JPH0442986B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Technical Field of the Invention] The present invention relates to a typesetting device for a typesetting machine using a dial.

[Background Art of the Invention] A typesetting machine that prints characters, symbols, etc. arbitrarily selected from a dial on various recording materials can print desired characters and symbols on various recording materials by replacing the dial used with those of various fonts. It is possible to print printed matter using typefaces. And, on the dial, for example, Figure 1 a
A wide variety of fonts have been created, including the fonts shown in ~f. (Although it is shown as a positive in the diagram for convenience, it is usually a negative.) [Problems with the background technology] However, due to the structure of the dials in many typesetters, the characters are turned upside down (left and right sides are reversed). The character size is small (approximately 5 mm ² ) because it is installed in the machine in an inverted state, and a large number of characters (for example, 2,860 characters) can be accommodated on one dial face.

Therefore, when writing characters, it is difficult to distinguish between characters with similar shapes, and it takes time to write them.

Furthermore, since the stroke lines that make up the characters in fonts like those shown in Figure 1 d to f are thick, it is difficult to recognize them as a single pattern and it is difficult to type them, which reduces the printing speed. It was the cause of

[Object of the Invention] An object of the present invention is to display the characters on the dial in a pseudo manner on a display means in the same way as they are arranged in a typesetting machine using a dial, thereby making it easier to type (confirm) the characters. At the same time, it is an object of the present invention to provide a typesetting device that allows efficient printing work.

[Summary of the Invention] The present invention is a typesetting machine that prints characters, symbols, etc. selected from a dial on a recording member, and detects the x-coordinate of a character at a writing position on the dial. A y-coordinate detector detects the y-coordinate of the character at the writing position on the dial, and a y-coordinate detector detects the y-coordinate of the character at the writing position on the dial. , a character generator that stores the x, y coordinates as an accommodation address code, and a predetermined number of characters that receive signals from the x, y coordinate detector and are arranged around the character at the writing position based on the signals. a pseudo dial generation unit that appropriately calculates a housing address code of the housing address code, reads out a character pattern corresponding to the housing address code from the character generator, and sends it out according to the dial arrangement; To provide a typesetting device for a typesetting machine using a dial, comprising a refresh memory for storing character patterns according to the dial arrangement, and a display device for displaying the contents of the refresh memory. It is.

[Embodiment of the Invention] FIG. 2 shows an embodiment in which the present invention is applied to a phototypesetting machine.

In the figure, 1 is the light source of the phototypesetting machine, 2 is a lens, 3 is a prism or mirror for directing the light from the light source 1 toward the dial 4, 5 is a detector for detecting the x-coordinate of the dial 4, 6 is a detector for detecting the y-coordinate of the dial 4, 7 is a main lens that converts the magnification of the characters on the dial 4 to a desired size, 8 is a deforming lens, 9 is an image rotation prism, and 10 is a character 11 is a prism or mirror for changing the optical path; 12 is a shutter; 13 is a lens 1;
4, a travel lens system on which a prism or mirror 15 is placed and moves; 16, a photosensitive material drum around which a photosensitive material 17 is wound; 18, a drive source such as a pulse motor for the x-axis; and 19, a y-axis drive source. 20 is a feed control unit that controls the driving of the drive sources 18 and 19; 21 is the current position of the travel system 13 and the photosensitive material drum 16, that is, where on the photosensitive material is the optical axis of the photographing optical system? 22 is a calculation unit that performs various calculations; 23 is a current position counter that detects whether it is located;
24 is a serial-parallel (S/P) switching circuit; 25 is a digitizing memory that stores the character data of characters imaged by the imaging unit 23; 26 is an input unit; 27 is a data transfer unit; 28 is a data storage unit, 29 is a display control unit, 30 is a pseudo dial generation unit, and 31 is a character generator (31) that stores character patterns corresponding to the characters stored on the dial 4. CG), 32 is a buffer memory for storing printed characters, 33 is a refresh memory for CRT display, 34 is a parallel-to-serial (P/S) conversion circuit, 35
is a display device such as a CRT, 36 is a cursor displayed on the display device to indicate the print position, and 37 and 38 are pseudo characters on the dial using relatively easy-to-discern fonts such as Mincho and Gothic, which are commonly used. 39 is a frame indicating a character position when pseudo characters are displayed, and 40 is a printer.

Next, the operation will be explained. The input unit 26 sends commands for various formatting conditions such as lens magnification, feed pitch, line length, vertical/horizontal composition, etc. to the control unit 27.
The data is stored in the data storage section 28. Then, the character selected from the dial 4 is magnified by the main lens 7 to a desired magnification, and if necessary, the character image is deformed and rotated through the deformation lens 8 and the image rotation prism 9, and then the shutter 12 is driven to print on the photosensitive material 17.

Thereafter, the control section 27, the calculation section 22, the feed control section 2
0, current position counter 21, x-axis drive source 18,
By repeating similar operations while controlling the y-axis drive source 19, a desired printed matter can be obtained based on the set formatting conditions.

In addition, the transcribed characters are projected onto the imaging unit 23 by the half mirror 10 and imaged as necessary, and the S/P
The data is temporarily stored in the digitizing memory 25 via the conversion circuit 24.

Furthermore, the character data read from the digitizing memory 25 is written to the refresh memory 33,
By supplying this to the CRT 35 via the P/S conversion circuit 34, the typed characters are displayed at the position indicated by the cursor 36 on the CRT 35. After confirming this display, the shutter 12 is driven to print the image on the photosensitive material 17.

The character data of the printed characters is stored in the buffer memory 32 from the digitizing memory 25.

Thereafter, by transferring the character data in the digitizing memory 25 and the buffer memory 32 to the refresh memory 33 and storing them, the printed characters and the characters that have been typed can be displayed, and the printing position can be confirmed.

The specific configuration, data input/output, etc. of the conventional phototypesetting machine described above are detailed in, for example, Japanese Patent Application No. 58-81426 and Japanese Patent Application No. 58-101334 filed by the applicant. You can use what is provided.

Next, the operation of the present invention will be explained.

By issuing a command to display pseudo characters from the input unit 26, the control unit 27 detects the coordinate data of the character at the writing position on the dial face using the x-coordinate detector 5 and the y-coordinate detector 6, and displays the coordinate data. is sent to the pseudo dial generation section 30 as an accommodation address code.

The pseudo-dial generator 30 sets the housing address code as a character at the writing position, and generates characters in the dial arranged around the character in the center, for example, three lines as shown in the display device 35 of FIG. Find accommodation address codes for only 7 columns.

Then, the character pattern corresponding to the housing address code is read out from the character generator 31 and transferred to the refresh memory 33 in the order of dial arrangement.

Each character pattern stored in the refresh memory 33 is transferred to the CRT 3 via a P/S conversion circuit 34.
In the predetermined part of 5, the character pattern 37 of the writing position
(However, for the purpose of explanation, it is indicated by a circle) is displayed at the center, and the character pattern 38 of the characters on the dial arranged around it is displayed in accordance with the dial arrangement. Then, a frame 39 indicating the character position is displayed at the center of the pseudo dial display so that it can be seen at a glance that the character is at the character position.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the state actually displayed on the CRT 35. As the dial 4 moves during character writing, the accommodation address code at the character writing position is sequentially obtained and pseudo-displayed with the characters arranged around the character at the character writing position as the center. Thereby, the characters to be printed can be easily typed.

In FIG. 3, by transcribing the character "chi" in the frame 39 indicating the character position, the character "chi" on the installed dial will be displayed at the printing position indicated by the cursor 36, and the character "chi" will be displayed at the printing position indicated by the cursor 36. After confirming this display again, by driving the shutter 12, the characters 41 in the font housed in the dial are printed at desired positions on the photosensitive material 17.

Further, in the above description, a phototypesetting machine that prints characters on the photosensitive material 17 has been described as an example, but it is also possible to print on a printer by connecting a printer.

When printing on a printer, by switching from the input section 26 to printer output in FIG.
During the printing operation, the travel lens system 13, the sensitive material drum 16, the x-axis drive source 18, and the y-axis drive source 1
9 etc. do not operate, and the printed characters are not printed on the photosensitive material 17, but the character data from the imaging section 23 is stored in the buffer memory 32 in correspondence with the state in which they are printed on the photosensitive material 17.

Then, when the printing operation is completed and printer output is commanded from the input unit 26, the character data in the buffer memory 32 is transferred to the printer 40 and the desired printed matter is printed out.

In this way, printer output can be used for applications that require print results immediately, such as for TV broadcast captions and flyer advertisements.

Furthermore, if a printer with high resolution is connected, high-quality printed matter can be obtained, and its uses will be expanded and the effect will be great.

Therefore, the present invention can be applied even to an apparatus that does not have the travel lens system 13, the photosensitive material drum 16, the photosensitive material 17, the x-axis drive source 17, the y-axis drive source 18, the feed control section 19, etc. Can be applied.

As described above, in the present invention, the characters on the dial are 3 lines x 7
Although only the columns are displayed, it is possible to increase or decrease the number of characters to be displayed, change the display screen to display the entire dial face, or display the font position instead of the frame 39 that indicates the font position. It is also possible to display characters by changing their brightness.

[Effects of the Invention] As described above, the present invention can shorten the typing time by displaying characters in fonts that are difficult to type on a CRT in easy-to-read fonts such as Mincho and Gossik. This can improve printing efficiency.

Furthermore, even if the development of fashionable character fonts, which are expected to increase more and more in the future, from "readable characters" to "visible characters", it is possible to provide a typesetting machine that can fully utilize them.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of a typeface, FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining the operation of the present invention. 4... Dial, 5... x coordinate detector, 6... y
Coordinate detector, 26... input section, 27... control section,
30...Pseudo dial generator, 31...Character generator, 33...Refresh memory,
35...display device.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. In a typesetting machine that prints characters, symbols, etc. selected from a dial on a recording member, a detector; a y-coordinate detector that detects the y-coordinate of a character at a writing position on the dial; , y coordinates as a housing address code; and a character generator that receives signals from the x, y coordinate detector and stores a predetermined number of character housing addresses arranged around the characters at the writing position based on the signals. a pseudo dial generation section that calculates a code as appropriate, reads out a character pattern corresponding to the accommodation address code from the character generator and sends it out in accordance with the dial arrangement; 1. A typesetting device for a typesetting machine using a dial, comprising: a refresh memory that stores the format according to the dial layout; and a display device that displays the contents of the refresh memory.