JPH05314109A - Documentation device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To develop and print-output a graphic pattern by succeeding shape on a display screen in a documentation device provided with a graphic preparing function. CONSTITUTION:This device is equipped with a character data storage part 18 which stores format data including the character pitch information and line pitch information of a prepared document, a graphic data storage part 16 which stores graphic data in accordance with the prepared document of the format data stored in the character data storage part 18, and a print control part 23 which reads out the prescribed position of a graphic area in the prepared document of the graphic data stored in the graphic data storage part 16, for example, the character pitch information and the line pitch information at the leading position from the character data storage part 18 and performs print-output by developing the pattern of the graphic data stored in the graphic data storage part 16 setting the leading position as reference based on obtained character pitch information and line pitch information.

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 Conventionally, a graphic creation function for creating a graphic or the like has been used as one function of a document creation apparatus.

That is, the operation mode of the document creating apparatus is designated and set to the figure creating mode, and the figure creating program is started. Next, select the desired figure type (straight line, curved line, polygonal line, circle, ellipse, etc.) to draw, the type and thickness of the figure line (line type), etc., and then move the cursor (eg crosshair cursor) Then, on the display screen, characteristic points defined in advance for each figure according to the pattern of the figure, for example, two points at both ends if the figure is a straight line, or a set of diagonals and circles if the figure is a rectangle For example, specify the position coordinates of the center point and one point on the circumference. Then, a desired graphic pattern is displayed in correspondence with the position coordinates of the characteristic points of the graphic pointed by the cursor.

In this way, for example, roads on a map (road figures, that is, a width line figure consisting of two lines facing each other with a certain width maintained) are composed of straight line and curve figure types (line figures). By aligning, the buildings, landmarks, etc. will be square,
It can be drawn by combining other graphic types such as a circle and an ellipse.

It is possible to create a document in which characters, maps, and graphics are mixed by adding characters to the thus created normal graphics and map graphics by a general document creation function.

FIG. 4A illustrates a document in which characters and graphics are mixed. The broken line in the figure indicates the line digit position of the character on the display screen of the display unit, and is not actually displayed. The coordinate positions (X1, Y1) (X2, Y2) across the area from the third line to the fourth line in the document
) (X3, Y3) (X4, Y4) is drawn as a quadrangle figure having four feature points. If the line pitch information according to the formatting of the entire document is set to "1", the line pitch information "2" is set as the line modification on the second and third lines as shown in the figure. It is assumed that

When a document in which such characters and figures are mixed is printed out, the output result is obtained by the conventional document creating apparatus as shown in FIG. 4 (B). The broken line in the figure indicates the line digit position of the character on the printed and printed sheet, and is not actually printed.

Coordinates are calculated for each characteristic point in the figure by calculating the coordinate position from the reference position PB of the upper end of the first line on the printing paper surface based on the line pitch information set for the line to which it belongs. The graphic pattern is developed based on the obtained coordinates and printed out. Therefore, since the line pitch information set in the third line to which the two points of the coordinate positions (X1, Y1) (X2, Y2) belong is "2", (X1 ', Y1' after the graphic pattern development). ) (X2 ', Y2') are located at the corresponding portions of the areas corresponding to the fifth and sixth rows of the normal row pitch on the printing paper surface. On the other hand, since the row pitch information set in the fourth row to which the two points of the coordinate positions (X3, Y3) (X4, Y4) belong is "1", (X3 ', Y3 ') (X4', Y
4 ') are the same as the 4th of the normal line pitch on the printing paper.
It is located in the corresponding part of the line area.

[0009]

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION Problems to be Solved by the Invention (X1 ', Y1') (X2 ', Y after expansion of a figure pattern obtained as described above
2 ') position and 2 of (X3', Y3 ') (X4', Y4 ')
The position of the point is completely reversed compared to the original positional relationship between the two points (X1, Y1) (X2, Y2) and the two points (X3, Y3) (X4, Y4). Become.

This can be considered not only for the line pitch but also for the character pitch. Printout based on the line to which the characteristic point of the graphic belongs, the line pitch information set at the column position, and the character pitch information. When the figure pattern is expanded, the figure is unbalanced and displayed especially when the characteristic points of the figure belong to the line where line pitch information and character pitch information different from other lines are set due to line modification etc. There was a problem that a graphic with a completely different pattern from the graphic displayed on the screen was printed out.

The present invention has been made in view of the actual situation as described above, and its purpose is to set line pitch information and character pitch information different from other lines in a document by line modification or the like. Provided is a document creation device having a graphic creation function capable of developing a graphic pattern by inheriting the pattern on the display screen and printing out even if the feature points of the graphic belong to the line. Especially.

[0012]

That is, the present invention provides a character data storage unit for storing format data including character pitch information and line pitch information of a created document in a document creating apparatus having a graphic creation function, and A graphic data storage unit for storing graphic data corresponding to the created document of the format data stored in the character data storage unit, and a predetermined position of the graphic area in the created document for the graphic data stored in the graphic data storage unit; For example, the character pitch information and the line pitch information at the head position are read from the character data storage unit,
According to the obtained character pitch information and line pitch information, a print control unit for expanding and printing out a pattern of graphic data stored in the graphic data storage unit with the head position as a reference is provided. Even if the feature point of the figure belongs to the line where line pitch information and character pitch information different from other lines in the document are set by line modification, the pattern on the display screen is inherited. The graphic pattern can be developed and printed out.

[0013]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment in which the present invention is applied to a document creation apparatus having a graphic creation function for map graphics and normal graphics will be described with reference to the drawings.

In the figure, reference numeral 11 denotes a keyboard. The keyboard 11 receives a key operation by a user to input input information necessary for creating / editing a map graphic or a normal graphic.
Enter through 12

The keyboard 11 includes various letter / numerical keys, various functional item designations, and up / down / left / right cursor keys for designating a position or area (range) at the time of document editing or map figure editing. In addition to the above, a "conversion / next candidate" key for instructing the conversion of "kana" (reading) to kanji at the time of document input, execution of next candidate processing, and "confirming various settings""Select / execute" key, "Correction" key for instructing correction of various settings, "Cancel" key for instructing cancellation of processing or input before confirmation, creation and editing of documents and figures Various function keys including a “delete” key, an “insert” key, a “move” key and a “copy” key, a “ruled line” key for instructing the creation of ruled lines, etc. are provided. Further, special function keys called "function 1" key and "function 2" key that can realize various functions by combination with other character keys are also provided.

The key input control unit 12 is supported by the MMI (Man Machine Interface) unit 13 and is a keyboard.
The keyboard is used to enter the 11 valid keys.
Information regarding the creation of the graphic input from the is input to the graphic data editing unit 14, and information regarding the document creation is input to the document data editing unit 15
Send to.

The MMI section 13 is for allowing the user to make various designations regarding the creation of figures and documents. To the figure data editing section 14 at the time of figure creation, the above-mentioned at the time of document creation. A signal for operation control is sent to the document data editing unit 15.

The figure data editing section 14 performs an editing process for drawing and creating a figure in accordance with the information input from the key input control section 12 while receiving a signal from the MMI section 13. The graphic data dictionary unit 17 storing the typical map data is accessed to read the graphic data into the graphic data storage unit 16, and various graphic data held in the graphic data storage unit 16 can be updated or deleted. To do.

The graphic data storage unit 16 is a graphic data dictionary unit.
The basic figure data read out from 17 is taken in, and the figure data editing section
Reference numeral 14 creates various display data for actually displaying the figure and print data for printing by being variously modified by the editing process. The graphic data storage unit 16 stores and holds the created display data and print data, and sends the held display data to the display control unit 20 and the print data to the print control unit 23, respectively.

On the other hand, the document data editing unit 15 includes an MMI unit 13
In the state of receiving the signal from the key input control unit 12, the editing process for creating the document data is performed by the information input from the key input control unit 12, and the character data dictionary unit 19 storing a large number of character data is accessed. Then, the character data is read out to the character data storage unit 18, and editing operations such as setting, updating and deleting are performed on the character data held in the character data storage unit 18 and the document data including the format data of the created document.

The character data storage unit 18 is a character data dictionary unit.
Character data read from 19 and document data editing unit 15
Document data composed of format data and the like of a created document set by is stored in order to allow the document data editing unit 15 to variously modify the stored document data by an editing process to actually display the document. Create display data and print data for printing. Character data storage
Reference numeral 18 stores and holds the created display data and print data, and sends the held display data to the display control unit 20 and the print data to the print control unit 23, respectively.

Thus, the display control unit 20 expands the graphic display data sent from the graphic data storage unit 16 and the document display data sent from the character data storage unit 18, respectively, and develops a document containing a mixture of graphic characters. The image data of (1) is expanded and created, and this is stored on the bit map of the display data storage unit (21) composed of a buffer memory.

Then, the display control section 20 controls and drives the display section 22 composed of, for example, a liquid crystal display panel according to the stored contents of the display data storage section 21 to display and output the image data.

The print control unit 23 also includes a graphic data storage unit 16
Print data and character data storage of graphics sent from
The print data of the document sent from 18 is expanded, the image data of the document in which graphic characters are mixed is expanded and created, and this is stored in the bitmap of the print data storage unit 24 including the buffer memory. ..

The print control unit 23 controls and drives the printing unit 25, which is a line printer, according to the contents stored in the print data storage unit 24 to print out the image data. Next, the operation of the above embodiment will be described.

In FIG. 2, map graphic data to be mixed in the document data already created and stored in the character data storage unit 18 is created, and the document data in which the characters and map graphics are mixed is printed out. This mainly shows the contents of control processing by the print control unit 23, and at the beginning of the processing, the keyboard 11 is operated to create map graphic data (step S1).

Similar to FIG. 4A, FIG. 3A illustrates simple map graphic data created in the document data by the graphic data editing unit 14, and the created map graphic data is a graphic. It is stored in the data storage unit 16. The broken line in the figure indicates the line digit position of the character on the display screen of the display unit 22, and is not actually displayed. 3rd to 4th lines in the document
Each coordinate position (X1, Y1) (X2,
A quadrangle map figure having four feature points of Y2) (X3, Y3) (X4, Y4) is created.

When the line pitch information by formatting the entire document data is set to "1", the line pitch information "2" and the third line are specially modified as shown in FIG. 2 "is set, the format data including the line pitch information is stored in the character data storage unit 18.

When the map graphic data is created, the graphic data storage unit 16 stores the area corresponding to the third digit to the fifth digit of the third line to the fourth line in the document data according to the map graphic data. Is created and set as a map area (step S
2).

Then, the print control unit 23 reads the coordinates of the starting point on the display screen of the map area, here the coordinate position of (X1, Y1) from the graphic data storage unit 16 and stores it (step S3). The stored starting point coordinates (X1, Y
The variable "N" is read from the graphic data storage unit 16 and stored in which line the coordinate position of 1) is relatively located in the document data (step S4). Here, since the coordinate position of the starting point coordinates (X1, Y1) is located on the third line,
The print control unit 23 stores the number "3" as an algebra of the variable "N".

The print control unit 23 reads the character pitch information and the line pitch information of the "th" line from the format data stored in the character data storage unit 18 with the algebra "3" of the variable "N", This is stored (step S5). Then, after confirming that the map graphic data is stored in the graphic data storage unit 16 (step S6), the map graphic data is read and each characteristic point is determined based on the character pitch information and the line pitch information. It is developed by converting the X- and Y-coordinates with the row digit position to which the starting point coordinate belongs as a reference to create image data of a graphic pattern (step S7). The created image data is stored in the bitmap of the data storage unit 24.

After that, the print control unit 23 also reads the document data based on the character data stored in the character data storage unit 18, creates image data of the character pattern, and stores it in the print data storage unit 24. Then, the print data is stored in the print data storage unit 24 and the print data is stored in the print unit 25 (step S8), and the process is completed.

FIG. 3B shows the result of the print output thus obtained, and the broken line in the figure shows the line digit position of the character on the printed paper surface, and it is not actually printed. Absent. For each feature point in the figure, the coordinate position from the reference position PB of the upper end of the third line on the printing paper surface is calculated based on the line pitch information set for the line to which the start point position belongs, and X, Y are calculated. The coordinates are calculated and the figure pattern is developed. Therefore, the starting point coordinate position (X1, Y1
), The line pitch information set in the third line is "2", so (X1 ', Y
Each point of 1 ') (X2', Y2 ') (X3', Y3 ') (X4', Y4 ') is coordinate-converted at the same pitch and inherits the pattern on the display screen.

In FIG. 3, the coordinate conversion is performed only on the line pitch information in order to simplify the description. However, the same applies to the character pitch information, and the start point coordinates belong to the flow chart shown in FIG. The coordinate conversion of the other characteristic points of the figure is performed using the character pitch information at the line digit position.

Although the row and column position to which the starting point coordinate position belongs is used as the reference point for the above coordinate conversion, the present invention is not limited to this, and it is also conceivable to use, for example, the center position or end point position of the graphic pattern.

[0036]

As described above, according to the present invention, in a document creating apparatus having a graphic creating function, a character data storage unit for storing format data including character pitch information and line pitch information of a created document, and A graphic data storage unit for storing graphic data corresponding to the created document of the format data stored in the character data storage unit, and a predetermined position of the graphic area in the created document for the graphic data stored in the graphic data storage unit; For example, the character pitch information and the line pitch information at the head position are read from the character data storage unit, and the obtained character pitch information and line pitch information are used to store the graphic data stored in the second storage unit with the head position as a reference. Since the print control unit for expanding and printing out the pattern is provided, line pitch information and character pitch information different from other lines in the document are provided. Even if the feature point of the figure belongs to the line set by the line modification etc., the figure pattern can be developed by inheriting the shape on the display screen and printed out. A document creation device having a function can be provided.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a processing content of printing document data including graphic data according to the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing document data on a display screen and document data printed out according to the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing document data on a display screen and document data printed out by a conventional document creation device.

[Explanation of symbols]

11 ... Keyboard, 12 ... Key input control section, 13 ... Man-machine interface (MMI) section, 14 ... Graphic data editing section,
15 ... Document data editing unit, 16 ... Graphic data storage unit, 17 ... Graphic data dictionary unit, 18 ... Character data storage unit, 19 ... Character data dictionary unit, 20 ... Display control unit, 21 ... Display data storage unit, 22
... Display unit, 23 ... Print control unit, 24 ... Print data storage unit, 25
… Printing department.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A document creation apparatus having a graphic creation function, comprising: first storage means for storing format data including character pitch information and line pitch information of a created document; and a format stored in the first storage means. Second storage means for storing graphic data corresponding to the created document of data, and character pitch information and line pitch information of predetermined positions of the graphic area in the created document of the graphic data stored in the second storage means. Is read from the first storage means, and the obtained character pitch information and line pitch information are used to expand the pattern of the graphic data stored in the second storage means with reference to the predetermined position to print out the print control. A document creating apparatus comprising: a means.