JPH04338878A - Graphic pattern editing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily edit a graphic pattern in the device which edits the registered graphic pattern in a HP (word processor) or a DTP(disk top publishing) device. CONSTITUTION:This graphic pattern editing device which edits the registered graphic pattern in the device, which is provided with a function to perform the graphic processing on the display picture, is provided with a graphic pattern generating part 23 which generates the registered graphic pattern, a cursor position discriminating part 24 which displays the cursor position of the graphic pattern on the picture, a cursor position display part 27 which displays the cursor position, a color discriminating part 25 which discriminates the classification of color designated to the editing point of the graphic pattern, and a color classification display part 28 which displays the classification of color designated to the editing point.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

0001

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a registered graphic pattern editing device in a WP (word processor) or a DTP (desktop publishing) device. A DTP device is used to edit documents that include text, drawings, graphs, and other figures, and its attached printing device has the function of printing out photographic paper for creating bookbinding plates. .

[0002] Therefore, the attached printing device is required to have a wide variety of graphic patterns, and is also required to have highly accurate (beautiful) graphic patterns with a large number of pixel dots. In such a printing device, a wide variety of registered graphic patterns are prepared for the user, and the user can either change the registered graphic pattern (hereinafter referred to as graphic pattern) or edit a new pattern. It is now possible to register.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a graphic pattern editing device that can easily edit graphic patterns in a printing device such as a DTP terminal device.

0004

2. Description of the Related Art Conventional technology will be explained with reference to FIGS. 8 to 10. FIG. 8 is an example of a graphic pattern. Figure (a) is DT
This is an application example of a graphic pattern registered in a printing device such as a P device.

[0005] In the DTP device, pattern code = 1
, pattern code = 2, pattern code = 4, and provide coordinate data etc. to create a graph as shown on the document. Figure (b) shows an example of a registered graphic pattern.

[0006] The DTP device or attached printing device has
Various graphic patterns are registered using pattern codes. The graphic pattern can be changed by the user, and it is also possible to edit and register a new pattern. For example, to change the figure pattern (long line) with pattern code 11, specify pattern code 11 on the figure pattern editing screen, call up the figure pattern (long line), and change the length of the solid line part and the space part of the long line. It is possible to register using pattern code 11.

FIG. 9 shows a conventional graphic pattern editing method. Figure (a) shows the graphic pattern editing screen. In the figure, 110 is a figure pattern editing screen, 111 is a figure pattern to be edited, 112 is a cursor, 113 is a pattern code display, 114 is a coordinate value indicating the start point of the figure pattern, 115 is the end point of the figure pattern, Starting point 1
Displays the number of pixels starting from 14. Reference numeral 116 indicates the number of pixels from the starting point of a point between the starting point 114 and the ending point 115 of the graphic pattern. 117 is the number of pixels from the left edge of the screen to the starting point 114, 118 is the number of pixels from the starting point to the middle of the graphic pattern, and the number of pixels from the ending point 115 to the right edge of the screen.

A conventional graphic pattern editing method is as follows. When a pattern code is selected in the graphic pattern editing mode, a graphic pattern (long line) is output to the screen. The user then moves the cursor to the position of the pattern change pixel in the displayed graphic pattern. Then, the graphic pattern is changed by pressing down a key specifying a color.

[0009] In this way, when the entire graphic pattern is displayed in one line on the screen, the pixel units are small and it is difficult to position the cursor to the pixel to be changed.
Figure (b) shows an enlarged display of the graphic pattern.
). Figure (b) shows a graphic pattern editing screen in which the graphic pattern is enlarged.

In the figure, 120 is an enlarged editing screen;
1 is the graphic pattern, 122 is the starting point of the enlarged graphic pattern, 123 is the number of pixels from the starting point 122 in the enlarged graphic pattern, and 124 is the end point of the enlarged graphic pattern, indicating the number of pixels from the starting point. 125 is a cursor.

The method of editing a figure pattern on the enlarged figure pattern editing screen is to edit the figure pattern using the standard figure pattern (Figure (a)).
). The figure shows a state in which the cursor 125 is placed at the position shown and the key for specifying black is pressed down.

FIG. 10 is an example of a document created on a DTP terminal device. In the figure, 130 represents the created document, 131 represents the created graph, and 132 represents the created text portion. DTP terminal devices can create documents containing a mixture of text and graphics. Then, the attached printing device prints photographic paper to create a plate for binding the created document.

[0013]

[Problem to be solved by the invention] In the conventional graphic pattern editing method, it is necessary to count the position of each pixel on the graphic pattern, determine the cursor position, and specify a color for each pixel one by one. Therefore, the work was detailed and not easy. In particular, for high-quality graphic patterns such as DTP terminal devices,
The number of pixels was large, and editing the graphic patterns was a heavy workload.

[0014] Furthermore, although it was relatively easy to confirm the pixel position on the enlarged screen shown in Figure (b) above, since the graphic pattern is enlarged, it is difficult to determine which standard graphic pattern is actually registered. It was difficult to grasp what it was like.

[0015]

[Means for Solving the Problems] The present invention, in a figure pattern editing device, displays on the screen the number of the pixel of the figure pattern on which the cursor is placed and the type of specified color, thereby making it easier to edit the figure pattern. I did it like that.

FIG. 1 shows the basic configuration of the present invention. Diagram (a)
shows the editing screen, and Figure (b) shows the configuration of the graphic pattern editing device. In figure (a), 1 is the editing screen,
10 is the pattern code being edited, 10' is the display of the starting point of the graphic pattern, 11 is the editing position scale representing the end point of the graphic pattern, which is the display of the number of pixels from the starting point 10', and 13 is the editing point. This is a cursor display pointing to. 1
4 is a display indicating the type of color of the edit point. 15 is a display showing the cursor position of the edit point (the number of pixels from the starting point of the pixel on which the cursor is placed).

[0017] In the present invention, for example, when pattern code 11 is specified and keyed in in the editing screen mode,
The graphic pattern registered with pattern code 11 is displayed. Then, when the cursor is placed on the graphic pattern, the cursor position of the edit point is displayed 15. Also, the position of the pixel on which the cursor is placed is number 15 (position =
514) is displayed on the screen. The color of the edit point designated by the cursor is displayed 14.

Figure (b) shows the basic configuration of the graphic pattern editing device of the present invention. In the figure, 16 is a graphic pattern storage unit that stores graphic patterns. Reference numeral 17 is an input section for inputting a pattern code. Reference numeral 18 denotes a control section, which includes a graphic pattern creation section and controls the entire apparatus. Reference numeral 19 denotes a display section, which includes a graphic pattern display section 26 for displaying graphic patterns on the screen, a cursor position display section 27 for displaying the cursor position, and a color type display section 28 for displaying the color type.

Reference numeral 20 denotes a pattern code input section for inputting a pattern code using keys. Reference numeral 21 denotes a cursor position specifying section, which is used to input the cursor position using a cursor movement key on a keyboard or the like. 22
is a color designation section, which is used to input a color designation using a key designated for color input on the keyboard.

Reference numeral 23 denotes a graphic pattern creation section which writes data of a designated color to the pixel designated by the cursor to create a graphic pattern. Reference numeral 24 denotes a cursor position determination unit, which determines the cursor position on the screen. Reference numeral 25 denotes a color determination unit that determines the color designated by the pixel on which the cursor is placed.

Reference numeral 26 denotes a graphic pattern display section for displaying the pattern created by the graphic pattern creating section 23 on the screen. A cursor position display section 27 displays the cursor position (for example, the number of pixels from the starting point to the pixel on which the cursor is placed). Reference numeral 28 denotes a color type display section, which displays the type of color specified for the pixel on which the cursor is placed.

[0022]

[Operation] The operation of the configuration shown in FIG. 1(b) will be explained. A pattern code to be edited is input from the pattern code input section 20. As a result, a graphic pattern corresponding to the input pattern code is retrieved from the graphic pattern storage section 16 and displayed on the screen. If there is a pattern that has already been registered, the registered pattern will be displayed on the screen, and if the pattern code is unregistered, for example, a white line pattern will be displayed.

Then, the cursor position specifying unit 21 moves the cursor to a pixel in the displayed graphic pattern whose pattern is to be changed. Then, the cursor position determination section 24 reads the cursor position, and the cursor position display section 27 displays the cursor position on the screen. Color specification section 2
From step 2, input the color specification for the pixel that the cursor is placed on. The color determination unit 25 reads the specified color type, and the color type display unit 28 displays the specified color type on the screen.

The figure pattern creation unit 23 creates figure pattern data for the input pattern code based on the input color specification for the pixel on which the cursor is placed, and when the figure pattern editing is completed, the figure pattern data is The pattern data is stored in the graphic pattern storage section 16.

According to the present invention, the editing point can be easily selected because the cursor can be moved and pixels can be aligned while referring to the screen display of the cursor position. Furthermore, since the color of the pixel at the editing point is also displayed on the screen, it becomes possible to accurately specify the correct color near the boundary between different colors.

[0026]

[Embodiment] An embodiment of the present invention will be explained with reference to FIGS. 2 to 7. FIG. 2 shows the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention. The figure shows a printing device attached to a DTP device.

In the figure, 40 is a figure pattern editing section;
41 is a DASD that stores graphic patterns. 42 is a control unit, which includes a graphic pattern creation unit, creates graphic pattern data, and also performs DTP processing.
print control for printing documents created by the device;
It performs input/output control of the DASD 41, etc. 44 is a display control section, which displays characters and figures on the display according to instructions from the control section 42. Reference numeral 45 denotes a display, and 46 a keyboard, which provides inputted key codes to the control unit 42 and is used to input pattern codes, cursor movement, color designation, and the like. Reference numeral 47 is a graphic pattern creation section, 48 is a cursor position determination section, and 49 is a color determination section.

Reference numeral 50 is a RIP (raster image processor) that draws document information created in the control section 42 into an image memory. Reference numeral 51 is an image memory for storing document data, 52 is a printer control unit, and 53 is a printer device for printing on photographic paper.

54 is a floppy deck, DT
56 is a floppy disk for retrieving data from a floppy disk storing document information created by the P device, and is used to store document information created by the DTP device. 55 is a DTP device that creates documents such as sentences, graphs, and figures. Specifically, the document information in a document includes the drawing position of each character, font (Mincho, Gothic, etc.), font size (9 point, 12 point, etc.), character code (characters "A", "A", "A"
etc.), figure drawing start position, end position, figure pattern code, etc.

The operation of the configuration shown in FIG. 2 will be described later. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an embodiment of the graphic pattern editing method according to the present invention. Figure (a) shows the mode selection screen. This printing device displays this screen first when the power is turned on.

[0031] ``Print'' or ``Graphic Pattern Edit'' is designated with the cursor, and the function is selected by pressing the execution key. If ``Edit figure pattern'' is selected here, the screen shown in FIG. 3(b) is the pattern code input screen. Enter the figure pattern code to edit. When input, figure (c) is displayed.

Figure (c) is a diagram showing the functions of the keys during graphic pattern editing. Key B sets the edit point color to black. Key W sets the edit point color to white. Key E saves the editing result and exits.

The key → moves the editing point to the right (the cursor moves to the right and the value of the position display increases). The ← key moves the editing point to the left (the cursor moves to the left and the position display value decreases).

FIG. 4 shows an embodiment (2) of the graphic pattern editing method of the present invention. In the figure (1) to (4)
is the figure pattern editing screen after entering the pattern code. Figure (1) shows a state in which the cursor is positioned at the 601st pixel counting from the starting point of the graphic pattern, and the color designation input is set to black. The cursor position is displayed at 6
01, the color display is displayed as black.

FIG. 2 shows a state in which the cursor position is shifted by one position to the right to 602, and white is designated as the color for the 602nd pixel. The cursor position is displayed as 602, and the color is displayed as white. Figure (3) shows a state in which black is input as a color designation at the cursor position 602.

The 602nd pixel on the graphic pattern is displayed in black, and the color type is also displayed in black. As described above, move the cursor left and right using the → key and ← key to match the editing point, specify the color, and edit the graphic pattern. At this time, when the cursor position is displayed, the value increases when the cursor is moved to the right, and the value decreases when the cursor is moved to the left. In that case,
If you want to change a pattern that has already been registered,
Move the cursor to the edit point where the pattern is to be changed and specify a color using the B or W key to change the graphic pattern. When creating a new pattern, move the cursor one pixel at a time for all pixels and specify the color.
Create a shape pattern.

FIG. (4) shows the screen after editing has been completed. A state in which pixel numbers 900 to 1000 are changed to white, the cursor is placed on pixel number 1000, and white is specified as the color is shown. When you have finished editing, press the E key. As a result, termination processing is performed and the edited graphic pattern is stored in the DASD.

The operation of the configuration shown in FIG. 3 will be explained (see FIG. 2 as necessary). When the user selects an editing pattern on the mode selection screen shown in FIG. 3(a), the control section 42 instructs the display control section 44 to display the pattern code input screen shown in FIG. 3(b). Then, a pattern code input screen is displayed, and when the user inputs a pattern code, the control section 42 reads data of the corresponding graphic pattern from the DASD 41. Then, according to the content of the graphic pattern data, the display control unit 44 controls the
) is displayed on the screen.

The cursor position determination unit 48 determines the position of the designated cursor by key input from the keyboard 46, and causes the display control unit 44 to display the value of the cursor position. Further, the color determination unit 49 determines the input color and causes the display control unit 44 to display the type of the input color.

Furthermore, when the operator inputs the E key, the control unit 42 determines that editing has ended, and stores the editing results on the DASD 41.
Store in. If the graphic pattern is updated, the DASD 41 replaces the registered graphic pattern with the edited pattern; if it is a new pattern, the DASD 41 registers the newly created graphic pattern.

The printing apparatus equipped with the graphic pattern editing apparatus according to the present invention prints a document created by a DTP apparatus.The operation of printing processing in the configuration shown in FIG. 2 will be explained. When the user selects "Print" on the mode selection screen shown in FIG.
The document information created in step 5 is read.

[0042] When the referenced document information is a text, the control unit 42 stores the corresponding character pattern data on the DASD 4 according to the font, character size, and character code of the document information.
1 and passes it to the RIP 50. RIP50 is
Character pattern data is drawn at the position in the image memory 51 indicated by the drawing position data.

Further, when the referenced text information is graphic information, the control unit 42 reads the corresponding graphic pattern data from the DASD 41 and passes it to the RIP 50. Next, R the drawing start position data and end position data in the document information.
Pass to IP50. The RIP 50 draws a graphic pattern in the image memory 51 according to a graphic display algorithm based on the positions indicated by the start position data and end position data stored in the image memory 51.

After repeating the text information processing and graphic information processing described above and drawing all the documents created by the DTP device in the image memory 51, the control unit 42 instructs the printer control unit 52 to write the information in the image memory 51. Instructs the printer device 53 to print the data. When a print instruction is given, the printer control unit 52 starts up the printer device 53, transfers the data in the image memory 51 to the printer device 53, and prints the document on photographic paper.

FIGS. 5 and 6 show flow embodiments of the cursor position determining section and color specifying section of the present invention. Figure 5 shows the entire flow. The flow will be explained according to the numbers shown. S1 → Determine whether a key has been pressed down. If it is a → key, the process advances to S2; if it is not a → key, the process advances to S3.

[0046] S2 → When the key is pressed down, a cursor movement process (to the right) is performed. (The detailed flow of the cursor movement process will be described later (FIG. 7)). S3 Determine whether the ← key has been pressed down. ←
If the key is pressed down, the process advances to S4. If the ← key is not pressed down, the process advances to S5.

[0047] S4 If the ← key is pressed down,
Performs cursor movement processing (left). S5 Determine whether the W key has been pressed down. If it is pressed down, proceed to S6. If it is not pressed down, the process advances to S7. S6 If the W key is pressed down, white display processing is performed (details of the white display processing will be described later (FIG. 7)).

S7: It is determined whether the B key has been pressed down. If the B key is pressed down, the process advances to S8. If it is not pressed down, the process advances to S9. S8 If the B key is pressed down, black display processing is performed. S9 Determine whether the E key has been pressed. If the E key is pressed, the process advances to S10. If it is not pressed, the process returns to S1 and the processes from S1 onwards are repeated.

S10: If the E key is pressed, processing for terminating graphic pattern editing is performed. FIG. 6 shows the flow of cursor movement processing (right). The explanation will be given according to the numbers shown. When the S1, S2 → key is pressed, a cursor position counter for calculating the cursor position is incremented by one.

S3 Display the value of the position counter indicating the position of the cursor. S4 Read the color data corresponding to the value of the cursor position counter in the graphic pattern data. S5 Determine whether the data is 1. If it is 1, proceed to S7. If it is not 1, proceed to S6.

S6: If the value corresponding to the value of the cursor position counter in the graphic pattern is not 1, the color=white is displayed. S7: If the value corresponding to the value of the cursor position counter in the graphic pattern is 1, the color=black is displayed.

[0052] When the process of S6 or S7 is completed, the process proceeds to the next process step (determining whether or not the ← key is pressed down). The cursor movement process (left) is performed according to the flow of the cursor movement process (right) above, and the only difference is that when the ← key is pressed, the cursor position counter that calculates the cursor position is decremented by 1. It is.

FIG. 7 shows the flow of white display processing and termination processing. Figure (a) is a flowchart of white display processing. The numbers shown in the figures will be explained accordingly. S1, S2 When the W key is pressed, the data in the graphic pattern corresponding to the value of the cursor position counter is set to 0.

S3: Make the pixel at the position pointed by the cursor on the display white. S4 Display color=white on the display. Continue the subsequent processing. Black display is performed in accordance with the white display process described above, and when the B key is pressed, the data in the graphic pattern corresponding to the value of the cursor position counter is set to 1, and the pixel at the position pointed to by the cursor on the display is to black. Then, the color on the display is displayed as black.

Figure (b) shows the flow of the termination process. E
When the key is pressed, the edited figure pattern data is DA
Store in SD.

[0056]

[Effects of the Invention] According to the present invention, when editing a graphic pattern, the entire graphic pattern is displayed, making it easy to understand the graphic pattern being edited.Moreover, the coordinates and colors of editing points are displayed on the screen. etc. are displayed separately, making it easier to work with. This makes it easy to create beautiful graphic patterns with a large number of dots.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the basic configuration of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3: Example of the graphic pattern editing method according to the present invention (
1).

FIG. 4: Example of the graphic pattern editing method according to the present invention (
2).

FIG. 5 is a flow example of a graphic pattern editing method.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing the flow of cursor movement processing (right).

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a flow of white display processing and termination processing.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of a graphic pattern.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a conventional graphic pattern editing method.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of a document created by applying the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1: Edit screen 10: Pattern code being edited 10': Starting point 11: Editing position scale 12: Edit pattern 13: Cursor pointing to edit point 14: Display of edit point color 15: Displaying the cursor position of the edit point 17: Input section 18: Control unit 19: Display section 20: Pattern code input section 21: Cursor position specification section 22: Color specification section 23: Figure pattern creation section 24: Cursor position determination section 25: Color determination section 26: Graphic pattern display area 27: Cursor position display section 28: Color type display section

Claims (2)

[Claims] Claim 1: A graphic pattern editing device for editing a registered graphic pattern in a device equipped with a function of graphic processing on a display screen, which includes a graphic pattern creation unit (23) for creating a registered graphic pattern, and a cursor in the graphic pattern. A cursor position determination unit (24) that displays the position on the screen, a cursor position display unit (27) that displays the cursor position, and a color determination unit that determines the type of color specified for the edit point in the figure pattern. (25) and
A graphic pattern editing device comprising: a color type display section (28) that displays a color type specified for an editing point. [Claim 2] In claim 1, the graphic pattern editing device is provided in a printing device attached to a DTP terminal device that has a function of editing a document and a graphic in one document. Graphic pattern editing device.