JPH07101115A - Printer - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To convert to odd-shaped character style kanji and to output to print it by providing odd-shaped style character generating means for generating character style data to character style code in which odd-shaped character style code is applied by data converting means. CONSTITUTION:A CPU 14 forms data converting means together with a dictionary ROM 20 and a RAM 22. When the CPU 14 judges to apply an odd-shaped style character to a kanji of proper noun extracted by proper noun extracting means, it applies odd-shaped style character to the character code of the kanji by using dictionary data in the ROM 20, and stores a character code row input from a data input port 18 in data buffer 22a in the RAM 22. Further, the CPU 14 forms odd-shaped style character generating means together with a font ROM 24 and a data output port 26, outputs character codes one by one from the character code row stored in the buffer 22a, reads the corresponding font data from the ROM 24, and generates character style data.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a printer device capable of printing and outputting Japanese kanji characters, and more particularly to a printer device capable of converting into kanji characters of different characters and printing them out.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a system capable of outputting data to a printer device that handles Japanese kanji, a unique code is assigned to each font with the spread of digital computers, and by outputting the code,
The kanji corresponding to the code was printed out from the printer. As such a code system, a JIS code Chinese character table based on a code system commonly known as a JIS code is widely used. This JIS code kanji table, like the common kanji table, is arranged based on the social conventions of the times, and has been revised several times to date.

[0003] In addition, the fonts have been changing over time, and among the fonts introduced from ancient China, they are now used only for proper names such as personal names and place names, and for other ordinary texts, they change. There are many distinct fonts that are called so-called new and old fonts. In addition, in distinguishing the fonts, they are sometimes called regular characters, abbreviations, and slang characters, and it seems that they may be confused and used, but when trying to clarify the definition of terms, the culture of kanji Since the theoretical element becomes stronger and deviates from the main point of this paper, each term is defined based on social convention.

Now, in the JIS code Chinese character table described above, there are some character styles that are included in only one of the old JIS code Chinese character table and the new JIS code Chinese character table.
For example, the characters shown in FIGS. 9A, 9B, and 9C are examples, but these are treated as the same value in the JIS standard, and the same JIS code is assigned. . Regarding personal names, slang and abbreviations that are not corrected by "Ministry of Justice Citizen No. 5200 No. 5200 Civil Affairs Bureau Notification October 20, 1990" due to computerization of family register work are shown. For example, this is the case as shown in FIG. Many of these fonts are not included in the JIS code kanji table.

By the way, in ordinary sentences, the use of characters should be based on the cultural background of the user, and if there is a choice, it will be used according to each preference. However, in place names and personal names, the stronger the elements of the official document, the more defined the font itself must be used.

Therefore, conventionally, when a plurality of variant characters exist for one Chinese character as shown in FIG. 9, in order to distinguish them, a code in the JIS code table is assigned to one font, The so-called external character area code was assigned to the other font.

[0007]

However, in the conventional system for handling Japanese Kanji characters as described above, there is no particular regulation on how to allocate codes in the external character area, and it is left to the discretion of the manufacturing party of the device. Therefore, different fonts may be assigned to the same code between different models, or the font may not be defined, which has been an obstacle in data exchange. That is, the code assigned to the font that the document creator wants to use is different between the document creation device and the printer device that prints out the document, or
There is a case where the corresponding font is not prepared in the printer and an unintended font is printed out.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and provides a printer device connectable to a Japanese-Kanji system having a function of reducing a trouble in data exchange between different models. Is intended.

[0009]

In order to achieve this object, a printer device of the present invention extracts proper nouns for identifying proper nouns by performing morphological analysis or semantic analysis on input character codes. Means and a data conversion means for giving a variant code capable of identifying at least two variant characters to which the same font code is assigned to the character code of the kanji of the proper noun identified by the proper noun extracting means. , And a glyph character generating means for generating glyph data for the glyph code to which the glyph code is added by the data converting means.

[0010]

The proper noun extracting means in the printer device of the present invention having the above-mentioned configuration identifies the proper noun by performing morphological analysis or semantic analysis on the input character code string, and the data converting means If it is determined that variant characters should be used for the kanji of the proper noun identified by the proper noun extracting means, it is possible to identify at least two variant characters in which the same type code is assigned to the input type code. The variant character code is added, and the variant character generating means generates the glyph data for the character code to which the variant character code is added.

[0011]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of the printer device of the present embodiment. The controller 10 corresponds to a character code input from the outside and uses the font data stored inside to form the character shape data. Is configured to generate. The character shape data generated in the controller 10 is formed by a set of dot data and is output to the printer 12. The printer 12 is configured to draw and output a character shape on the paper surface using ink or the like based on the input dot data.

Further, FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an internal configuration of the controller 10. CPU 14 is a program ROM 16
The controller 10 is controlled based on the instructions stored in the data input port 18 and the dictionary ROM.
A proper noun extracting means is constructed together with 20 to perform a morphological analysis or a semantic analysis of a character code string input from the data input port 18, and to extract a proper noun using the dictionary data in the dictionary ROM 20. ing. Further, the CPU 14 constitutes a data conversion means together with the dictionary ROM 20 and the RAM 22, and if it is judged that the variant character should be applied to the kanji in the proper noun extracted by the proper noun extracting means, the dictionary ROM 20 is stored. A variant character code is added to the character code of the Chinese character using the dictionary data and the character code string input from the data input port 18 is stored in the data buffer 22a in the RAM 22.

Further, the CPU 14 constitutes a variant character generating means together with the RAM 22, the font ROM 24 and the data output port 26, and takes out a character code for each character from the character code string stored in the data buffer 22a, and the corresponding font. The data is read from the font ROM 24 to generate character shape data and stored in the frame buffer 22b in the RAM 22. Further, if the input character code string includes a printer control code for instructing print output, the CPU 14 outputs the character shape data stored in the frame buffer 22b to the printer 12 via the data output port 26. Is configured.

Next, the operation of the present embodiment when the data string shown in FIG. 7 is input from the outside will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. 4, 5 and 6. The data string shown in FIG. 7 includes a character code string "I am from Sabae City" and a printer control code for instructing print output.

After the power is turned on, initialization is executed (S
1) The external input data is awaited. here,
When the data string shown in FIG. 7 is input from the outside (S2),
The CPU 14 determines whether the first data is the control code (S3). Since the first data is not a control code, it is next determined whether the data is a font code (S4). Since the first data is a font code, data conversion processing is performed (S5).

FIG. 5 is a flow chart showing in detail the operation of this data conversion processing. The CPU 14 performs a semantic analysis on the character code "3B64" that is the first data using the dictionary data in the dictionary ROM 20 (S).
6). This data is the Chinese character "I", but the semantic analysis cannot be completed with just this one character, so the character code "3B"
64 ″ is stored in the RAM 22 and the data conversion process is completed. Since the CPU 14 has not completed the semantic analysis (S10), the second data is read (S2).
The CPU 14 determines whether the second data is the control code (S3). Since the second data is not a control code, it is next determined whether the data is a font code (S4). Since the second data is a font code, data conversion processing is performed (S5).

The CPU 14 has the character code "3B64" which is the first data stored in the RAM 22.
Then, for the data to which the character code “244F” which is the second data is connected, the semantic analysis is performed using the dictionary data in the dictionary ROM 20. The two character codes are "I am"
And the semantic analysis ends (S
6). The CPU 14 uses the character code strings “3B64” “24
It is determined whether or not 4F "includes a proper noun. Since this character code string does not include a proper noun (S7),
The data conversion process ends. Next, the CPU 14 performs character shape data generation processing for the character code strings "3B64" and "244F" (S11). FIG. 6 is a flow chart showing in detail the operation of this character shape data generation processing. CPU14
Reads the font data for the character codes "3B64" and "244F" from the font ROM 24 (S1
2) The character shape data is generated (S13) and stored in the frame buffer 22b (S14).

Similarly, the CPU 14 finishes the semantic analysis when it reads the third to sixth data.
Then, the character code string "3B2A""393E""3B
It is determined whether 54 "" 244E "includes a proper noun (S7)." 3B2A "" 3 in this character code string.
Since 93E "and" 3B54 "are proper nouns" Sabae City ", it is next determined whether or not it is necessary to use variant characters in the proper nouns (S8).
For "A", different character forms are defined in the old JIS code kanji table and the new JIS code kanji table, and the character code string "3B2" is defined.
The character code "3B2A" included in proper nouns of "A", "393E", and "3B54" is generally a character shape defined in the old JIS code kanji table.
Determines that it is necessary to use variant characters for the character code "3B2A", assigns the variant character code to the character code "3B2A" (S9), and outputs the character shape defined in the old JIS code kanji table. Then, the data conversion process ends.

Next, the CPU 14 causes the character code string "3B2
A character shape data generation process of A "" 393E "" 3B54 "" 244E "is performed (S11), where the character code" 3 ".
B2A "has a variant code, so it is
The font data of the character shape defined in the IS code kanji table is read from the font ROM 24, and similarly, the font data for the character codes "393E", "3B54" and "244E" is read from the font ROM 24 (S1.
2) The character shape data is generated (S13) and stored in the frame buffer 22b (S14).

Similarly, the CPU 14 has the seventh to tenth CPUs.
The semantic analysis ends when the second data is read. Then, the character code string "3D50""3F48"
It is determined whether or not "2447" and "2439" include proper nouns (S7). In this character code string, "3D5
"0" and "3F48" are the nouns of "hometown" and "244
The data conversion processing ends because the particle is 7 ”“ 2439 ”“ Da ”and does not include proper nouns. Next, the CPU 14 causes the character code string“ 3D50 ”“ 3F4 ”.
A character shape data generation process of 8 "," 2447 ", and" 2439 "is performed (S11).
The font data for 0 "," 3F48 "," 2447 ", and" 2439 "is read from the font ROM 24 (S12), and the character shape data is generated (S1).
3), store in the frame buffer 22b (S14).
Finally, the 11th data is read (S2). CP
U14 determines whether the 11th data is a control code (S3). Since the third data is the control code, the process corresponding to the control code is executed (S1
5). Since this control code is an instruction code for executing print output, the CPU 14 outputs the character shape data, which is a set of dot data stored in the frame buffer 22b, to the printing device 12 via the data output port 26. The output printed by the printer 12 is as shown in FIG.

The present invention is not limited to the embodiments described in detail above, and various modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention.

For example, in the above embodiment, when generating the glyph data, the font data for the glyph code to which the variant character code is added is read from the font ROM in the controller, but it can be read from the CPU by being connected to the controller. It is also possible to read the font data from an external storage device. If the controller is connected to a host computer capable of bidirectionally inputting / outputting data and font data can be downloaded from the host computer, it is also possible to generate character shape data using the data.

[0024]

As is apparent from the above description,
According to the printer device of the present invention, it is possible to reduce obstacles when exchanging data between different models, so that it is possible to realize a device that is compatible with a conventional printer device, and further output a variant character. It supports a wide variety of printable fonts. Therefore, it becomes easier to create a document or the like, and a new function that can be practically used by the user can be provided.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of a printer device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of an embodiment of a printer device of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a configuration of a controller of the printer device shown in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the operation of the controller shown in FIG.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart particularly showing a data conversion process among the operations of the controller shown in FIG.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing, among other operations of the controller shown in FIG. 3, especially character shape data generation processing.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of a character code string input to the printer device of the present embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a print example that is output when the character code string shown in FIG. 7 is input to the printer device of the present embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of a font of variant characters.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of a font of variant characters.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 controller 12 printing device 14 CPU 16 program ROM 20 dictionary ROM 24 font ROM

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A proper noun for identifying a proper noun by performing morphological analysis, semantic analysis, or the like on the input character code in a printer device for generating and printing out character shape data from the input character code. Extraction means and data conversion means for adding a variant code capable of identifying at least two variant characters to which the same font code is assigned to the character code of the kanji of the proper noun identified by the proper noun extracting means And a variant character generating means for generating shape data for the variant code to which the variant code is added by the data converting means.