Object processing device and object selection method
A portion within an image in which a plurality of objects ( 21 and 22 ) overlap is partitioned into a plurality of small regions ( 31 a and 32 a ), each of the units of identification information for the plurality of objects ( 21 and 22 ) is assigned to a dot corresponding to the plurality of small regions ( 31 a and 32 a ), and thereby, identification-use layout information is generated, whereby even if a plurality of objects overlap upon a layout of a display image, upon the layout of the identification-use layout information that has been generated for identifying the plurality of objects, the identification information corresponding to each object does not overlap. As a result, it is possible to identify each object by the identification information acquired from the position of the cursor.
1. An object processing device comprising: an identifying information generating portion for generating identifying information capable of identifying a plurality of objects respectively and generating identifying layout information constituted by giving the identifying information to dots related to the objects respectively over the same two-dimensional layout as the image in relation to an image including the objects;
an identifying information acquiring portion for acquiring identifying information corresponding to any of the dots which is designated over an image displayed on a display device from the identifying layout information; and
an object selecting portion for selecting any of the objects which corresponds to the identifying information acquired by the identifying information acquiring portion,
wherein the identifying information generating portion decides whether the objects overlap with each other or not and gives the identifying information of the objects to the dots which correspond to the objects having no overlap respectively, and gives the identifying information of the objects to the dots which correspond to a portion having no overlap in relation to the objects having the overlap, and divides the overlapping portion into a plurality of small regions to give the identifying information of the objects to the dots corresponding to the small regions respectively, thereby generating the identifying layout information,
wherein the identifying information generating portion classifies a plurality of objects included in the image into a plurality of groups, and generates first identifying layout information constituted by giving identifying information capable of identifying the groups to dots corresponding to a predetermined region surrounding all of the objects included in the groups respectively over the same two-dimensional layout as the image with respect to the respective groups, and second identifying layout information constituted by giving identifying information capable of identifying the individual objects to the dots corresponding to the individual objects included in the group respectively over the same two-dimensional layout as the image with respect to the respective objects included in the group, and
the object selecting portion selects a group including an object corresponding to the identifying information acquired from the first identifying layout information through the identifying information acquiring portion and selects an object corresponding to the identifying information acquired from the second identifying layout information through the identifying information acquiring portion.
2. The object processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the identifying information of each of the dots which is generated by the identifying information generating portion is color information.
3. The object processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the identifying information about the dots which is generated by the identifying information generating portion is color information in which a similar color within a predetermined range is grouped into an identical color group, the identifying information generating portion gives the color information about the similar color belonging to the identical color group to the dots corresponding to a single group and each of objects included therein respectively and gives color information about a similar color which is different from the first identifying layout information to the dots corresponding to the objects which are included in the single group in that case respectively, thereby generating the second identifying layout information.
4. An object selection method comprising:
an identifying information generating step of generating identifying information capable of identifying a plurality of objects respectively and generating identifying layout information constituted by giving the identifying information to dots related to the objects respectively over the same two-dimensional layout as the image in relation to an image including the objects;
an identifying information acquiring step of acquiring identifying information corresponding to any of the dots which is designated over an image displayed on a display device from the identifying layout information; and
an object selecting step of selecting any of the objects which corresponds to the identifying information acquired at the identifying information acquiring step,
wherein at the identifying information generating step, it is decided whether the objects overlap with each other or not and the identifying information of the object is given to the dots which correspond to the object having no overlap respectively, and the identifying information of the objects is given to the dots which correspond to a portion having no overlap in the objects having the overlap respectively, and the overlapping portion is divided into a plurality of small regions to give the identifying information of the objects to the dots corresponding to the small regions respectively, thereby generating the identifying layout information,
wherein the identifying information generating portion classifies a plurality of objects included in the image into a plurality of groups, and generates first identifying layout information constituted by giving identifying information capable of identifying the groups to dots corresponding to a predetermined region surrounding all of the objects included in the groups respectively over the same two-dimensional layout as the image with respect to the respective groups, and second identifying layout information constituted by giving identifying information capable of identifying the individual objects to the dots corresponding to the individual objects included in the group respectively over the same two-dimensional layout as the image with respect to the respective objects included in the group, and
the object selecting portion selects a group including an object corresponding to the identifying information acquired from the first identifying layout information through the identifying information acquiring portion and selects an object corresponding to the identifying information acquired from the second identifying layout information through the identifying information acquiring portion.