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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 1999
Filed:
Jan. 21, 1997
Yasunari Itoh, Kahoku-gun, JP;
Taiji Okamoto, Kawasaki, JP;
Satoshi Kikuchi, Kawasaki, JP;
Masahiro Suzuki, Kahoku-gun, JP;
Atsuko Kasai, Kahoku-gun, JP;
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;
PFU Limited, Ishikawa, JP;
Abstract
A graphic editing apparatus makes it easy to change positions, shapes, or states of a graphic in a screen on a display unit with the passage of time or the change in value of an attribute, and then delineate the resultant graphic. The graphic editing apparatus comprises displaying units 17 and 18 for displaying graphics and time instants in a graphic area 24 and a time area 25 respectively on a graphic display unit, a processor 19 for specifying in graphic information an association between points on a change reference graphic 27 and points on a time graphic 28, and an updating unit 20 for performing interpolation to calculate the position of a point on the change reference graphic 27 with the movement of a current time point on the time graphic 28 or the passage of time, executing editing to move or deform the graphic according to the calculated position of the point, and displaying the graphic. The graphic editing apparatus handles an attribute value display graphic and a time-sequentially varying graphic, sets a bind point, displays grips, performs graphic relating-based editing, edits graphics synchronously, and so on.