JPH08255256A - Character string output device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To well-balancedly arrange a character string along an arbitrary line segment composing a graphic when the graphic and the character string are inputted by mixing them, by arranging and outputting the character string designated by a character string designation means along the angle direction calculated by an angle calculation means. CONSTITUTION: At first, an arbitrary character string to be inserted into a map is inputted from an input device 3, a map cursor key KE is operated so as to designate the graphic element (line segment pattern) on which this character string is arranged and an arbitrary segment pattern is designated. Then, a control part 1 executes a graphic angle calculation processing and determines the angle of a segment. Next, the map cursor key KE is operated and the location on the map is designated as a character arrangement location. In this case, when the map cursor is moved to the vicinity of the designated segment where the character string should be arranged, the control part 1 reads character data, the character string angle corresponding to the data and a character size from a character string storage part 5-1 and arranges and outputs the character string along this angle direction.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a character string output device for arranging and outputting a character string along a line segment forming a map in a word processor or the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when a map is created by a word processor or the like, the name of a structure or the like is input in association with a line type figure arbitrarily drawn by a drawing function. The character string is input in the horizontal direction or the vertical direction in association with the figure.

[0003]

However, if the name of the road or structure is drawn in the tilting direction and the name is input in the horizontal or vertical direction, the balance becomes unbalanced and the figure and the character string are not matched. Correspondence shifts.
An object of the present invention is to allow a character string to be arranged in a well-balanced manner along an arbitrary line segment that composes a figure when a figure and a character string are mixed and input.

[0004]

The means of the present invention are as follows. (1) The line segment designating unit designates an arbitrary line segment pattern among the line segment patterns forming the figure. (2) The character string designating means designates a character string arranged along the line segment pattern designated by the line segment designating means. (3) The angle calculation means calculates the angle of the line segment pattern designated by the line segment designation means. (4), the output means arranges and outputs the character string designated by the character string designating means along the angular direction calculated by the angle calculating means. The output means determines the character size based on the length of the line segment designated by the line segment designating means, and arranges and outputs the character string designated by the character string designating means according to the character size. You may

[0005]

The operation of the means of the present invention is as follows. When an arbitrary line segment pattern is specified by the line segment specifying means,
The angle calculation means calculates the angle of the line segment pattern designated by the line segment designation means. Then, the output means arranges and outputs the character string designated by the character string designating means along the angular direction calculated by the angle calculating means. Therefore, when a figure and a character string are mixed and input, the character string can be arranged in a well-balanced manner along arbitrary line segments that configure the figure.

[0006]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment will be described below with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a word processor. The control unit 1 is a CPU that controls the overall operation of this word processor according to various programs stored in the ROM 2 or the like, and when character string data or graphic data is input from the input device 3, causes the display device 4 to display and output. At the same time, the character string data is stored in the character string storage unit 5-1 forming the RAM 5, and the graphic data is stored in the graphic storage unit 5-2. The input device 3 has a character key KA, a conversion key KB, an enter key KC, a character cursor key KD, a map cursor key KE, a map pasting key KF, etc., and character string data,
Input various commands in addition to graphic data. Here, the graphic data is composed of line segment types indicating straight lines, arcs, Bezier curves, etc. and line segment coordinates. The map paste key KF is a key operated when arranging a character string along an arbitrary line segment pattern on the map.

The RAM 5 has a structure having a character string storage unit 5-1 and a graphic storage unit 5-2, and the graphic storage unit 5-2 stores line segment coordinates and line segment types for each line segment forming a map. so,
The control unit 1 develops and displays the map on the display screen according to the line segment data. Here, when an arbitrary line segment pattern on the map is designated by the input device 3, the control unit 1 calculates the angle of the line segment and obtains the length of the line segment. The character string storage unit 5-1 stores the character string angle, the character string size, and the character arrangement position in association with the character string data input from the input device 3, and the control unit 1 calculates the angle of the line segment. At that time, the angle is registered in the character string storage unit 5-1 as a character string angle, and when the length of the line segment is calculated, the character string size is determined based on this length and the number of characters of the character string data. Then, it is registered in the character string storage unit 5-1. In addition, for each character that forms a character string arranged along the line segment pattern, the character arrangement coordinates are registered in the character string storage unit 5-1. The character conversion unit 6 converts the input kana character string into kana-kanji characters when the conversion key KB is operated. The printing device 7 prints out the map data in the RAM 5 when a print command is input from the input device 3.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described with reference to the flow charts shown in FIGS. Now, in the state where the name graphic forming the map is registered in the graphic storage unit 5-2 and the map is displayed on the display screen according to the contents of the graphic storage unit 5-2, an arbitrary line forming the map is displayed. When inputting and arranging the character string according to the minute pattern, the map paste key KF is operated. Then, the operation according to the flowchart shown in FIG. 2 is started. First, when an arbitrary character string to be inserted in the map is input from the input device 3, the input character string is displayed and output in the character input area on the display screen and stored in the character string storage unit 5-1 ( Step A1). In this case, the conversion key K
When B is operated, the input kana character string is converted into kana-kanji characters. FIG. 5 is a display state diagram in this case. Next, the map cursor key KE is operated to specify the graphic element (line segment pattern) in which this character string is arranged, and an arbitrary line segment pattern is specified (step A2). Then, the control unit 1
Executes figure angle calculation processing (step A3).

FIG. 3 is a flow chart showing this graphic angle calculation processing, and the upper right coordinate point (AX, A) of the designated line segment.
Y) is taken out (step B1), and then the lower left coordinate point (BX, BY) of the line segment is taken out (step B2).
Then, the calculation of (AY-BY) ÷ (AX-BX) is executed (step B3), and this is set as the value of arctan (step B4).

When the angle of the line segment is obtained in this way, the control unit 1 registers this angle as a character string angle in the character string storage unit 5-1 in association with the character string data (step A4). Then, one character size is obtained based on the length of the line segment and the number of characters in the character string, and registered in the character string storage unit 5-1. Move to character string size calculation / recording process (step A
5).

FIG. 4 is a flow chart showing this character string size calculation / recording process. The total length of the line segment is determined (step C1), and the left and right margins predetermined according to this total length are removed from this total length. Calculate the length (step C
2). Then, the calculated length is divided by the number of characters in the character string to roughly obtain the character size per character (step C3), and it is checked whether this character size is larger than the standard character size (step C4). ). As a result, if it is large, the character size is expanded within a predetermined range (step C5), and if it is small, the character size is reduced within the predetermined range (step C6). When the one character size is obtained in this way, the control unit 1 associates this character size with the character string data, and the character string storage unit 5-
1 is registered (step C7).

Next, the map cursor key KE is operated to specify the position on the map as the character string arrangement position (step A6). In this case, when the map cursor is moved to the vicinity of the designated line segment where the character string is to be arranged, the control unit 1 reads out the character data and the corresponding character string angle and character size from the character string storage unit 5-1. A character string is arranged and output along this angular direction (step A7). That is, a character string having a size corresponding to the character size is arranged on a virtual line segment that passes through the map cursor position in parallel with the designated line segment. In this case, the characters forming the character string are evenly arranged and arranged along the line segment excluding the left and right margins described above. It should be noted that the above-mentioned virtual line (a line that passes through the map cursor position and is parallel to the designated line segment) is sandwiched, and the two parallel lines are equally divided according to the number of characters. By arranging a character pattern for each character in each of the obtained frame areas, a character string parallel to the designated line segment can be drawn. FIG. 6 is a display state diagram in this case, and shows a state in which the character string “Onishikyo Station” is arranged on the map.

Next, the arrangement coordinates of the character string are detected for each character, and the arrangement coordinates are registered in the character string storage section 5-1 in association with the character string data (step A8). Such an operation is executed every time the map sticking key KF is operated. Fig. 7 shows the next character string "Daikyu Plaza" as described above.
Is a display state diagram in the case where after inputting and arranging on the map, the next character string "Seikyo University Faculty of Science and Engineering" is further input and the arrangement position is designated by the map cursor. In addition, the other character string "south exit" in the map is input as in the usual case.

As described above, in this embodiment, when a line segment that constitutes a map is designated and a character string indicating the name of a structure or the like on the map is input, the character string is mapped along the designated line segment. Can be placed on top and output. In this case, the character string has a character size calculated based on the number of characters and the length of the specified line segment, and the character string arranged along the line segment does not reach the left and right ends of the line segment, It can be placed in the area excluding the margins.

In the above embodiment, the case of creating a map is taken as an example, but it is needless to say that the same can be applied to the case of drawing a sketch of a room or the like. Further, in the above-described embodiment, the map cursor is moved to specify the character string arrangement position in the vicinity of the line segment, but the arrangement position is not necessarily specified. May be fixed to the subscript or the left subscript in advance, and the character strings may be arranged at regular intervals along the designated line segment.

[0016]

According to the present invention, in the case where a figure and a character string are mixed and input, the character string can be arranged in a well-balanced manner along an arbitrary line segment forming the figure. It will be convenient for creating.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a word processor.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing an operation when a map pasting key is operated.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing in detail the operation of step A3 (graphic angle calculation processing) of FIG.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing in detail the operation of step A5 (character string size, calculation recording process) of FIG.

FIG. 5 is a display state diagram when a character string to be inserted in a map is input.

FIG. 6 is a display state diagram when an input character string is inserted in a map.

FIG. 7 is a display state diagram when character strings of work are sequentially input in a map.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 control part 2 ROM 3 input device 4 display device 5 RAM 5-1 character string storage part 5-2 graphic storage part

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A line segment designating unit for designating an arbitrary line segment pattern among line segment patterns forming a figure, and a character string arranged along the line segment pattern designated by the line segment designating unit. A character string designating means, an angle calculating means for calculating an angle of the line segment pattern designated by the line segment designating means, and an angle calculated by the angle computing means for the character string designated by the character string designating means. A character string output device, comprising: an output unit configured to output along a direction. 2. The output means determines the character size based on the length of the line segment designated by the line segment designating means,
The character string output device according to claim 1, wherein the character string designated by the character string designating unit is arranged and output according to the character size.