Editing apparatus

• US 10,296,572 B2
• Filed: 03/18/2015
• Issued: 05/21/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 05/16/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
• Original Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
• Inventors: Ishida, Minako, Goto, Shinya, Suzuki, Yasunori
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Phuong H
• Application Number:
  US14/661,701
• Publication Number:
  US 20150331588A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,525 Days
• 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 displayed in the display portion overlaps with the selection image displayed in the display portion; and

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

wherein

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

the performing the determination includes determining that the mark displayed in the display portion is not positioned leftward of the left edge of the selection image displayed in the display portion 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 leftward 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.

2. The editing apparatus according to claim 1, 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.

3. The editing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the movement amount is equal to the subtraction value.

4. 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.

5. 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 straight 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 straight line segment as a deleting position where a character is to be deleted from the character string.

6. 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.

7. 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 displayed in the display portion overlaps with the selection image displayed in the display portion; and

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

wherein

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

the performing the determination includes determining that the mark displayed in the display portion is not positioned rightward of the right edge of the selection image displayed in the display portion in a case where a first value is less than a threshold value, the first value indicating a left-right length of a portion, of the character string, that is leftward 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 right 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 right.

8. The editing apparatus according to claim 7, 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 right 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 first value from the second value.

9. The editing apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the movement amount is equal to the subtraction value.

10. The editing apparatus according to claim 7, 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.

11. The editing apparatus according to claim 7, wherein

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

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

12. A printer comprising the editing apparatus according to claim 7, 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.