Patent ID: 6448959
Filing Date: 2002-09-10
Classification: G06F,G09G

Abstract:
A desired region specifying system in an image editing apparatus comprising:position information generating means for generating position information including x-y coordinates of a point on a display; region selecting information generating means for generating region selecting information to select a desired region from among a plurality of regions which overlap in said point; a region management table for storing positions of the regions to be displayed, the upper and lower relationships among the regions, and displaying methods for displaying the regions; region selecting means for selecting, based on the position information generated by the position information generating means and the region selecting information generated by the region selecting information generating means, a desired region to be edited from among the plurality of regions, wherein a first region overlapped by a second region at said point such that there is no visible indication of said first region is selectable by said region selecting means in a single step; a data storage for storing data to be displayed on a display unit; and display control means for reading the data stored in the data storage, and for displaying the data stored in the data storage in accordance with the displaying methods stored in the region managing table, the region selecting information generating means including analog signal generating means for generating an analog signal, the analog signal being used to select the regions from overlapping regions.