JPS63182770A - Document production/output device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To ensure the easy print/output of a prescribed document on an original of a prescribed format by using a pressure sensor which detects the described areas on the original for input and a means which inhibits the production of documents in said described areas. CONSTITUTION:An original is put on a pressure-sensitive surface of a pressure sensor 5 and both right and left upper end parts of each document prescribed area of the original are pressed with the tip of a pencil, etc. Thus the rectangular parts shown by oblique lines are successively designated. A CPU 11 writes the control bits into the areas of a document RAM 15 corresponding to those designated area to show inhibition of writing actions. A wrong writing action, if given to an area including a pattern within the original, is prevented by the write inhibiting control bit in the RAM 15 when the documents are written into each blank part in a display screen of a CRT 3. Thus the document which are produced by writing documents into the blank parts scattered among the document prescribed areas read by the sensor 5 are printed out discretely in the blank spaces of the prescribed documents on the original.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a document creation device used as a word processor or the like.

Conventional general-purpose word processors let you specify formats such as the number of lines in a page, number of characters in a line, line spacing, and character spacing when creating a document, and also specify the paper size such as A4 or 85 when printing, and the top/bottom/left/right settings. The dimensions of the blank areas and other details are specified manually by key personnel.

Problems to be Solved by the Invention In the conventional word processors described above, formats, paper dimensions, etc. are specified in detail by manual input. Therefore,
Document creators must perform complicated calculations in order to print the created documents on paper of a predetermined size in the planned arrangement, and if the calculations are insufficient, there will be too much or too little printing space, resulting in problems. The problem is that trial and error must be repeated over and over again.

In particular, when writing characters in a prescribed format so as to fit them into each blank space on a manuscript sheet, it is necessary to repeat trial and error many times, which poses a problem in that work efficiency decreases. .

Means for Solving the Problems The document creation/output device of the present invention holds a document on which characters, etc. are written, and detects the position of pressure applied on the document in order to designate a written area on the document. a pressure sensor for inputting documents, a document RAM that stores documents created while maintaining the two-dimensional arrangement, and a document RAM that sequentially outputs the contents of this document RAM at a predetermined period and supplies them to a display unit. a display control unit for printing out the document in the document RAM on the document RAM; By including a printing section, the document is configured to be able to print/output a document on paper in a predetermined format without repeating complicated calculations or trial and error.

Hereinafter, the effects of the present invention will be explained along with examples.

Embodiment FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the appearance of a document creation/output device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

This document creation/output device includes a main body portion 1, a keyboard 2, a CRT 3, a printer 4, and a pressure sensor 5.

The main body part 1 is configured as shown in the block diagram of FIG. 2. In the figure, 11 is a CPU (central processing unit);
2 is a program ROM, 13 is a work RAM, 14 is a dictionary ROM, and 15 is a document RAM.

16 is a bus, 17 is a CRTflj controller, 18 is a character generator (CG), and 19 is a D/A converter. Further, 21 to 23 are interface parts for the pressure sensor 5, printer 4, and keyboard 2, respectively.

Before starting to create a document, the user of this document creation/output device places a document, such as the one shown in FIG. 3, on the pressure-sensitive surface of the pressure sensor 5. 0
In the figure, areas on the manuscript where a document has already been written are illustrated by diagonal lines, and other areas are blank areas where no document is written.

Next, the keyboard 2 notifies the CPL III in the main body portion l of the start of input from the pressure sensor.

Subsequently, the upper left end and the lower right end of the manuscript paper, indicated by triangle marks, are pressed one after another by the tip of a sharp instrument such as a pencil or a ballpoint pen. The pressure sensor 5 two-dimensionally scans the pressure-sensitive surface to detect the position within the pressure-sensitive surface where the pressing force is applied, and this detection data is transferred to the CPU II via the interface section 21. Upon receiving this detection data, the CPLJI 1 stores in the work RAM 13 the original size within the standard, such as A4 or B5, and the non-standard original size, which is displayed as the actual size in the vertical and horizontal directions.

Once the user has finished specifying the paper size, press the upper left and lower right edges of each diagonally shaded area with the tip of a pencil, etc., as shown by the circles in Figure 3. As a result, rectangular hatched areas having diagonal lines connecting them are successively designated as written areas of the document.

When the input from the pressure sensor 5 is completed, the CPU 1 initializes (all clears) the contents of the sentence 1 iRAM 15, and corresponds to the area where the marked S& completed document exists on the manuscript specified manually from the pressure sensor 5. A control bit indicating that writing is prohibited is written in an area on the document RAM 15 to be written.

CRT@? 11 device 17 is a 0 document RAM that sequentially outputs the contents at a predetermined period by incrementing the address of a built-in address counter and supplying it to the document RAM 15.
The document read from 15 and converted into a corresponding dot pattern by character generator 18 is displayed on CRTJ as an analog video signal by D/A converter 20. The area in the document RAM 15 in which the control bit indicating write prohibition is written is displayed on the CRT 3 as a shaded area to notify the user of this.

The intended screen size of the original to be displayed on the CRTa is determined for standard character spacing and line spacing. When a specific character spacing different from the above-mentioned standard is specified from the keyboard 2, the CPU 1 calculates the number of characters in a line from the width of the manuscript paper held in the work RAM 13, and adjusts the number of characters in the displayed manuscript to match this. Change the width of Similarly, when a specific printing interval is specified from the keyboard 2, the CPU II calculates the number of lines in a page from the vertical width of the manuscript paper stored in the work RAM 13, and adjusts the vertical width of the displayed manuscript to match this. Change width.

After setting the character spacing and line spacing to desired values as described above, the user moves the cursor to the beginning of each blank area on the display screen and writes the document by pressing a character key. Even if the user attempts to write in the pattern existing area in the document by mistake, the write will end in failure because the write-prohibited control bit is set in the corresponding area in the document RAM 15.

When the user finishes writing the document in each blank space,
The same document read by the pressure sensor 5 is set in the printer 4, and the keyboard 2 instructs the CPU 1l to start printing. Upon receiving this start command, the CPU II identifies the size of the print paper from the size of the document stored in the work RAM 13, transfers the created document in the document RAM 15 to the printer 4 via the interface unit 22,
Print out. As a result, the document created by writing in each of the blank areas that exist discretely between the document written areas read by the pressure sensor 5 is written in the gaps between the written documents on the manuscript. Printed out.

Although the case of a manuscript in which some documents are described is illustrated above, the apparatus of the present invention can also be applied to a manuscript in which no such documents are described at all and only a frame figure is described. .

Furthermore, although a configuration in which the pressure sensor reads the size of the document has been exemplified, a configuration in which this is inputted from a keyboard may also be adopted.

In addition, we have shown an example of a configuration in which the character spacing and line spacing of the document to be created are specified and the number of characters in a line and the number of lines in a page are automatically calculated from these and the size of the document, but conversely, the number of characters in a line and the number of lines in a page are specified It may also be configured to automatically calculate and notify the character spacing and line spacing.

Furthermore, although a configuration in which the character spacing and line spacing are common throughout the page has been illustrated, it is also possible to designate different character spacing and line spacing, or the number of sentences in a line or the number of blank lines for each blank part.

In addition, document RA that overlaps with the document written area on the manuscript
Although a configuration has been exemplified in which a control bit that prohibits writing is added to the area within M, a control bit that prohibits movement of the cursor into this area may be added instead.

Effects of the Invention As explained in detail above, the document creation/output device of the present invention detects the position of pressure applied on a document in order to specify a written area on the document in which characters, etc. are written. The configuration is such that the document is input, a document is created in the document RAM while prohibiting the creation of a document in the area corresponding to the written area, and the created document is printed out on the original.
The effect is that a predetermined document can be easily printed/outputted on a document in a predetermined format without repeating complicated calculations or trial and error.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the external appearance of a document creation/output device according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the configuration of the device shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is for explaining the functions of the above device. It is a conceptual diagram. 1...Body part, 2...Keyboard, 3...CR
T, 4...Printer, 5...Pressure sensor, 11...
-CPU, 15...Document RAM. 17...CRTIII control device. Patent applicant: NEC Home Electronics Co., Ltd.

Claims (1)

[Claims] A pressure sensor that holds a document on which characters or figures or both are written, and detects and inputs the position of a pressing force applied on the document to specify a written area on the document. , a document RAM that stores documents created in a two-dimensional arrangement while maintaining the two-dimensional arrangement; a display control section that sequentially reads out the contents of the document RAM at a predetermined period and supplies the readout to the display section; A means for prohibiting the creation of a document in an area in the document RAM corresponding to a written area on the document inputted by a sensor, and a printing unit for printing out the document in the document RAM on the document. A document creation/output device characterized by: