JPH0559544U - Character input device - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] A character input device that allows you to enter and print characters on a specified printing form using a word processor or personal computer at appropriate positions. [Configuration] When print form 1 is image-inputted by conversion scale 7 on CRT 6, print form 1
Is displayed in halftone 5 on the CRT 6. When a character is input and then printed, the print interface 9 converts it again into the scale of the print form 1 and outputs the printout 10. [Effect] Since the form image input 2 for displaying the print form 1 on the CRT 6 and the scale conversion 3 and the printer interface 9 for printing the character at an appropriate position of the print form 1 are provided, the print form 1 such as a dedicated paper Printing can be done at the proper position without misalignment.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 Used for word processors.

[0002]

[Prior Art]

 A conventional character input device is shown in FIG. In the conventional character input device, when character input 18 was performed as shown in the word processing software, it was printed out 20 on the print form through the printer interface 19.

Next, the operation will be described. In a conventional character input device, when an input character is created using a word processor on a print form that has a table and printed by a printer, a deviation occurs between the table and the input character as shown in printout 20.

[0004]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 When printing characters created by a word processor such as a personal computer on a print form with a table or frame printed in advance, the input position of the characters may be misaligned as in printout 20. As a method of preventing this misalignment, humans have measured the print form with a front surface using a ruler or the like, and determined the character input position based on the amount of division. With this method, the position is rarely determined once, and in many cases it was necessary to repeat trial and error of input and printout to minimize the deviation.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems. In FIG. 1, the print form 1 can be displayed on the CRT 6 of the personal computer, and the print form 1 having a table, a frame or the like printed thereon can be displayed. It is an object of the present invention to provide a character input device that can print characters without misalignment.

[0006]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 The character input device of the present invention displays the print form 1 on the CRT 6 after converting the scale into 3 and further converts the scale through the printer interface 9.

[0007]

[Action]

 With the character input device according to the present invention, it is possible to print at an appropriate position in the print form 1.

[0008]

【Example】

 Example 1. A first embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIG. When the image of the print form 1 is input by the conversion scale 7 on the CRT 6, the print form 1 is displayed in halftone on the CRT 6. When a character is input and then printed, the printer interface 9 converts it again into the scale of the print form 1 and outputs the printout 10. FIG. 3 illustrates the scale conversion 3 and the printer interface 9. The table input from the image scanner 31 is displayed on the CRT (first layer) 34 through the coordinate conversion 32 and the straight line correction 33. Characters are input to the CRT (second layer) 35, the second layer is scale-converted 40 and printed by the printer 38. The conversion of the scale conversion 40 is determined by the scanner magnification conversion 37 and the printer magnification conversion 39.

Next, the operation will be described. First, in FIG. 1, the print form 1 is input to a personal computer by an image scanner. (Form image input 2) The character position to be input is determined and input from the print paper 5 displayed in halftone and the print form 4 displayed in halftone on the CRT 6.

Next, when scale conversion is performed by the printer interface 9 and printing is performed on the print form 1, a printout 10 in which characters are printed at appropriate positions on the print form 1 is completed.

Next, scale conversion will be described with reference to FIG. The print form is entered via image scanner input 31. The input graphic is halftone-displayed on the first layer 34 of the CRT through the coordinate conversion 32. In FIG. 3, the full size of the image scanner input 31 is 1000 dots × 1500 dots, which is converted and displayed on the first layer of the CRT into 640 dots × 400 dots which is the full scale of the CRT. The conversion scale is also used as the scanner magnification conversion 37 during printing. The straight line correction 33 removes the distortion of the print form on the scanner and corrects the line by the number of dots on the line where X is constant or Y is constant. The method of correcting the distortion is not described here as a known technique.

An image in which the first layer 34 and the second layer 35 are combined is displayed on the CRT. On the first layer 34, the print form input from the image scanner as described above is displayed in halftone. On the second layer 35, the written characters to be printed are displayed. Only the information on the second layer 35 is printed on the printer 38. The print position and size are determined by the scale conversion 40. This scale conversion 40 is determined by scanner magnification conversion 37 and printer magnification conversion 39. If the full size of the image scanner is X = 1000 dots, Y = 1500 dots, and 5 dots is 1 mm (127 DPI), that is, 200 mm x 300 mm, then the full size on the CRT is X = 640 dots, Y = 400 dots. The printer prints full size (640 x 400) on the CRT with 200mm x 300mm.

Example 2. In the first embodiment, the print form is input by the image scanner, but it may be input by the tablet. The figure is the same as FIG. Plot the intersection of the lines on the print form with a tablet and display the table in halftone on the first layer 34 of the CRT. Others are the same as when using the image scanner.

Example 3. You can also enter the print form on the CRT with the light pen. The figure is the same as FIG. Overlay the print form on the CRT and plot the intersections of the lines to display the table in halftone on the first layer 34 of the CRT.

[0015]

[Effect of the device]

 As described above, the character input device of the present invention is provided with the form image input 2 for displaying the print form 1 on the CRT 6, the scale conversion 3, and the printer interface 9 for printing the character at an appropriate position of the print form 1. Therefore, printing can be performed at an appropriate position on the print form 1 such as dedicated paper, and no misalignment occurs.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 shows a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 shows a conventional device.

FIG. 3 is a diagram supplementing the first embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols] 1 print form 2 form image input 3 scale conversion 4 print form displayed in halftone 5 print paper displayed in halftone 6 CRT 7 conversion scale 8 character input 9 printer interface 10 printout

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Creator Koichi Uesaka 6-1, 1-1 Hamayama-dori, Hyogo-ku, Kobe Mitsubishi Electric Engineering Co., Ltd. Kobe Office

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A character in a word processor, comprising a form image input 2 for displaying a print form 1 on a CRT 6 in halftone, a scale conversion 3 and a printer interface 9 for converting and printing the print form 1. Input device.