Patent ID: 8947485
Filing Date: 2015-02-03
Classification: B41J,G06K

Abstract:
1. A drawing control device comprising: a fill-stroke generating unit that generates a fill stroke that includes a plurality of strokes that fill a drawing area; a shape-stroke generating unit that generates a shape stroke, said shape stroke being a stroke of a shape to be formed on the drawing area; a first detecting unit that detects an overlap portion where the fill stroke and the shape stroke overlap with each other; a modifying unit that removes the overlap portion from the fill stroke to modify the fill stroke and that removes the shape stroke to obtain a drawing stroke; a drawing-instruction generating unit that generates a drawing instruction for drawing each stroke in the drawing stroke; and a drawing control unit that controls a drawing device, by using the drawing instruction, to cause the drawing device to draw the drawing stroke on an object, the drawing device being a device for drawing visual information on the object by transferring energy to the object.