Patent ID: 9042595
Filing Date: 2015-05-26
Classification: G06F,G06T,H04N

Abstract:
1. An annotative information applying apparatus for adding a plurality of types of annotative information to a proof image by use of a plurality of input modes for inputting respective different types of annotative information, comprising: a display unit configured to display the proof image; a region-of-interest indicator configured to indicate a region of interest in an image area of the proof image in response to a specific operation made through the display unit; a mode selector configured to select at least two of the input modes depending on characteristics of an image in the region of interest which is indicated by the region-of-interest indicator, a number of selected input modes being less than the plurality of input modes; an image generator configured to generate display data for at least two mode icons corresponding to the selected input modes selected by the mode selector; and an input mode determinator configured to choose one input mode from one of the at least two mode icons displayed by the display unit.