KR20030042618A - Character and graphic image editing method of cutting plotter with computer - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method for editing a letter and a graphic image of a cutting plotter using a computer is provided to variously and conveniently edit the letter and the graphic image by limiting the cutting plotter to a specific purpose in order to obtain an output result suitable for the purpose of the cutting plotter. CONSTITUTION: The letter spacing is varied by uniformly dividing a length for a start to an end position of a horizontal line by the number of the input letters, and the letters of respective fixed widths are arranged(S100). The length for the start to the end position of the horizontal line is uniformly divided by the number of the input letters, and the letters are displayed by extending the letter width in order to keep a standard letter spacing of each letter(S200). A circle is made and an inscribed polygon of the circle is displayed(S300). Control points are formed on the letter, and the letter is transformed to a trapezoid letter according to the position change of the control point(S400). A shadow part of the letter or the entire outline of an overlapped letter string is displayed(S500). The letter or the graphic image is displayed as the horizontal line of different thickness(S600).

Description

Character and graphic image editing method of cutting plotter with computer}

The present invention relates to a method for editing text and graphic images of a cutting plotter using a computer.

A general word processor or graphic processing program provides various types of text and graphic images, and also provides a function for easily editing them as needed.

On the other hand, the conventional word processor or graphic processing program described above or a separate cutting plotter control program was used to receive the output character and graphic image of the cutting plotter, but in both of the character and graphic image The method of editing was very similar.

However, in such a conventional word processor or graphic processing program, it is used as a tool for simply outputting the edited text or graphic image on a specific paper, but the cutting plotter outputs the edited text or graphic image for a specific purpose. Since it is used as a tool for cutting, it requires a specific output result that is different from a general word processor or a graphic processing program, but the conventional technology has a problem in that it is impossible to obtain an appropriate output result for the purpose of the cutting plotter.

Accordingly, the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems, its purpose is to limit the character to the specific use of the cutting plotter to obtain a suitable output result for the purpose of the cutting plotter character and graphic images To provide a method for editing a character and a graphic image of a cutting plotter using a computer to edit.

1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a computer and a cutting plotter according to the present invention.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a method of editing text and graphic images of a cutting plotter using a computer according to the present invention.

3 is a view showing a character width fixed space alignment process according to the present invention.

4 is a view showing a character width variable spatial alignment process according to the present invention.

5 is a view illustrating a circle / polygon display process according to the present invention;

6 is a view showing a trapezoidal transformation process according to the present invention.

7A to 7C illustrate a shadow display process according to the present invention.

8 is a view showing a line display process according to the present invention.

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100: host computer 110: character and graphic image editing program

200: interface 300: input and output control unit

400: cutting control unit 410: RAM

420: ROM 421: Curve Processing Program

422: Straight Line Pro Figure 430: CPU

431: Curve data calculation function 432: Straight line data calculation function

500: X-axis drive circuit 510: X-axis motor

600: Y-axis drive circuit 610: Y-axis motor

Characteristic of the character and graphic image editing method of a cutting plotter using a computer according to the present invention for achieving the above object is, at least one or more of the start position and end position of the computer screen to perform a spatial alignment on a predetermined horizontal line Inputting a character; Determining each character display position by dividing the length from the start position to the end position of the horizontal line equally by the number of input characters; Character-width fixed space sorting process comprising the steps of placing the plurality of the input characters at the determined display position to display on the screen, and the space alignment on the horizontal line of the start position and the end position of the computer screen is preset Inputting at least one character; Determining each character display position by dividing the length from the start position to the end position of the horizontal line equally by the number of input characters; A character width variable space alignment process comprising disposing the plurality of input characters at the determined display position, and displaying the characters on a screen by enlarging the width of the characters so that the reference characters of each character are maintained; Selecting a center point to draw the polygon and inputting the radius and the vertex of the polygon; Creating a circle corresponding to a radius from the center point, setting positions of vertices at equal intervals on the circumference, and connecting each vertex in a straight line to construct a polygon inscribed in the circle; Setting a circle / polygon display process including displaying the configured polygons on a screen, and setting a start position and an end position to perform a command on a screen of a computer on which at least one character is input; A control point is formed at each corner of the set character and the upper and lower grid lines, and the height and width of the character are changed according to the movement of the control point to form a trapezoidal character; Setting a trapezoidal conversion process consisting of displaying a plurality of trapezoidal characters created on the screen and a start position and an end position for performing a command on a screen of a computer on which at least one character is input; Inputting an amount to move the shadow along; Displaying overlapping input characters at distances corresponding to the movement amounts of the horizontal axis and the vertical axis; A shadow display process comprising displaying only a shadow portion or displaying an entire outline of the superimposed character strings according to a user's selection among the displayed characters, and inputting a character or graphic image on a screen of the computer; Converting the input text or graphic image into a dot matrix formed of a plurality of cells; Displaying thick horizontal lines in cells with dots and thin horizontal lines in cells without dots according to the presence or absence of dots in each cell; And displaying the entire text or graphic image by connecting the lines displayed in the cells to each other horizontally.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a computer and a cutting plotter according to the present invention.

As shown, the host computer 100 includes a text and graphic image editing program 110, and the text and graphic data transmitted from the host computer 1 are transmitted through the interface 200 and the input / output controller 300. The cutting control unit 400 is transmitted. The ROM 420 of the cutting control unit 400 stores the curve processing program 421, the linear processing program 422, and the like. The CPU 430 executes data processing by a program of the ROM 420 according to the input contents, and stores the generated cutting data in the RAM 410. The X-axis and Y-axis driving circuits 500 and 600 are connected to the input / output control unit 300, and the X-axis motor 510 and the Y-axis motor 610 are connected to each other by the driving circuits 500 and 600. Driven. The CPU 400 includes a Bezier curve data calculation function 431, a linear data calculation function 432, and the like, and calculates the coordinates of the straight line and the curve based on the input data.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a method of editing text and graphic images of a cutting plotter using a computer according to the present invention.

As shown, the present invention is to vary the kerning by dividing the length from the start position to the end position of the horizontal line by the number of characters evenly, and to arrange the character width fixed space alignment process (S100) ), And the character width variable space alignment process (S200) of dividing the length from the start position to the end position of the horizontal line evenly by the number of input characters, and by expanding the width of the characters so that the reference characters of each character are maintained. A circle / polygon display process for creating a circle corresponding to a radius from a center point, and displaying a polygon inscribed to the circle (S300), and a trapezoidal transformation for forming a plurality of control points in a text and converting it into a trapezoidal text according to a change in its position. Process (S400), and the shadow display process (S500) to display only the shadow portion of the character or the entire outline of the superimposed string, and the character It comprises a line display process (S600) for displaying a graphic image in the horizontal lines of different thickness.

Referring to the operation of the present invention configured in this way in more detail as follows.

First, as shown in FIG. 3, in the character width fixing space sorting process (S100) of the present invention, at least one or more characters to be spatially aligned on a horizontal line whose start and end positions of the computer screen are preset are input. . Thereafter, the lengths from the start position to the end position of the horizontal line are equally divided by the number of input characters to determine each character display position. At this time, each character width a is in a fixed state, and the space b of each character is varied at an equal ratio. Subsequently, by placing the plurality of input characters at the determined display position and displaying the plurality of characters on the screen, it is possible to display characters of a predetermined interval in a specific horizontal space. As illustrated in the figure, when one character is input, one character is displayed at the center of the selected horizontal space, and when two or more characters are disposed, they are equally arranged in a symmetrical form from both ends.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 4, in the character width variable spatial alignment process (S200) of the present invention, at least one or more characters for spatial alignment are input on a horizontal line whose start and end positions of a computer screen are preset. . Thereafter, the lengths from the start position to the end position of the horizontal line are equally divided by the number of input characters to determine each character display position. At this time, each letter space d is in a fixed state, and each character width c is varied at an equal ratio. Thereafter, the plurality of input characters are arranged at the determined display position, and the width of the characters is enlarged and displayed on the screen so that the reference characters of each character are maintained, thereby displaying characters of a certain width in a specific horizontal space. As illustrated in the figure, when one character is inputted, one character is displayed in the entire selected horizontal space, and when two or more characters are disposed, they are evenly arranged in a symmetrical form from both ends.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 5, the circle / polygon display process S300 of the present invention selects a center point to draw a circle / polygon on a screen of a computer, and the radius R and the number of vertices e of the polygon. Enter. Subsequently, a circle corresponding to the radius R is formed from the center point, the positions of the vertices e of equal intervals are set on the circumference, and each vertex e is connected by a straight line f to inscribe the circle. Construct a polygon. Thereafter, by displaying the configured polygons on the screen, it is possible to easily display polygons of various shapes.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 6, the trapezoidal conversion process (S400) of the present invention sets a start position and an end position to perform a command on a screen of a computer on which at least one character is input. Thereafter, a control point is formed at each corner of the character set above and at the center of the upper and lower grid lines, and the height and width of the character are changed as the control point is moved to form a trapezoidal character. Thereafter, by displaying the plurality of trapezoidal characters created above on the screen, any character can be easily converted into a trapezoid (panorama).

In addition, the shadow display process (S500) of the present invention, as shown in Figure 7a to 7c, sets the start position and the end position to perform a command on the screen of the computer at least one character is input, respectively, the horizontal axis And the amount to move the shadow along the vertical axis. Subsequently, the input characters are displayed to overlap each other by the distance of the horizontal axis and the vertical axis input, and only the shadow portion is displayed as shown in FIG. 7B or the overlapped string as shown in FIG. 7C according to the user's selection. Displays the overall outline of the.

Thus, the user can express the desired character by using the shapes displayed in the respective forms. That is, by using the shadow portion shown in FIG. 7B by superimposing the outline shape shown in FIG. 7C, the character including the shadow as shown in FIG. 7A can be expressed. Characters of this shape are preferably expressed in different colors.

In addition, although not illustrated in the drawings, a plurality of movement amounts of the horizontal axis and the vertical axis may be input, and accordingly, a plurality of shadows of the corresponding character string may be displayed.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 8, in the line display process S600 of the present invention, a character or graphic image is input on a screen of a computer, and the character or graphic image inputted above is formed of a plurality of cells k. Convert to dot matrix. Subsequently, a thick horizontal line l is displayed in a cell with dots according to the presence or absence of a dot in each cell k, and a thin horizontal line m is displayed in a cell without dots. Then, the lines displayed in the cells are horizontally connected to each other to display the entire text or graphic image.

Therefore, when the entire image is printed and displayed, dark areas where a large number of horizontal lines (l) appear dark, and bright areas that have many thin horizontal lines (m) appear bright colors. Will be displayed. In addition, the thickness of the horizontal line (l) (m) can be subdivided step by step to represent a grayscale character or graphic image.

In addition, the thick horizontal line (l) and the thin horizontal line (k) to the position where the connection is a diagonal line or curve of a predetermined angle, the horizontal line at the left and right ends so that a plurality of horizontal lines are not separated from each other when cutting. It is preferable that the connecting auxiliary line n in the vertical direction is formed.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications can be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the gist of the present invention as claimed in the claims. Such changes are intended to fall within the scope of the claims set forth herein.

As described above, according to the method of editing characters and graphic images of a cutting plotter using a computer according to the present invention, the kerning is varied evenly by dividing the length from the start position to the end position of the horizontal line by the number of input characters. Place a fixed width of characters, divide the length from the start position to the end position of the horizontal line evenly by the number of characters entered, and expand the width of characters so that the standard space of each character is maintained, and from the center point to the radius Create a corresponding circle, display the polygon inscribed on that circle, form multiple control points on the text, convert it to trapezoidal text as its position changes, display only the shadow portion of the text, or display the entire outline of the superimposed string Display text or graphic images in horizontal lines of different thicknesses. Was limited to the specific use of the cutting plotter so you can get the appropriate output for the purpose of cutting plotters through to a variety of convenient and effective for editing text and graphic images.

Claims (4)

Inputting at least one character for spatial alignment on a horizontal line whose start and end positions of the computer screen are preset; Determining each character display position by dividing the length from the start position to the end position of the horizontal line equally by the number of input characters; Character width fixed space sorting process comprising the steps of placing each of the plurality of input characters at the determined display position and display on the screen, Inputting at least one character for spatial alignment on a horizontal line whose start and end positions of the computer screen are preset; Determining each character display position by dividing the length from the start position to the end position of the horizontal line equally by the number of input characters; A character width variable space sorting process comprising disposing the plurality of input characters at each of the determined display positions and enlarging the character width to display on the screen so that the reference characters of each character are maintained; Selecting a center point for drawing a circle / polygon on a screen of the computer, and inputting a radius and a vertex point of the polygon; Creating a circle corresponding to a radius from the center point, setting positions of vertices at equal intervals on the circumference, and connecting each vertex in a straight line to construct a polygon inscribed in the circle; A circle / polygon display process comprising displaying the configured polygons on a screen; Setting a start position and an end position to perform a command on a screen of a computer on which at least one character is input; A control point is formed at each corner of the set character and the upper and lower grid lines, and the height and width of the character are changed according to the movement of the control point to form a trapezoidal character; A trapezoidal conversion process consisting of displaying a plurality of letters of the trapezoid made above on a screen; Setting a start position and an end position at which to execute a command on a screen of a computer on which at least one or more characters are input, and inputting an amount to move a shadow along a horizontal axis and a vertical axis, respectively; Displaying overlapping input characters at distances corresponding to the movement amounts of the horizontal axis and the vertical axis; A shadow display process comprising displaying only a shadow portion or displaying an entire outline of the superimposed character string according to a user's selection among the displayed characters, and Inputting text or graphic images on a screen of a computer; Converting the input text or graphic image into a dot matrix formed of a plurality of cells; Displaying thick horizontal lines in cells with dots and thin horizontal lines in cells without dots according to the presence or absence of dots in each cell; And displaying the entire text or graphic image by connecting the lines displayed in the cells horizontally to each other. 2. The method of claim 1, wherein the shadow display process comprises: And a plurality of movement amounts of the horizontal axis and the vertical axis are input, thereby displaying a plurality of shadows of the character string. The method of claim 1, wherein the line display process comprises: Character and graphic image editing method of a cutting plotter using a computer, characterized in that for processing the position where the thick horizontal line and the thin horizontal line is connected to a diagonal line or curve of a predetermined angle. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of horizontal lines Characterized and graphical image editing method of a cutting plotter using a computer, characterized in that the auxiliary line in the vertical direction connecting the horizontal line is formed at the left and right ends so that a plurality of horizontal lines are not separated from each other when cutting.