JP2677442B2 - Method of capturing illustrations in editing machine and editing machine - Google Patents

Description

Description: TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a method for capturing an illustration in an editing machine, particularly an editing manual for automobiles, electric appliances, etc., general documents, magazines, newspapers, etc. Is.

[Conventional technology]

In recent years, the work of editing books has come to be performed using a personal computer, a workstation (editing machine), or the like. Computer typesetting machine, word processor, EP (electronic printing machine), DTP (desktop type printing machine)
Etc.

In the conventional illustration import method, when importing an existing illustration into a predetermined layout, first reduce or enlarge the size of the existing illustration, then move the resized illustration within the predetermined layout, and arrange it. It was captured after the composition was decided.

In this case, when a book is edited using a plurality of illustrations having different illustration sizes only, the same work must be newly repeated.

[Problems to be solved by the invention]

However, the conventional illustration capturing method has a drawback in that the illustration cannot be captured interactively and visually, and the work efficiency is poor.

In addition, there is a drawback that the quality varies depending on the operator who performs the work of fetching the illustration (enlargement, reduction, deformation, etc. of size).

Further, there is a drawback that the work becomes complicated when only the size and the display mode are changed and displayed based on the content information of the same illustration.

Therefore, the present invention provides an interactive and visual illustration capturing method by allocating a bitmap memory different from the first layout as an illustration layout, and an object thereof is to improve the illustration capturing workability in an editing machine. It is a thing.

[Means for solving the problem]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a method for capturing an illustration in an editing machine, which captures a predetermined illustration in a first layout displayed on the screen of the editing machine,
A second memory allocated a memory different from the first layout
The layout is displayed overlaid on the first layout, the display area of the illustration is specified in the second layout, and the information about the content of the illustration and the information on the display are separately input to the memory and the predetermined illustration is displayed. It is characterized by being incorporated in one layout.

In this case, it is effective to set the illustration display area by specifying on the screen the coordinate positions of both ends that form one side of a rectangle including a predetermined illustration.

[Action]

Since the present invention is configured as described above, it is possible to interactively and visually input a predetermined illustration.

Also, expansion to a layout different from the first layout,
Reduces and deforms easily.

〔Example〕

An embodiment of a method for capturing an illustration in an editing machine according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the description, the same elements will be denoted by the same reference symbols, without redundant description.

FIG. 1 is a flow chart showing an embodiment of an illustration capturing method in an editing machine according to the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a process drawing showing the preparation process.

In step 101, the basic layout (first layout) 1 is displayed on the screen 2 (see FIG. 2 (a)). In this basic layout 1, the overall size or finished size (A4, A5 size, etc.), the place (column) where the text flows, the number of lines in that column, the line spacing, the character points, the font, the size Information that flows sentences such as Sa, etc., information that does not always appear in the layout (main text), blank information that if you put it in the layout, avoid that part and flow the text, This includes information such as the position, state, illustration, photograph, ruled line position, and page with a given thickness (hereinafter referred to as "prepared page") for displaying the number of pages. Is called from screen 2.

In step 102, the illustration display area is designated in the basic layout (first layout) 1. This illustration display area is displayed in the same line by designating both ends of one side. What is different from the conventional technique is that the rectangular range is not set in advance. This is because the content information of the illustration and the information on the display are separated, and only the one-dimensional information (for example, a) is set among the two-dimensional information (m × n) that determines the illustration range. Thus, it is possible to give elasticity to the display mode of the illustration. Therefore, the illustration can be easily enlarged, reduced, or transformed.

The designation method will be described below with reference to FIG. First, a partition smaller than the screen size on the screen 2 (for example, 5c
Move (m × 5 cm) 3 to a corner near the illustration,
The vicinity is enlarged and displayed on the second screen 4 (see FIG. 2 (b)). The second screen 4 is set at the lower right of the screen 2, for example, and squares are displayed therein like a manuscript paper. A cursor 5 that can move up, down, left and right is displayed in this square. In this case, the starting point (x ₁ , y ₁ ) is set at the _first position on the first row. Next, section 3
Is moved to the vicinity of another corner on the same line. Also in this case, the second screen 4 is set in one corner of the screen 2, and the section 3
The vicinity of is displayed in an enlarged manner (see (c) in the figure). In this case, the end point (x _m-1 , y ₁ ) is set at the center of the line. In this way, only one-dimensional information (for example, m) is set among the two-dimensional information (m × n) that determines the rectangular area in which the illustration is captured. At this stage, the illustration layout (second layout) 6 corresponding to the illustration display area is set (see FIG. 11D). Layout 6 for this illustration
A bitmap memory different from that of the basic layout 1 is assigned to the basic layout 1 and is set so as to overlap the basic layout 1. At this stage, the basic layout 1 and the illustration layout 6 have a correlation with each other.

In step 103, illustration data (information about the content of the illustration) is input. This illustration data has versatility and is input from a database or the like connected to the editing machine. Specifically, look at the book and see the illustration code (for example,
(M-83) is input from the keyboard 8 (FIG. 2 (e)).

In step 104, the information on the display of the illustration is input. In this case, the size of the existing illustration (rectangular size including the existing illustration) (axb) is input ((f) in the same figure). By inputting these data, the remaining 2 points (x ₁ , y _n-1 , x _m-1 , y _n-1 ) of the illustration layout 6 set on the basic layout 1 are calculated. can do. For example, if the length (x _m-1 −x ₁ ) of one side in the horizontal (x) direction of the illustration display area is m, the length n of one side in the vertical (y) direction is n = b ×
It can be calculated by m / a. At this stage, the illustration display area (m × n) in the illustration layout 6 is fixed.

In step 105, the illustration is stored in the memory.
For example, the content information of the illustration is drawn in the bitmap memory based on the information on the display. At this stage, the original illustration data is stored in a processed state. In this case, since the illustration has a vector system, only the outline of the illustration is drawn on the bitmap memory.
Generally, there are a raster method and a vector method as a way of holding an illustration. The raster method forms an illustration by filling a large number of squares, and the vector method has a coordinate value of a change point when there is an illustration L, for example, and by changing this, the illustration is enlarged. It is something that can be done or made smaller. That is, since only the outline is included as the information for the size, the coordinate value is recalculated according to the height and width of the set illustration and the illustration is drawn (outputted on the bitmap memory). Unlike the raster method, the grid is not filled and only the contour is drawn, so that the drawing time can be shortened.

The storage method is not limited to the bitmap memory, and for example, numerical (coordinate value) information (for example, (x ₁ , y ₁ ) (x _m-1 , y ₁ ), (x ₁ , y _n-1 ) (x
_m-1 , y _n-1 )) may be stored.

In step 106, the changed new illustration is displayed on the screen 2 (FIG. 2 (g)). In this case, the illustration is output in the illustration layout at a position having a correlation with the basic layout 1 displayed on the screen 2 based on the illustration data (see FIG. 2 (g)). The above steps complete the import of the illustration.

In this embodiment, the case where one illustration is enlarged in the basic layout displayed on the screen 2 has been described, but the number of illustrations can be reduced by 2 or more or modified and incorporated. When fetching a plurality of illustrations, each bitmap memory is set for each illustration.

Further, the captured illustration can be easily moved by changing the coordinate position of the correlation between the basic layout and the illustration layout.

Further, when the illustration display area is designated, in addition to the two points in the x direction, one or two points in the y direction are designated so as to be enlarged or reduced (transformed) in the y direction on a scale different from that in the x direction. You can

Alternatively, the y direction may be specified first, and the coordinate position in the x direction may be calculated after inputting the display information of the existing illustration.

〔The invention's effect〕

Since the present invention is configured as described above, it is possible to provide an interactive and visual illustration capturing method by allocating a bitmap memory different from the first layout as an illustration layout.

In addition to the fixed and semi-fixed illustration display information, you can enter the illustration content information with new illustration display information at any position, improving the workability when importing illustrations to the editing machine. Can be made.

Furthermore, since the correction result can be displayed visually, the number of retries can be reduced. For example,
It is possible to recalculate many times by changing the data of the illustration display area included in the individual information at the operator's will. In this case, the operator only needs to point in accordance with the visually displayed squares, which facilitates the work.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a flow chart showing a method of fetching an illustration in an editing machine according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a process chart showing a step of fetching an illustration. 1 ... Basic layout, 2 ... Screen, 3 ... Section, 4 ...
… Second screen, 5 …… Cursor, 6 …… Illustration layout, 7 …… Book, 8 …… Keyboard.

Claims (4)

(57) [Claims] 1. A method for capturing an illustration in an editing machine, wherein a predetermined illustration is enlarged or reduced in a first layout displayed on a screen of the editing machine, and a relatively small section on the first layout is indicated. Defining the vicinity of one end of one side of the illustration display area in accordance with the position of the partition display means, and showing the enlarged partition obtained by enlarging the partition indicated by the partition display means on the first layout; Defining one end of the illustration display area according to the position of a cursor in the first layout, and the other end of the one side of the illustration display area according to the position of the partition display means in the first layout. A step of defining the vicinity of the section and showing a second enlarged section on the first layout in which the section indicated by the section display means is enlarged; In response to the step of defining the other end of the illustration display area according to the position of the cursor in the second enlarged section, and the input of information indicating the content of the illustration and information indicating the size of the illustration, Calculating the other side of the illustration display area based on information indicating the positions of one end and the other end of the one side and the size, and defining the illustration display area, the size of the illustration display area and the illustration A method of capturing an illustration in an editing machine, comprising the steps of enlarging or reducing the illustration according to a size ratio of 1., and displaying the enlarged or reduced illustration in the illustration display area. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the information indicating the content of the illustration is a code designating data of the illustration stored in a storage device. 3. An editing machine for enlarging or reducing a predetermined illustration in a first layout displayed on the screen of the editing machine, the section displaying means showing a relatively small section on the first layout. And means for displaying on the first layout an enlarged section obtained by enlarging the section indicated by the section display unit, one end and the other end of one side of an illustration display area into which the illustration is to be taken. Are sequentially arranged in the vicinity of the portion, and one end portion and the other end portion of the illustration display area are sequentially defined according to the position of the cursor in the enlarged section corresponding thereto, and the information indicating the contents of the illustration and the In response to the input of the information indicating the size of the illustration, the illustration display area is displayed based on the positions of the one end and the other end of the one side and the information indicating the size. Means for calculating the other side, means for enlarging or reducing the illustration according to the ratio of the size of the illustration display area to the size of the illustration, and means for displaying the enlarged or reduced illustration in the illustration display area An editing machine equipped with. 4. The editing machine according to claim 3, wherein the information indicating the content of the illustration is a code for specifying the data of the illustration stored in a storage device.