Label design producing apparatus

Abstract

A label design producing apparatus of the present invention comprises a first memory unit in which a plurality of designs are stored, a second memory unit in which label combination information expressing each design by combination of a plurality of rectangular labels is stored, a selecting unit for selecting a design to be employed from designs stored in the first memory unit, a reading-out unit for reading out the label combination information corresponding to the design selected by the selecting unit from the second memory unit, and an output unit for outputting labels constituting the design according to the label combination information read out by the reading-out unit.

1 . A label design producing apparatus comprising:
 a first memory unit in which a plurality of designs are stored;   a second memory unit in which label combination information expressing said plurality of designs by using a combination of a plurality of labels is stored;   a selecting unit for selecting at least one design from said plurality of designs stored in said first memory unit;   a reading-out unit for reading out label combination information corresponding to said design selected by said selecting unit from said second memory unit; and   an output unit for outputting each label constituting said design according to the label combination information read out by said reading-out unit.   
   
   
       2 . A label design producing apparatus comprising:
 a first memory unit in which a plurality of designs are stored;   a selecting unit for selecting a design to be employed from said designs stored in said first memory unit;   a expanding unit for generating label combination information expressing the design by using a combination of labels from said design selected by said selecting unit; and   an output unit for outputting a label constituting said design according to the label combination information generated by said expanding unit.   
   
   
       3 . A label design producing apparatus comprising:
 an input unit for inputting a design;   an expanding unit for generating label combination information expressing the design by using a combination of labels from said design inputted by said input unit; and   an output unit for outputting a label constituting said design according to the label combination information generated by said expanding unit.   
   
   
       4 . The label design producing apparatus according to  claim 1 , further comprising:
 an image forming region setting unit for setting a region in which one image or plural images are formed in a region formed by bonding rectangular labels specified by the label combination information;   an image producing unit for determining an image to be formed in the region; and   an image forming unit for forming the image determined by the image producing unit in the region set by the image forming region setting unit.   
   
   
       5 . The label design producing apparatus according to  claim 2 , further comprising:
 an image forming region setting unit for setting a region in which one image or plural images are formed in a region formed by bonding rectangular labels specified by the label combination information;   an image producing unit for determining an image to be formed in the region; and   an image forming unit for forming the image determined by the image producing unit in the region set by the image forming region setting unit.   
   
   
       6 . The label design producing apparatus according to  claim 3 , further comprising:
 an image forming region setting unit for setting a region in which one image or plural images are formed in a region formed by bonding rectangular labels specified by the label combination information;   an image producing unit for determining an image to be formed in the region; and   an image forming unit for forming the image determined by the image producing unit in the region set by the image forming region setting unit.   
   
   
       7 . The label design producing apparatus according to  claim 1 , further comprising:
 an image forming region setting unit for setting a region in which one image or plural images are formed in a region formed by bonding labels specified by the label combination information;   an image input unit for inputting an image to be formed in the region; and   an image forming unit for forming the image inputted by the image input unit in the region set by the image forming region setting unit.   
   
   
       8 . The label design producing apparatus according to  claim 2 , further comprising:
 an image forming region setting unit for setting a region in which one image or plural images are formed in a region formed by bonding labels specified by the label combination information;   an image input unit for inputting an image to be formed in the region; and   an image forming unit for forming the image inputted by the image input unit in the region set by the image forming region setting unit.   
   
   
       9 . The label design producing apparatus according to  claim 3 , further comprising:
 an image forming region setting unit for setting a region in which one image or plural images are formed in a region formed by bonding labels specified by the label combination information;   an image input unit for inputting an image to be formed in the region; and   an image forming unit for forming the image inputted by the image input unit in the region set by the image forming region setting unit.   
   
   
       10 . The label design producing apparatus according to  claim 1 , further comprising
 a display unit for displaying a guide indicating how to bond each label on a screen; and   a guide output unit for forming and outputting an image on a label different from each label constituting the design.   
   
   
       11 . The label design producing apparatus according to  claim 2 , further comprising
 a display unit for displaying a guide indicating how to bond each label on a screen; and   a guide output unit for forming and outputting an image on a label different from each label constituting the design.   
   
   
       12 . The label design producing apparatus according to  claim 3 , further comprising
 a display unit for displaying a guide indicating how to bond each label on a screen; and   a guide output unit for forming and outputting an image on a label different from each label constituting the design.   
   
   
       13 . The label design producing apparatus according to  claim 1 , further comprising a guide image forming unit for forming an image guide indicating a position where another label is to be bonded onto one label in a label design in which the other label is to be bonded onto the one label in an overlapped manner, wherein an image of a symbol for identifying the label is formed on the other label and the image of the symbol is formed at the position where the other label is to be bonded onto the one label. 
   
   
       14 . The label design producing apparatus according to  claim 2 , further comprising a guide image forming unit for forming an image guide indicating a position where another label is to be bonded onto one label in a label design in which the other label is to be bonded onto the one label in an overlapped manner, wherein an image of a symbol for identifying the label is formed on the other label and the image of the symbol is formed at the position where the other label is to be bonded onto the one label. 
   
   
       15 . The label design producing apparatus according to  claim 3 , further comprising guide an image forming unit for forming an image guide indicating a position where another label is to be bonded onto one label in a label design in which the other label is to be bonded onto the one label in an overlapped manner, wherein an image of a symbol for identifying the label is formed on the other label and the image of the symbol is formed at the position where the other label is to be bonded onto the one label.