Editing apparatus

• US 10,733,362 B2
• Filed: 04/24/2019
• Issued: 08/04/2020
• 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:
  US16/393,192
• Publication Number:
  US 20190251151A1
• Time in Patent Office: 468 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. The processor performs processes. The processes include causing a print image to be displayed in a first area, and a mark and at least one portion of a target character string to be displayed in a second area. The processes include causing a selection image to be displayed in a third area. The processes include performing a first determination whether a corresponding block included in the print image overlaps with the selection image. The processes include causing the entire corresponding block to be displayed in a first residual area. The processes include performing a second determination whether the mark overlaps with the selection image. The processes include reducing a size of the target character string. The processes include causing the mark and at least one portion of a reduced character string to be displayed in a second residual area.

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 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 blocks, the target character string being one of the plurality of character strings that corresponds to a corresponding block, the corresponding block being one of the plurality of 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 all of the 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.

2. The editing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the causing all of the corresponding block to be displayed in the first residual area includes:

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

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

3. The editing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the causing all of the 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.

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:

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, and

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

5. The editing apparatus according to claim 4, 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 specified threshold value and determining that the specified condition is unsatisfied in a case where the reduction ratio is less than the specified threshold value.

6. The editing apparatus according to claim 4, 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 specified threshold value and determining that the specified condition is unsatisfied in a case where the reduction ratio is greater than the specified threshold value.

7. The editing apparatus according to claim 4, 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 specified threshold value, and the second length being a horizontal length of the second residual area.

8. The editing apparatus according to claim 1, 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.

9. 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 target 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 target character string.

10. 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, based on the print image displayed on the display portion.