JPH0990931A - Method and device for color character formation - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To automatically paint the inside and outside of an element, composed of a closed outline, in different colors by generating a color character by assembling colored elements. SOLUTION: This device is composed of a keyboard 111, a decision circuit 112, address generating circuit 113 and 118, character information storage parts 114 and 119, a one-character buffer memory 115, an output control circuit 116, an output device 117, and a controller. Elements which are closed outlines and are minimum units constituting a character are painted in different colors. Namely, the elements constituting the character are given addresses one to one and the character is inputted to generates the addresses by the elements in order; and element information and predetermined color information for painting the elements in the different colors are extracted according to the addresses and then the colored elements are generated from the element information and color information and assembled to form the color character.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a color character producing method and a color character producing apparatus for giving a strong impression to a viewer in an advertisement sentence, a sentence in a presentation, a sentence to be emphasized or the like. The term "element" as used in the present specification constitutes one character by a point having a closed contour line which is a minimum unit of the character, a vertical bar, a horizontal bar, a halo, and the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In general, characters are solid black or have outlines drawn in white.
In addition, characters may be colored to give a strong impression to the viewer. In the production of such color characters, a color is designated and filled inside each contour line. Alternatively, the color character is created by designating one color for the entire character.

[0003]

However, a color character in which colors are separately applied to each element having a closed contour line, which is the minimum unit of the character, has a problem that it takes a lot of time and effort to manufacture the character. In addition, in the case of producing colored letters with different impressions for the same letter, it is not possible to understand without trial-making. In this case, it is very troublesome to make a large number of color characters having the same character but different impressions. When making a sentence by combining color letters, even a sentence composed of each letter that gives a desired impression,
The whole impression may be bad. In such a case, changing the color scheme of color characters is very troublesome. A color character producing method and a color character producing apparatus for automatically recoloring each element having a closed contour line have not been developed yet.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and a color character producing method and color capable of automatically applying different colors to the inside and outside of an element constituted by a closed contour line. It is an object to provide a character producing device. The present invention, in order to change the impression of color letters,
An object of the present invention is to provide a color character production method and a color character production apparatus capable of designating a plurality of colors. An object of the present invention is to provide a color character producing method and a color character producing apparatus which can be automatically produced and can be easily read.

[0005]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

(First Invention) In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the method for producing colored characters of the present invention is one in which an element, which is a minimum unit constituting a character, can be painted in different colors with a closed contour line. By assigning an address to each element that constitutes a character and inputting the character, the address of each element is sequentially generated, and the element information stored based on the address and the element are painted separately After extracting the color information, a color-painted element is generated from the element information and the color information regarding the element, and a color character is produced by assembling the color-painted element.

(2nd invention) The method for producing color characters of the present invention is
It is characterized in that color-coded characters are produced by having color information in the outline formed inside and outside the elements forming the characters.

(Third invention) In the color character producing method of the present invention, the color for painting the inside or outside of the contour line formed by the elements constituting the character can be specified and is sequentially repeated according to the stroke order of the character. To do.

(Fourth Invention) In the color character producing method of the present invention, the color for painting the inside or outside of the contour line formed by the elements constituting the character can be specified and can be painted at random.

(Fifth Invention) In the color character production method of the present invention, the inside or outside of the contour line formed by the elements constituting the character is black or gray at a constant ratio.

(Sixth Invention) The color character producing apparatus of the present invention is
With a closed contour line, the smallest unit that constitutes a character is painted in different colors,
A discrimination circuit 112 for discriminating whether or not there is a designation for differently coloring a character, an address generation circuit 113 for generating a different address for each element forming the character, and an address generated by the address generation circuit 113. It is composed of a character information storage device 114 in which contour information of an element and color information of the element are stored, and a buffer memory 115 for one character forming one character based on the contour information of each element and the color information thereof. It

(Seventh Invention) The color character producing apparatus of the present invention comprises:
With a closed contour line, the smallest unit that constitutes a character is painted in different colors,
A discrimination circuit 112 for discriminating whether or not there is a designation for differently coloring a character, an address generation circuit 113 for generating a different address for each element forming the character, and an address generated by the address generation circuit 113. A character information storage device 114 in which contour information of elements is stored, a color order storage circuit that stores designated colors in that order, and a color generation circuit that generates colors to be applied in the order of generation of contour information of elements, It is composed of the contour line information of each element and a one-character buffer memory 115 for assembling a color character with a color in a specified order.

(Eighth Invention) The color character producing apparatus of the present invention comprises:
It is characterized by being provided with a random number generation circuit or a random number table that can randomly change the stroke order of characters or the order of designated colors.

(Ninth Invention) The character information storage device in the color character production device of the present invention is characterized in that information is stored such that at least one of the elements becomes black or gray.

[0014]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

(First Invention) The applicant of the present invention can easily apply different colors to each closed contour line of an element, which is the minimum unit for forming a character, to easily make an impression such as an advertisement or a presentation. We focused on being able to create the sentences used. The character has an address for each element that is made up of closed contours. When creating a color character, the character is first input. By inputting a character, an address for each element configured by a closed contour line is sequentially generated, and in order to paint the contour line information and the contour line of the element stored based on the address, The predetermined color information is extracted. Then, one color-painted element is generated based on the outline information of the element and the color information about the element. Then, the colored elements are assembled to automatically create one color character.

(2nd invention) The color character of the present invention is an element which constitutes a character and has a different color not only in the inside surrounded by the closed contour line but also in the part surrounded by the outer contour line. Can have information. By doing so, many color letters with different impressions are produced.

(Third Invention) With respect to the elements constituting the character, the color for painting the inside or outside of the closed contour line can be designated in advance. Then, the color designated in advance is applied in the designated order, for example, in the order of strokes of the characters. When the specified color goes round,
In addition, it returns to the first color, and by repeating this in sequence, the color is automatically applied in the order in which the letters were written.

(Fourth invention) With respect to the elements that form a character, the color for painting the inside or outside of the closed contour line is, for example, a plurality of colors designated in advance and the stroke order are assigned, for example, and this order is set. Random order is given by a random number table. Then, in this random order, colors are randomly assigned. With respect to such color characters, even if the same character is produced, different color characters are always created, and the impression can be changed from time to time.

(Fifth Invention) Depending on the color of the element forming the character, which is applied to the inside or outside of the closed contour line, it may be difficult for the reader to read instead of giving a different impression. In order to prevent such a defect, black or gray is inserted in a predetermined ratio in addition to the designated color.

(Sixth Invention) When a character is input, the discrimination circuit determines whether or not there is a designation for differently coloring the inside and outside of the contour line of the element forming the character. When the determination circuit determines that there is a designation to color-code, the address generation circuit generates a different address for each element of the input character. With respect to the input character, the address generated by the address generation circuit extracts the contour line information of the element and the color information of the element from the character information storage device. In the one-character buffer memory, one input character is assembled based on the contour line information of each element and its color information.

(Seventh Invention) When a character is input, the determination circuit determines whether or not there is a designation for differently coloring the inside and outside of the outline of the element forming the character. When the determination circuit determines that there is a designation to paint different colors, the address generation circuit generates a different address on the contour line of each element forming the input character. With respect to the input character, the address generated by the address generation circuit extracts the contour line information of the element from the character information storage device. On the other hand, the color order storage circuit stores the designated colors in that order. The color generation circuit generates colors in a designated color order or other order. Then, the one-character buffer memory automatically assembles color characters with the colors in the order specified by the contour line information of each element.

(Eighth Invention) For example, the random number generating circuit or the random number table can randomly change the stroke order of characters or the order of designated colors. Then, by making the stroke order of characters or the order of designated colors random, even if the same character is repeatedly used in one sentence, it is possible to obtain a different impression character at each time.

(Ninth Invention) The character information storage device stores information such that at least one of the elements is black or gray. As described above, even if a sentence is composed of various color characters, at least one of the elements constituting the character is black or gray, so that the sentence is easy to see.

[0023]

EXAMPLE FIG. 1 is a schematic block configuration diagram for explaining a color character producing apparatus which is an example of the present invention. In FIG. 1, the color character producing apparatus determines a keyboard 111 for inputting characters and the like, and a discrimination circuit 11 for discriminating whether or not there is a designation for differently coloring each element.
2 and a first address generating circuit 113 for generating an address for each contour line of the element when it is determined that a color is designated for each element, and the first address generating circuit 113 generates the address. Based on the outline information of the element and the outline information and color information of the element, the outline information of the element and the predetermined color information for coloring the inside of the outline are stored in the specified address. Character buffer memory 115 for assembling a character, an output control circuit 116 for displaying or printing the assembled character, an output device 117 including a display device or a printing device for outputting the character, and the discrimination circuit. In 112, when it is determined that a normal character has been input without specifying a color character, the address of that character The second address generating circuit 11 for generating
8, a second character information storage device 119 in which contour information of the character based on the address generated by the second address generation circuit 118 is stored, and a control device of a color character manufacturing device (not shown). It is configured.

FIG. 2 is a flow chart for explaining the operation of the color character producing apparatus in FIG. The color character producing apparatus of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2.
First, a desired character is input using the keyboard 111 (step 211). The discrimination circuit 112 examines whether or not the setting for differently coloring the input character elements is set (step 212). When the determining circuit 112 determines that the color of each input character is set to be different, the first address generating circuit 113 generates an address for each element of the input character ( Step 213).

Based on the first address, the outline information of the element and its color information are extracted from the first character information storage device 114 into the buffer memory 115 for one character (step 214). Further, the control device (not shown) performs a process for coloring the element based on the color information (step 215). When the address has the outline information and the color information of the element, step 215 is unnecessary. Then, when the contour line information and the color information are separately provided, after the element is configured, a process for adding the color is performed. Next, the control device next checks whether or not there is contour information of the element (step 216). When the control device determines that there is contour line information of the element next time, the control device determines “1” for n.
Is added (step 217). That is, the contour line information of the element corresponding to the second address and the color information of the contour line are extracted and stored in the buffer memory 115 for one character (step 214).

The controller continues as long as there is element contour line information for the input character, and then, if there is no element contour line information, checks whether there is a next character (step 218). Next, if there is an input character, the process returns to step 211 through (a) in FIG. 2 and the same operation as described above is repeated. If there is no input character, the operation ends. The control device not shown is
In the one-character buffer memory 115, a process for assembling each colored element into a desired character is performed (step 219). The character completed as the input character is processed by the output control circuit 116 for displaying or printing, and then the output device 11
7 is displayed or printed (step 220).

At step 212, the discrimination circuit 112.
If the second address generation circuit 118 determines that there is no setting for differently coloring each element of the input character.
Generates an address corresponding to the character (step 221). The outline font data of the character stored at the address is extracted into the buffer memory 115 for one character (step 222). Thereafter, the input character is subjected to the processes of step 219 and step 220 as in the case of producing the color character, and then the output device 11
Displayed or printed on 7.

FIG. 3 is a schematic block diagram for explaining a color character producing apparatus which is another embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 3, the color character producing apparatus determines a keyboard 311 for inputting characters and the like, and a determination circuit 31 for determining whether or not designation is made to color-separate each element.
2 and the first address generation circuit 313 that generates an address for each element and the address generated by the first address generation circuit 313 when it is determined that a color is designated for each element. A first character information storage device 314 in which contour information of an element is stored, a single character buffer memory 315 for assembling a character based on contour information of the element and color information from a color generating circuit described later, and An output control circuit 316 for displaying or printing the selected character, an output device 317 including a display device or a printing device for outputting the character, and a color order storage circuit 318 for storing the order in which colors are set by the keyboard 311. And a color generation time for generating colors according to the color order stored by the color order storage circuit 318. 319, no designation of the color character by the determination circuit 312, if the normal character is input, the second address generating circuit 320 for generating an address of the character
And a second character information storage device 321 in which outline font data of the character based on the address generated by the second address generating circuit 320 is stored,
It is composed of a control device of a color character production device (not shown).

FIG. 4 is a flow chart for explaining the operation of the color character producing apparatus in FIG. The color character production apparatus of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4.
First, a desired character is input using the keyboard 311 (step 411). The discrimination circuit 312 checks whether or not the setting for differently coloring the input character elements is set (step 412). When the determination circuit 312 determines that the color of each input character is set to be different, the first address generation circuit 313 generates an address for each element of the input character ( Step 413).

Based on the first address, the outline information of the element is extracted from the first character information storage device 314 into the buffer memory 315 for one character (step 414). On the other hand, for example, a plurality of colors are input from the keyboard 311 (step 415). The control device (not shown) checks whether or not the color designation is completed (step 416). The investigation of whether or not a color has been specified continues until the color specification is completed. When the color designation is completed, the color order storage circuit 318 stores the designated color order (step 417). After that, the control device (not shown) performs a process of repeatedly sending the color information in the order of the designated color (step 418).

Further, the control device causes the color generation circuit 319 to generate color information by associating the designated order of the colors with the generation order of the elements, for example, the stroke order (step 41).
9). In the one-character buffer memory 315, the contour line information of the element corresponding to the address and the color generating circuit 31 are stored.
Based on the color information generated in step 9, the process for painting the inside of the outline of the element is performed by the control device (step 420). Next, the control device next checks whether or not there is contour line information of the element (step 421). When the control device determines that there is contour line information of the element next, it adds "1" to n (step 422). That is, the contour line information corresponding to the address of the second element is extracted and stored in the buffer memory 315 for one character (step 414).

The control device (not shown) performs a process for assembling each color-painted element in the one-character buffer memory 315 so that a desired character is formed (step 423). The character completed as the input character is displayed or printed by the output device 317 after the processing for displaying or printing is processed by the output control circuit 316 (step 424). The control device repeats the above operation as long as there is contour information of the element for the input character, and if there is no contour information of the element, it is checked whether there is a character next (step 425). Next, if there is an input character,
Returning to step 411 through (b) in, the operation similar to the above is repeated, and if there is no input character, the operation ends.

At step 412, the discrimination circuit 312
If the second address generation circuit 320 determines that there is no setting for coloring the input character elements separately,
Generates an address corresponding to the character (step 426). The outline font data of the character stored in the address is extracted from the second character information storage device 321 to the one-character buffer memory 315 (step 427). After that, the input character is displayed or printed by the output device 317 after the processes of step 423 and step 424 are performed as in the case of the color character.

Next, another embodiment of the present invention will be described. For example, a character such as "mouth or day" generated in a portion surrounded by the outside of the contour line may have contour line information and color information in the portion surrounded by the outside of the contour line. In addition, the color generation circuit 3 in FIG.
The numeral 19 is provided with, for example, a random number generating circuit, a random number table, and the like, and the designated color order and stroke order can be changed each time. In this way, when the same character is repeated in one sentence, since it is painted in different colors each time, it is possible to make the character always give a different impression to the viewer.

Colored characters may be hard to read due to the combination of colors, instead of giving a strong impression to the viewer. In order to prevent such a case, black or gray is adopted for the contour line at a constant rate. In the case of the embodiment shown in FIG. 1, since the color information of the contour line is stored in advance in the first character information storage device 114, the impression and readability should be taken into consideration when setting the color character. . In the case of the embodiment of FIG. 3, black or gray may be inserted when the color is designated, or the color generation circuit 3
In 19, it can be set to always include black or gray at a fixed ratio.

FIG. 5 is a specific example of the present invention and is a diagram for explaining a case where three kinds of colors are selected. In FIG.
Reference numerals 11 to 15 are examples in which the same character "Sho" is applied by selecting three different colors. FIG.
Since the colors cannot be expressed, the colors are shaded and the impression of the characters is not expressed accurately. FIG. 6 is a table showing the correspondence between the selected color combinations in FIG. 5 and their codes. In FIG.
(A) to (c) show the places painted on the letters.

Although the present embodiment has been described in detail above, the present invention is
The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment. Various design changes can be made without departing from the present invention described in the appended claims. For example, although the block circuits and the like in FIGS. 1 and 3 are not described in detail in the embodiments, they are not inventions of the block circuits and the like, and therefore known or well-known circuits can be used.

[0038]

According to the present invention, a color character based on predetermined color information is automatically created by only designating a color character. According to the present invention, by designating an arbitrary color, color characters giving different impressions are automatically created. According to the present invention, by designating a plurality of colors, it is possible to paint each element of a character at random, so that different impression colors are automatically created for the same character each time. According to the present invention, by making at least one of the elements black or gray, it is possible to make a color character that is strong to the viewer and easy to read.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic block configuration diagram for explaining a color character production device that is an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the color character production device in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a schematic block configuration diagram for explaining a color character production device that is another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flow chart for explaining the operation of the color character production device in FIG.

FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining a case where three types of colors are selected in a specific example of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a table showing a correspondence between selected color combinations and their codes in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 111, 311 ... Keyboard 112, 312 ... Discrimination circuit 113, 313 ... First address generation circuit 114, 314 ... First character information storage device 115, 315 ... One character buffer memory 116, 316 ... Output control circuit 117, 317 ... Output device 118, 320 ... Second address generation circuit 119, 321 ... Second character information storage device 318 ... Color sequence storage circuit 319 ... Color generation circuit

Claims (9)

[Claims] 1. A method for producing a color character in which an element, which is a minimum unit for forming a character, is colored in different colors with a closed contour line, an address is given to each element forming the character, and the character is input. By sequentially generating the address for each element, and after extracting the element information stored based on the address and the predetermined color information for coloring the element, the element information and the color information about the element A method for producing a color character, which comprises producing a color element from and producing a color character by assembling the color element. 2. The method for producing a color character according to claim 1, wherein the color character is produced by having color information in the outline formed inside and outside the element forming the character. 3. The method for producing a color character according to claim 1, wherein the color for painting the inside or outside of the contour line formed by the elements forming the character can be specified and are sequentially repeated according to the stroke order of the character. 4. The method for producing a colored character according to claim 1, wherein a color for painting the inside or outside of the contour line formed by the elements constituting the character can be specified and is randomly applied. 5. The method for producing a color character according to claim 1, wherein the color for painting the inside or outside of the outline formed by the elements forming the character is black or gray at a constant ratio. 6. A color character producing apparatus that uses a closed contour line to paint an element, which is a minimum unit that constitutes a character, in different colors, and determines whether or not there is a designation for differently coloring the character. Discrimination circuit, an address generation circuit that generates a different address for each element that constitutes a character, and character information in which the contour line information of the element and the color information of the element are stored at the address generated by the address generation circuit. A color character production apparatus comprising: a storage device; and a buffer memory for one character forming one character based on contour information of each element and its color information. 7. A color character producing apparatus that uses a closed contour line to paint an element, which is the smallest unit that constitutes a character, in different colors, and determines whether or not there is a designation for differently coloring the character. A determination circuit, an address generation circuit that generates a different address for each element that forms a character, and a character information storage device that stores the contour line information of the element at the address generated by the address generation circuit. A color order storage circuit that stores colors in that order, a color generation circuit that generates colors to be applied in the order in which the contour line information of elements is generated, and a color character that is constructed using the contour line information of each element and the colors in the specified order. Color character producing device characterized by being composed of a buffer memory for one character 8. The color character producing apparatus according to claim 7, further comprising a random number generating circuit or a random number table capable of randomly changing the stroke order of characters or the order of designated colors. 9. The character information storage device stores information such that at least one of the elements becomes black or gray.
The described color character production device.