JPH11134229A - Multiple language communication terminal equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a multiple language communication terminal equipment which takes in printing output data and screen display data and exchanges and compiles data with an image which is printed/outputted or is screen- displayed without regulation on the difference of universal characters which are taken in and mentioned and the file system of application software. SOLUTION: A device driver taking in printing output data/screen output data and writing them into a memory 11, system component translating data into a standard data system and a viewer which entitles multiple languages, multiplexes/generates industry/international standard data, transfers it to other electronic mail software and internet reference software and refers to generated data are provided. Thus, data obtained by printing/outputting or screen- outputting universal software operating in a platform which is technology-opened is written in the memory 11. The plural types of data are preserved in a file. Then, the attached file of the communication system software of internet browser software is obtained.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a multilingual communication terminal device, and more particularly to data output to a printer / plotter or the like by various application software used in a computer or data output to a main body and an optional display device. The present invention relates to a multilingual communication terminal device capable of data exchange and data editing without being restricted by the characters of the world in which the data is described and the file format of application software. In the present invention to be described below, the characters of the world refer to all the fonts in the languages of the world used for screens and printing. The file format of the application software means that data is imported / exported (data file input / output) so that when exchanging data with another application, the data cannot be exchanged unless the file format adopted by the application matches. Indicates the file format to use. Further, the data exchange is displayed on a printer or display,
It indicates data that can be read in page units of a print image, such as a document or a slip to be output, and means that data is exchanged using this print image. Further, in the present invention, the data editing refers to document data that can be created by word processor software capable of recognizing a code in character units, not data that is bit-mapped binary information. This includes not only cutting and pasting information, but also editing characters in a word processor.

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, information communication networks represented by the Internet have become widespread, social infrastructures capable of exchanging information on a worldwide scale are being prepared, and international data exchange has become possible. In each country, to communicate information,
A lot of hardware and software are circulated, and digital data created there are many file formats depending on the application software to be used, and cannot be ignored in performing the above-described data exchange via a network system. It is a constraint. Same platform (model and basic software must be the same)
Thus, data exchange without any problem can be performed between computers using the same application software, but data exchange may not be performed when using different application software even on the same platform. For example, an e-mail document created by a Japanese word processor, JustSystems Ichitaro Ver. 8, is converted to e-mail software Microsoft Incorporated.
An attempt is made to import (import processing) using telnet Mail. The import (import process) in the present invention indicates that another application data or data created by the same software is input to a file. This software cannot import (import) documents of Ichitaro Ver8 having different file formats. As described above, in order to exchange data having different file formats, at present, file conversion software for preparing the same file format is prepared, or data is recreated again using software conforming to the same file format. As another example, assume that a so-called virtual bookstore on the Internet guides a new book in three languages, Japanese, Chinese, and English.
In this case, if the homepage is viewed from a computer having a built-in Japanese and English character set to view information in Chinese, the data in the Chinese display portion cannot be read. The virtual bookstore means a virtual bookstore opened on the Internet. In particular, when trying to use Chinese, Korean, and Japanese, which are Asian double-byte languages, in English-speaking countries, in extreme cases, there are only a few people who purchase computers that can process each language. Furthermore, even those who are familiar with computers have experienced unexpected troubles and troubles with text data in different data formats, image files used in DTP, file formats that can be attached to e-mail software used on the Internet, etc. There are many people with. It should be noted that even text data composed of character data having different delimiter codes and character lengths cannot be exchanged with data, and thus are expressed as text data having different data formats as described above. The above DTP is Desk To
Abbreviation for p Publishing (desktop printing)
Here, this type of industry-standard image files such as GIF and JPEG, which are image file formats that can be captured by DTP software, are shown. Advances in information technology have led to the creation of new file formats in tandem with hardware and software technologies, enabling data processing in new fields, but the current situation is that digital data must be recreated. . Also, due to the differences in politics and culture of each country, the character code system has not been unified,
Digitized data is stored in CALS (Commerc)
e At LightSpeed), "Once created data is used repeatedly,"
The normal journey seems to be pretty tough. When handling characters on a computer, there is a code system used in each country and in computer systems.Here, the character codes used in the world are collectively referred to as a code system. ing. CALS is the latest term definition, and in the device of the present invention, the CALS
In order to realize the generation of this kind of industry file and international file which realizes the standardization of files, which is the basis of the information technology, the expression CALS is used. In this way, even at the present stage when data can be processed with the characters of the world, the characters of the world can be seen at the same time on one computer, and data in various file formats created by geometrical application software can be transferred. It is impossible to handle easily. The more accurate meaning of "the world's characters can be seen at the same time on one computer" is that the device of the present invention is capable of data processing of each typeface in the world's languages. Means that each typeface in the languages of the world can be expressed.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In view of the above-mentioned circumstances, the present invention takes print output data and screen display data into account without being limited by differences in the character of the world described and the file format of application software. It is an object of the present invention to provide a multilingual communication terminal device capable of exchanging and editing data. The print output data indicates data used for print output by application software or basic software. The screen display data indicates data to be output to the screen by the operation of application software or basic software.

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a multi-language communication terminal device which captures print output data and screen output data and writes the data into a memory, and a system for translating the data into a standard data format. It is composed of components and a viewer that can generate multilingual notation, further multiplexes industry and international standard data, transfers it to other e-mail software and Internet browsing software, and browses created data Writes the print output or screen output data of the software of the world running on the current platform to the specified memory space, saves several types of files in the standard data format adopted in each field, e-mail software, Internet browser software, etc. Of communication software It is characterized in that a file. The meanings of the print output data and the screen output data are as described above. The meanings of the above terms and concepts are as follows. The device driver is software that generates a file of print output data and screen output data, which are basic functions of the present invention device, as data in a common format. Basic device software and application software display two screens at the same time as the screen display, and generate and process a file of the same concept as that created by the word processing software in units of one screen. The standard data format is a general term for a file format that is a global standard or an industry standard of this kind. The system component means a device of the present invention decomposed into a plurality of elements according to a data flow. Multilingual means that a typeface other than English is output to a screen or a printer. The industry / international standard data indicates a world standard corresponding to each data such as a document, a drawing, an image, a graphic, etc., and a file format frequently used in this kind of industry. The viewer is display software for displaying, searching, editing, and printing a file inside the apparatus of the present invention on a screen. The attached file is referred to as an attached file when application data is transmitted / received as a file in mail software. The multilingual communication terminal device according to the second aspect of the present invention is the multilingual communication terminal device according to the first aspect, wherein the data that can be printed out and output on the screen includes types such as documents, drawings, graphics, photographs, slips, and forms. It is characterized in that a plurality of character sets can be browsed simultaneously without restriction, regardless of the word or type of the character set being written. The character set described above means a typeface designated at the time of printing or printing. A multilingual communication terminal device according to a third aspect of the present invention is the multilingual communication terminal device according to any one of the first and second aspects, wherein the dedicated device driver is a component constituting the multilingual communication terminal device, A system component that translates internal data into a standard data format and a viewer that enables multilingual display are provided in the following (1),
The present invention is characterized in that the present invention is embodied in any one of the forms (2) and (3), combines existing software components, and enables multilingual data exchange. (1) A combination of software (dedicated driver, data translation system component, viewer) that writes data to the memory space inside the computer. (2) Combination of software (dedicated driver, system component for data translation, viewer) + dedicated hardware for writing data to dedicated option memory board or dedicated external memory box. (3) Software (dedicated driver, viewer) +
Combination of dedicated CPU board (implementation of system components for data translation made into custom LSI). The meaning of the above-described viewer and the like is as described above. The meanings of the above terms and concepts are as follows. The dedicated driver is driver software provided exclusively for the device of the present invention.
This means software that saves print output data and screen display data as a file of common format data. The data translation system component refers to software that converts an internal common format file into world standard data of this kind and industry standard data. The dedicated option memory board is a dedicated memory board to which the printout data and screen display data, which are the basic functions of the device of the present invention, are converted to a file of a common format and output, and inserted into the option slot of the computer main body. I do. The dedicated external memory box is a dedicated external memory box connected to the device of the present invention, which outputs print data and screen display data, which are basic functions of the device of the present invention, converted to a file of common format data. Show. The dedicated hardware is an abbreviation for a memory box, a memory card, a printer, a plotter, a computer board, and the like in which the system components of the apparatus of the present invention are incorporated. The dedicated CPU board refers to a computer board incorporating a system component of the data processing function of the device of the present invention. Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in more detail. The multilingual communication terminal device provided by the present invention includes a device driver that takes in print output data and screen output data and writes it to a memory, a system component that translates the data into a standard data format, and a multilingual notation that enables multilingual notation. It is composed of a viewer that can generate international standard data in a multiplexed manner, transfer it to other e-mail software and Internet browsing software, and browse the created data. The device driver which is this component is different from the device driver of the conventional printer and modem.
It is designed not for the purpose of controlling a specific device, but for the purpose of controlling a virtual device capable of saving print output data or screen output data as a file, in other words, various memory devices that generate a general-purpose data file. While existing device drivers are created for many models with different specifications, the device driver of the present invention is provided for various peripheral devices that write print output data and screen output data to memory. Is what is done. By the action of the device driver, the print output data and the screen output display data can be filed on the memory with exactly the same image as output to a printer or a plotter display. The data at this stage is unified into internal general-purpose data, passed to the data translation system component, and a general-purpose standard file is created. The internal general-purpose data is data in which printout data and screen display data are grammatically analyzed and stored in the apparatus of the present invention as a common data file, and indicates the common data file. A universal standard file is a world standard, this type of industry standard file. This general-purpose standard file has a coding system of U
The multi-lingual processing and data standardization format are adopted by adopting a nicode table. The viewer browses the general-purpose standard file. This viewer uses this general-purpose standard file as an e-commerce /
Systematically convert and provide each standard data format for the Internet, industry standards, and international standards. The standard data format refers to a world standard, this type of industry standard file. As described above, a procedure and a problem in data processing in which a user of the multilingual communication terminal device can create data and display the data on a viewer are summarized as follows, citing examples. (Operation procedure on the transmitting side and flow of data processing) Create e-mail to send with Chinese word processor (Micr
software Windows 95 Chinese version). 2. Terminal software SmartTerminal S
software, dedicated device driver SmartD
The river is installed in the multilingual communication terminal device. The above SmartDriver indicates a dedicated device driver. 3. Select the printer model to be used for SmartDrive
Specify to r. 4. Print processing with Chinese word processor. 5. SmartDriver writes data to memory. 6. A translation system component translates this data into internal generic data. 7. The viewer converts the internal general-purpose data into a general-purpose standard file Smart File. 8. Viewer is a general-purpose standard file SmartFile
Is output as a file in the SGML format. 9. The mail software sends the SGML format file as an attached file to a remote business partner. (Recipient's operation procedure and data processing flow) The customer who has received the SGML format file from the sender is Internet browser software Netsc
Open the file with e-mail software of ape Navigator Ver2.0 (The business partner does not have a Chinese word processor, and SmartTerminal So
ftware has already been installed and the Chinese character set has been confirmed to be set.) 11. Furthermore, when the SmartFile icon of the attached file is clicked, SmartTermina is displayed.
l Software started and you could see the business documents in Chinese. Further, as shown in FIG. 1, the multilingual communication terminal device of the present invention uses a dedicated memory board (C) in addition to a method of temporarily storing print output / screen output data in a memory area of a memory 11 in a computer.
PU board) 12, Dedicated optional memory card 13,
There are a plurality of realization methods in combination with independently designed system components such as an external memory board and a custom LSI to improve the data processing speed and to respond to diversification of purposes and shapes. It can be roughly classified into the following three categories. 1. Software (dedicated driver, data translation system component, viewer). 2. Software (dedicated driver, data translation system component, viewer) + dedicated hardware. (While 1 writes data to the memory space inside the computer, method 2 writes data to a dedicated option memory board or a dedicated external memory box.) Software (dedicated driver, viewer) + dedicated CPU board (built-in system components for data translation). Method 3 is a method in which a data translation system component is made into a custom LSI and mounted on a CPU board. As a result of this series of data processing, the viewer can view the print and output images on the screen. The operation menu of the viewer can be selected from a monolingual display mode, a bilingual display mode, and a multilingual display mode in which only a specific word is displayed, and is characterized by characters in any world. The single language display mode indicates a mode in which one language, for example, one of English and Japanese is displayed and printed.
The bilingual display mode is a mode in which other languages such as Japanese, Chinese, and French are displayed on one screen, mainly in English. The multilingual display mode indicates a mode in which two or more languages and typefaces other than English can be displayed. The character set used here is provided by a CD-ROM or a dedicated server system. In the dedicated server system, the world's character sets are stored in accordance with the multilingual communication terminal code system of the present invention. By connecting to a server system, any character set can be downloaded. By porting the system components of this multilingual communication terminal device to more open architecture computer systems, a multilingual terminal environment can be realized at the world level independent of the platform and data can be exchanged with each other. become. An open architecture computer system refers to a computer system equipped with a platform (basic software) that discloses technical specifications. Platform refers to basic software that publishes technical specifications, for example, Microsoft W
Windows 95, UNIX, etc. Next, the function and data flow of each component of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIG. The multilingual communication terminal device of the present invention is composed of the following components, and the function and data flow of each component from data input to data processing output are as follows. The multilingual communication terminal device according to the present invention is
(SmartTerminal Adapter), and in the following description, each component is defined as STA C
component, the STA dedicated driver is described as Smart Driver, and the standard data format of the STA coding system is described as SmartFile.

[Table 1] The details of the STA Component in Table 1 will be described below. 1. STA Component (0) / SmartD
river; dedicated device driver Recognizes the naming of print / screen output issued by application software. It reads the hardware information set inside, recognizes the write address, receives the data, and writes it to memory from that address. The data format at this time is a printer / display source code. 2. STA Component (1) / Data Translation System Component Analyzes the source code in naming and data units, and replaces the data in page units with the naming set of the internal code. The same processing is repeated until the last page to which data is written, and the data is written to the memory in page units. If there is data that cannot be analyzed, the error information is sent to the Smart Drive.
Feedback to er. 3. STA Component (2) / Internal general-purpose data translation system component The internal code format data created for each page is converted into internal general-purpose data (code, coordinate data, character attribute, vector information, line type, image data) and stored in memory. Forward. 4. STA Component (3) / SmartF
The ile image display system component requests the SmartDriver to receive the necessary data to be displayed on the screen from the SmartDriver, receives the resolution, character code, and security information, passes it to the screen display software, and starts it. 5. STA Component (4) / SmartF
ile generation system component The STA component requests the following, receives information necessary for processing, and generates a SmartFile. The internal general-purpose data of the STA Component (2) is received, and the following operation is performed. STA Component (0) / SmartDri
Receives resolution, character code, and security information from ver. STA Component (7) / receives the character code to be displayed, and reads the character font from the code table. STA Component (8) / SmartFil
Create a header / footer page of e and add it before and after the data when generating the file. 6. STA Component (5) / Industry / International Standard Data Translation System Component By naming STA Component (9), the original data Smart File is created in the following flow to create industry / international standard data. Here, HTML, SGML,
IGES, described as industry / international standard data. The number of files is N (N: integer value, maximum 9999). (1) HTML conversion program According to the HTML grammar, the naming code / data is analyzed and converted, and written into the memory. (2) SGML conversion program In accordance with the SGML grammar, the naming code / data is analyzed and converted, and written into the memory. (3) IGES conversion program According to the IGES grammar, the naming code / data is analyzed and converted, and is written into the memory. N. In addition, according to the grammar of this kind of industry data, international standard data conversion program, and other file formats, the naming code data is analyzed, converted, and written into the memory. By repeating the above processing, an arbitrary file format can be created by executing each program, and after the creation, the STA Component
The file is output to the folder name (storage area of the storage device) designated by nt (9). 7. STA Component (6) / Unicode
e and the current transcoding system component STA Component (9)
It is started when A Component (5) is executed. The Unicode is data-processed as a common code between the terminals of the STA, but is executed when an individual code system adopted by another application is used. 8. STA Component (7) / Language mode switching system component In response to the request of STA Component (9), S
Provide a menu described for each language that the TA can process. STA Component according to the procedure shown in Table 2 below
Information is passed to (3).

[Table 2] For example, in the request of STA Component (9),
When the language / font identification code 2002 is selected, data (character font) of a Gothic character set of the Japanese code system is delivered to the STA Component (3). The same data processing is performed when another language / font identification code is selected. 9. STA Component (8) / SmartF
ile header / footer page creation system component When STA Component (4) is executed, the following Table 3
Create the data shown in and update the header and footer information before and after the data.

[Table 3] 10. STA Component (9) / User's interface / system component Performs operation instructions for the entire STA. STA Component
The components from nt (0) to STAComponent (8) mutually function organically in response to an operation instruction to perform desired data processing. 11. STA Component (10) / Smar
tFile editing system component In accordance with an instruction from the STA Component (9), editing processing such as cutting and pasting of a plurality of Smart Files and pasting of dictionary, fixed phrase and template display data is performed. 12. STA Component (11) / Smart showing STA dictionary, fixed phrase, and template search system components
By designating terms and fixed phrases in the File, data expressed in arbitrary words is searched and displayed.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below. (First Embodiment) English version of Microsoft Win
dows95, Smart Terminal So
ftware was installed to create a multilingual processing environment, and a Chinese word processor was used to create business documents in the traditional Chinese character set. Then, mail transmission processing was performed in the following procedure. The transmitting side is referred to as terminal 1 and the receiving side is referred to as terminal 2. The terminal 2 uses the English version of Apple MacOS to execute Netscape Na
vigator Ver2.0, SmartTermi
nal Software is installed. Step 1: SmartTerminal Sof at terminal 1
Start tware. Step 2: Change the printer model to Sma to perform print processing
It was set to rtDriver. Step 3: The Chinese word processor was activated, and the created mail was output to the designated SmartDriver. Step 4: Business document is SmartTerminal
Saved in SmartFile format for Software. Step 5: In addition, Microsoft Internet
Mail was started, a greeting was written, and the created business document was sent to the mail address of the terminal 2 as an attached file. Step 6: Terminal 2 performs Netscape Navigate
Activated r Ver 2.0, and received the business document of the terminal 1 using the e-mail software. Step 7: When the icon of the attached file is double-clicked, the Smart Terminal Software starts up and the mail can be viewed in Chinese. (Second Embodiment) N in English version of Apple MacOS
etscape Navigator Ver2.0,
Japanese kit, Korean kit, Chinese kit and Smar
t Terminal Software is installed. Follow the steps below to create a homepage on the Internet for mail order sales of books in Japanese, Korean, and Chinese. Procedure 1: The English version of Apple MacOS was started, and the Japanese kit was started next. Step 2: The book title was expressed in English and Japanese, and each file was saved. Step 3: Launched the Korean kit, created a book title list in Korean characters and saved the file. Step 4: Launch the Chinese kit, create a list of book titles in simple Chinese fonts, and save the file. Step 5: SmartTerminal Softwar
e was activated to activate the SmartDriver (the function is working). Step 6: Set the environment for print processing of each kit for English, Japanese, Korean, and Chinese document files.
The print processing was performed by setting to tDriver. Step 7: As a result, homepage manuscripts in Japanese, Korean, and Chinese were created in three types of SmartFile format, and could be viewed with the SmartTerminal Software viewer. Step 8: SmartTerminal Softwar
Using the cut-and-paste function of the editing function of e, a homepage in English, Japanese, Korean, and Chinese was written, and this SmartFile format data was saved as a file under one document name. Step 9: SmartTerminal Softwar
e, launch the industry and international standard data creation program,
The created SmartFile format data was converted to create a description language HTML document for the homepage. (Third Embodiment) The terminal 1 is a Microsoft W
Windows 95 Internet Mail and Sm
ArtTerminal Software is installed and AutoDesk AutoCAD creates an explanatory drawing to be submitted to a magazine in data format DXG using AutoCAD,
The original is sent to the mail address of the terminal 2 on the receiving side of the magazine company. DXG is a CAD from Autodesk, USA.
This is a standard format of software and AutoCAD, and has become a practical industry standard in the CAD field. Terminal 2 is Appl
e Adobe Photoshop running on MacOS
Create a manuscript with op. Netsca on computer
pe Navigator Ver 2.0 is incorporated. Follow the steps below for Autodesk AutoCAD
The data format DWG created in Adobe Photoshop
Execute data processing that can input a file to oshop. Procedure 1: In the terminal 1 on the transmitting side, the system is started and Mi is started.
Microsoft Internet Mail Sma
rtTerminal Software ・ Autod
Esk AutoCAD is started. Procedure 2: First, drawing data was created using AutoCAD and saved in a file. Step 3: Specify the model name of the XY plotter of the output device as Sma
Specify to rtDriver. Step 4: The drawing data was output to SmartDriver. Step 5: The drawing data is converted to SmartFile,
The file could be saved. Step 6: Microsoft Internet Ma
il was started, and the created SmartFile was transmitted to the mail address of the terminal 2 as an attached file. Step 7: Terminal 2 uses Netscape Navigate
Activated r Ver2.0 and received the drawing data with the attached mail software. Step 8: SmartTerminal Softwar
e, run the program for creating industry / standard data and convert the SmartFile to the image data format PICT
(Quick Draw Picture Format
t) and saved as a file in the folder name SMART. Step 9: Adobe Photoshop was started, and the image data of the folder name SMART was input as a file using the import function of the software. Step 10: The captured image data was cut and pasted into the photograph data of the magazine manuscript and edited. This data was saved in a file and the composition was output. According to the present invention described above, documents, drawings, graphics, photographs, slips, forms, and the like, which are digital data described in various countries and created by various computer systems used in the world, are utilized over a network. Data can be exchanged with each other, and editing of these data can be realized.

According to the novel and novel invention described in detail above, digital data, documents, drawings, graphics, and digital data written in various characters in various countries created by various computer systems used in the world. Multi-language communication terminal device capable of mutually exchanging data of photos, slips, forms, etc. by print output or screen display image using a network between different platforms and applications, and realizing editing of these data. Can be provided.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram of a multilingual communication terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 11 Computer Memory 12 Dedicated Memory Board 13 Dedicated Optional Memory Board

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A device driver which takes in print output data / screen output data and writes it to a memory, a system component which translates the data into a standard data format, and a multi-language notation which enables multi-generation of industry / international standard data The software consists of a viewer that can deliver the data to other e-mail software and Internet browsing software, and browse the created data. A multilingual communication terminal device that writes in a memory space, saves several types of files in a standard data format adopted in each field, and attaches the file to communication software such as e-mail software and Internet browser software. . 2. The data which can be printed out and outputted on a screen can be a plurality of data at the same time irrespective of the type of document, drawing, graphic, photograph, voucher, form, etc., and irrespective of the word or type of the character set described. 2. The multilingual communication terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the character set can be browsed without restriction. 3. The multi-language communication terminal device comprises the dedicated device driver, a system component for translating internal data into a standard data format, and a viewer capable of multi-language display, as described in (1) below. ,
The multi-language data exchange according to any one of claims 1 and 2, wherein the multi-language compatible data exchange is enabled by realizing in any one of the forms (2) and (3) and combining existing software components. Language communication terminal. (1) A combination of software (dedicated driver, data translation system component, viewer) that writes data to the memory space inside the computer. (2) Combination of software (dedicated driver, system component for data translation, viewer) + dedicated hardware for writing data to dedicated option memory board or dedicated external memory box. (3) Software (dedicated driver, viewer) +
Combination of a dedicated CPU board (implementation of a system component for data translation made into a custom LSI).