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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 1996
Filed:
Mar. 14, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Toshinori Hirano, Fukuoka, JP;
Osamu Yoshizaki, Hachiohji, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
395141 ; 395135 ; 395149 ;
Abstract
A drawing processing apparatus holds blocks and character strings as drawing objects and introduces three concepts, that is, a writable region for characters, a writable region for additional characters and a character frame within a block. The apparatus has the functions of automatic line feed within a character frame, layout of a character frame in a writable region for additional characters, addition of a character string at an arbitrary position and size adjustment between a character frame and a block.