JPH0764978A - Document preparing device capable of correcting character size error - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a document preparing device capable of correcting the error due to the unit conversion when the input data unit system and the output data unit system are different. CONSTITUTION:The document preparing device 10 is provided with a line direction processing part 11 performing the line direction processing on input data 17 consisting of character data and a character size processing part 12 performing the character size processing on the input data 17. It is also provided with as position processing part 13 performing the display position and printing position processing on the input data 17, character size correction part 16 performing the character size correction processing on the input data 17, character code processing part 14 performing the character code processing on the input data 17, and unit conversion part 15 performing the unit conversion on the character size and position.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a document maker capable of correcting character size errors, and more particularly to a document maker capable of correcting character size errors of characters displayed on a screen or printed by a printer. .

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, this type of document creator stores character data input from an input device such as a keyboard as input data, and when displaying it on a screen, edits it to output data for screen display and displays it. When printing, the output data for the printer is edited and output. The input data to be stored must have information on the character code, position and character size. Here, considering the case of a continuous character string in one line, the following two methods can be considered as a method of storing input data.

The first method is to store the character code, position and size for each character. The second method is
In this method, the line direction (vertical writing, horizontal writing, etc.), the character size, and the position of the first character are stored, and only the character code is stored thereafter unless they are changed. In the case of this method, when the character is output to the screen or the printer, the position of the character is automatically updated for each character in the line direction by the character size. When the number of characters is large, the second method is generally used because the second method stores less data and is more efficient than the first method.

For example, when the character string "123" in FIG. 4 is stored by the second method, the stored data is the input data 17 in the table of FIG. Here, when the stored input data and output data have different unit systems representing positions, character sizes, etc., for example, input data are all in millimeters, and screen data is in CRT dots. Requires unit conversion during editing.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing an example of a conventional document creator. Referring to FIG. 5, the document creator 40 sequentially reads each element of the input data 17 composed of character data, converts it into an output data format, and outputs it as output data 48. The row direction processing unit 11 uses the input data 1
7, the character size processing unit 12 processes the character size of the input data 17. The position processing unit 13 performs display position and print position processing of the input data 17, and the character code processing unit 14 performs character code processing of the input data 17. Each processing unit performs a process of converting the input data format into an output data format and a process of outputting the converted data. Further, the output data of the character size processing unit 12 and the position processing unit 13 are unit-converted by the unit conversion unit 45 into respective X and Y values.

The output data 48 in the table of FIG. 6 is obtained by converting the input data 17 of FIG. 6 into the screen output data 48 of the dot resolution of 80 DPI by the above method.

[0007]

This conventional document creator ignores the error that occurs during unit conversion. For example, the X and Y character size of the output data 48 in the table of FIG. 6 is about 31.4 dots to be exact, but it is rounded to 3
1 dot is used. Therefore, about 0.4 per character
A dot error occurs, and this error is accumulated as the number of characters increases.

[0008]

A document creator capable of correcting a character size error according to the present invention is provided with a line direction processing means for performing a line direction processing of input data composed of character data, and a character size processing for the input data. Character size processing means for performing, position processing means for performing display position and print position processing of the input data, character size correction means for performing character size correction processing of the input data, and character code processing of the input data Character code processing means and unit conversion means for performing unit conversion of the character size and the position.

[0009]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. Referring to FIG. 1, which shows a block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention, a document creator 10 of this embodiment performs a line-direction processing unit 1 for performing line-direction processing of input data 17 consisting of character data.
1, a character size processing unit 12 for processing the character size of the input data 17, a position processing unit 13 for processing the display position and print position of the input data 17, and the input data 17
Character size correction unit 16 for performing the character size correction process of
A character code processing unit 14 for performing character code processing of the input data 17, and a unit conversion unit 15 for unit conversion of character size and position. Further, the document creator 10 of this embodiment edits the input data 17 composed of character data input from an input device such as a keyboard into the output data 18 for screen display and outputs it on the screen. When printing, the printer output data 18 is edited and output to the printer. In the case of a continuous character string of one line, the input data 17 is only the character code after the line direction (vertical writing, horizontal writing, etc.), the position of the first character, the character size, and these are not changed. .
When output to the screen or printer, the character position is automatically updated line by line for each character by the size of the character.

FIG. 2 is a flow chart (a) and a supplementary chart (b) showing the operation of the character size correction unit 16. The operation of the character size correction unit 16 will be described with reference to FIG. 2 together with FIG. First, the coordinates of the point A are obtained in the unit system of the input data 17 (step 21). Point A represents the position of the character. This position is the input data as it is for the first character, and the second and subsequent characters are cumulative values for the character size of the input data in the row direction. Next, the coordinates of the diagonal point B of the point A are obtained in the unit system of the input data (step 22). The coordinates of the point B are values obtained by adding the character size of the input data to the coordinates of the point A. Next, the unit conversion unit 15 unit-converts the coordinates of the points A and B into a unit system of output data (step 23). Next, the corrected character size is calculated as the difference between the coordinates of the output data at points A and B in the unit system (step 24). next,
It is determined whether correction is necessary (step 25). If the value obtained by converting the character size of the input data into the unit system of the output data is equal to the corrected character size calculated in step 24, no correction is necessary. If correction is necessary, the corrected character size is output to the output data (step 26).

When the processing of the character size correction unit 16 is completed,
The character code processing unit 14 outputs the character code. Then, if the corrected character size has been output, the character size processing unit 12 processes and outputs the character size of the input data in order to return it to the value before correction.

FIG. 3 shows output data as a result of editing the character string "123" of FIG. 4 by the above method. In FIG. 3, the character size 31 of "1" is a value before correction because correction is not necessary. Since the next "2" needs to be corrected, the corrected character size 33 is output before the character code. Since "3" does not require correction, the character size 35 before correction is output, and the corrected character size is not output.

[0013]

As described above, according to the present invention,
Line direction processing of character input data, character size processing, display position and print position processing, character size correction processing,
By performing the character code processing, it is possible to correct the error due to the unit conversion when the unit system of the input data is different from the unit system of the output data.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2A is a flowchart showing the operation of a character size correction unit of this embodiment. (B) It is a supplementary figure which shows operation | movement of the character size correction part of this Example.

FIG. 3 shows an example of output data of this embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of input characters.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram of a conventional example.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of input data and output data in a conventional method.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 Document Creation Machine 11 Line Direction Processing Section 12 Character Size Processing Section 13 Position Processing Section 14 Character Code Processing Section 15 Unit Conversion Section 16 Character Size Correction Section 17 Input Data 18 Output Data

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A line direction processing means for performing line direction processing of input data consisting of character data, a character size processing means for performing character size processing of the input data, and a display position and print position processing of the input data. Position processing means, character size correction means for performing character size correction processing on the input data, character code processing means for performing character code processing on the input data, and unit conversion for the character size and the position. A document creation machine capable of correcting a character size error, comprising a unit conversion means for performing. 2. A document comprising means for performing line direction processing of character input data, character size processing, display position and print position processing, character size correction processing, and character code processing. Character size error correction method in the making machine.