JPH04181991A - System for generating character and the like - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To generate always beautiful characters and the like by reading the character and the like by the instruction of input codes out of either of a dot font memory device or outline memory device. CONSTITUTION:An address device 3 in common use as a decoder receives the input codes 8, interprets the destination thereof and the sizes of the characters and the like to be generated and sends the same to either of the dot font memory device 1 or the outline memory device 2. First and 2nd conversion circuits 4, 5 converts the characters and the like corresponding to the codes read out of the dot font memory device 1 and the outline memory device 2 to the information of the characters and the like of a dot display system. The information is further converted to the characters and the like of the high-quality dot display system by a quality conversion circuit 7 when the characters and the like of the dot display system outputted on the 1st conversion circuit 4 side are not beautiful. An output device 6 generates the characters and the like of the dot display system outputted via the 1st or 2nd conversion circuits 4, 5 by printing or displaying. The high-quality characters and the like are generated in this way.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention converts coded digital electrical signals used in electronic IT devices, transmitters, etc. into visible or electrical character symbols on a cathode ray tube, etc. Concerning the generation method of characters (letters and symbols, etc.) for displaying as etc.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, character frequency generation methods have generated characters such as characters and symbols using either a dot font for a dot display method or an outline font for an outline display method.

Therefore, a particular problem arises in that enlarged characters in the dot display method and reduced characters in the outline display method are not beautiful.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

The conventional character frequency generation method described above generates characters using either dot font or outline font, so the enlarged characters in the dot font method and the reduced characters in the outline phono 86 style are beautiful. There was a drawback that there was no

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to solve the above-mentioned drawbacks and provide a character order generation method that beautifully displays both enlarged characters in the dot font method and reduced characters in the outline font method. shall be.

[Means to solve the problem]

The character order generation method of the present invention includes a dot font storage device and an outline storage device that respectively store codes of characters coded in a dot display method and an outline display method, and a dot font storage device and an outline storage device, respectively. The first step is to convert the characters corresponding to the read code into character information in the dot display format. a second conversion circuit; and the first conversion circuit. An output device that receives information on characters in a dot display system outputted from a second conversion circuit and prints or displays the information, and character codes of characters to be printed or displayed by the output device and characters to be output. It receives an input code that specifies the size of the class, decodes it, selects a storage device to input the character code, sends the received input code to one of the selected storage devices, and outputs it to the output device. It has a decoder/address device that controls printing or displaying.

[Effect]

In this way, an input code that instructs to generate characters by printing or displaying, or changing the size of characters to generate by printing or displaying is received and deciphered, and the input code is decoded, Characters are read from either the dot font storage device or the outline storage device, converted to characters in the dot display system, and printed or displayed to generate the characters, so that they do not look unsightly even when the size of the characters is enlarged or reduced. , generate beautiful characters.

〔Example〕

Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of one embodiment of the character generation method of the present invention. In this embodiment, the decoder/address device 3. Dot font storage device 1, outline storage device 2, first
It is composed of a conversion circuit 4, a second conversion circuit 5, a quality conversion circuit 7, and an output device 6.

The decoder/addressing device [3 receives the input code 8, decodes the destination and the size of the generated characters, and stores it in the dot font storage device 1 or the outline memory g! Send to either device 2. The dot font storage device 11 and the outline storage device 2 store codes of characters encoded in a dot display method and an outline display method, respectively.

The first conversion circuit 4 and the second conversion circuit 5 convert the characters corresponding to the ]-code read from the dot font storage device 1 and the outline storage device 2, respectively, into character information in the dot display system. Convert. In this case, if the dot display type characters outputted from the first conversion circuit 4 are not beautiful, the quality conversion circuit 5 converts them into dot display type characters of higher quality. Then, the output device 6 prints or displays the dot-type characters outputted through the first conversion circuit 4 or the second conversion circuit 5.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be explained with reference to the drawings.

Decoder and address device 3 receives input code 8 .

This input code 8 has information indicating the coded characters generated by this embodiment and information indicating the size of the sentence 7 type when generated by the output device 6.

When the decoder and address device 3 receives such an input code, the decoder and address device 3 selects either the dot font storage device 1 or the outline storage device 2 depending on the size of the character specified by the input code, and
Search for the address of the storage device to be accessed, input this input code, read out the information of the specified character type from either the selected one, and convert it to the first conversion circuit 4 or the second conversion circuit 4.
The conversion circuit 5 first converts the signal into a dot display type signal.

Note that if the dot font storage device f1 is selected,
The output signal may not have beautiful characters if only the first conversion circuit 4 is used. For example, when printing by reducing the size of a character, if only the first conversion circuit 4 outputs the same size, the dot size will remain the same, but the distance between the dots will be reduced, making the shape of the character difficult to see.

For this reason, the quality conversion circuit 7 thins out the output dot signal of the first conversion circuit 4 and converts it into a character display signal using a beautiful dot display method. Then, the selected first conversion circuit 4 and the quality conversion circuit 7 or the selected second
The dot signal of the character display signal is sent to the output device M6 via the conversion circuit 5, and characters are generated by printing or display.

(Effects of the Invention) As explained above, the present invention has a dot font storage device, an outline storage device, and a decoder/address device, so that when characters are enlarged and displayed, the outline storage device is used and the characters are When reducing types, the use of a dot font storage device has the effect of providing a character generation method that generates higher quality characters.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 shows a block [17] of an embodiment of the character generation method of the present invention.
This is Figure 9. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Dot font storage device, 2... Outline storage device, 3... Decoder and address device, 4... First conversion circuit, 5-... Second conversion circuit, 6... Output device, 7... Quality conversion circuit, 8... Input code. Patent Applicant ’#Gata) Ichiki Electric Co., Ltd. Agent
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Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. A dot font storage device and an outline storage device that store codes of characters encoded in a dot display method and an outline display method, respectively; first and second conversion circuits that convert characters corresponding to the issued code into dot display system character information; and dot display system characters output from the first and second conversion circuits. an output device that prints or displays the information, receives an input code that specifies the character code of the characters to be printed or displayed on the output device, and the size of the characters to be output, and decodes the input code. a decoder/address device that controls the input code to select a storage device into which a character code is to be input, send the received input code to any of the selected storage devices, and print or display it on the output device. Character generation system.