JPH0573629A - Generation system for graphic image in arbitrary size - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve graphic quality by generating graphic image information in an arbitrary and required graphic size by means of graphic reduction. CONSTITUTION:Graphic image generation information for more than one kind of reference sizes are previously stored in a graphic image generation information storage means by individual reference sizes 1. When graphic selection information is designated from an external part and a graphic selection information input part 2 inputs selection information, a reference size graphic image selection means 3 selects graphic image generation information in a large size which is equal to the designated graphic size or which is the nearest among graphic image generation information of a concerned type from the graphic image generation information storage means by individual reference sizes 1. A designated size graphic image generation means 4 reduces the size of the graphic by using selected graphic image generation information.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method of generating a graphic image of an arbitrary size, and more particularly, to a graphic image generation information for one or more kinds of standard sizes, which is an optimum standard for a desired graphic size. The present invention relates to a generation method of a graphic image of an arbitrary size, in which graphic image generation information of a size is selected and the graphic is reduced based on the selected graphic image generation information.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, this type of arbitrary size graphic image generation method is provided with only one type of minimum size graphic image generation information, and the minimum size graphic image information can be used for any desired graphic size. The method was to enlarge the figure based on the figure image information.

[0003]

The above-described conventional method of generating a graphic image of an arbitrary size has only one type of minimum size graphic image generation information, and the above-mentioned method is applied to any desired graphic size. Since the method is to enlarge the figure based on the figure image of the minimum size, the quality of the figure image generated deteriorates as the curve portion and the shaded portion of the figure become rectangular as the enlargement ratio increases. There is a drawback.

[0004]

A method of generating a graphic image of an arbitrary size according to the present invention includes a graphic image generation information storage means for storing reference size-specific graphic image storage information for storing graphic image generation information for each reference size, and a graphic. A graphic selection information input means for externally inputting graphic selection information including type information and graphic size information, and the graphic image generation information storage for each reference size based on the graphic selection information externally input by the graphic selection information input means. A standard size graphic image selecting means for selecting and inputting the standard size graphic image generating information for selecting and inputting the standard size graphic image generating information from the corresponding graphic type, and selecting the standard size graphic image. By reducing the graphic image based on the graphic image generation information of the reference size selected by the means. The specified size graphic image generating means for generating a graphic image of the graphic size specified by the graphic size information included in the graphic selection information input from the outside, and the graphic image generated by the specified size graphic image generating means to the outside. And a designated size image output means for outputting.

[0005]

The present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention.
According to the method of the present invention, reference size graphic image generation information storage means 1, graphic selection information input means 2, reference size graphic image selection means 3, designated size graphic image generation means 4, and designated size graphic image output means. 5 and.

The reference size-specific graphic image generation information storage unit 1 stores one or more types of reference size-specific graphic image generation information. For example, in the case of a figure image generation system having a figure size of 1 to 10 times as a target range, only one type of figure size of 10 times the maximum is set as a reference size, and the reference size of 10 times is used by the system. The graphic image generation information for all types of graphic images is stored, and the two types of graphic sizes of 5 times the intermediate and 10 times the maximum are used as the reference, and the reference size of 5 times and 10 times It is also possible for the system to store graphic image generation information regarding all types of graphic images of interest for each size of the reference size.

The graphic selection information input means 2 externally inputs graphic selection information including graphic type information for designating a graphic type and graphic size information for designating a graphic size, and a standard size graphic image selecting means is inputted. 3 is notified of the figure selection information.

The standard size graphic image selection means 3 searches the graphic image generation information stored in the standard size graphic image generation information storage means 1 based on the graphic selection information received from the graphic selection information input means 2. The corresponding figure image generation information is acquired, and the designated size figure image generation means 4 is notified of the figure image generation information acquired from the reference size-specific figure image generation information storage means 1 and the figure selection information received from the figure selection information input means 2. To do.

The designated-size graphic image generating means 4 generates and designates a graphic image designated from the outside based on the reference-size graphic image generation information and the graphic selection information received from the reference-size graphic image selecting means 3. The size graphic image output means 5 is notified of the generated graphic image information.

The generation of this graphic image is realized by reducing the graphic size to the character size designated by the graphic selection information using the graphic image generation information for each reference size. For example, in a figure image generation system that targets a figure size of 1 to 10 times, the middle 5 times and the maximum 1
In the case where two kinds of sizes of 0 times are used as reference sizes, for example, if a figure size of 7 times is specified by a specific character from the outside, the reference size figure image selection means 3 sets the figure size to 10 times the size of the specified character. The reference size graphic image generation information is acquired.

Next, the designated size graphic image generating means 4
Reduces the figure size to 7 times by using the figure image generation information having the reference size 10 times the specific character. If a figure size of 3 times is specified by a specific character from the outside, the figure size is reduced to 3 times by using the figure image generation information of the reference size which is 5 times the size of the specific character.

The specified size graphic image output means 5 outputs the generated graphic image information received from the specified size graphic image generation means 4 to the generation request destination of the graphic image.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing details of the reference size-specific graphic image generation information storage means 1 shown in FIG. The reference size-based graphic image generation information storage unit 1 includes a graphic image generation information index storage unit 1-1, a reference size-1 graphic image generation information storage unit 1-2 and a reference size-n graphic image generation information for each reference size. It is composed of a storage unit 1-3. In addition, the graphic image generation information index storage unit 1-1 has a graphic type information area 1-1-1, reference size-
1 figure index information area 1-1-2 and reference size -n figure index information area 1-1-3, and reference size-1 figure image generation information storage section 1-2 and reference size -n
The graphic image generation information storage unit 1-3 is composed of a graphic-A image generation information area 1-2-1 and a graphic-X image generation information area 1-2-2.

Graphic image generation information index storage section 1-1
Stores index information for searching graphic image generation information of one or more reference sizes for each graphic type. The graphic type information area 1-1-1 stores information for identifying a graphic image of a target type, and has a reference size-1 graphic index information area 1-1-2 and a reference size-n graphic index information area 1 -1-3 relates to a graphic image of a corresponding type,
Index information is stored to retrieve the graphic image generation information corresponding to each reference size.

The reference size-1 graphic image generation information storage section 1-2 and the reference size-n graphic image generation information storage section 1-3 are graphic images relating to all types of graphics corresponding to the corresponding reference sizes. It stores the generated information. The graphic-A image generation information area 1-2-1 and the graphic-X image generation information area 1-2-2 store specific graphic image generation information corresponding to the corresponding reference size.

The reference size graphic image selection means 3 searches the graphic type information area 1-1-1 storing the corresponding graphic type information based on the graphic type information and the graphic size information included in the graphic selection information. Then, the reference size-1 graphic index information area 1-1-2 storing the information for indexing the graphic image generation information area of the corresponding reference size is searched.

Next, the corresponding figure-A image generation information area 1-2-1 is searched based on the figure index information stored in the retrieved reference size-1 figure index information area 1-1-2. As described above, the reference size graphic image selection means 3
Acquires the graphic image generation information of the corresponding reference size of the corresponding graphic type from the reference size-specific graphic image generation information storage unit 1.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing details of the designated size graphic image generating means 4 shown in FIG. The designated size graphic image generation means 4 is composed of a reduction ratio calculation unit 4-1 and a reduced graphic image generation unit 4-2.

The notification information 3-1 from the standard size graphic image selection means includes size designation information 3-1-1 and standard size graphic image generation information 3-1-2. Xa in the size designation information 3-1-1 is a figure size designation in the X-axis direction, and Ya is a figure size designation in the Y-axis direction.
In addition, X of the standard size graphic image generation information 3-1-2
Is a reference size in the X-axis direction, and Y is a reference size in the Y-axis direction.

Reference size graphic image generation information 3-1
2 is a reference size of the size X in the X-axis direction which is equal to or larger than the size Xa in the X-axis direction of the size designation information 3-1-1 from the reference-size graphic image generation information storage unit 1 by the reference-size graphic image selection unit 3. Xa of the notification information 4-3 to the designated size graphic image output means for which the graphic image generation information of is acquired is a graphic size in the X-axis direction, and Ya is a graphic size in the Y-axis direction.

The reduction ratio calculator 4-1 uses the size designation information 3
1-1, the size Xa in the X axis direction, the size Ya in the Y axis direction, and the reference size graphic image generation information 3-1-
Size X in the X-axis direction including 2 and size Y in the Y-axis direction
And are used to calculate the reduction (Xa / X, Ya / Y) of the figure from the reference size to the specified size.

The reduced graphic image generation unit 4-2 reduces the graphic image of the reference size graphic image generation information 3-1-2, that is, thinning processing, based on the graphic reduction ratio calculated by the reduction ratio calculation unit 4-1. I do.

The notification information 4-3 to the designated size graphic image output means is a graphic image generated by the thinning process of the reduced graphic image generation unit 4-2.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the reference size graphic image generation information 3-1-2 shows a dot pattern as a graphic image, but this is merely an example, and a person skilled in the art can define a contour point. Similar processing can be performed with the indicated information.

[0025]

As described above, the present invention has one or more reference size-specific graphic image generation information and selects the optimum reference size graphic image generation information for any desired graphic size. However, there is an effect that the quality deterioration of the generated graphic image can be minimized by performing graphic reduction based on the selected graphic image generation information.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing details of reference size-specific graphic image generation information storage means shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing details of a designated size graphic image generating means shown in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Reference size-specific graphic image generation information storage means 2 Graphic selection information input means 3 Reference size graphic image selection means 4 Designated size graphic image generation means 5 Designated size graphic image output means

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A graphic image generation system of an arbitrary size for generating a graphic image of a specific size by storing a graphic image of a specific size and designating a required graphic size from the outside, and at least one reference. Reference size-based graphic image generation information storage means for storing size-based graphic image generation information, graphic selection information input means for externally inputting graphic selection information including graphic type information and graphic size information, and the graphic selection information Reference size graphic image for selecting and inputting graphic image generation information of a corresponding reference size from the corresponding graphic types from the graphic size corresponding to the reference size based on the graphic selection information input from the outside by the input means The graphic image is reduced based on the selection means and the reference size graphic image generation information. The specified size graphic image generating means for generating a graphic image of the graphic size specified by the graphic size information included in the graphic selection information input from the outside, and the graphic image generated by the specified size graphic image generating means. A method for generating a graphic image of an arbitrary size, characterized in that it includes a designated size image output means for outputting to the outside.