Image creation support device and method for presenting candidate screen data of a display screen based on a design image of the display screen

An image creation support method for automatically creating candidate screen data of a display screen based on a design image of the display screen that has been designed, the image creation support method comprising:

• reading the design image to create input screen data;
• and
• after the design image has been read and the input screen data has been created, obtaining pieces of parts data from a database that stores pieces of parts data of display parts forming the display screen designed in the past, to create the candidate screen data corresponding to the input screen data,
• wherein:
• the database also stores
• types of the pieces of parts data, each of the types representing a name or a title of a corresponding display part, and
• group definition information that is based on a combination of the pieces of parts data of a plurality of display parts together forming a group, and
• the method further comprises:
• identifying types of input parts included in the input screen data by associating a shape and the type of each part with each other;
• creating additional information to be combined with the types of the input parts based on the group definition information, the additional information including information to change the type of an input part to a different type of part based on the group definition information;
• and
• after the types of the input parts included in the input screen data have been identified and the additional information to be combined with the types of the input parts has been created based on the group definition information, creating the candidate screen data based on (1) the types of the input parts and (2) the additional information.

An image creation support device for presenting candidate screen data of a display screen based on a design image of the display screen that has been designed, the image creation support device comprising:

• a database configured to store pieces of parts data of display parts forming the display screen designed in the past;
• and
• a controller configured to
• read the design image and create input screen data, and
• obtain the pieces of parts data from the database and create the candidate screen data corresponding to the input screen data,
• wherein:
• the database is further configured to store types of the pieces of parts data, each of the types representing a name or a title of a corresponding display part and group definition information that is based on a combination of the pieces of parts data of a plurality of display parts together forming a group, and,
• the controller is further configured to
• identify types of input parts included in the input screen data by associating a shape and the type of each part with each other,
• create additional information to be combined with the types of the input parts based on the group definition information, the additional information including information to change the type of the part identified by the controller to a different type of part based on the group definition information, and
• create the candidate screen data corresponding to the input screen data based on (1) the types of the input parts and (2) the additional information.