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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 1998
Filed:
Nov. 22, 1994
Takashi Nakamura, Hiratsuka, JP;
Tsuneaki Kadosawa, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Kunitaka Ozawa, Isehara, JP;
Tomoaki Kawai, Yokohama, JP;
Eiji Koga, Hadano, JP;
Satoshi Ogiwara, Sagamihara, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A pattern editing apparatus includes a selector for selecting a plurality of patterns to be object patterns for an editing process. The plurality of patterns are displayed in a first area on a screen. The pattern selected by the selector is displayed in a second area on the screen. The apparatus also includes a provider, responsive to the selector, for providing a pattern for coupling the selected patterns displayed in the second area. The pattern coupling represents a flow chart processing relationship among the selected patterns. Also provided is a generator for generating a signal responsive to the absence of any pattern representing a flow chart processing relationship in the selected patterns, and an adder for adding the pattern representing the flow chart processing relationship as an object pattern of the editing process.