JPH05124305A - Printing method - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a printing method in which interest of game is enhanced by providing a function for interrupting/resuming the print operation of lottery figure of lots so that the results of lottery can be concealed. CONSTITUTION:In a method for printing a figure of lottery which is formed by input of longitudinal line data consisting of the number and the length of longitudinal lines and by input of lateral line data which is added to the longitudinal lines at random, following steps are provided; first, print stop position is designated in row unit prior to completion of printing of the end point of longitudinal line; second, the stop position is judged in row unit at the time of printing longitudinal and lateral lines; third, printing operation is stopped temporarily when the line designated to stop printing is reached; last, printing operation of the remaining longitudinal and lateral lines is restarted upon receiving a next print command.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a character processing device having a game function, and more particularly, to a print processing method for printing an amida lottery figure.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, an input section for inputting and operating data, a storage section memory for storing and holding input data,
In a character processing device including an expansion processing unit that expands stored data and an output unit that displays and prints out the expanded data, in a device that can create and print graphics, a game function , Specifically, there is one that prints the Amida lottery figure.

As shown in the flow chart of FIG. 5, the conventional Amida lottery graphic printing process uses vertical line data consisting of the number and length of vertical lines and horizontal line data that is automatically added to the vertical lines at random. After the Amidakuji graphic is created, the Amidakuji data expanded in the graphic buffer is printed in response to a print instruction from the user.

[0004]

However, in the conventional Amida lottery printing process, there is a possibility that the end point of the vertical line of the Amida lottery, that is, the print result of the last line, may be known by the tracking in the print progress, which is a game property. It was of low value.

The present invention has been made in consideration of the above circumstances, and printing processing is performed so that printing can be interrupted when an amida lottery graphic is printed so that the result of the amidaji lottery is not known, thereby improving the game. Provide a way.

[0006]

The present invention was created by inputting vertical line data consisting of the number of vertical lines and the length of the vertical lines, and by inputting horizontal line data randomly added to the vertical lines. In the Amida Lottery print processing method that prints Amida lottery figures, specify the print stop position in line units before the end of the vertical line is printed, and determine in line units whether it is the print stop position when printing vertical and horizontal lines. However, the printing processing method is such that printing is temporarily stopped when a line designated to stop printing is reached, and printing of the remaining vertical and horizontal lines is resumed when the next printing instruction is received.

[0007]

According to the present invention, when the vertical and horizontal lines of the Amida lottery are printed line by line, it is determined whether or not there is a print stop designation for the line to be printed. Vertical and horizontal lines are printed from the line, and if specified, the printing is temporarily stopped and put in the standby state.If a print instruction is issued after that, printing of the vertical and horizontal lines is resumed for the lines after printing is stopped. It acts to let you.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described in detail based on the embodiments shown in the drawings. The present invention is not limited to this. FIG. 1 is a flow chart showing an embodiment of a print processing method according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a Japanese word processor used for the execution. First, in FIG. 2, reference numeral 1 denotes an input unit for operating data input and each function related to Amida lottery printing, which is composed of a keyboard, a mouse, a tablet input device and the like.

Reference numeral 2 denotes a storage unit for storing and holding the data input from the input unit 1, including the number of vertical lines of the Amida lottery, the vertical line length, and the line for which printing is stopped. The internal storage device is a RAM built in the main body. It also consists of an external storage device such as a floppy disk. A development processing unit 3 develops the data stored in the storage unit 2 into a print form, and is composed of a CPU (central processing unit) including a print buffer.

Reference numeral 4 denotes a display unit for displaying data such as a processing result during processing, which is composed of an LCD, a CRT and the like. A printing unit 5 prints the data expanded by the expansion processing unit 3, and is composed of a dot matrix type printer or the like.

With such a configuration, the Amidakuji printing process will be described below with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. First, the Amida Lottery figure is, as shown in Fig. 3,
It is composed of the number of vertical lines, the length of vertical lines, and each element of horizontal lines. A setting item is provided for each element, and the user can set desired conditions. That is,
The number of lottery lines is set (for the number of digits) (step 21), the length of the vertical line (for the number of lines) is set (step 21), and then the stop line is set (step 22).

Horizontal lines are randomly added to the input vertical lines, that is, the vertical line image data is expanded by the expansion processing unit 3 (step 23), and then the horizontal line image data is expanded (step 23). 24), one line of data from the created Amida lottery data is set in the print buffer, and the printing process (steps 25 → 26) is performed.

The number of lines of the image data to be printed is calculated in the printing process, and the calculated line number data is held. Then, the held line number is set in the counter and the print line number is subtracted (step 27), and printing is executed until the data is completed (step 28).

If YES at step 25,
That is, if the line for which the print stop instruction is given,
The print processing is interrupted at the designated print stop line and put in a standby state (step 29). The standby state is maintained until the next operation, that is, the print instruction is given, and when the print instruction is given (step 30), the printing process is started again (step 26),
The output of data is completed, and the printing process is ended.

FIG. 4 shows an operation procedure of the input section 1 corresponding to the above processing and a display example thereof. The screen 1 is a screen for selecting the Amida lottery process. When the cursor movement key is operated to select "game" and the execution key is pressed, the screen 2 is displayed.

The screen 2 is a screen for selecting the process related to the Amida lottery, and the screen is changed to the screen 3 by operating the cursor movement key to select "create" and pressing the execute key. When the release key is pressed, the screen 1 is returned to.

The screen 3 is a screen for setting the number of lottery lines. When the number of lines is input and the execution key is pressed, the screen 4 is displayed. When the release key is pressed, the screen 2 is displayed again. Screen 4
This is a screen for setting the length of the lottery vertical line. When the number of lines is entered, a lottery vertical line with a length corresponding to the number of lines is drawn. When the execute key is pressed here, the screen becomes 5. In addition,
When the release key is pressed, the screen returns to screen 2.

Screen 5 is a screen showing that data is being developed.
A "Processing" message is displayed. When the processing ends, the screen returns to screen 2. The screen 6 is displayed when "print" is selected on the screen 2, and the print start position is set. By pressing the conversion / next candidate key, it is possible to select whether to set the print start position. Then, when the enter key is confirmed, the screen moves to the screen 4, and when the release key is pressed, the screen returns to the screen 2.

The screen 7 is a screen when the print condition is set and the execution key is pressed. The "printing" message is displayed and the print process is executed. The screen 8 is a screen showing the print standby, and when the print head comes to the line of the print standby, the message "standby" is displayed and the print processing is interrupted. At this time, the key input waiting state is entered, and the printing process is restarted by pressing the execution key. When printing is finished,
Return to screen 2.

[0020]

According to the present invention, the output of Amida lottery data can be put in a standby state in any print line. As a result, it is possible to improve the game quality by not knowing the result of the lottery during the printing process.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a flowchart of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of an apparatus used to implement the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing an Amida lottery figure according to the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing an operation procedure of the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a conventional Amidakuji printing process.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 input unit 2 storage unit 3 expansion processing unit 4 display unit 5 printing unit

─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (51) Int.Cl. ⁵ Identification number Internal reference number FI Technical display location G06F 3/12 B 8323-5B 15/72 G 9192-5L (72) Inventor Hiroyuki Nagasawa Osaka Osaka 22-22 Nagaike-cho, Abeno-ku, Yokohama-shi Sharp Corporation

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A printing process for printing a figure of Amida lottery created by inputting vertical line data consisting of the number of vertical lines and the length of the vertical line and inputting horizontal line data randomly added to this vertical line. In the method, the print stop position is specified on a line-by-line basis before the end of the vertical line is printed, and it is determined on a line-by-line basis whether or not it is the print stop position when printing vertical and horizontal lines. A print processing method in which printing is temporarily stopped when a line is reached, and printing of the remaining vertical and horizontal lines is resumed when the next print instruction is received.