CHARACTER STRING ARRANGEMENT DEVICE, METHOD FOR DETERMINING CHARACTER STRING ARRANGEMENT CANDIDATES, AND PROGRAM FOR DETERMINING CHARACTER STRING ARRANGEMENT CANDIDATES

摘要

A character string arrangement device is provided with: a character string data acquisition unit (2) that acquires data for character strings to be arranged on a display screen; a unit for creating character string arrangement candidate starting points (3) that creates character string arrangement candidate starting points on the display screen where the arrangement of the character strings acquired by the character string data acquisition unit (2) are to start; a unit for calculating minimum cost function values (4) that arranges the character strings in such a manner that the reading of each character string arrangement candidate starting point created by the unit for creating character string arrangement candidate starting points (3) as a starting point proceeds in a forward direction based on the direction in which the character string arrangement candidate starting points face each other on the display screen, and that calculates cost function values for evaluating factors that affect the readability of the character strings on the basis of the positional relationships of the character strings for each arrangement; and a unit for storing output character string arrangement candidate starting points (5) for storing the candidate positions having a minimum cost function value as character string arrangement candidate starting points when changing the arrangement start position of character strings.