JPS6356576B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a graphic document creation device.

Conventionally, when creating a document with graphics, if there were graphics, pictures, etc. in addition to text on the same page, you would either create a text-only document and then write the graphics, pictures, etc., or write the graphics, pictures, etc. The pattern data is read in advance by a pattern data reading device, stored in a storage device, etc., and is retrieved as needed and output between characters to be written.

In the former case, after creating a text-only document,
It required work to draw figures and pictures, which had the disadvantage of being inefficient. In the latter case, the advantage is that the image information corresponding to the figure or painting can be used as many times as necessary, but the disadvantage is that the storage device of the system required is large-capacity and expensive.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned drawbacks, and includes means for generating character pattern data from character code data, first storage means for temporarily storing one line of the character pattern data,
A document creation means for creating a document from the character pattern data output from the storage means; an image input means for scanning image information data such as figures and paintings line by line; and an image input means for scanning image information data such as figures and paintings line by line; A key input means gives a command to start reading when the line to start insertion is reached, and an area to be inserted on the document is specified by two marks on the image information data, and the image input means specifies the area to be inserted into the document. a second storage means for temporarily storing one line of input image information data based on instructions from the key input means; and a second storage means for temporarily storing one line of input image information data in the first storage means and the second storage means. control means for outputting the character pattern data stored in the first storage means and the image information data stored in the second storage means in response to the end of the input; and based on the control of the control means means for synthesizing the character pattern data stored in the first storage means and the image information data stored in the second storage means line by line; and the combined character pattern data and image information data. An object of the present invention is to provide a document creation device containing graphics, characterized in that the device is equipped with a means for outputting the document to the document creation device, and is configured to insert graphics, paintings, etc. at specified positions on the document. .

EXAMPLES The present invention will be explained in detail below with reference to Examples.

FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram of one embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, 1 is a keyboard for specifying characters (hereinafter referred to as the "keyboard"), 2 is a display device for use as necessary, 3 is a scanner device for reading figures, paintings, etc., and 4 is a character pattern. and an output printer device for outputting figures, paintings, etc., and 5 is a control device for controlling each of the devices. In addition to specifying characters, the keyboard 1 can also command the scanner operation of the scanner device 3 and the printer operation of the printer device 4. Furthermore, although the scanner device 3 and the printer device 4 may be used for one line in principle,
It is even more efficient if it can read and write multiple lines, for example, 24 or 32 lines at the same time.

FIG. 2 is a detailed block configuration diagram of the control device shown in FIG. , 7 is a character pattern buffer register, 8 is a scanner buffer register for temporarily storing image information data obtained from the scanner device 3, and 9 is a control device 11.
an OR gate device for OR gateing the outputs of the character pattern buffer register 7 and scanner buffer register 8 in accordance with a command from the print data buffer register 10; 10 is a print data buffer register for temporarily storing data input to the output printer 4; 11 is a control device for controlling each of the devices in accordance with commands from the keyboard 1;

3 to 5 show character and graphic patterns for one method of graphic insertion according to this embodiment. FIG. 3 shows a character pattern, where ◯ marks indicate characters or codes, 1a to 9a indicate the number of rows, and (1) to (7) indicate the number of columns. For example, one line of this character pattern in the horizontal direction is
1728 dot data, consisting of 24 scanning lines in the vertical direction. FIG. 4 shows a graphic pattern, where A is the first mark indicating the existence of the graphic pattern, and B is the end mark of the graphic pattern. (A) to (D) indicate the number of lines of the character pattern.
FIG. 5 shows a pattern in which a graphic pattern is written on a character pattern.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be explained using FIGS. 1 to 5.

Now, when you press a key for a predetermined character on the keyboard 1 shown in FIG. 1, the character code data is input to the character pattern generator 6 shown in FIG. Character pattern data is output and sequentially input to character pattern buffer register 7. When one line of input is completed, this data is sent to the print data buffer via the OR gate device 9.
After being temporarily stored in the register 10, it is input to the output printer 4 and printed.

Lines 1a and 2a of the character pattern shown in FIG. 3 are printed in this manner.

Next, when inputting line 3a in the figure, a command is sent to the control device 11 to input the character pattern data up to column (3) from the character pattern generator 6 to the character pattern buffer register 7. However, the graphic pattern shown in FIG. 4 must be inserted here. Therefore, by pressing a predetermined key on the keyboard 1, a command is given to the control device 11 to start reading the graphic pattern of the document set in advance. In accordance with this command, a command is sent from the control device 11 to the scanner device 3.
In response to the command, the scanner device 3 automatically feeds the document to the position indicated by mark A, starts reading and scanning the part indicated by (A) of the graphic pattern from mark A, and the scanned data is transferred to the scanner device 3. buffer register 8. Then, in response to the completion of one line of input to the character pattern buffer register 7 and the scanner buffer register 8, character pattern 3a stored in the character pattern buffer register 7 is input. The row data and the figure pattern stored in the scanner buffer register 8.
The data of the part (a) is synchronized by the synchronization signal output from the control device 11, and the OR gate device 9
and both data are input to the OR gate device 9.
is synthesized with. This combined data is input to the print data buffer register 10 and temporarily stored, and is input to the output printer device 4 and printed in accordance with a control signal from the control device 11. This action is marked B on the manuscript.
The process continues in the same manner until it is detected by the scanner device 3, that is, until line 6a.

After the mark B is detected, that is, from line 7a, the same operations as in lines 1a and 2a are performed to sequentially output and print character patterns.

When the mark B is detected, the document having the graphic pattern shown in FIG. 4 is removed from the scanner device 3.

In this way, the output printer device 4 creates a document containing graphics as shown in FIG.

In addition, although the case of one inserted figure was explained in this example, it is not limited to this.
By adding marks A and B to a plurality of predetermined locations on the document, it is possible to insert a plurality of figures, pictures, etc.

Further, in this embodiment, the output from the print data buffer register is directly output to the output printer device, but it goes without saying that this may be a separately determined memory device. In the case of a memory device, the data can later be read out and used many times from the memory device.

As explained above, according to the present invention, there is no need to write figures, pictures, etc. after creating a text-only document as in the past, and the simple configuration does not require a large-capacity storage device. It is extremely easy to create documents containing figures, pictures, etc. That is, by simply specifying the area on the image data that you want to insert into the document, you can insert figures, paintings, etc. into the area on the character data set during document creation, so you can easily create a document with the figures you want.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a detailed block diagram of the control device shown in FIG. 1, and FIGS. This is a one-sided character and graphic pattern. In the figure, 1...Keyboard for specifying characters, 2...Display device, 3...Scanner device for reading figures, paintings, etc., 4...Output printer device, 5...
Control device, 6...Character pattern generator, 7...Buffer register for character pattern, 8...Buffer register for scanner, 9...OR gate device, 10...
Buffer register for print data, 11...
It is a control device.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. Means for generating character pattern data from character code data, first storage means for temporarily storing one line of the character pattern data, and document creation for creating a document from the character pattern data output from the storage means. an image input means for scanning image information data such as figures, paintings, etc. line by line, and a key for giving a command to start reading when a line in which to start inserting figures, paintings, etc. is reached in the document being created. An area to be inserted into the document is specified by the input means and two marks on the image information data, and one line of the image information data inputted by the image input means is inputted by the key input means. a second storage means for temporarily storing data based on an instruction; and a second storage means for temporarily storing data in the first storage means in response to completion of inputting one line to the first storage means and the second storage means. control means for outputting the character pattern data stored in the first storage means and the image information data stored in the second storage means; The apparatus further comprises a means for synthesizing line by line the image information data stored in the second storage means, and a means for outputting the synthesized character pattern data and image information data to the document creation means, A document creation device containing graphics, characterized in that graphics, pictures, etc. are inserted at specified positions.