Editing apparatus and layout method, and storage medium

US8930809B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-8930809-B2
Application numberUS-76649110-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateApr 23, 2010
Priority dateJun 3, 2009
Publication dateJan 6, 2015
Grant dateJan 6, 2015

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An apparatus for laying out image data and text data on a page, which distributes multiple sets of image data and text data into multiple sets of an image box and a text box upon a page in an order based on attribute information of the image data, compares the text data to an upper limit of the text box into which the text data has been distributed and when the text data is greater than the upper limit of the text box, switches the set of the image data and the text data with another set of distributed image data and text data into another set of an image box and a text box, the text data is less than the upper limit of the other text box, and the upper limit of the text box is greater than the other text data.

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What is claimed is: 1. An editing apparatus for laying out image data and text data on a page, comprising: a controller; and a memory configured to store at least one program executable by the controller, at least one program comprising program code that, when the program is executed by the controller, implements the steps of: an image distributing step of distributing a plurality of image data into each of image boxes upon a plurality of pages in an order based on attribute i…

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What does patent US8930809B2 cover?
An apparatus for laying out image data and text data on a page, which distributes multiple sets of image data and text data into multiple sets of an image box and a text box upon a page in an order based on attribute information of the image data, compares the text data to an upper limit of the text box into which the text data has been distributed and when the text data is greater than the upp…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Hikida Ayako, Canon Kk
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification G06F40/106. Mapped technology areas include Physics.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Jan 06 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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