Patent ID: 9024953
Filing Date: 2015-05-05
Classification: G06F,G06T

Abstract:
1. An image generating apparatus comprising: an image pickup unit that picks up an image of a drawing area, including an input object input by handwriting on the drawing area, at a plurality of fixed times and generates image pickup information indicating the picked-up image of the drawing area including the input object, the input object including an updating unit that continuously updates input object data indicating contents of the input object on the basis of the image pickup information; a detecting unit that detects, from the input object data, graph object data, data object data, and type object data; and an image generating unit that generates a graph image in the drawing area, on the basis of the graph object data, the data object data, and the type object data, wherein, when the graph object, data object, or type object of the input object is updated by changing the handwriting on the drawing area, the image generating unit generates a new graph image and replaces the previous graph image in the drawing area with the new graph image, based on the updated graph object data, data object data, and type object data.