JP3591892B2 - Character string display method and character string display device - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
[Industrial applications]
The present invention relates to a character string display method and a character string display device in a graphic processing device capable of simultaneously displaying shapes of a plurality of parts and the like.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Conventionally, in a character string display method in a graphic processing device, when a character string such as a single note or a plurality of notes is input and displayed, an input device such as a mouse is used to move a predetermined position on the screen to one. One method was to input a character string and display it.
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
In the character string display method using the graphic processing device as described above, a character string such as a note related to a drawing or the like being edited may be arranged at a predetermined position. In such a case, in the related art, when inputting a note, a method of specifying a predetermined position on the screen and then inputting a character string is employed. Needed to repeat the operation. Further, there is a possibility that a predetermined input position is erroneously designated.
[0004]
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and an object of the present invention is to automatically display a character string such as a note at a predetermined position in a lump. A character string display method and a character string display device are provided.
[0005]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to achieve the above object, according to the present invention, there is provided a character string display method for a graphic processing device capable of simultaneously displaying shapes of a plurality of parts and the like, wherein an instruction for inputting a character string to be arranged and displayed is provided. And inputting a character string to be aligned and displayed, and inputting a character string to be aligned and displayed. An alignment character string storing step of storing the character string input in the alignment character string input step as an alignment character string; and specifying the character string input in the alignment character string input step in the alignment character position instruction step. An aligned character string display step of displaying the character string stored in the vicinity of the position on the screen, and a character string stored in the aligned character string storage step being determined on a predetermined screen position. An alignment character string alignment display instruction step for giving an instruction to be displayed beside, and a character string stored in the alignment character string storage step according to the instruction in the alignment character string alignment display instruction step are predetermined. An alignment character string alignment display step of aligning and displaying in the vicinity of a position on the screen , wherein the input is performed after the position instruction by the alignment character string display position instruction step, and is input by the next alignment character string display position instruction step. The character string input up to the position instruction is input as a set of character strings, and is input after the position instruction in the alignment character string display position instruction step, and is displayed until the display instruction in the alignment character string alignment display instruction step. this the input character string as a set of strings, displays a respective set of character strings on the basis of the instruction by the alignment string aligned display step The features.
Here, the sorting character string display step includes a sorting character string line number calculating step of calculating the number of lines of the character string stored in the sorting character string storage step, and a character string input in the sorting character string input step. An alignment character string display position calculating step of calculating a position on the screen at which a character string to be aligned is displayed based on the size of the character displayed on the screen and a predetermined reference position on the screen; A character string display step of displaying a character string near the position calculated by the aligned character string display position calculation step.
[0006]
According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a character string display device of a graphic processing device capable of simultaneously displaying shapes of a plurality of parts and the like, wherein an instruction for inputting a character string to be arranged and displayed is provided. Character string input instructing means for performing alignment, character string display position instructing means for instructing a position on the screen where a character string to be displayed to be aligned is displayed, and alignment character string input to input a character string to be displayed in alignment Means, an alignment character string storage means for storing the character string input by the alignment character string input means in a storage medium as an alignment character string, and a character string input by the alignment character string input means indicating the alignment character position. Means for displaying an aligned character string near the position on the screen designated by the means; and displaying the character string stored in the storage medium by the aligned character string storage means near a predetermined position on the screen. And a character string stored in the storage medium by the aligned character string storage means in accordance with the instruction of the aligned character string alignment display instruction means. An alignment character string alignment display means for aligning and displaying the character string in the vicinity of the position on the screen , wherein the input is performed after the position is designated by the alignment character string display position designation means, and is input by the next alignment character string display position designation means. The character string input before the position instruction is input as a set of character strings and after the position instruction by the aligned character string display position instructing means, and is input until the display instruction by the aligned character string alignment display instructing means. The set of character strings is displayed on the basis of an instruction from the aligned character string alignment display means as a set of character strings input to the user .
Here, the aligned character string display means is input by the aligned character string input means and the aligned character string line number calculating means for calculating the number of lines of the character string stored in the storage medium by the aligned character string storage means. Alignment character string display position calculation that calculates the position on the screen where the character string you want to align is displayed based on the size of the character displayed on the screen of the character string and the predetermined reference position on the screen And character string display means for displaying a character string near the position calculated by the aligned character string display position calculation means.
[0007]
[Action]
According to the present invention, in a graphic processing device capable of simultaneously displaying shapes of a plurality of parts and the like, an instruction for inputting a character string to be aligned and displayed is provided, and a screen for displaying the character string to be aligned and displayed is provided. Specify the upper position, input a character string to be displayed in alignment, store the input character string as an alignment character string, and display the input character string near the specified position on the screen. Then, an instruction to display the stored character string near a predetermined position on the screen is issued, and in accordance with the instruction, the stored character string is aligned near a predetermined position on the screen. Since the character strings are displayed, the character strings can be arranged and displayed collectively at a predetermined position.
[0008]
【Example】
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
[0009]
FIG. 2 shows a schematic configuration of a graphic processing apparatus applied to the character string display method according to one embodiment of the present invention. This graphic processing device includes a display device 201, a central processing device 202, an input device 203, an information reading device 204, and a storage device 205 described in detail below. The display device 201 displays a graphic shape of a part or the like, and an index number or an index line corresponding to the graphic shape. The central processing unit 202 executes a plurality of processes described later, in addition to the process of displaying the graphic shape. The input device 203 includes a keyboard, a mouse, and the like, and inputs information necessary for displaying, moving, copying, or deleting graphic shapes of parts and the like. The information reading device 204 reads a program for displaying a character string or the like from the outside, and stores the program in the storage device 205. The storage device 205 stores a program for performing the above-described character string display and the like and data such as graphic shapes.
[0010]
In the present embodiment, a program is read from an external storage medium such as a magnetic tape or a floppy disk through an information reading device 204 to a storage device 205 using a semiconductor RAM or a magnetic disk or the like, and a two-dimensional or three-dimensional shape of a component or the like is read. The data is stored in the storage device 205, the two-dimensional shape or the three-dimensional shape of the component or the like is displayed on the display device 201, and the display position necessary for displaying the index number or the like corresponding to the graphic shape of the displayed component or the like is displayed. The input device 203 performs designation and the like, displays the index number and the like on the display device 201, sets the identification name and the like corresponding to the figure shape of the parts and the like to the displayed index number, and stores the set identification name and the like in the storage device 205. Remember.
[0011]
Here, in the case of the orthogonal coordinate system, the two-dimensional shape is a two-dimensional point, a two-dimensional line segment, a two-dimensional circle, a two-dimensional arc, a two-dimensional spline, a two-dimensional hyperbola, represented by two components of (x, y). It consists of two-dimensional graphic elements such as two-dimensional parabolas and two-dimensional line segments, and begins to display a set of two-dimensional graphic elements in units of each two-dimensional graphic element, or a set of two-dimensional graphic elements such as part shapes. Operations such as deletion, movement, and copying can be performed.
[0012]
Similarly, when the three-dimensional shape is a rectangular coordinate system, a three-dimensional point, a three-dimensional line segment, a three-dimensional circle, a three-dimensional arc, a three-dimensional spline, a three-dimensional spline represented by three components (x, y, z) It is composed of three-dimensional graphic elements such as hyperbolas, three-dimensional parabolas, three-dimensional line segments and three-dimensional planes, cylindrical surfaces, conical surfaces, spherical surfaces, and other curved surfaces expressed parametrically. A set of elements having a certain unit such as a part shape can be set as one group, and operations such as display, deletion, movement, and copying can be performed. Note that the display of the three-dimensional shape refers to displaying a predefined three-dimensional plane on a projection screen, projecting the three-dimensional shape on the projection screen with its normal direction as the projection direction, and displaying the projection on the display device 201. Means that.
[0013]
Since the display device 201 displays a two-dimensional shape or a three-dimensional shape projected on a projection screen in a finite range by enlarging or reducing the size, the central processing unit 202 displays the shape to be displayed on the display device. After the shape to be cut out is created (clipping), it is displayed on the display device 201.
[0014]
Further, in the graphic processing apparatus of the present embodiment, the above-described projection screen setting means, a means for projecting a three-dimensional shape onto the projection screen, and a means for creating a shape to be displayed from what is projected on the projection screen or a two-dimensional figure And means for displaying the created shape to be displayed on the display device 201. In the following description, "display of shape" means to perform using these means.
[0015]
Next, an operation procedure of the character string display method according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to a flowchart of FIG. Will be described.
[0016]
In step 101 shown in FIG. 1, a menu for inputting the aligned character strings is selected. That is, the user designates the “aligned character string” of the menu 11 displayed on the display device 201 of FIG. 3 with the input device 203 such as a mouse. In addition, you can input the character string you want to arrange by inputting "aligned character string" with a keyboard etc. or assigning a menu to a specific key such as a keyboard or command box in advance and pressing the key assigned the menu Menu can also be selected. When a menu for inputting a character string to be arranged is selected, the menu 11 on the display device 201 may be replaced with “aligned character string” and “aligned character string” is selected as shown in FIG. Specified.
[0017]
In step 102, the input device 203 such as a mouse designates a position on the screen at which a character string to be aligned such as a note is displayed. In addition, an instruction can be given by inputting coordinate values on the screen using an input device 203 such as a keyboard.
[0018]
Next, in step 103, a character string to be aligned, such as a note, is input by the input device 203 such as a keyboard. In this embodiment, “NOTE1” is input.
[0019]
In step 104, the character string input in step 103 is stored in the storage device 205 as an aligned character string.
[0020]
In step 105, the character string input in step 103 is displayed on the display device 201 at the position on the screen designated in step 102, as shown in character string 12 in FIG. Note that the order of step 104 and step 105 may be reversed.
[0021]
In this embodiment, by repeatedly executing step 101 or steps 102 to 105 subsequent to step 105, a plurality of character strings to be sequentially arranged can be input. In this embodiment, the character string 13 “Note 1” in FIG. 6 is further input.
[0022]
Further, step 106 is a step of selecting a menu for aligning and displaying the character strings stored in the storage device 205 as the alignment character strings in step 104 at predetermined positions. "Arrangement" of the displayed menu 11 is designated by the input device 203 such as a mouse. In addition, the menu for aligning the character strings to be arranged can be input by inputting "alignment" with a keyboard or the like, or assigning a menu in advance to a specific key such as a keyboard or a command box, and pressing a key to which the menu is assigned. You can also choose. When the menu for aligning the character strings is selected, the menu 11 is changed to “align” on the display device 201 as shown in FIG. 7 to clearly indicate that “align” is selected.
[0023]
In step 107, as shown in the character strings 14 and 15 in FIG. 7, the character strings stored as the sorted character strings in step 104 are arranged and displayed at predetermined positions. In this embodiment, the point indicated by 16 in FIG. 7 is set as a predetermined position.
[0024]
FIG. 8 shows in detail a procedure for determining a position for displaying a plurality of character strings from a predetermined position when displaying a character string in step 107 of FIG. Hereinafter, description will be made with reference to FIG. 8 and FIGS.
[0025]
First, in step 401, if there are three character strings to be sorted as shown in FIG. 9, that is, character string 21, character string 22, and character string 23, they are counted and the number of sorted character string lines is set to three. I do. Here, the reference point for displaying the character string to be aligned is point 24 shown in FIG.
[0026]
In step 402, a position for displaying each character string to be aligned is calculated from the height of each character in the character string to be aligned counted in step 401. In this embodiment, the display positions of the character strings 21, 22, and 23 shown in FIG.
(X coordinate of display position of character string 23) = (x coordinate of point 24)
(Y coordinate of display position of character string 23) = (y coordinate of point 24)
(X coordinate of display position of character string 22) = (x coordinate of display position of character string 23)
(Y coordinate of display position of character string 22) = (y coordinate of display position of character string 23) + (character height of character string 23)
(X coordinate of display position of character string 21) = (x coordinate of display position of character string 22)
(Y coordinate of display position of character string 21) = (y coordinate of display position of character string 22) + (character height of character string 22)
As a result of the calculation, it is assumed that points 25, 26, and 27 are obtained as shown in FIG.
[0027]
In step 403, each character string is displayed at the positions 25, 26, and 27 calculated in step 402 as shown in the character strings 28, 29, and 30 in FIG. At this time, the vertical position relationship of the three character strings can be determined in the order of input, or can be determined from the vertical position relationship or the left / right relationship of the input positions. In the case of this embodiment, the vertical positional relationship after the alignment display is determined from the vertical positional relationship of each character string.
[0028]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the present invention, a character string to be aligned can be collectively aligned and displayed in the vicinity of a predetermined position, and furthermore, the character string to be aligned can be displayed by the number of lines or the number of lines. Regardless of the character size, it is possible to obtain an effect that the images can be collectively arranged and displayed in the vicinity of a predetermined reference position.
[0029]
In addition, according to the present invention, operability is improved, the burden on the user in operation is reduced, and erroneous operation can be prevented.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a flowchart showing an operation procedure of an embodiment of a character string display method according to the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a graphic processing apparatus to which a character string display method according to the present invention is applied.
FIG. 3 is a plan view showing a display mode in which the operation progress of the method shown in FIG. 1 is displayed on a display device.
FIG. 4 is a plan view showing a display mode in which the operation progress of the method shown in FIG. 1 is displayed on a display device.
5 is a plan view showing a display mode in which the operation progress of the method shown in FIG. 1 is displayed on a display device.
6 is a plan view showing a display mode in which the operation progress of the method shown in FIG. 1 is displayed on a display device.
7 is a plan view showing a display mode in which the operation progress of the method shown in FIG. 1 is displayed on a display device.
FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the details of step 107 shown in FIG. 1;
FIG. 9 is a plan view showing a display mode when the method shown in FIG. 8 is executed.
FIG. 10 is a plan view showing a display mode when the method shown in FIG. 8 is executed.
FIG. 11 is a plan view showing a display mode when the method shown in FIG. 8 is executed.
[Explanation of symbols]
201 display device 202 central processing unit 203 input device 204 information reading device 205 storage device

Claims (4)

In a character string display method of a graphic processing device capable of simultaneously displaying shapes of a plurality of parts and the like,
An alignment character string input instruction step for giving an instruction for inputting a character string to be aligned and displayed;
An alignment character string display position instructing step of instructing a position on the screen where a character string to be aligned and displayed is displayed;
An alignment character string input step of inputting a character string to be displayed in alignment,
An alignment character string storing step of storing the character string input in the alignment character string input step as an alignment character string;
An alignment character string display step of displaying the character string input in the alignment character string input step near a position on the screen designated in the alignment character position instruction step;
An alignment character string alignment display instruction step for giving an instruction to display the character string stored in the alignment character string storage step near a predetermined position on the screen;
An alignment character string alignment display step of aligning and displaying the character strings stored in the alignment character string storage step in the vicinity of a predetermined position on the screen in accordance with the instruction in the alignment character string alignment display instruction step; Has,
A character string input after the position designation by the alignment character string display position designation step and input by the next position designation by the next alignment character string display position designation step is a set of character strings, and The character strings input after the position designation by the character string display position designation step and input by the time the display instruction is given by the alignment character string alignment display instruction step are regarded as one set of character strings, and the character string is displayed by the alignment character string alignment display step. A character string display method, wherein each set of character strings is displayed based on an instruction . The sorting character string sorting display step includes:
An alignment character string line number calculation step of calculating the number of lines of the character string stored in the alignment character string storage step;
The position on the screen where the character string to be aligned is displayed, based on the size of the character input in the alignment character string input step and displayed on the screen of the character string and a predetermined reference position on the screen. An alignment character string display position calculation step of calculating
2. A character string display method according to claim 1, further comprising: a character string display step of displaying a character string near the position calculated by said aligned character string display position calculation step. In a character string display device of a graphic processing device capable of simultaneously displaying shapes of a plurality of parts,
An alignment character string input instructing means for giving an instruction for inputting a character string to be aligned and displayed;
An alignment character string display position instructing means for instructing a position on the screen at which a character string to be aligned and displayed is displayed;
An alignment character string input means for inputting a character string to be aligned and displayed;
An alignment character string storage means for storing a character string input by the alignment character string input means in a storage medium as an alignment character string;
Aligned character string display means for displaying the character string input by the aligned character string input means near the position on the screen designated by the aligned character position designating means;
An aligned character string alignment display instructing unit that instructs to display a character string stored in the storage medium in the vicinity of a predetermined position on the screen by the aligned character string storage unit;
Aligned character string alignment for aligning and displaying a character string stored in the storage medium by the aligned character string storage means in the vicinity of a predetermined screen position in response to the instruction of the aligned character string alignment display instruction means. Display means ,
A character string input after the position designation by the alignment character string display position designating means and input by the next position designation by the alignment character string display position designating means as a set of character strings, and The character string input after the position instruction by the character string display position instructing means and input until the display instruction by the alignment character string aligning and displaying instruction means is regarded as a set of character strings by the aligned character string aligning and displaying means. A character string display device for displaying each set of character strings based on an instruction . The alignment character string alignment display means includes:
  An alignment character string line number calculation means for calculating the number of lines of the character string stored in the storage medium by the alignment character string storage means;
  The position on the screen where the character string to be aligned is displayed based on the size of the character input on the aligned character string input means and displayed on the screen of the character string and a predetermined reference position on the screen An alignment character string display position calculating means for calculating
  4. The character string display device according to claim 3, further comprising character string display means for displaying a character string near the position calculated by said aligned character string display position calculation means.

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