KR101513009B1 - Automatic system and method for generating font - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an automatic font generating system and a method thereof and, more specifically, to an automatic font generating system and a method thereof, capable of efficiently generating a Hangul font, formed of 11,172 letters, from a small amount of glyphs. The method of the automatic font generating system comprises sorting two basic glyph letters and one target glyph letter, in which at least one among an initial sound, a medial sound, and a final sound is the same, from a glyph storage part including at least one glyph; and repeatedly generating a derived glyph from the target glyph based on a result of analyzing a change pattern of the initial sound, the medial sound, and the final sound between the basic glyph letters.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a font automatic generation system,

The present invention relates to a system and method for automatically generating fonts, and more particularly, to a system and method for automatic generation of fonts, in which at least one of a primitive, a neutral and a consonant from a glyph store containing one or more glyphs is selected from two identical basic glyphs and one target glyph, Based on the results of analyzing the patterns of change in primordial, neutral, and longitudinal patterns among the basic glyphs, it is possible to generate a specific font composed of 11,172 characters more efficiently by generating the derived glyphs from the target glyphs repeatedly more than once To a system and method for automatically generating fonts.

Due to the spread of IT devices and high-speed Internet services in line with the development of IT technology, Korean texts are being produced and consumed in large quantities, and accordingly, demand for various Korean fonts is increasing.

However, it is possible to design a font by designing each letter with 52 characters including both uppercase and lowercase letters, and it takes a little time and cost to produce a font, but it is formed of a combination of 19 initial letters, 21 neutral letters and 27 long letters In the case of Hangul, 11,172 characters are formed. Therefore, it is impossible to design all the characters directly by the font designer. Even if only the main characters having high frequency of use are designed, the cost and time of font production are much larger than those of other languages.

As described above, in the case of English, it is easy to produce fonts, so that various fonts are used by not only a font designer but also an individual in accordance with his / her taste and purpose. Hangeul font designer or font maker Professionally produced fonts are mainstream, and the number and diversity of Hangul fonts produced is lacking.

On the other hand, in order to output the text to which the Korean font is applied, it is necessary to transmit and receive the font data allocated to each character to apply the Korean font to the text even if the Korean font is manufactured by investing a lot of manufacturing cost and time.

If the number of characters is small, the size of font data is also small. Therefore, it is only necessary to transmit small-sized font data in order to output the text to which the font is applied. However, in the case of Hangul, the font data of 11,172 characters is very large. It takes a long time to apply the font and output it.

In order to solve the above-described problems, the present inventors have found that, in order to solve the above-described problems, it is an object of the present invention to provide an apparatus and a method for sorting two primary glyphs and one primary glyph from the same, A system and a method for automatic generation of a font capable of generating 11,172 Korean fonts from a small number of glyphs more efficiently by generating a derivative glyph from the target glyphs repeatedly more than one time based on the result of analyzing the patterns of change in neutrality and longitudinality .

Korean Patent Laid-Open No. 10-2009-0010358

It is an object of the present invention to provide a system and method for automatically generating fonts, and more particularly to a system and method for automatically generating fonts, A font automatic generation system capable of more efficiently generating fonts corresponding to all 11,172 Korean characters with a small number of glyphs (e.g., a basic glyph of 122 characters) by generating derivative glyphs from the target glyphs repeatedly more than first, And methods.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, an automatic font generation system includes: a glyph storage unit including one or more glyphs; A selector for selecting two basic glyphs and one target glyph having at least one of the primer, neutral, and primer from the glyph store; A pattern analyzer for analyzing patterns of change in the primaries, neutrals, and consonants among the basic glyphs selected through the selector; And a derived glyph generator for generating a derived glyph from the target glyph based on the change pattern analyzed through the pattern analyzer.

The glyph storage unit stores the glyphs, and the number of the glyphs can be adjusted and changed.

The glyph store may further store the derived glyphs generated in the derived glyph generator.

The sorting unit may further select a second basic glyph and a second target glyph from the glyph storing unit, wherein at least one of the first basic glyph and the second basic glyph is the same.

The pattern analyzing unit may analyze a change pattern of the first, the second, and the last among the second basic glyphs selected through the selector.

The change pattern may be a ratio of height, width, and height of the primaries, neutrals, and vertices between the selected basic glyphs.

The derived glyph generator may generate a derived glyph from the second target glyph based on the change pattern analyzed through the pattern analyzer.

The automatic font generation system may further include a display unit for applying the derived glyph generated through the derived glyph generation unit to the text and displaying the derived glyph.

The automatic font generation system may further include a communication unit for transmitting the derived glyph generated through the derived glyph generation unit to the user terminal.

The communication unit may receive the glyph from the font server.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a method for automatically generating a font includes: a step in which a glyph storage unit includes one or more glyphs; Selecting one of the two basic glyphs and one of the target glyphs in which at least one of the primer, the neutral, and the primer is the same from the glyph storing part; Analyzing patterns of change in the primaries, neutrals, and vertices among the basic glyphs selected by the pattern analyzer through the selector; And generating a derived glyph from the target glyph based on a change pattern analyzed by the derived glyph generator through the pattern analyzer.

The automatic font generation method may further include storing the glyph in the glyph storage unit.

In the automatic font generation method, the number of glyphs may be adjusted.

The automatic font generation method may further include storing the derived glyphs generated by the derived glyph generation unit further in the glyph storage unit.

The automatic font generation method may further include the step of further selecting the second basic glyph and the second target glyph from the glyph storing unit by the selecting unit, wherein the second basic glyph and the second target glyph are identical.

The method of automatically generating fonts may further include analyzing patterns of change in the initiality, the neutrality, and the longitudinality between the second basic glyphs selected by the pattern analyzer through the selector.

In the automatic font generation method, the change pattern may be a ratio of a height, a width, and a height of a primitive, a neutral, and a vertex between the selected basic glyphs.

The method of automatically generating a font may further include a step of the derived glyph generator generating a derived glyph from the second target glyph based on a change pattern analyzed through the pattern analyzer.

The method of automatically generating a font may further include displaying a derivative glyph generated by the display unit on the text by using the derived glyph creation unit.

The automatic font generation method may further include a step in which the communication unit transmits the derived glyph generated through the derived glyph creation unit to the user terminal.

The automatic font generation method may further include a step in which the communication unit receives the glyph from the font server.

The system and method for automatically generating fonts according to an embodiment of the present invention can automatically generate fonts corresponding to all 11,172 Korean characters with a minimum of glyphs, thereby designing or producing only a small number of glyphs, It is easy to produce.

That is, according to the automatic font generation system and method according to an embodiment of the present invention, when a specific character is input, a specific glyph formed by the font can be output.

In addition, by completing the generation of fonts using only the basic glyphs, it has the effect of drastically reducing the cost and time required for the font production, and it is possible to create and use various fonts according to the taste and purpose of an individual as well as a specialized workforce or company It has the effect of being able to.

1 is a view schematically showing a configuration of an automatic font generation system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a derived glyph generated through the automatic font generation system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining a derived glyph generated through an automatic font generation system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, together with specific numeric values.
4 is a flowchart illustrating an automatic font generation method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Hereinafter, a repeated description, a known function that may obscure the gist of the present invention, and a detailed description of the configuration will be omitted. Embodiments of the present invention are provided to more fully describe the present invention to those skilled in the art. Accordingly, the shapes and sizes of the elements in the drawings and the like can be exaggerated for clarity.

Throughout the specification, when an element is referred to as "comprising ", it means that it can include other elements as well, without excluding other elements unless specifically stated otherwise.

Further, the term "part" in the description means a unit for processing one or more functions or operations, which may be implemented by hardware, software, or a combination of hardware and software.

FIG. 1 is a view schematically showing a configuration of a font automatic generation system according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a derived glyph generated through an automatic font generation system according to an embodiment of the present invention. Fig.

1, the automatic font generating system 100 includes a glyph storing unit 110, a selector 120, a pattern analyzing unit 130, and a derived glyph generating unit 140. [ And may further include a display unit 150 and a communication unit 160. Also, the automatic font generation system 100 may be connected to the user terminal 200 and the font server 300 via a network according to the usage state.

On the other hand, the configuration of the automatic font generation system 100 shown in FIG. 1 is according to one embodiment, and the blocks shown in FIG. 1 are not necessarily all the blocks, and in some embodiments, May be deleted.

The glyph storage unit 110 stores glyphs. In addition, the glyph storage unit 110 stores a glyph and a derived glyph generated through a derived glyph generating unit 140, which will be described later.

Here, the glyph is a minimum number of characters required to generate a Korean character font composed of 11,172 characters based on predetermined prefix, neutral, and primality, for example, the number thereof may be 122, and the number of glyphs Can be added or subtracted from 122 characters. These predefined initials, neutrals and consonants are input from the user and are set or stored so as to constitute a basic glyph.

More specifically, the glyphs consist of 21 glyphs with a predetermined prechain and 21 neutral glycoproteins, 21 glyphs with a predetermined prechoseness and longitude and 21 neutral glycans (42 basic modules), 27 predefined longitudinal and neutral progeny 27 glyphs, and 57 predetermined glyphs, each of which is a combination of 19 consecutive vertebrae and primers. Here, 122 characters excluding four overlapping glyphs may be glyphs described above.

In order to perform the role of the glyph storage unit 110, the glyph storage unit 110 may include various components, and more specifically, a flash memory, an SRAM (Static Random Access Memory), an EEPROM An erasable and programmable read only memory (EPROM), a hard disk drive (HDD), and a solid state drive (SSD).

The selector 120 performs a function of selecting two basic glyphs and one target glyph that are identical to or different from the glyphs stored in the glyph storage unit 110, such as the first, second, and last.

The reason for this is that the Hangul characters are composed of 19 consecutive, 21 neutral, and 27 consecutive consonants, respectively, or one consonant and one consonant without consonant, Since the ratio of each of the primer, neutral, and longitudinal is changed, the rate of change of the primer, neutrality, and longitudinality forms a constant pattern.

Accordingly, since it is easy to analyze the above-described change pattern between the same characters in one or more of the initial, neutral, and lasting characters, the selector 120 selects two basic glyphs having the same primitive, neutral, One of the target glyphs that can apply the change pattern between the two selected basic glyphs is also selected.

Referring to FIG. 2, the selector 120 selects a basic glyph from the glyph storing unit 110, which has the same initial value and neutral value, and applies the change pattern of the default glyph " The target glyph "sense" that can be selected can also be selected from the glyph storage unit 110. A "mamma" that has the same initiality and neutrality but different morphology from the glyph storage unit 110 is selected as a basic glyph from the glyph storage unit 110, It is noted that the target glyph "box " to which the change pattern of the basic glyph" mamma "and " can be applied can be selected from the glyph storage unit 110.

Meanwhile, the above-described change pattern is described in more detail through the pattern analysis unit 130 for analyzing the change pattern between the basic glyphs.

1, the selector 120 may re-select one of the two basic glyphs selected as the target glyphs as the target glyphs, and re-select the selected target glyphs as the basic glyphs. As described above, the pattern analyzer 130, which will be described later, can analyze a plurality of change patterns from the two basic glyphs selected by the selector 120 and the two basic glyphs selected again, and can generate a derived glyph The unit 140 can generate a derived glyph based on a plurality of change patterns.

2, the selector 120 can select "Mom, Mom" as a basic glyph, select "Mom" as a target glyph, and the pattern analyzer 130 searches the basic glyphs " Quot; horse "can be analyzed.

Then, the selector 120 can re-select "lamb, mam" as the default glyph, and "hors" as the target glyph, and the pattern analyzer 130 searches the changed glyphs of the re- Can be analyzed.

Meanwhile, the selector 120 selects one of the second basic glyphs having at least one of the first, second, and third primitives from the glyph storing unit 110 including the derived glyphs generated through the derived glyph generating unit 140, It is possible to further select one character of the second target glyph.

The selector 120 may further select a second basic glyph and a second target glyph in order to additionally generate a derivative glyph other than the derived glyph generated through the derivative glyph generating unit 140 described later have.

The pattern analyzer 130 analyzes the change patterns of the primaries, neutrals, and consonants among the two basic glyphs selected through the selector 120. Here, the change pattern may be a pattern in which the ratio of the changed numerals is compared with the height and width of the primitive, neutral, and trail primaries between the selected basic glyphs to correspond to the primaries, neutrals, and seeds.

For example, when analyzing the change pattern of the basic glyph "mamma" shown in Fig. 2 through the pattern analysis unit 130, the basic glyph "mam" -21) and neutral (1-22) are changed to 130% and 105%, respectively, so that the change pattern can be analyzed by changing to the form of the basic glyph "e".

In addition, the pattern analyzing unit 130 can analyze the change patterns of two basic glyphs having different utterances such as "Mom ". The basic glyph "mam" is the ratio of the height and width of the primate (2-21) to the neutral (2-22) when the bell jerk (2-23) changes to the longitudinal (2-33) 95% and 105%, respectively, so that the change pattern can be analyzed by changing to the form of the basic glyph "end".

Meanwhile, the pattern analyzing unit 130 may generate the derivative glyphs other than the derived glyphs initially generated through the derived glyph generating unit 140, which will be described later, between the second basic glyphs selected through the selector 120 , And the role of analyzing the pattern of change of neutrality and longitudinality. This role is the same as analyzing the change pattern between the two basic glyphs described above, so a detailed description will be omitted.

The derived glyph generating unit 140 generates a derived glyph from the target glyph based on the analyzed change pattern through the pattern analyzing unit 130. Here, the derived glyph derived from the target glyph constitutes a glyph different from the 122-character glyph previously stored in the glyph storage unit 110. [

2, the derived glyph generator 140 generates a derived glyph from the target glyph "sense" based on a change pattern of the base glyph "mamma" analyzed through the pattern analysis unit 130, Lt; / RTI > More specifically, the derivation glyph generator 140 determines that the ratio of the height (1-22) and the height (1-22) of the primitive (1-22) to the primitive (1-23) of the basic glyph " (1-13) of the target glyph "sense" is omitted, and the height of the initiality (1-11) and the height of neutrality (1-12) is calculated by applying the change pattern changing from " And the ratio of the widths are changed to 130% and 105%, respectively, as described above, so that a derived glyph can be generated.

Similarly, the derived glyph creator 140 can generate a derived glyph "do" from the target glyph "fill" based on the change pattern of the base glyph "heart," analyzed through the pattern analysis unit 130 have.

Referring to FIG. 3, the derived glyphs generated through the derived glyph generator 140 together with specific values of the basic glyphs, the target glyphs, and the derived glyphs will be described in detail.

The height (b) and width (b ') of the initials "ㅁ" of the basic glyph "mam" selected through the selector 120 are 17.00 mm and 20.00 mm respectively and the initials " When the lengths of the height c and width c of the basic glyphs are 16.15 mm and 21.00 mm, respectively, the pattern analysis unit 130 determines that the basic glyph " As the ratio of the height and width of the glyphs of the glyph "mam" is changed to 95% and 105%, respectively, the initial shape of the basic glyph "mam" and the initial shape of the basic glyph " Can be analyzed.

Subsequently, the derived glyph generator 150 may generate the derived glyph "RAL" by applying the analyzed change pattern to the beginning of the target glyph "LAM ". As a result, the change pattern is applied to the beginning of the target glyph "lambda" whose height (a) and width (a ') are 18.00 mm and 25.00 mm, respectively, Derived glyphs "RAL" having a "d" having a length of 17.10 mm and 26.25 mm, respectively, are produced.

However, since the glyph stored in the glyph storage unit 110 does not include all the characters necessary for generating a Korean character font composed of 11,172 characters, all the Korean glyphs are generated using only the default glyphs and target glyphs selected from the stored glyphs Please note that you can not.

Therefore, the derived glyph generator 140 performs the function of generating a derived glyph from the second target glyph based on the change pattern of the second basic glyph as described above. Also, the derived glyph generated from the second target glyph is a new derived glyph different from the previously generated derived glyph, and the derived glyph generating unit 140 repeatedly generates derivative glyphs different from the previously generated derived glyph so that all of the 11,172 Korean characters Note that you complete the containing font.

 Referring to FIG. 2, when the basic glyph "mam, num" and the target glyph "do" are selected, the derived glyph generating unit 140 generates a target glyph based on the change pattern of the basic glyph " You can generate the Hangul character "hal" as a derived character.

However, in the case of the target glyph "do", it is not included in the glyph stored in the glyph storage unit 110, and can be generated only as a derived glyph as described above.

Accordingly, the derived glyphs are selected by the target glyphs from the generated glyphs through the selection unit 120, and the derived glyphs generation unit 140 generates the target glyphs based on the change patterns of the basic glyphs " Can generate a derived glyph "hal" from < / RTI >

On the other hand, the display unit 150 may apply the font generated through the automatic font creation system 100 to the text requested by the user and display the font. In order to perform the role of the display unit 150, the display unit 150 may include a display, a liquid crystal display (LCD) device, a light emitting diode (LED) device, or the like.

In addition, the display unit 150 may not be merely a display, but may be a combination of a controller for controlling the display and the display of the display, and a font converting unit for applying the generated font to the text.

In addition, according to one embodiment of the present invention, the automatic font generation system 100 may be configured to be connected to the user terminal 200 and the font server 300 via a network and transmit and receive fonts and glyphs via signals Please note.

In one embodiment, the user terminal 200 may be a personal computer, a smart phone, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a tablet computer, a wearable computer wearable or mountable to the body, and a wearable device, and the automatic font generation system 100 for communicating with the user terminal 200 through the network may correspond to a server. Alternatively, in another embodiment, the automatic font generation system 100 may be implemented in the form of an application program installed on the server described above.

The communication unit 160 may also transmit the fonts generated through the network to the user terminal 200 and receive the glyphs stored in the glyph storage unit 110 from the font server 300. The communication unit 160 may include a storage medium insertion unit (not shown) for physically connecting the storage medium and receiving the glyph so that the storage medium can receive the glyph through the storage medium. Here, the storage medium may include a USB device, a flash memory, a hard disk drive (HDD), and a solid state drive (SSD) to store and move the glyphs. Or more.

4 is a flowchart illustrating an automatic font generation method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4, when a method of automatically generating a font according to an embodiment of the present invention is started, the selecting unit may select a basic glyph having at least one of a primitive, a neutral and a consonant from the glyph storing unit including one or more glyphs, One target glyph is selected (S1).

The number of glyphs stored in the initial glyph storing unit may be 122, which is a minimum number of characters necessary for generating a Korean character font composed of 11,172 characters based on predetermined prefix, neutral, and primality, The number of glyphs can be increased or decreased by 122 characters.

Next, the pattern analyzing unit analyzes patterns of change in the initiality, neutrality, and longitudinality among the selected basic glyphs (S2).

Here, the change pattern may be a pattern in which the ratio of the changed numerals is compared with the height and width of the primitive, neutral, and trail primaries between the selected basic glyphs to correspond to the primaries, neutrals, and seeds.

Based on the analyzed change pattern, the derived glyph generator generates a derived glyph from the target glyph (S3), and stores the generated derived glyph in the glyph storage unit (S4).

However, since the glyph stored in the glyph storage unit 110 does not include all the characters necessary for generating a Korean character font composed of 11,172 characters, all the Korean glyphs are generated using only the default glyphs and target glyphs selected from the stored glyphs Please note that you can not.

Therefore, in order to generate a font of 11,172 Korean characters, the selection unit extracts the second basic glyph 2 and the second target glyph 1 from the glyph storage unit including the derived glyph generated in step S3, (S5).

As in step S2, the pattern analyzer analyzes the change pattern of the primordial, neutral, and longitudinal characteristics between the selected second basic glyphs (S6).

Next, based on the analyzed change pattern, the derived glyph generator generates a derived glyph from the second target glyph (S7), and stores the generated derived glyph in the glyph storage (S8).

The generated font is applied to the text requested to be output from the user and displayed on the display unit (S9).

The method for automatically generating a font according to an embodiment of the present invention can be implemented by each component of the above-described automatic font generation system, and a method for automatically generating a font according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: System, a detailed description of a method of automatically generating a font according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention will be omitted in order to avoid redundant explanations.

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made in the present invention without departing from the spirit or scope of the present invention as defined by the following claims It can be understood that

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Claims (20)

A glyph storage comprising at least one glyph;
A selector for selecting two basic glyphs and one target glyph having at least one of the primer, neutral, and primer from the glyph store;
A pattern analyzer for analyzing patterns of change in the primaries, neutrals, and consonants among the basic glyphs selected through the selector; And
And a derived glyph generator for generating a derived glyph from the target glyph based on the change pattern analyzed through the pattern analyzer.
Automatic font creation system.
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the glyph store stores the glyphs and the number of glyphs is adjustable.
Automatic font creation system.
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the glyph storing unit further stores the derived glyph generated in the derived glyph generating unit.
Automatic font creation system.
The method of claim 3,
The sorting unit,
Characterized in further selecting from the glyph store a second basic glyph and a second target glyph, wherein at least one of the primer, the neutral, and the last is identical.
Automatic font creation system.
5. The method of claim 4,
The pattern analyzing unit,
And analyzing the change pattern of the initiality, the neutrality, and the longitudinality among the second basic glyphs selected through the selector.
Automatic font creation system.
6. The method according to claim 1 or 5,
The change pattern may include:
Characterized in that the ratio of height, width and height of the primer, neutral and longitudinal, between the selected basic glyphs,
Automatic font creation system.
The method according to claim 6,
Wherein the derived glyph generator comprises:
And generates a derived glyph from the second subject glyph based on the change pattern analyzed through the pattern analysis unit.
Automatic font creation system.
The method according to claim 1,
And a display unit for applying the derived glyph generated through the derived glyph generator to the text and displaying the derived glyph.
Automatic font creation system.
The method according to claim 1,
And a communication unit for transmitting the derived glyph generated through the derived glyph generator to the user terminal.
Automatic font creation system.
10. The method of claim 9,
Wherein,
And receiving the glyph from the font server.
Automatic font creation system.
Wherein the glyph storage comprises at least one glyph;
Selecting one of the two basic glyphs and one of the target glyphs in which at least one of the primer, the neutral, and the primer is the same from the glyph storing part;
Analyzing patterns of change in the primaries, neutrals, and vertices among the basic glyphs selected by the pattern analyzer through the selector; And
And generating a derived glyph from the target glyph based on a change pattern analyzed by the derived glyph generator through the pattern analyzer.
How to automatically generate fonts.
12. The method of claim 11,
Further comprising the step of storing the glyphs,
Wherein the number of the glyphs is adjustable.
How to automatically generate fonts.
12. The method of claim 11,
Further comprising storing the derived glyphs generated by the derived glyph generator in the glyph store. ≪ RTI ID = 0.0 >
How to automatically generate fonts.
14. The method of claim 13,
Further comprising the step of selecting the second basic glyph and the second target glyph from the glyph storing part by the selecting part, wherein the second basic glyph and the second target glyph are identical in at least one of the primer,
How to automatically generate fonts.
15. The method of claim 14,
Wherein the pattern analyzing unit analyzes the change pattern of the primaries, neutrals, and vertices among the second basic glyphs selected through the selector.
How to automatically generate fonts.
16. The method according to claim 11 or 15,
The change pattern may include:
Characterized in that the ratio of height, width and height of the primer, neutral and longitudinal, between the selected basic glyphs,
How to automatically generate fonts.
17. The method of claim 16,
And the derived glyph generator generates a derived glyph from the second target glyph based on the change pattern analyzed through the pattern analyzer.
How to automatically generate fonts.
12. The method of claim 11,
And displaying the derived glyphs generated by the derived glyph generation unit on the text by the display unit.
How to automatically generate fonts.
12. The method of claim 11,
And the communication unit transmits the derived glyph generated through the derived glyph generating unit to the user terminal.
How to automatically generate fonts.
20. The method of claim 19,
And the communication unit receiving the glyph from the font server.
How to automatically generate fonts.

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