TEMPLATE MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM, AND TEMPLATE MANAGEMENT METHOD

• US 20150363381A1
• Filed: 12/02/2014
• Published: 12/17/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 06/11/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujifilm Business Innovation Corp. (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Fuji Xerox Company Limited (Xerox Holdings Corp.)
• Inventors: OTAKI, Masanobu
• Granted Patent: US 9,772,989 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/186 Templates

Abstract

A template management apparatus includes a standard format classifying part, a group classifying part, and a replacing part. The standard format classifying part classifies a sample character string included in a template, as a standard format character string or a non-standard format character string. The group classifying part classifies the standard format character string into a standard format character string group according to its representation format, and classifies the non-standard format character string into a non-standard format character string group according to its content. The replacing part replaces the sample character string classified into the standard format character string group, with a replacement standard format character string represented in a representation format corresponding to the sample character string, and replaces the sample character string classified into the non-standard format character string group, with a replacement non-standard format character string represented in a different language from the sample character string.

Claims

1. A template management apparatus comprising:

a standard format classifying part that, in response to reception of a template used to create a design and including a sample character string previously created as a sample, classifies the sample character string as one of a standard format character string and a non-standard format character string;

a group classifying part that classifies the sample character string classified as the standard format character string into a standard format character string group according to a representation format of the sample character string, and classifies the sample character string classified as the non-standard format character string into a non-standard format character string group according to content of the sample character string; and

a replacing part that performs a replacement, the replacement including

replacing the sample character string classified into the standard format character string group with a replacement standard format character string, the replacement standard format character string being associated with the standard format character string group and represented in a representation format corresponding to the sample character string, and

replacing the sample character string classified into the non-standard format character string group with a replacement non-standard format character string, the replacement non-standard format character string being associated with the non-standard format character string group and represented in a different language from the sample character string.

2. The template management apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the replacing part performs the replacement for the sample character string that is readable.

3. The template management apparatus according to claim 1, wherein:

the sample character string is included in a character string region that is determined in advance in the template; and

the replacing part performs the replacement by

selecting, as the replacement standard format character string, a replacement standard format character string candidate having a number of characters that match a size of the character string region of the sample character string classified as the standard format character string, from at least one replacement standard format character string candidate associated with the standard format character string group, and

selecting, as the replacement non-standard format character string, a replacement non-standard format character string candidate having a number of characters that match a size of the character string region of the sample character string classified as the non-standard format character string, from at least one replacement non-standard format character string candidate associated with the non-standard format character string group.

4. The template management apparatus according to claim 2, wherein:

the sample character string is included in a character string region that is determined in advance in the template; and

the replacing part performs the replacement by

selecting, as the replacement standard format character string, a replacement standard format character string candidate having a number of characters that match a size of the character string region of the sample character string classified as the standard format character string, from at least one replacement standard format character string candidate associated with the standard format character string group, and

selecting, as the replacement non-standard format character string, a replacement non-standard format character string candidate having a number of characters that match a size of the character string region of the sample character string classified as the non-standard format character string, from at least one replacement non-standard format character string candidate associated with the non-standard format character string group.

5. The template management apparatus according to claim 3, wherein:

if the at least one replacement standard format character string candidate does not include the replacement standard format character string candidate that matches the size of the character string region of the sample character string classified as the standard format character string, the replacing part performs the replacement by selecting, as the replacement standard format character string, a replacement standard format character string candidate whose number of characters is excessively large in relation to the size of the character string region of the sample character string classified as the standard format character string, from the at least one replacement standard format character string candidate, and reducing a size of the selected replacement standard format character string; and

if the at least one replacement non-standard format character string candidate does not include the replacement non-standard format character string candidate that matches the size of the character string region of the sample character string classified as the non-standard format character string, the replacing part performs the replacement by selecting, as the replacement non-standard format character string, a replacement non-standard format character string candidate whose number of characters is excessively large in relation to the size of the character string region of the sample character string classified as the non-standard format character string, from the at least one replacement non-standard format character string candidate, and reducing a size of the selected replacement non-standard format character string.

6. The template management apparatus according to claim 5, wherein:

if the at least one replacement standard format character string candidate does not include the replacement standard format character string candidate whose number of characters is excessively large, the replacing part performs the replacement by selecting, as the replacement standard format character string, a replacement standard format character string candidate having a largest number of characters, from at least one replacement standard format character string candidate whose number of characters is excessively small in relation to the size of the character string region of the sample character string classified as the standard format character string; and

if the at least one replacement non-standard format character string candidate does not include the replacement non-standard format character string candidate whose number of characters is excessively large, the replacing part performs the replacement by selecting, as the replacement non-standard format character string, a replacement non-standard format character string candidate having a largest number of characters, from at least one replacement non-standard format character string candidate whose number of characters is excessively small in relation to the size of the character string region of the sample character string classified as the non-standard format character string.

7. The template management apparatus according to claim 5, wherein:

if the replacement standard format character string that has been reduced in size is unreadable, the replacing part performs the replacement by selecting, as the replacement standard format character string, a replacement standard format character string candidate having a largest number of characters, from at least one replacement standard format character string candidate whose number of characters is excessively small in relation to the size of the character string region of the sample character string classified as the standard format character string; and

if the replacement non-standard format character string that has been reduced in size is unreadable, the replacing part performs the replacement by selecting, as the replacement non-standard format character string, a replacement non-standard format character string candidate having a largest number of characters, from at least one replacement non-standard format character string candidate whose number of characters is excessively small in relation to the size of the character string region of the sample character string classified as the non-standard format character string.

8. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process for performing template management, the process comprising:

classifying, in response to reception of a template used to create a design and including a sample character string previously created as a sample, the sample character string as one of a standard format character string and a non-standard format character string;

classifying the sample character string classified as the standard format character string into a standard format character string group according to a representation format of the sample character string;

classifying the sample character string classified as the non-standard format character string into a non-standard format character string group according to content of the sample character string;

replacing the sample character string classified into the standard format character string group with a replacement standard format character string, the replacement standard format character string being associated with the standard format character string group and represented in a representation format corresponding to the sample character string; and

replacing the sample character string classified into the non-standard format character string group with a replacement non-standard format character string, the replacement non-standard format character string being associated with the non-standard format character string group and represented in a different language from the sample character string.

9. A template management method comprising:

classifying, in response to reception of a template used to create a design and including a sample character string previously created as a sample, the sample character string as one of a standard format character string and a non-standard format character string;

classifying the sample character string classified as the standard format character string into a standard format character string group according to a representation format of the sample character string;

classifying the sample character string classified as the non-standard format character string into a non-standard format character string group according to content of the sample character string;

replacing the sample character string classified into the standard format character string group with a replacement standard format character string, the replacement standard format character string being associated with the standard format character string group and represented in a representation format corresponding to the sample character string; and

replacing the sample character string classified into the non-standard format character string group with a replacement non-standard format character string, the replacement non-standard format character string being associated with the non-standard format character string group and represented in a different language from the sample character string.