JPH11232276A - Character processor, processing method of character data and storage medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To perform a desired character processing by discriminating difference of glyphs which are similar to each other to be used between countries and districts even when a document is prepared by using unified character codes. SOLUTION: Data is read (S1) and the read data is judged whether it is the data of the character code or not (S2). When its answer is negative (No), the read data is judged whether it is glyph switching data or not (S3), when the data is the glyph switching data, Chinese is discriminated whether it is specified or not (S5), when Chinese is specified, a Chinese glyph is selected (S6). Specified glyphs (Chinese (Taiwanese), Korean, Japanese) are selected in the similar process afterward (S7 to S11).

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a character processing apparatus, a method for processing character data, and a storage medium, and more particularly, to a character processing apparatus such as a display apparatus for displaying character data or a printing apparatus for printing out, and the character processing apparatus. The present invention relates to a method of processing character data using a processing device, and a storage medium storing a program processed by the character processing device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art When a document is prepared using characters corresponding to a plurality of countries and regions using a character processing device, display and printing are performed using characters used in those countries and regions (hereinafter, both of these are referred to as "characters"). It is necessary to simply write “display”).

Therefore, in a conventional character processing device,
In accordance with IS02022, a character code is switched for each code set such as Japanese or Chinese. That is, for example, when creating a document in Japanese, set the code set to a Japanese-only code system and create a document in Japanese. Documents were written in Chinese with the code system set.

Further, recently, it has become possible to create a document without switching code sets by using a unified character code system called ISO10646 or Unicode. That is, the above-mentioned unified character code system assigns specific character codes to all characters in the world, and by displaying characters using the unified character code system,
Document creation can be performed without switching code sets.

In some parts of Asia, such as Japan and China, character notation is generally widely used using kanji. However, in the unified character code system, the same domestic and Simplified characters (simplified kanji characters) and traditional characters (traditional kanji characters) used for the same meaning in the region are also assigned to different character codes. It is possible to create a document using Chinese characters.

[0006]

By the way, when a document corresponding to a plurality of countries and regions is created for a plurality of countries and regions, character forms different from each other in the countries and regions but similar to each other (hereinafter referred to as character forms). "Glyphs").

However, in the unified character code system, since similar glyphs are assigned to the same code, these similar glyphs cannot be distinguished from each other. That is, for example, as shown in FIG.
Characters similar to the character "bone" used in Japan are also used in mainland China and Taiwan.
As shown in (b), a character similar to the character "blade" used in Japan is also used in mainland China, Taiwan, and even South Korea.
Since these similar glyphs are allocated to the same code, these similar glyphs cannot be distinguished.

As described above, in the conventional character processing apparatus, when a document is created using kanji based on the unified character code, similar characters are used only in a specific country or region and not used in other countries or regions. Character is assigned to the same code, it is not possible to distinguish these similar characters, and as a result, complicated operations may be required to perform character notation using the desired kanji. there were.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of such a problem, and even when a document is created using a unified character code, differences in similar glyphs used between countries or regions are used. It is an object of the present invention to provide a character processing device, a character data processing method, and a storage medium that can perform desired character processing by determining the character processing.

[0010]

In order to achieve the above object, a character processing apparatus according to the present invention comprises a storage means in which a plurality of character shapes similar to each other are stored in a specific code defined by a predetermined code system. A character processing device that performs character processing using a character glyph assigned to the specific code, and a determination unit that determines whether or not to switch a character glyph belonging to the specific code; When the determining unit determines that the character form should be switched, a character form selecting unit that selects a specific character form from among the plurality of character forms belonging to the specific code, and a character form selected by the character form selecting unit. Output means for outputting a character shape.

In the character data processing method according to the present invention, a plurality of character forms similar to each other are stored in a specific code defined by a predetermined code system, and the character form allocated to the specific code is used. A character data processing method for performing character processing by determining whether or not to switch the character shape belonging to the specific code, and belonging to the specific code when it is determined that the character shape should be switched. It is characterized in that a specific character shape is selected from a plurality of character shapes, and the selected specific character shape is output.

Further, the storage medium according to the present invention is characterized in that a discrimination procedure for discriminating whether or not to switch the character form for a plurality of character forms belonging to a specific code, and that the character form is to be switched by the discrimination procedure. A program for executing a character glyph selection procedure for selecting a specific character glyph from among the plurality of character glyphs belonging to the specific code, and an output procedure for outputting the specific glyph selected by the character glyph selection Is stored.

The other features of the present invention will become apparent from the following description of embodiments of the present invention.

[0014]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram of a workstation as an embodiment of a character processing apparatus according to the present invention. The workstation includes a keyboard (KB) 1 for inputting predetermined keys, and a predetermined key input. A mouse 2 for performing an input operation of the device, a CRT display 3 for displaying input data, an apparatus main body 4, and a floppy disk drive (FDD) 5 as an external storage device connected to the apparatus main body 4. And a floppy disk (FD) 6 in which a predetermined control program, a unified character code system, and the like are stored and which is detachably mounted on the FDD 5.

Further, as shown in FIG. 2, the apparatus main body 4 has an input interface (not shown) for performing an interface operation with an information processing apparatus (not shown) such as a host computer connected to the workstation. Input I
F) an output interface (output IF) 8 for controlling an interface operation between an output device (not shown) such as a printing device, and a keyboard control unit (KBC) for controlling input data input to the keyboard 1. 9, a video interface (video I / F) 10 for controlling display on the CRT display 3, a mouse control unit (MC) 11 for controlling the mouse 2, an FDD control unit (FDDC) 12 for controlling the FDD 5, A read-only ROM 13 storing a predetermined control program, a unified character code system, and various data necessary for character processing described later;
The predetermined control program stored in the FDD 5 via the DDC 12 is loaded and temporarily stored, and a rewritable RAM 14 used as a work area of a CPU, which will be described later. It comprises a CPU 15 that performs processing and a system bus 16 that connects the above-mentioned components to each other.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the contents of the program modules stored in the FD 6. The FD 6 includes glyph data 6a storing glyphs, a specification module 6b for specifying a glyph to be switched, and the specification module 6b. A selection module 6c for selecting the glyph data specified by the module 6b and a display module 6d for displaying the glyph data selected by the selection module 6c are stored.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a data format stored in the ROM 13. In this embodiment, the common character glyph storage area 17, the Japanese glyph storage area 18, the Chinese glyph storage area 19, and the Chinese (Taiwan area) ) A glyph storage area 20 and a Korean glyph storage area 21 are provided. Japanese glyph storage area 18, Chinese glyph storage area 19,
The Chinese (Taiwan region) glyph storage area 20 and the Korean glyph storage area 21 store only data used in these countries and regions, and the common character glyph storage area 17 stores Data commonly used in two or more countries and regions among the countries and regions are stored for each country and region.

As shown in FIG. 5, each of the storage areas 17 to 21 has a code number storage area 22 for the unified character code.
And a flag area 23 for determining a glyph usage area,
A glyph data storage area 24 for storing glyph information, pitches, and the like necessary for RT display or printing.

Further, as shown in FIG. 6, the flag area 23 is provided with four bit storage areas 23a to 23d corresponding to the respective countries or regions. Then, for example, in the flag area 23 of the Japanese glyph storage area 18, the bit storage area 23a is turned on, and similarly, the Chinese glyph storage area 19, Chinese (Taiwan)
In the glyph storage area 20 and the Korean glyph storage area 21,
Each bit storage area 23b-23 of the flag area 23
d is turned on. The flag area 23 of the common character glyph storage area 17 has at least two or more bit storage areas 2 according to the glyph countries and regions that can be shared.
3a to 23d are turned on.

As described in [Prior Art], in the unified character code system, simplified and traditional characters used for the same meaning in the same country or region are assigned to different character codes. Therefore, the glyph data stored in the storage area of each country or region is used only in those countries or regions, or glyph data shared by two or more countries or regions is stored.

Further, for characters that are not distinguished by country or region, the flags of all the countries or regions are turned on. For example, the characters in FIG. 7 (Kozato-Hen-Ni, Simplified Yang) are characters used only in mainland China, but the same character code in Japanese, Chinese (Taiwan), and Korean is used in that country or region. Since there is no character, flags of all countries or regions are turned on. Even if a character code indicates a character that is not used in a specific country or region (a character that is not in the original standard), if there is one or more glyphs that are used in another country or region, one of the glyphs will be used. First, the flag is turned on.

FIG. 8 shows Japanese, Chinese, Chinese (Taiwan),
FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a glyph switching procedure in a case where printing processing is performed in any of Korean languages.
This is executed by the PU 15.

First, data is read (step S1), and then it is determined whether or not the read data is character code data (step S2). If the data is not character code data, it is determined whether or not the data is glyph switching data (step S3). If the data is not glyph switching data, it is determined in step S1 that control data for editing processing is read, and the process proceeds to step S4. Performs a predetermined control process.

On the other hand, if it is determined in step S3 that the data is glyph switching data, the flow advances to step S5 to determine whether Chinese is designated. Then, if Chinese is specified, a Chinese glyph is selected from the ROM data (FIG. 4), and if Chinese is not specified, it is determined whether Chinese (Taiwan) is specified (step). S7).
And if Chinese (Taiwan) is specified, ROM
A Chinese (Taiwan) glyph is selected from the data (FIG. 4) (step S8), and if Chinese (Taiwan) is not specified, it is determined whether or not Korean is specified (step S8).
9). If Korean is specified, a Korean glyph is selected from the ROM data (FIG. 4) (step S1).
0), if Korean is not specified, a Japanese glyph is selected (step S11).

The answer to step S2 is affirmative (YES).
In other words, when the character code data is input, the process proceeds to step S12 to execute the printing process.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart of the print processing procedure executed in step S12.

After the character codes are extracted in step S21, it is determined whether or not the character codes differ by country or region (step S22). If it is determined that there is no difference by country or region, the process proceeds to step S29. Go ahead and print with Japanese glyphs. That is, for example,
Chinese numerals such as "one", "two", "ten", etc. are commonly used in any country and there is no difference between countries or regions. In such a case, the characters are printed with Japanese glyphs.

Here, Japanese glyphs include not only characters in the Japanese standard but also glyphs that are not normally used in Japanese but are not distinguished in other countries as shown in FIG. included. For characters that are not in Japan's proprietary standard and are distinguished in other countries or regions, one of the glyphs is defined as a Japanese glyph.

On the other hand, if it is determined that there is a difference depending on the country or region, the flow advances to step S23 to determine whether the currently selected glyph is Chinese. That is, it is determined whether or not the Chinese glyph has been selected in step S6 of FIG. If the answer is affirmative (YES), printing processing is performed using Chinese glyphs (step S24). If it is determined in step S23 that the Chinese glyph has not been selected, it is determined whether the selected glyph is Chinese (Taiwan) (step S25). If the answer is affirmative (YES), printing is performed using Chinese (Taiwan) glyphs (step S26). Step S
If it is determined in 25 that the Chinese (Taiwan) glyph has not been selected, it is determined whether the selected glyph is Korean (step S27). And the answer is affirmative (YE
In the case of S), print processing is performed using Korean glyphs (step S28), and if the answer is negative (NO), the process proceeds to step S2.
Proceed to 9 to perform print processing using Japanese glyphs.

As described above, in the present embodiment, glyphs used for each country or region can be selected, and printing processing can be performed using the selected glyphs. Even when creating a document, a document using desired kanji can be easily created.

FIG. 11 is a front view of a main part of a work panel provided in a printing apparatus as a character processing apparatus according to another embodiment. A glyph for each country or region is selected on the operation panel. A glyph selection unit 25 is provided. That is, the glyph selection unit 25 has a plurality of selection buttons (first to third 25a to 25c), and presses any one of the first to third selection buttons 25a to 25c. By doing so, the glyph is selected. FIG. 11 shows a case where the second selection button 25b is pressed down, and is therefore set to the Chinese glyph.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing a glyph switching procedure according to another embodiment.

First, data is read (step S31), and it is determined whether the read data is character code data (step S32). If the data is not character code data, it is determined to be control data, and a predetermined control process is executed (step S33). On the other hand, if it is character code data, the process proceeds to step S34, and it is determined whether or not the currently set glyph is a Chinese glyph. And FIG.
If it is set to Chinese glyph as in 1, print processing is performed using Chinese glyphs (step S35).

If the glyph is not set as a Chinese glyph, it is determined whether or not the currently set glyph is a Chinese (Taiwan) glyph (step S36). And Chinese (Taiwan)
If the glyph is set, the printing process is performed using the Chinese (Taiwan) glyph (step S37). If the glyph is not set and the Chinese (Taiwan) glyph is not set, Japanese is set. It is determined that the glyph is set, and the printing process is performed with the Japanese glyph (step S38).

As described above, the user selects the country or region.
By designating, it is possible to easily create a document using a desired kanji even in the case of using the unified character code system, as in the previous embodiment.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment. In the above embodiment, the font data is
Although the font data is stored in the OM 13, the font data may be stored in a hard disk (not shown). Also, in the present embodiment, the case where Japanese, Chinese, Chinese (Taiwan region), and Korean are distinguished has been described. However, the same applies to other regions using Chinese characters such as Hong Kong region, Singapore, and Vietnam. It goes without saying that you can do it. Further, in the above-described embodiment, the case where characters are printed has been described. However, the case where characters are displayed on the CRT display 3 can be similarly applied.

[0038]

As described in detail above, according to the character processing apparatus, the character data processing method, and the storage medium of the present invention, even when character processing is performed using a unified character code system, Similar glyphs that differ for each country or region can be distinguished, and a document can be easily created using a desired glyph for a specific country or region.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram of a workstation as an embodiment of a character processing device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the workstation shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing modules stored in an FD.

FIG. 4 is a data format diagram stored in a ROM.

FIG. 5 is a data structure diagram of glyph data included in font data.

FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining a state of a flag area included in glyph data.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of a simplified body used only in mainland China.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure of glyph switching processing.

FIG. 9 is an example showing glyphs that are not commonly used in Japanese and are not distinguished in other countries.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure of a printing process.

FIG. 11 is a front view of a main part of an operation panel of a printing apparatus as a character processing apparatus used in another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing another embodiment of the processing procedure of the glyph switching processing.

FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of a unified character code system for explaining a problem to be solved by the present invention.

[Description of Signs] 1 Selection panel (character / character shape designation means) 6 FD (storage means) 8 Output I / F (output means) 13 ROM (storage means) 15 CPU (discrimination means, character / character shape selection means)

Claims (11)

[Claims] 1. A storage device in which a plurality of character shapes similar to each other are stored in a specific code defined by a predetermined code system, and character processing is performed using the character shape allocated to the specific code. A character processing device, comprising: determining means for determining whether or not to switch a character shape belonging to the specific code; and determining that the character shape should be switched by the determining means, A character processing apparatus comprising: a character character shape selecting means for selecting a specific character character shape from a plurality of belonging character character shapes; and an output means for outputting the specific character character shape selected by the character character shape selecting means. . 2. A storage device in which a plurality of character shapes similar to each other are stored in a specific code defined by a predetermined code system, and a character is formed by using the allocated character shape allocated to the specific code. A character processing device for performing processing, comprising: a character shape designation unit that designates a specific character shape belonging to the specific code; and an output unit that outputs the specific character shape designated by the character shape designation unit. Character processing device characterized by the above-mentioned. 3. The character processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said storage means stores character shapes similar to each other used in a plurality of countries or regions. 4. The character processing device according to claim 3, wherein the plurality of countries or regions include at least Japan, mainland China, Taiwan, and Korea. 5. A character data processing method in which a plurality of character forms similar to each other are stored in a specific code defined by a predetermined code system, and character processing is performed using the character form allocated to the specific code. It is determined whether or not to switch the character form belonging to the specific code, and when it is determined that the character form should be switched, the specific character form is selected from the plurality of character forms belonging to the specific code. A method of processing character data, comprising selecting and outputting the selected specific character shape. 6. A character data processing method in which a plurality of character forms similar to each other are stored in a specific code defined by a predetermined code system, and character processing is performed using the character form allocated to the specific code. A method of processing character data, wherein a specific character shape belonging to the specific code is specified, and the specified specific character shape is output. 7. The character data processing method according to claim 5, wherein the plurality of character shapes are similar character shapes used in a plurality of countries or regions. 8. The method according to claim 7, wherein the plurality of countries or regions include at least Japan, mainland China, Taiwan, and Korea. 9. A discriminating procedure for judging whether or not to switch character glyphs for a plurality of character glyphs belonging to a specific code, and, when it is determined that the character glyph is to be switched by the discrimination procedure, the specific code A program for executing a character glyph selection procedure for selecting a specific glyph from among a plurality of glyphs belonging to and a outputting procedure for outputting the specific glyph selected by the character glyph selection. Storage medium. 10. The storage medium according to claim 9, wherein the plurality of character shapes are similar character shapes used in a plurality of countries or regions. 11. The storage medium according to claim 10, wherein said plurality of countries or regions include at least Japan, mainland China, Taiwan, and Korea.