JP2691871B2 - Comp compiling device using pseudo characters - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention is an information medium including an advertising medium such as a leaflet or a pamphlet composed of characters and / or figures and sentences, and tentatively prints the layout and design in consideration of the character strings to be posted on the information medium. The present invention relates to a comp creating device. The term "comp" used in the present specification is an information medium such as a flyer or a pamphlet composed of characters and / or figures and text, and a layout or a designed temporary print in which a designer considers a character string posted on the information medium. To the customer. In this specification, an information medium refers to a medium for transmitting certain information to many people, including an advertisement medium such as a flyer or a pamphlet. In this specification, pseudo-characters are pseudo-hiragana characters, pseudo-kanji characters,
It consists of punctuation marks, pseudo-symbols that can be read vertically and horizontally. In this specification, the “graphic” includes a graphic, an image, an image, a design created by a designer, and the like input from the information processing apparatus.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art An information medium such as a flyer or a pamphlet includes text, designed characters, figures, photographs, images, and the like. Such an information medium is initially attracted by an overall impression other than a sentence, and thereafter, the sentence which is the content of the advertisement is often read. Therefore, in the information medium as described above, the layout and design that give the first impression rather than the sentence are emphasized, and the current situation is that the layout and design take time. For this reason, there is a case where a customer orders a layout or design from a designer by designating only the arrangement of sentences before the sentences are completed. Further, there are cases where a customer informs a designer only of the purpose of an information medium and proposes a layout or design in consideration of a space in which the designer can enter sentences.

[0003] If a designer creates an information medium by giving priority only to the layout and design, there is a problem that a different impression is created depending on the later sentence, and a good work cannot be made. Therefore, the customer or designer prepares a symbol having substantially the same size as the text at the position where the text will be put in the future. For example, “………” or “/////// ………… //////// ...・ "////////" In addition, instead of the above-described symbols, the character is turned upside down, and a copy close to the final one is created, and a design request is made.

[0004]

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] When creating a layout or design of an information medium, if there is no text,
There will be a space at that position, and you can create something with a different impression from the final product. Also, when designing a request manuscript in which a provisional text is inserted, the designer may understand the text of the text and may design the text in accordance with the text of the text. In any of the above cases, there is a drawback that the designer cannot show its true value because the sentence has not been determined. Instead of the above sentence,
Even if you insert a symbol or back letter, it has a different impression from the letter, even though it takes time and effort, so the designer designs with a different impression from the above, the same as when the decided sentence is put in later. It has the drawback of not being able to impress.

The present invention is intended to solve the above problems, and it is not possible to read the comp or the requested manuscript, and the layout and design can be easily created by using the pseudo-characters that make the best use of the expression of Japanese characters. An object of the present invention is to provide a comp creating apparatus using pseudo characters that can be created. It is another object of the present invention to provide a comp-creating device that uses pseudo characters that can change the appearance rate of characters and the attributes of pseudo characters depending on the type of information medium.

[0006]

[0007]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the comp making apparatus of the present invention is an information medium such as a leaflet or a pamphlet which is composed of characters and / or figures and sentences, and characters to be posted on the information medium. A layout or design tentative copy is created in consideration of columns, and pseudo character storage means 15 for storing at least one type of outline font composed of pseudo hiragana characters different from hiragana and kanji, pseudo kanji characters, and punctuation marks, and Pseudo-character processing means 16 for assembling a pseudo-text by picking up pseudo-characters from the pseudo-character storage means 15 with reference to the appearance rates of hiragana and kanji and random numbers based on the text of FIG. Information processing means 12, 14 that can be performed, the information processing means 12, 14 and pseudo character processing means Sentence made by 6, an image, and a pseudo-character text from the synthesis unit 124. synthesized.

In addition to the above, the comp creating device of the present invention is
It is provided with a character appearance rate setting unit 161 that can set the appearance rates of Hiragana and Kanji based on normal sentences, and a pseudo character attribute setting unit 163 that can set attributes of pseudo characters. The compiling apparatus of the present invention is further characterized in that the pseudo characters including pseudo hiragana characters, pseudo kanji characters, and punctuation marks are less than the number of letters of the alphabet. The comp creating apparatus of the present invention is characterized in that the pseudo character includes a pseudo symbol that allows vertical writing and horizontal writing. In the comp creating device of the present invention, the pseudo character processing unit 16 includes a pseudo character number counter 165 that counts the total number of pseudo characters used in the created pseudo character sentence.

[0009]

[Operation] Information media such as leaflets or pamphlets that consist of text and / or graphics and text may be laid out or designed before the text to be posted on the information media is determined or the text layout is predicted. Many. The present applicant has developed pseudo-characters that are not legible even when viewed, but give the same impression as a sentence written in Japanese. Then, the applicant can create an excellent information medium that gives the same impression as if the layout or design contained the actual text by reducing the number of the pseudo characters and arranging them irregularly. I have found The Applicant has, for example, seven pseudo-hiragana characters, two
By arranging punctuation marks and fifteen pseudo-kanji characters with the appearance rate of hiragana and kanji based on ordinary sentences, and by arranging them irregularly between figures and designed characters, It has been found to bring good results to the production of information media.

[0010] The manuscript containing the pseudo-letter sentence cannot be interpreted by the designer, so that even after the design is completed, even if the manuscript is inserted, the manuscript is not affected by the contents of the sentence, but is as intended by the designer. Can be obtained.
Further, since the number of pseudo characters can be made smaller than the number of alphabets, it is possible to reduce the trouble of creating outline fonts or the memory capacity for storing pseudo characters.

[0011] Comp composers using pseudo characters include:
There is provided a character appearance rate setting means that can change the appearance rate of hiragana and kanji depending on the type of information medium. For example, since the character appearance rate differs between an hiragana or number-rich information medium and an information medium with a high degree of specialization, it is desirable to be able to change the character appearance rate to suit the purpose in advance. Pseudo character sentences are arranged irregularly by using the character appearance rate and the random number function provided in the computer. Further, the pseudo-character has a pseudo-character attribute setting means, and can set the number of points and the typeface.
For example, the pseudo-characters are Mincho style, Gothic style, and round character style, and several to several tens of pseudo characters can be selected. Furthermore, the pseudo character text can be set by the format item setting means such as character spacing, line spacing, and the number of lines, and can be enlarged or reduced or rotated as necessary. After the comp thus produced is presented to the customer, the actual text is inserted, but the resulting information medium does not change the impression intended by the designer.

[0012]

EXAMPLE FIG. 1 is a block diagram for explaining a comp creating apparatus using pseudo characters according to an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, an information processing apparatus includes an information processing apparatus control unit 11 that controls each unit when creating a comp.
An information processing unit 12 for performing normal text creation and the like; an output unit 13 for displaying or printing the text and the like created by the information processing unit 12; an image processing unit 14 for processing images and the like; It comprises pseudo character storage means 15 for storing outline fonts, and a pseudo character processing unit 16 for creating sentences of pseudo characters.

The information processing section 12 determines, for example, what part of the paper is to be formed on which part of the paper, how many lines and what characters,
A format item setting unit 121 that can set format items such as line spacing for a normal text and a pseudo character text described below, a normal character text creation unit 122 for generating a normal text, and a normal text and a pseudo character text. It comprises a character enlargement / reduction / rotation setting means 123 for setting character enlargement / reduction or rotation, and a synthesizing means 124 for synthesizing a created text and an image or a pseudo-character text described later. Note that the normal character text creating means 122 is obtained by a well-known technical means, so that a typeface storage means for storing various outline fonts and the like are omitted.

The image processing unit 14 includes an image storage unit 141 in which various images are stored, an image creation unit 142 that creates an image as needed, and an image processing unit that processes the stored image or the created image. And means 143. The pseudo-character processing unit 16 is provided with a character appearance rate setting unit 161 that can change the appearance rate of hiragana and kanji in a sentence used for an information medium, and arranged so as to give the same impression as a normal sentence with few pseudo characters. Random number generating means 162 for giving irregularities, pseudo character attribute setting means 163 for setting the size of a pseudo character, or a font, etc., and referring to the character appearance rate, irregularity, and pseudo character attribute. A pseudo character text assembling means 164 for arranging pseudo characters to generate a pseudo character text, and a pseudo character number counter 165 for counting the total number of pseudo characters used in generating the pseudo character text.

The applicant has analyzed the characteristics of hiragana and kanji as outline fonts of pseudo-characters stored in the pseudo-character storage means 15, and designed an unreadable typeface while making use of the expression of Japanese characters. I have. In addition, as a result of examining the composition ratio between hiragana and kanji in ordinary text, the applicant found that the appearance ratio of hiragana and symbols was 67%.
%, But 33% of kanji characters. Therefore, in the present embodiment, the appearance rates of pseudo-hiragana characters and pseudo-kanji characters can be set by pseudo-text sentences for normal sentences and pseudo-text sentences for special sentences. Also, the pseudo-character sentences are
The total number can be counted by the pseudo character number counter 165. The number of pseudo characters may be specified by the customer or the designer may notify the customer. The sentence creator can create a sentence of an expression including necessary items in accordance with the number of pseudo characters counted by the pseudo character number counter 165 without counting the number of pseudo characters in the pseudo character sentence.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart for creating a comp original according to an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG.
The creation of a comp manuscript is started by a menu (not shown) in the information processing apparatus (step 211).
The message of the display device in the information processing device is an inquiry as to whether or not to use pseudo characters (step 21).
2). If the customer or designer uses pseudo-characters, set the use of pseudo-characters. With this setting, the message becomes an inquiry as to whether the hiragana and the kanji appearance rate need to be specially set (step 21).
3). If the customer or designer wants to change the appearance rate of Hiragana and Kanji, he or she sets it to the desired appearance rate. With this setting, the message becomes an inquiry as to whether to set the attribute of the pseudo character (step 214).

When changing the size or the font of the pseudo character, the customer or designer sets the desired number of points and the font. With this setting, the message becomes an inquiry as to whether or not to set a format item (step 21).
5). When the customer or the designer sets the format items, an inquiry is made as to whether or not the message performs enlargement / reduction / rotation of characters (step 216). Step 213
From step to step 216, when the setting is not performed, a message prompting the user to perform the setting or skipping without setting can be made.

[0018] The customer or designer proceeds to step 212.
Select Do Not Use Pseudo-Characters For Messages In. By this selection, the message of the display device in the information processing device becomes an inquiry as to whether or not to use normal characters (step 221). After that,
Steps 214 to 216 are the same as those described above, and a description thereof will not be repeated. The customer or designer chooses not to use regular characters for the message in step 221. By this selection, the message of the display device in the information processing device becomes an inquiry as to whether or not to use the image (step 231).

In step 217, the pseudo-character sentences for which all the settings have been completed are automatically created in accordance with the setting conditions. In step 225, the text of the ordinary character is created by the input means of the customer or the designer.
In step 232, the customer or designer creates an image or, if there is an image stored in the image storage unit 141, sets this as an image processed by the image processing unit 143. In steps 217, 225, and 232, the created pseudo character text, normal character text, and image are assembled as one image by the combining unit 124.

The designer devises a layout and a design by the image processing means 143 and the like, and creates a comp to meet the customer's request. Also, the designer
It is also possible to create only the layout of the normal characters and the pseudo-character sentences by the information processing device and synthesize the handwritten design.

Next, pseudo characters developed by the present applicant will be described. FIG. 3A shows an example of the pseudo-character, and shows a pseudo-character text written horizontally, and FIG. 3B shows the type of the pseudo-character used in FIG. FIG. 4A is FIG.
Is a diagram in which the pseudo-character text is vertically written, and (b) is a diagram showing the type of the pseudo-character used in (a). FIG.
4 (b) and FIG. 4 (b), the numbers 1 to 7 are hiragana pseudo characters, the numbers 8 and 9
Is a punctuation mark, numerals 10 to 24 are pseudo-kanji characters, and numeral 25 in FIG.

As shown in FIG. 3 and FIG. 4, the pseudo character text is preliminarily processed by the pseudo character processing unit 16 in the size of the pseudo character, and, if necessary, the typeface, character spacing, line spacing, number of characters in the line, number of lines, horizontal writing, vertical writing, By setting the writing and the like, the pseudo-character sentence assembling means 164 is referred to while referring to the character appearance rate and the random number.
Are assembled irregularly. Then, the total number of the assembled pseudo character sentences is displayed by the pseudo character number counter 165. When a pseudo character sentence is changed to a normal sentence after the comp is created, the number of pseudo characters counted by the counter serves as a reference when creating a normal sentence, and it is not necessary to count the number of pseudo characters each time.

FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining a comp which is an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 5, the comp is roughly divided into a designed character area, an image area, and a pseudo character sentence area. The designer creates the comp shown in FIG. 5 and presents it to the customer. The customer looks at the comp and examines the quality of the image, the content and design of the designed character, the placement of the pseudo-character text containing the text, and the like, and if there is a portion to be corrected, corrects the portion. If there is no portion to be modified, the designer receives a formal sentence for the pseudo-character sentence area and performs actual printing to complete the information medium.

Although the present embodiment has been described in detail, the present invention is not limited to this embodiment. Various design changes can be made without departing from the present invention described in the appended claims. The applicant has discovered that even a small number of pseudo-characters can be created with the same facial expression as a sentence using actual Japanese characters, and it goes without saying that the shape of the pseudo-characters can be changed slightly. Nor. The technology in the block shown in FIG. 1 can be achieved by a known technology, and details are omitted.

[0025]

According to the present invention, by analyzing the characteristics as characters and developing pseudo-characters utilizing the expressions of Japanese characters, pseudo-character sentences can be included in comps when presented to customers. After the design is completed, even if ordinary text is inserted, an information medium as expected by the designer can be obtained. According to the present invention, even though the number of pseudo characters is smaller than the number of alphabets, by arranging them irregularly, it is possible to give the same impression as a sentence composed of ordinary characters. Also, since the number of characters of this pseudo character is small, it is possible to reduce the time and effort for creating the outline font or the memory capacity for storing the pseudo character.

According to the present invention, a character appearance rate setting means capable of changing the appearance rate of hiragana and kanji is provided in a comp making apparatus using pseudo-characters. A pseudo character text with a different impression can be created by changing the character appearance rate depending on the information medium having a strong character. According to the present invention, since pseudo characters are randomly arranged using random numbers so as to have a normal character appearance rate, the actual text after the layout and the design are created together with the pseudo text. Even if you put it in, the impression intended by the designer does not change. According to the present invention, since the pseudo character attribute setting means and the character scaling / rotation setting means are provided, even a pseudo character can be typefaced, sized, scaled, rotated, etc. in the same manner as a normal character. It is possible to give an impression just like a normal character. According to the present invention, the number of pseudo characters used is counted when creating a pseudo character sentence, which is convenient when creating a sentence.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating an apparatus for creating a comp using pseudo characters according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart for creating a comp original in one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3A is a diagram illustrating a pseudo-character sentence in horizontal writing according to an embodiment of the pseudo character, and FIG. 3B is a diagram illustrating the type of the pseudo character used in FIG.

4A is a diagram in which the pseudo character sentence in FIG. 3 is written vertically, and FIG. 4B is a diagram showing the type of the pseudo character used in FIG. 3A.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a comp including an image displayed on a display according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 11 Information processing device control means 12 Information processing unit 121 Format item setting means 122 Normal character text creation means 123 Character enlargement / reduction / rotation setting means 124 Synthesis means 13 Output Means 14 ... Image processing unit 141 ... Image storage means 142 ... Image creation means 143 ... Image processing means 15 ... Pseudo character storage means 16 ... Pseudo character processing unit 161 ... Character appearance rate setting means 162 random number generating means 163 pseudo character attribute setting means 164 pseudo character text assembling means 165 pseudo character number counter

Claims (5)

(57) [Claims] 1. An apparatus for creating a comp, which is a temporary print of a layout or design in consideration of a character string to be posted on an information medium such as a leaflet or a pamphlet, which is composed of characters and / or figures and sentences, and a hiragana character. And the pseudo-character storage means that stores at least one type of outline font consisting of pseudo-hiragana characters, pseudo-kanji characters, and punctuation different from kanji, and the occurrence rate and random number of hiragana and kanji based on ordinary text. A pseudo-character processing unit that picks up pseudo-characters from the pseudo-character storage unit and assembles a pseudo-text, an information processing unit that can perform text creation and image processing, the information processing unit, the image processing unit, and the pseudo-text. A synthesizer that synthesizes sentences, images, and pseudo-character sentences created by the character processing means. If, Kamp creation device using a pseudo-character, characterized in that it is composed of. 2. A character appearance rate setting means capable of setting an appearance rate of hiragana and kanji based on a normal sentence, and a pseudo character attribute setting means capable of setting an attribute of a pseudo character. A comp-creating device using the pseudo character according to claim 1 . 3. A pseudo hiragana characters, pseudo Kanji characters, and the pseudo characters consisting of punctuation, comp generating apparatus using pseudo characters according to claim 1, characterized in that less than alphabet number of characters. The method according to claim 4 wherein said pseudo characters, comp generating apparatus using pseudo characters of claim 1, wherein the vertical writing and the Yokosho contains understood pseudo symbols. The method according to claim 5 pseudo-character processor, comp generating apparatus using pseudo characters according to claim 1, wherein all pseudo-character number that is used to pseudo-character text is created, characterized in that it is counted.