JP2017202593A - Information processor, tape printer, edition method, and program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an information processor allowing a user to quickly search a desired surrounding frame, and a tape printer, an edition method and a program.SOLUTION: A tape printer 1 includes: an input unit 110 inputting a character string; a candidate display unit 140 displaying a candidate of a surrounding frame surrounding the character string according to the character string; a selection unit 150 selecting an arbitrary surrounding frame from the candidates of the surrounding frame; an edition processing unit 160 synthesizing the character string and the arbitrary surrounding frame; a printing data generation unit 170 generating printing data based on an edition processing result by the edition processing unit 160; and a printing unit 180 printing the printing data onto a tape.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3

Description

  The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus, a tape printing apparatus, an editing method, and a program for adding a frame to an input character string.

  For example, Patent Document 1 is known as this type of technology. In Patent Document 1, a user inputs a document such as a character or a symbol, a means for storing a plurality of types of frame patterns, and a user selects a desired frame from a plurality of types of frames (enclosed frames). There is disclosed a printing apparatus having means and means for printing a label obtained by combining an input document and a selected frame.

JP-A-6-328791

  However, in the technique of Patent Document 1, when a large number of frame patterns are stored as options for the frame, it takes time for the user to select a desired frame. In order to solve this problem, a technique is also known in which a box is classified into categories and a desired box is selected after selecting a category. However, it may be difficult to determine which category the box belongs to. . For users who do not know what box is stored, it is necessary to check all stored boxes and then select the desired box. Takes more time.

  An object of the present invention is to provide an information processing apparatus, a tape printing apparatus, an editing method, and a program that allow a user to quickly find a desired frame.

  An information processing apparatus according to the present invention includes an input unit that inputs a character string, a candidate display unit that displays a candidate for a frame surrounding the character string according to the character string, and an arbitrary box among the candidates for the frame The image processing apparatus includes a selection unit that selects a frame, an edit processing unit that synthesizes a character string and an arbitrary frame.

  The tape printer of the present invention includes an input unit for inputting a character string, a candidate display unit for displaying a candidate for a frame surrounding the character string according to the character string, and an arbitrary box among the candidates for the frame A selection unit that selects a frame, an edit processing unit that combines a character string and an arbitrary frame, a print data generation unit that generates print data based on an editing processing result by the editing processing unit, and print data And a printing unit that prints on a tape.

  The editing method of the present invention includes a character string acquisition step for acquiring a character string, a candidate display step for displaying a frame candidate surrounding the character string in accordance with the character string, and any of the frame candidates. A selection result acquisition step of acquiring a selection result of selecting an enclosing frame, and an editing process step of combining a character string and an arbitrary enclosing frame are executed.

In general, when adding an enclosing frame to a character string, an enclosing frame related to the character string is often selected. According to the configuration of the present invention, in order to display a candidate for a surrounding frame that surrounds the character string in accordance with the input character string (acquired character string), the user can display (recommended) the surrounding frame. A desired frame may be selected from the candidates. That is, it is possible to quickly find a desired surrounding frame without confirming all of the numerous surrounding frame candidates prepared in advance.
The “character string” refers to one or more characters. The “character” is a concept including numbers, symbols, pictograms, and the like.
Further, the “enclosing frame” does not necessarily have to enclose the entire character string. For example, the character string may surround the corners of the top, bottom, left, right, and four corners.
The “arbitrary frame” to be selected may be one frame or a plurality of frame. In the latter case, the editing processing unit (editing processing step) may synthesize the input character string and each of the plurality of surrounding frames.

  In the above information processing apparatus, the candidate display unit displays a frame candidate according to one or more words included in the character string and a character type of at least one word of the one or more words. It is characterized by.

  According to the configuration of the present invention, it is possible to recommend a more suitable box candidate to the user in consideration of the character type of each word included in the character string.

  In the information processing apparatus, the character type is distinguished by one or more pieces of information among a character typeface, a notation language, a character system, and a character size.

According to the configuration of the present invention, it is possible to recommend a frame candidate to the user in consideration of one or more pieces of information of a character typeface, a notation language, a character system, and a character size.
The “character system” is classified into kana, katakana, kanji, alphabet, and the like.

  In the information processing apparatus, the candidate display unit changes the display order according to the character type of at least one word among one or more words included in the character string when displaying a plurality of enclosing frame candidates. And

  According to the configuration of the present invention, it is possible to display a plurality of surrounding frame candidates in descending order of recommendation in consideration of the character type of each word included in the character string. Thereby, the user can select a desired frame with reference to the recommendation degree.

  In the above information processing apparatus, the surrounding frame is composed of a combination of a plurality of image elements, the candidate display unit displays image candidates for each image element as candidates for the surrounding frame, and the selection unit is configured as an arbitrary surrounding frame. And selecting an image for each image element.

  According to the configuration of the present invention, it is possible to provide an enclosing frame that suits the user's preference by combining images for each image element selected by the user.

  The information processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit that acquires a type of a print medium on which a character string is printed, and the candidate display unit displays a surrounding frame candidate according to the character string and the type of the print medium. It is characterized by that.

  According to the configuration of the present invention, it is possible to recommend a more appropriate frame candidate to the user in consideration of the type of print medium.

  In the above information processing apparatus, the type of the print medium is distinguished by at least one information of a medium color of the print medium and a print color on the print medium.

  According to the configuration of the present invention, it is possible to recommend a frame candidate to the user in consideration of information on at least one of the medium color of the print medium and the print color on the print medium.

  A program according to the present invention causes a computer to function as each unit in the information processing apparatus or each unit in the tape printing apparatus.

  By executing this program, it is possible to realize an information processing apparatus or a tape printing apparatus that allows a user to quickly find a desired frame.

It is an external appearance perspective view of a tape printer. It is a block diagram which shows the hardware constitutions of a tape printer. It is a block diagram which shows the function structure of the tape printer which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the character system coefficient of "Sakura" and the image linked | related with "Sakura". It is a figure which shows the character system coefficient of "Hanami", and the image linked | related with "Hanami". It is a figure which shows the example of creation of a label. It is a figure which shows the example of calculation of a total coefficient. It is a figure which shows an example of the display priority of an image candidate. It is a flowchart which shows the edit method and printing method of a tape printer. It is a flowchart following FIG. It is a block diagram which shows the function structure of the printing system which concerns on 2nd Embodiment.

[First embodiment]
Hereinafter, an information processing apparatus, a tape printing apparatus, an editing method, and a program according to the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. In this embodiment, the case where the information processing apparatus of the present invention is applied to the tape printer 1 is illustrated.

  FIG. 1 is an external perspective view of the tape printer 1. As shown in the figure, the tape printer 1 has an outer case formed by a device case 2, and a keyboard 3 having various input keys and buttons is arranged on the upper surface of the front portion of the device case 2. In addition, an opening / closing lid 21 is attached to the left part of the upper surface of the rear part of the tape printer 1, and a display screen 41 is provided on the right part thereof. A cartridge mounting portion 6 for mounting the tape cartridge C is recessed inside the opening / closing lid 21, and the tape cartridge C is mounted to the cartridge mounting portion 6 with the opening / closing lid 21 opened.

  A tape discharge port 22 is formed on the left side of the apparatus case 2 to communicate the cartridge mounting portion 6 with the outside. The tape discharge port 22 has a print tape T (tape) fed by a tape transport mechanism (not shown). The tape cutter 23 for cutting is facing. Then, the printed printing tape T is fed out from the tape outlet 22 by a predetermined length, and is cut by the tape cutter 23 in a state where the feeding is temporarily stopped, and a strip-shaped label L (see FIG. 6) is created. The

  On the other hand, the cartridge mounting portion 6 has a head unit 61 in which a thermal type print head 7 is built in a head cover 61a, a platen drive shaft 62 facing the print head 7, and a winding for winding an ink ribbon R described later. A drive shaft 63 and a positioning projection 64 of the tape reel 17 described later are provided. In addition, a tape feed motor 26 (see FIG. 2) for rotating the platen drive shaft 62 and the take-up drive shaft 63 serving as a tape transport mechanism is incorporated below the cartridge mounting portion 6.

  The tape cartridge C includes a tape reel 17 around which a printing tape T having a certain width is wound and a ribbon reel 19 around which an ink ribbon R is wound at the lower right portion in an upper center portion inside the cartridge case 51. Has been. A through hole 55 for inserting a head cover 61a covering the head unit 61 is formed in the lower left portion of the tape reel 17. Further, a ribbon take-up reel 54 is disposed in the vicinity of the ribbon reel 19, and the ink ribbon R fed out from the ribbon reel 19 is taken up by the ribbon take-up reel 54 so as to go around the head cover 61a.

  On the other hand, the printing tape T includes a recording tape having a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer formed on the back surface and a release tape, and is wound in a roll shape with the recording tape facing outside and is accommodated in the cartridge case 51. In addition, a plurality of types of printing tape T having different tape types are prepared, and one type of printing tape T is accommodated in each cartridge case 51.

  Next, the hardware configuration of the tape printer 1 will be described with reference to FIG. The tape printer 1 includes a keyboard 3, a display screen 41, a tape identification sensor 27, a memory 70, a printing mechanism 71, and a control mechanism 72 as hardware configurations.

  The keyboard 3 is used for inputting and editing characters (including numbers, symbols, pictograms, etc.), inserting and editing images, and various settings. In particular, in the present embodiment, specification of a surrounding frame surrounding the input character string, and images for each image element constituting the surrounding frame image (hereinafter referred to as “enclosing frame image 80”) (the front image 81 and the rear image 82). , See FIG. 6).

  The display screen 41 displays various information. In particular, in the present embodiment, an input screen for inputting a character string, a candidate screen indicating image candidates for each image element, a preview screen indicating a combined result of combining the input character string and the selected image, and the like are displayed ( (All are not shown).

  The tape identification sensor 27 detects information of the tape cartridge C, such as the tape width of the printing tape T, the tape color, the tape material, and the ink color of the ink ribbon R. As a detection method, a method of reading an image (bar code, two-dimensional code, etc.) or RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) affixed or printed on the tape cartridge C, or the presence or absence of one or more holes formed in the tape cartridge C is detected. The method of doing, etc. can be considered.

  The memory 70 is a non-volatile storage area, and stores firmware and various setting information of the tape printer 1. In particular, in this embodiment, a word table in which a character system coefficient of each word and an image associated with each word are recorded, image data for forming a frame image 80, and the like are stored.

  The printing mechanism 71 includes the print head 7, the tape feed motor 26, the cutter motor 25, and the tape cutter 23. The print head 7 performs printing on the recording tape of the fed print tape T. The tape feed motor 26 transports the fed printing tape T toward the tape discharge port 22 (see FIG. 1). The cutter motor 25 drives the tape cutter 23 and cuts the printed portion of the printing tape T.

  The control mechanism 72 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a RAM (Random Access Memory), and the like, and performs editing processing and print control in cooperation with the above-described units. In particular, in this embodiment, when a frame is specified in a state where a character string is input, image candidates related to the input character string (image candidates for each image element constituting the frame) are recommended to the user. To do. Details will be described later.

  Next, the functional configuration of the tape printer 1 will be described with reference to FIG. The tape printer 1 includes an input unit 110, a dictionary storage unit 120, an image data storage unit 130, a candidate display unit 140, a selection unit 150, an editing processing unit 160, a print data generation unit 170, and a printing unit 180 as functional configurations. .

  The input unit 110 inputs a character string using the keyboard 3. Here, the “character string” refers to a collection of one or more characters. The dictionary storage unit 120 stores a Japanese conversion program for converting hiragana, katakana, and kanji. In addition, the dictionary storage unit 120 stores a word table indicating a character system coefficient of each word (each reading) and an image associated with each word. 4 and 5 show an example of the word table. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a character system coefficient of the reading “Sakura” and an image associated with the reading “Sakura”. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a character system coefficient of the reading “Hanami” and an image associated with the reading “Hanami”.

  In this embodiment, the character system is classified into hiragana, katakana, and kanji. As shown in FIG. 4, in the case of reading “Sakura”, the character system coefficients of Hiragana, Katakana, and Kanji are “5, 3, 1”, respectively. That is, when “Sakura” is input by the input unit 110 (when the character string surrounded by the enclosing frame is “Sakura”), the coefficient of the word is “5”. Similarly, when “Sakura” is input, the coefficient of the word is “3”, and when “Sakura” is input, the coefficient of the word is “1”. In addition, five types of images shown in the figure are associated with the reading “Sakura”. In addition, an image order is determined for these images. The image order is used to determine display priority of image candidates. The display priority will be described later. Note that not only words but also symbols (“!”, “?”, Etc.) may be configured to store the word table as described above.

  The image data storage unit 130 stores image data (image file) of each image that is a component of the surrounding frame. For example, the front image 81 of FIG. 6 shows an image of “Sakura no Hana” and the rear image 82 shows an image of “Dango”, but the image data storage unit 130 is an image for printing and displaying these images. Store the data. The frame image 80 is composed of a plurality of image elements (a front image 81, a rear image 82, and an intermediate image 83). The intermediate image 83 includes an upper intermediate image 83a and a lower intermediate image 83b. The image data of the intermediate image 83 is also stored in the image data storage unit 130. Also, in the figure, reference numeral 85 denotes an image indicating a character string input by the input unit 110 (hereinafter referred to as “character string image 85”).

  FIG. 6 shows an image for the previous image (“Sakura no Hana”) and an image for the subsequent image (“Dango”), but the image data storage unit 130 stores the previous image for all the images. The image data for use and the image data for the subsequent image are stored. For example, in the case of the image “cherry blossoms”, the image data representing the cherry blossoms is obtained by enclosing the upper, lower, and right sides with a straight line as image data for the subsequent image (not shown).

  Returning to the description of FIG. The candidate display unit 140 displays image candidates for a surrounding frame surrounding the character string in accordance with the character string input by the input unit 110. Specifically, image candidates for each image element are displayed according to one or more words included in the input character string and a character system (character type) of at least one word among the one or more words. To do. That is, the image candidate for the previous image and the image candidate for the subsequent image are displayed. In the present embodiment, a plurality of image candidates are displayed for each image element. Further, the display order of the plurality of image candidates is determined according to the character system of each word included in the character string (more precisely, according to the coefficient associated with the character system).

  Here, a method for determining a plurality of image candidates and a method for determining the display priority thereof will be described with specific examples. For example, as shown in FIG. 7, a case is assumed where “Sakura is a sight, cherry blossom viewing” is input as a character string. This character string is divided into one or more partial character strings (for example, in phrase units) based on a user input operation (such as a confirmation operation and a conversion operation). In the figure, it is divided into three partial character strings of conversion units 1 to 3. Furthermore, each partial character string is divided into words. For example, in the example of FIG. 7, the partial character string “Sakura” of the conversion unit 1 is divided into two words “Sakura” and “Ga”, and each coefficient is “5, 1”. . Here, the word “Sakura” has a coefficient of “5” because the character system is hiragana (see FIG. 4). By summing up these coefficients, the sum coefficient “6” of the partial character string “Sakura” is calculated. Similarly, the total coefficients “1” and “2” are also calculated for the partial character string “Cita,” in conversion unit 2 and the partial character string “Hanamida” in conversion unit 3.

  Next, it is determined whether or not the words included in these partial character strings are stored in the word table in the dictionary storage unit 120. As described above, since the word “Sakura” and the word “Hanami” are stored in the word table, images associated with these words are determined as image candidates. Further, the display priority of the image candidates is determined based on the total coefficient of each partial character string. For example, since the sum coefficient of the partial character string “Sakura” in the conversion unit 1 is “6”, the highest priority image candidate (1-1) in the conversion unit 1 is the image “Sakura no Hana” in the image ranking 1. (See FIGS. 4 and 8). Incidentally, when the total coefficient is “1”, the image with the image rank 5 is the highest priority image candidate, and when the total coefficient is “2”, the image with the image rank 4 is the highest priority image candidate. In addition, when the total coefficient is “3”, the image rank 3 image, when the total coefficient is “4”, the image rank 2 image, and when the total coefficient is “5” or more, the image rank One image is the highest priority image candidate. In addition, display candidates below the highest priority image candidate follow the image ranking. That is, the display priorities (1-1 to 1-5) of the image candidates based on the partial character string “Sakura” of the conversion unit 1 are the image ranks 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 shown in FIG. Although not shown in particular, when the character string of the conversion unit 1 is written as “Sakuraga”, the total coefficient is “2”, so the highest priority image candidate is the image “Dango” of the image ranking 4; The display priority is image ranking 4, 5, 1, 2, 3.

  On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 8, there is no image candidate for the partial character string “citer” of the conversion unit 2 because it is not registered in the word table (see 2-1). For the partial character string “Hanamida” of the conversion unit 3, the word “Hanami” is registered in the word table and the total coefficient is “2”. 3-5) is the image ranking 4, 5, 1, 2, 3 shown in FIG.

  Thus, after determining the display priority of the image candidate for each partial character string, the display priority of the image candidate is determined for each image element. In the example of FIGS. 7 and 8, since it is divided into three partial character strings, the image candidate of the previous image element is determined based on the conversion units 1 and 2 in the first half. In this example, since there is no image candidate for the conversion unit 2, the image candidate for the conversion unit 1 is determined as the image candidate of the previous image element. Similarly, the image candidate of the subsequent image element is determined based on the conversion units 2 and 3 in the latter half of the three partial character strings. In this example, since there is no image candidate for the conversion unit 2, the image candidate for the conversion unit 3 is determined as the image candidate for the subsequent image element.

  In addition, when an image candidate exists for the conversion unit 2, the image candidate is determined based on the total coefficient. In this example, since the total coefficient of the conversion unit 1 is larger than the total coefficient of the conversion unit 2, the image candidate of the conversion unit 1 is determined as the image candidate of the previous image element. Similarly, since the total coefficient of the conversion unit 3 is larger than the total coefficient of the conversion unit 2, the image candidate of the conversion unit 3 is determined as the image candidate of the subsequent image element. If the total coefficients of conversion unit 1 and conversion unit 2 are the same, both image candidates of conversion unit 1 and conversion unit 2 are determined as image candidates of the previous image element. Similarly, when the total coefficients of the conversion unit 2 and the conversion unit 3 are the same, both image candidates of the conversion unit 2 and the conversion unit 3 are determined as image candidates of the subsequent image elements. Alternatively, for example, when the total coefficients of the conversion unit 1 and the conversion unit 2 are the same, the image candidate of the conversion unit (in this case, the conversion unit 1) positioned in front of the character string may be determined as the image candidate of the previous image element. good. Further, when the total coefficients of the conversion unit 1 and the conversion unit 2 are the same, the display priority of the image candidate of the previous conversion unit (in this case, the conversion unit 1) may be changed (for example, the highest priority image candidate is changed). , And change the image ranking to “Sakura no Ki” with 2nd place).

  When the number of partial character strings constituting the character string is an even number, image candidates for the previous image element and the subsequent image element are determined within a group divided into half. In this case, for example, an image candidate of a conversion unit having the largest total coefficient in the group may be determined as an image candidate of each image element. Alternatively, all image candidates of all conversion units included in the group may be determined as image candidates for each image element. When there are two partial character strings, the image candidates of the previous image element may be displayed based on the conversion unit 1, and the image candidates of the subsequent image element may be displayed based on the conversion unit 2. When there is one partial character string, the same image candidate may be displayed for the previous image element and the subsequent image element. Alternatively, a method of displaying only the image candidates of the previous image element or the subsequent image element and automatically determining the image of the other image element based on the image of one of the image elements selected by the selection unit 150 described later. good. Further, when there are no image candidates for all the conversion units, a message to that effect is displayed and the user is prompted to manually select the front image 81 and the rear image 82.

  As a method for displaying image candidates by the candidate display unit 140, a plurality of image candidates may be displayed simultaneously or scrolled as image candidates for each image element. Alternatively, only the top priority image candidate may be displayed first, and the second and subsequent image candidates may be sequentially switched and displayed according to key operations.

  Returning to the description of FIG. The selection unit 150 uses the keyboard 3 to select an arbitrary image from among a plurality of image candidates for each image element displayed by the candidate display unit 140. That is, an image for the previous image and an image for the subsequent image are selected. In the present embodiment, one image is selected for each image element.

  The edit processing unit 160 combines the character string input by the input unit 110, the front image 81 and the rear image 82 selected by the selection unit 150, and the intermediate image 83 prepared in advance. The intermediate image 83 may be selectively used from among a plurality of types according to the selected front image 81 and / or rear image 82.

  The print data generation unit 170 generates print data based on the editing processing result by the editing processing unit 160 (that is, the combination result of the input character string and the image selected for each image element). The printing unit 180 prints the print data generated by the print data generation unit 170 on the print tape T. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a printing result by the printing unit 180 (an example of creating a label L). In the figure, the image of “Sakura no Hana” (see 1-1 in FIG. 8) is selected as the front image 81, and the image of “Dango” (see 3-4 in FIG. 8) is selected as the rear image 82. An example of creating a label is shown. As described above, in this embodiment, it is possible to generate an enclosing frame image 80 by combining images suitable for a character string input by the user, and to create a desired label L in combination with the character string image 85.

  Next, the flow of the editing method and the printing method of the tape printer 1 will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. When a character string is input (S01, character string acquisition step) and the addition of a frame is specified (S02), the tape printer 1 determines the input mode (S03). When it is determined that the input mode is “English input”, the input character string is searched for a dictionary (S04), the image candidate of the previous image element (hereinafter referred to as “previous image candidate”), and / or the subsequent image element. Image candidates (hereinafter referred to as “post-image candidates”) are determined (S05). In this embodiment, in the case of “English input”, images associated with all the words registered in the word table among words included in the input character string are determined as the previous image candidate and the subsequent image candidate. .

  Thereafter, the tape printer 1 displays the determined previous image candidate and subsequent image candidate (S06, candidate display step). When the previous image 81 and the subsequent image 82 are selected by the user operation from the displayed previous image candidates and subsequent image candidates (S07, selection result acquisition step), the input character string and the selected previous image 81 and The rear image 82 (and the intermediate image 83 prepared in advance) is synthesized (S08, editing process step). Further, print data is generated based on the synthesis result (S09), and the print data is printed on the print tape T (S10).

  On the other hand, if the input mode is determined to be “Japanese input” in S03, the conversion information is saved (S11 in FIG. 10). The conversion information is information for dividing the input character string into partial character strings, and is information indicating a conversion unit and a character system after conversion. Furthermore, a dictionary search is performed for each partial character string using the conversion information (S12), and a total coefficient of each partial character string is calculated based on the coefficient of each word specified from the word table (S13). Thereafter, it is determined whether or not there are three or more partial character strings (S14). If it is determined that there are three or more partial character strings (S14: Yes), the partial character strings are divided into a previous group and a rear group, and each partial character string is Are compared (S15). Further, based on the comparison result, the previous image candidate and the subsequent image candidate are determined (S05 in FIG. 9).

  As described above, according to the tape printer 1 of the present embodiment, the image candidate for each image element constituting the enclosing frame is displayed according to the input character string. A desired image may be selected from the list. That is, it is possible to quickly find a desired image without confirming all the many image candidates prepared in advance.

  In addition, a total coefficient is calculated for each partial character string according to the character system of each word included in the character string, and image candidates are determined based on the calculation result. Therefore, image candidates more suitable for the input character string Can be recommended to users. Furthermore, since the display priority of the image candidates is determined based on the total coefficient (that is, the display order is changed according to the character system), it is possible to preferentially recommend a highly recommended image to the user. Thereby, the user can select a desired image with reference to the recommendation degree.

  In addition, instead of selecting the type of the surrounding frame, it is possible to select an image for each image element constituting the surrounding frame. Therefore, it is possible to provide a surrounding frame more suitable for the user's preference. Furthermore, image candidates for each image element to be presented to the user are determined according to the number of words included in the character string and the arrangement of each word (whether each word belongs to the previous group or the rear group). For example, when the character string is long, it is possible to recommend to the user image candidates that take into account the position of each word (such as the start position and the end position).

In addition, the following modifications can be employed.
[Modification 1]
The candidate display unit 140 of the above embodiment displays the image candidates according to the input character string and the character system of each word included in the character string, but the input character string and the print medium Image candidates may be displayed according to the type of the image. In this case, the tape printer 1 includes an acquisition unit (not shown) that acquires the type of print medium on which the character string is printed. Here, the “type of print medium” can be acquired from the information of the tape cartridge C detected by the tape identification sensor 27. The “print medium type” is distinguished by the medium color of the print medium and the print color on the print medium. That is, the candidate display unit 140 displays image candidates according to the tape color of the printing tape T and the ink color of the ink ribbon R. For example, if the character string “Sakura” is entered, if the tape color is “white, red, blue”, the image “Cherry blossom” is the highest priority image candidate, and if the tape color is “brown”, the image “Sakura no Sakura” An embodiment is conceivable in which “tree” is the highest priority image candidate, and when the tape color is “green / yellow”, the image “鶯” is the highest priority image candidate. According to this configuration, more appropriate image candidates can be recommended to the user in consideration of the type of print medium (the medium color and print color of the print medium).
As a further modification, image candidates may be displayed according to either the medium color or the print color of the print medium. In addition, image candidates may be displayed according to information indicating the medium color of the print medium and the type of print medium other than the print color (tape width of the print tape T, tape material, etc.).

[Modification 2]
Although the candidate display unit 140 of the above-described embodiment displays image candidates for each image element constituting the surrounding frame, the candidate for the surrounding frame may be displayed (candidate display may be performed in units of surrounding frames). In this case, the selection unit 150 selects an arbitrary frame from among a plurality of box frame candidates displayed. Further, the edit processing unit 160 combines the character string input by the input unit 110 and an arbitrary frame selected by the selection unit 150.
As a further modification, the modification 1 and the modification 2 may be combined, and a frame candidate may be displayed according to the input character string and the type of the print medium.
In addition, when the input mode is English input (S03 in FIG. 9: English input), a frame candidate may be displayed instead of the image candidate for each image element.

[Modification 3]
The candidate display unit 140 of the above embodiment displays the image candidates according to the character system, but may display the image candidates according to a character type other than the character system (character typeface, writing language, character size, etc.). good. “Typeface” is distinguished by font type, character thickness, width, inclination, character style (underline, subscript / superscript, etc.), and full-width / half-width. The “notation language” is distinguished by Japanese, Chinese, Korean, and the like. In addition, when a main language (dialect) such as Chinese is different depending on a region such as Chinese, a notation language may be distinguished depending on a region language (Mandarin and Cantonese, etc.).
As a further modification, the character type may be specified by a combination of a plurality of pieces of information among a character font, a character system, a notation language, and a character size.

[Modification 4]
The selection unit 150 of the above embodiment selects one image from two or more displayed image candidates for each image element. However, a plurality of images may be selectable. In this case, the edit processing unit 160 may generate a plurality of combined images by combining the input character string and each of the plurality of surrounding frames.
Further, as a further modification, the modification 2 and the modification 4 may be combined so that a plurality of surrounding frames can be selected from two or more displayed surrounding frame candidates.

[Modification 5]
In the above embodiment, the case where the character string is printed in horizontal writing is exemplified, but the present invention can also be applied to the case where the character string is printed in vertical writing. Further, the surrounding frame does not necessarily surround the entire character string, and may surround the upper and lower, left and right corners of the character string.

[Second Embodiment]
Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. In the first embodiment described above, the information processing apparatus of the present invention is applied to the tape printer 1, but in the present embodiment, it is applied to the host apparatus 100. Only differences from the first embodiment will be described below. In the present embodiment, the same components as those in the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and detailed description thereof is omitted. Moreover, the modification applied about the component similar to 1st Embodiment is applied similarly about this embodiment.

  FIG. 11 is a block diagram illustrating a functional configuration of the printing system SY according to the second embodiment. The printing system SY of this embodiment includes a host device 100 and a tape printer 1 ′. As the host device 100, various information processing terminals such as a personal computer, a smartphone, and a mobile phone can be applied. The host device 100 stores a control application for controlling the tape printer 1 ′. On the other hand, the tape printer 1 ′ may adopt the same hardware configuration as the tape printer 1 shown in the first embodiment, but may have a configuration in which the keyboard 3 and the display screen 41 are omitted.

  The host device 100 includes an input unit 110, a dictionary storage unit 120, an image data storage unit 130, a candidate display unit 140, a selection unit 150, an editing processing unit 160, a print data generation unit 170, and a print data transmission unit 210 as functional configurations. Prepare. These are functions realized by the control application stored in the host apparatus 100. The print data transmission unit 210 transmits the print data generated by the print data generation unit 170 to the tape printer 1 ′.

  On the other hand, the tape printer 1 ′ includes a print data receiving unit 220 and a printing unit 180 as functional configurations. The print data receiving unit 220 receives print data transmitted from the host device 100 (print data transmitting unit 210).

  As described above, according to the second embodiment, since print data is generated on the host device 100 side, it is possible to simplify and reduce the cost of the tape printer 1 '.

  Although two embodiments and modifications have been described above, each component in the tape printer 1 or the printing system SY described above may be provided as a program. The program may be provided by being stored in various recording media (CD-ROM, flash memory, etc.). That is, a program for causing a computer to function as each component of the tape printer 1 or the printing system SY and a computer-readable recording medium on which the program is recorded are also included in the scope of the present invention. In addition, the respective units of the host device 100 of the second embodiment can be appropriately changed without departing from the gist of the present invention, such as realization by cloud computing.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Tape printer, 110 ... Input part, 120 ... Dictionary storage part, 130 ... Image data storage part, 140 ... Candidate display part, 150 ... Selection part, 160 ... Editing process part, 170 ... Print data generation part, 180 ... Printing department.

Claims (10)

An input part for inputting a character string;
In accordance with the character string, a candidate display unit that displays candidates for a surrounding frame surrounding the character string;
A selection unit for selecting an arbitrary frame from the candidates for the frame;
An information processing apparatus comprising: an editing processing unit that synthesizes the character string and the arbitrary frame.   The candidate display unit displays the frame candidate according to one or more words included in the character string and a character type of at least one of the one or more words. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1.   The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the character type is distinguished by one or more pieces of information of a character typeface, a notation language, a character system, and a character size.   The said candidate display part changes a display order according to the character type of at least 1 word among the one or more words contained in the said character string, when displaying the candidate of the said surrounding frame two or more. The information processing apparatus according to 2 or 3. The frame is composed of a combination of a plurality of image elements,
The candidate display unit displays image candidates for each image element as candidates for the surrounding frame,
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the selection unit selects an image for each image element as the arbitrary enclosing frame. An acquisition unit for acquiring the type of print medium on which the character string is printed;
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the candidate display unit displays the surrounding frame candidates according to the character string and the type of the print medium.   The information processing apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the type of the print medium is distinguished by information on at least one of a medium color of the print medium and a print color on the print medium. An input part for inputting a character string;
In accordance with the character string, a candidate display unit that displays candidates for a surrounding frame surrounding the character string;
A selection unit for selecting an arbitrary frame from the candidates for the frame;
An edit processing unit that synthesizes the character string and the arbitrary frame;
A print data generation unit that generates print data based on an editing processing result by the editing processing unit;
A tape printing apparatus comprising: a printing unit that prints the print data on a tape. A character string acquisition step for acquiring a character string;
In accordance with the character string, a candidate display step for displaying a candidate for a frame surrounding the character string;
A selection result acquisition step of acquiring a selection result of selecting an arbitrary frame from among the candidates for the frame;
An editing method, comprising: an editing processing step of combining the character string and the arbitrary enclosing frame.   The program for functioning a computer as each part in the information processing apparatus of any one of Claim 1 thru | or 7, or each part in the tape printer of Claim 8.

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