JP2002318796A - Method and device for text management - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method and a device for text management, which can relate the display and storage of respective texts even on a small display screen in use and freely perform various processes such as editing and printing of a desired text through easy operation even when the texts to be processed independently of one another are managed. SOLUTION: L pieces (L: integer of >=2) of text data of >=1 line to be processed independently of one another are stored and at least part of least one of the pieces of the data is regarded as an object to be displayed; and an image showing the text data to be displayed is displayed on a specific display picture having J display lines (J: integer, 1<=J<=L) in specific format of one line corresponding to the respective pieces of text data and one piece of text data at least part of which is displayed is selected as text data to be processed.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] The present invention relates to a text management method and a text management device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a personal computer or word processor, arbitrary characters,
Enter and edit a character string (character string) in which one or more symbols, numbers, figures, etc. (hereinafter, typically referred to as "characters" or collectively, "characters") are arranged, and a desired sentence (hereinafter, referred to as "text") ) Is created and arbitrarily printed on a print target, and text management for controlling (managing) text is performed. Further, a tape printer or the like is also known as a small device of this type. That is, even in the tape printing apparatus, text management is performed on the text, such as creating a desired text by inputting / editing an arbitrary character string and printing it on a tape.

[0003]

By the way, in conventional text management of this type, after inputting a plurality of documents (texts), various processes such as editing and printing of an arbitrary text can be performed at an arbitrary time. Then, each text is registered (stored) as a file (text file) or the like, and one of them is read out and displayed on a processing screen (a so-called editing screen) called a text editing screen or the like. In this case, the edit target to be edited based on the input from the keyboard or the like is one text displayed on the edit screen, and the text to be printed by the print instruction is also the one text displayed on the edit screen. Become.

[0004] Therefore, in order to edit or print another text, it is necessary to search for the text from a plurality of registered files, read out the file, and display it. Also, if the text being displayed is edited or modified, it is necessary to re-register (save) the text being displayed once in a file, and then read out and display the next text. is there. That is, for various processes such as editing and printing, it is necessary to frequently read and write each text. Also, in response to these, recent personal computers and the like can display an editing screen for a plurality of mutually different texts at a time, but this method is applied only to an apparatus having a large display screen such as a personal computer. This is a possible method and is not suitable for a device having a relatively small display screen such as a tape printing device.

According to the present invention, when managing a plurality of texts to be processed independently of each other, the display and storage of a plurality of texts can be associated with each other even if a small display screen is used. It is an object of the present invention to provide a text management method and a text management device that can freely perform various processes such as editing and printing of the text by a simple operation.

[0006]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a text management method for storing L (L is an integer of 2 or more) text data of one or more lines to be independently processed. A text storing step, and at least a part of at least one of the stored L pieces of text data is set as a display target, and an image indicating the text data to be displayed is displayed in J rows (where J is 1 ≦ J ≦ L). A text display step of displaying, in a predetermined format, one line for each text data on a predetermined display screen having display lines of
A processing target selecting step of selecting, as text data to be processed, one piece of text data in which at least a part of the L pieces of processing candidate text data is displayed;
It is characterized by having.

[0007] The text management device of claim 14 is:
A text storage unit for storing L (L is an integer of 2 or more) text data of one or more lines to be independently processed, and at least one of the L text data stored At least part of the display target,
An image indicating the text data to be displayed is displayed on line J (J
Is an integer that satisfies 1 ≦ J ≦ L), a text display means for displaying in a predetermined format of one line each corresponding to each text data on a predetermined display screen having display lines of 1 ≦ J ≦ L, Processing target selecting means for selecting, as text data to be processed, one piece of text data in which at least a part of the text data is displayed.

In this text management method and text management apparatus, L text data (L is an integer of 2 or more) of one or more lines to be processed are stored independently.
At least a part of at least one of them is set as a display target, and an image indicating the text data to be displayed is displayed.
A predetermined display screen having J lines (J is an integer satisfying 1 ≦ J ≦ L) is displayed in a predetermined format of one line corresponding to each text data, and at least a part thereof is displayed. 1
Pieces of text data are selected as text data to be processed. In this case, the processing target is text data that can be confirmed at least partially by display.
Processing can be performed after confirmation by the display. For this reason, when managing a plurality of texts to be processed independently of each other, it is possible to associate the display and storage of each of the plurality of texts, even if a small display screen is used, and to manage the desired texts. Various processes such as editing and printing can be freely performed with simple operations. In the case of one-line display, the text data of the display line (one line: one) is necessarily selected as a processing target.

In the text management method according to the first aspect, it is preferable that in the text storing step, the L text data is stored as L lines of text data in accordance with the predetermined format when displayed. .

Further, in the text management apparatus according to the present invention, it is preferable that the text storage means stores the L pieces of text data as L rows of text data in accordance with the predetermined format when displayed. .

According to the text management method and the text management apparatus, since the text data is stored as L lines of text data in a predetermined format at the time of display, the text data can be read and used for display as it is.

Further, in the text management method according to claim 2, in the text display step, text data corresponding to the J-line, which is stored as the L-line text data, is image-developed on the display screen. Preferably, it is displayed.

The text management device according to claim 15, wherein the text display means develops image data of the text data corresponding to the J-line, which is stored as the text data of the L-line, on the display screen. Preferably, it is displayed.

In the text management method and the text management device, since the text data is stored as L lines of text data in a predetermined format when displayed, the text corresponding to the J line among the L lines of text data is stored. The data can be read out and used for display as it is by displaying the data as an image on the display screen.

Further, in the text management method according to claim 1, in the text storage step, the L pieces of text data are individually stored in association with the L lines when displayed, and the text display step includes: A text reading step of reading at least a part of the text data of the L processing candidates into a text display candidate area prior to display, and a text reading step of reading the text data read into the text display candidate area. It is preferable that the method further includes a display image developing step of developing the image data of the text data corresponding to the J-line on the display screen.

16. The text management device according to claim 14, wherein said text storage means individually stores said L pieces of text data in association with said L lines when displayed, and said text display means comprises: A text reading unit that reads at least a part of the text data of the L processing candidates into a text display candidate area prior to display; and a text reading unit that reads out the text data read into the text display candidate area. It is preferable that the display device further includes a display image developing unit that develops an image of the text data corresponding to the J-line on the display screen and displays the image.

In the text management method and the text management device, the L text data is displayed when the L text data is displayed.
Each of the text data, which is individually stored in association with the line and displays at least a part of the text data of the L processing candidates, is read into the text display candidate area prior to the display, and The text data corresponding to the J-th line is image-developed and displayed on the display screen. In this case, since the L text data are individually stored, the area for storage can be distributed and shared. On the other hand, the data is stored in association with L rows at the time of display, and read out prior to display. Also, there is no problem, and it is not necessary to handle all L pieces at once, so that the processing load is reduced. In other words, when managing a plurality of texts to be processed independently of each other, the display and storage of each of the plurality of texts can be associated with each other even when a small display screen is used, and editing of a desired text can be performed. Various processes such as printing and printing can be freely performed by simple operations.

Further, in the text management method according to claim 4, in the text reading step, L corresponding to the L row is used.
Out of the J pieces of text data,
It is preferable to read out text data corresponding to a row adjacent to the row.

[0019] In the text management apparatus according to claim 17, the text reading means includes an L line corresponding to the L line.
Out of the J pieces of text data,
It is preferable to read out text data corresponding to a row adjacent to the row.

In this text management method and text management apparatus, of L text data corresponding to L rows, at least text data corresponding to a row adjacent to J row being displayed is read. That is, when the J line to be displayed is moved to the J line including the adjacent line, the adjacent line becomes the display object. Therefore, the text data that is likely to be displayed next, that is, the next text display candidate Is read prior to display. Therefore, when the text data is actually displayed, the text data can be image-developed on the display screen and quickly displayed.

Further, in the text management method according to any one of claims 1 to 5, the text data to be processed is text data displayed on a predetermined line of the J lines. preferable.

Further, in the text management apparatus according to any one of claims 14 to 18, the text data to be processed is text data displayed on a predetermined line of the J display lines. preferable.

In this text management method and text management apparatus, the text data to be processed is the text data displayed on the predetermined line of the J display lines. Therefore, if the J line to be displayed is determined, the text data to be processed is also determined. Conversely, this makes it possible to change the processing target by changing the J line to be displayed. In the case of single line display,
Inevitably, the predetermined number is the first, and the text data of the display line (one line) is selected as a processing target.

The text management method according to any one of claims 1 to 6, further comprising a display target changing step of changing the display target portion of the L pieces of text data to another portion. Is preferred.

The text management apparatus according to any one of claims 14 to 19, further comprising display object changing means for changing the portion to be displayed of the L pieces of text data to another portion. Is preferred.

In this text management method and text management apparatus, the portion to be displayed of the L text data can be changed to another portion, so that the user can display each portion of the L text data. Thus, the stored text data can be confirmed. In the case where the processing target is determined to be a predetermined number in the J line to be displayed,
The processing target can be changed by changing the J line to be displayed. Further, in this case, since it is not necessary to display a plurality of text data at once, a large display screen is not required. Therefore, even when a small display screen is used, the display and storage of a plurality of texts can be associated with each other, and various processes such as editing and printing of a desired text can be freely performed by simple operations.

[0027] In the text management method according to claim 7, the display object changing step includes changing the text data to be displayed on the display line of the L text data to another text data. It is preferable to have a step.

The text management device according to claim 20, wherein the display target changing means changes the text data displayed on the display line of the L text data to another text data. It is preferred to have a means.

In this text management method and text management apparatus, the text data displayed on the display line of the L text data can be changed to another text data, so that the user can convert the L text data into the L rows of text data. It can be confirmed by display as data. Further, when a predetermined number of rows to be displayed is a processing target, the processing target can be changed by changing the display target row.

[0030] In the text management method according to claim 8, the display target text changing step changes the text data to be displayed on the display line to adjacent text data in the same direction sequentially, so that the L texts are changed. It is preferable to include a cyclic display step of cyclically displaying the data as L lines of text data.

22. The text management device according to claim 21, wherein the display target text changing means changes the text data to be displayed on the display line to adjacent text data in the same direction sequentially, so that the L texts are changed. It is preferable to have a circular display means for circularly displaying the data as L lines of text data.

In the text management method and the text management apparatus, the text data displayed on the display line is sequentially changed to the text data adjacent in the same direction.
The L pieces of text data are cyclically displayed as L rows of text data. That is, the row adjacent to the top (first) of the first row of the L rows is the L-th row, and the bottom (back) of the L-th row.
Since the line to be displayed can be cyclically displayed as if the line adjacent to is the first line, the time and effort required when changing the line to be displayed from an arbitrary line to another arbitrary line can be reduced. Average and efficient.

In the text management method according to the ninth aspect, it is preferable that the cyclic display is performed by repeating the same operation.

Further, in the text management apparatus according to the present invention, it is preferable that the cyclic display is performed by repeating the same operation.

In this text management method and text management apparatus, the cyclic display is performed by repeating the same operation, so that the user can easily learn the operation method and operate it easily.

It is preferable that the text management method according to any one of claims 1 to 10, further comprising an editing step of editing the text data to be processed.

[0037] Preferably, the text management apparatus according to any one of claims 14 to 23 further comprises editing means for editing the text data to be processed.

With this text management method and text management device, it is possible to edit (correct data: add, delete, change, etc.) text data to be processed.

The text management method according to any one of claims 1 to 11, further comprising a printing step of printing at least a part of an image corresponding to the text data to be printed on a printing object based on the text data to be processed. Is preferred.

The text management apparatus according to any one of claims 14 to 24, further comprising a printing unit that prints at least a part of an image corresponding to the text data to be processed on a printing object based on the text data to be processed. Is preferred.

According to the text management method and the text management apparatus, at least a part of an image corresponding to the text data to be processed can be printed on a print target.

In the text management method according to the twelfth aspect, it is preferable that the print target is a tape.

In the text management apparatus according to the twenty-fifth aspect, it is preferable that the print target is a tape.

In the text management method and the text management apparatus, since the print target is a tape, the present invention can be applied to a tape printing apparatus.

[0045] In the text management apparatus according to any one of claims 14 to 26, the processing object selecting means includes:
It is preferably a cursor.

In this text management apparatus, since the processing target selecting means is a cursor, the processing target can be easily selected by operating the cursor. In the text management device according to the twentieth and subsequent aspects, the cursor can also be used as a display target changing unit.

[0047]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, a text printing method and a tape printing apparatus to which a text management apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIGS. 1 and 2 show the entire structure of the tape printing apparatus according to the present embodiment and the appearance when the opening / closing lid is opened, and FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a control system thereof. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, this tape printing apparatus 1
An upper case (opening / closing lid) 21 in which an outer shell is formed by the upper and lower two-part device case 2 and the keyboard 3 and the display 4 are arranged, and a lower case 22 in which a mechanism such as the pocket 6 is arranged. ing.

As shown in FIG. 3, as a basic configuration, an operation unit 11 having a keyboard 3 and a display 4 for performing an interface with a user, a print head (thermal head) 7 and a tape feed unit 120 are provided. A printing unit 12 for printing on a printing tape (hereinafter simply referred to as “tape”) T of a tape cartridge C mounted in the pocket 6, a cutting unit 13 for cutting the tape T after printing, and various sensors. The tape printer 1 includes a detection unit 14 that performs various types of detection, a driving unit 270 that has various drivers to drive each unit circuit, and a control unit 200 that controls each unit in the tape printing apparatus 1. For this reason, the printing unit 12,
A circuit board (not shown) is housed in addition to the cutting unit 13, the detection unit 14, and the like. This circuit board has a power supply unit,
Each circuit of the drive unit 270 and the control unit 200 is mounted,
It is connected to an AC adapter connection port (not shown) or a battery such as a NiCd battery that can be detached from the outside.

In the tape printer 1, after the user mounts the tape cartridge C in the pocket 6, the user checks the input / edit result on the display 4 while watching the keyboard 3.
When printing information of desired characters and the like (characters, numbers, symbols, simple figures, etc.) is input and printing is instructed, the tape T is fed out from the tape cartridge C by the tape feeding unit 120 and Tape T
The desired printing is performed on the tape outlet 22.
Is sent out from time to time. When the desired printing is completed, the tape feed unit 120 feeds the tape T to the position of the tape length including the margin, and then stops the feed.

As shown in FIG. 2 and FIG.
Is provided with a pocket 6 for mounting a tape cartridge C. The tape cartridge C is attached to and detached from the pocket 6 with the opening / closing lid 21 opened.
In the tape cartridge C, a tape T having a fixed width (about 4.5 mm to 48 mm) and an ink ribbon R are accommodated in a cartridge case 51. A through hole 55 for insertion is formed. Also, a plurality of small holes are provided on the back surface so that the types of the tape T having different widths or the like can be identified, and a tape identification sensor 142 such as a microswitch for detecting the presence or absence of the holes is provided in the pocket 6. Thus, the type of the tape T and the optional setting information can be detected.

The tape T has a structure in which an adhesive surface is formed on the back surface and the adhesive surface is covered with a release paper. The tape T and the ink ribbon R run while overlapping each other at the position of the through hole 55, and only the tape T is discharged to the outside, and the ink ribbon R is wound inside.

The head unit 61 has a built-in print head 7 composed of a thermal head. When the tape cartridge C is mounted in the pocket 6, the print head 7 is exposed from the through hole 55 of the tape cartridge C. Of the ink ribbon R.
Then, by driving the print head 7 to generate heat, desired characters and the like are printed on the surface of the tape T. The pocket 6 is provided with an ambient temperature sensor 143 such as a thermistor that detects and reports an environmental (ambient) temperature.
The ambient temperature is detected and reported to the control unit 200.

A tape outlet 23 for communicating the pocket 6 with the outside of the device is formed on the left side of the device case 2 (lower case 22). The tape outlet 23 cuts the fed tape T. The tape cutter 132 to be opened faces. The pocket 6 is provided with drive shafts 62, 63, etc., with which the driven portions of the mounted tape cartridge 4 are engaged, and the feed motor 121 is used as a drive source to drive the drive shafts 62, 63. Printing is performed by feeding the tape T and the ink ribbon R in the tape cartridge C, and driving the print head 7 in synchronization with them. After the printing is completed, the feeding of the tape T is continued, and the predetermined cutting position is sent to the position of the tape cutter 132.

A head surface temperature sensor 144 such as a thermistor is provided in close contact with the surface of the print head 7, and detects the surface temperature of the print head 7 to control the control unit 200.
Report to A disk having a detection opening (not shown) is fixed to the tip of the feed motor 121, and a rotation speed sensor 14 having a photo sensor or the like faces the detection opening.
1 is provided to detect the rotation speed of the feed motor 121 and report it to the control unit 200.

The cutting section 13 includes a tape cutter 132, a cut button 133 for manually cutting the tape cutter 132 for printing of an arbitrary length, and an operation for automatically cutting the tape cutter 132 for fixed-length printing. And a cutter motor 131 to be driven. Thus, the tape printer 1 can switch between automatic and manual depending on the mode setting. For this reason, in the case of manual cutting, when printing is completed, the user presses the cut button 133 provided in the apparatus case 2 to operate the tape cutter 132 and cut the tape T to a desired length. You. In the case of automatic cutting, the printing is completed, the tape is fed by a margin, and the tape is stopped. At the same time, the cutter motor 131 is driven to cut the tape T.

The detecting section 14 is provided with the above-described rotational speed sensor 14.
1, tape identification sensor 142, ambient temperature sensor 143,
A head surface temperature sensor 144 is provided. It is to be noted that these may be omitted according to the actual situation.

The driving section 270 is a display driver 2
71, a head driver 272, and a motor driver 27
3 is provided. The display driver 271 drives the display 4 of the operation unit 11 according to an instruction based on a control signal output from the control unit 200. Similarly, the head driver 272 drives the print head 7 of the printing unit 12 according to an instruction from the control unit 200. Also,
The motor driver 273 is connected to the feed motor 12 of the printing unit 12.
1 and a feed motor driver 273d for driving the cutting unit 1
And a cutter motor driver 273c that drives the third cutter motor 131, and similarly drives each motor in accordance with an instruction from the control unit 200.

The operation section 11 has a keyboard 3 and a display 4. The display 4 displays arbitrary characters,
Symbols, numbers, figures, etc. (hereinafter, typically referred to as "characters" or collectively, "characters") in the horizontal direction (X direction)
Has a display screen 41 capable of displaying six full-width characters (equivalent to six characters). The user can select a character string to be processed, or the user can input data, various instructions and instructions from the keyboard 3 to display characters. It is used when editing a column or visually confirming the result.

The keyboard 3 includes an alphabet key group, a symbol key group, a numeric key group, a kana key group such as hiragana and katakana, and a character key group 31 including an external character key group for calling and selecting an external character. And a function key group 32 for designating various operation modes and the like.

A function key group 32 includes a power key (not shown), a print key 322 for instructing a printing operation, a selection key for confirming data at the time of text input, a line feed, and an instruction to select various modes on a selection screen, Decoration setting keys for setting so-called character decorations such as shading, underlining, and enclosing, and decorations such as background patterns (including ground patterns and illustrations), and colors (shading, shades, background colors, decoration colors, etc.) Color setting keys for setting saturation, color gloss, transparency, etc., and upper (“↑”), lower (“↓”),
Four cursor keys 330 (330U, 330D, 330L, 330) for moving the cursor in the left (“←”) and right (“→”) directions and moving the display range of the display screen 41.
R: “Cursor“ ↑ ”key 330U” etc.) are included.

The function key group 32 further includes a cancel key for canceling various instructions, changing the role of each key,
A shift key used to correct the drawing registration image data,
An image key for switching between a text input screen or a selection screen and a display screen (image screen) of print image data, and for changing a size ratio between print image data and display image data to be displayed on the image screen. A ratio change (zoom) key, a form key for setting various forms including a character typeface, and the like are included.

As a matter of course, similarly to a general keyboard, these key inputs may be input by providing individual keys for each key input, or a smaller number of keys may be used in combination with a shift key or the like. You may input using. Here, it is assumed that there are keys corresponding to the above for easy understanding. As shown in FIG. 3, the keyboard 3 inputs various commands and data as described above to the control unit 200.

The control unit 200 includes a CPU 210 and a ROM 2
20, character generator ROM (CG-ROM)
230, RAM 240, peripheral control circuit (P-CON) 2
50, and are connected to each other by an internal bus 260. The ROM 220 has a control data area 222 for storing control data including a color conversion table and a character modification table, in addition to a control program area 221 for storing a control program processed by the CPU 210. CG-R
The OM 230 stores font data such as characters, symbols, and graphics prepared in the tape printer 1 and outputs corresponding font data when code data specifying characters or the like is given.

The RAM 240 is supplied with power by a backup circuit (not shown) so as to retain stored data even if the power is turned off by operating the power key 321. A text data area 242 for storing text data such as characters input by the user from the keyboard 3, a display image data area 243 for storing display image data of the display screen 41, a print image data area 244 for storing print image data, and drawing registration. In addition to a drawing registration image data area 245 for storing image data, it has an area such as a print history data area 246 and various conversion buffer areas 247 such as other color conversion buffers, and is used as a work area for control processing. .

The P-CON 250 includes a logic circuit for supplementing the function of the CPU 21 and handling interface signals with peripheral circuits, such as a gate array and a custom LSI.
It is constituted by and incorporated. For example, a timer 251 for performing various clocks is also incorporated as a function in the P-CON 250. Therefore, P-CON2
Reference numeral 50 is connected to the various sensors of the detection unit 14 and the keyboard 3, and captures the above-described various detection signals from the detection unit 14 and various commands and input data from the keyboard 3 as they are or processes them, and takes them into the internal bus 260.
In conjunction with the CPU 210, data or control signals output from the CPU 210 or the like to the internal bus 260 are output as they are or processed to the drive unit 270.

Then, according to the control program stored in the ROM 220, the CPU 210 executes the PC
Various detection signals, various commands, various data, and the like are input via the ON 250, and font data from the CG-ROM 230, various data in the RAM 240, and the like are processed.
By outputting a control signal to the drive unit 270 via the N250, print position control and display control of the display screen 41 are performed, and the print head 7 is controlled to print on the tape T under predetermined printing conditions. , And the entire tape printer 1.

Next, a processing flow of the entire control of the tape printer 1 will be described with reference to FIG. When the processing is started by turning on the power or the like, first, as shown in the figure, in order to return the tape printer 1 to the state at the time of the previous power-off, initial settings such as restoring the saved control flags are performed. (S1), and the previous display screen is displayed as an initial screen (S2). The subsequent processing in FIG. 4, that is, the determination branch (S3) for determining whether or not a key input is made and various interrupt processing (S4) are processing conceptually shown. Actually, in the tape printer 1, when the initial screen display (S2) ends, the key input interrupt is permitted, and the state is maintained until a key input interrupt occurs (S3: No). When any key input interrupt occurs (S3: Yes), the process shifts to each interrupt process (S4), and when the interrupt process ends, the key input interrupt standby state (S3: No) is set again. .

Next, a character processing method employed in this embodiment will be described in principle. In the character processing method described here, each text is managed so that editing, printing, and the like can be performed for each document (each text), so that it can be applied (or called) as a text management method.

First, for example, as shown in FIG. 5A, the first line of the first paragraph is “Aoi”, the second line is “Eokaki Kikuko”, and the first line of the second paragraph is “Sa”. A print image G1 of a document (text) composed of a character string (character string) in which the second line is “S” and the third line is “Suse” is a tape (print target) T
, Print image data representing the print image G1 is required.

In the creation of print image data in this case, for example, character images such as “A”, “I”, and “U” of “Ai” are placed at predetermined positions in the print image data area 244. And with a preset character size,
Deploy. Each character image is registered based on code data representing each character, such as the CG-ROM 230 (in addition to the above, registered in advance by external character registration or the like (ROM
The font data such as a dot map and an outline are read out from a memory area (in the RAM 220 or the RAM 240) and are developed by image development. Hereinafter, data necessary for creating the print image data is referred to as text data.

In this case, the text data includes the character size of each character (image). The character size can be manually set in advance by a user, for example, and the tape width of the tape T to be printed is detected. It can be automatically set in accordance with the number of lines for each paragraph, or can be selectively set in a mode or the like. In the following description, it is assumed that it is automatically determined according to the tape width and the number of lines, and the description is omitted (simplified). For example, each printing example shown in FIG. 5 is also based on the automatically determined character size. In the first paragraph in FIG. 2
It is assumed that the character size at the time of the line is set to the character size at the time of three lines because the second paragraph has three lines such as “sa” of the second paragraph.

In addition to the above, the text data includes so-called format data including a typeface such as Gothic font and Mincho font when printing each character (image), and a style indicating a so-called style such as italic font and white outline. Other than data,
It shall include format data for determining the so-called format, such as data of various modes including decorative information such as emphasis and shading, and it is possible to change these format data in the editing work. Based on the elaborated text data, it is possible to print a print image in which those tastes are reflected. On the other hand, of course,
The text data includes “A” of “Ai” for creating print image data, that is, for printing the print image G1.
It includes code data representing each character image such as "I" or "U".

Here, in this embodiment, the first line of each paragraph will be described with characters with circled numbers indicating line numbers such as... It should be noted that the addition of an attribute character (for example, etc.) indicating this kind of attribute is used only for description, and in fact, information of the attribute (here, line number) is included (in text data) by another method. However, in the present embodiment, the character string is actually added immediately before the character string (for example, “a”). in this case,
The attribute character (for example, etc.) holds the attribute information of each character string. As a result, the character can be handled in the same manner as other characters, so that the character can be easily handled. In addition, by displaying the attribute information with the attribute information attached, the user can easily grasp the attribute information of each character string.

For example, with respect to FIG. 5A, character strings such as “Aoi” and “Eokaki Kikuko” are used.
The first line of the first paragraph indicates “Aoi”, the second line indicates “Eokaki Kikuko”, and the character string of “Sa” added again indicates the next paragraph (second paragraph). The first row indicates that it is “sa”, and the second row is “shi” and the third row is “susee” by character strings such as “shi” and “suse”.
Character string. In this case, the user can easily imagine that the printed image is printed like the print image G1 (see the display screen 41 that displays these).

Next, regarding a method for handling text data as described above, that is, a text management method, a conventional method will be described first, and then a method according to the present embodiment will be described.

First, according to the conventional method, for example, when the six types of print images G1 to G2 shown in FIG. 5 can be printed at any time, after inputting a plurality of documents (texts), As shown in FIG. 6, for example, as shown in FIG. 6, each text is stored in a file (text file) 01 to
06 etc. are registered (stored) as one of them.
These are read out and displayed on a processing screen (a so-called editing screen) called a text editing screen or the like.

Here, in order to facilitate comparison with a text management (character processing) method according to the present embodiment described later,
For example, as shown in FIG. 7, one of the rows and columns (in this example, the row direction) of the virtual matrix is set in the X direction and the other (in this example, the column direction) is set in the Y direction, and one full-width one character ( Consider a virtual matrix EM in which two half-width characters can be arranged. That is, consider a virtual matrix EM having one full-width character (two half-width characters) as an element. Here, M (L is an integer equal to or greater than 1) in the X direction and L (L is an integer equal to or greater than 2) in the Y direction, a maximum of M × L characters, which can be virtual. Matrix EM.

In the conventional method, the text (text 01) described above with reference to FIG.
Is an editing target, an area EA that holds text data to be edited (hereinafter, “text editing area”) is
The above-described virtual matrix (hereinafter, “text matrix”) EM corresponds to, for example, the text data (file data) F1 read (copied) to the text editing area “) EA as shown in FIG. The image is conceptually (virtually) as shown in FIG.

An area DA (hereinafter referred to as a “text display area”) holding text data displayed (to be displayed) on the editing screen (specifically, the display screen 41 of the display 4) in the above case is It corresponds to a so-called partial matrix of the text editing area EA that can be imaged by the text matrix EM, and the number of characters (the number of characters) that can be displayed on the display screen 41 is N in the X direction (N is an integer satisfying 1 ≦ N ≦ M) and If there are J in the Y direction (J is an integer satisfying 1 ≦ J ≦ L), a virtual matrix (hereinafter, “display target matrix”) capable of having a maximum of N × J characters as elements is provided. Equivalent to.

For example, if the number of characters (number of characters) that can be displayed on the display screen 41 is 2 lines (X direction: N = 2) × 6 characters (Y direction: J = 6), the text display area (display target matrix) The image of D1 is as shown in FIG. Also, one line (X direction: N = 1) × 6 characters (Y
If the direction is J = 6), the image of the text display area (corresponding to the display target matrix) D1s is as shown in FIG.

When the display content is scrolled up, down, left and right in the display screen 41, that is, in the text display area DA, for example, in accordance with a scroll instruction using a cursor key or the like, as shown in FIG. Since the display content changes within the area EA, the display content changes, but only changes within the same text. That is, in the conventional method, an edit target to be edited based on an input from the keyboard 3 or the like is one text displayed on the edit screen. In addition, the text to be printed by pressing the print key to instruct printing is also
The text displayed on the edit screen.

Therefore, in order to edit or print another text, it is necessary to read it from a file and display it. For example, in order to set the text (text 02) of the file 02 as an edit target or a print target after the text (text 01) of the file 01 is set as an edit target or a print target, as shown in FIG. It is necessary to read (copy, load) the text data (file data) F2 of the text 02 from the area F2A of the FA file 02 to the text editing area.

If the text being displayed is edited, for example, modified, the text being displayed is once registered (saved) in a file, and then the next text is read out and displayed. There is a need to. For example, in the above-described example, before loading (reading) the text data F2 of the text 02, it is necessary to write (save) the text data F1 of the text 01 being edited to, for example, the area F1A of the original file 01. That is, for various processes such as editing and printing, it is necessary to frequently read and write each text.

In recent years, operating systems (OSs) such as personal computers allow the editing screen for a plurality of mutually different texts to be displayed (multi-window) at a time. This method is applicable only to a device having a display screen, and is not suitable for a device having a relatively small display screen 41 such as the tape printer 1 of the present embodiment.

Therefore, in the tape printer 1, this is one of the partial matrices of the text matrix EM, and is at most any k-th (k = 1, 2, 3,..., L) in the X direction in the Y direction. A virtual matrix (k-th processing candidate matrix) P that can have M characters as elements
Consider M (k). In this case, as shown in FIG. 12, the text data TD (k) of the text (the k-th text) of the document number k of the processing candidate is stored in the same manner as the text editing area EA can be imaged by the text matrix EM. An image of the area (hereinafter, “k-th processing candidate area”) PA (k) is as shown in FIG.

For example, in FIG. 5 and FIG. 6, the above-described text 01 to text 06 are changed from the first text to the sixth text, and each text data is set as text data TD (1) to TD (1).
As shown in FIG. 13, TD (6) is stored (stored) in each of first process candidate areas PA (1) to PA (6).
You can keep.

In FIG. 12, the first processing candidate matrix PM (1) is changed to the L-th processing candidate matrix PM.
By selecting one of the L processing candidate matrices up to (L) as the processing target matrix PM (0), the text data T of the processing target matrix PM (0) is selected.
D (0) can be processed. In other words, by selecting one of the first processing candidate areas PA (1) to PA (L), the text data TD (1) to TD (L) respectively stored (stored) is selected. 1
Can be selected as text data TD (0) to be processed. That is, various processes such as editing and printing of a plurality of texts can be freely performed without frequently reading and writing each text.

For example, in FIG. 13, the first processing candidate area PA (1) (that is, the first processing candidate matrix PM
If (1)) is selected, the text data TD (1) can be edited or the print image G1 (FIG.
(See (a)) and various other processes can be performed. Similarly, if the second processing candidate area PA (2) (that is, the second processing candidate matrix PM (1)) is selected, processing such as editing and printing of the text data TD (2) (see FIG. 5B) is performed. Can be. Similarly, each of the third processing candidate area PA (3) to the sixth processing candidate area PA (6) is selected, and the text data TD (3) to TD (6) are respectively selected.
Such as editing and printing (see FIGS. 5C to 5F).

In FIG. 13, the first processing candidate area PA
Although the area that is continuous in the Y direction from (1) to the sixth processing candidate area PA (6) is used, the invention is not limited to this, and an intermittent area may be used. Further, as shown in FIG. 14, in the area where the text data is not registered, the line number of the first line of the first paragraph may be stored in advance. In addition, the number of paragraphs and lines corresponding to the number of inputtable paragraphs and lines may be stored in advance (see FIGS. 21 to 23, 27 to 28, and the like). This eliminates the need for line breaks and paragraph breaks.

In each of the above-described examples, the number of elements in the Y direction of the text matrix EM is L. However, the number may be determined as appropriate in consideration of the memory capacity and the like. (The number of elements in the X direction M
The same applies to Hereinafter, as shown in FIG. 15, it is assumed that L = 8, and the description will be simplified. Further, the illustration of the breaks (dotted lines) between the elements is omitted from the viewpoint of the viewability of the drawing, and the drawing is shown in FIG.

In the above character processing (text management), the text matrix EM is also used.
Is the same as that of the related art, but the display contents are different because the elements of the text matrix EM are different. For example, the number of characters (the number of characters) that can be displayed on the display screen 41 is two lines (Y direction: J
= 2) × 6 characters (X direction: N = 6), the image of the text display area DA (corresponding to the display target matrix DM) is as shown in FIG. In addition, one row (Y direction:
If J = 1) × 6 characters (X direction: N = 6), the image of the text display area DA (corresponding to the display target matrix DM) is as shown in FIG.

In the tape printer 1, as shown in FIG. 19, four cursor keys 330 (330U, 33
0D, 330L, and 330R), the position of the text display area DA (display target matrix DM) in the text editing area EA (text matrix EM) can be changed (scrolled). By displaying each part in the (text matrix EM), the stored text data can be confirmed. When processing such as editing is performed, the result of the processing (editing) can be confirmed.

In this case, the cursor "←" key 33
0L and scrolling by cursor “→” key 330R,
That is, in the left and right scroll, the display content (display range) in the same text is changed as in the related art, but the cursor "↑" key 330U and the cursor "↓"
In the scrolling by the key 330D, that is, the scrolling up and down, different text data is displayed.

For example, when the above-described text display area DA (display target matrix DM) is one line in FIG. 18, the displayed text data (text data TD (3) in the example of FIG. 18) is the processing target. Text data TD
By defining (0), the cursor key 330
(In this case, 330U and 330D), the text data TD (0) to be processed can be selected. For this reason,
For example, by pressing the print key in the state shown in FIG. 18, the text data TD (3) of the third processing candidate area PA (3) (corresponding to the third processing candidate matrix PM (3)) is changed.
It can be selected as the text data TD (0) of the processing target (processing target area PA (0) (corresponding to the processing target matrix (0)), and the print image G2 of FIG. 5B can be printed.

This can be applied not only to the case of one-line display as described above with reference to FIG. For example, as described above with reference to FIG.
When the (display target matrix DM) has two lines, the upper (J number) of (J =) two pieces of displayed text data (text data TD (2) and TD (3) in the example of the figure) are displayed. Text data T to be processed
If D (0) is set, cursor keys 330U, 33
By operating 0D, the text data TD (0) to be processed can be selected (in the example of the figure, text data TD (0) = text data TD (2)). Therefore, for example, by pressing the print key in the state shown in FIG. 17, the text data TD (2) can be selected as the text data TD (0) to be processed, and the print image G1 in FIG. 5A can be printed. .

Of course, if the lower side (second from the top of J) of the (J =) two pieces of text data is defined as the text data to be processed, the same as in the example described above with reference to FIG. In addition, the text data TD (3) can be selected as the text data TD (0) to be processed, and the print image G2 of FIG. 5B can be printed.

In the example described above with reference to FIGS. 17 to 19, the processing target (processing target area PA (0) (processing target matrix PM
(Equivalent to (0))) is (L =) 8 processing candidate areas PA
(1) -PA (8) (processing candidate matrix PM (1)-
Out of J (two in FIG. 17 and one in FIG. 18) processing candidate matrices of which at least a part of PM (8) corresponds to text display area DA (corresponding to display target matrix DM). Since the selection is made, at least a part of the processing target matrix can be confirmed as a display and then selected as a processing target. In addition, since the processing target is also displayed, the result can be easily checked even in the case of processing such as editing, which is convenient.

In the tape printing apparatus 1, the processing target (processing target area PA (0) (processing target matrix PM
(Equivalent to (0))) is a predetermined one (first or second in FIG. 17, and first in FIG. 18) of the J processing candidate matrices. That is, the text display area D
By changing the position of A (corresponding to the display target matrix DM), the J processing candidate matrices also change, but since it is a predetermined number of them, the position of the text display area DA (corresponding to the display target matrix DM) must be changed. Thereby, the processing target (processing target area PA (0) (corresponding to the processing target matrix PM (0))) is automatically determined. That is, the processing target matrix can be selected by changing the position of the text display area DA (corresponding to the display target matrix DM).

As described above, in the character processing method in the tape printer 1, first, M is an integer of 1 or more;
Is an integer of 2 or more, N is an integer satisfying 1 ≦ N ≦ M, and J is 1 ≦
An integer satisfying J ≦ L, an arbitrary k-th k = 1, 2, 3,...
.., L as described above with reference to FIG.
A virtual text matrix EM having M × Y (arbitrary) (arbitrary) (text) characters as elements and a corresponding text editing area EA (see FIGS. 7 and 12), at most (in the X direction) Display target matrix DM having N × (Y direction) J (display target) characters as elements
And a text display area DA corresponding thereto (FIGS.
20 and the like, and at most (X direction) M × (Y
(Direction) k-th processing candidate matrix PM (k) of k = 1 to L having one (k-th processing candidate) character as an element and k-th processing candidate area PA (k) corresponding thereto (FIGS. 12 to 12)
15) is considered as a virtual matrix and a region corresponding thereto.

In this character processing method, text data representing a text character is stored in the text editing area EA in association with the text matrix EM, and based on the text data of the display target character among the text characters. An image of the display target character is displayed, and one of L processing candidate matrices from the first processing candidate matrix PM (1) to the L-th processing candidate matrix PM (L) is replaced with the processing target matrix PM.
(0) and each character existing in the processing target matrix PM (0) is determined as a processing target character.

That is, the first processing candidate matrix PM
L from (1) to the L-th processing candidate matrix PM (L)
If a different character group (for example, document (text)) is assigned to each of the processing candidate matrices, one of them is selected as the processing target matrix PM (0), and the character group in the processing target matrix (PM (0)) is selected. For example, text) can be determined as a processing target.

In this case, as described above with reference to FIGS. 13 to 15, for example, in the X direction of the text editing area EA (text matrix EM), in other words, the first to L-th L k-th processes are performed. In each X direction of the candidate area PA (k) (k-th processing candidate matrix PM (k)), a character group that can be a document (text), not just a set of disparate characters (character group) k texts) are arranged (assigned), and one of them is selected as a processing target (processing target area PA (0) (processing target matrix PM (0))), and the text in that is selected. It can be determined as a processing target.

Therefore, in this character processing method,
Even when various processes such as editing and printing are performed on any one of a plurality of documents (texts) as a processing target, each text can be selected as a processing target without particularly reading and writing. Also, in this case, since it is not necessary to display a plurality of texts at once, a large display screen is not required. Therefore, in this character processing method, even if a small display screen 41 is used, various processes such as editing and printing of a plurality of texts can be freely performed without frequently reading and writing each text.

The selection of the processing target (processing target area PA (0) (processing target matrix PM (0)) in this case is not limited to the method described above with reference to FIGS.
For example, other methods such as numerical input of an arbitrary k of the k-th processing candidate are possible.

In each of the above-described examples, characters with circled numbers indicating line numbers, such as..., Are attached to the first line of each paragraph and the second line as attribute characters. , That is, before the first line of the first paragraph, a squared number (a number in a square) indicating a document (text) number may be added. In this case, since it is added immediately before the line number of the first line of the first paragraph, for example, FIG.
As shown in FIG. 20, the part immediately before the first line of the first paragraph can be omitted. In addition, instead of immediately before the first line of each paragraph (when used together with the document number, the second and subsequent paragraphs), an attribute character indicating the paragraph number can be attached by another kind of character.

In these cases, the attribute character holds the attribute information of each character string and can be handled in the same manner as other characters. It becomes easy to grasp the attribute information (document number, paragraph number, line number, etc.) of the character string. In particular, attribute characters such as a document number, a paragraph number, and a line number hold the arrangement information of each character string, so that the user can determine the arrangement information of each character string, that is, what document and what character string are displayed. It makes it easier to understand the third paragraph, what line, etc.

Next, an operation example of the editing and printing processes performed based on the character processing method of the present embodiment will be described. First, as shown in FIG. 21, the number of documents to be handled (the number of texts) is set to 20, and a square number indicating the document (text) number is added in FIG.
The line number immediately before the first line of the first paragraph is omitted. Further, even if the number of paragraphs increases, the description becomes complicated, and the same processing can be performed as described above with reference to FIG. In addition, the number of rows is limited to three for the same reason (above, (1) to (3) in FIG. 20A). Others also follow the diagram (a) ((5) to (9)).

In FIG. 22 and subsequent figures, the description is made as shown in the notation format of FIG. 21 (b). The display state of the display screen 41 of the display 4 corresponding to the text display screen DA is represented by a screen Dxx, and the reference number is indicated only by Dxx. In addition, for the convenience of explanation and ease of understanding, the initial state is the document number (also serves as the first paragraph, first line) for all of document numbers 1 (first text) to document number 20 (20th text). It is assumed that the line numbers of the same paragraph have already been registered (stored). Of course, the number of documents (the number of texts) can be arbitrarily increased. For example, when a new document number is first input, a processing candidate area (processing candidate matrix) may be prepared. Here, the first to twentieth text areas (the first processing candidate area P
A (1) to twentieth processing candidate area PA (20)) and its attribute characters are already prepared.

For example, as shown in FIG. 22, it is assumed that the initial state of the first text is displayed in the above-described initial screen display in FIG. 4 (D10). In this initial state, even if the print key 322 is pressed, there is no character to be printed. Therefore, the character is turned off momentarily (for example, 0.75 seconds) to indicate that (instruction error), and then returns to the current state.
When the cursor "↓" key 330D is pressed by the user from this state (D10), for example, an initial state of the second text is displayed (D11). Similarly, the state of the third text to the twentieth text is displayed in accordance with the pressing of the cursor “↓” key 330D (D12 to D1).
4).

In this case, the text data of each character which is an element of the text matrix EM stored in the text editing area EA is set as a background and the first processing candidate area PA
First processing candidate matrix PM (1) stored in (1)
From the state (D10) in which the text data TD (1) is selected as the text data TD (0) of the processing target (processing target area PA (0) (processing target matrix PM (0)), the twentieth processing candidate area PA The second stored in (20)
0 processing candidate matrix PM (20) text data T
Until D (20) is selected as the text data TD (0) to be processed (D14), use the cursor "↓" key 3
This means that the state (screen) is changed according to the pressing of 30D (scrolling the display). That is, the (L) of the first to twentieth texts is
=) Text data TD (1) to T of 20 processing candidates
One of D (20) can be easily selected and determined as text data TD (0) to be processed.

In the present example, the display of the first text follows the display of the twentieth text (circular display, rotation), and the state (D14) showing the initial state of the twentieth text is changed. When the cursor "↓" key 330D is further pressed, the initial state of the first text is displayed (the same as D15: D10). In this state (D
From 15), that is, from the state where the cursor K is at the position of the text number and there is no further left (no character) (the same applies to D10 to D14), the cursor "←" key 330L is pressed. Then, the light is momentarily turned off (D16) so as to indicate that (instruction error), and the operation returns to the current state (D17).

In this state (D17: D10 and D15)
When the cursor "→" key 330R is pressed, the cursor relatively moves to the right, that is, the cursor K
Is a fixed position, the displayed character moves to the left, and the cursor K moves below the line number indicating the second line (D18: common to FIG. 22 and FIG. 23). As shown in FIG. 23, similarly, from this state (D18), the cursor “→”
When the key 330R is pressed, the cursor K moves below the line number indicating the third line (D19). Similarly, when the cursor "→" key 330R is pressed from this state (D19), that is, from the state where there is no character on the right side further, the light is momentarily turned off (indicating error) to indicate that (instruction error). After D20), it returns to the current state (D21).

This state (same as D21: D19)
When the cursor "カ ー ソ ル" key 330U is pressed, the second
The state of 0 text is displayed (D22). When the cursor "←" key 330L is pressed from this state (D22), that is, from the state where the cursor K is located below the line number indicating the third line (D22), the cursor K moves relatively to the left. (The displayed character moves to the right),
The cursor K moves below the line number indicating the second line (D
23). Similarly, when the cursor "←" key 330L is pressed from this state (D23), the cursor K moves to the position of the text number, and there is no further character on the left side (D24). In this state (D2
From 4), when the cursor "←" key 330L is further pressed, the light is momentarily turned off (D25) to indicate that (instruction error), and then the display returns to the current state (D27).

Next, the state (D10: FIG.
24 and FIG. 24), as shown in FIG. 24, the "A" key (hereinafter referred to as "A" key) which is a character (character) of the character key group 31 by the user. When the character 31 is pressed, the display of all the characters to the left of the position of the cursor K (here, the position below the character of the text number "1") is moved to the left, and the cursor K is moved to the position of the cursor K. The key input character "A" is inserted (D30). Of course, in the text editing area EA (text matrix EM), the code data of the character "A" is inserted as a part of the text data at this position (to the right of the text number "1": before the line number). Therefore, when the print key 322 is pressed in this state (D30), the print image G30 of one character “A” is printed.

Similarly, from this state (D30), "7"
When the key 31 is pressed, the display on the left side of the position of the cursor K (here, the position below the character "A") is moved to the left, and the character "7" key-inputted to that position is moved.
Is inserted (D31). Of course, text editing area E
Since the character "7" is also inserted in A (text matrix EM), when the print key 322 is pressed in this state (D31), a print image G31 of "A7" of 2 characters x 1 line is printed.

From this state (D31), the cursor "→"
When the key 330R is pressed, the cursor K relatively moves to the right, and the cursor K moves below the line number indicating the second line (D32). In this state (D32), since the text data does not change at all, when the print key 322 is pressed, the print image G32 of “A7” of 2 characters × 1 line same as the print image G31 is printed.

From this state (D32), the "f" key 31
Is pressed, the display on the left side of the position where the cursor K is located (the position below the character of the line number) is moved to the left, and the character "f" input by key is inserted at that position (D
33). Of course, the character “f” is inserted even in the text editing area EA (text matrix EM). Therefore, when the print key 322 is pressed in this state (D33), the first line is “A7” of two characters, The second line prints a print image G33 in which an image of one character “f” is developed.

Similarly, from this state (D33),
When the "G" key 31 and the "8" key 31 are pressed, the display on the left side of the position where the cursor K is located is sequentially moved to the left, and the characters "G",
“8” is inserted (D34 to D35). Of course, since text data is also inserted, these states (D34,
When the print key 322 is pressed in D35), the first line
The character “A7” and the second line print a print image G34 or a print image G35 obtained by developing an image of two characters “fG” or an image of three characters “fg8”.

From this state (D35), the cursor "←"
When the key 330L is pressed, the cursor K moves relatively to the left, and the cursor K moves below the character “8” at the end of the second line (D36: common to FIGS. 24 and 25). Since the text data has not changed at all, the print key 32
2 is pressed, the print image G36 which is the same as the print image G35
Print.

Next, the state described above with reference to FIG. 24 (D36: FIG.
4 and FIG. 25), as shown in FIG. 25, when the cursor “↓” key 330D is pressed by the user, the first
From the state where the state of the text is displayed (D36), the second
The display shifts to a state where the initial state of the text is displayed (D37). In this case, the cursor K is originally positioned at the position of the original cursor K (the position under the character “G” corresponding to the sixth character of the first text) (corresponding to the sixth character of the second text). Position), but the second
In the text, there is no character at the corresponding position (No. 6
Because there is no position corresponding to the character), it moves to the end of the second text (end of sentence: here, the position below the third character of the second text) (D37). Of course, in this initial state (D37), even if the print key 322 is pressed, there is no character to be printed, so that (instruction error)
, And then return to the current state (D
37).

When the cursor "@" key 330U is pressed from this state (D37), the state of displaying the state of the second text (D37) to the state of displaying the state of the first text (D38). Move to In this case, the position of the cursor K is the position corresponding to the original position of the cursor K (the position below the line number corresponding to the third character of the second text) (the character "corresponding to the third character of the first text"). 7 ”) (D38).
Of course, in this state (D38), when the print key 322 is pressed, the above-described print image G3 corresponding to the first text is displayed.
The same print image G38 as 5th is printed.

When the cursor "@" key 330U is pressed in this state (D38), the state of the first text is displayed (D38), and the state of the twentieth text is displayed (D39). Move to In this case, the position of the cursor K shifts to a position below the line number corresponding to the same third character as the original. Of course, in this initial state (D39), even if the print key 322 is pressed, there is no character to be printed, so that the light is momentarily turned off to indicate that (instruction error) and then returns to the current state (D3).
9).

From this state (D39), the "T" key 31
Is pressed, the display on the left side of the position of the cursor K (the position below the line number) is moved to the left, and the character "T" keyed in is inserted at that position (D40). Of course, the text editing area EA (the text matrix E
In the state (D40), when the print key 322 is pressed in this state (D40), the print image G40 in which the image of the one character "T" is developed is printed in the third line. I do.

From this state (D40), the cursor "←"
When the key 330L is pressed three times, the cursor K relatively moves leftward by three characters, and the text number “2” is displayed.
The cursor K moves below "0" (D41). Since the text data has not changed at all, when the print key 322 is pressed, the same print image G41 as the print image G40 is printed.

From this state (D41), the “9” key 31
Is pressed, the display (only the character with the text number "20") on the left side of the position of the cursor K (the position under the character with the text number "20") is moved to the left,
The character "9" keyed in is inserted at that position (D40). Of course, since the character “9” is inserted also in the text editing area EA (text matrix EM), if the print key 322 is pressed in this state (D40), the first character “9”, 3 The print image G42 in which the image of one character “T” is developed on the line is printed.

When the cursor "@" key 330U is pressed from this state (D42), the state of displaying the state of the twentieth text (D42) to the state of displaying the state of the nineteenth text (D43: (Common for FIGS. 25 and 26)
Move to In this case, the position of the cursor K shifts to a position below the line number corresponding to the same second character as the original. Of course, in this initial state (D43), even if the print key 322 is pressed, there is no character to be printed.
After momentarily turning off the light to indicate that (instruction error), the operation returns to the current state.

Next, the state described above with reference to FIG. 25 (D43: FIG.
5 and FIG. 26) to “Z” as shown in FIG.
When the key 31 is pressed, the display on the left side of the position where the cursor K is located (the position below the character of the line number) is moved to the left, and the keyed-in character "Z" is inserted at that position (D44). Of course, the character “Z” is inserted even in the text editing area EA (text matrix EM). In this state (D44), the print key 322 is displayed.
Is pressed, a print image G45 in which an image of one character "Z" is developed on the second line is printed.

When the cursor "→" key 330R is pressed from this state (D45), the cursor K moves relatively to the right and the cursor K moves below the line number (D45). Since the text data has not changed at all, when the print key 322 is pressed, the same print image G45 as the print image G44 is printed.

From this state (D45), the space key 3
When 1 is pressed, the display on the left side of the position of the cursor K (the position below the character of the line number) is moved to the left, and the character "" (space:
SP) is inserted (D46). Of course, even in the text editing area EA (text matrix EM), the character "" (space: SP) is inserted, and in this state (D46), when the print key 322 is pressed, the first character is displayed on the second line. “Z”, a print image G46 in which an image of one character “” (one character space) is developed on the third line is printed.

When the cursor "↓" key 330D is pressed from this state (D46), the state of the nineteenth text is displayed (D46), and the state of the twentieth text is displayed (D47). Move to in this case,
The position of the cursor K shifts to a position below (in this case, the end) the character “T” on the third line corresponding to the same fifth character as the original. Of course, when the print key 322 is pressed in this state (D47), the same print image G47 as the above-described print image G42 is printed.

When the cursor "↓" key 330D is pressed in this state (D47), the state of the twentieth text is displayed (D47), and the state of the first text is displayed (D48). Move to In this case, the position of the cursor K shifts to a position below the character “f” on the second line corresponding to the same fifth character as the original. Of course, if the print key 322 is pressed in this state (D48), the same print image G48 as the print image G35 described above is printed.

As described above, according to the character processing (or text management) method of the tape printer 1 of the present embodiment, the processing target (processing target area PA (0) (processing target matrix PM (0))) is edited. Text data TD (0) of the character to be processed is added as a matrix,
By deleting or changing, the text editing area EA
(Text matrix EM) can be edited for text characters.

In this character processing method, the processing target (processing target area PA (0) (processing target matrix P
M (0))), at least a part of those images can be printed on the tape (printing target) T based on the text data TD (0) of the processing target character using the printing target matrix. Note that, as described above, when the processing target character includes an attribute character, especially when the attribute character such as a document number, a paragraph number, and a line number is included, the attribute character itself is not printed, and Other attached character strings can be printed according to the attribute character (for example, in a specified paragraph or line).

From another point of view, in the character processing (or text management) method of the tape printer 1 according to the present embodiment, the text data TD (k) to be processed independently is processed as each line. L candidate (L is an integer of 2 or more) text data TD (1) to T
D (L) is replaced with L lines of text data TD (1) to TD
(L). Also, at least one of the stored L-line text data TD (1) to TD (L)
With at least a part of the line as a display target, text data (for example, TD (2) and T
D (3) and an image indicating TD (3) in FIGS. 18 and 20 are displayed.

Then, one text data (for example, TD in FIG. 17) in which at least a part of the text data TD (1) to TD (L) of the L processing candidates is displayed.
(2) or TD (3), TD in FIGS. 18 and 20
(3)) is selected as the text data TD (0) to be processed. In this case, the processing target is text data that can be confirmed at least partially by display.
Processing can be performed after confirmation by the display. In the example shown in FIG. 18 and subsequent figures, since one line is displayed, the text data of the display line (one line: one) is inevitably selected as the processing target.

In this text management method, the text data TD (0) to be processed is a predetermined number (first or second in FIG. 17; Since it is a line display, it is the text data of the first line). Therefore, if the line to be displayed is determined, the text data TD (0) to be processed is also determined. Conversely, this makes it possible to change the processing target by changing the line to be displayed.

In the tape printer 1, since the cursor K is used as the processing object selection means, the processing object can be easily changed and selected by operating the cursor K. In this case, since the portion to be displayed in the text data TD (1) to TD (L) of the L rows can be changed, the user can select L.
By displaying each part of the text data TD (1) to TD (L) on the line, the stored text data can be confirmed. In particular, since a row to be displayed (a predetermined number of rows) is to be processed, the cursor K is operated by operating the cursor "↑" key 330U or the cursor "↓" key 330D to move the cursor K to the upper and lower rows. And the line to be displayed can be changed to change the processing target.

In this case, the L text data TD
(1) to TD (L) can be simultaneously selected as processing candidates, and a processing target can be selected without particular reading / writing of each text. Further, in this case, since it is not necessary to display a plurality of text data at once, a large display screen is not required. Therefore, in this text management method, even if a plurality of independent texts are used as processing candidates at the same time and a small display screen is used, reading and writing of the texts is not frequently performed, and the displayed texts are not frequently processed. Various processes such as editing and printing can be performed freely.

In the examples described above with reference to FIGS. 22 to 26, the display of the first text follows the display of the twentieth text (circular display and rotation). In these cases, the row adjacent to the first row (the row above the illustrated row) of the L rows is the L-th row, and the row adjacent to the row after the L-th row (the row below the illustrated one row). Since the line to be displayed is changed to be the first line, the line to be displayed is changed so that it can be cyclically displayed, so that the time and effort required for changing the line to be displayed from an arbitrary line to another arbitrary line can be averaged. It can be done efficiently.

More specifically, in the text management method described above, at least when printing is to be performed, any one piece of text data that can be printed in one or more lines of one paragraph or a plurality of paragraphs is to be displayed. In some cases, a predetermined format that can be displayed on one line is defined (see, for example, FIGS. 5 and 17). Sometimes they can be displayed on one line. Here, according to the predetermined format, L text data (L is an integer of 2 or more) of one or more lines to be processed are stored independently. That is, these L pieces of text data are text data that can be displayed in one line.

In addition, at least a part of at least one of the L text data is set as a display target, and
An image indicating the text data is displayed on a predetermined display screen (text display area DA: display screen DA) (FIG. 17).
-FIG. 26 etc.). In this case, each text data is displayed as one line. Display screen (predetermined display screen)
DA is the J line including the display line where the cursor K is located (J is 1 ≦
Integer satisfying J ≦ L: J = 2 in the example of FIG. 17, and J = 1) in the examples of FIGS.

Then, as described above with reference to FIGS.
When the print key 322 is pressed (predetermined print instruction), the text data, at least a part of which is displayed on the display line where the cursor K is displayed, is printed on the tape (print target) T as a print target. That is, the text data displayed as one line on the display line where the cursor K is located is printed as a print target.

Needless to say, the text data to be printed in this case may correspond to any one of one line / one line of plural lines / multiple paragraphs at the time of printing. Further, since it is sufficient to include at least the display line where the cursor K is located, the display screen (predetermined display screen) DA may be any as long as it can display at least one line. That is, a small display screen is sufficient. Since the text data of the display line where the cursor K is located is to be printed, the text (data) to be printed is
It can be specified by a simple operation without searching for a file or the like in which it is registered.

As described above with reference to FIGS. 19 and 24 to 26, the text data to be printed can be changed to another text data by relatively moving the cursor K between the lines on the display screen DA. In this case, the cursor K is within a predetermined display screen having J display lines including the display line (in each of the above examples, J = 1,
Since the entire display screen DA is the display line where the cursor is located), the relative line-to-line movement in this case is that the position of the cursor K is fixed and the display line of the J-line is Cursor changing method (for example, scrolling), and description thereof is omitted.
Any one of the cursor movement methods of literally moving the line between in A may be adopted.

In any case, text data to be printed can be specified and changed by a simple operation of relative movement of the cursor K between lines. Also, this cursor K
The text data displayed on the display screen can be changed by a simple operation of relative line-to-line movement, so that the user can confirm the stored L text data by display.
In addition, since the L text data is cyclically displayed by moving the cursor K between lines in the same direction, the trouble and time when changing the text data to be displayed from an arbitrary one to another arbitrary one can be averaged. And efficient.
Further, the text data displayed on the display line where the cursor K is located can be edited and the contents of the text data can be rewritten.

In the examples described above with reference to FIGS. 22 to 26, the number of paragraphs is set to 1, a square number indicating a document (text) number is added, and the line number immediately before the first line of the first paragraph is omitted. Thus, the line numbers are stored in advance for the remaining lines of the number of lines that can be input (three lines), but in the case of a plurality of paragraphs, the line numbers and the like for the number of lines can be stored in advance. For example, assuming that the number of paragraphs is 2, the line number of the second paragraph is distinguished from the first paragraph as a number with a diamond “◇”, and the number of lines that can be input in each paragraph is three, as shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 27, the line number of each line of each paragraph and the paragraph are distinguished and stored in advance as a default (that is, as an initial state) like text data TD (4) and TD (8) shown in the drawing. Can be.

Also, in the same manner as in the above-described example in FIGS. 22 to 26, square numbers indicating document (text) numbers
It is also possible to omit the line numbers immediately before the first line of the first paragraph and store the line numbers in advance for the remaining lines of the number of lines that can be input (three lines). In this case, for example, FIG.
FIG. 28 corresponds to FIG.

In the example described above with reference to FIG. 27 or FIG.
The illustrated first text data TD (1) is obtained by inputting only the first line of the first paragraph. FIG. 27 or FIG.
When the seventh text data TD (7) shown in FIG. 8 is printed as a processing target (as a printing target), a two-line print image G11 can be printed as shown in FIG. Further, for example, only the line number where no character (character) is input after the user is ignored, and the line including only the line number input later is regarded as a blank line, and the sixth text data TD in both figures is regarded as a blank line.
By printing (6), as shown in FIG. 29B, the print image G12 in which the second line of the three lines is a blank line can be printed.

In each of the above-described examples, as described with reference to FIG. 19 and the like, the L text data is stored in the text editing area EA as L lines of text data in a predetermined format when displaying the text data. . Therefore, row J (J is 1 ≦ J
A predetermined display screen 41 having a display line of ≦ L)
When each text data is displayed in a predetermined format corresponding to each text data in the (text display area DA), the text data corresponding to the J row stored as the L row text data is displayed on the display screen. By developing and displaying the image on the DA, it can be read out and used as it is for display.

Note that, as described above, the text editing area EA
When all L text data are stored and handled collectively, when L text data is large (large number), the processing may be too heavy. In such a case, for example, FIG.
As shown in FIG. 0, in the vicinity of J pieces of text data to be displayed (to be displayed) on the display screen DA (only adjacent text data is shown).
May be handled in the text editing area EA.

In this case, the L pieces of text data are stored in, for example, the individual file F in FIG.
1A to F8A and the like. In the text editing area EA, J + 2 lines (four lines in the figure) including J lines (two lines in the figure) to be displayed and lines adjacent thereto are stored in the text editing area EA, one for each text data. It is stored so that it can be displayed in a predetermined format of a line. That is, J +
Two (= 4) pieces of text data are stored in a predetermined format of one line each.

In this state, when the cursor K is moved (relatively) upward by one line by pressing the cursor "↑" key 330U, for example, the display target line (display target text data) moves upward by one line. Because it shifts to
The text data of the upper adjacent line is read from the file. That is, when the cursor K is subsequently moved upward, the text data of the line to be displayed is read in advance and stored in the text editing area EA in a predetermined format. Similarly, for example, when the cursor K is moved (relatively) one line down by pressing the cursor “↓” key 330D,
Since the line to be displayed (text data to be displayed) is shifted down by one line, the text data of the line adjacent to the lower side is read from the file.

Therefore, in this case, the text editing area E
A is a text display candidate area for reading and storing text data that is likely to be displayed next, that is, text data of the next text display candidate prior to display. In addition, when the text data is actually displayed, the text data can be image-developed on the display screen and quickly displayed. Of course, since the text data is displayed (selected) on the predetermined line and is a processing target for editing or the like, the text data also serves as the text editing area EA described above. In this case, it is only necessary to be able to display each text data in the text editing area EA in one line in a predetermined format. Therefore, when storing in the file area FA, another format (data format: format, etc.) is used. But it is good.

As described above, in the (text management method of) the tape printing apparatus 1 of the present embodiment, L (L is an integer of 2 or more) text data of one or more lines to be processed independently of each other And an image indicating the text data to be displayed is displayed in J rows (where J is an integer satisfying 1 ≦ J ≦ L), with at least one of them being a display target.
Are displayed in a predetermined format of one line each corresponding to each text data on a predetermined display screen DA having display lines of, and one text data at least partially displayed as text data to be processed. select.

In this case, the processing target is text data at least part of which can be confirmed by display.
Processing can be performed after confirmation by the display. For this reason, when managing a plurality of texts to be processed independently of each other, it is possible to associate the display and storage of each of the plurality of texts, even if a small display screen is used, and to manage the desired texts. Various processes such as editing and printing can be freely performed with simple operations. In the case of one-line display, the text data of the display line (one line: one) is necessarily selected as a processing target.

In the above-described embodiment, the tape printing apparatus has been described. However, various forms can be adopted as long as various processing such as editing and printing are performed on a character string (or text). Various printing devices that print an image of an edited character string (or text) on a non-printing object, and other devices that use a particularly small display screen to perform various processes such as editing and printing for a plurality of texts The present invention can be appropriately modified without departing from the scope of the present invention.

[0158]

As described above, in the text management method and text management apparatus of the present invention, when managing a plurality of texts to be processed independently of each other, even if a small display screen is used, The display and storage of each text can be associated with each other, and various processes such as editing and printing of a desired text can be freely performed by simple operations.
And so on.

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FIG. 1 is an external perspective view of a tape printer to which a text management method and a text management device according to an embodiment of the present invention are applied.

FIG. 2 is an external perspective view of the tape printer of FIG. 1 in a cover opened state.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a control system of the tape printing apparatus of FIG.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a conceptual process of overall control of the tape printing apparatus in FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of a print image.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing an image in which each text is registered as a text file in a conventional character processing method relating to text management.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing an image of a text matrix and a text editing area.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing an image of text data read from a text file to a text editing area in a conventional character processing method related to text management.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram showing an image of a display target matrix and a text display area in the case of FIG. 8;

FIG. 10 is an explanatory view similar to FIG. 9, showing another example.

FIG. 11 shows a text editing area, a text display area, and a text editing area in a conventional character processing method related to text management.
FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of a relationship with a file area.

FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram in which an example of the relationship between a text matrix and a text editing area and a k-th processing candidate matrix and a k-th processing candidate area is imaged.

FIG. 13 shows a case where each k-th processing candidate area has
FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram showing an image when text data is stored.

FIG. 14 is an explanatory view similar to FIG. 13, showing another example.

FIG. 15 is an explanatory diagram similar to FIG. 13, showing still another example.

FIG. 16 is an explanatory diagram similar to FIG. 15, which is a simplified version of FIG. 5;

FIG. 17 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of the relationship between the text editing area and the text display area in the case of FIG. 16;

FIG. 18 is an explanatory diagram similar to FIG. 17, showing another example.

FIG. 19 is a diagram illustrating an example of the relationship between a text editing area, a text display area, and a k-th processing candidate area.

FIG. 20 is an explanatory diagram similar to FIG. 16, but illustrating another example.

FIG. 21 is an explanatory diagram showing notes related to the illustration of the operation examples shown in FIG. 22 and subsequent figures.

FIG. 22 is an explanatory diagram showing an operation example for changing the positions of the text display area and the display target matrix in the text editing area and in the text matrix.

FIG. 23 is an explanatory view similar to FIG. 22, following FIG. 22;

FIG. 24 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an operation example of various processes such as editing and printing.

FIG. 25 is an explanatory view similar to FIG. 24, following FIG. 24;

FIG. 26 is an explanatory view similar to FIG. 24, following FIG. 25;

FIG. 27 is an explanatory view similar to FIG. 17, but showing still another example.

FIG. 28 is an explanatory view similar to FIG. 17, but showing still another example.

FIG. 29 is an explanatory view similar to FIG. 5, showing another example.

FIG. 30 is an explanatory view similar to FIG. 19, showing another example in the case of using the same file area as in FIG. 11;

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Claims (27)

[Claims] 1. A text storage step of storing L (L is an integer of 2 or more) text data of one or more lines, each of which is independently processed, among the L text data stored , At least a part of which is a display target, an image indicating the text data to be displayed is displayed on a J-line (where J is 1 ≦ J ≦
A text display step of displaying each text data in a predetermined format corresponding to each text data on a predetermined display screen having display rows of (L being an integer), among the text data of the L pieces of processing candidates A processing target selecting step of selecting, as text data to be processed, one piece of text data at least partially displayed;
A text management method comprising: 2. The text storage step according to claim 1, wherein in the text storing step, the L pieces of text data are stored as L rows of text data according to the predetermined format when displayed. Text management method. 3. The text display step, wherein the text data corresponding to the J-line stored as the L-line text data is image-expanded and displayed on the display screen. Item 3. The text management method according to Item 2. 4. In the text storing step, the L text data are individually stored in association with the L rows at the time of display, and the text displaying step is performed by the text data of the L processing candidates. Reading text data for displaying at least a part of the text data into a text display area prior to display; and reading text data corresponding to the J-line of the text data read into the text display area. 2. The text management method according to claim 1, further comprising: a display image developing step of developing and displaying an image on the display screen. 5. In the text reading step, text data corresponding to at least a row adjacent to the J row being displayed is read out of the L text data corresponding to the L rows. 4. The text management method according to 4. 6. The text data to be processed is text data displayed on a predetermined line of the J display lines. Text management methods. 7. The display device according to claim 1, further comprising a display target changing step of changing the display target portion of the L pieces of text data to another portion. Text management method described. 8. The display target changing step includes a display target text changing step of changing text data displayed on the display line of the L pieces of text data to another text data. The text management method according to claim 7. 9. The display target text changing step includes sequentially changing text data displayed on the display line to adjacent text data in the same direction, thereby circulating the L pieces of text data as text data of L lines. The text management method according to claim 8, further comprising a cyclic display step of displaying. 10. The text management method according to claim 9, wherein the cyclic display is performed by repeating the same operation. 11. The text management method according to claim 1, further comprising an editing step of editing the text data to be processed. 12. The printing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a printing step of printing at least a part of an image corresponding to the text data to be processed on a printing target based on the text data to be processed. Text management method described in Crab. 13. The text management method according to claim 12, wherein the print target is a tape. 14. Text storage means for storing L (L is an integer of 2 or more) text data of one or more lines, each of which is independently processed, among the L text data stored , At least a part of which is a display target, an image indicating the text data to be displayed is displayed on a J-line (where J is 1 ≦ J ≦
Text display means for displaying in a predetermined format of one line each corresponding to each text data on a predetermined display screen having display lines of (L being an integer), among the text data of the L processing candidates Processing target selection means for selecting, as text data to be processed, one piece of text data at least partially displayed;
A text management device comprising: 15. The apparatus according to claim 14, wherein said text storage means stores said L pieces of text data as L rows of text data in accordance with said predetermined format when displayed. Text management device. 16. The text display device according to claim 1, wherein the text data corresponding to the J-line stored as the text data of the L-line is image-expanded and displayed on the display screen. Item 16. A text management device according to Item 15. 17. The text storage means stores the L pieces of text data individually in association with the L rows at the time of display, and the text display means stores text data of the L pieces of processing candidates. Text reading means for reading out at least a part of the text data to be displayed in a text display candidate area prior to display, and text corresponding to the J line in the text data read out in the text display candidate area Display image developing means for developing data and displaying the image on the display screen;
The text management device according to claim 14, comprising: 18. The method according to claim 18, wherein the text reading means reads out text data corresponding to at least a line adjacent to the J line being displayed, among L text data corresponding to the L lines. 18. The text management device according to item 17. 19. The text data to be processed is text data displayed on a predetermined line of the J display lines. Text management device. 20. The display apparatus according to claim 14, further comprising a display target changing unit that changes the display target portion of the L text data to another portion. Text management device as described. 21. The display object changing means, comprising: display object text changing means for changing text data displayed on the display line of the L text data to another text data. The text management device according to claim 20. 22. The display target text changing means circulates the L pieces of text data as L rows of text data by sequentially changing text data displayed on the display line to adjacent text data in the same direction. 22. The text management device according to claim 21, further comprising a circulation display unit for displaying. 23. The text management device according to claim 22, wherein the cyclic display is performed by repeating the same operation. 24. The text management device according to claim 14, further comprising editing means for editing the text data to be processed. 25. The printing apparatus according to claim 14, further comprising a printing unit configured to print at least a part of an image corresponding to the text data to be processed on a printing target based on the text data to be processed. The text management device described in Crab. 26. The text management device according to claim 25, wherein the print target is a tape. 27. The text management device according to claim 14, wherein the processing target selection unit is a cursor.