# US 2014/0192381 A1 · Layout information calibrating method and apparatus

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- Number: US 2014/0192381 A1
- Document ID: US20140192381A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 14/093,801
- Filed: 2013-12-02
- Published: 2014-07-10
- Earliest claimed: 2013-01-09
- Assignees: Beijing Founder Electronics Co., Ltd.; Peking University Founder Group Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: Beijing Founder Electronics Co., Ltd.; Peking University Founder Group Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Jia LI; Qianqian XIE; Shaokun SHI
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140192381A1

## CPC

- G06F 3/1208: {resulting in improved quality of the output result, e.g. print layout, colours, workflows, print preview}
- G06F 3/125: {Page layout or assigning input pages onto output media, e.g. imposition}
- G06F 3/1282: {High volume printer device}
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

## Abstract

The present invention provides a layout information calibrating method and device, wherein the calibrating method comprises: obtaining the parameter calibrating standard of layout information and layout information to be calibrated; matching the layout information to be calibrated with the parameter calibrating standard of the layout information; if the layout information to be calibrated is consistent with the parameter calibrating standard of the layout information, sending the information indicating the layout information is successfully calibrated; if the layout information to be calibrated is inconsistent with the parameter calibrating standard of the layout information, sending a reminder indicating the layout information is not successfully calibrated. Adopting the layout information calibrating method and device submitted in the present invention, it is possible to not only effectively avoid calibrating mistakes in the layout production process, but also reduce layout production accidents, accelerate the whole production schedule of the newspaper.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A layout information calibrating method, comprising:
obtaining a parameter calibrating standard of layout information and layout information to be calibrated;
matching the layout information to be calibrated with the parameter calibrating standard of the layout information;
if the layout information to be calibrated is consistent with the parameter calibrating standard of the layout information, sending information indicating the layout information is successfully calibrated;
if the layout information to be calibrated is inconsistent with the parameter calibrating standard of the layout information, sending a reminder indicating the layout information is not successfully calibrated.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The layout information calibrating method according to claim 1, further comprising:
setting the parameter calibrating standard of the layout information; the parameter calibrating standard comprises: settings of a left or right position of a masthead icon in an odd or even page, settings of a color mode of the masthead icon, default parameter information for using an advertisement placeholder picture, a standard of serial layouts.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The layout information calibrating method according to claim 2, wherein
the default parameter information for using an advertisement placeholder picture comprises: a name of the advertisement placeholder picture; and
the standard of the serial layouts comprises: a standard initial width of the serial layouts.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The layout information calibrating method according to claim 1, wherein the layout information to be calibrated comprises: a layout number of the layout to be calibrated, a color mode of a picture used as the masthead icon, the left or right position of the masthead icon being used, information of the advertisement placeholder picture in content typesetting in the layout to be calibrated, and a layout width of the layout to be calibrated.

### Claim 5 (depends on 2)

The layout information calibrating method according to claim 2, wherein the layout information to be calibrated comprises: a layout number of the layout to be calibrated, a color mode of a picture used as the masthead icon, the left and/or right position of the masthead icon being used, information of the advertisement placeholder picture in content typesetting in the layout to be calibrated, and a layout width of the layout to be calibrated.

### Claim 6 (depends on 3)

The layout information calibrating method according to claim 3, wherein the layout information to be calibrated comprises: a layout number of the layout to be calibrated, a color mode of a picture used as the masthead icon, the left and/or right position of the masthead icon being used, information of the advertisement placeholder picture in content typesetting in the layout to be calibrated, and a layout width of the layout to be calibrated.

### Claim 7 (depends on 4)

The layout information calibrating method according to claim 4, wherein the step of matching the layout information to be calibrated with the parameter calibrating standard of the layout information comprise:
matching the layout information to be calibrated with the parameter calibrating standard of the layout information according to the parity of the layout number of the layout to be calibrated, determining whether the left or right position and the color mode of the masthead icon corresponding to the layout number are consistent with the parameter calibrating standard;
matching the layout information to be calibrated with the parameter calibrating standard of the layout information according to the information of the advertisement placeholder picture in the content typesetting in the layout to be calibrated, judging whether content of the layout to be calibrated contains the default parameter information for using the advertisement placeholder picture in the parameter calibrating standard;
matching the layout information to be calibrated with the parameter calibrating standard of the layout information according to the layout width of the layout to be calibrated, determining whether the layout to be calibrated is a serial layout.

### Claim 8

A layout information calibrating device, comprising:
an information acquisition unit, configured to obtain a parameter calibrating standard of layout information and layout information to be calibrated;
a matching unit, configured to match the layout information to be calibrated with the parameter calibrating standard of the layout information;
an information reminding unit, configured to, if the layout information to be calibrated is consistent with the parameter calibrating standard of the layout information, send information indicating the layout information is successfully calibrated; or, if the layout information to be calibrated is inconsistent with the parameter calibrating standard of the layout information, send a reminder indicating the layout information is not successfully calibrated.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The layout information calibrating device according to claim 8, further comprises:
a setting unit, configured to set the parameter calibrating standard of the layout information; the parameter calibrating standard comprises: settings of a left or right position of a masthead icon in an odd or even page, settings of a color mode of the masthead icon, default parameter information for using an advertisement placeholder picture, a standard of serial layouts .

### Claim 10 (depends on 9)

The layout information calibrating device according to claim 9, wherein the default parameter information for using advertisement placeholder picture comprises: a name of the advertisement placeholder picture; and
the standard of serial layouts comprises: a standard initial width of the serial layouts.

### Claim 11 (depends on 8)

The layout information calibrating device according to claim 8, wherein the layout information to be calibrated comprises: a layout number of the layout to be calibrated, a color mode of a picture used as the masthead icon, the left or right position of the masthead icon being used, information of advertisement placeholder picture in content typesetting of the layout to be calibrated, and a layout width of the layout to be calibrated.

### Claim 12 (depends on 9)

The layout information calibrating device according to claim 9, wherein the layout information to be calibrated comprises: a layout number of the layout to be calibrated, a color mode of a picture used as the masthead icon, the left or right position of the masthead icon being used, information of advertisement placeholder picture in content typesetting of the layout to be calibrated, and a layout width of the layout to be calibrated.

### Claim 13 (depends on 10)

The layout information calibrating device according to claim 10, wherein the layout information to be calibrated comprises: a layout number of the layout to be calibrated, a color mode of a picture used as the masthead icon, the left or right position of the masthead icon being used, information of advertisement placeholder picture in content typesetting of the layout to be calibrated, and a layout width of the layout to be calibrated.

### Claim 14 (depends on 11)

The layout information calibrating device according to claim 11, wherein the matching unit comprises:
a position and color matching subunit, configured to match the layout information to be calibrated with the parameter calibrating standard of the layout information according to the parity of the layout number of the layout to be calibrated, determine whether the left or right position and the color mode of the masthead icon corresponding to the layout number are consistent with the parameter calibrating standard;
an advertisement placeholder matching subunit, configured to match the layout information to be calibrated with the parameter calibrating standard of the layout information according to the information of the advertisement placeholder picture in the content typesetting in the layout to be calibrated, judge whether content of the layout to be calibrated contains the default parameter information of the advertisement placeholder picture used in the parameter calibrating standard;
a serial layout matching subunit, configured to match the layout information to be calibrated with the parameter calibrating standard of the layout information according to the layout width of the layout to be calibrated, determine whether the layout to be calibrated is a serial layout.

### Claim 15 (depends on 1)

A storage medium that stores a computer program, comprising instructions make a processor execute the method according to claim 1.