US 12,217,066 B2
Image creation support device and method for presenting candidate screen data of a display screen based on a design image of the display screen
Akihiro Kameno, Yamanashi (JP); and Kouji Maeda, Yamanashi (JP)
Assigned to FANUC CORPORATION, Yamanashi (JP)
Appl. No. 17/758,964
Filed by FANUC CORPORATION, Yamanashi (JP)
PCT Filed Jan. 14, 2021, PCT No. PCT/JP2021/001055
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 15, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/145379, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 22, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-006106 (JP), filed on Jan. 17, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0083887 A1, Mar. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 9/451 (2018.01); G06F 16/51 (2019.01)
CPC G06F 9/451 (2018.02) [G06F 16/51 (2019.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An image creation support device for presenting candidate screen data of a display screen based on a design image of the display screen that has been designed, the image creation support device comprising:
an image input unit configured to read the design image to create input screen data;
a database configured to store pieces of parts data of display parts forming the display screen designed in the past; and
a screen data creation unit configured to obtain the pieces of parts data from the database to create the candidate screen data corresponding to the input screen data,
wherein:
the database is also configured to store
types of the pieces of parts data, each of the types representing a name or a title of a corresponding display part, and
group definition information that is based on a combination of the pieces of parts data of a plurality of display parts together forming a group,
the screen data creation unit includes
a type identification unit configured to identify types of input parts included in the input screen data by associating a shape and the type of each part with each other, and
an additional information creation unit configured to create additional information to be combined with the types of the input parts based on the group definition information, the additional information including information to change the type of an input part identified by the type identification unit to a different type of part based on the group definition information, and
the screen data creation unit is configured to create the candidate screen data corresponding to the input screen data based on (1) the types of the input parts and (2) the additional information.