit;

displaying, on the display unit, a slider identifier for setting to display a slider on the display unit according to an operation by a user after displaying the at least one graphic part drawn on the display unit, in a case that the displayed measurement item is a type capable of setting to display the slider on the display unit, the slider being a slider for changing a value of the displayed measurement item;

displaying, on the display unit, a slider for changing the value of the displayed measurement item according to an operation by the user with respect to the displayed slider identifier; and

changing the value of the displayed measurement item according to an operation by the user with respect to the displayed slider to thereby change the drawn graphic;

wherein the process of displaying the slider identifier includes;

determining whether or not two sides of the drawn graphic are parallel lines when the displayed measurement item is a measurement item of a distance between the two sides;

displaying the slider identifier on the display unit when the determining determines that the two sides are parallel; and

not displaying the slider identifier on the display unit when the determining determines that the two sides are not parallel, and

wherein the slider identifier is displayed based on the slider pattern table and the slider data stored in the memory.

2. The graphic drawing device according to claim 1, the processes further including:

receiving a select operation by the user with respect to a part of the drawn graphic on the display unit; and

displaying, on the display unit, a measurement item and a measurement value thereof which correspond to the selected part of the drawn graphic.

3. The graphic drawing device according to claim 2, the processes further including:

displaying a list of plural types of measurement items corresponding to the selected part of the drawn graphic; and

displaying a selected measurement item together with a measurement value thereof on the display unit according to a select operation by the user with respect to the plural types of measurement items displayed as the list.

4. The graphic drawing device according to claim 2, the processes further including:

displaying a list of predetermined measurement items of types respectively capable of setting to display sliders, among plural types of measurement items corresponding to the selected part of the drawn graphic;

displaying a slider for changing the value of the displayed measurement item according to a select operation by the user with respect to the displayed slider identifier; and

displaying a slider for changing the value of the selected measurement item according to a select operation by the user with respect to any one of the displayed measurement items as the list.

5. The graphic drawing device according to claim 2, wherein the measurement item of the type capable of setting to display a slider according to the selected part of the drawn graphic is one of:

a measurement item of a length of one side in a case that the graphic part is the one side, a measurement item of an angle or a supplementary angle formed by two sides or a distance between the two sides in a case that the graphic part is the two sides, and a measurement item of a radius in a case that the graphic part is a circle.

6. The graphic drawing device according to claim 2, further comprising a key group or a touch panel,

wherein the operation by the user is performed with respect to the key group or the touch panel.

7. The graphic drawing device according to claim 2, the processes further including:

discriminatively displaying the selected part of the drawn graphic on the display unit.

8. A method of displaying a graphic by controlling a computer of an electronic device, the method comprising:

displaying at least one graphic part drawn on a display unit;

displaying, on the display unit, a measurement item which represents a type of an action of measuring the at least one graphic part drawn on the display unit;

displaying, on the display unit, a slider identifier for setting to display a slider on the display unit according to an operation by a user after displaying the at least one graphic part drawn on the display unit, in a case that the displayed measurement item is a type capable of setting to display the slider on the display unit, the slider being a slider for changing a value of the displayed measurement item;

displaying, on the display unit, a slider for changing the value of the displayed measurement item according to an operation by the user with respect to the displayed slider identifier; and

changing the value of the displayed measurement item according to an operation by the user with respect to the displayed slider to thereby change the drawn graphic;

wherein the displaying the slider identifier includes;

determining whether or not two sides of the drawn graphic are parallel lines when the displayed measurement item is a measurement item of a distance between the two sides;

displaying the slider identifier on the display unit when the determining determines that the two sides are parallel; and

not displaying the slider identifier on the display unit when the determining determines that the two sides are not parallel, and

wherein the slider identifier is displayed based on (i) a slider pattern table stored in a memory and (ii) slider data stored in a slider data memory area of the memory.

9. The method according to claim 8, further comprising:

receiving a select operation by the user with respect to a part of the drawn graphic on the display unit; and

displaying, on the display unit, a measurement item and a measurement value thereof which correspond to the selected part of the drawn graphic.

10. The method according to claim 8, further comprising:

displaying a list of plural types of measurement items corresponding to the selected part of the drawn graphic; and

displaying a selected measurement item together with a measurement value thereof on the display unit according to a select operation by the user with respect to the plural types of measurement items displayed as the list.

11. The method according to claim 10, further comprising:

displaying a list of predetermined measurement items of types respectively capable of setting to display sliders, among plural types of measurement items corresponding to the selected part of the drawn graphic;

displaying a slider for changing the value of the displayed measurement item according to a select operation by the user with respect to the displayed slider identifier; and

displaying a slider for changing the value of the selected measurement item according to a select operation by the user with respect to any one of the displayed measurement items as the list.

12. The method according to claim 10, wherein the measurement item of the type capable of setting to display a slider according to the selected part of the drawn graphic is one of:

a measurement item of a length of one side in a case that the graphic part is the one side, a measurement item of an angle or a supplementary angle formed by two sides or a distance between the two sides in a case that the graphic part is the two sides, and a measurement item of a radius in a case that the graphic part is a circle.

13. The method according to claim 10, wherein the operation by the user is performed with respect to a key group or a touch panel.

14. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having a program stored thereon which, when executed by a processor of an electronic device, controls the processor to perform operations comprising:

displaying at least one graphic part drawn on a display unit;

displaying, on the display unit, a measurement item which represents a type of an action of measuring the at least one graphic part drawn on the display unit;

displaying, on the display unit, a slider identifier for setting to display a slider on the display unit according to an operation by a user after displaying the at least one graphic part drawn on the display unit, in a case that the displayed measurement item is a type capable of setting to display the slider on the display unit, the slider being a slider for changing a value of the displayed measurement item,

displaying, on the display unit, a slider for changing the value of the displayed measurement item according to an operation by the user with respect to the displayed slider identifier; and

changing the value of the displayed measurement item according to an operation by the user with respect to the displayed slider to thereby change the drawn graphic;

wherein the displaying the slider identifier includes;

determining whether or not two sides of the drawn graphic are parallel lines when the displayed measurement item is a measurement item of a distance between the two sides;

displaying the slider identifier on the display unit when the determining determines that the two sides are parallel; and

not displaying the slider identifier on the display unit when the determining determines that the two sides are not parallel, and

wherein the slider identifier is displayed based on (i) a slider pattern table stored in a memory and (ii) slider data stored in a slider data memory area of the memory.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 14, the operations further comprising:

receiving a select operation by the user with respect to a part of the drawn graphic on the display unit; and

displaying, on the display unit, a measurement item and a measurement value thereof which correspond to the selected part of the drawn graphic.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 15, the operations further comprising:

displaying a list of plural types of measurement items corresponding to the selected part of the drawn graphic; and

displaying a selected measurement item together with a measurement value thereof on the display unit according to a select operation by the user with respect to the plural types of measurement items displayed as the list.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 15, the operations further comprising:

displaying a list of predetermined measurement items of types respectively capable of setting to display sliders, among plural types of measurement items corresponding to the selected part of the drawn graphic;

displaying a slider for changing the value of the displayed measurement item according to a select operation by the user with respect to the displayed slider identifier; and

displaying a slider for changing the value of the selected measurement item according to a select operation by the user with respect to any one of the displayed measurement items as the list.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 15, wherein the measurement item of the type capable of setting to display a slider according to the selected part of the drawn graphic is one of:

a measurement item of a length of one side in a case that the graphic part is the one side, a measurement item of an angle or a supplementary angle formed by two sides or a distance between the two sides in a case that the graphic part is the two sides, and a measurement item of a radius in a case that the graphic part is a circle.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 15, wherein the operation by the user is performed with respect to a key group or a touch panel.