Appeal No. 1997-1584
Application No. 08/353,375
The claimed invention relates to a desired region
specifying system in an image editing apparatus. A desired
region from among a plurality of overlapping regions can be
selected by using a signal generator such as a stylus pressed
against a display screen with a predetermined amount of force.
Representative claim 1 is reproduced as follows:
1. A desired region specifying system in an image
editing apparatus comprising:
position information generating means for generating
position information including x-y coordinates of a point
on a display;
region selecting information generating means for
generating region selecting information to select a
desired region from among a plurality of regions which
overlap in said point;
a region management table for storing positions of
the regions to be displayed, the upper and lower
relationships among the regions, and displaying methods
for displaying the regions;
region selecting means for selecting, based on the
position information generated by the position
information generating means and the region selecting
information generated by the region selecting
information generating means, a desired region to be edited
from among the plurality of regions, wherein a first
region overlapped by a second region at said point such that
there is no visible indication of said first region is
selectable by said region selecting means;
a data storage for storing data to be displayed on a
display unit; and
2
Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Next
Last modified: November 3, 2007