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Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 1993

Filed:

Mar. 31, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:

Mika Fukui, Yokohama, JP;

Isamu Iwai, Kawasaki, JP;

Miwako Doi, Kawasaki, JP;

Yoichi Takebayashi, Yokohama, JP;

Assignee:

Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kawasaki, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
395148 ; 395147 ;
Abstract

An apparatus and method for editing a document to automatically produce a satisfactory, well ordered layout which includes the steps of (a) extracting characteristic quantities which characterize different elements of the document; (b) deriving relationships among the different elements of the document in accordance with the characteristic quantities; (c) determining a layout of the different elements of the document in accordance with the relationships; and (d) processing the document in accordance with the layout.


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Fukui, Mika. (1993). Method and apparatus for editing documents (U.S. Patent No. 5179650). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/5179650

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