US 6,211,886 B1Granted

Graphic preparing device

AssigneeSharp Kabushiki Kaisha

InventorsToshihiro Yasuda, Toshio Isoe

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Abstract

In a graphic preparing device of the present invention, when a user wants to place an image of post office, which is not stored beforehand, on a road, the picture of the post office is taken by a CCD camera, and is displayed on an additional symbol display position of a symbol display section. When a confirmation key is pressed at a timing when a desirable symbol is displayed on a screen, the displayed image is stored as a symbol. Then, when inside of a frame of the additional symbol display position of the symbol display section is touched with an input pen, and is dragged to a predetermined position on the road, the image of post office as stored as a symbol is displayed on the road, and is stored as a symbol on a map. Namely, the symbol incorporated by the CCD camera is treated in the same way as a common symbol. Also, the frame of the symbol touched with the input pen is enhance-displayed.

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Dependent claims

A graphic preparing device comprising:

storing means for storing a plurality of first images added to a prepared graphic;
displaying means for displaying the plurality of first images;
and
selecting-drawing means for selecting a desired image from the plurality of images displayed by said displaying means so as to draw the selected image at a predetermined position on the prepared graphic,
said graphic preparing device further comprising image incorporating means for incorporating images into said graphic preparing device, the images being different from the first images stored in said storing means,
wherein said displaying means displays, when the images are incorporated by said image incorporating means, the incorporated images together with the first images stored in said storing means,
wherein said displaying means displays the incorporated images in real time,
said graphic preparing device further comprising confirming means for extracting from the incorporated images a momentary image suitable for adding to the prepared graphic so as to confirm the extracted image as a second image, and
said displaying means displays the second image after confirmation of the second image is made by said confirming means.

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