Patent ID: 7518597
Filing Date: 2009-04-14
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for performing a layout operation on space, comprising: display means with a touch panel for displaying a newspaper space on which a layout operation is performed; and control means for tracing a figure drawn by an operator on the touch panel of the display means, and determining, according to the figure, a field to be inputted and an input mode of the field, the control means comprising figure tracing means for tracing the figure drawn by the orerator on the touch panel, field determining means for determining the field to be inputted on the newspaper space from the figure traced by the figure tracing means, figure discriminating means for discriminating between clockwise and counterclockwise figures drawn by the operator, and input mode determining means for determining the input mode of the field as a headline input mode or an article input mode according to the discrimination result of the figure discriminating means.