Abstract: A graphic editing apparatus makes it easy to change positions, shapes, or states of a graphic in a screen on a display unit with the passage of time or the change in value of an attribute, and then delineate the resultant graphic. The graphic editing apparatus comprises displaying units 17 and 18 for displaying graphics and time instants in a graphic area 24 and a time area 25 respectively on a graphic display unit, a processor 19 for specifying in graphic information an association between points on a change reference graphic 27 and points on a time graphic 28, and an updating unit 20 for performing interpolation to calculate the position of a point on the change reference graphic 27 with the movement of a current time point on the time graphic 28 or the passage of time, executing editing to move or deform the graphic according to the calculated position of the point, and displaying the graphic.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for editing different graphics displayed on a screen and correlated to each other. More specifically, according to various embodiments of the invention, an apparatus and method are provided for editing a hierarchically structured graphic forming a hierarchical structure with a plurality of group graphics, independently editing each graphic forming a group graphic, and changing the view of a first graphic related to a second graphic in response to changes of attributes of the second graphic.