JPH0425575B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Technical Field of the Invention) The present invention relates to a kanji display device that performs character arrangement processing for sentences containing kanji for printing newspapers, magazines, etc., and displays the results on a monitor.

(Technical Background of the Invention) Traditionally, kanji display devices used in typesetting systems in newspaper and magazine printing industries have only the function of displaying on a monitor the character arrangement results processed by a computer based on input data. However, the process of arranging the characters corresponding to the printed material relied solely on electronic computers.

In other words, in conventional typesetting systems, when character information or arrangement information is input from an input device, that data is sent to a computer, and the characters are formatted according to the framework of the print object stored in advance in the computer. Array processing is performed. The arrayed data is then stored in the computer's storage device and later used as control information for printing machines, etc. The monitor kanji display device is placed alongside the input device to display this arrayed data. That's what I was doing.

(Problems with the Background Art) However, in such conventional systems, the framework of the printing object, that is, the character arrangement processing including the management of the character arrangement area, is all performed on a computer, so the number of connected kanji display devices is limited. The problem was that as the number of computers increased, the load on computers increased. Another drawback was that the system would become complicated if a large amount of data from multiple terminals were to be processed simultaneously.

(Object of the Invention) The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned drawbacks, and has both a character arrangement area management function and a character arrangement function of a printed object, and further reduces the load on a computer, and can be used in a variety of ways. The present invention aims to provide a kanji display device that can handle character arrangement area management for various printing objects, reduce development elements in system construction, and simplify the system.

(Summary of the Invention) In order to achieve the above object, the kanji display device of the present invention includes an input section for inputting instructions for arranging characters, and an instruction storage for storing the contents of instructions input from the input section. part, a character data storage part that stores character data codes to be arranged, and a rectangular area whose two sides are the maximum dimension units in the horizontal and vertical directions in which the character arrangement position and character size on the printing target can be uniquely set. an area management storage unit that stores information that divides all or a part of the area of the printing object and identifies for each section an area in which character arrangement is possible, an area in which character arrangement is not possible, or an area in which character arrangement has been completed, and the printing object. an array data storage section for storing character arrangement result data, a display section for displaying the same on a monitor, and a display section for creating data in the area management storage section from the data in the instruction storage section, and storing the data in the character data storage section. reads out the character data code, searches the area management storage for a character array position, arranges the character data code at a character array position in the array data storage that corresponds to this character array position, and reads the character data code The present invention is characterized by comprising an arithmetic control unit that converts an area in which characters are arranged into an area in which characters are arranged to create data in an array data storage unit and controls the display thereof.

(Embodiment of the Invention) Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail using the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a block diagram of an electronic computer 1 and a kanji display device 2 of the present invention connected thereto. The above electronic computer 1 has 2
Although more than one similar kanji display device can be connected, illustrations of the other devices are omitted because they have the same configuration.

In FIG. 1, the kanji display device 2 includes an arithmetic control section 3, an input section 4, an interface section 5, an instruction storage section 6, a character data storage section 7, an area management storage section 8, an array data storage section 9, and a display section 10. Its main part is composed of.

In the input section 4, an operator performs an operation to input data of a sentence containing kanji or to call up a sentence previously stored in the computer. The interface section 5 exchanges data between the electronic computer 1 and the arithmetic control section 3. The instruction storage section 6 stores only the data corresponding to the instruction content for arranging characters on the printing object out of the input data, and the character data storage section 7 stores the character data code to be arranged out of the input data. , furthermore, the area management storage unit 8 is
All or part of the printing target area is divided into rectangular areas whose two sides are the maximum horizontal and vertical dimension units in which the character arrangement position and character size can be uniquely set in the printing target, and each division is Stores information identifying character arrangement possible areas, character arrangement impossible areas, and character arrangement completed areas.
The array data storage unit 9 stores the character array data of the print target that has finally been edited, and displays the character array data on the display unit 1.
0 displays the data in the array data storage section 9 on the monitor. The arithmetic control section 3 is directly connected to these sections and controls the input section 4, sets data in the instruction storage section 6, creates information on the area management storage section 8, and controls the display section 1.
Creates display data for 0 and controls display.

Next, the operation of the kanji display device of the present invention will be explained.

First, when an ID number indicating a set of character data corresponding to a sentence containing kanji, which has been input and stored as data into a computer in advance, is input from the input unit 4, the ID number is inputted via the interface unit 5. A set of character data codes are sent to the computer 1, returned via the interface section 5, and stored in the character data storage section 7. Further, when information regarding the character arrangement, such as instruction data such as character size, number of information lines, line spacing, and arrangement start position, is input from the input section 4, these are stored in the instruction storage section 6.

The arithmetic control unit 3 stores the area management storage unit 8 in advance.
The maximum horizontal and vertical directions for which the arrangement position and character size can be uniquely set for part or all of the two-dimensional area corresponding to the paper surface of the printed object stored in the instruction storage unit 6. Dimension unit 2
It is divided into rectangular areas as sides, and data for distinguishing between areas where character arrangement is possible and areas where character arrangement is not possible is created and stored in the area management storage section 8 for each section.

If the printing target is a printed matter as shown in Figure 2, the horizontal dimension of the line spacing 11 is half the horizontal dimension of the character size 12, so the horizontal dimension of the rectangular area 13 is as shown in Figure 3. Direction and vertical size by 1/
A part or all of the two-dimensional area corresponding to the paper surface of the printing object is divided by setting the size to be 2 characters. Therefore, if data is input that arranges the character data of "Aiueo Kakikukeko" as shown in Figure 2 from the first line, the arithmetic control unit 3
As shown in FIG. 3, data consisting of a character arrangement impossible area 14 containing N data and a character arrangement possible area 15 containing Y data is created in advance and stored in the area management storage section 8.

Then, the arithmetic control unit 3 arranges the character data in the character data storage unit 7 at a position corresponding to the character arrangement possible area 15 in the area management storage unit 8. That is,
At the same time as reading the character data code from the character data storage section 7, the third
Find the character array position from the data shown in the figure,
The read character data code is stored in the character array position of the array data storage section 9 corresponding to this array position. Then, the Y data at the character arrangement position in the area management storage unit 8 corresponding to the position where the character data codes are arranged is converted into O data, and is set as a character arrangement area. Such operations are repeated, for example, for each line, and the sequenced text is finally stored in the sequenced data storage section 9. When a series of character string data is completed, the array results in the array data storage section 9 are edited on a monitor display and displayed on the display section 10, and the array result data in the array data storage section 9 is displayed on the computer via the interface section 5. Sent to 2.

In the above embodiment, the data in the instruction storage unit 6 is
Although all or part of the data is input from the input section 4, it may be sent from the computer 1 via the interface section 5, or other data may be sent, for example, to a disk device. Good too.

Furthermore, the information in the area management storage unit 8 includes not only the three conditions of character arrangement possible area, character arrangement impossible area, and character arrangement area, but also other additional conditions as necessary, such as arranging only specific character data. By setting the possible areas, four or more types of areas may be set. Furthermore, the device connected via the interface section 5 is not limited to a computer, but may be a device that receives data from the array data storage section 7 and directly prints it, or a device such as an external storage device.

(Effects of the Invention) As described above, the kanji display device of the present invention can reduce the load on a computer and simplify character arrangement processing in a wide variety of printing systems.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the kanji display device of the present invention, FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of the result of character arrangement of a printing target, and FIG. 3 is an illustration of the area management storage section before character arrangement. An explanatory diagram showing memory contents,
FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of the storage contents of the area management storage section after character arrangement. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1...Electronic computer, 2...Kanji display device, 3...Calculation control section, 4...Input section, 5...Interface section, 6...Instruction storage section, 7...Character data storage section, 8... ... Area management storage section, 9 ... Array data storage section, 10 ... Display section, 14 ... Area not subject to character arrangement, 15 ... Area subject to character arrangement, 1
6...Character arrayed area.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. An input section for inputting instructions for arranging characters, an instruction storage section for storing the contents of instructions inputted by the input section, and a character data storage section for recording character data codes to be arranged. Then, the entire area or a part of the printing target is divided into rectangular areas whose two sides are the maximum dimensions in the horizontal and vertical directions in which the character arrangement position and character size on the printing target can be uniquely set. an area management storage unit that stores information that identifies a character arrangement possible area, a character arrangement impossible area, or a character arrangement completed area for each division; an array data storage unit that stores character arrangement result data on a printing target; a display section for displaying this on a monitor; and a display section for creating data in the area management storage section from the data in the instruction storage section, reading character data codes stored in the character data storage section, and character arrangement from the area management storage section. searching for a position, arranging the character data code at a character array position of the array data storage unit corresponding to this character array position, and
A kanji display device comprising: an arithmetic control unit that converts the area in which the character data codes are arranged into an area in which characters have been arranged to create data in an array data storage unit and controls the display thereof.