JPH0844333A - Graphic input device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily make inputted character patterns correspond to partial patterns. CONSTITUTION:The data on the input instruction stored in a data ROM is displayed on a display 7 by control of a CPU at the time of inputting the character patterns with a pattern input device. The data on the input instruction includes the data to display the character patterns by dividing a rectangular frame 15 covering the entire part of the character patterns to first and second regions 17, 18 corresponding to the plural partial patterns constituting the character patterns. The data on the input instruction include the data which displays the entire part of the regions corresponding to the partial patterns to be inputted and to leave the remaining regions not to be inputted as a blank. Then, the inputted character patterns are easily made to correspond to the partial patterns by inputting the character patterns according to the input instruction.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a graphic input device, and more particularly to a device for inputting a graphic pattern such as a kanji character pattern for each partial pattern consisting of a radical or a symbol. .

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a word processor (hereinafter abbreviated as word processor), when displaying images on a CRT or LCD or printing with a printer, Mincho typeface or Gothic type designed in advance using dots or vector fonts. The character pattern of the typeface such as the body was used. While the character pattern of such typeface has the advantage of being easy to read, when creating a private document such as a letter, it is not possible to reflect the individuality of the user who creates the document, and the human warmth is maintained. It has the drawback of lacking.

In order to solve such a drawback, a word processor is being developed which uses a character pattern handwritten by a user, instead of using a character pattern of a typeface. Traditionally, in such word processors, the alphabet,
It was necessary for the user to pre-register by handwriting all the characters used, such as hiragana, katakana, and kanji. However, with regard to kanji, even the common kanji is 1
Since there are a large number of 945 characters, if all of them are registered by handwriting, the user will have to make a great effort.
Although the characters registered by handwriting are stored in the storage device provided in the word processor, if all the characters to be used are stored individually, a huge storage capacity is required.

Therefore, a device disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2-258271 (IPC; B41J 2/485) has been proposed. In this publication, handwritten characters are stored as a basic symbol pattern composed of radicals and symbols, which are constituent units, the basic symbol pattern is read out, decomposed, enlarged, and reduced and output, and the output result is output. The content of synthesizing to generate a character pattern is disclosed. Therefore, in this device, it is necessary to input a large number of basic symbol patterns based on personal handwriting in advance.

Conventionally, as a device for inputting a character pattern, character pattern data by an individual handwriting input by an image scanner, a digitizer or the like is analyzed and associated with each other as a partial pattern (basic symbol pattern). For example, when the character pattern "Autumn" is input, "Nogihen" and "Fire" of the input character pattern data are respectively recognized and associated as partial patterns.

[0006]

However, in the above-mentioned character pattern input device, when analyzing the input character pattern data, the radicals and symbols included in the pattern must be recognized. Therefore, a high-level pattern recognition process is required, and a large-capacity memory and a high-speed arithmetic device (CPU) are required, which makes it difficult to associate partial patterns and the device itself becomes complicated. There is a point.

By the way, in recent years, word processors are required to have a DTP function of not only simply creating a document but also laying out handwritten illustrations (graphics) and symbols in combination with the document. As described above, when inputting a graphic pattern such as a handwritten graphic or a symbol, there is the same problem as in the case of analyzing the character pattern data described above.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and an object thereof is to provide a figure input device capable of easily associating an inputted figure pattern with a partial pattern. is there.

[0009]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above problems, the invention according to claim 1 is characterized in that an instruction for inputting a graphic is displayed on a display means. .

A second aspect of the present invention is characterized in that, when a graphic is input, an instruction for inputting each partial graphic forming the graphic is displayed on the display means. According to a third aspect of the invention, input means for inputting a graphic composed of a plurality of partial graphics, and when the graphic is input by the input means, the graphic is input for each of the partial graphics. The gist is that the display means for displaying the instruction is provided.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided input means for inputting a graphic pattern composed of a plurality of partial patterns, and first storage means for storing the graphic pattern data input by the input means. Second storage means for storing data relating to an instruction for inputting the graphic pattern for each partial pattern, graphic pattern data stored in the first storage means, and stored in the second storage means. Display means for displaying data relating to the input instruction,
The gist of the present invention is to include control means for controlling the display means so as to display the data relating to the input instruction stored in the second storage means when the graphic pattern is input by the input means.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the fourth aspect, the data relating to the input instruction includes data for distinguishing a partial pattern to be input and a remaining partial pattern which is not an input target. Is the gist.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the fourth aspect, the data relating to the input instruction is data obtained by dividing an area covering the entire graphic pattern into partial areas corresponding to the partial pattern, and a partial pattern to be input. The gist of the present invention is to include data for distinguishing and displaying the partial area corresponding to and the remaining partial area that is not the input target.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in the sixth aspect, the area covering the entire graphic pattern is an area formed by a rectangular frame, and the partial area is divided within the rectangular frame. The main point is that it is an area.

[0015]

According to the first aspect of the invention, by inputting the graphic according to the instruction displayed on the display means, the correspondence of the graphic becomes easy.

According to the invention described in claim 2, by inputting a graphic according to an instruction for inputting the graphic displayed on the display means for each partial graphic, the graphic is easily associated with the partial graphic. It becomes possible.

According to the third aspect of the invention, when the graphic is inputted by the input means, the graphic is inputted in accordance with an instruction for inputting for each partial graphic displayed on the display means. Can be easily associated with the partial figure.

According to the invention described in claim 4, when the graphic pattern such as the character pattern is inputted by the input means, the control means controls the display means to store the input stored in the second storage means. Display data about instructions. Therefore, by inputting the graphic pattern according to the input instruction,
The graphic pattern can be easily associated with the partial pattern.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, since the input instruction distinguishing between the partial pattern to be input and the remaining partial pattern which is not the input target is displayed, which partial pattern should be currently input is determined. I know if.

According to the invention described in claim 6, since the input instruction for distinguishing the partial region corresponding to the partial pattern to be input and the remaining partial region which is not the input target is displayed on the display means, It is possible to know where the partial pattern to be currently input corresponds to the figure pattern.

According to the invention described in claim 7, it is possible to easily form the area covering the entire graphic pattern and the partial area and display the area on the display means.

[0022]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT An embodiment embodying the present invention will now be described with reference to FIGS.
It will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 2 shows the system configuration of the character pattern input (registration) device. The character pattern input device includes a central processing unit (hereinafter referred to as CPU) 1 serving as control means, a program ROM (read only memory) 2, a data ROM (read only memory) 3 serving as second storage means, and R as the first storage means
It has an AM (random access memory) 4.
The character pattern input device also includes a keyboard 5, a pattern input device as input means 6, a display 7 as display means, and an external storage device 8. Each device 1
8 are connected to each other via a system bus 9.

The CPU 1 operates based on the character pattern input program stored in the program ROM 2. The character pattern input program has a routine for inputting a character pattern by handwriting. The data ROM 3 stores various character pattern data corresponding to the JIS division code, and also stores data for displaying an instruction on the display 7 when inputting each character pattern in association with a partial pattern. . This input instruction data includes data obtained by dividing an area covering the entire character pattern into partial areas corresponding to partial patterns, partial areas corresponding to partial patterns to be input, and remaining partial areas not to be input. Includes data for distinct display. RAM4 is CPU1
Stores various data necessary for execution of the program stored in the program ROM 2, and also temporarily stores the processing result of the CPU 1.

The keyboard 5 outputs a command for executing a character pattern input program and various data to the CPU 1 based on the operation of the operator. The pattern input device 6 is composed of a digitizer, and the character pattern data input based on the operation of the operator is used as the coordinate data for the CP.
Output to U1. The display 7 displays the processing result of the CPU 1 according to the output from the keyboard 5 and the pattern input device 6 to the CPU 1. External storage device 8
Reads data from an external storage medium (not shown) such as a floppy disk or a hard disk, and writes character pattern data or the like into the external storage medium.

Next, the screen displayed on the display 7 when the character pattern is input will be described. As shown in FIG. 1, in the upper left portion of the screen 11 of the display 7, a code number display area 12 for displaying the JIS division point code number of the character pattern is provided. Below the code display area 12, a character display area 13 for displaying the character corresponding to the code number is provided. On the right side of the code number display area 12 and the character display area 13, an input instruction display area 14 for displaying an instruction for sequentially inputting a character pattern for each partial pattern is provided. In the case of Kanji, the partial pattern (also referred to as partial glyph) is a pattern of radicals and characters or symbols excluding the radicals. For example, the kanji "Kai" displayed in the character display area 13 is an outer glyph "Kuni ga mae" and an inner glyph excluding "Kuni ga mae". Is formed by a partial pattern.

In the input instruction display area 14, a rectangular frame 15 that surrounds the entire character pattern is displayed corresponding to the character pattern, and the area formed by the rectangular frame 15 is divided into a plurality of areas corresponding to the partial patterns. A boundary line 16 for doing is displayed. For example, in the case of the kanji "Kai", the boundary line 1
6 is displayed as a rectangular frame having a smaller area than the rectangular frame 15 at the center of the rectangular frame 15. In this example, the rectangular frame 1
The region formed by 5 is divided into a first region 17 as a partial region between the boundary line 16 and the rectangular frame 15, and a second region 18 as a partial region surrounded by the boundary line 16. Then, the first and second areas 17 and 18 are displayed as a whole (filled) when the character pattern is input for each partial pattern. That is, in this embodiment, the first and second
By sequentially displaying the entire areas 17 and 18, it is possible to instruct which partial pattern should be input. In Figure 1,
The first area 17 is entirely displayed (shown with diagonal lines), the second area 18 is blank, and the entire display is the first area.
It means an instruction to input "Kuni ga mae" in the area 17.

Character display area 13 and input instruction display area 1
An input pattern display area 19 for displaying a character pattern input by using the pattern input device 6 is provided below 4.

3A to 3D show an example of division of the area of the rectangular frame 15. FIG. 3A shows an example applied when the Chinese character “sand” is input with the partial patterns of “stone” and “small”. In this example, the boundary line 16 is displayed as a straight line connecting the centers of the upper and lower sides of the rectangular frame 15, and the region of the rectangular frame 15 is divided into a first region 20 on the left side and a second region 21 on the right side.

FIG. 3B shows an example applied when inputting the Chinese character "cloud" in the partial patterns of "rain" and "unknown". In this example, the boundary line 16
Is displayed as a straight line connecting the centers of the left and right sides of the rectangular frame 15, and the region of the rectangular frame 15 is divided into an upper first region 22 and a lower second region 23.

In FIG. 3 (c), the kanji "store" is replaced with "mamadare".
And an example applied when inputting with a partial pattern of "fortune". In this example, the boundary line 16 is the rectangular frame 15.
Is displayed as a bending line that is slightly shorter than the left side and the upper side connecting the right side and the lower side of the rectangular frame 15, and the area of the rectangular frame 15 has a hook-like shape.
The area 24 and the rectangular second area 2 similar to the rectangular frame 15
It is divided into 5 and.

FIG. 3 (d) shows an example applied when inputting the kanji "ma" in the partial pattern of "mon (mamon)" and "day". In this example, the boundary line 16 is displayed as a horizontal U-shaped bending line connecting two points near the center of the lower side of the rectangular frame 15, and the region of the rectangular frame 15 is a horizontal U-shaped first region 26 and It is divided into a rectangular second region 27 surrounded by the first region 25.

A rectangular frame 15 is shown in FIGS.
Although an example in which the area is divided into two is shown, there are cases where the area is divided into three or more depending on the number of partial patterns of kanji.

A case of inputting the Chinese character "" by using the character pattern input device configured as described above will be described. When an instruction to execute the character pattern input program is output to the CPU 1 based on the operation of the keyboard 5 by the operator, the CPU 1 starts the execution of the program. Based on the operation of the operator's keyboard 5, JIS
When the ward point code number “1883” is input, the CPU 1
Reads the character pattern data of "times" stored in the data ROM 3 and the data for displaying the input instruction of the "times" and outputs it to the display 7. Then
As shown in FIG. 1, the code display area 1 of the display 7
“1883” is displayed in 2, and “times” is displayed in the character display area 13. At the same time, in the input instruction display area 14, a rectangular frame 15 and a boundary line 16 composed of a rectangular frame having a smaller area than that of the rectangular frame 15 are displayed at the center of the rectangular frame 15, and the boundary line 16 and the rectangular frame First between frame 15
The entire area 17 is displayed.

Next, when the partial pattern outside "Kuni ga mae" is input based on the operation of the pattern input device 6 by the operator, the CPU 1 causes the input pattern display area 19 of the display 7 to be displayed as shown in FIG. The partial pattern is displayed on. Then, when an instruction to end the input of the partial pattern "Kuni ga mae" is output to the CPU 1 based on the operation of the keyboard 5 by the operator, the CPU 1 controls the display 7 to switch the display of the screen 11. That is, as shown in FIG. 5, the CPU 1 switches from the screen 11 in which the first area 17 is entirely displayed to the screen 11 in which the second area 18 surrounded by the boundary line 16 is entirely displayed.

Next, when the partial pattern inside the "mouth" is input based on the operation of the pattern input device 6 by the operator, the CPU 1 displays the input pattern in the input pattern display area 19 of the display 7, as shown in FIG. The partial pattern is displayed together with the previously entered partial pattern of "Kuni ga Mae". Then, based on the operation of the keyboard 5 by the operator, an instruction to complete the input of the partial pattern of the “mouth” is issued by the CPU 1.
Is output to the CPU 1, the CPU 1 determines that the input of all the partial patterns is completed. Then, the CPU 1 RA-receives the input partial patterns of “Kunigamae” and “mouth”.
It is stored in M4 or the external storage device 8 and the program for inputting the character pattern of the Chinese character "" is ended.

As described above, in the present embodiment, when a character pattern of Chinese characters is input, the first and second areas 17 and 18 are sequentially and entirely displayed on the display 7, so that the partial pattern to be currently input can be displayed. You can clearly see where the whole character is. Since the operator inputs a character pattern for each partial pattern according to the instruction, it is not necessary to analyze the input character pattern data and associate it with the partial pattern. As a result, sophisticated pattern recognition processing, a large-capacity memory, and a high-speed arithmetic device are not required, and the input character pattern data can be easily associated with the partial pattern. Further, the configuration of the input device itself is simplified, and an inexpensive device can be provided.

Further, since the data relating to the division of the area of the rectangular frame 15 displayed in the input instruction display area 14 is classified and stored in the data ROM 3 in advance according to the individual character pattern, the stored division is stored. Multiple character patterns can be entered based on the data for.

Furthermore, since the area of the rectangular frame 15 is simply divided by a straight line, a rectangular frame, or the like, the dividing process can be easily performed. Also, when the inner partial pattern "mouth" is input, it is displayed in the input pattern display area 19 together with the previously input outer partial pattern "Kunigamae", so that the balance of the entire character is considered. It is possible to input a character pattern while.

The present invention may be embodied as follows, and in that case, the same effect as that of the above-mentioned embodiment can be obtained. (1) In addition to the above embodiment, the area of the rectangular frame 15 may be divided into two as shown in FIGS. 7A to 7D, or FIGS. 7E, 7F and 8 It may be divided into three as shown in (a) and FIG. 8 (b). 7 (a) is, for example, the kanji "box", FIG. 7 (b) is, for example, the kanji "expression", FIG. 7 (c).
For example, FIG. 7D shows an example of inputting a character pattern of a Chinese character "ku", for example, a Chinese character "side". Figure 7
7E is a kanji character "Nada", FIG. 7F is a kanji character "habit", FIG. 8A is a kanji character "product", and FIG. 8B is a kanji character "愁". This is an example of inputting. In the case of three divisions, two boundary lines 16
It is divided by a and 16b.

Further, the area of the rectangular frame 15 is shown in FIGS.
It is divided into four as shown in FIG.
It may be divided into five as shown in (f). FIG. 8C is a character pattern of, for example, the Chinese character “submarine”, FIG. 8D is a character of the Chinese character “Ai”, FIG. 8E is a character pattern of the Chinese character “Dan”, and FIG. This is an example of inputting each. In the case of four divisions, it is divided by three boundary lines 16a to 16c. In the case of five divisions, four boundary lines 16a to
It is divided by 16d or three boundary lines 16a to 16c.

(2) The display 7 constituting the character pattern input device and the pattern input device 6 may be integrated. That is, the display 7 may be configured by a touch panel, and the character pattern may be directly input to the screen 11.

(3) The character display area 13 and the input instruction display area 14 may be provided in the same size and at the same position, and the characters and the first and second areas 17 and 18 may be displayed in an overlapping manner.
By doing this, the areas 17 and 18 that are entirely displayed
It can be surely recognized which partial pattern of the character. In this case, the entire display area 1
It is necessary to be able to visually recognize characters (partial patterns) overlapping 7 and 18.

(4) The input instruction display area 14 and the input pattern display area 19 are provided in the same size and at the same position,
The first and second areas 17 and 18 and the input pattern may be displayed in an overlapping manner. By doing so, it is only necessary to input the partial pattern in the areas 17 and 18 that are displayed as a whole, so that the character patterns can be input in a well-balanced manner. In this case, when inputting a partial pattern in the areas 17 and 18 which are entirely displayed, it is necessary to visually recognize the partial pattern.

(5) When displaying the first and second areas 17 and 18 as a whole, the display state and the non-display state may be repeated at regular intervals. By doing so, it is possible to exaggerately display the input instruction of the partial pattern to the operator.

(6) The first and second areas 17 and 18 may be used to confirm the input character pattern. That is, when confirming the outer partial pattern "Kunigae", the first area 17 is entirely displayed in red, for example,
The second region 18 is entirely displayed in black, for example. Also, when confirming the inner partial pattern "mouth", the first area 1
7 is entirely displayed in black, and the second region 18 is entirely displayed in red. By doing so, the input character pattern can be confirmed for each partial pattern.

(7) The present invention may be embodied in a device for inputting a figure composed of a combination of a plurality of partial figures in addition to the character pattern. The pattern input device in the present invention is defined as follows.

Pattern input device: A device for inputting a graphic pattern such as characters, and includes a digitizer, a tablet, a trackball, a dome point, a pointing device such as a mouse, and a display device that also serves as an input device such as a touch panel.

The inventions other than the claims which can be understood from the above-mentioned embodiments will be described below together with their effects. In the apparatus according to claim 6 or 7, the data relating to the input instruction includes data in which a partial area corresponding to a partial pattern to be input is wholly displayed and the remaining partial area which is not an input target is blank. In this way, it is possible to clearly know where the partial pattern to be currently input corresponds to the entire figure.

[0049]

As described above in detail, according to the present invention, the input graphic pattern data can be easily associated with the partial pattern.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing a state in which a first area for indicating a partial pattern to be input first is entirely displayed on a display of a character pattern input device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of a character pattern input device.

FIG. 3 shows an example of division of a rectangular frame area displayed on a display, and FIGS. 3A to 3D are explanatory diagrams showing a state where the area is divided into two.

FIG. 4 is a schematic view showing a state in which a partial pattern input on a display of a character pattern input device is displayed.

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram showing a state in which a second area for instructing a partial pattern to be input next is entirely displayed on the display of the character pattern input device.

FIG. 6 is a schematic view showing a state in which a partial pattern input is displayed on the display of the character pattern input device.

FIG. 7 shows another example of division of a rectangular frame area displayed on the display, (a) to (d) showing a state where the area is divided into two, and (e) and (f) divided into three. It is explanatory drawing which shows a state.

FIG. 8 shows another example of division of a rectangular frame area displayed on the display, (a) and (b) showing a state where the area is divided into three, and (c) and (d) divided into four. Shows the state,
(E), (f) is explanatory drawing which shows the state divided into five.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 ... CPU as control means ... Data ROM as second storage means 4 ... RAM as first storage means 6 ... Pattern input device as input means 7 ... Display as display means 15 ... Rectangular frame 17 ... First region as partial region 18 ... Second region as partial region

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A graphic input device adapted to display an instruction for inputting a graphic on a display means. 2. A graphic input device adapted to, when inputting a graphic, display on a display means an instruction for inputting each partial graphic constituting the graphic. 3. Input means for inputting a graphic composed of a plurality of partial graphics, and when inputting a graphic by the input means, an instruction for inputting the graphic for each of the partial graphics is displayed. A graphic input device having a display means. 4. An input means for inputting a graphic pattern composed of a plurality of partial patterns, a first storage means for storing graphic pattern data input by the input means, and the graphic patterns for each partial pattern. Second storage means for storing data relating to an instruction to be input to the graphic pattern data stored in the first storage means,
And display means for displaying data relating to the input instructions stored in the second storage means, and data relating to the input instructions stored in the second storage means when the graphic pattern is inputted by the input means. A graphic input device having a control means for controlling the display means so as to be shown. 5. The graphic input according to claim 4, wherein the data related to the input instruction includes data for distinguishing a partial pattern to be input and a remaining partial pattern that is not an input target. apparatus. 6. The data relating to the input instruction is not a target of input, including data obtained by dividing an area covering the entire graphic pattern into partial areas corresponding to partial patterns, and partial areas corresponding to partial patterns to be input. The graphic input device according to claim 4, wherein the graphic input device includes data for distinguishing and displaying the remaining partial area. 7. The area covering the entire graphic pattern is an area formed by a rectangular frame, and the partial area is an area divided within the rectangular frame. The graphic input device described in.