JPS63187289A - Pattern register - Google Patents

Abstract

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Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

INDUSTRIAL APPLICATION FIELD This invention relates to a pattern registration device applied to Japanese word processors, personal computers, and the like. Conventional Japanese word processors have a function called external character registration. This is a function that allows the user to freely create any kanji, special characters, marks, etc. (these are called external characters) that are not registered in the font generator and register them in the font generator. This functional part corresponds to the pattern registration device in the present invention. Conventional external character registration is performed using the following operations. It is assumed that one character pattern consists of 24 x 24 dots. When you select the external character registration menu, a large square of 24 x Sae will be displayed on the CRT screen. In this state, by operating the specified keys, you can either leave each grid black (it becomes the background) or invert it to white (it becomes the constituent dots of the character pattern).
We will decide what to do. In other words, by filling in any part of a 24 x 24 square, a character pattern is created by a collection of dots. Once this is complete, give the character pattern a unique code number and register it with the font generator. If you do that, from now on, by inputting the above code number, the above character pattern will be output. Is displayed. Problems to be Solved by the Invention The conventional non-standard character registration operation described above is extremely troublesome, and furthermore, it is difficult to create a desired character pattern. Filling in as many as 24 squares one by one using the keyboard (determining black and white) is a very time-consuming task. Also, the impression of a character pattern created on a 24 x 24 square when displayed in large size is different from the impression when it is displayed as small characters in normal display, and it is unexpected to create a completely new pattern as desired. It's difficult. The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned conventional problems, and its purpose is to provide a pattern registration device that can create any desired pattern with simple operations. Means for Solving the Problems The present invention provides a means for displaying data written in a bitmap memory on a display, enlarging/reducing the display data on the focus map memory, moving the display position,
and means for performing each process of partial erasure,
an image scanner for reading characters and graphics drawn on paper; means for writing image data output from the scanner into the bitmap memory; means for adding new drawing data to the bitmap memory; A means for registering the display data as a new pattern in the font generator is provided. Function: Characters and graphics drawn on the paper are read by the scanner and displayed on the display via the bitmap memory. Using the keyboard or pointing device (mouse), the displayed pattern is enlarged/reduced, moved, partially erased, and a new drawing is added to complete the desired pattern. Embodiment FIG. 1 shows the structure of an embodiment of the present invention. The main processor 1, ROM 2, and RAM 3 are microcomputers that serve as the core of the Japanese word processor, and are also responsible for administrative control of the operation of the pattern registration device according to the present invention. In addition to the keyboard 4, input operation means include a mouse 5, which is a pointing device used for drawing input, etc.
These are coupled to the system path via the input processing section 6. An image scanner 12 that photoelectrically reads characters and graphics on paper is also detachably connected to the input processing section 6. The font generator 7 has standard characters such as J
IS first level character patterns have already been registered, and an empty area for registering nonstandard characters is prepared. The character pattern output from the font generator 7 is stored in the bitmap memory 8, and is sent to the CR via the video signal generator 10 under the control of the display/drawing processor 9.
Displayed on T 11. The processor 9 not only controls a general character display, but also enlarges/enlarges display data based on instructions from the main processor 1.
In addition to processing reduction, movement, partial deletion, and addition of new drawing data, the font generator 7
It also processes the registration of new patterns. FIG. 2 shows a pattern registration procedure according to the present invention. In this invention, a pattern drawn on paper is used as an original pattern to create and register a new pattern. As for the operation, first, a sheet of paper on which a pattern to be used as an original is drawn is applied to the image scanner 12 (step 101).
) Then, the image data output from the scanner 12 is scanned into the bitmap memory 8 via the input processing unit 6° processor 9 and displayed on the CRT 11 (step 102). In the enlargement/reduction processing at step 103, the display size of the display data in the bitmap memory 8 is enlarged or reduced in accordance with instructions from the keyboard 4. In the movement process of step 104, the bitmap memory 8
The display data inside is subjected to processing for changing its display position vertically and horizontally in accordance with instructions from the keyboard 4. In the erasing process at step 105, the bitmap memory 8
Regarding the display data inside, the data of the designated part is erased according to the instruction from the keyboard 4 or the mouse 5. The drawing process in step 106 is a process that combines the CRTll display and the movement of the mouse 5 to draw any desired image on the screen. The drawn data is added. Repeat steps 103, 104, 105, and 106 as many times as necessary to display the desired pattern (
(in bitmap memory 8). When the above operations are completed, the process proceeds from steps 107 to 108, where a code number is assigned to the completed pattern and stored in the external character registration area of the font generator 7. Effects of the Invention As explained in detail above, according to the pattern registration device of the present invention, character drawings drawn with a pen or the like on a sheet of paper are used as original patterns, and appropriate modifications are made thereto to register so-called external characters. Since characters, marks, etc. can be created, even if the pattern is complex, a desired pattern can be created and registered in a short time with simple work. 4,

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of an apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure for pattern creation and registration by the apparatus of the present invention. 1... Main processor, 4... Keyboard, 5...
... Mouse, 7... Font generator, 8...
Go to pit map memo 9...Display/drawing processor, 12...Image scanner. Name of agent: Patent attorney Toshio Nakao and 1 other person M
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Claims (1)

[Claims] a display control means for displaying data written in the bitmap memory; an image scanner for reading characters and graphics drawn on paper; and means for writing image data output from the scanner into the bitmap memory;
means for enlarging or reducing the display size of the display data in the bitmap memory; means for moving the display position of the display data in the bitmap memory; and display data in the bitmap memory. a drawing control means for adding new drawing data to the display data in the bitmap memory, and a registration control means for registering the display data in the bitmap memory as a new pattern in a font generator. A pattern registration device equipped with.