JP2624183B2 - How to determine the beginning of a line - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method for determining a head position of a character, and more particularly to a process for editing a layout of a newspaper or the like. Regarding editing when arranging.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a conventional method of determining the head position of a character. It is assumed that the text shown in this example is a Japanese sentence written vertically and right. In the figure, 1 is the width of the character, 2 is the height of the character, 3 is the width between lines, and 4 is the boundary of the non-rectangular area. Also, 11, 12, 1
3, 14, 15 are the first, second,
3, 4 and 5 are represented. Except for the boundary line 4, the lines in FIG. 2 are partition lines that represent the character partitions of the character array when a rectangular area is assumed.

In the example shown in FIG. 2, the character arrangement in the case of this rectangular area is left as it is, and the line indicating the starting point of each line is set to the first line inside the boundary line 4 at the beginning of the line. Position. That is, the beginning of each line is
21, 22, 23, 24, 25. In this case, there is a problem that the line head position does not change smoothly along the boundary line 4.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram for explaining another example of a conventional method for determining the head position of a character, in which the head position of each line is smoothly shifted along a boundary 4.
That is, with respect to the horizontal line 30, the head of the first row 11 is shifted by an amount indicated by 31, and the head of the second row 12 is shifted by an amount indicated by 32 to determine the head position of each line. The problem with this method is that the beginning of the line moves smoothly, but the horizontal positions of the characters on each line are shifted from each other, making it hard to see.

[0005]

As described above, according to the conventional method of determining the beginning of a line of a character, the beginning of the line does not change smoothly along the boundary line 4, or if this is smoothed, the horizontal arrangement of characters in each line will be changed. There was a problem that it became messy.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve such a problem, and it is possible to obtain a character array in which the position of the beginning of a character moves smoothly along a boundary line and the horizontal arrangement of characters on each line is relatively orderly. It is an object of the present invention to provide a method of determining the beginning of a line of a character.

[0007]

According to the method of determining the beginning of a line of a character according to the present invention, a minimum deviation unit a is determined, and the deviation is determined using a as a minimum unit. That is, in a character line head position determining method for determining the starting position in the line direction of one character section of the first character of each line when a character string of a plurality of lines constituting a text of a predetermined text is arranged in a non-rectangular area. Displaying, on a display surface of an interactive input device, a segment line representing a character segment of a character array assuming a rectangular region and a boundary line of the region, determining a minimum displacement unit a, For a character section in which a line representing the start point of a line of the section line representing the intersection and the boundary line of the area intersect, a plurality of sections having a distance of the minimum deviation unit a that are parallel to the line representing the start point of the line and are mutually parallel Displaying parallel lines in the character section, and determining a first one of the plurality of parallel lines that falls within the boundary of the region as a head position of a character in the line. It is characterized by the following.

[0008] Further, the minimum shift amount unit a is determined as an integer fraction of the length of the character section in the line direction.

Further, the minimum deviation amount unit a is, along with a boundary line of the area and a partition line representing the character partition, on the display surface of the interactive input device, parallel to the line representing the starting point of the line and mutually parallel. A plurality of parallel lines having an interval of the minimum shift unit a are displayed, and the operator determines while observing the display.

[0010]

According to the method for determining the beginning of a character line according to the present invention, by providing the above-described steps, the value of a is appropriately selected, the beginning of each line smoothly changes along the boundary line, and Is relatively good.

[0011]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is an explanatory view showing one embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, the same reference numerals as those in FIG. 2 denote the same or corresponding parts, and as shown in FIG. The line is displayed on the display surface of the interactive input device, and the minimum deviation amount unit a is determined. In the case shown in FIG.
Of 1/3.

When a plurality of parallel lines which are parallel to the line indicating the starting point of the line and have a distance a from each other are drawn in a character section where the boundary line 4 and the line indicating the starting point of the line of the character dividing line intersect, The first parallel line in the line 4 is set as the head position of the line. In the first row 11 and the second row 12, a position shifted by a from the top of the line assuming a rectangular area is the top of the line. In the third to fifth rows 13 to 15, the starting point of the line of the character division line is set to Since the line to represent and the boundary line 4 do not intersect, the shift amount is zero.

As a result, the beginning of each line is as indicated by the thick broken line 5 shown in FIG. The determination of the polygonal line 5 may be programmed so as to be determined only by the program processing of the computer, or may be a program determined by an operator who observes the display surface of the interactive input device.

The polygonal line 5 shown in FIG. 1 is relatively smoothly along the boundary line 4, and the first row 11 and the second row 12 are aligned horizontally, and the third row 13 and the fourth row Row 1
In the fourth and fifth rows 15, the horizontal arrangement of characters is aligned with each other.

[0015]

As described above, according to the present invention, by appropriately determining the value of the minimum deviation amount unit a, the head position of the character moves smoothly along the boundary line, and There is an effect that a method of determining the head position of a character in a character array in which the horizontal arrangement of characters is relatively orderly can be obtained.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a conventional method.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory view showing another example of the conventional method.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Character width 2 Character height 3 Line width 4 Boundary line 5 Line indicating the start position of each line 11 1st line 12 2nd line 13 3rd line 14 4th line 15 5th line

Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] When a character string of a plurality of lines constituting a text of a predetermined text is arranged in a non-rectangular area, a head position of a character that determines a starting position in a line direction of one character section of a first character of each line. In the determining method, a step of displaying, on a display surface of the interactive input device, a partition line representing a character partition of a character array assuming a rectangular region and a boundary line of the region, determining a minimum deviation amount unit a, For a character section in which a line representing the start point of a line of the section line representing the character section and the boundary line of the area intersect, the distance between the minimum deviation unit a is parallel to the line representing the start point of the line and mutually. Displaying a plurality of parallel lines having the following in the character section; and determining a first one of the plurality of parallel lines that falls within the boundary of the area as a head position of a character of the line. , And Character the beginning of the line position method of determining that. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the minimum shift amount unit a is determined as an integer fraction of the length of the character section in the line direction. 3. The minimum deviation amount unit a, together with a boundary line of the area and a division line representing the character division, on the display surface of the interactive input device, is parallel to a line representing the starting point of a line and mutually parallel. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of parallel lines having an interval of the minimum shift unit a are displayed, and the operator determines the position while observing the display.