JPH022151B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to an apparatus for editing a handwritten manuscript.

Conventional manuscript proofreading/editing devices require converting the contents of the manuscript into character codes using a character input device. Therefore, there is a limit to the number of character types that can be input, and it is not possible to input any character type.

Furthermore, with conventional character input devices, it was necessary to search for the location of the character desired to be input. For this reason, character input takes time, and special training is required to speed up the process.

In addition, conventional technology for inputting characters as images for proofreading and editing manuscripts was disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 51-48333.
No. 52-122031, all of these are batch processing systems in which correction points are collectively instructed and corrected at the same time. For this reason, if there are many corrections to be made, there may be problems such as running out of space for entries, or if corrections need to be made again, it is necessary to erase them with an eraser and make corrections again, which takes time. Ta.

The present invention solves these conventional problems,
It is an object of the present invention to provide a device for editing a manuscript, which can input characters for editing a manuscript as a handwritten image, and can give instructions for proofreading and editing very easily.

For this purpose, the manuscript editing device according to the present invention cuts out and reads out each character from the manuscript as a handwritten character pattern, stores and displays this character pattern, and also stores and displays the character pattern to be edited together with the manuscript. It is configured to cut out a plurality of characters one by one, input them as a handwritten character pattern, and edit the handwritten character pattern from the original and the handwritten character pattern for editing.

For a handwritten manuscript as shown in Figure 1a, the words in the 1st row and 7th column are changed to ``story''.
, insert "cha no ma" after "wo" in the 3rd row, 12th column, and delete "-" in the 5th row, 1st column. The operation of the embodiment of the present invention will be described in the case where a well-formed manuscript as shown in FIG. 1B is automatically created by performing substitution, insertion, and deletion editing using handwritten characters.

The unedited manuscript shown in FIG. 1a is read by a facsimile image input device 16, and a character cutting device 17 cuts out each character in the manuscript. When cutting out, it is necessary to know the position, size, etc. of each character entry frame, so the position of the character entry frame reference point (x ₁ , y ₁ in Fig. 3) of the manuscript paper 30 (Fig. 3), the character The size of the entry frame (l _x , l _y in Figure 3), the number of character entry frames per line, and the number of lines (in the case of Figure 3, 15 and 5, respectively) are stored in storage devices 18, 19, and 19, respectively.
20, and the characters in the document are cut out based on these stored contents. Result is,
It is stored in the character image storage device 21, and its storage address is stored in the character image storage address storage device 22. As shown in FIG. 4, the table structure of the address storage device 22 is such that an area defined by the row number and column number of the character entry frame of the manuscript paper 30 is assigned one entry frame of the manuscript paper defined by those numbers. The address of the character image storage device 21 that stores the characters written in is stored. Continuing,
A display device 23 such as a storage display tube displays the contents of the character image storage device 21. In the display, the contents stored in the storage devices 18, 19, 20, 21, and 22 are referred to. Moreover, the display device 23 simultaneously
A cursor 60 is displayed at the first character position at the upper left corner of the display screen 62 (FIG. 5) (see FIG. 5). This is the cursor display position (initial position is x ₁ , y ₁ ),
This is done by referring to the respective storage devices 13, 14, and 15 for the cursor image and the cursor image storage address. FIG. 6 shows the stored contents of the cursor display position storage device 13 in the initial state.

Next, insert and replace characters using digitizer 1,
Issue deletion instructions. The layout of the digitizer board 40 is shown in FIG. In FIG. 7, 34 is a key for moving the cursor position, and the part with a leftward arrow ← is used to instruct the movement of the cursor position on the display screen, and when this part is touched, The digitizer 1 indicates the touched position code, and the cursor position updating device 10 responds to this position code, and the cursor position is moved to the left by one character. Similarly, if you touch the part where the right arrow → is written, the cursor will move one character to the right. Touch the ↑ part to move up one line, and touch the ↓ part to move down one line.
If you touch a part, a line break will occur. 0, 1, 2,
. . , 9 is a number input section, and if you touch 0, for example, the number 0 will be input. It's basically a touch-type numeric keypad. When the correction instruction section 36 labeled ``insert, change, delete'' is touched, characters are inserted, changed (replaced), or deleted. Input the image data of the characters to be inserted or changed using the following method.

(a) Set the translucent correction paper 50 on which a character entry frame (square) has been printed in advance in the handwriting entry section of the digitizer, using the positioning mark 38 as a reference.

(b) Write the characters to be inserted or changed by hand on the correction sheet 50 using a stylus pen or the like. Entries should be left-aligned, starting from the first line. At this time, one line shall be used for each correction. As a result, the digitizer 1 outputs the position code of the part where the handwriting of the handwritten character exists, and the character pattern is stored in the image data storage device 4 according to this position code. The storage device 4 has a capacity sufficient to store character patterns written on the entire board 40 of the digitizer 1.

The operation when making a correction as shown in FIG. 1A using the digitizer board 40 is as follows.

(i) When the cursor position moving unit 34 on the digitizer board 40 is touched, the cursor position updating device 10 is activated in response to this, and the storage contents of the cursor position storage device 13 are updated, and along with this, The cursor position on the display device 23 moves. Now, we want to replace "word" in the 1st row, 7th column of the manuscript (Figure 1 a) with "story", so
Touch the cursor position moving section 34 to move the cursor position on the screen to the 1st row, 7th column. The stored contents of the cursor position storage device 13 at this time are as shown in FIG. Next, as shown in FIG. 9c, the character to be replaced is handwritten in the first row and first column of the correction sheet 50. Image data entered by hand is
Immediately from the digitizer 1, it is stored in the image data storage 4. Next, the number of input characters "1" for this correction (in this case, the number of input characters=1 since there is only one character for "story") is input by touching the number input section 32 on the digitizer board 40. This data is stored in the input character number storage device 5. Furthermore, by touching the part labeled "Change" in the modification instruction section 36,
Performs a replacement instruction. This replacement instruction is stored in the modification type storage device 2. In addition, in response to the input of this replacement instruction, the handwriting input reference position updating device 6 is activated, and in this updating,
The vertical size ΔY of the entry frame for one character of the digitizer 1 is read from the storage device 3, and based on this, the stored contents of the handwriting input reference position updating device 7 are updated from FIG. 9a to FIG. 9b. Here, Y ₀ is
It represents the initial value of the handwriting reference position, and Y ₁ is obtained by adding ΔY to this Y ₀ . Point (X ₁ ,
Y ₁ ) represents the corner point of the character frame in the upper left corner, as shown in FIG. 9c. Further, the image data processing device 8 inputs the image data of the "story" handwritten by the number of characters specified by the input character storage device 5, and inputs the position information (X ₁ ,
Image data storage device 4 based on Y ₁ )
, and store it in the character image temporary storage device 11 as character image data. At this time, the storage address of this character image in the storage device 11 is also stored in the storage device 24. When this operation is finished,
The processing device 8 starts the update device 12. The updating device 12 updates the storage contents of the storage devices 21 and 22 based on the storage contents of the correction type storage device 2 so as to replace "word" with "story". That is, this new image data is stored in a new area of the storage device 21, and this storage address is stored at row number 1 and column number 7 of the storage device 22. FIG. 10 shows the stored contents of the storage device 22 after the update. In FIG. 10, the part surrounded by a thick frame indicates the updated part. At the same time as the update is completed, the display device 23 is activated and the replaced original is displayed on the screen (FIG. 11).

(ii) Next, touch the cursor position moving part 34 on the digitizer board 40 to insert ``cha-ma-no'', and move the cursor to the 3rd row, 13th column. At this time, the storage contents of the storage device 13 have been updated as shown in FIG. Next, enter the characters ``cha-ma-no'' to be inserted starting from the second row and first column of the correction sheet 50. Next, the number of input characters "4" is input by touching the number input section 32. Furthermore, touch "insert" in the modification instruction section 36. In response to the touch, the insertion instruction is stored in the storage device 2, the reference position update device 6 is activated, and the stored contents of the storage device 7 are changed to the 13th
It is updated as shown in the figure. Furthermore, the processing device 8
is activated, and the handwritten image data of "Tea Room" based on the contents of the storage device 7 is cut out character by character and stored in the storage device 11.
The storage address is stored in the storage device 24. At the same time as the operation ends, the updating device 12 is activated, and based on the storage contents of the storage device 2, the contents of the storage devices 21 and 22 are updated to insert "Chano no Ma". FIG. 14 shows the contents of the storage device 22 after the update. That is, as shown in the bold line, a new "chamber" is added to the area from the third row, 13th column to the fourth row, first column of the storage device 22.
Addresses 7700 to 8000 of the storage device 21 that stored
, and all addresses that have been in the 3rd row, 13th column and beyond are shifted by these 4 characters and stored. At the same time as the update is completed, the inserted manuscript will be displayed on the screen (first
Figure 5).

(iii) Next, the fifth screen on the new display screen (Figure 15)
In order to delete the "-" in the 5th row and 5th column, touch the cursor position moving section 34 on the digitizer board to move the cursor to the 5th row and 5th column. Next, enter the number of characters to be deleted "1" in the number input section 3.
Input by touching 2. Furthermore, touch "Delete" in the modification instruction section 36. In response to the touch, the deletion instruction is stored in the storage device 2, and the update device 12 is activated (since it is a deletion instruction, image data processing is not necessary. Therefore, the contents of the handwriting input reference position storage device 7 are also not updated).
The update device 12 updates the contents of the storage devices 21 and 22 to delete the "-". FIG. 16 shows the contents of the storage device 22 after the update.

That is, as shown by the thick line in Figure 16, the original address "6100" (Figure 14) in the 5th row and 5th column is deleted, and the addresses 6200 to 7100 from the 5th row and 5th column onwards are moved to the left. (FIG. 17).

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to easily edit a handwritten manuscript using handwritten characters.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Figures 1a and b are the manuscript before and after correction, respectively, Figure 2 is an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 3 is a diagram showing the format of the manuscript, Figures 4, 10, 14, 1st
FIG. 6 shows the fifth table of the address storage device 22.
11, 15, and 17 are examples of display screens, and FIGS. 6, 8, and 12 are examples of contents of the cursor display position storage device 13, and FIGS. 7 and 9c.
9 shows the digitizer board surface, FIGS. 9a and 9b, and FIG. 13 show examples of the contents of the handwriting input reference position storage device 7, respectively.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. An input device for reading a handwritten character pattern on a manuscript paper; a first storage device for sequentially storing each character pattern read character by character; a second storage device for storing storage addresses of each of the character patterns in the first storage device in accordance with the arrangement order of the handwritten character patterns on the manuscript paper;
a display device for displaying a character pattern read from the first storage device based on the address information stored in the second storage device; and a character pattern handwritten at a predetermined position on the board. a second input device for reading the character pattern; and a third storage device for temporarily storing the editing character pattern input from the second input device in correspondence with the position on the board. and information indicating the number of characters for editing inputted from the second input device, information for instructing the editing mode, and information specifying the position of the character in the manuscript to be edited. a third input device for inputting a character pattern; when an instruction to insert or replace a character is given as the editing mode, reading a character pattern for editing from the third storage device based on the character information; This is added to and stored in the first storage device, and the second
If the storage address of the character pattern added to the first storage device is inserted or replaced with the existing storage address at a specific position in the storage device, and deletion of characters is instructed as the editing mode, A manuscript editing device comprising: means for deleting an address already stored in a specific position in the second storage device based on the position designation information. 2. The manuscript editing device according to item 1, wherein the third input device includes means for moving a cursor on the display device to specify the character position.