Patent ID: 7129960

Claim:
An editing apparatus for editing a displayed graphic, comprising: an edit object display unit for displaying on a screen a graphic to be edited which includes at least one line graphic defined as a line segment extending from a first end point to a second end point; an edit graphic display unit for displaying on the screen an edit graphic used for editing the line graphic; an edit graphic moving unit for moving the edit graphic on the screen in accordance with a user operation; an edit object dividing unit for dividing, in response to that the edit graphic contacts a line graphic, the line graphic by generating an end point at a contact point; and an edit object moving unit for moving, on condition that the edit graphic is further moved in a direction of a line graphic which contacts the edit graphic, an end point of the line graphic, which contacts the edit graphic in accordance with the movement of the edit graphic; and wherein in response to that a user instruction, the edit graphic display unit further displays another edit graphic having a concave shape corresponding to a convex shape included in the edit graphic contacting the line graphic, or having a convex shape corresponding to a concave shape included in the edit graphic contacting the line graphic.