JPH05303478A - Character expanding/contracting system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To make it possible for an operator to select a character size without being conscious of the numerals of the character size while checking a practical output image on an output device and to try the combinations of plural character sizes and modulation sorts by only one operation. CONSTITUTION:An origin acquiring part 18 recognizes the origin of a character rectangle. A character range frame output part 19 displays a character range frame by following operator's mouse operation and allows a character range acquiring part 20 to recognize a character range. When a modulation sort is selected and the mouse is moved, a character rectangle size acquiring part 22 receives the selected result and the mouse movement, extracts the size of a character rectangle from a character size table 21 and transfers the size data to an output coordinate acquiring part 23 together with the origin of input information. The acquiring part 23 calculates the upper right coordinates on a display device and a character rectangle frame output part 24 plots a character rectangle frame on the calculated coordinates. The acquiring part 23 transfers the calculated coordinates to a character output part 25. The output part 25 develops the inputted coordinates to the determined character rectangle size and displays the developed result on the specified coordinates.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a character enlargement / reduction system for an information processing device such as a word processor.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional character enlargement / reduction system, an operator operates a keyboard to call a menu for changing a character size and a modulation type such as full-width or half-width, and the character size and the modulation type are determined on the menu. Was going on.

[0003]

In the conventional character enlarging / reducing system described above, the operator tests the character size and the modulation type on the menu. However, there is a problem that it is difficult for the operator to understand the difference in the image on the output device from that after the operation.

Further, since only one combination of character size and modulation can be tried in one operation, it takes a long time to obtain a desired result.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION A character enlarging / reducing system of the present invention includes a display device for displaying characters, a character range frame indicating a range of characters to be enlarged / reduced on the screen of the display device, and character enlarging / reducing. A mouse for operating and determining a character rectangular frame indicating a range, a character enlarging / reducing unit for enlarging / reducing characters according to the character rectangular frame specified by the mouse, and a display control for displaying characters on the display device. And a keyboard for inputting various kinds of information including a key for instructing the start of scaling processing and designation of modulation type, and a control section for controlling scaling and display of characters And a character pattern file that stores a character pattern corresponding to the character pattern of the character size.

[0006]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described with reference to the drawings.

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

The character enlargement / reduction system shown in FIG. 1 has a control unit 11 for controlling enlargement / reduction and display of characters, a display device 16 for displaying characters under the control of the control unit 11, and an enlargement on the screen of the display device 16. By operating the character range frame indicating the character range to be reduced and the character rectangular frame indicating the enlargement / reduction range of characters by clicking, the mouse 14 and the keys for instructing the start of the enlargement / reduction process and the designation of the modulation type are displayed. It is configured to include a keyboard 15 for inputting various kinds of information including a character pattern file 17 for storing a character pattern of each modulation type and character size. The control unit 11 includes a character enlargement / reduction processing unit 12 that performs enlargement / reduction processing of characters in accordance with a rectangular character frame specified by the mouse 14, and a display control unit 13 that displays characters and character rectangles on the display device 16. It is composed of.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the character enlargement / reduction processing unit shown in FIG. The character enlarging / reducing unit 12 includes a base point acquiring unit 18 that acquires a base point of a character range for enlarging / reducing characters.
A character range frame output unit 19 for outputting a character range frame indicating a character range to be scaled, a character range acquisition unit 20 for recognizing a character code included in the character range specified by the character range frame, and a character pattern. A character size table 21 that stores vertical and horizontal sizes of a character rectangle corresponding to the modulation type and character size stored in the file 17, information of the mouse 14 (hereinafter referred to as mouse information), and information of the keyboard 15. (Hereinafter referred to as key information), a character rectangle size acquisition unit 22 that acquires a suitable character rectangle size from the character size table 21, and an output coordinate acquisition unit 23 that acquires character rectangles and coordinates for outputting characters from the mouse information. And a character rectangle output unit 24 that outputs a character rectangle frame with the character rectangle size passed from the character rectangle size acquisition unit 22, and when the operator determines the character rectangle size. From the character pattern file 17 is configured to include a character output unit 25 to output the expanded character pattern corresponding to the recognized character codes in the character range acquisition unit 20 reads Te character rectangle size.

FIG. 3 is a display diagram showing the structure of the character size table shown in FIG. The character size table 21 is a matrix-like table, and is composed of full-width, half-width, double length, and double width modulation types 21a that are "rows" and size 10
And a character size 21b that is a "column" and is made up of 300 columns. At each intersection of the modulation type 21a designated by the mouse 14 and the keyboard 15 and the character size 21b, the character rectangle to be displayed and the vertical and horizontal sizes of the character are stored. Further, keys 1 to 3 are assigned to each modulation type by the function keys of the keyboard 15 or the like.

Next, the operation of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. 4 is a flow chart showing the operation of the present invention, and FIG. 5 is a display diagram showing a display on the screen of the display device corresponding to FIG.

In the present invention, the operator selects the horizontal writing character with the key 1
A case will be described in which the mouse 14 is operated while pressing (not shown), that is, by specifying "half-width" modulation.

First, the keyboard 15 is instructed to start the enlargement / reduction processing, and the base point acquisition unit 18 is operated. In step S1, the mouse 14 is operated to align the cursor 26 with the leftmost character 27 which is the first character to be enlarged or reduced and clicked. As a result, the base point acquisition unit 18
Recognizes the lower left coordinates of the character rectangle 27a (not displayed) of the first character 27 as the base point 28. The character size and the like are determined based on the amount of movement of the mouse 14 from the base point 28.

In step S2, the character range frame output unit 19 is operated while the operator clicks the mouse 14,
When the cursor 26 is moved, a character range frame 29 is displayed in addition to that, and the character range of the character 27 is designated by this.
When the character range 30 is determined in step S3, it is determined by clicking and the character range acquisition unit 20 is made to recognize it. At this time, the character code of each character is also recognized at the same time.
In step S4, when the operator again moves the mouse 14 while pressing the key 1, the character rectangle size acquisition unit 22 first receives the mouse information and the key information, and calculates the amount of movement of the mouse in the X direction for one character. Character size table 21
Determine the closest character size string from among. For example, when the amount of mouse movement is up to 10, the character size is "10".
As an example, when the mouse movement amount is a value between "21" and "24", the character size is "24". Next, the vertical and horizontal sizes of the character rectangle at the intersection of the row of the key 1 and the determined column are extracted and passed to the output coordinate acquisition unit 23 together with the base point 28 of the input information in correspondence with the number of characters.

In step S5, the output coordinate acquisition unit 2
In 3, the upper right coordinates 31 on the display device from the passed information
To calculate. In step S6, the character rectangular frame output unit 24 instructs the display control unit 13 to draw the character rectangular frame 32 at the calculated coordinates. The display control unit 13 displays the character rectangular frame 32 on the screen of the display device 16. The above process is repeated while the operator is moving the mouse 14, and the designated rectangular frame 32 of half-width modulated characters is displayed in each size according to the movement of the mouse of the operator.

When the operator determines the character rectangle size 33 in step S7, the output coordinate acquisition unit 23 passes the calculated coordinates to the character output unit 25 in step S8.
The character output unit 25 reads the character pattern corresponding to the character code recognized by the character range acquisition unit 20 from the character pattern file 17, expands it into the determined character rectangular size 33, and sets the specified coordinates via the display control unit 13. To display.

Note that the character feeding and the character packing caused by the enlargement / reduction are processed by a normal character processing function.

[0018]

As described above, according to the present invention, a display device for displaying characters, a character range frame indicating a character range to be scaled on the screen of the display device, and a character rectangular frame indicating a character scale range are displayed. And a mouse for deciding by operating, a character enlarging / reducing unit for enlarging / reducing characters in accordance with a rectangular character frame specified by the mouse, and a display control unit for displaying characters on a display device. The control unit that controls the scaling and display of the displayed characters, the keyboard that contains various information including the keys that start scaling processing and specify the modulation type, and the character code for each modulation type and character size. By including the character pattern file that stores the corresponding character patterns, the character rectangular frame is displayed in an enlarged or reduced size in response to the mouse operation of the operator without using the menu, and each character size that the device has can be displayed. By displaying in real-time,
There is an effect that the operator can select the character size while checking the actual output image on the output device without being aware of the character size number.

Further, since a modulation type can be assigned to a key and the aspect ratio of the character rectangular frame can be changed and displayed according to the key operation by the operator, the character size can be changed by the mouse operation while the modulation type is also changed by the key operation. This makes it possible to try a combination of a plurality of character sizes and modulation types with one operation.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a character enlargement / reduction processing unit shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a display diagram showing a configuration of a character size table shown in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the operation of the present invention.

5 is a display diagram showing a display on a display device screen corresponding to FIG. 4. FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 11 control unit 12 character enlargement / reduction processing unit 13 display control unit 14 mouse 15 keyboard 16 display device 17 character pattern file 18 base point acquisition unit 19 character range frame output unit 20 character range acquisition unit 21 character size table 21a modulation type 21b character size 22 Character rectangle size acquisition unit 23 Output coordinate acquisition unit 24 Character rectangle output unit 25 Character output unit 25 Character output unit 26 Cursor 27 Character 27a Character rectangle 28 Base point 29 Character range frame 30 Character range 31 Upper right coordinate 32 Character rectangular frame 33 Character rectangle size

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A display device for displaying characters, a character range frame indicating a range of characters to be enlarged or reduced on a screen of the display device, and a character rectangular frame indicating a character enlargement or reduction range are determined. Enlargement / reduction of characters configured by including a mouse, a character enlargement / reduction processing unit that performs enlargement / reduction processing of characters in accordance with a rectangular character frame specified by the mouse, and a display control unit that displays characters on the display device And a control unit for controlling the display, a keyboard for inputting various information including keys for instructing start of enlargement / reduction processing and designation of modulation type, and a character pattern corresponding to the character pattern of each modulation type and character size. A character scaling system including a character pattern file to be stored. 2. The character enlarging / reducing unit outputs a character range frame that outputs a character range frame indicating a character range of the character to be enlarged and reduced, and a base point acquisition unit that acquires a base point of a character range to enlarge and reduce the character. Part, a character range acquisition part for recognizing a character code included in the character range specified by the character range frame, and a vertical length of a character rectangle corresponding to a modulation type and a character size stored in the character pattern file. From the character information, a character size table that stores the size of the horizontal and horizontal, a character rectangular size acquisition unit that acquires a suitable character rectangular size from the character size table from the mouse information and the keyboard information, and the mouse information. An output coordinate acquisition unit for acquiring a character rectangle and coordinates for outputting a character, and a character rectangle output for outputting a character rectangular frame with the character rectangle size passed from the character rectangle size acquisition unit. And a character output unit that reads out a character pattern corresponding to the character code recognized by the character range acquisition unit from the character pattern file when the operator determines the character size and outputs the character pattern to the character size. The character enlargement / reduction system according to claim 1, wherein the character enlargement / reduction system is provided. 3. The character size table is a matrix-shaped table, and includes a plurality of modulation types that are “rows” and “columns”.
A plurality of character sizes that are, and the intersection of the modulation type and the character size specified by the mouse and the keyboard stores the character rectangle to be displayed and the vertical and horizontal sizes of the characters, and The character enlarging / reducing system according to claim 2, wherein a specific key of the keyboard is assigned to the modulation type.