JPH05108788A - Document preparing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily perform the correction of a graphic. CONSTITUTION:A graphic preparation part 16 stores the position coordinate of a designation possible point capable of being designated for selecting a graphic to be a processing object at the time of a graphic correction as a designation possible point data 18b of a graphic data buffer 18 based on the graphic preparation point peculiar to the graphic kind inputted at the time of performing a graphic preparation. When a graphic correction is performed, a graphic display control part 20 displays the designation possible point by a specific pattern according to the designation possible point data 18b. When a graphic shaping processing is designated while the processings of the functions in a graphic mode are performing, a graphic shaping part 16a is started. The graphic shaping part 16a performs the graphic shaping by a prescribed line width or a prescribed digit width unit and rewrites the position coordinate of graphic data 18a.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a document creating apparatus having a graphic creating function.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, a document creating apparatus has a function of creating a figure in addition to a function of creating a document. By using this graphic creation function, a document including a graphic such as a map can be created.

When creating a figure, the figure mode is entered by designating the figure mode in the document creation mode. Here, if you specify the figure creation from the functions in the figure mode (create, delete, move, copy, enlarge / reduce, etc.), you can select any figure from the basic figures (straight line, rectangle, circle, curve, etc.) prepared in the device. You can choose. Then, for the selected figure, figure creation points (shown by characteristic points unique to each figure.
By specifying the point), line thickness, line type (solid line, broken line, dotted line, etc.), a figure can be created arbitrarily.

Conventionally, in the figure creating function of the document creating apparatus, the correction (editing) of the figure is executed for each function. For example, to delete a shape that has already been created, select the delete function, and specify the target shape there as a range (by a rectangle) or a point that can be specified based on the shape creation point (4 vertices if it is a rectangle). , 4 points on the circumference for circles, and end points for straight lines). As a result, the designated figure is deleted. In other functions, the target graphic is selected in the same manner.

[0005]

As described above, in the figure creating function of the conventional document creating apparatus, when the figure is corrected (edited), the range of the figure to be targeted, or an arbitrary specifiable point is designated. It is done by Normally, when many figures are created, it is difficult to select only the desired figure by specifying the range.
A figure is designated by the specifiable points. However,
The points that can be specified differ depending on the figure and are not always the figure creation points. Therefore, if the user is not accustomed to the operation, the figure cannot be efficiently corrected. In particular, in the case of a curve (spline curve) or a closed (loop-shaped) curve (sploop curve), it is very difficult to specify the desired point even though there are multiple figure creation points. ing.

Further, in the figure creation mode, even when a simple figure is corrected, only the correction in the selected function can be executed. For example, when a graphic is enlarged during execution of the copy function, it is necessary to terminate the copy function, select the enlargement / reduction function, and perform a predetermined operation. The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and an object of the present invention is to provide a document creation device having a graphic creation function capable of easily correcting a graphic.

[0007]

According to the present invention, in a document creating apparatus having a figure creating function, an instructing means for instructing execution of figure shaping in a predetermined width unit for a figure created by the figure creating function. A first feature is that, when instructed by the instructing means, a figure shaping means for correcting a figure having a predetermined width is corrected by the figure having the predetermined width.

Further, according to the present invention, in a document creating apparatus having a figure creating function, the position coordinates of a specifiable point peculiar to the figure type based on the figure creating point specified when the figure creating is performed by the figure creating function. And a designated point storage means for storing the designated point, and the designated point is displayed in a specific pattern according to the position coordinates stored in the designated point storage means when the figure correction is performed by the figure creating function. The second feature is that the display means is provided.

[0009]

According to this structure, it is possible to perform graphic shaping in units of line widths and units of digit widths, rather than correction by each function provided in the graphic mode. That is, simple graphic correction can be easily performed by a simple operation.

In addition, when a figure is corrected, a specifiable point capable of designating a figure to be corrected is displayed by a specific pattern, so that the operation for designating the point can be easily performed. You can

[0011]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the arrangement of a document creating apparatus according to the embodiment. In FIG. 1, a keyboard (K
B) 10 receives the key operation of the user, and inputs the input information necessary for document creation / editing, graphic creation / editing, etc. via the key input control unit 12 to the graphic creation unit 16 or the document creation unit (not shown). ) Is output to.

The keyboard 10 is provided with character keys, various functional items, and cursor keys for up / down / left / right to specify a position or area (range) at the time of document editing or graphic editing. [Convert / next candidate] key for instructing conversion from (reading) to kanji and execution of next candidate processing, [select / execute] key for instructing confirmation of various settings, interruption or confirmation of processing [Cancel] key for instructing cancellation of previous input, [Delete] key, [Insert] key used for creating, editing and proofreading documents and figures, [Rule line] key for instructing ruled line creation There are various function keys including, etc. Further, special function keys called [function 1] key and [function 2] key which can realize various functions by combination with other character keys are also provided.

During execution of each function in the graphic mode, for example, by pressing the [Function 1] + [Delete] key for the already created graphic, line deletion and shaping, and similarly [Function 1] +
Line insert formatting by [Insert] key, [Function 2] + [Delete]
It is assumed that the digit deletion and shaping is instructed by pressing the key and the digit insertion and shaping is instructed by the [function 2] + [insert] key.

The figure creating section 16 is responsible for processing related to figure creation (figure data creation) and figure editing, and carries out predetermined processing in response to an instruction input from the keyboard 10. The figure creating section 16 is provided with a figure shaping section 16a.

The figure shaping unit 16a converts the figure data according to the designation when the deletion shaping or the insertion shaping is designated by operating the keyboard 10 with respect to the already created figure, and then the predetermined shaping is performed. Shape into the shape of.

The graphic data buffer 18 includes a graphic editing unit 1
This is for storing the graphic data of the graphic created in 6. The graphic data buffer 18 stores graphic data 18a (graphic type, line type, position coordinates of graphic creation point, etc.), specifiable point 18b (position coordinate based on graphic type and graphic creation point), and the like. Figure data buffer 1
The data stored in FIG. 8 is provided for processing by the graphic creation unit 16 (graphic shaping unit 16a) and the display control unit 20.

The graphic display control unit 20 controls the graphic display according to the graphic data 18a and the specifiable point data 18b stored in the graphic data buffer 18 in response to an instruction from the graphic creating unit 16. It is in charge of it. The graphic display control unit 20 creates a concrete image to be actually displayed based on the graphic data 18a and the specifiable point data 18b, and supplies it to the display 22. The display 22 is composed of, for example, a liquid crystal display (LCD),
The image provided from the graphic display control unit 20 is displayed.

It is assumed that the above-mentioned respective units are controlled by a central control unit (not shown). The central control unit
Various operation modes are set according to an instruction input by operating the keyboard 10, and each unit is controlled accordingly. Next, the operation of the embodiment will be described.

In the figure creating function of the figure mode, figures are created by the keyboard 10 receiving a predetermined operation, and the figure data buffer 18 has already stored the figure data 18a corresponding to these figures. I shall.

As the graphic data 18a, a graphic type (straight line, curved line, sploop curve, polygonal line, circle, rectangle, ellipse, etc.), a type and thickness of the graphic line (line type), and a graphic corresponding to the graphic It is assumed that the position coordinates indicating the created point are stored.

It is also assumed that the specifiable point data 18b is found for each figure based on the figure type in the figure data 18a and the position coordinates of the figure creation point, and the position coordinates are stored.

Usually, the graphic display control unit 20 displays a graphic by a predetermined line type based on the graphic data 18a in the graphic data buffer 18. Here, when the figure mode is designated and the function for correcting the figure (delete, move, copy, enlargement / reduction, etc.) is selected, the figure creation unit 16
Activates the designated function and instructs the graphic display control unit 20 to perform display according to the function.

In response to this instruction, the graphic display control unit 20 changes the screen to display in which a specific pattern indicating the position of the specifiable point is added according to the specifiable point data 18b. Fig. 2 shows the figure creation points specified when the figure was created.
A pattern (indicated by "+" in the drawing in the same embodiment) indicating the corresponding specifiable points is shown.

As shown in FIG. 2A, in the case of a circle, a center point and one point (indicating a radial distance) on a horizontal or vertical line segment passing through the center point are designated when creating a figure. As a specifiable point, four points on the circumference (intersection points of horizontal and vertical line segments passing through the center point and the circumference) are displayed in a specific pattern.

In the case of a straight line, as shown in FIG. 2B, two points indicating end points (start point and end point) are designated at the time of creating a figure, and the end points are displayed as a specifiable point in a specific pattern.

In the case of a rectangle, as shown in FIG. 2 (c), two points on the diagonal are designated at the time of creating the figure, and four points of the vertices are displayed by a specific pattern as the points which can be designated. In the case of a curve (spline curve), as shown in FIG. 2D, a starting point, at least one passing point, and an ending point are designated at the time of creating a figure, and each point designated as a specifiable point is a specific pattern. Displayed by.

In addition, for figures other than those shown in FIG. 2, similarly, when figures are corrected, designated points are displayed in a specific pattern. As a result, when the figure to be corrected is selected for each figure rather than for specifying the range, the specifiable points are displayed in a specific pattern, which facilitates the selection.

Next, the graphic shaping process will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. The figure shaping processing is to correct the figure by a simple operation during each functional processing in the figure mode.

Figure shaping is a function in the figure mode (delete,
Move, copy, enlarge / reduce, create / recall, fill,
This is performed by performing a predetermined key operation during line type change, figure registration, figure character, etc.) processing.

It is assumed that the graphic shaping process can be executed, for example, during execution of a certain function (function processing) in a state in which a target graphic of the function can be selected. Here, it is assumed that an operation of designating the figure shaping is performed on the keyboard 10 (that is, [function 1] + [delete] key, [function 1] + [insert] key, [function 2] + [delete]. ] Key or [function 2] + [insert] key).

When the figure shaping is designated, the figure creating section 16 activates the figure shaping section 16a. The graphic shaping unit 16a
The position of the cursor (cross cursor) displayed for selecting a figure during function processing is detected (step S
1).

The graphic shaping unit 16a determines whether the shaping process is in the row direction or the column direction based on the input instruction (pressed key) (step S2).
In the case of an instruction in the line direction, the graphic shaping unit 16a outputs the graphic data 18a of a graphic having a predetermined line width (for example, one line width) based on the cursor position to the graphic data buffer 1.
Search from 8 (step S3).

If there is no corresponding figure, the figure shaping process is terminated. On the other hand, if there is a corresponding figure, the figure shaping unit 16a displays the figure corrected in a predetermined line width based on the cursor position in real time (predetermined line type ( For example, the display by a broken line) is instructed (step S5).

Here, the [select / execute] key is pressed,
When the figure shaping is confirmed (step S6), the figure shaping section 16a rewrites the position coordinates of the figure data 18a to the coordinates of the figure displayed in real time (values corrected by the line width) (step S7).

FIG. 4 shows a specific example for a circle when the [function 1] + [delete] key is pressed, that is, when line deletion shaping is instructed. First, FIG.
In the figure selectable state during function processing as shown in (a), it is assumed that the cursor is moved to the position shown in FIG. 4 (b) and the line deletion shaping is designated.

Since the graphic is hung on a predetermined width (indicated by a broken line in the drawing) centered on the cursor position in FIG. 4B (cursor position, predetermined width, and coordinates of the end of the graphic ( Same as the designated points), and FIG.
As shown in (c), real-time display is performed with a correction of a predetermined width.

In this case, in the coordinate system having the origin at the upper left of the display screen (the horizontal direction is the X coordinate and the vertical direction is the Y coordinate), the designated point having the closest point (minimum Y coordinate value) to the origin is selected. As a reference (fixed), the center coordinates and the coordinate values of each specifiable point are changed to correct the figure. In the case of a circular figure, a figure in which the length (Y coordinate value) of the diameter (radius) is changed based on the center coordinates may be created (FIG. 4).
(See (c)). Which point is used as a reference is not particularly limited, and may be different depending on the type of figure.

Here, when the confirmation is instructed, the figure creating section 16 changes the figure data 18a (position coordinates) of the figure whose line deletion has been corrected, and the specifiable point data according to the changed figure data 18a. 18b is generated and stored. As shown in FIG. 4D, the graphic display control unit 20 displays the graphic as a result of the line deletion correction, and also displays the specifiable points corresponding to the graphic. After that, the processing returns to the functional processing before the graphic shaping is instructed. The broken line in FIG. 4B is for the purpose of explanation and is not displayed.

FIG. 5 shows a specific example of a straight line when the [function 1] + [delete] key is pressed, that is, when the line insertion shaping is instructed. Also in the case of line insertion shaping, when line insertion shaping is designated in the state in which the figure can be selected during the function processing (FIG. 5A),
(B)) Based on one specifiable point having the closest (minimum X coordinate value) to the origin, the Y coordinate value of the other specifiable point is changed by a predetermined width to correct the figure (Fig. 5 (c)
(D)). At this time, the graphic display control unit 20 displays the specifiable points according to the graphic inserted in the line.

When it is determined in step S2 that the shaping process in the digit direction has been instructed, the figure shaping section 16a draws a figure having a predetermined digit width (for example, one digit width) based on the cursor position. The graphic data 18a is retrieved from the graphic data buffer 18 (step S8).

If there is no corresponding figure, the figure shaping process is terminated. On the other hand, when there is a corresponding figure, the figure shaping unit 16a instructs real-time display of the figure corrected by a predetermined digit width based on the cursor position (step S10).

Here, the [select / execute] key is pressed,
When the figure shaping is confirmed (step S6), the figure shaping section 16a rewrites the position coordinates of the figure data 18a to the coordinates of the figure displayed in real time (value corrected by digit width) (step S7).

FIG. 6 shows a specific example for a rectangle when the [Function 2] + [Delete] key is pressed, that is, when the digit deletion shaping is instructed. Also in the case of digit deletion shaping, when the figure deletion shaping is designated in the state in which the figure can be selected during the function processing (FIG. 6A) (FIG. 6A).
(B)) The figure is corrected by changing the X coordinate values of other specifiable points by a predetermined width with reference to the specifiable point having the closest (minimum Y coordinate value) to the origin (FIG. 6 ( c),
(D)). At this time, the graphic display control unit 20 displays the specifiable points according to the graphic with the digit deleted.

FIG. 7 shows a specific example of the spline curve when the [function 2] + [insert] key is pressed, that is, when the digit insertion shaping is instructed.
Also in the case of digit insertion shaping, when digit insertion shaping is designated (FIG. 7 (b)) in the figure selectable state during function processing (FIG. 7 (b)), it is closer to the origin than the designated digit position. The figures are corrected by changing the X coordinate values of the other specifiable points other than the designated point having the Y coordinate value by a predetermined digit (FIG. 7C).
(D)). At this time, the graphic display control unit 20 displays the specifiable points according to the graphic inserted in the digit.

In this way, during each functional processing of the graphic mode, the graphic can be shaped by the line width unit or the column width unit by a simple operation. Therefore, when correcting a figure, it is not necessary to select and execute a predetermined function, which simplifies the operation and enables efficient processing.

The predetermined line width and column width based on the cursor position in the graphic shaping process may be fixed.
You may make it possible to specify arbitrarily in dot units. Further, in steps S3 and S8, when there are a plurality of figures that hang on the target line or the target digit, all of them may be collectively subjected to the shaping process, or the target figure may be arbitrarily selected. good.

In the above embodiment, an example of graphic shaping has been described. However, for example, a reference point for graphic shaping or a point to be rewritten (graphic creation point (designable point)) is used. The above is not particularly limited, and any method may be used within the scope of the gist of the present invention.

[0048]

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to perform graphic shaping on a line-by-row basis and a digit-by-column basis, and when a figure is corrected, the points that can be designated are displayed in a specific pattern. It is possible to correct the figure.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a document creation device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a pattern indicating a graphic creation point designated at the time of graphic creation and a corresponding specifiable point.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart for explaining a processing procedure of graphic shaping processing.

FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining a specific example when a line deletion shaping is instructed.

FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining a specific example when line insertion shaping is instructed.

FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining a specific example when digit deletion shaping is instructed.

FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining a specific example when digit insertion shaping is instructed.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 ... Keyboard, 12 ... Key input control section, 16 ... Graphic creation section, 16a ... Graphic shaping section, 18 ... Graphic data buffer, 18a ... Graphic data, 18b ... Specifiable point data,
20 ... Graphic display control unit, 22 ... Display unit.

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A document creating apparatus having a figure creating function, and an instructing section for instructing execution of figure shaping in a predetermined width unit for a figure created by the figure creating function; The document creating device further comprises: a graphic shaping unit that corrects a graphic of the predetermined width when the graphic extends over the predetermined width. 2. The instructing means is insertion shaping in line width units,
It is possible to instruct deletion shaping in a line width unit, insertion shaping in a digit width unit, and deletion shaping in a digit width unit, and the figure shaping means performs figure shaping according to the contents of the instructed shaping. The document creation device according to claim 1. 3. A document creation apparatus having a graphic creation function, which stores the position coordinates of a specifiable point unique to a graphic type based on the graphic creation point specified when the graphic creation is performed by the graphic creation function. Specifiable point storage means for, and when the figure correction is performed by the figure creation function, according to the position coordinates stored in the appointed point storage means,
A document creating apparatus comprising: a display unit that displays a specifiable point in a specific pattern.