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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 1999
Filed:
Sep. 03, 1996
Takahisa Shirakawa, Tokyo, JP;
NEC Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An article layout device comprises a layout execute section which virtually sets rectangular columns on an area where documents are arranged and searches for an unused sole column or compound column until the columns are filled with articles or all articles are completely arranged to attain a layout result on articles which can be arranged; an article entry priority output section which outputs the entry priority of each article to be entered, as required; a layout result evaluation section which gives an evaluation value based on the entry priority of the article to each of a plurality of layout results determined by the layout execute section; and a best layout result retrieval section which selects the layout result having the best evaluation value given by the layout result evaluation section among the plurality of layout results determined by the layout execute section.