JPH05151211A - External character resistering system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily execute the formation and registration of external characters. CONSTITUTION:The external character registering system is constituted of an input means 1-1 consisting of a new external character input device for plotting a character part directly on a display part by means of a keyboard and an electronic pen to start up the system, a character pattern forming means 1-2 for forming data from the character pattern plotted on the input device 1-1, a dot pattern forming means 1-3 for converting the formed data into a dot pattern to be registered in an external character file, a storage device 1-4 for storing formed external characters, and an output device 1-5 for outputting external characters to check and use them. Consequently external characters can flexibly formed and labor and manhour for the formation and registration of external characters can be reduced.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an external character registration system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, for external characters, a character pattern maintenance utility is used to directly fill a dot pattern from a terminal display to create a character pattern, and this character pattern is converted into file information and registered.

[0003]

In the conventional external character registration method described above, the dots displayed on the display screen are
There is a drawback that it is difficult to express the curved part because it is painted so that it has a shape close to the character or symbol you want to create.

Further, since it is not possible to easily create a character pattern according to the image of the creator by directly going to the display screen, it is necessary to create a dot configuration design on a graph paper or the like in advance and perform the external character registration process. There was a drawback. And, taking such a procedure also leads to a drawback that it involves a considerable number of man-hours.

[0005]

According to the external character registration method of the present invention, an image of a character to be registered is directly drawn on a display of a new external character input device by using an electronic pen attached to the new external character input device to generate character pattern data. And a means for creating the external character registration means for converting the character pattern data into a dot pattern by computer processing and registering it in the external character file, and for confirming the creation status of the external character registered in the external character file by a terminal display or printer. It is characterized by

[0006]

The present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows an external character registration method in an external character file according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG. 1, the input means is an external character input / input.
It consists of a new external character input device to execute copying / deletion and a keyboard to operate the external character registration system.

The character pattern creating means 1-2 converts the character pattern drawn on the new external character input device into data based on the electric signal, and the dot pattern creating means 1-3 uses the character pattern creating means 1-2. Convert the created character pattern data to a dot pattern so that it can be registered in the external character file.

The storage device 1-4 is composed of a magnetic disk device and a floppy disk device for registering an external character file, and an output device 1-5 is an input device 1-1, a character pattern creating means 1-2 and a dot pattern. It is composed of a terminal display and a printer device for checking the external characters created by the creating means 1-3 and for using the external characters in actual operation work.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory view showing a device configuration for realizing the external character registration method of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a detailed view of the new external character input device,
If the operation panel that controls the operation, the electronic pen that draws a character pattern on the display, and the character pattern is drawn or the referenced pattern is already registered in the external character file, display it and correct it. And a display unit for easily creating a character pattern.

By handwriting a character pattern with an electronic pen, it is possible to easily express a curved portion that was difficult to express in the past, and it is possible to select whether the created character pattern is Mincho or Gothic by the operation panel. Is.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described. First, the external character registration system is activated from the keyboard 2-3.
Next, the necessary items are input to the parameters displayed on the display 2-2, and the external character input waiting state is set.

New external character input device 2-1 or keyboard 2
When the input is selected by -3, the external character to be registered can be drawn by using the electronic pen from the new external character input device 2-1. The drawn external characters can be displayed and confirmed on the display unit of the new external character input device 2-1 and the display 2-2.

When copy is selected, by inputting the registration number which has already been registered, the new external character input device 2-1 is displayed on the display unit and the display 2-2 for confirmation, and is copied and quoted in another area. External characters can be created by doing this.

When the change is selected, the same operation as copying is displayed on the screen, and the change is performed based on the change.

When deletion is selected, the screen is displayed by the same operation as the above copying and changing, and confirmation and deletion are executed.

The above input / copy / change / deletion is performed by the CPU.
2-4, the external character file in the magnetic disk 2-5 or floppy disk 2-6 is accessed to register, change or delete a new pattern. The created external character can be confirmed on the display 2-2 or the printer 2-7 by giving an instruction from the external character registration system.

[0020]

As described above, according to the present invention, the characters to be registered can be created by directly handwriting, so that it is possible to easily express diagonal lines and bends, and to create a dot configuration design in advance. There is no need to leave it, and it has the effect of reducing the man-hours for registering external characters, which has been a hassle.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 shows a block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 shows a device configuration of the embodiment shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a detailed view of the new external character input device shown in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1-1 Input means 1-2 Character pattern creation means 1-3 Dot pattern creation means 1-4 Storage device 1-5 Output device 2-1 New external character input device 2-2 Display 2-3 Keyboard 2-4 CPU 2- 5 Magnetic Disk 2-6 Floppy Disk 2-7 Printer

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A means for directly drawing an image of a character to be registered on a display of a new external character input device by using an electronic pen attached to the new external character input device, and creating the character pattern data by computer processing. An external character registration method, comprising: an external character registration means for converting the dot pattern into a dot pattern and registering it in the external character file and confirming the creation status of the external character registered in the external character file by a terminal display or a printer.