JPH0931730A - Clothing pattern paper making system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a pattern paper making system enabling inputting operation even without confirmation on a screen each time by automatically setting the ending code for line when the finally entered point is inputted nearly at the same position as for the starting point even if the positions of the starting point and/or end point are not remembered during inputting the points on a pattern paper from a digitizer. SOLUTION: If the distance between an inputted point and the starting point is at a specified value or smaller ('YES' in S22), these two points can be assumed as the same coordinate; whether the point just before the inputted point is the starting point or not is examined, and if not ('NO' in S23), the system is assumed to be returned to the starting point after one cycle corresponding to a loop; therefore, the ending code for a line is set in an input data buffer 224 (S24), and a buzzer is actuated to indicate the ending of the line and the relevant message is displayed on a screen (S25).

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a clothing pattern creating apparatus for creating pattern data for creating clothes having a desired shape by sequentially inputting a plurality of point coordinates.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a clothing pattern making apparatus using a computer such as an apparel CAD, each line segment (outer peripheral line, other internal lines, ground line of sight, etc.) constituting a pattern from a coordinate input device such as a digitizer. ), The position coordinates of the points (corner points, curved points, notches that are peculiar to clothing patterns) that make up each line segment, and the position coordinates of points (button position points, drill holes, etc.) independent of the line segment Input the points one by one, connect the corner points with straight lines, and connect the curved points with arcs or spline curves to input the shape of the pattern, and then correct the pattern displayed on the display. In addition, he was creating a new pattern. At the time of this preparation, the operator tended to enter the position coordinates and the type of the point toward the large tablet board.

[0003]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional pattern making apparatus, when a point is inputted from the coordinate input device such as a digitizer, the pattern to be inputted is placed on the tablet plate of the digitizer, and an appropriate pattern on the template is placed. Enter points in order from the point. The state of inputting is displayed on the screen of the workstation etc., but it is not always easy for the operator who is inputting the screen to see it, and there is a possibility that he forgets to see the screen because he is so absorbed in the input. Often, while I was typing, I often forgot to know what point I had entered. In addition, the outer peripheral line of the pattern is always a closed line segment, so if you enter an appropriate point as the start point, you will not know where the end point will be and you will enter the point you have already entered, or the true end point. I often made mistakes when I stopped typing in the foreground and the shape of the paper pattern collapsed. In order to prevent this, you have to compare the screen and the pattern paper and check repeatedly from which point you want to continue, and you must mark the start point and the end point of the pattern paper document on the tablet board in advance. It was difficult and troublesome to use.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a clothing pattern making apparatus that does not need to confirm on the screen whether or not the end point has been inserted.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, the clothing pattern creating apparatus according to claim 1 of the present invention is a storage means for sequentially storing a plurality of input point coordinates, as shown in FIG. And a discriminating means for discriminating whether or not the distance between the start point coordinate stored as the start point in the storage means and the latest point coordinate stored last, and the discriminating means discriminating within the constant range. And a control means for performing processing for interrupting or ending the input regarding the point. Therefore, the discriminating means discriminates whether or not the distance between the start point coordinates stored as the start point in the storage means and the latest point coordinate stored last is within a certain range, and the last stored point and the start point are stored. The position relative to the point stored as is automatically detected.
The control means automatically performs a process of interrupting or ending the input regarding the point when the determining means determines that the input is within a certain range.

The clothing pattern making apparatus according to the second aspect of the invention is provided with a control means for notifying an operator who operates the input means of information for interrupting or terminating the point-related input. The fact that the point memorized in is approaching the starting point is automatically notified.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention.

A clothing pattern creating apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention is a central processing unit (CP) that controls the entire system.
U) 21, RAM 22, ROM 23, coordinate input device 24 such as digitizer, display device 25 for displaying the input pattern and other information, printing device 26 for printing the input pattern, reading of hard disk, etc. A writable external storage device 27 and a voice output device 28 for outputting voice are provided. The RAM 22, the ROM 23, the coordinate input device 24, the display device 25, the printing device 26, the external storage device 27, and the voice output device 28 are connected to the CPU 21, respectively.

A data area 221 for storing various data in the RAM 22, a working area 222 for executing a program, and a display memory 2 for writing display data.
23 etc. In the data area 221, an input data buffer 224 for storing the coordinate value of the input point and the type of the point, a pattern buffer 225 for storing the input pattern data, and a starting point data buffer 226 for setting the starting point data are provided. included. FIG. 3 shows an example of the input data buffer 224.

The ROM 23 stores a system program 231 for controlling the entire system.

As shown in FIG. 4, the coordinate input device 24 includes a tablet plate 241, a coordinate indicator 242, and a coordinate input device 2.
A controller 243 for controlling the entire unit 4 and an interface cable 244 for transmitting data to the central processing unit (CPU) 21 are provided. As shown in FIG. 5, the coordinate indicator 242 includes a coordinate reading focus 245, a plurality of instruction buttons 246, and an ON / OFF controllable LED 247.
It has. The instruction button includes a corner point designation button 2
46A, a curve point designation button 246B, a line start point designation button 246C, a line end designation button 246D, a pattern end button 246E, a pattern start button 246F, and a digitize end button 246G. Tablet board 241
Each of the instruction buttons 246A to 246 of the coordinate indicator 242 above
When G is pressed, the coordinate reading focus 2 when it is pressed
Coordinate values of 45 on the tablet plate 241 and button types are sent to the central processing unit 21 via the interface cable 244.

To input the template, the operator sets the template to be input on the tablet plate 241 of the coordinate input device 24, and positions of each point on the outer peripheral line of the template are sequentially arranged along the line in the coordinate indicator 242. The designation button 246 is pressed.
That is, the coordinate reading focus 245 of the coordinate indicator 242.
To the point to be input, and if it is a corner point of the figure, the corner point designation button 246A of the coordinate indicator 242 is pressed. If it is a point on a curve, the curve point designation button 246B is pressed. At both ends of the curve, the corner point designation buttons 246A are pressed.
Also, for one connected line, the line start point designation button 246
It starts by pressing C and ends by pressing the end point designation button 246D of the line at the end point. Input the inside lines other than the perimeter line in the same way. For one pattern, input is started after pressing the pattern start button 246F. When all the line segments on one pattern have been input, the pattern end button 246E is pressed. The digitize end button 246G is pressed to end the system.

The display device 25 is for displaying the input pattern and other data and messages, and includes a display screen 251 for displaying the input pattern. The printing device 26 is for printing the input and edited template. The external storage device 27 stores the input data such as the pattern. The voice output device 28 is for outputting a voice such as an error buzzer.

The operation of inputting the pattern of the clothes, which is one embodiment of the present invention configured as described above, will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. 6 to 7.

When the power is turned on, the system program stored in the ROM 23 is activated and executed. When the system program is started, the digitizer is initially set (S1) and each buffer is cleared (S2). Then, it waits for the operator to press the designation button (S3).

When the designated button is pressed, the type of the button is checked, and if it is the digitize input end button (YES in S4)
S), the program ends. Pattern end button 246E
If so (YES in S5), the input data for one pattern is saved in the pattern buffer 225 (S6), and the process returns to the waiting for pressing the next designation button. Pattern start button 246F
If so (YES in S7), the inputted pattern paper displayed on the display screen 251 is erased (S8), and the process returns to the waiting for pressing the next designation button.

If the pressed button is any other button, data processing of the input point is performed (S9), and a mark indicating the type of point is displayed at a position on the display screen 251 corresponding to the coordinates of the input point. The line connecting the and marks is displayed (S10), and the process returns to the waiting for pressing the next designated button.

Next, referring to the flowchart of FIG.
Details of the data processing will be described.

If the type of the input point is not the start point (S
No in 21), the coordinates of the input point are compared with the data in the start point buffer and the distance is not less than a certain value (S22).
Since it can be considered that the coordinates are not the same as the start point, the coordinate data is set in the input point buffer 224 (S2
8) The data processing ends. If the input point is the start point (YES in S21), the start point data is set in the start point data buffer (S27), the coordinate data is set in the input point buffer 224 (S28), and the data processing ends.

If the distance between the input point and the starting point is equal to or less than a certain value (YES in S22), the two points can be regarded as the same coordinates, so it is checked whether the point immediately before the input point is the starting point. If not (NO in S23), it can be considered that the circuit has traveled around the closed line segment once and returned to the start point, so the end code of the line is set in the input data buffer 224 (S24).
A voice indicating the end of the line is output, a line end message is displayed on the screen (S25: interruption of point input or notification processing as part of the end processing), and the data processing is ended. If the point immediately before the input point is the start point (YES in S23), it means that the point has been input at the same position subsequent to the start point, so it is regarded as an error and an error voice is output (S26) to perform data processing. finish.

As is clear from what has been described above, according to the clothing pattern making apparatus of this embodiment, when the outer peripheral line (closed line segment) is input, the circuit moves once around and returns to the position of the starting point. By automatically setting the code indicating the end of the line and indicating to the operator that one round has been entered,
Since the operator can enter the input without looking at how far it is on the screen, it is possible to input without worrying about the start and end positions.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and various modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention. For example, in the above-described configuration, the buzzer is leveled to inform the operator when one round has been input, but the same effect can be obtained by using an LED or the like. Further, although only the pattern input function is shown in the above embodiment, other editing and correction functions may be provided depending on the purpose of use of the system, the interlocking state with other systems, and the like.

In the above-described embodiment, if it is determined in S22 that the latest input point has substantially the same coordinates as the input start point, the end processing is performed at once, but after S25, this end is performed. Insert a process that asks the operator whether or not to return to the point input process from the above process, and smooth the pattern (constricted pattern) that has an intermediate point that is close to the input start point but not the input end point. It may be configured to be able to input to. Furthermore, the process of S22 may be selectively paused to perform the conventional process.

Further, in the above-mentioned embodiment, the processing of S22 contributes so that the number of input points does not exceed one round. However, after inputting already input points,
The processing of S22 is applied to the point stored in the storage device, a coordinate that is almost the same as the input start point is found, and a check function is added to delete the data of the point stored after the point having that coordinate. You may add it.

[0026]

As described above, according to the clothing pattern creating apparatus of the first aspect of the present invention, the distance between the starting point coordinates stored as the starting point and the latest point coordinates stored last is constant. By automatically detecting the relative position between the last stored point and the point stored as the start point based on whether it is within the range or not, by automatically performing the process of interrupting or ending the input related to the point , It is possible to prevent re-input of already input points and generation of uninput points.

In the clothing pattern making apparatus according to the second aspect of the present invention, the operator who operates the input means is automatically informed of the information for interrupting or ending the point input, so that the operator inputs the point based on the information. It is possible to accurately judge whether or not to continue.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing an example of an input data buffer according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing an example of the configuration of a coordinate input device.

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram showing an example of the configuration of a coordinate indicator.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an outline of an operation in one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing data processing according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 21 CPU 24 Coordinate Input Device 25 Display Device 28 Audio Output Device 224 Input Data Buffer 231 System Program

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A clothing pattern creating apparatus for creating pattern data for creating clothes having a desired shape by sequentially inputting a plurality of point coordinates, and a memory for sequentially storing a plurality of input point coordinates. Means, a determining means for determining whether or not the distance between the starting point coordinates stored as the starting point in the storage means and the latest stored point coordinates is within a certain range, and a certain range by the determining means. A clothing pattern making apparatus comprising: a control unit that performs a process of interrupting or ending the input regarding the point when it is determined to be inside. 2. The control means performs a process of informing an operator who operates the input means of information for interrupting or terminating the input regarding the point.
The described clothing pattern making device.