JP2016064520A - Object creation device and program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To create an object having balanced appearance without wasting an output medium, such as a tape.SOLUTION: A label creation device 1 includes parameter acquisition means (control part 40) which acquires a parameter including a size of an object, object creation means (control part 40) which creates the object broken down into a plurality of elements, and control means (control part 40) which transports a medium in a roll form by a length corresponding to each element of the object created as described above.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

Description

  The present invention relates to an object creation device and a program.

  For example, as disclosed in Patent Document 1, a tape member formed by laminating a printing tape and a release tape is accommodated in a tape cassette, and the tape cassette is set in a housing, and input means such as a keyboard 2. Description of the Related Art There is known a label printing apparatus that creates a unique label by printing an object such as a character or a pattern input from a printer or output from another device on a tape member.

Printing tapes used in such label printing apparatuses are generally narrow tapes used for the management of documents and stationery, but in recent years, tapes that can be used as displays and signs are wide. As a result, tape printers have been used in a wide variety of applications.
Also, when printing an object in a size that does not fit within the tape width, as disclosed in Patent Document 2, the object is printed across a plurality of adjacent tapes, and a plurality of printed tapes are printed. It is known to print an object larger than the tape width by pasting in parallel without any gap.

JP 2011-25411 A JP 9-136463 A

  However, when printing an object with a size that does not fit within the tape width, according to the invention disclosed in Patent Document 2, as the print size of a desired object increases, the area that does not correspond to the object on each tape ( As a result, the length of the tape that is wasted is increased.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems. When the print size of a desired object is increased, an area not corresponding to the object on each tape is widened, resulting in uselessness. An object of the present invention is to provide an object creating apparatus and a program for the same that can prevent an increase in the length of a tape to be used.

A first aspect according to the present invention includes:
Parameter acquisition means for acquiring a parameter including the size of the object, object generation means for generating the object generated based on the parameter and decomposed into a plurality of elements, and a length corresponding to each element of the generated object There is provided an object creating apparatus comprising a control unit that conveys a roll-shaped medium.

A second aspect according to the present invention includes:
A function for obtaining a parameter including the size of the object, a function for generating the object generated based on the parameter and broken down into a plurality of elements, and a roll corresponding to the length of each element of the generated object And an object creating apparatus program for executing the function of conveying the medium.

  According to the present invention, when the print size of a desired object is increased, a region not corresponding to the object on each tape is widened, and as a result, the length of the tape that is wasted is increased. Therefore, it is possible to provide an object creation device and a program for the same.

It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the object production apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of the object production apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a schematic diagram of the character preparation procedure by the object preparation apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a schematic diagram which shows an example of the division | segmentation expression of the curve by the object creation apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention.

  DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, a mode for carrying out the present invention (hereinafter simply referred to as the present embodiment) will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the description of the embodiments, the same number or symbol is assigned to the same configuration.

(Configuration of the embodiment)
This embodiment has illustrated the case where it applies to the label production apparatus 1 as an object production apparatus. As shown in FIG. 1, the label producing apparatus 1 includes a control unit 40 as a control unit. The controller 40 is connected to a ROM (Read Only Memory) 41 and a RAM (Random Access Memory) 42 as storage means. The control unit 40 is connected to the input unit 3 and a display unit driving circuit 66 that drives the display unit 4.

  The control unit 40 further includes a head drive circuit 51 for driving the thermal head 11, a transport motor drive circuit 52 for driving a transport motor 46 for driving the platen roller 12, and a cassette discrimination switch 44. It is connected. Further, a cutting mechanism 17 (cutting means) that cuts a tape as a roll-shaped medium is connected to the control unit 40 via a cutter motor drive circuit 53 that drives a cutter motor 48.

  For example, the control unit 40 is mounted with a microprocessor, and in response to a key operation signal from the input unit 3 or automatically, a system program stored in advance in the ROM 42, a control program stored in a memory card, an external device The control program read from the program is started, and the operation of each unit in the apparatus is controlled using the RAM 42 as a work memory.

  The ROM 41 stores a program for printing characters and the like input from the input unit 3, a character font, an outline font, a paste mark pattern to be described later, and the like, and a storage medium storing a program readable by the control unit 40 Also works. As the ROM 41, a writable ROM such as an EPROM (Erasable Programmable ROM) may be used. When the EPROM is used, the ROM 41 also functions as an auxiliary storage device.

  The RAM 42 is an input data memory for storing key input characters and character spacing, format information such as vertical writing and horizontal writing, a print data memory for storing print pattern data in which the input print information is expanded, and a display unit. Each storage area such as a display data memory in which the pattern data displayed in 4 is stored is secured, and a register, a counter, or the like that temporarily stores data necessary for the printing process is allocated.

  The controller 40 uses the RAM 42 according to various programs and data such as fonts stored in the ROM 41 as described above, and serves as parameter acquisition means for acquiring parameters including the size of an object such as input characters. As an object generating unit that generates an object generated based on parameters and decomposed into a plurality of elements, it functions as a control unit that transports a roll-shaped medium by a length corresponding to each element of the generated object.

  The control unit 40 may generate pasting order information of a plurality of media constituting one object based on parameters input from the input unit 3. When the object is a character, the pasting order is the stroke order. Moreover, the control part 40 may produce | generate the guide information at the time of producing | generating an object using a some element. Here, the guide information is a pasting mark that serves as a positioning mark with respect to the reference direction of the pasting target at the same time as printing a character string when creating a label to be pasted on the pasting target.

  The control unit 40 may convey a tape expressed by printing for each element such as a radical or a side constituting the character. Moreover, the control part 40 may cut the tape accommodated in the tape cassette which abbreviate | omitted illustration for every conveyed element by controlling the cutting mechanism 17 with the cutter motor 48. FIG.

  The cutter motor drive circuit 53 drives a cutter motor 48 that operates the cutting mechanism 17. The cassette discriminating switch 44 is a switch for discriminating the type of tape cassette loaded in a cassette loading unit (not shown), and outputs a signal indicating the discrimination result of the loaded tape cassette to the control unit 40. The tape cassette stores a tape as a roll-shaped medium in which a printing layer and an adhesive layer are laminated.

(Operation of the embodiment)
Hereinafter, the operation of the label producing apparatus 1 of the present embodiment shown in FIG. 1 will be described in detail with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. 2 and the schematic diagrams shown in FIGS.

  First, the user operates the input unit 3 to input characters when printing characters on a label, and parameters such as the presence / absence of divided printing and the size when divided printing is performed (step S101). These information inputs are performed by the user according to input guide information displayed on the display unit 4 driven by the display unit driving circuit 66 under the control of the control unit 40. The input parameters include the width information of the tape to be used.

  When the input character and parameter are taken in, the control unit 40 determines the presence / absence of division / normal printing (step S102). When the normal printing is selected by the user (step S102 “normal”), the control unit 40 executes a print data creation process, expands the created print data in a predetermined area of the RAM 42, and prints the label on the label. Then, by driving the cutting mechanism 17 and executing the cutting process, one label is created (step S103). When creating a plurality of labels having the same print content, the cut process may be executed every time each label is printed, or the cut process may be executed every time a certain number or all labels are printed. good.

  Next, for example, divided printing used for printing an object having a size that does not fit in the tape width, such as when a character is pasted on a placard or a signboard, will be described. When this division printing is selected (step S102 “division”), the control unit 40 first initializes the register P allocated to a predetermined area of the RAM 42 (step S104), and then generates character stroke order information. The printing process is executed (step S105). FIG. 3 shows an example of stroke order information. As shown in FIG. 3A, when a character “school” of size l is input, the control unit 40 indicates the stroke order of the character “school” as shown in FIG. Print with an indicator (shown as a number).

  Next, the control unit 40 analyzes the character “school”, divides it into parts (elements) such as sides or radicals indicating a collar or a crown (step S106), and stores the value in the previously initialized register P. “1” is set (step S107). Subsequently, the control unit 40 generates print data based on the input characters, generates a paste mark, and expands it in a predetermined area of the RAM 42 (step S108). Then, the printing process is executed, and the platen roller 12 is driven by controlling the conveyance motor 46 by the conveyance motor drive circuit 52, and the tape having the tape length optimized for each part is conveyed (step S109).

  The tape length conveyed here is determined by the type of part and the tape width of the label to be used, and the corresponding data is stored in the ROM 41 in advance. The control unit 40 refers to the correspondence data to convey a tape having a tape length optimized for each part.

  After carrying out conveyance control of the optimized tape length, the control unit 40 updates the register P by +1 (step S110), and then controls the cutting mechanism 17 to cut and discharge the tape (step S111). If the register P has not yet reached the number n of parts constituting the input character (“NO” in step S112), the processing of steps S108 to S111 is repeatedly executed, and the register P becomes n of the parts constituting the input character. If it has been reached (step S112 “YES”), label production by divided printing is terminated. Note that the cutting mechanism 17 may be operated manually instead of automatically.

  FIG. 3C shows an example in which a sticking mark and a tape having a corresponding length are conveyed for each indicator indicating the stroke order. In FIG. 3 (c), in the part indicated by the indicator (1), the tape of the tape length l1 indicated as the sticking mark is conveyed in the area where the part indicated by the indicator (2) overlaps, and in the part indicated by the indicator (2), A tape having a tape length of l2 indicated as a sticking mark is conveyed together with an angle at which an area where the parts indicated by the indicator (3) overlap is pasted, and a tape having a tape length of l10 is transported in the part indicated by the indicator (10). Are shown respectively. That is, in FIG. 3C, an indicator (circle number on the upper left of the label) indicating the stroke order corresponding to the label is printed on one label having a length corresponding to the first element among the plurality of elements. In addition, an example is shown in which a pasting mark indicating the arrangement position and direction when the second element, which is the element next to the element, is arranged relative to the first element in accordance with the stroke order is printed. The label 1 on which the circled number 1 is printed on the upper left is printed with the arrangement position and direction for attaching the label 2 on which the circled number 2 is printed on the upper left, which is the next element of the label 1. The same applies to labels 2 and thereafter.

  As for the curve, for example, as shown in FIG. 4, the curve portion indicated by the balloon line is expressed in a divided form so as to indicate the character “Large”, for example, parts (2) -1 and (2 ) -2 and (2) -3, the adjacent parts are pasted together and expressed. Here, an example of the bonding of parts (2) -1 and (2) -2 is shown in an enlarged manner, and the overlapping region with part (2) -1 adjacent to part (2) -1 is shown. An affixing mark is shown.

(Effect of embodiment)
As described above, according to the object creation device (label creation device 1) according to the present embodiment, an object such as a character to be created and its size are input, and are generated based on parameters and decomposed into a plurality of elements. An object is generated, and a roll-shaped medium is conveyed by a length corresponding to each element of the generated object. Also, before each part is transported, for example, if the object is a character, the stroke order information is printed, and a roll-shaped medium such as a tape to be transported overlaps the number corresponding to the part such as its “side” Since the position and direction are printed, the user can easily create a large character. Thus, when pasting characters on a signboard or placard card, etc., even if the print size of the desired object is large, the area that does not correspond to the object on each tape becomes wide. It can suppress that the length of the tape used wastefully increases.

  In addition, according to the object production apparatus which concerns on this embodiment, although only the label production apparatus 1 was illustrated, it is applicable not only to the label production apparatus 1 but general purpose apparatuses, such as PC (Personal Computer) which produces an object. is there. In addition, the object is not limited to kanji but can be applied to alphabets, designs, and the like. Moreover, although only a tape is illustrated as a medium, not only a tape but also a large POP (Point of Purchase advertising) advertisement or the like by dividing and printing an enlarged object for normal printing, etc., and cutting and pasting appropriately. It can also be applied to the purpose of creating

  As mentioned above, although this invention was demonstrated using embodiment, it cannot be overemphasized that the technical scope of this invention is not limited to the range as described in the said embodiment. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications or improvements can be added to the above-described embodiments. Further, it is apparent from the scope of the claims that the embodiments added with such changes or improvements can be included in the technical scope of the present invention.

  The invention described in the scope of claims attached to the application of this application will be added below. The item numbers of the claims described in the appendix are as set forth in the claims attached to the application of this application.

[Appendix]
[Claim 1]
Parameter acquisition means for acquiring parameters including the size of the object;
Object generation means for generating the object generated based on the parameters and decomposed into a plurality of elements;
Control means for conveying a roll-shaped medium by a length corresponding to each element of the generated object;
An object creation device characterized by comprising:
[Claim 2]
The roll-shaped medium is a tape composed of a print layer and an adhesive layer,
A cutting means for cutting the tape;
The control means includes
2. The object creating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the tape is cut every time the length corresponding to each element is conveyed by controlling the cutting means.
[Claim 3]
The control means includes
The object creation apparatus according to claim 1, wherein guide information for generating the object is generated using the plurality of elements.
[Claim 4]
The object is a character;
The control means includes
The object creation device according to claim 1, wherein stroke order information of the characters is generated based on the parameters.
[Claim 5]
The ability to get parameters including the size of the object,
A function of generating the object generated based on the parameters and decomposed into a plurality of elements;
A function of conveying a roll-shaped medium by a length corresponding to each element of the generated object;
A program for an object creation device that realizes

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Label production apparatus, 3 ... Input part, 4 ... Display part, 11 ... Thermal head, 12 ... Platen roller, 17 ... Cut mechanism, 40 ... Control part, 41 ... ROM, 42 ... RAM, 44 ... Cassette discrimination switch , 46: conveying motor, 48 ... cutter motor, 51 ... head driving circuit, 52 ... conveying motor driving circuit, 53 ... cutter motor driving circuit, 66 ... display unit driving circuit

Claims (5)

Parameter acquisition means for acquiring parameters including the size of the object;
Object generation means for generating the object generated based on the parameters and decomposed into a plurality of elements;
Control means for conveying a roll-shaped medium by a length corresponding to each element of the generated object;
An object creation device characterized by comprising: The roll-shaped medium is a tape composed of a print layer and an adhesive layer,
A cutting means for cutting the tape;
The control means includes
2. The object creating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the tape is cut every time the length corresponding to each element is conveyed by controlling the cutting means. The control means includes
The object creation apparatus according to claim 1, wherein guide information for generating the object is generated using the plurality of elements. The object is a character;
The control means includes
The object creation device according to claim 1, wherein stroke order information of the characters is generated based on the parameters. The ability to get parameters including the size of the object,
A function of generating the object generated based on the parameters and decomposed into a plurality of elements;
A function of conveying a roll-shaped medium by a length corresponding to each element of the generated object;
A program for an object creation device that realizes

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