EP0282933A2 - Méthode pour la réalisation de traits verticaux et/ou horizontaux dans des machines de bureau - Google Patents

Méthode pour la réalisation de traits verticaux et/ou horizontaux dans des machines de bureau Download PDF

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EP0282933A2
EP0282933A2 EP88103943A EP88103943A EP0282933A2 EP 0282933 A2 EP0282933 A2 EP 0282933A2 EP 88103943 A EP88103943 A EP 88103943A EP 88103943 A EP88103943 A EP 88103943A EP 0282933 A2 EP0282933 A2 EP 0282933A2
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Reiner Dipl.-Ing. Janssen
Evert Dipl.-Ing. Ter Veen
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AEG Olympia Office GmbH
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
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  • the invention relates to a method for creating vertical and / or horizontal lines, in particular for creating rectangular frames in microcomputer-controlled typewriters or office machines of a similar type of the type specified in the preamble of claim 1.
  • Modern typewriters or office machines of a similar design have printheads with types for generating vertical and / or horizontal lines.
  • To create vertical lines first press a code key and then the key for the vertical line. As soon as a longer line is to be created, the Repeat key must also be pressed. After completing the vertical line, the code key is pressed again.
  • the vertical line tab is used to create vertical lines. However, this requires a lot of input, such as setting the tab, moving to the tab, carriage lift with line feed, moving to the next tab, etc. After the vertical lines have been completed, the tab must then be deleted again.
  • To create horizontal lines first press a code key and then, for example, the key for the underline.
  • the invention has for its object to provide a method for creating vertical and / or horizontal lines in microcomputer-controlled typewriters or office machines of a similar design with the perfect vertical lines and / or horizontal lines of any length and frame of any size using less quantities of data to be stored in memories can be produced.
  • the handling required for this should be easy and quick to learn.
  • This object is achieved by the method characterized in claim 1.
  • the method according to the invention enables automatic framing of characters, sentences or text blocks, automatic generation of frames for subsequent text input and simple generation of tables and lines with a few key operations.
  • the "Lining" function can be switched on and off using a single function key, with the creation of the lines being triggered automatically when the function is switched off.
  • the advantageous embodiment of the inventive method according to claim 3 ensures that the written text is always framed flush.
  • the method according to claim 9 enables a quick and easy generation of the last defined rectangles anywhere on the record carrier.
  • the print head is simply positioned at a point on the recording medium by printing unit and roller movements, at which point the last defined frame or the last defined line are then automatically output by simultaneously pressing the special function key for switching on the line and a code key.
  • the frame is always of such a size that a text to be entered into this frame always fits into the pitch.
  • FIG. 1 of a microcomputer-controlled typewriter or similar office machine suitable for the method according to the invention consists, for the sake of clarity, only of the elements necessary for understanding the invention.
  • These are a keyboard 1, a printing unit 2 and a control unit 3 with a program memory 4 and a data memory 5, which are connected to one another via a collecting line 6.
  • the control unit 3, the program memory 4 and the data memory 5 are part of a microprocessor controller 7, which is why the function of all the modules mentioned below, which cooperate with the controller, such as e.g. Counters and registers can basically be implemented by program sequences.
  • the printing unit 2 contains, among other things, a platen roller 8, from which a recording medium 9 can be shifted in the vertical direction (arrow direction A, B) in a known manner.
  • a step-by-step motor 10 serves as the drive for this.
  • a printing unit 11, which has a rotatable type plate 12 as the type carrier, can be displaced horizontally by another step-by-step motor 13 (arrow direction C, D).
  • the keyboard has various function command keys, of which position 17 is a special function key for line marking, position 18 is a code function key, position 19 is a key for entering a command for line switching and the Position 23 represents the space key.
  • Either a print head consisting of a type plate 12 or a line recorder serving as a write head can be used for the automatic printing of lines.
  • the print head 12 according to FIG. 1 is set to a starting point of the line to be created by moving the printing unit 11 in the line direction and / or the recording medium 9 over the platen roller 8 and the stepping motor 10 in the column direction.
  • the special function key 17 in the input device 14 is then actuated to switch on the “line” function, as a result of which the coordinates of the starting point are automatically stored in a register memory 20 in the line data memory 24.
  • the print head 12 can be moved relative to the starting point to an end point of the lines to be created on the recording medium 9 via the input device 14, the steps of the print head 12 in the row direction and / or column direction being recorded in the control unit 3 by counters 27, 28 .
  • the special function key 17 for switching off the "line" function is actuated again, whereby the coordinates of the end points of the lines to be created are automatically stored in an end point register 21 of the line data memory 24.
  • control pulses are sent to the control circuit 25 for reading out the line data from the line data memory 24 and for transmitting the read data to the control circuit of the drive devices 10, 13 for the printing unit 11 and for the recording medium 9 for the automatic creation of the lines given the frame.
  • the coordinates of the end point of the lines to be created are recorded by a horizontal counter 27 and a vertical counter 28.
  • the horizontal counter 27 is e.g. designed as a maximum counter.
  • a control circuit 26 is provided, through which the control circuit device 25 read line data from the line data memory 24 can be changed before transmission to the print control circuit of the print head 11.
  • the control circuit 26 is connected to a memory device 29 which contains additional displacement lengths of the print head 11 in the horizontal and / or vertical direction to the start and end points of the lines to be created for different divisions. The addition of these displacement lengths to the writing positions approached by the printing unit 11 ensures that the written text is appropriately framed, depending on the division of the steps.
  • the type "vertical line" of the print head 12 is used, as shown in FIG. 1, the vertical lines being generated in each case between two normal writing positions of the printing unit 11.
  • the printing unit 11 is moved backwards or forwards in the line direction by half a step to the writing position before the beginning of the creation of vertical lines.
  • the underline of the printhead 12 is used for generating horizontal lines in the X direction, and the underline is printed in the normal writing positions.
  • the record carrier 9 is shifted backwards by one character height in the column direction before the creation of the upper, horizontal lines for a frame.
  • FIG. 9 shows a flow chart for printing a frame with the type plate 12, the coordinates of the start point "A" and the end point "E” already being stored in the memories 20, 21.
  • the printing unit 11 is first moved to the end point “E” determined as the starting point for the ruling. Then the underline is knocked off and the printing unit is turned back step back. This process is carried out until the printing unit has reached the HPOS position. Thereafter, the printing unit 11 executes half a division backwards, after which the vertical line of the type plate 12 is cut off. After each discount, the record carrier 9 is transported back one line.
  • the recording medium is rotated one line further back and the printing unit 11 is moved forward by half a division.
  • the underline type is discarded and one space is carried out. This continues until the coordinate HPOSM is reached.
  • the printing unit 11 is moved forward by half a division and the recording medium 9 is rotated forward by one line.
  • the "vertical line” type is cut off again and the recording medium is moved forward by one line after each cut.
  • VPOSM is reached, the printing unit 11 is moved backwards by half a division. This ends the creation of an uninterrupted frame.
  • FIG. 10 shows the creation of a frame using a line recorder.
  • the writing mechanism with the pen is moved horizontally by half a division beyond HPOSM and onto VPOSM, whereby the end point "E" has been positioned as the starting point for the ruling.
  • the pen is now placed on the recording medium 9 and moved horizontally by half a division beyond HPOS to the left.
  • the recording medium 9 is transported forward so that the pen reaches VPOSM. Then the pen is lifted off and moves the printing unit 11 forward by half a step so that the pen is again on the division. This completes the process of creating the frame with the line recorder.
  • lines can be positioned anywhere within the coordinates of a frame according to the frame size by positioning the printing or writing mechanism 11 within the frame and by the key operating sequence "function key (on) - space step - function key (off)" in the horizontal direction and by the key operating sequence "Function key (on) - line step - function key (off)" are generated automatically in the vertical direction.
  • only horizontal lines can be generated manually if, between the actuation of the function key 17 to switch on the line and by pressing the function key 17 to switch off the line, horizontal positions are entered which together are larger than a write division.
  • manual vertical lines can only be generated if vertical steps that are larger than one half line are entered between the actuation of the function key 17 for switching on the line and the operation of the function key 17 for switching off the line.
  • FIGS. 6 to 8 show flow diagrams for the generation of lines or frames.
  • the first question is whether the line should be switched on or not.
  • the line is already switched on, it is checked whether the last defined frame with the coordinates (HPOS2, VPOS2 and HPOSM2, VPOSM2) should be repeated. In the affirmative, the coordinates of the last defined frame stored separately in a storage area 31 are loaded into the storage area 30 for the coordinates of the current frame. The printing unit is then moved to the end point with the coordinates (HPOSM, VPOSM) and the creation of the frame is carried out in the manner described above.
  • HPOSM minus HPOS is less than or equal to a step division. If the difference is greater than a step division, then a line with the length HPOSM minus HPOS is created. If, on the other hand, the difference is less than or equal to a step division, it is then checked whether HPOS2 is less than HORPOS and HORPOS is less than HPOSM2.
  • HORPOS is the current actual position of the printing unit or the print or print head, and if the answer is no, a line with the length HPOSM minus HPOS is also created. In the affirmative, however, the printing of a horizontal line in the frame is created according to the frame size.
  • VPOSM 0. If this is the case, then no vertical line has to be drawn and the process has to be ended. In the affirmative, it must also be checked whether VPOSM minus VPOS less than or equal to the step division. If the difference is greater than a step division, a vertical line with the length VPOSM minus VPOS is created.
  • VPOS2 is greater than zero and VPOSM2 is greater than VPOS2. If this test is negated, a vertical line of length VPOSM minus VPOS is created. In the affirmative, however, the printing of vertical lines in the frame is triggered. The process is then ended again. Incidentally, the horizontal counters record the absolute values and the vertical counters only the relative values.
  • FIG. 12 shows sections of the line data memory where an area for the coordinates (HPOS, HPOSM, VPOS, VPOSM) of the current frame in a memory area 30 and the coordinates (HPOS2, HPOSM2, VPOS2, VPOSM2) of the last defined frame in one Memory area 31 are stored.
  • FIG. 11 also shows a flow chart for the management of the counters, which are canceled when the drives are positioned to move the printing unit 11 and the platen roller 8.
  • FIG. 2A shows a single framed character
  • FIG. 2B shows a framed text line
  • FIG. 2C shows a flush framing of several text lines.
  • FIG. 3 shows a number of frames which can be created at any point on the record carrier and into which any text can subsequently be inserted flush.
  • FIGS. 4A and 4B represent patterns of tables, FIG. 4A representing a table with a frame and FIG. 4B representing a table without a frame. Finally, FIG. 5 also shows frames of the same size, which are connected to one another by lines.
  • FIGS. 2 to 5 All of the exemplary embodiments shown in FIGS. 2 to 5 can be created simply and quickly using the method according to the invention.
  • the frames shown in FIGS. 2 and 3 only require two key operations to produce them, namely “switching on” and “switching off” the line.
  • Tables can also be output repeatedly, whereby in addition to the coordinates for the start and end points, the coordinates for each point that lies on the lines of the table must also be saved.

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