TIME-SERIES INFORMATION SETTING DEVICE

PURPOSE: To set environment wherein a work having diverse power of expression is created without performing complicated schedule setting operation by generating a time-line schedule on the basis of patterned data for an object group in a multimedia document. CONSTITUTION: A time parameter detail parameter input part 101 displays a time pattern and accepts the input of detail parameters. An object group management part 102 gives serial numbers to objects. A schedule information setting part 103 sets a display state in the order of the numbers of the objects according to the time pattern data. A position pattern data setting part 104 displays a position pattern and accepts the input of position pattern data. An object arrangement part 105 sets a display position in the order of the number of the objects according to the position pattern data.