Editing Apparatus

• US 20150331588A1
• Filed: 03/18/2015
• Published: 11/19/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 05/16/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
• Original Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
• Inventors: Ishida, Minako, Suzuki, Yasunori, Goto, Shinya
• Granted Patent: US 10,296,572 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04812 Interaction techniques based on cursor appearance or behaviour, e.g. being affected by the presence of displayed objects
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/166 Editing, e.g. inserting or deleting

Abstract

An editing apparatus includes a processor and a memory configured to store computer-readable instructions. The computer-readable instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the editing apparatus to perform processes that include causing a mark and at least one portion of a character string to be displayed, causing a selection image to be displayed in a state in which the at least one portion of the character string and the mark are displayed, performing, in a case where the selection image is displayed, a determination whether the mark ceases to be displayed in an outer side of one of a left edge and a right edge of the selection image, and moving the at least one portion of the character string and the mark to a position where the mark is displayed in the outer side, in response to determining that the mark ceases to be displayed in the outer side.

Claims

1. An editing apparatus comprising:

a processor; and

a memory configured to store computer-readable instructions, wherein the computer-readable instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the editing apparatus to perform processes comprising;

causing a mark and at least one portion of a character string to be displayed on a display portion, the at least one portion of the character string being configured to be displayed left-justified on the display portion in a left-right direction, the mark being configured to be displayed in a position in relation to the at least one portion of the character string, and the mark indicating a position where the character string is to be edited in accordance with an operation on an input portion;

causing a selection image to be displayed in a portion of the display portion in a state in which the at least one portion of the character string and the mark are displayed, the selection image being an image to be used for selecting one of a plurality of editing actions;

performing, in a case where the selection image is displayed in the portion of the display portion, a determination whether the mark ceases to be displayed in an outer side of one of a left edge and a right edge of the selection image in the left-right direction; and

moving the at least one portion of the character string and the mark to a position where the mark is displayed in the outer side of the one of the left edge and the right edge of the selection image, in response to determining that the mark ceases to be displayed in the outer side of the one of the left edge and the right edge of the selection image.

2. The editing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the causing the selection image to be displayed includes causing the selection image to be displayed to right of a center, in the left-right direction, of the display portion,

the performing the determination includes determining that the mark ceases to be displayed to left of the left edge of the selection image in a case where a first value is one of equal to and greater than a threshold value, the first value indicating a left-right length of a portion, of the character string, that is to left of the mark, the threshold value being one of equal to and less than a second value, and the second value indicating a left-right length from a left edge of the display portion to the left edge of the selection image, and

the moving the at least one portion of the character string and the mark to the outer side of the one of the left edge and the right edge includes moving the at least one portion of the character string and the mark to the left.

3. The editing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein

the moving the at least one portion of the character string and the mark to the outer side of the one of the left edge and the right edge of the selection image includes moving the at least one portion of the character string and the mark to the left by a movement amount, the movement amount being a value that is one of equal to and greater than a subtraction value, and the subtraction value being a value that is computed by subtracting the second value from the first value.

4. The editing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein

the movement amount is equal to the subtraction value.

5. The editing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the computer-readable instructions, when executed by the processor, further cause the editing apparatus to perform processes comprising:

receiving an operation that selects one of the plurality of editing actions based on the displayed selection image; and

moving the at least one portion of the character string and the mark to one of the left and the right to a position where the mark is displayed in the outer side of the one of the left edge and the right edge of the selection image, after the character string is edited in accordance with the selected one of the plurality of the editing actions.

6. The editing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the mark is a cursor being a straight line segment that extends vertically,

the cursor is configured to indicate right of the line segment as an adding position where a character is to be added to the character string, and

the cursor is configured to indicate one of left and the right of the line segment as a deleting position where a character is to be deleted from the character string.

7. A printer comprising the editing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a printing portion configured to print on a printing medium,

wherein the computer-readable instructions, when executed by the processor,

further cause the editing apparatus to perform a process comprising;

causing the printing portion to print, on the printing medium, at least one portion of the character string displayed on the display portion.

8. An editing apparatus comprising:

a processor; and

a memory configured to store computer-readable instructions, wherein the computer-readable instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the editing apparatus to perform processes comprising;

causing a print image to be displayed in a first area of a display portion and a mark and at least one portion of a target character string to be displayed in a second area of the display portion, the print image including a plurality of blocks, a plurality of character strings being respectively associated with the plurality of the blocks, the target character string being one of the plurality of the character strings that corresponds to a corresponding block, the corresponding block being one of the plurality of the blocks, the mark indicating a position where editing is to be performed on the target character string, and the second area being a different area from the first area;

causing a selection image to be displayed in a third area of the display portion in a state in which the print image is displayed in the first area and the target character string is displayed in the second area, the selection image being an image to be used for selecting one of a plurality of editing actions, and the third area including at least one portion of the first area and at least one portion of the second area;

performing a first determination whether the corresponding block included in the print image displayed in the first area overlaps with the selection image displayed in the third area;

causing the entire corresponding block to be displayed in a first residual area by modifying a form in which the print image is displayed, in response to determining that the corresponding block overlaps with the selection image, the first residual area being an area, within the first area, that is exclusive of the third area;

performing a second determination whether the mark displayed in the second area overlaps with the selection image displayed in the third area;

reducing a size of the target character string in response to determining that the mark overlaps with the selection image; and

causing the mark and at least one portion of a reduced character string to be displayed in a second residual area, the reduced character string being the target character string whose size is reduced, and the second residual area being an area, within the second area, that is exclusive of the third area.

9. The editing apparatus according to claim 8, wherein

the causing the entire corresponding block to be displayed in the first residual area includes:

moving the print image to a position where the entire corresponding block is displayed in the first residual area; and

causing the moved print image to be displayed in the first residual area.

10. The editing apparatus according to claim 8, wherein

the causing the entire corresponding block to be displayed in the first residual area includes:

reducing a size of the print image to a size that is smaller than a size of the first residual area; and

causing a reduced image to be displayed in the first residual area, the reduced image being the print image whose size is reduced.

11. The editing apparatus according to claim 8, wherein

the computer-readable instructions, when executed by the processor, further cause the editing apparatus to perform processes comprising:

computing a reduction ratio by which the size of the target character string is to be reduced; and

performing a third determination whether the computed reduction ratio and a specified threshold value satisfy a specified condition,

the reducing the size of the target character string includes;

reducing the size of the target character string based on the reduction ratio in response to determining that the specified condition is satisfied; and

reducing the size of target character string based on the threshold value in response to determining that the specified condition is unsatisfied.

12. The editing apparatus according to claim 11, wherein

the computing the reduction ratio includes computing the reduction ratio as a ratio of the reduced size of the target character string to the size of the target character string before the size of the target character string is reduced, and

the performing the third determination includes determining that the specified condition is satisfied in a case where the reduction ratio is one of equal to and greater than the threshold value and determining that the specified condition is unsatisfied in a case where the reduction ratio is less than the threshold value.

13. The editing apparatus according to claim 11, wherein

the computing the reduction ratio includes computing the reduction ratio as a ratio of a difference to the size of the target character string before the size of the target character string is reduced, the difference being a difference between the size of the target character string before the size of the target character string is reduced and the reduced size of the target character string, and

the performing the third determination includes determining that the specified condition is satisfied in a case where the reduction ratio is one of equal to and less than the threshold value and determining that the specified condition is unsatisfied in a case where the reduction ratio is greater than the threshold value.

14. The editing apparatus according to claim 11, wherein

the causing the mark and the at least one portion of the reduced character string to be displayed in the second residual area includes causing the at least one portion of the reduced character string to be displayed by moving the reduced character string to a position where the mark is displayed in the second residual area, in a case where a first length is greater than a second length, the first length being a horizontal length to a position of the mark from a start of the reduced character string reduced based on the threshold value, and the second length being a horizontal length of the second residual area.

15. The editing apparatus according to claim 8, wherein

the computer-readable instructions, when executed by the processor, further cause the editing apparatus to perform a process comprising:

receiving an operation that selects one of the plurality of editing actions based on the displayed selection image, and

the reducing the size of the target character string includes reducing the size of the target character string based on a position of the mark after the target character string is edited in accordance with the selected one of the plurality of the editing actions, in a case where the operation that selects the one of the plurality of the editing actions is received.

16. The editing apparatus according to claim 8, wherein

the mark is a cursor being a straight line segment that extends vertically,

the cursor is configured to indicate right of the line segment as an adding position where a character is to be added to the target character string, and

the cursor is configured to indicate one of left and the right of the line segment as a deleting position where a character is to be deleted from the target character string.

17. A printer comprising the editing apparatus according to claim 8, further comprising:

a printing portion configured to print on a printing medium,

wherein the computer-readable instructions, when executed by the processor, further cause the editing apparatus to perform a process comprising;

causing the printing portion to print on the printing medium, based on the print image displayed on the display portion.