JPH01290067A - Document picture processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily obtain a picture where the pattern images and characters are mixed with high efficiency by setting a character string produced by a character string production means at its corresponding character string evolving area based on a table containing the information on the positions and sizes of all character string evolving areas. CONSTITUTION:A table production means produces a table which contains the position information 40 and the size information 41 on all character string evolving areas included in a pattern image produced by a pattern image production means. Then a character string production means produces the character strings to be evolved for each character input area in each prescribed format. A partial character string produced by the character string production means is set at its corresponding character string evolving area via a matching means based on said table. In such a way, a table can be obtained in a simple operation.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a document image processing device, and particularly to a document image processing device capable of creating and displaying tables.

[Prior Art] Document processing devices such as recent word processors have remarkable functions. One of its functions is table creation, but most of the time the process involves manually entering character strings in each column while drawing the ruled lines that make up the table.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] Incidentally, during table creation, the size of the frame must be changed each time depending on the number of characters input into the frame of each table and character attributes (double-width characters, etc.). However, it is also true that extremely complicated procedures must be followed.

The present invention has been made in view of the above prior art, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a document image processing device that makes it possible to create a table with a simple operation.

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to solve the problems, the present invention has the following configuration.

That is, a graphic image creation means for creating a graphic image, a development area table creation means for creating a table consisting of position information and size information of all the character string development areas in the created graphic image, and a character string creation means for creating a character string to be expanded in a predetermined format; and a matching means for matching the partial string created by the character string creation means to a corresponding character string expansion area based on the table. Equipped with.

[Operation] In the configuration of the present invention, the table creation means creates a table containing position information and size information of all character string open areas in the graphic image created by the graphic image creation means. Then, the matching means matches the partial character strings created by the character string creating means to each character development area based on the table.

Embodiments] Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

<Explanation of Outline of Configuration (FIG. 1)> FIG. 1 is a block configuration diagram of a document processing apparatus according to an embodiment.

In the figure, 1 is an MPU that controls the entire device, and 1a is a ROM that stores a program related to a flowchart shown in FIG. 5, which will be described later. Further, 1b is a RAM used as a work area for the MPUI or for storing document information being edited. 2 is a system bus, and each component shown below connects to the MPU via this system bus 2.
It is electrically connected to I. 3 is a keyboard to input each key information, and 4 is 1 on the displayed menu screen.
This is a pointing device used when selecting items. Reference numeral 5 denotes a magnetic disk typified by a floppy disk device, which stores a large amount of document information. 6 is a character font ROM that stores patterns corresponding to character codes. Further, 7 is a VRAM that develops various patterns (character patterns, work patterns, etc.) written by the display control section 8, and the images developed here are displayed on the display screen of the CRT 9, which is a display device.

<Explanation of processing outline (FIGS. 2 to 4)> The processing outline of the document processing apparatus of this embodiment having the above-described configuration will be described below.

In the example, when creating a table when creating or editing a document, first, keep in mind how many vertical and horizontal frames there are to make up the table, and create a simple table frame, such as the one shown by number 20 in Figure 2, for example. create. Next, as shown in FIG. 3, a floppy disk storing item information to be input into each of the separately created frames is set in the magnetic disk device 5. Then, by pressing a predetermined key, a result as shown in the display 21 is obtained.

As shown in the figure, the format of the item information 30 starts with "#S" so that it can be recognized that the information is item information. Note that the #'' and the characters following it in the information shown in Figure 3 indicate one break, for example, ``#S table #P°°, and it is recognized that the item information 30 is related to a table. can. Also, after that #
The character string "Ai J" in P Ai #P 20 corresponds to the frame order from the upper left column to the lower right direction.

Now, when the floppy disk containing the table frame creation and item information is set in the magnetic disk drive 5 and a predetermined key is pressed, the MPU 1 performs the following processing.

First, an initial-stage frame information table 40 consisting of frame information Sl-3m (m is the number of points) as shown in FIG. 4 is created. As shown in the diagram, each frame information is displayed in the VRA at the upper left corner of the frame.
Position information for M7 (frame upper left X coordinate and frame upper left y coordinate)
It consists of fields for storing the width of the frame, the height of the frame, and the position information of the frame relative to the entire document information. still,
The frame information table 40 at the initial stage stores data based on the table frame 20.

Next, the item information described above is read from the floppy disk set in the magnetic disk 5, and after recognizing that it is item information related to a table, a text record table 41 is created. As shown in the figure, each text record includes an attribute field for the item character string (for example, whether it is half-width or full-width characters) and a text data field.

For example, the first item character string rAiJ is stored in the text data field in the first text record, and data indicating half-width characters is stored in the attribute field. At this time, it is determined whether the item character string of interest falls within the corresponding frame. For example, table frame 2o in Figure 2
Since each manual frame has a blank space of two characters, of course, in order to input the character string ``Aiu1'', it is necessary to change the width of this frame. Therefore, in this case, the column containing the corresponding frame In addition to changing the frame width in all the frame information in the direction, the X coordinate of each frame located to the right of the frame of interest is also changed.In this way, text records for item information are sequentially created, and the last When a text record is created for the character string °'#Psasis#E''(#E is a delimiter string indicating the end of item information), a frame pattern is stored in the VRAM 7 based on the completed frame information table 4o and text record table 41. and expand the character pattern. As a result, table 21 shown in FIG. 2 is completed.

<Explanation of Processing Procedure (FIG. 5)> The processing procedure of this embodiment based on the above-mentioned principle will be explained according to the flowchart of FIG. 5. Note that this flowchart is executed when the table edit creation key on the keyboard 3 is pressed.

First, in step S1, it is determined whether a table frame with a blank space has already been formed. In the case of NO', it is assumed that it was done manually and the process ends. When it is detected that there is a table frame with a blank margin, an initial stage frame information table is created based on the table frame in step S2. After this, in step S3, the header of the item information set in the magnetic disk device 5 is read, and in step S4, it is determined whether the item/month information is in the table mode.If it is other than the table mode. In this case, it is determined that the corresponding item information is related to composition with an image outside the mounting equipment, and corresponding conversion processing is performed in step S5.

Now, if it is determined that the item information is table mode item information, the process proceeds to step S6, and the edit N is initialized to "1°°." Next, in step S7, "#P" and #P (or #E) are input. The character string sandwiched between is stored in the text data field in the text record indicated by variable N, its attributes are also stored, and variable N is advanced by one.
Based on the stored character string and attributes, it is determined whether the corresponding frame information needs to be changed. In this judgment, if it is determined that it is necessary to change the frame information, step S
Proceeding to step 10, the frame width of the frame information of the entire column including the frame of interest information is changed, and the X coordinate of each frame located on the right side of the frame of interest is also updated. In this way, in step S11, step S7
It is determined whether the character string read out is sandwiched between "'#P" and °#E"°, that is, whether the creation of the text record is completed. When the creation of the text record is completed, step Proceeding to S12, a display pattern and a character pattern are generated based on the data in the completed frame information table 40 and text record table 41,
Create/display a table.

As described above, according to this embodiment, it is possible to create a differential table from a simple table framework and character strings to be entered manually in each separately created frame. Therefore, for example, even if a character string to be entered into a table is created manually using a document processing device that does not have a law creation function, the corresponding table can be created with a simple task.

Further, in the embodiment, a process of embedding item information in a separately created table frame being edited has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, item information may be input in the vicinity of the table frame and the above-mentioned filling may be performed.

Further, in this embodiment, the image object to be combined with characters is described as a table frame, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, a graphic image such as a pie chart may be used instead of a table.

[Effects of the Invention] As explained above, according to the present invention, an image in which a graphic image and text are mixed can be easily and efficiently obtained by simply creating a character string to be expanded into a character development area in a graphic image. becomes possible.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of the configuration of a document processing device in the embodiment, Fig. 2 is a diagram showing an overview of table creation processing in the embodiment, Fig. 3 is a diagram showing the format of item information in the embodiment, and Fig. 4 is an implementation diagram. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the processing procedure of the embodiment. In the figure, 1 ・MPU, 1 a・ROM, '1 b-RA
M, 2...System bus, 3...Keyboard, 4.
... Pointing device, 5... Magnetic disk,
6... Character font ROM, 7... VRAM, 8...
. . . display control unit, 9 . . . CRT, 40 . . . frame information table, 41 . . . text record table.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] Graphical image creation means for creating a graphical image; development area table creation means for creating a table consisting of position information and size information of all character string development areas in the created graphical image; a character string creation means for creating a character string to be expanded in each character string input area in a predetermined format; and matching the character string created by the character string creation means to the corresponding character string expansion area based on the table. 1. A document image processing device, comprising: matching means.