Drawing apparatus
View Patent ↗A drawing apparatus includes a CPU. Target image data is written to a drawing area of an SDRAM, and the CPU performs resolution changing processing in a descending direction on the image data of the drawing area. The result of the resolution changing processing is written to a displaying area of the SDRAM, and an LCD monitor displays a low-resolution image on the basis of the image data of the displaying area on a display surface. On the display surface, a detection surface of a touch panel is laminated. When a touch operation is performed on the touch panel in order to draw and write an image and a character on the image of the display surface, the CPU repetitively detects a position of a touched point via the detection surface, and performs drawing processing dot by dot on the image data of the drawing area on the basis of the detection result. Furthermore, every time that a plurality of executions of the drawing processing are performed, the resolution changing processing is performed on the image data of the drawing area, so that the image on the display surface is periodically updated.
1. A drawing apparatus, comprising:
a writer which writes image data to a first memory;
a first resolution changer which changes a resolution of the image data stored in said first memory into a descending direction, and writes low-resolution image data obtained through the change to a second memory;
a display which displays an image on the basis of the low-resolution image data stored in said second memory on a display surface;
a designator which designates an arbitrary point within said display surface that displays the image on the basis of the low-resolution image data stored in the second memory;
a drawer which performs drawing processing on the image data in said first memory according to a movement of a point designated by said designator on said display surface that displays the image on the basis of the low-resolution image data stored in the second memory; and
an activator which repetitively activates said first resolution changer and repetitively activates said drawer,
wherein a frequency at which said drawer is activated by said activator is higher than a frequency at which said first resolution changer is activated by said activator, and said activator alternatively activates said first resolution changer and said drawer.
2. A drawing apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a detector which repetitively detects a point designated by said designator, and writes position data indicating a position of the detected point in a third memory,
wherein said drawer performs drawing processing point by point on the image data stored in said first memory on the basis of the position data stored in said third memory, and
said activator activates said first resolution changer every time that said drawer performs a plurality of executions of the drawing processing.
3. A drawing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein
said activator activates said first resolution changer when the drawing processing is ended in a state that the number of executions of the drawing processing from a previous activation of said first resolution changer is less than the number of executions of the drawing processing required for a next activation of said first resolution changer.
4. A drawing apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising an importance controller which controls importance that said activator places on said drawer so as to take a different value depending on an attribute of the image data stored in said first memory.
5. A drawing apparatus according to claim 4 , further comprising:
an imager which images an object scene image, wherein
said writer writes the image data imaged by said imager to said first memory in response to a first mode selecting operation.
6. A drawing apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein
said writer writes preset image data to said first memory in response to a second mode selecting operation.
7. A drawing apparatus according to claim 6 , further comprising:
a determiner which determines whether or not a resolution of the image data that said writer intends to write is larger than a preset value; and
a second resolution changer which changes a resolution of the image data that said first writer intends to write is changed in a descending direction when a determination result by said determiner is affirmative.
8. A drawing apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein
the resolution of said preset image data is smaller than said preset value.
9. A drawing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the drawing processing by said drawer is processing of drawing a locus of points to be designated by said designator.
10. A drawing apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a recorder which records the image data stored in said first memory in a recording medium in response to a recording operation.
11. A drawing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
said designator includes a touch panel having a detection surface which is laminated on said display surface.
12. A recording medium recording a control program of a drawing apparatus including a display having a display surface and a designator for designating an arbitrary point within said display surface, wherein said control program, when executed, causes a processor of said drawing apparatus to execute a method comprising:
writing image data to a first memory;
changing a resolution of the image data stored in said first memory into a descending direction, and writing low-resolution image data obtained through the change to a second memory;
displaying an image on the basis of the low-resolution image data stored in said second memory on said display surface;
performing drawing processing on the image data in said first memory according to a movement of a point designated by said designator on said display surface that displays the image on the basis of the low-resolution image data stored in the second memory; and
repetitively activating said changing the resolution of the image data stored in said first memory and repetitively activating said drawing processing performed on the image data in said first memory,
wherein a frequency at which said drawing processing on the image data in said first memory is repetitively activated is higher than a frequency at which said changing the resolution of the image data in said first memory is repetitively activated, and said repetitively activating alternatively activates said changing the resolution and said drawing processing.
13. A controlling method of a drawing apparatus including a display having a display surface and a designator for designating an arbitrary point within said display surface, comprising:
writing image data to a first memory;
changing a resolution of the image data stored in said first memory into a descending direction, and writing low-resolution image data obtained through the change to a second memory;
displaying an image on the basis of the low-resolution image data stored in said second memory on said display surface;
performing drawing processing on the image data in said first memory according to a movement of a point designated by said designator on said display surface that displays the image on the basis of the low-resolution image data stored in the second memory; and
repetitively activating said changing the resolution of the image data stored in said first memory and repetitively activating said drawing processing performed on the image data in said first memory,
wherein a frequency at which said drawing processing on the image data in said first memory is repetitively activated is higher than a frequency at which said changing the resolution of the image data in said first memory is repetitively activated, and said repetitively activating alternatively activates said changing the resolution and said drawing processing.