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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 1998
Filed:
Oct. 15, 1996
Naoki Hayashi, Ashigarakami-gun, JP;
Kazuo Shibuta, Ashigarakami-gun, JP;
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A drawing system includes a placeable point storage unit for storing identifiers for uniquely identifying a plurality of placeable points and positions of the placeable points on a two-dimensional plane in a one-to-one correspondence therebetween, an element storage unit for storing element attribute information containing information representing element colors and the identifiers of the placeable points as position attributes, a position rule storage unit for storing position rules for determining the positions of the placeable points on the two-dimensional plane, a position rule selection unit for selecting one of the position rules, a placement change unit for changing the positions of the placeable points on the two-dimensional plane stored in the placeable point storage unit based on the selected position rule, a color arrangement change unit for determining the colors of the drawing elements based on the positional relationship of the placeable points after their positions are changed by the placement change unit and storing the determined colors in the element storage unit, and an image generation unit for generating an image comprising the drawing elements placed at the placeable points based on the information stored in the element storage unit.