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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2011
Applicant:
Kazufumi Kobashi, Kawasaki, JP;
Inventor:
Kazufumi Kobashi, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/21 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/211 (2013.01);
Abstract
For each of a plurality of drawing objects, whether the drawing object is laid out on the rear side of one or more other drawing objects is determined based on an overlapped state of the plurality of drawing objects. The drawing object to be selected is decided based on the determination result.