JPH044165A - Image pattern generation device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To make it possible to reproduce the natural style of penmanship or design which is intrinsic to a character or a figure by preparing image patterns of different combinations of writing start point distance and writing end point distance for one character code and selecting image patterns generated before and after the character code, if entered and each smoothly connected image pattern. CONSTITUTION:If document data consisting three characters such as A, I and U is entered in a document data input device 1, an image pattern of vertically written continuous 'kana' style is generated and then is transferred to a document data editing device 2. Next, if a character code part is sent to an image pattern selection device 4 in order of A, I and U, the selection device 4 selects an image pattern with a writing start point distance x1 and a writing end point distance x1 as an image pattern of A from an image pattern storage device 3. After that, an image pattern generation device 6 checks a character length for each image pattern stored in an image width storage device 5, then selects the character length of a transferred image pattern and outputs it to a printer.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to an image pattern generation device that generates a corresponding image pattern when a character code is input. The present invention relates to an image pattern generating device that generates image patterns such as continuous characters and figures, such as characters and patterns that are combined in continuation.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, in this divine image pattern generation device, there has been only one type of image pattern such as a character or a figure that corresponds to one character code.

[Invention or problem to be solved]

In the conventional image pattern generation device described above, there is only one type of image pattern corresponding to one character code, so when generating image patterns of continuous characters or figures, the starting point of each image pattern is The distance and end stroke distance must all be constant, and if two image patterns are continuous, they must be connected smoothly, so The direction of the end of the writing or the angle formed with one side of the body must all be constant. For example, in a continuous typeface, there is a disadvantage that it is impossible to reproduce the natural writing style of this ancient typeface. To provide an image pattern generating device which generates an image pattern capable of expressing the natural writing style and design inherent in these characters and figures when generating an image pattern of continuous characters and figures.

[Means to solve the problem]

In the image pattern generation device of the present invention, each image pattern is formed in a rectangular body from a starting point on one side of the body perpendicular to the mojikumi direction to one side of the body opposite to the side. The starting writing point distance, which is the distance from one side of the body parallel to the mojikumi direction of the starting writing point that is continuously configured up to a certain ending writing point, is a distance of a plurality of distances that are commonly determined for all image patterns. The end stroke point distance, which is one of the distances from the side of the end stroke point, is one of the plurality of distances mentioned above, and the start stroke distance of each image pattern is the same. The angle formed by the direction of the start of sharpening at a point and one side of the body where the starting point exists is constant, and the distance at the end of each image pattern is the same as the distance of the ending point. The angle formed by the ending direction and one side of the body where the ending stroke point exists is the direction of the writing start of the starting writing point of the image pattern with the starting writing point distance equal to the ending writing point distance and the existence of the starting writing point. A plurality of image patterns created with different combinations of the starting stroke point distance and the ending stroke point distance are stored for each character code, and these image patterns are equal to the angle formed by one side of the body. Image pattern storage means each having a different length in the mojikumi direction, and image width storage means for storing the length in the mojikumi direction of each image pattern stored in the image pattern storage means; 1. Second. When the third character code is input in this order, the first character code stored in the image pattern storage means
Check the possible values of the ending stroke point distance of the image pattern corresponding to the character code and the possible values of the starting stroke point distance of the image pattern corresponding to the third character code, and determine the possible values of the ending stroke point distance. The image pattern corresponding to the second character code whose starting stroke point distance matches the first stroke distance, and the possible value of the starting stroke point distance of the cursive writing corresponds to the final stroke point distance of the image pattern stored in the image pattern storage means. When you enter multiple character codes to select from among them,
image pattern determining means for sequentially selecting an image pattern corresponding to each character code from among the image patterns stored in the image pattern storage means; and for each image pattern selected by the image pattern determining means; An image pattern in which the image pattern is continuously output in a data format that can be directly printed by a printer, plotter, etc. by feeding based on the length value in the character composition direction stored in the image width storage means. There is a means of generation.

[For production]

A plurality of image patterns with different combinations of starting stroke point distance and ending stroke point distance are created corresponding to one character code, and stored in an image pattern storage means, and when a character code is input, the image patterns occurring before and after the character code are Since image patterns that are connected smoothly are selected from the nine image patterns stored in the image pattern storage means, image patterns that reproduce natural writing styles and designs regarding continuous characters and figures can be generated.

〔Example〕

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

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an image pattern generating device according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG.
Figure 3 shows how to create an image pattern for the character ``i'' based on the conditions in Figure 2, and Figure 4 shows the conditions for the character ``a'' and ``i'' to be satisfied. " Figure 5 is a diagram showing an example of an image pattern of each character of ``uJ''. Figure 5 is a diagram showing an example of consecutively generated image patterns of three characters of ``aiu''.

This embodiment consists of a document data input means 1, a document data editing means 2, an image pattern storage means 3, an image pattern determination means 4, an image width storage stage 5, and an image pattern generation means 6. There is.

The document data input means 1 inputs either a document expressed by an image pattern to be generated or document data which is a sequence of character codes representing individual characters or figures. The document data editing stage 2 edits the manually created document data and adds information such as font size and typesetting style. The image pattern storage means 3 stores a plurality of image patterns having different combinations of starting stroke point distance and ending stroke point distance for each character code, which are created according to the creation rules described later. The image pattern determining means 4 selects the first. Second
．． When the third character code is input, the possible values of the final stroke point distance of the image pattern corresponding to the first character code stored in the image pattern storage means 3 and the third character code are input.
The possible values of the starting stroke point distance of the image pattern corresponding to the character code are checked, and the possible values of the above mentioned ending stroke point distance and the starting stroke point distance match, and the possible values of the above mentioned starting stroke point distance and the ending stroke point distance are checked. An image pattern corresponding to a second character code that matches the point distance is selected from among the image patterns stored in the image pattern storage means 3, and when a plurality of character codes are input, the image pattern storage means An image pattern corresponding to each character code is selected from among the image patterns stored in 3. The image width storage means 5 stores, for each image pattern stored in the image pattern storage means 3, the length value in the character composition direction when it is actually printed. The image pattern generation means 6 inputs the image pattern selected by the image pattern determination means 4 and information such as font size and typesetting style added to the document data by the document data editing means 2, and stores them in the image width storage means 5. In the past, the selected image pattern could be directly printed using a printer or plotter, etc., by adjusting the character size and typesetting style by feeding the characters based on the memorized length of the selected image pattern in the typesetting direction. Continuously output data in a certain format.

Next, the creation of an image pattern to be stored in the image pattern storage means 3 will be explained using a vertically written continuous kana typeface as an example.

The specifications that the image pattern must satisfy are as shown in FIG. Each image pattern is constructed continuously from the starting point on the upper side of the rectangular body 11 to the ending point on the lower side. The starting stroke point distance and the ending stroke point distance, which are the distances of the starting stroke point and the ending stroke point from the left side of the body 11, are each set to be one of the distances X1 to X5. Therefore, the distances from the left end of the upper and lower sides of the body 11, or points X1 to xs, are a1 to a1, respectively. b, to b5, the starting point of each image pattern is one of a1 to a5, and the ending point of each image pattern is one of b1 to b5. The starting point is a,
The angle formed by the writing start direction 12 of each image pattern and the upper side of the body 11 is C1, and the angle between the writing end direction 13 of each image pattern and the lower side of the body 11, which is the ending point or bl, is C1. The angles formed are also C1. Similarly, when the starting point is C2, the angle between the direction of the beginning of writing and the top side is C2, and this angle is equal to the angle between the direction of ending writing and the bottom side when the ending point is b2. The starting point is a
3-a5. The same applies to the final stroke points b3 to b5. The character length C is the distance between the upper side and the lower side of the body 11 or the length of the image pattern in the character composition direction, and the character length C may be different even if the image patterns correspond to the same character code.

An example of actually designing the character ``i'' in hiragana will be explained.

Based on the creation rules shown in Figure 2 above, "i"
FIG. 3 explains how to create an image pattern of characters. In the case of the character "i", the starting stroke point distance of the most excellent image baton in terms of design is xl, and the ending stroke point distance is X4. Therefore, a point a1 having a distance of Xl from the left end of the body 11 is defined as a standard starting stroke point, and a point b4 having a distance of X4 from the left end of the body 11 is defined as a standard ending stroke point.

Also, if the starting point is on the right side of the upper side of the body 11, it will be inferior in terms of design.
, do not set a starting point that is , and set a point a whose distance from the starting point is x2
2 is used as an auxiliary starting point. As for the end stroke point, it does not feel strange even if it is located at any position on the lower side of the body 11, so it is an auxiliary end stroke point., b3. b4. b...
will be established.

At this time, the image pattern that is the final stroke point from the point of view of the tesainto is different from the other image pattern (character length C1
), and the character length is C2. In the end, there are two starting points, a l + 82, and five ending points, b1 to b5, so 2X5=10, so the image pattern of the character "i" is Ten patterns are created and stored in the image pattern storage means 3.

An example of an image pattern of three characters "a", "i" and "u" created as described above and stored in the image pattern storage means 3 is shown in FIG.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be explained.

First, document data is manually entered into the document data input means 1.

Here, document data consisting of the three characters ``aiu'' is input, and an image pattern of the vertically written continuous kana font of this document data is generated. The manually created document data is transferred to the document data editing means 2, and information such as font size and typesetting style is added thereto. Next, the character code part of the document data is sent to the image pattern determining means 4 as "A""Ij"
They are sent in the order of ``U''.

The image pattern determining means 4 determines that there is no image pattern that should occur before "a", that the image pattern that should occur after "a" or that of "i", and that it is the starting point of the image pattern of "i". Distance: XL or standard: X2
Since is auxiliary and the starting point distance of "a" is standard or Xl, the image pattern for "a" is an image pattern whose starting point distance is Xl and ending point distance is x1. Select from among those stored in the image pattern storage means 3. As a result, the starting stroke point distance of the image pattern for "i" becomes Xl since the distance of the ending stroke point of the selected image pattern for "a" is Xl. Generates an image pattern of “u” after “i”,
Since the starting point distance of the image pattern for "U" is standard x4, an image pattern for "i" with a starting point distance of Xl and an ending point distance of x4 is selected. The starting point distance of the image pattern for “u” is x4 because the distance of the ending point of the image pattern for “i” is X4.
Since there is no image pattern to be generated after "U", the standard X3 is selected as the final stroke point distance. The image pattern selected in the subsequent operation is read out from the image pattern storage means 3 and transferred to the image pattern generation means 6.

The image pattern generation means 6 has an image width storage means 5.
The character length of the transferred image pattern is determined by checking the character length value for each image pattern stored in the image pattern. Here, the character length of the image pattern of “a” is C3,
Assume that C1 is used for "i" and C4 is used for "u".

Next, the transferred image pattern is transferred in a data format that can be directly printed on a printer or plotter by changing the character size and typesetting style added to the document data, and by forwarding based on the character length just found. Output. The output image pattern of "Aiu" is shown in FIG.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, the present invention creates a plurality of image patterns with different combinations of starting stroke point distance and ending stroke point distance for one character code, and when a character code is input, each image pattern generated before and after the character code is created. By selecting image patterns that connect smoothly, Tsuzuki can generate image patterns of continuous characters and shapes, such as letters and patterns that are combined into Tsuzuki, while maintaining the natural stroke style and natural strokes of these characters and shapes. It has the effect of being able to reproduce the design.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an image pattern generation device according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a diagram showing conditions to be satisfied by the image pattern of a continuous kana font stored in the image pattern storage means 3. Figure 3 is a diagram showing how to create an image pattern for the character ``i'' based on the conditions shown in Figure 2, and Figure 4 is an image pattern for each character ``a'', ``i'', and ``u''. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example in which an image pattern of the three characters "aiu" is successively generated. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1...Document data manual means, 2...Document data editing means, 3...Image pattern storage means, 4...Image pattern determination means, 5...Image width storage means, 6...Image Pattern generating means, 11...hotie, 12...writing start direction, 13...writing end direction, X ~ X,, +++ distance from the left end of hotie 11, a
1-a5...Starting point, b, ~b5...Ending point, C1C, ~C4--Character length, θ, ~θ,...Angle.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. When a plurality of character codes are input, each character code of a continuous character such as a continuous kana typeface, an alphabetic script typeface, a continuous character or figure such as a pattern combined in a continuous manner, etc. An image pattern generating device that continuously generates image patterns corresponding to The starting stroke distance, which is the distance from the first stroke point to the first stroke point on one side of the body parallel to the mojikumi direction, is the distance between all image patterns. The ending stroke point distance, which is the distance from the side of the ending stroke point, is one of the plurality of distances commonly defined for the starting stroke point. The angle formed by the starting direction of writing at the starting point of each image pattern with the same distance and one side of the body where the starting point exists is constant, and the angle between each image pattern with the same ending writing point distance is constant. The angle formed by the direction of the end of the stroke at the end stroke point of the image pattern and one side of the body where the end stroke point exists is the stroke at the start stroke point of the image pattern whose distance from the start stroke point is equal to the distance from the end stroke point. A plurality of images created with different combinations of the starting stroke point distance and the ending stroke point distance for one character code, which are equal to the angle formed by the starting direction and one side of the body where the starting stroke point exists. an image pattern storage means in which patterns are stored, each of which has a different length in the mojikumi direction; and an image that stores the length in the mojikumi direction of each image pattern stored in the image pattern storage means. width storage means, and when the first, second, and third character codes are input in this order, the width of the first character code stored in the image pattern storage means;
Check the possible values of the ending stroke point distance of the image pattern corresponding to the character code and the possible values of the starting stroke point distance of the image pattern corresponding to the third character code, and determine the possible values of the ending stroke point distance. Among the image patterns stored in the image pattern storage means, an image pattern corresponding to a second character code whose starting stroke point distance matches the value of the starting stroke point distance and whose ending stroke point distance matches the possible value of the starting stroke point distance. When multiple character codes are entered to select from
image pattern determining means for sequentially selecting an image pattern corresponding to each character code from among the image patterns stored in the image pattern storage means; and for each image pattern selected by the image pattern determining means; An image pattern in which the image pattern is continuously output in a data format that can be directly printed by a printer, plotter, etc. by feeding based on the length value in the character composition direction stored in the image width storage means. An image pattern generating device comprising: generating means.