Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Naoki Nakanishi

Toshio Abe

Takahiro Nakagawa

Masaru Kageura

Atsushi Mizukami

Hiroyuki Namiki

Kenichi Inaho

Reiko Horikawa

Hitoshi Nishitani

Information that is required for laying out character string data is entered, as are character string data. The printing attributes for the data are then edited, and are employed to extract contour information. Thereafter, the extracted contour information is employed to determine the information that is to be used as a reference when laying out the character string data, and a layout position is specified. Then, the various data that are obtained are stored as printing data, and the character string data are laid out in a drawing area. Therefore, the printing data can be precisely and easily prepared, without the work efficiency of a user being deteriorated.

Information processing apparatus and information processing method for determining character layout

Information processing apparatus and information processing method

A graphics processing apparatus for computing the distance between two three-dimensional graphic elements without reducing the user's operating efficiency is provided. The graphics processing apparatus selects, from among three-dimensional objects displayed on a display, graphic elements between which the distance is to be computed, determines a projection reference in accordance with a viewing direction and geometric information on the graphic elements, and determines a projection plane in accordance with the projection reference. The graphic elements are projected onto the determined projection plane, and the minimum distance between the selected graphic elements is computed from the projected graphic elements.

Graphics processing apparatus and method for computing the distance between three-dimensional graphic elements

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Naoki Nakanishi