Merging Digital Point Text Objects to Preserve Visual Appearance
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional text editing systems fail to accurately and flexibly import and edit digital text by preserving the visual appearance and properties, leading to inefficiencies and inflexible editability due to the rigid handling of digital point text objects.
Innovation Solution
The system determines properties of digital text to merge digital point text objects, generating area text objects that accurately preserve character and paragraph properties such as rotation, baseline shift, and indentation, allowing for flexible editability and efficient recreation of the visual appearance.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Manufacturing precision
If digital text is imported as multiple digital point text objects to preserve layout, then the overall layout is preserved, but the visual appearance accuracy and editability are degraded
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple digital point text objects into a single digital area text object that preserves the visual appearance and layout of the original text. This consolidation maintains formatting properties while reducing object complexity and improving editability, directly resolving the contradiction between visual accuracy and device complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The digital area text object serves multiple functions: it preserves the layout of imported text, maintains visual appearance properties, and provides flexible editability. This multi-functional object replaces the need for multiple separate point text objects, solving the contradiction by achieving both visual accuracy and reduced complexity through a universal text object type.
2Stability of the object's composition
If digital text is imported as multiple digital point text objects, then layout is preserved, but editability and flexibility are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
By merging multiple point text objects into a single area text object, the patent enables unified editing operations while preserving the original layout. Users can edit the consolidated text without managing multiple separate objects, improving ease of operation while maintaining layout stability through the area text object's inherent properties.
3Manufacturing precision
If conventional systems import digital text with multiple point text objects, then layout is maintained, but user interactions and computational resources increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent consolidates multiple point text objects into a single area text object, reducing the number of objects that require processing and user interactions. This merging maintains layout accuracy while improving productivity by decreasing computational overhead and simplifying user operations.
Data Source
AI summary
The present disclosure relates to systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media that merge separate digital point text objects into a single merged digital text object while preserving the properties and original visual appearance associated with the digital text included therein. For example, the disclosed systems can determine point text character properties associated with the separate digital point text objects (e.g., rotations, baseline shifts, etc.). The disclosed systems can merge the separate digital point text objects into a single merged digital point text object and modify associated font character properties to reflect the determined point text character properties. Further, the disclosed systems can generate an area text object based on the merged digital point text object where the area text object includes the digital text and the font character properties.