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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 27, 1994
Tadashi Yamakawa, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image editing apparatus has a display screen such as a CRT screen on which are displayed or stacked a plurality of partial image elements so as to form an image of a desired illustration with a sense of depth. The apparatus has a memory for storing a plurality of the partial image elements, a pointing device such as a mouse for appointing a desired partial image element from amongst the partial image elements constituting the image, a first storage device for storing a group of the partial image elements which are under the partial image element appointed by the appointing means; and a second storage device for storing a group of the partial image elements which are overlaid on the partial image element appointed by the appointing means. The partial image element appointed by the appointing means is displayed after an editing operation at a position between the group of the partial image elements stored in the first storage device and the group of the partial image elements stored in the second storage device.