TWI357062B - Information processing device, information process - Google Patents

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1357062 IX. Description of the Invention: [Technical Field] The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus capable of reproducing a layout of a character and an appearance image in an environment which does not have the same font type as an environment in which a character has been created, such as a cellular telephone device, a personal computer, a feeding device and the like, an information processing system using the information processing device, a beta processing program for use in the information processing device, and a computer readable A recording medium having the program recorded thereon. [Prior Art] Conventionally, the text 1 is established as in the prior art 1 described below. However: 'Although if the device environment on the display side is the same, you can use this technique in an environment with the same font as the established ring, but you can display the text similarly in the text creation source. The type design is different, even if the device environment on the display side is the same, it cannot be similar in the environment without the same font, and the text is displayed. The difference in the font design has been the problem of the prior art. In order to solve this problem of the technique 1, the conventional techniques 2 and 3 as described below are suggested. It is also recommended to create handwritten fonts (such as the prior art 4). These techniques will be explained in detail one by one in the following. (Prior Art 1) According to the prior art 1, information about a string composed of, for example, a plurality of character codes, font types, sub-element sizes, start positions of words, or the like Indicates text information. Although the 113375.doc text can be similarly displayed in the text creation source in the environment having the same font type as the created text environment if the device environment on the display side is the same, the font design is different, even if the display side is different. The device environment is the same, and the text cannot be displayed similarly in an environment that does not have the same font. In other words, the layout may be disrupted due to differences in the font design. For example, in the example of Fig. 11, font 1 is used in the text creation source and is used to display text, and font 1 and font 2 are not used on the text display target side. In this case, the width of the "Book" is changed, causing damage to the layout. This is caused by the following reasons. Conventionally, the size of a character is specified by a dot (pt) indicating the height of the character box or per dot matrix. In the case of Fig. 26, the heights of the font 1 and the font 2 are the same. However, the width of each sub-character varies. In the font 1, the character width of 'B' is wll, and the character width of 〇' is wl2, and k, and the character width is %13. In the font 2, the character width of 'B' is w21, 〇, the character width is 〜22, and the k• child is w23. So in the font! The character width of each character between fonts 2 and font 2 is different for this reason. The total character width is also different to cause damage to the layout. For this reason, 'in the case shown in FIG. 27, the entire text in the font 2 is not stored in the screen pivot of the display side due to the difference in the character width, and the character is highlighted from the screen frame. Not shown, the entire text of the ❿ font 4 is saved in the banner of the display side. (Traditional Technology 2) ^ ^ - Searching for a Public Publication No. 7_569〇9 Technology is known as a technique for solving texts that cannot be displayed in the screen frame. The main font of this technology, and if it does not exist with the text: two points: (1) the same font in the source of the quasi (four) word, select 113375.doc as similar as possible; (2) when displaying text Adjusting the boundary before and after the character so that the character generated by the replacement font has the same width as the width of the character in the text creation source; (3) if the character width cannot be adjusted by adjusting the boundary, then The characters are scaled in the horizontal direction to have the same width as the width of the word in the text source. Therefore, the size of the character box and the width of the character box are the same, and thus the layout is maintained. As a method relating to (1), an example of the prior art 2 indicates

The ElSeWarePAN0SE (trademark) character font matching system determines the font type in this system based on the characteristics of the font (such as the type of family, the style of the line, the thickness, the scale, the contrast, the stroke change, the style of the arm, The letter of the letter, the shape, the middle, the line, and the height of the X) are used to calculate the distance and select the most approximate font. (Prior Art 3) As a conventional technique 3' known Adobe (R) pDF (Portable Document Format). This is a file format developed by Adobe (USA) for displaying files. Files in this format have the subslot name ".PDF". In addition to textual information, this document includes information about subtypes, layouts, images, or the like, and thus the layout can be reproduced on any platform when the file is created. In Release 13 published in 1999, it is possible to embed a human-letter type, whereby the same layout and appearance as in the source of the text can be achieved even in a text display object that does not have the same font in the source of the text creation. (Prior Art 4) A technique is known as a technique of the prior art, which is known from the Japanese Patent Publication No. 5.298305. This technique is used to produce fonts with the characteristics of a hand-written element. According to this technique, a standard font is prepared, and the image of the hand-written character is saved as the feature data and the standard font is converted, thereby creating a hand-written font. The characteristic data has been revealed including the inclination of the stroke, the thickness, the amount of the point from the stroke, and the circle.

Japanese Laid-Open Patent Publication No. 7-569-9 [Reference 2] Japanese Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 5-2 983 〇 5 SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION However, the conventional configuration described above has the problems specified below. According to the prior art 1, although the device environment on the display side is the same, it can be similarly displayed in the text creation source in an environment having the same font type as the environment in which the text has been created, because the font design is different, even if display

The amount of the shaped portion or the like. [Reference 1] The device on the side has the same environment, and 'this text cannot be displayed in the same environment without the same font. According to the prior art 2, although the lack of Yishan-Hr-.,..., maintains the layout of the text by setting the character box on the display side so as to have the same size as the source of the text, but the appearance of the character is very large. different. For example, in Fig. 28, the width of the word 70 of each of the fonts 2 in the font 2 as shown in Fig. 26 is scaled in the horizontal direction in accordance with the font type. Specifically, the width of the sub-B of the B is self-scaling in the horizontal direction to the width of the sub-element in the horizontal direction from w22 to wi2, and the width of the word 113375.doc 1357062 is scaled from w23 to wl3 in the horizontal direction. The meta-frames become the same and prevent damage to the layout 'but the size of the characters, the ratio of the uppercase characters to the lowercase characters, or the like, are significantly different, and thus the appearance of the converted font 2 is the same as in FIG. Font 1 is quite different. Specifically, although the position of the baseline is in hu in the font, the position of the baseline is h23 in font 2 (h23 is lower than hl3, and the ratio of the uppercase character to the lowercase character (that is, the distance between hu_hl3) :Μ〗 The ratio of the distance between M3 and the distance between h21_h23: the ratio of the distance between h22_h23) is significantly different, and the aspect ratio of the small letters in the font 2 is larger than the lowercase in the font 1. The aspect ratio of the character. The size of each character is also different. About, B, for example, in font 1, the part surrounded by L11, Rll, Μι, and hi3 is the smallest outer bounding box of the character. And in the font 2, the portion surrounded by L31, H31, h21, and h23 is the smallest outer framing of the characters. The sizes of the minimum outer dicing frames are different from each other. The positions of the outer dicing frames are also different. When the size of the original character box is the same (as in Figure 29), the character is not scaled. However, the font 1 has the height of hi and the width of ..., and the font 2 has the divergence of ... and the width of w2. Therefore, the size of the characters (ie, the smallest outer bounding box of the characters) is significantly different. It is possible to prevent this difference by preparing several subtypes and the font type is similar to the font in the source of text creation. However, a font does not have to have a similar appearance, and the amount of stored data increases in order to prepare a number of fonts. The conventional technology 3 (Adobe(R) PDF) has the same layout and appearance, but the material added to the original text for embedding the font data is very large.

113375.doc •10- < S 1357062 For example, 5, commonly used in Microsoft Windows (Mie_ft Wi_ws) (registered trademark) "MS Minch. In the case of a character, the data to be added is roughly 1 () 0 KB when embedded in a substantially complete character. The conventional technique 4 is used to generate a character having the characteristics of a handwriting element. Type and not used to make the layout or appearance the same, this is one of the objects of the present invention as will be described below. The feature data of the handwriting element is relative to the original character (the standard word is strictly relative to the difference (variation) data. When the feature data is applied to a different element (-type different from the standard font), the difference data is applied as a difference from the other-sub-element, resulting in a very different character. The present invention is used to solve the above description A conventional problem is to provide an information processing device (such as a cellular phone device, a personal computer, a server device, and the like) that can be used in an environment that does not have an established text. Displaying text in a font environment such that the text has the same character layout and character appearance without increasing the amount of data; an information processing program for use in the information processing apparatus; A computer readable recording medium having the program recorded thereon. The information processing apparatus according to the present invention includes a font metric information generating means for generating a character code and a character font from a character. The font metric information indicating the characteristics of the character when the subtype data is generated, thereby achieving the goal described above. It should be noted that the font metric information can be generated at the transmission source and the transmission destination, and can be recorded from one record. Preferably, in the information processing apparatus according to the present invention, the font metric information generating means includes: a means for acquiring text information; a character code and a character font for specifying text information. And a component for generating font metric information according to the character code and the character font specified by 113375.doc • 11-1357062. Preferably, the information processing device comprises a character conversion component, For converting the available font data according to the font metric information indicating the characteristics of the font data when the text information is created. Preferably, the information processing apparatus according to the present invention Further comprising an acquisition component for obtaining font metric information. Preferably, the information processing apparatus according to the present invention further comprises a storage component for storing font metric information acquired by the acquisition component, wherein the character The conversion means repeatedly uses the font metric information stored by the storage means for subsequent conversion of the font data. The information processing apparatus according to the present invention includes a font metric information generating means 'for self-forming characters of a character" And the character font generates font metric information indicating the characteristics of the character when the font data is generated, and the object described above is achieved as follows. Preferably, in the information processing apparatus according to the present invention, the font metric The information generating means includes a means for receiving a text from the transmission source or the transmission destination; a means for specifying one of the character source and the character font of the transmission source; and a character for specifying the character A component of a code and a character font for generating font metric information. The information processing apparatus according to the present invention includes a character conversion component for use The font information is generated indicating the font metric information stored in the conversion character of a transmission destination information processing apparatus of the font data at the transmission source. The goals described above are achieved in this way. Preferably, the information processing apparatus according to the present invention further comprises a receiving H3375.doc • 12· 1357062 component 'for receiving font metric information from the transmission source. Preferably, the information processing apparatus according to the present invention further includes a storage means for storing font metric information acquired by the acquisition means, wherein the character conversion means repeatedly uses the font metric information stored by the storage means For subsequent conversion of font data. Preferably, in the information processing apparatus according to the present invention, the character is characterized by the size and shape of the character.

The correlation between the information of the position and size of the minimum circumscribed frame and the reference line information changes the coordinate value included in the font data. Preferably, the information according to the present invention includes at least a font information of a plurality of character fonts in a minimum circumscribed box of characters within a size of the character box, and the character conversion component views the information. In the processing device, the information of the font metric, the information about the size and the size of the character frame, and the size of the character reference line character box as the common information between them, about

Preferably, in the information processing apparatus according to the present invention, the font metric information includes at least information about the size of the character box, and the position and size of the smallest circumscribed frame of the character provided inside the character box. Individual information. Preferably, in the information processing apparatus according to the present invention, the information on the size of the character frame includes individual information about the height and width of the character frame. Preferably, in the information processing apparatus according to the present invention, the individual information on the position and size of the minimum outer frame is determined from the maximum and minimum values of the coordinate values of the font data. Preferably, in the information processing apparatus according to the present invention, the font metric information further includes a character reference line 113375.doc -13· 1357062 information as common information between the character fonts. Preferably, in the information processing apparatus according to the present invention, the character reference line information includes a hinge for at least two of the following lines; a baseline, an ascender line, a descender line, Cap Hne and the midline, which determine the boundaries of the characters arranged between them. Preferably, in the information processing apparatus according to the present invention, the reference line information of the character includes information on at least any one of the following lines: a baseline and an uppercase line; a baseline and a middle line; a baseline and an upper edge line; Baseline, upper edge and middle line; lower edge line and center line; and lower edge line 'upper edge line and center line. Preferably, in the information processing apparatus according to the present invention, the common information in the font production information is shared to reduce the amount of data (data v〇lume). Preferably, in the information processing apparatus according to the present invention, the extraction processing of the common information is performed by generating only a specific character whose respective values have been determined. Preferably, in the information processing apparatus according to the present invention, the character conversion φ element converts the font data of the destination of the transfer destination based on the parameter of each character in the font metric information. Preferably, in the information processing apparatus according to the present invention, the font metric information generating means includes: - a character generating means for generating a read binary; - a character box size obtaining means for acquiring The height and width of the character box of the generated character, and - the minimum outer frame data generating means for generating the maximum χ coordinate component value of the minimum outer bounding box of the character data of the character generated by the circumscribing, The maximum y coordinate is the same as the individual data of the y knives 1 value, the minimum X coordinate component value, and the minimum y coordinate component value. 113375.doc -14· 1357062 Preferably, in the information processing apparatus according to the present invention, the font generation information generating means further comprises: a character type determining means for determining whether the reading character is a letter character; a member for determining whether reference line information has been generated when the character is read as a letter character; and a reference line information generating means for generating the reference line when no reference line information is generated Information, and if a reference line has been generated, the character generation component uses the reference line information to generate the character. Preferably, in the information processing apparatus according to the present invention, after processing by the minimum circumscribing data generating means, the font metric information generating means determines whether or not any word that has not undergone processing remains in the read character. yuan. If the character remains, the processing by the character type determining means is repeated, and if the character is not left, the processing by the font metric information generating means is terminated. Preferably, in the information processing apparatus according to the present invention, the reference line information generating means takes the reference line information from the generated specific character. Preferably, in the information processing apparatus according to the present invention, the reference line information generating means includes at least any one of the following members and generates reference line information: one for generating the first specific character based on the first specific word The height of the element generates baseline data and uppercase line data as a component of the reference line information; a component for generating a second specific character to generate baseline data and upper edge line data as reference line information based on the height of the second specific character And a means for generating a third specific character to generate lower edge line data and midline data as reference line information based on the height of the third specific character. Preferably, in the information processing apparatus according to the present invention, the first specific word 113375.doc -15· is an uppercase alphabet character 'IT, the second specific character is a lowercase alphabet character 'h, and the third specific Characters in lowercase letters should note that a particular character can be a different character than Ή', 'h', and 'p1. Preferably, in the information processing apparatus according to the present invention, the character conversion means includes a means for generating font metric information using any of the following components before conversion: one for uppercase reading characters The letter character converts the coordinate value of the character into a character arranged between the baseline and the uppercase line, using the following conversion formula: x=(x'-xmin')*(xmax-xmin)/( Xmax'-xmin')+xmin y=(y'-ymin')*(ymax-ymin)/(ymax'-ymin')+ymin where ymin=baseline and ymax=uppercase line; one for reading Characters are lowercase letters Y, V, 'e', 'm', 'η', '〇', 'r', 's', 'u', 'ν', 'w', 'x' Or 'z' converts the coordinate values of the constituent characters into characters arranged between the baseline and the centerline, using the following conversion formula: x=(x'-xmin')*(xmax-xmin)/ (xmax'-xmin')+xmin yz^y'-ymin')*(ymax_ymin)/(ymax'_ymin')+ymin where ymin=baseline and ymax=mid line; one for reading characters The lowercase letter character '1' converts the coordinate value constituting the character into a character arranged between the baseline and the upper edge line, which enables The following conversion formula: x=(x'-xmin')*(xmax-xmin)/(xmax'-xmin')+xmin y=(y1 _y min· )* (ymax_ymin)/(y max'-ym in' )+y min 113375.doc -16- 1357062 where ymin=baseline and ymax=upper edge line; one for reading characters in lowercase letter characters 'b', 'd', 'f, 'h' • i·, 'k' or V converts the coordinate values of the constituent characters into characters arranged between the baseline and the center line and with the center line as the intermediate reference line, using the following conversion formula: x= (x'-xmin')* (xmax-xmin)/(xmax,-xmin,)+xmin y=(y'_ymin')* (ymid-ymin)/(y mid'-y min')+y min (When y<ymid)

y=(y1 _ymi d1) *(ymax-ymid)/(y max'-y mid1 )+y mid (when y>=ymid) where yiiiin=baseline, ymax=upper edge line and ymid=mid line; Means for converting a coordinate value constituting a character into a character arranged between a lower edge line and a middle line when the read character is a lowercase alphabet character 'g', V, 'q' or y Use the following conversion formula:

x=(x'-xmin')*(xmax-xmin)/(xmax'-xmin')+xmin y=(y'_ymin')*(ymid_ymin)/(ymid'-ymin')+ymin (when y&lt ;ymid) y=(y'_ymid')*(ymax_ymid)/(ymax'-ymid')+ymid (when y>=ymid) where ymin=lower line, ymax=middle line and ymid=baseline; A means for converting a coordinate value constituting a character to a character arranged between a lower edge line and an upper edge line and having a center line as an intermediate reference line when the read character is a lowercase letter character 'j' , which uses the following conversion formula: x=(x'-xmin')*(xmax-xmin)/(xmax'-xmin')+xmin 113375.doc -17- 1357062 y=(y'_ymin')*(ymici -ymin)/(yinid'-ymin')+ymin (when y<ymid) y=(y'-y mid')*(ymax-ymid)/(y max'-y mid')+y mid ( Where y>=ymid) where ymin=lower edge line, ymax=upper edge line and ymid=mid line; and a means for converting the coordinate value constituting the character when the read character is a non-letter character, It uses the following conversion formula: x=(x'-xmin')*(xmax-xmin)/(xmax'-xmin')+xmin y=(y'-ymin')*(ymax_ymin)/(ymax'-ymin ')+ymin, whereby the font metric of the font before conversion will be based on the font metric information of the transmission source Information conversion. Repeat this conversion until there are no characters to convert. For definitions of individual symbols such as (X, y), (X', y'), xmax, xmin, and the like, reference is made to the examples described below. Preferably, the information processing apparatus according to the present invention further includes a character display means for generating a character using the font metric information converted by the character conversion means, and drawing the generated character on the display screen At the predetermined location. The information processing system according to the present invention comprises: a transmission source information processing device having a font metric information generating means for generating a character code and a character font from a character to generate an indication when generating font data Character metric information of the character, and transmitting the font metric information and the text; and a transmission destination information processing device having a character conversion component for transmitting according to the self-transmission source The font metric information and text conversion are stored in the information processing device of the transmission destination in the font 113375.doc -18-1357062. The goals described above are achieved in this way. Preferably, in the information processing system according to the present invention, each of the transmission source and the transmission destination is a personal computer. The information processing system according to the present invention comprises: an information processing device capable of transmitting characters from a transmission source; and an information processing device at a relay point, comprising a receiving member for receiving characters from a transmission source, and a font type a straight information generating component for specifying a character code and a character font forming a character received by the receiving component to generate a font data generated from a transmission source from the specified character code and character subtype a sub-metric metric information indicating a feature of the character; and an information processing device of the transmission destination, comprising a character conversion component for using the font metric information transmitted by the device at the relay point The font data is used to convert the font data stored in the device on the transmission destination side. The goals described above are achieved in this way. Preferably, in the information processing system according to the present invention, the information processing device of the transmission source is a personal computer, the information processing device at the relay point is a server device, and the information processing device at the transmission destination is a cellular phone device. . The information processing system according to the present invention comprises: - an information processing device of a transmission destination, capable of transmitting information to an information processing device of a transmission source / receiving information from an information processing device of a transmission source; and a relay point The information processing apparatus includes a receiving means for receiving a text of the transmission source from the transmission destination and a font metric information generating means for performing a character code for forming a character received by the receiving means and In the character word, the character code and the character font generated by the heart are generated in the font data.

113375.doc •19· 1357062 At the transmission source (4) The information processing device of the (fourth) destination is provided with a character conversion component: and the component is used for transmission according to the device at the self-relay point. The goal of converting and storing the information processing device on the destination side is thus achieved. Barren. As described above, in the information system according to the present invention, the transmission processing device is a honeycomb type,

The device is a feeding device unit. Preferably, the information processing device at the relay point preferably has a storage component for storing the font metric information 4 received by the receiving component (4) in the information processing device according to the present invention. The pre-metric information stored by the storage component is used for subsequent conversion of the font data. Preferably, in the information processing system according to the present invention, the character is characterized by the size and shape of the character.

Preferably, in the information processing system according to the present invention, the font metric information includes at least information about the size of the character box, and the position and size of the smallest circumscribed box of the characters provided inside the character box. Individual information. Preferably, in the information processing system according to the present invention, the information about the size of the character box includes individual information about the height and width of the character box. Preferably, in the information processing system according to the present invention, the individual information about the position and size of the minimum outer frame is determined from the maximum and minimum values of the coordinate values of the font data. Preferably, in the information processing system according to the present invention, the font metric information further includes a character reference line 113375.doc • 20-1357062 information as common information between the character fonts. Preferably, in the information processing system according to the present invention, the character reference line information includes information about at least two of the following lines: a baseline, an upper edge line, a lower edge line, a uppercase line, and a center line, the lines Determine the boundaries of the characters that are arranged between them. Preferably, in the information processing system according to the present invention, the reference line information of the character includes information about at least one of the following lines: baseline and uppercase line 'baseline and midline; baseline and upper edge line; baseline , upper edge line and middle line; lower edge line and middle line; and lower edge line, upper edge line and middle line. Preferably, in the information processing system according to the present invention, common information in the font metric information is shared to reduce the amount of data. Preferably, in the information processing system according to the present invention, the extraction processing of the common information is performed by generating only a specific character whose individual values have been determined. Preferably, in the information processing system according to the present invention, the font metric information generating means further includes: a character type determining means for determining whether the read character is an alphabetic character; a member for determining whether reference line information has been generated when the character is an alphabet character; and a reference line information generating means for playing the reference line information 'where the reference line has been generated' if no reference line information is generated The character generation component uses the reference line information to generate the character. Preferably, in the information processing system according to the present invention, the character conversion means converts the font material of the transmission destination based on the parameter for each character in the font metric information. 113375.doc -21 1357062 Preferably, in the information processing system according to the present invention, the font metric information generating means includes: a character generating means for generating - reading: = a character box size acquiring means, The height and width of the character box of the generated character, a minimum outer frame data generating component, and the maximum outer bounding box of the minimum outer bounding box of the character data of the character generated by the outer cutting Individual data for coordinate component values, maximum y-coordinate component values, minimum 24-component component values, and minimum y-coordinate component values. Preferably, in the information processing system according to the present invention, after processing by the minimum=cut frame data generating means, the font metric information generating means determines whether any characters remaining unprocessed in the read character remain. . If the character remains, the processing is repeated by the processing performed by the character type determining means, and if the character is not left, the processing by the font metric information generating means is terminated. Preferably, in the information processing system according to the present invention, the reference line information generating means extracts reference line information from the generated specific character. Preferably, in the information processing system according to the present invention, the reference line information generating means includes at least any one of the members of the τ component and produces ± reference line information: - for generating the first specific character based on the first specific The height of the character generates baseline data and uppercase line data as a component of the reference line information; and a second specific character is generated to generate baseline data and upper edge line data as reference line information based on the height of the second specific character And means for generating a third specific character to generate lower edge line data and midline data as reference line information based on the height of the third specific character. Preferably, in the information processing system according to the present invention, the first specific word 113375.doc -22· is an uppercase alphabet character, the second specific character is a lowercase alphabet character 'h·, and the third specific word The element is the lowercase letter character 'P'. Preferably, in the information processing system according to the present invention, the character conversion means includes a means for generating font metric information using any of the following components before conversion: one for uppercase reading characters The alphabetic character converts the coordinate value of the character into a character arranged between the baseline and the uppercase line, using the following conversion formula: χ=(χ'-χπιΐη')* (xmax-xmin)/( Xmax'-xmin')+xmin y=(y'-y min') * (ymax-y min)/(ymax'-y min')+ymin where ymin=baseline and ymax=uppercase line; The read characters are lowercase alphabet characters 'a', V,, 'm', •η', '〇', 'r', 's', 'u', 'ν', 'w', ' When x' or 'z' converts the coordinate values of the constituent characters into characters arranged between the baseline and the center line, the following conversion formula is used: x=(x'-xmin')*(xmax-xmin /(xmax'-xmin,)+xmin y^y'-ymin'rCymax-ymin^ymax'-yminJ+ymin where ymin=baseline and ymax=mid line; one for reading characters in lowercase letters The character '1' converts the coordinate value of the character formed into a character arranged between the baseline and the upper edge line. , which uses the following conversion formula: x=(x'-xmin')* (xmax-xmin)/(xmax'-xmin')+xmin y=(y'-y min')*(ymax-ymin)/( Ymax'-y min')+y min where ymin=baseline and ymax=upper edge line; 113375.doc -23 - 1357062 one for reading characters in lowercase alphabetic characters 'b', 'd', 'f', 'h1, Τ, 'k' or 't1' is a component that converts the coordinate values of the constituent characters into characters arranged between the baseline and the center line and with the center line as the intermediate reference line, using the following Conversion formula: x=(x'-xmin,)* (xmax-xmin)/(xmax'-xmin,)+xmin y=(y'-y min')*(ymid-ymin)/(y mi d' -y min')+y min (when y<ymid)

y=(y'-y mid') * (ymax-ymid)/(y max'-y mid')+y mid (when y>=ymid) where ymin=baseline, ymax=upper edge line and ymid= The center line; one is used to convert the coordinate values of the constituent characters to be arranged between the lower edge line and the center line when the read character is a lowercase letter character 'g', 'p', 'q' or y A component of a character that uses the following conversion formula:

x=(x'-xmin')*(xmax-xmin)/(xmax'-xmin')+xmin y=(y'_ymin')* (ymid_ymin)/(y mi d'-y min')+ymin (when y<ymid) y=(y'-ymid')*(ymax-ymid)/(ymax'-ymid')+ymid (when y>=ymid) where ymin=lower edge line, ymax=medium Line and ymid=baseline; one for converting the coordinate value of the constituent character to be arranged between the lower edge line and the upper edge line and using the center line as an intermediate reference when the read character is a lowercase letter character 'j' The component of the line character, which uses the following conversion formula: x=(x'-xmin')*(xmax-xmin)/(xmax'-xmin')+xmin y=(y'.ymin')* (y Mid-ymin)/(y mi d'-y min')+y min 113375.doc -24- 1357062 (when y<ymid) y=(y1-y mid1) *(ymax-ymid)/(y max '-y mid1 )+y mid (when y>=ymid) where ymin=lower edge line, ymax=upper edge line and ymid=mid line; and one for conversion when the read character is a non-letter character The member that constitutes the coordinate value of the character, which uses the following conversion formula: x=(x'-xmin')*(xmax-xmin)/(xmax'-xmin')+xmin y=(y'-ymin')* (ymax-ymin)/(ymax'-ymin')+ymin 5 to convert the font before converting the information according to the font of the transmission source Type Metrics information. Repeat this conversion until there are no characters to convert. Preferably, the information processing apparatus according to the present invention further includes a character display means for generating a character using the font metric information converted by the character conversion means, and drawing the generated character on the display screen At the predetermined location. The information processing program according to the present invention is for causing a computer to execute a font metric information generating step for generating a font metric information indicating a character of a character when generating a font data from a character code and a character font. The objectives described above are achieved in this way. The information processing program according to the present invention is for causing a computer to perform a character conversion step to convert the information processing device stored in a transmission destination according to the font metric information indicating the character when the font data is generated at the transmission source. Font data in . The goals described above are achieved in this way. Preferably, the information processing program according to the present invention causes a computer to execute a font metric information generating step, comprising: a character generating step for generating 113375.doc -25 - 1357062 and continuing to fetch characters; a character frame size obtaining step for obtaining a height and a width of a character box of the generated word TG; and a minimum outer frame data generating step for generating character data of the character generated by the outer cutting The individual data of the maximum x-coordinate component value, the maximum y-coordinate component value, the minimum 乂 coordinate component value, and the minimum y-coordinate component value of the minimum circumscribed frame. Preferably, the information processing program according to the present invention causes the computer to execute the font type information generating step, comprising: a character type determining step for determining whether the read character is an alphabet character; a step of determining whether reference line information has been generated when the read character is the letter word 70; and a reference line command generating step for generating the reference line information when the reference line information is not generated' and if the reference line has been If generated, the character generation component uses the reference line information to generate the character. Preferably, the information processing program according to the present invention causes a computer to execute a font metric information generating step, wherein: after the processing of the minimum circumscribing data generating step, 敎 whether there is any unprocessed remaining in the read character Any character. If the character remains, the processing is repeated from the processing of the character type decision step, and if the character is not left, the processing of the font metric information generating step is terminated. Preferably, in the information processing program according to the present invention, the reference line information generating step extracts reference line information from the generated specific character. Preferably, the information processing program according to the present invention causes a computer to execute the reference line information generating step and generate reference line information, the step comprising at least one of the following steps: one for generating the first specific character based on the The height of the first specific character generates baseline data and uppercase data as a step of reference line 113375.doc -26- 1357062 information; one is used to generate a second specific character to generate baseline data based on the height of the second specific character And the step of the upper edge line data as the reference line information; and a step of generating the third specific character to generate the lower edge line data and the center line data as the reference line information based on the height of the third specific character. Preferably, in the information processing program according to the present invention, the first specific character is an uppercase alphabet character Ή ', the second specific character is a lowercase alphabet character 'h', and the third specific character is a lowercase letter Character. It should be noted that a particular character may be a different character than Ή', 'h·, and 'ρ·. Preferably, in the information processing program according to the present invention, the character conversion step includes a step of generating font metric information before the conversion, and the program causes a computer to perform any of the following steps: The step of converting the coordinate values of the constituent characters into characters arranged between the baseline and the uppercase line when the read character is an uppercase letter character, which uses the following conversion formula: x=(x'-xmin') * (xmax-xmin)/(xmax'-xmin')+xmin y=(y'-ymin')* (ymax-ymin)/(ymax'-ymin')+ymin where ymin=baseline and ymax=uppercase Line; one for reading characters in lowercase alphabet characters 'a', V, V, W, 'n', ·〇', 'r', V, 'u', V, 'w·, ' X' or 'z' is a step of converting the coordinate values of the constituent characters into characters arranged between the baseline and the center line, using the following conversion formula: x=(x'-xmin')* (xmax-xmin /(xmax'-xmin')+xmin y=(y'-ymin')*(ymax-ymin)/(ymax'-ymin,)+ymin 113375.doc -27- 1357062 where ymin=baseline and ymax = center line; one is used to convert the coordinate values of the constituent characters to be arranged at the baseline when the read character is a lowercase letter character '1' The step of the character between the upper edges, which uses the following conversion formula: x=(x'-xmin')*(xmax-xmin)/(xmax'-xmin')+xmin y=(y,_y min' *(ymax_ymin)/(ymax'_y min1 )+ymin where ymin=baseline and ymax=upper edge line;

One for converting the coordinate values of the constituent characters into the arrangement when the read character is a lowercase alphabet character 'b', 'd', 'f, 'h·, 'i', 'k' or 't1 The step of the character between the baseline and the midline and with the midline as the intermediate reference, using the following conversion formula: x=(x'-xmin')*(xmax-xmin)/(xmax'-xmin')+ Xmin y=(y'_ymin')*(ymid-ymin)/(ymid'-ymin')+ymin (when y<ymid) y=(y'-ymid')*(ymax-ymid)/(ymax '-ymid')+ymid (when y>=ymid)

Where ymin=baseline, ymax=upper edge line and ymid=mid line; one is used to convert the coordinate value of the constituent character to read when the read character is lowercase letter character 'g', 'p', V or y The step of arranging the characters between the lower edge line and the center line, using the following conversion formula: x=(x'-xmin')* (xmax-xmin)/(xmax'-xmin')+xmin y=( Y'-y min')*(ymid-ymin)/(y mid'-ymin')+y min (when y<ymid) y=(y'_ymid')*(yrnax_ymid)/(y max'- y mid')+ymid 113375.doc • 28 - 1357062 (when y>=ymid) where ymin=lower line, ymax=middle line and ymid=baseline; one for reading characters in lowercase letters 'j' is a step of converting the coordinate value of the constituent character into a character arranged between the lower edge line and the upper edge line and having the center line as the intermediate reference line, which uses the following conversion formula: x=(x'- Xmin')*(xmax-xmin)/(xmax'-xmin')+xmin y=(y'-ymin')* (ymid-ymin)/(ymid'-ymin')+ymin (when y<ymid )

y=(y'-ymid')* (ymax-y mid )/(y max'-y mid')+y mid (when y>=ymid) where ymin=lower edge line, ymax=upper edge line and Ymid=the center line; and a step for converting the coordinate values of the constituent characters when the read character is a non-letter character, using the following conversion formula:

x=(x'-xmin,)*(xmax-xmin)/(xmax'-xmin')+xmin y=(y'-y min')* (ymax-ymin)/(y max'-y min' ) +y min This converts the font metric information of the font before converting the information according to the font of the transmission source. Repeat this conversion until there are no characters to convert. Preferably, the information processing program according to the present invention causes a computer to perform a text display step to generate a character using the font metric information converted by the character conversion step, and to generate the generated character on the display screen. At the scheduled location. The computer readable recording medium according to the present invention includes each of the steps of the information processing program of the above information processing program recorded thereon for the font metric information generating function of the present invention. The object described above is 113375.doc -29. 1357062. The computer readable recording medium according to the present invention includes information on the above information processing program for the font conversion processing function of the present invention recorded thereon. Each of the steps of the processing program. The objectives described above are achieved in this way. The operation of the present invention will be explained hereinafter with reference to the above constitution. • According to the present invention, font information is not communicated. By communicating only the extra glyphs • information (here, glyph metrics information), the layout and appearance of the characters in the text are reproduced identically even in an environment that does not have the same font as in the context of the established text. , where the information to be communicated is less and does not increase the amount of data. In the transmission source on the text creation side, the font metric information generation component is used to generate font metric information. Here, the font metric information refers to the information established by determining the design shape of a character, and the common part (which is the common information regardless of the character) and the individual part (which is the different information between the characters). On the other hand, in the transmission destination on the character display side, in the execution of the font conversion_, the receiving means of the information communication means acquires the font metric information. On the text display side, the acquired font metric information and a character conversion component are used to convert the current font on the text display side, and a character is displayed at a predetermined position. Therefore, the environment is not in the established text. A text can be displayed in the environment of the same subtype so that the text has the same character layout view on the display side of the text display side without increasing the amount of data. As described above, according to the present invention, the font metric information is generated from the original text in the transmission source on the text creation side, and the text on the text side is used. 113375.doc

-30· 丄幻7062 ^ 095127764 Patent application ~ _ Chinese manual replacement page (100 years 8 ^ . 19 sub-display target font metric information conversion font. Therefore, can maintain the layout similar to the original text Layout, and can maintain the size of the characters as the same 'by thereby providing a character display with similar appearance in the transmission source and the transmission destination. In addition, the amount and representation of the font metric information, c• character The font data is relatively small and the amount of data to be added to the original text on the text creation side can be reduced to be smaller than in the case of using the clear text (in which the embedded font data is displayed for display). Hereinafter, each of Embodiments 1 to 3 in which an information processing system according to various information processing apparatuses according to the present invention is incorporated, in accordance with the present invention, will be explained in detail with reference to the present invention in each of Embodiments 1-3. Embodiment 4 of the zigzag metric information; embodiment 5 of the glyph metric information generating member according to the present invention used in each of the embodiments, and the basis for each of the embodiments The invention Embodiment 6 of the character conversion means. However, before this, the basic principle of an information processing system in which various information processing apparatuses according to the present invention are incorporated will be explained. Fig. 1 is a diagram showing the basic principle of the information processing system according to the present invention. In Fig. 1, an information processing system 100 according to the present invention has a character creating component 10, a storage component π for character creation, a font metric information generating component 20 forming the features of the present invention, and a The storage component 21 generated by the font metric information, an information communication component 3, one another characteristic character conversion component 40 forming the invention L, and a storage component 41 for character conversion (U3375-I) 8) 9.d〇c -31 - 1357062 Patent Application No. 095127764, Replacement Page (August 100), and - Text Display Component 42, and which can establish the transmission source of the side in an environment without the same font The layout of the text and the appearance image are reproduced at the transmission destination on the text display side. The text creation component 10 is a component on the text creation side for creating a text at the source of the transmission. The figure shows that the font eight used in the text creation is displayed as being stored in the storage component 以 for creating a text. Text creation

The member 10 and the storage member n can constitute a device, for example, a personal computer (PC) having a text creation function. The font metric information generating means 20 generates font metric information indicating the characteristics of the character when the font data is generated at the transmission source from the character code and the character font of the formed character. The figure shows that the storage component 21 stores the same font a as used to create the font A in the text to produce font metric information. The font metric information generating means 20 and the storage means 21 can constitute a device, such as a server device for generating metric information. It should be noted that the text creation component 1 , the storage component 11 , the font metric information generation component 2 〇 and the storage component 2 ι may constitute a device, such as a personal computer having the function of creating a text and generating font metric information from the text. (PC). The font metric information includes at least information about the size of the character box and the location and size of the smallest circumscribed box of characters provided within the character box, which will be described in Example 4 with reference to Figures 5A and 5B. Explain in detail. The information communication means 30 is for communicating (transmitting/receiving) the text material and the font metric information from the transmission source to the transmission destination (transmission means to the receiving means). The figure shows that the stored character conversion member 40 is a member for converting a font type 113375-1000819.doc -32- π~一孤号A甲谙亲100 Storage member 41 is stored in τ Chinese manual replacement page (100 years 8 Month) _ font Β (that is, _ not and Gus in the text in the creation of the font A 4. According to the font data;: the same font environment). Character conversion component font metric information Μ "The font data of the character indicating the character at the time of the source is exchanged in the information processing device of the transmission destination. The display member 42 displays the character on the display screen. Conversion member (4) U (4) member 4〇, material member 42 may constitute a device, for example, as a -f ^ component device. The honeycomb type electrical device in the bei device is not in the environment of creating text. The environment type metric information of the same font is generated from the original text at the transmission source of the text creation side', and according to the font metric, the text on the display side of the text is displayed on the display side of the character-font type. Therefore, the transmission source The layout and appearance of the characters can be similarly displayed at the transmission destination without increasing the amount of data. (Embodiment 1) In Embodiment 1, the '-Information processing system includes: an information processing device of a transmission source' having a word a type metric information generating component 2 用于, the component is configured to generate a font metric indicating a feature of the character when the font data is generated in the transmission source from the character code and the character font forming the text information And transmitting the font metric information and the text via an information communication device 30; and an information processing device of the transmission destination, comprising a character conversion component 40 for transmitting according to the self-transmission source Font metric information and text information to convert the word II3375-I0008J9.doc stored in the information processing device of the transmission destination. FIG. 2 is an exemplary configuration illustrating the main part of the information processing system according to the embodiment. In Fig. 2, the information processing system 101 of the embodiment 1 according to the present invention has a personal computer 1 (hereinafter referred to as PC丨) for performing text creation and subtype information generation; And a personal computer 2 (hereinafter referred to as pC 2) for converting a font using font metric information to display the text. pC 1 has a control portion A2, a communication device A3, and a The auxiliary storage unit A400 has a central processing unit A210 (hereinafter referred to as CPU A210) and a main memory a22 serving as a working memory. The communication device A3 00 communication (sending) has been The auxiliary storage A400 has a text creation program A410; a font metric information generation program A420; and a font data A430. The text creation program A420 can be commonly used for text creation. As described above, the font metric information generating program A420 is configured to cause the CPU A2 10 to execute a character code for characterizing a character and a character font to be generated when the font data is generated at the transmission source. The step of character metric information of the features of the character. This step corresponds to, for example, the processing shown in Figures 8 and 9 which will be described in detail with respect to Embodiment 5 of the present invention. Font data A430 is used for text creation. The program A410 and the font metric information generation program A420. 113375.doc • 34· 1357062 On the other hand, the PC 2 has a control section B2〇〇, a communication device B300, and an auxiliary storage B4〇〇. The control section B200 has a central processing unit B21 (hereinafter referred to as CPU B210) and a main memory 322 which functions as a working memory. The device k communicates (receives) the text data and the font metric information established by the communication device. The auxiliary storage unit 400 has a text display program 〇41〇 and a font type information 420.

The text display program 410 has a font data conversion processing program B4U. The font data conversion processing program 8411 is for causing the cpu Α2 〇 to perform a step of converting the font data stored in the information processing device of the transmission destination. This step corresponds to each of the processes of step S301 to step S315 of Fig. 1 which will be described in detail with respect to Embodiment 5 of the present invention. The font data B420 has a font data B different from the font data a described above (the font type stored in the information processing device of the transmission destination)

Material) 'that is, an environment that does not have the same font type. When the font data is used in the text frequency program, the data type B is measured according to the font type and used. In this case, the 'same' in-there is no environment with the same font type in the environment in which the text is created. The font metric information is generated from the original text at the source of the text creation side, and is in the text. Document: Font metric information conversion - font. Therefore, the layout and appearance of the transmission source:= can be at the transmission destination phasor β | kiss does not increase the data 113375.doc -35· < s 1357062 (Embodiment 2)

In the second embodiment, an information processing system is provided in which font metric information is not generated at a transmission source and is generated at a server at a relay point to be transmitted to a transmission destination. In other words, an information processing system will be explained in Embodiment 2, which includes: an information processing device of a transmission source capable of transmitting text information via an information communication member 30; and an information processing device at a relay point having a The font metric information generating component 2 is configured to specify a sub-character code and a character font that form a text transmitted from the transmission source via the information communication component 3, from the specified character code and character font Generating metric information indicating a feature of the character when the font data is generated at the transmission source; and an information processing device of the transmission destination, comprising a word conversion member 40 for using the information communication component 3. The font metric information and text transmitted from the information processing device at the relay point convert the font data stored in the information processing device on the transmission destination side.

Fig. 3 is a block diagram showing an exemplary configuration of a main portion of an information processing system according to Embodiment 2. In FIG. 3, the information processing system 1〇2 according to the second embodiment has a 3' for establishing a text; a feed device 4 at a relay point for generating subtype metric information; The cellular telephone device 5 of the destination converts the font with the (four) font metric information to display the text on the display screen. ‘

The PC 3 has a control portion C200, a communication device C3, and a storage device C400. The control portion C200 serving as the working memory has a CPU C210 and a H3375.doc • 36- < £ 1357062 main memory C220. The communication device C300 communicates (sends) the established text information. The auxiliary storage C400 has a text creation program C4 10 and a font data C420. The font data C420 corresponds to the font data A and is used in the text creation process. The text creation program C4 10 can be a commonly known method for text creation. On the other hand, the server 4 has a control portion D200, a communication device D3 00, and an auxiliary storage D400. The control portion D200 has a CPU D210 and a main memory D220 serving as a working memory. The communication device D300 communicates the text data created by the PC 3 and the font metric information to be established by the server 4. The auxiliary storage D400 has a font metric information generating program D4 10 and a font D420. As described above, the font metric information generating program is for causing the CPU D2 10 to execute a device for specifying the character code and the character font and the transmission source of the text transmitted from the PC 3 as the transmission source. Type, the step of generating font metric information indicating the characteristics of the character when the font data A is generated at the transmission source of the device type from the specified character code and character font. This program corresponds to, for example, the processing shown in Figs. 8 and 9 as will be described in detail with respect to Embodiment 5 of the present invention. The font data D420 includes various types of devices other than the font type data C420 corresponding to the font data A and the font data E420 corresponding to the font data B corresponding to the source of the transmission 113375.doc -37-1357062. Font data. Subsequently, the cellular phone device 5 has a control section 200, a communication device 300, and an auxiliary storage device. The control section 200 has a CPU switch and the main memory E220 serving as the working memory. The communication device E300 communicates (receives) the text information established by the pc 3 and the font metric information to be established by the server 4. . The auxiliary storage E400 has a text display program E41 and a font data E420 corresponding to the font data B. The character display program E410 includes a conversion processing program E411 for using the font data B of the font metric information. The font data conversion process sE4u is used to cause the CPU E210 to execute a font metric information and text information for converting the font data A sent from the server at the relay point to the destination of the transfer. The step of the font data B in the cellular telephone device 5. This procedure corresponds to each of the processes of step S301 to step S315 shown in detail in the embodiment 5 of the present invention. The subtype data E420 has a font data B (a font material stored in the information processing device of the transmission destination) different from the above-described font data a, that is, an environment having no identical font. When the font data B is used in the text display program E410, the font data B is converted according to the font type information of the font data a and used for displaying text. In this case as well, in an environment that does not have the same font type as the environment in which the text is created, the character metric information and the text of the source of the transmission are transmitted from the server 4, and the information is transmitted as a transmission according to the font. Destination bee

113375.doc •38- < S The nested telephone device converts the font on the display screen. Therefore, the layout and appearance of the sub-elements in the transmission source can be similarly displayed at the transmission destination without increasing the amount of data. If the text thus created by PC 3 is based on the WORD (trademark), EXCEL (trademark) or PowerPoint (trademark) text (for example) of Microsoft Windows (registrar) system, it is generated in server 4. In addition to the font metric information, it is also possible to convert the text to SVG or Pdf for display on the display screen of the cellular telephone device 5. "Galamo

View (http://view.galamo.com/svr004/translate/jsp/index.js

P) is available as a service for converting the words in the PC 3 into the sVG-T (the SVG-T is a subset of SVG) in the server 4 for transmission to the side of the cellular telephone device 5. (Embodiment 3) In Embodiment 3, an information processing system prepares font metric information in advance in a predetermined internal memory or the like depending on the device type of the transmission source and displays a character according to the font metric information. . If there is no font metric information corresponding to the type of device of the transmission source (eg, in a new device type), the system uses the font metric information for the new device type from the server at the relay point to convert the word. yuan. The information processing system will be explained in the third embodiment, which includes: an information processing device of a transmission destination capable of transmitting/receiving information via the information communication means 3; and an information processing device at a relay point, A font metric information generating component 20 is provided for specifying a character code and a character font for forming a text transmitted from a transmission source via the information communication component 30 to 113375.doc -39- The metacode and the character font generate font metric information indicating the characteristics of the character when the font data is generated at the transmission source, and the poor processing device of the transmission destination in # is provided with a character conversion member 40 for The font data stored in the information processing device on the transmission destination side is converted based on the font metric information transmitted from the device at the relay point. Fig. 4 is a block diagram showing an exemplary configuration of a main portion of an information processing system according to Embodiment 3. In Fig. 4, the information processing system 1A according to the third embodiment has a cellular telephone device 6 for displaying a character and a server 7 for generating font metric information. The cellular telephone unit 6 has a control portion F200, a communication device F300' and an auxiliary storage unit F4. The control section F200 has a CPU F210 and a main memory F220 serving as a working memory. If font metric information is required, such as when there is no font metric information corresponding to the type of device of the transmission source (eg, a new device type), then communication device F300 sends text information (text) to server 7 for communication (send/receive) ) The font metrics information. The auxiliary storage F400 has a text display program F410, a font data F420, and a cache area F43 for storing font metric information. The font data F420 is used in the text display program F410. The text display program F410 includes a font data conversion processing program F411 that uses font metric information. The font data conversion processing program F411 is for causing the CPU F210 to execute a sub-type information or self-relay for the H3375.doc • 40·, ', device class ^• corresponding to the transmission prepared in advance. The new font degree 1 information transmitted from the server 7 at the point is used to convert the font data stored in the bee type telephone device side as the transmission destination. This program corresponds to each of the processes of step s3〇i to step S3 I5 of Fig. 1 described in detail in the fifth embodiment of the present month. The sub-type data F420 has font data (type font data stored in the device) different from the type of the transmission source described above, that is, the same font type is not provided at the transmission source to be displayed. Zigzag. In this case, different font data is used in the text display program F4l, and the font data is converted based on the font metric information acquired from the server 7. , thereby displaying a character. Therefore, in the information processing system 103, when the cellular phone device 6* in which a character is displayed has the font metric information, the font metric information transmitted from the server 7 corresponding to the device type of the transmission source is stored in the hive. The information is repeatedly used in the cache area F43 of the telephone device 6 for subsequent use. Alternatively, the server 7 has a control portion G2, a communication device G3, and an auxiliary storage G400. The control portion G200 has a CPU G21 and a main memory G220 serving as a working memory. The communication device G300 communicates the text information (text) established by the cellular telephone device 6 and the font to be created by the server 7. Metric information. The auxiliary storage G400 has a font metric information generating program 1 and a font G420. 113375.doc -41 · 1357062 As described above, the font metric information generating program G4I0 is for causing the CPU G210 to execute - for specifying the text information (text) sent from the cellular telephone device 6 as the transmission source. The character code and the character font generate the sub-degree $ information indicating the predetermined feature to be displayed from the specified character code and character font. This program corresponds to, for example, the processing shown in Figs. 8 and 9 as will be described in detail with respect to Embodiment 5 of the present invention. The font data G420 (for example) includes various font data other than the subtype data C420 corresponding to the font data A of the transmission source and the font data E42 corresponding to the font data B. As described above, in an environment that does not have the same font type as the environment in which the desired text to be displayed has been created in the transmission source, that is, when there is no pre-prepared font metric information, the access server is accessed. 7. Generate font metric information corresponding to the desired text to be displayed, and convert the font data on the display screen of the cellular telephone device 6 according to the predetermined desired font metric information to be displayed. Or 'when there is a font metric information prepared in advance and corresponding to the transmission source', the subtype data on the display side of the transmission destination is converted according to the font metric information. Therefore, the layout and appearance of the desired character at the source of the destination to be displayed can be similarly displayed on the display screen of the cellular telephone device 6 as the transmission destination without increasing the amount of data. Although not shown in this configuration, the auxiliary storage (9) can store a plurality of commonly used font metrics in advance. Although the font metric information in the constitutive la is generated based on the word genre D in the lexical device 7, the server 7 can store the font data D in advance for generating various font metrics information 113375.doc -42·. (Embodiment 4) A specific example of the font metric information of Fig. 1 which is used in any of the above embodiments and which is used when the font data is generated at the transmission source will be explained in the fourth embodiment. The characteristics of the yuan (size and shape). Figure 5 is a diagram illustrating the font metrics in accordance with the present invention. Figure 5 (α) is a diagram for a display screen of a Chinese character element (8) is a diagram for a display screen of alphabet characters. As shown in FIG. 5, the font metric information determination word of the fourth embodiment The singular shape of the element corresponds to the character code and includes at least information about the size of the character box necessary to maintain the layout, and the size and position of the minimum circumscribing frame necessary to maintain the apparent size of the character. News. The sub-i1 information includes the individual parts of the different information between the characters (the size of the individual k-message box and the position and size of the smallest outer frame) and the common part between the character fonts. (common information; reference line information). The information about the size of the character box includes individual information about the height of the character box and the width of the character box. The information about the position and size of the minimum circumscribed frame can be obtained by the minimum value of the X coordinate component of the minimum circumscribed frame (Xmin), the maximum value of the X coordinate division (Xmax), and the minimum value of the y coordinate component (Ymin). The maximum value of the y coordinate component (Ymax) is expressed. This information about the size or position of the smallest circumscribed box of the character varies depending on each character. As shown in alphabetic characters, each character can have a reference line (reference line information) as a common part. Determine the position of each element of the character relative to the word 113375.doc -43 · 1357062. As shown in FIG. 5(B), for example, a character may have at least one of a baseline, an upper edge line, a lower edge line, an uppercase line, and a center line as a common portion of each letter character. . In this glyph metric, the height defined between the midline and the baseline is often referred to as the X height. The height defined between the uppercase line and the baseline is often referred to as the uppercase height. These reference lines can be appropriately set according to the characteristics of the language. In the same font, the font metric information contains separate information about the common part (which is the common information regardless of the alphabetic characters) and the individual parts (which are different between the characters). For example, in the case of "Chinese characters, the font metric information only contains individual parts, and in the case of "letter characters", the font metric information includes individual parts and common parts. The common portion is formed by at least two of the following lines: a baseline, an upper edge line, a lower edge line, an uppercase line, and a center line, the lines indicating the height. For each line, the setting is performed to generate a character box. The height is 256. In this case, each of the baseline, upper edge, lower edge, uppercase, and centerline is 0-2 5 5. Each data is 1 byte, and total The data is a 5-byte. As described above, the individual part contains the character code, the height of the character box, and the width of the character box 'xmin, xmax, ymin, and ymax °. Any character is limited as long as it limits one character. Codes may be possible, such as JIS code, SJIS code, and UNICODE. In the present invention, the height of the character box is fixed at 256. When the height of the character box is 256 points, the width of the character frame is set to The value used for the width of the character box. The value can be set to 1-256. 113375.doc -44- When the height of the meta box is 256 points, xmin is the smallest x coordinate component of one character. The value of xmin corresponds to the LSB commonly used in European languages (Left Side· Bearing). When the height of the character box is similarly The xmax is the maximum x coordinate component of a character at 256. The value obtained by subtracting the xmax from the width of the character box corresponds to the RSB (Right Side Bearing) commonly used in European languages. The height of the meta box is similarly 256 points, ymin is the minimum y coordinate component of a character. When the height of the character box is similarly 256 points, ymax is the maximum y coordinate component of a character. These xmin, xmax, Ymin and ymax have values of 0-255. In addition, xmin, xmax, ymin, and ymax indicate the size and position of the smallest outer bounding box of a character. As an individual part, each character can have 2 bytes for Character code, 1 byte for the height of the character, 1 byte for the width of the character box, 1 byte for xmin, xmax, ymin and ymax, resulting in a total of 8 The data of the byte. It should be noted that each character has this type of metric information. In addition, when each The height of the character box is 256 points, and the value does not depend on the actual size of the output character. Figure 7 is a diagram illustrating the font conversion process based on the font metric information of the present invention. In order to explain the size of the character frame including the size of the character box and the size and position of the smallest outer bounding box of the character, Figure 7(B) shows the size of the character box included in the font metric information. , the size and position of the smallest outer bounding box of the character, and the map in the case of the reference line. 113375.doc -45- In the case of the "Chinese character" as shown in Fig. 7(A), the left hand side of Fig. 7(A) shows the font at the source of the source and the right hand side is used for The text shows the font of the side transition. The size and position of the smallest circumscribed box of the character in the original font is represented by xmin, xmax, ymin, and ymax. The size and position of the minimum circumscribing box used to convert the characters of the font on the text display side are represented by xmin', xmax1, ymin', and ymax'. The one-character conversion process is represented by the conversion of the coordinate data representing the shape of the character. In other words, the coordinate data (X', y') of the font used for the conversion on the text display side is converted to (X) according to the position and size of the minimum circumscribed frame indicated by the font metric of the text creation source. , y). Specifically, the conversion is represented by the following formula: x=(x'-xmin')*(xmax-xmin)/(xmax'-xmin')+xmin y=(y'-ymin')*(ymax -ymin)/(ymax'-ymin')+ymin 〇 Therefore, the coordinate data of the entire font is changed so that the minimum outer bounding box of the converted font obtained on the text display side corresponds to the font in the text creation source The smallest outer frame. As a result, the appearance and shape of the font in the text display side become similar to the appearance and shape of the font in the text creation source. In the case of the alphabet characters as shown in Fig. 7(B), ymid and ymid' indicating the reference lines are respectively added as compared with the case of the character elements shown in Fig. 7(A). Ymid is the source of the text, and ymid1 is information about the font used in the conversion of the text display side. In this case, the conversion formula is expressed as follows: x=(x'-xmin' )*(xmax-xmin)/(xmax'-xmin')+xmin y=(yy min')*(y mid-ymin /(y mid'-ymin')+ymin 113375.doc -46- 1357062 (when y<ymid) y=(y,~yniid')*(ymax-ymid)/(ymax,-ymid,)+ Ymid (when y>=ymid)° Therefore, the correlation between the coordinate value according to the shape of the defined font and various reference line information such as the baseline, the upper edge line, the lower edge line, the uppercase line, and the middle line ( That is, the coordinates of the font are arranged between the reference lines. The position of the reference line on the text display side is set as the reference line position of the text creation source, and

The coordinate values between the test lines can be obtained by interpolation (linear interpolation). As a result of the change in the coordinate data of the entire font, the appearance and shape of the font at the side of the text display are similar to the appearance and shape of the font in the source of the text. The conversion of the X coordinate component is the same as that shown in Fig. 7(A). In the conversion of the 7-coordinate component, although the conversion formula used varies depending on the position above or below the reference line, the conversion similarly maintains the spatial relationship of the coordinates. Even if there are a plurality of reference lines, the track conversion can be performed to maintain the spatial relationship. In the following embodiment, all the changes in the coordinate values represented by the same conversion formula as described above are obtained in the font display side. The appearance and shape of the font become similar to the effect of the appearance and shape of the font in the source of the creation of the syllabary (Example 5). The specific example will be explained in the fifth embodiment! The component is used to generate the character code and the character font of the character metric information generating component 2 in the above-mentioned embodiment 4, and the font metric in the embodiment 1-3 is produced. 113375.doc • 47· 1357062. In the font metric information generating unit 20, the CPU (control section) performs each function of the following components: a _ character type determining means for determining whether the read word = is a letter a character; a member for determining whether the reference line information has been generated when the reading character is an alphabet character; a reference line information generating component for generating the reference line information when the reference line information is not generated; - + where the component is produced, For use in the presence of reference line information, the reference line is used to read the sub-element, the character frame size acquisition component, which is used to obtain the height and width of the character box of the generated character; and - the minimum Exogenous: a data generating component for generating a character data of a character generated by circumscribing based on a poor processing program stored in a readable recording medium and its data (although not shown here) The maximum outer coordinate frame maximum X coordinate component value maximum y coordinate component value, minimum X coordinate component value, and minimum y coordinate component value respective data. As shown in FIG. 5, the reference line information generating component has the following components, At least one of the reference line information is generated: a poem produces a capital letter character, a baseline data and uppercase line data are generated based on the height of the first specific character as a reference line = a component of the beixun; and one is used to generate a lowercase letter word a component for generating baseline data and upper edge line data as reference line information based on the height of the second specific character; and a means for generating a lowercase letter character ρ based on the third specific The height of the element generates the lower edge line data and the center line data as the components of the reference line information. The operation of the above construction will be explained later. Fig. 8 is a view showing an embodiment of the font metric information generating member 20 in Fig. 1 H3375.doc -48· 1357062 A flowchart of a processing operation for generating the font metric information of Fig. 6. As shown in Fig. 8, 'the processing of reading a character is first performed at step 31〇1. Then the character is determined at step S102. Whether the zigzag metric information has been generated. If it is determined in step S1 02 that the font metric information has been generated (Yes), the font metric information does not need to be generated again, and therefore the process proceeds to the process of step 811. If at step S102 If the decision font metric information has not been generated (NO), the process proceeds to the processing at step S103. It is determined in step S103 whether the character is a one-letter character. If it is determined in step sl3 that the character is an alphabetic character (Yes), the process proceeds to the processing at step s4, and if it is determined in step S103 that the character is not a letter character (No), then The process proceeds to the process at step S106. If the character is an alphabetic character, it is determined in step S104 whether or not the common partial information has been generated. If it is determined in step S104 that the common portion information has been generated (Yes), the common portion of the information is not generated by the processing at step S105, and therefore the process proceeds to the processing at step S106. If it is determined in step si〇4 that the common portion information has not been generated (NO), the process proceeds to the processing at step si〇5. The common portion information is generated in step S105, which will be explained in detail below. The character is generated at 256 points in step S106'. In step S107, the height and width of the character box of the generated character are obtained. At step S108, a maximum x coordinate component value, a maximum 7 coordinate component value, and a minimum X coordinate component of a portion (minimum circumscribing) in which the character data I13375.doc • 49-1357062 of the generated character is present is generated. Individual data for values and minimum 7 coordinate component values. Specifically, since the character generated in step S1()7 is in the dot pattern (10), the shape of the poor material is 4, and α is subjected to line scanning to obtain the most coordinate component and the coordinate component and the minimum X coordinate component. y coordinate component. In step S109, the acquired font metric information is stored. It is determined in step S110 whether there are any other characters that have been read. If there is another character (Yes), the process returns to the processing at step S101, and if there is no other character (none), the font metric information generation processing is terminated. The font metric 1 can be generated by the process as described above. Fig. 9 is a flow chart for explaining the common information generating process at step 81〇5 in Fig. 8. Use Ή, ,, h, and, P to perform common part information generation. Regarding the common portion information generating process of Fig. 9, the upper case lines and the like used in the following processes will be explained in detail with reference to Fig. 5(B) and Fig. exemplified as previously explained. As shown in Fig. 9, first, at step 82〇1, an uppercase letter character Ή having a height of 256 dots is generated. ^ Subsequently, uppercase line data is generated as reference line information in step S202. Specifically, since the character generated at step S201 is in the form of bitmap data, a line scan is performed to obtain the maximum y coordinate component. At step S203, baseline data is generated as reference line information. Specifically, since the character generated at step S201 is in the form of bitmap data: a line scan is performed to obtain the minimum y-coordinate component. 113375.doc -50- Thereafter, in step S204, a lowercase letter character 'h having a height of 256 dots is generated, and an upper edge line data is generated in step S205 as reference line information. Specifically, since the characters generated at step S2〇4 are in the form of bitmap data, a line scan is performed to obtain the maximum y-coordinate component. Thereafter, in step S206, a lowercase letter character 'ρ· having a height of 256 dots is generated. In step S207, the midline data is generated as the reference line information. Specifically, since the character generated at step S206 is in the form of bitmap data, a line scan is performed to obtain the maximum y coordinate component. The lower edge line data is generated as reference line information in step S208. Specifically, since the character generated at step S207 is in the form of bitmap data, a line scan is performed to obtain the minimum y coordinate component.

The zigzag pattern is shown in Figure 11. First, in step sim嫱®, the character is read in step S101, b·. It is then determined in step S102 whether or not the information of V has been generated. In this case

And the process proceeds to U3375.doc • 51 - 1357062 The process β at step S105 generates common portion information in step S105. The common part information generation processing of step 8105 will be explained later based on Fig. 9. In step S201, Η, the character data is generated. The results are shown in Figure 12. In step S202, the maximum coordinate value (222) of η is generated as the uppercase line data. In step S203, a minimum coordinate value (69) of Η is generated as the baseline data. A character soil is generated in step S204. The results are also shown in Figure 12. In step S205, the maximum coordinate value (222) of V is generated as the upper edge line data. The character data of ·ρ, is generated in step S206. The results are also shown in Figure 12. In step S207, the maximum coordinate value (172) of ?p is generated as the midline data. In step S208, a minimum coordinate value (3 〇) of ρ is generated as the lower edge line data. Therefore, the common part information generation processing (Fig. 9) is terminated, and the process proceeds to the processing at step S106 of Fig. 8. A character 'b' is generated in step S106. The resulting results are shown in Figure 13. The character width 112 is obtained in step S107. The maximum X coordinate component value 1〇ι, the maximum 丫 coordinate component value 222, the minimum X coordinate component value 1〇, and the minimum y coordinate component value 113375.doc of the character are obtained in step S108. 52· 1357062 69 储存 The information is stored in step S109. It is determined in step S110 that there is another character step Sl〇i 读取 the next character, gate, is read in step S101. It is determined in step S102 that the information of this character has been processed to proceed to the processing at step S13.

It is determined in step S103 that the character is not a letter character. In step si〇4, since the common portion information generation processing has been executed, the process proceeds to the processing at step Sl6. A character is generated in step S106, and the result of this generation is also shown in FIG. A character width of 256 is obtained in step S107. In step S108, the maximum 乂 coordinate component value 217 and the maximum y of the character are obtained.

And the process proceeds to return to step and thus the over-coordinate component value 224, the minimum X-coordinate component value 33, and the minimum y-coordinate component value 28. The message is stored in step S109. In step S110, it is determined that there is no additional character, and the font metric information generating process is terminated. The glyph metric information thus generated is as shown in FIG. (Embodiment 6) In the present embodiment 6, a specific example of the character conversion member 4A of Fig. 1 will be explained. This member is used for the above embodiments 1-3 according to the transmission source in the above embodiment 4. The font type information is used to convert the font data stored in the information processing device as the transmission destination 113375.doc • 53·. In the character conversion unit 40 of FIG. 1, the CPU (control portion) performs information about the conversion (transmission destination information) based on the information processing program stored in the readable recording medium and its data (although not shown here). The function of the font type metric of the font before the processing device and the function of the font data conversion processing of the font metric information, the process uses the component for generating the font metric information of the font before the conversion and any of the following components A method for determining whether a read character is an uppercase letter character, and converting the coordinate value of the constituent character into a character arranged between the baseline and the uppercase line when the read character is an uppercase letter character A member that uses the following conversion formula: x=(x'-xmin')* (xmax-xmin)/(xmax'-xmin')+xmin y=(y'-ymin')*(ymax-ymin)/ (ymax'-ymin')+ymin where ymin=baseline and ymax=uppercase line; one is used to determine whether the read character is lowercase alphabetic characters 'a', V, V, 'm', W, V, 'r', .s', 'u', V, 'w', |χ' or 'z', and if so, converts the coordinate values of the constituent characters to be arranged between the baseline and the midline A member of the element that uses the following conversion formula: x=(x'-xmin')*(xmax-xmin)/(xmax'-xmin')+xmin y=(y'.ymin')* (ymax-ymin) /(ymax,-ymin')+ymin where ymin=baseline, and ymax=the center line; one is used to determine that the read character is a lowercase letter character 'Γ, and if so, the coordinate value of the constituent character is converted to A member of a character arranged between the baseline and the upper edge, using the following conversion formula: x=(x'-xmin')* (xmax-xmin)/(xmax'-xmin')+xmin 113375.doc - 54- 1357062 y=(y'_ymin')*(ymax_ymin)/(ymax'-ymin')+ymin where ymin=baseline and ymax=upper edge line; one is used to determine whether the read character is a lowercase letter Meta 'b', 'd', 'f', •h·, 4', 'k' or 't', and if so, converts the coordinate values of the constituent characters to be arranged between the baseline and the midline and The character with the center line as the intermediate reference line uses the following conversion formula:

x=(x'-xmin')* (xmax-xmin)/(xmax'-xmin')+xmin y=(y'.ymin')5|5(ymid-ymin)/(ymid'-ymin') +ymin (when y<ymid) y=(y'-ymid')*(ymax-ymid)/(ymax'-ymid')+ymid (when y>=ymid) where ymin=baseline, ymax=upper Margin and ymid=middle line;

One is for determining whether the read character is a lowercase alphabet character 'g', V, V or y, and if so, converting the coordinate value of the constituent character into a character arranged between the lower edge line and the middle line A member that uses the following conversion formula: x=(x'-xmin')*(xmax-xmin)/(xmax'-xmin')+xmin y=(y'.y min')*(ymid-ymin) /(ymid'-ymin')+y min (when y<ymid) y=(y'-y mid') * (ymax-ymid)/(y max'-y mid')+ymid (when y> =ymid) where ymin=lower edge line, ymax=middle line and ymid=baseline; one is used to determine whether the read character is a lowercase letter character 'j', and if so, converts the coordinate value of the character For characters arranged between the lower edge line and the upper edge line and with the center line as the intermediate reference line, the following conversion formula is used: -55 - 113375.doc x=(x'-xmin)*(xmax-xmin) /(xmax,-xmin')+xmin y=(y'-ymin')*(ymid-ymin)/(ymid'-ymin')+ymin (when y<ymid) y=(y'-y mid ') * (ymax-ymid) / (y max'-y mid') + y mid (when y > = ymid) where ymin = lower edge line, ymax = upper edge line and ymid = center line; Convert the coordinates that make up the character when the read character is a non-letter character The component of the value, which uses the following conversion formula: x=(x'-xmin')* (xmax-xmin)/(xmax,-xmin,)+xmin y=(y'-ymin')* (ymax-ymin) /(ymax'-ymin')+ymin. Fig. 10 is a flow chart for explaining the operation of generating a character on the character display side based on the font metric information in the text creation source in the sixth embodiment of the character conversion unit 40 of Fig. 1. As shown in Fig. 10, font metric information for conversion of the text display side is first generated in step S301. In the font metric information generating process at the text display side, the same processing as each of the processes S101 to S110 shown in the font metric information generating routine shown in FIG. 8 is performed, thereby generating for character conversion. The font metric information of the character being processed. It is then determined in step S302 whether the character is an uppercase alphabetic character (the uppercase character of the alphabetic character). If it is determined in step S302 that the character is an uppercase letter character (Yes), the process proceeds to the character conversion processing at the subsequent step S303, and if it is determined in step S302 that the character is not an uppercase alphabet character (No), then The process proceeds to the process at step S3 04. Here, a determination is made as to whether the character is an alphabetic character, which is a determination of whether the character is 113375.doc - 56 - 1357062 characters arranged between the baseline and the uppercase line. In step S303, if the character is a character arranged between the baseline and the uppercase line (if the character is an uppercase character of a letter character; if the determination in step S303 is YES), the formula of the conversion 2 is used. Converts the coordinate values that make up the character. The formula for conversion 2 is expressed as follows: x=(x'-xmin')*(xmax-xmin)/(xmax'-xmin')+xmin y=(y'_ymin')*(ymax_ymin)/(ymax' _yminl)+ymin where ymin=baseline and ymax=uppercase line. In step S304, it is determined whether the character is a lowercase (non-capital) alphabet character 'a1, 'c1, 'e', 'm', 'n', '〇', 'r', 's', 'u ', 'ν', 'w', 'X' or 'z'. If the determination in step S304 is YES, the process proceeds to the process at step S305, and if the determination in step S304 is NO, the process proceeds to the process at step S306. Here, the selected character to be determined in step S304 is a character arranged between the baseline and the center line. In step S305, if the character is a character arranged between the baseline and the center line, the formula of the conversion 3 is used to convert the coordinate value of the character constituting the character. The formula for conversion 3 is expressed as follows: x=(x'-xmin')* (xmax-xmin)/(xmax'-xmin')+xmin y=(y'_y min')*(ymax-ymin)/ (ymax'-y min') + y min where ymin = baseline and ymax = midline. In step S306, it is determined whether the character is a lowercase alphabet character 'Γ. If it is determined in step S306 that the character is a lowercase alphabet character Τ (Yes), the process proceeds to the processing at step S307, and if it is determined in step S306 that the character is not a lowercase alphabet character 'Γ (No), then The process proceeds to step S308. Here, the selected character to be determined at 113375.doc - 57 - 1357062 step S306 is a character arranged between the baseline and the upper edge line. In step S307, if the character is a character arranged between the baseline and the upper edge line, the coordinate value constituting the character is converted using the formula of the conversion 4. The formula for conversion 4 is expressed as follows: x=(x'-xmin')*(xmax-xmin)/(xmax'-xmin')+xmin y=(y'-y min')* (ymax_ymin)/( Ymax'-y min')+y min where ymin=baseline and ymax=upper edge line. In step S308, it is determined whether the character is a lowercase letter character 'b', 'd', 'f', 'h', 'i', 'k' or 't'. If the determination at step S308 is YES, the process proceeds to the process at step S309, and if the determination at step S308 is NO, the process proceeds to step S310. Here, the selected character to be determined in step S308 is a character arranged between the baseline and the upper edge line and having the center line as the intermediate reference line. In step S309, if the character is a character arranged between the baseline and the center line and the center line is used as the intermediate reference line, the formula of the conversion 5 is used to convert the coordinate value of the character into the character. The formula for conversion 5 is expressed as follows: x=(x'-xmin')*(xmax-xmin)/(xmax'-xmin')+xmin y=(y'_ymin')*(ymid-ymin)/( Ymid'-ymin')+ymin (when y<ymid) y=(y'_ymid')* (ymax-ymid)/(ymax'-ymid')+ymid (when y>=ymid) where ymin= Baseline, ymax = upper edge line and ymid = midline. In step S310, it is determined whether the character is a lowercase alphabet character 'g', 'p1, 113375.doc • 58 - 'q' or y. If the decision at step S3 10 is YES, the process proceeds to the process at step S3 11, and if the decision at step S310 is negative, the process proceeds to step S312. Here, the selected character to be determined in step S310 is a character arranged between the lower edge line and the center line and having the baseline as the intermediate reference line. In step S3, if the character is a character arranged between the lower edge line and the center line and the base line is used as the intermediate reference line, the coordinate value constituting the character is converted using the formula of the conversion 6. The formula for conversion 6 is expressed as follows: x = (x' - xmin') * (xmax - xmin) / (xmax ' - xmin ') + xmin y = (y'_ymin') * (ymid - ymin) / ( Ymid'-ymin')+ymin (when y<ymid) y=(y'_ymid')*(ymax_ymid)/(y max'-y mid')+ymid (when y>=ymid) where ymin= Baseline, ymax = upper edge line and ymid = center line e In step S3 12, it is determined whether the character is a lowercase letter character Τ. If the determination at step S312 is YES, the process proceeds to the process at step S3 13, and if the determination at step S3 12 is negative, the process proceeds to step S314. Here, the selected character to be determined is a character arranged between the lower edge line and the center line and having the center line as the intermediate reference line. In step S3 13, if the character is a character arranged between the lower edge line and the upper edge line and the center line is used as the intermediate reference line, the coordinate value constituting the character is converted using the formula of the conversion 7. The formula for conversion 7 is expressed as follows: x=(x'-xmin')*(xmax-xmin)/(xmax'-xmin')+xmin y = (y'-ymin')*(ymi(i_ymin)/ (ymi(J'_ymin,) + ymin (when y<ymid) 113375.doc -59- 1357062 y=(y'-ymid')* (ymax-ymid)/(ymax'-ymid')+ymid ( When y>=ymid) where ymin=lower edge line, ymax=upper edge line and ymid=mid line β in step S3 14, if the character is not a letter character, the formula of the conversion 1 is used to convert the word The coordinate value of the element. The formula for the conversion 1 is expressed as follows: x=(x'-xmin,)*(xmax-xmin)/(xmax'-xmin')+xmin y=(y'-ymin')* ( Ymax-ymin)/(ymax'-ymin')+ymin. In step S315, a character is generated from the converted coordinates. In this generation, a character is generated such that the material has a source with the text. The width of the same character box in the font metric information. The character created in step S3 15 is drawn at a predetermined position on the display screen in step S3 16. The processing can be performed by the processing as described above. The character metric information of the text creation source is displayed by the character data conversion processing character. Here, as above The operation of the font data conversion processing at the side of the character display is illustrated in detail with reference to a more specific example. As shown in Fig. 10, the font for the font for conversion is generated in step S3 01. Metric information. The font used in this conversion is as shown in Fig. 15 to Fig. 17. The same processing as in the process of generating the font metric information in the text creation source is performed, thereby obtaining as shown in Fig. 18. The font metric information is displayed 113733.doc -60· 1357062 It is determined in step S302 that the first character 'b' is not an uppercase letter character, and the process proceeds to the processing at step S304. It is determined in step S304 that the character is not For lowercase alphabet characters V, 'c', V, 'm', 'η', ·〇', 'Γ', 's', 'u', 'ν', 'w', 'X' or ' z', and the process proceeds to the process at step S306. At step S306, it is determined that the character is not a lowercase alphabet character '1', and the process proceeds to step S308. It is determined in step S308 that the character is a lowercase alphabetic character. 'b', d', 'Γ, •h', 'i', 'k' or 't', and the process proceeds to the process at step S309. S309, performing conversion by converting 5: x=(x'-xmin')*(xmax-xmin)/(xmax'-xmin')+xmin y=(y'-ymin')* (y mid-ymin) /(y mid'-y min')+y min (when y<ymid) y=(y'-ymid')*(ymax-ymid)/(ymax'-ymid')+ymid (when y>= =ymid) where ymin=baseline, ymax=upper edge line and ymid=mid line. The coordinates of the V before the conversion are shown in Figure 19. This data is converted to coordinate data as shown in Figure 20 by conversion 5. In step S315, a character is generated using the converted material. In step S3 16, the character is drawn at a predetermined position on the display screen. Subsequently, the same processing is performed on the subsequent Chinese character 'gate', and the coordinate data before the conversion shown in Fig. 21 is converted into the coordinate data as shown in Fig. 22. Use the converted coordinate data to generate a character. 113375.doc -61 - 1357062

As described above, according to the present embodiment, the font metric information generating means 20 is used to generate font metric information on the character creation side. Next, the font metric information is transmitted to the text display side via an information communication member 30. On the text display side, the character conversion means 4 is used to convert the current font in the text display side based on the font metric information, and the character is drawn by a character display member 42 at a predetermined position on the display screen. Therefore, even in an environment that does not have the same font as the environment in which the text has been created, the layout and appearance of a character can be similar to the text creation by merely conveying additional font information (here, font metric information). The side (transmission source) and the text display side (transmission destination) display 'which conveys less information and does not increase the amount of data. It should be noted that even if the embodiment uses a height of 256 dots, the height of the character frame can be 1024 dots or any other size. When only the 曰 primitive is processed, information about the baseline, the upper edge, the lower edge, the uppercase, and the middle can be omitted. The format can vary depending on each language.

It should be noted that the font used in the above embodiment i_6 may be any scalable vector font, and may be an outline font of a character represented by a contour as shown in FIG. 23, or as shown in FIG. The stroke type represented by the stroke is represented by the stroke. In both cases, the shape of a character is represented by coordinate data. The coordinate data and another coordinate data are linked by linear approximation or curve approximation. For example, §, the Bezier curve and the spline curve are well-known curve approximations. It should be noted that although the above embodiment 1_6 uses uppercase characters in the generation of the baseline, the upper edge line, the lower edge line, the uppercase line, and the middle line, H, and lowercase letters 113375.doc • 62·1357062 yuan 'h, And lowercase alphabet characters, ρ·, but other characters can be used to perform the generation. For example, 'g' can be used instead of 'Ρ'. Although the efficiency of the processing is reduced, it is possible to perform this generation for each character instead of performing a specific character. In other words, the generation of glyph metric information about a common portion (baseline, upper edge line, lower edge line, upper case line, and center line) between the characters can be performed for a particular character (each value has been determined). It should be noted that the position of the upper and upper line in some fonts may be the same. In addition, in the above embodiments 1-6, in the case of a font such as True Type, Open Type, or the like (for example), the baseline, the lower edge line, and The value of the analog, and can also be used. Although the character has been generated at a height of 256 dots in the above embodiment 6, in the case of a font such as True Type, 〇pen Type or the like, for example, the 'font type data is stored in a predetermined format, and Therefore, the production is not limited to this. All coordinate data constituting a character can be obtained to generate subtype metric information 'such as xmin, xmax, ymin, and ymax. Although a detailed decision is made in the above Embodiments 1 - 6 to determine what type of conversion is used, the processing is not limited thereto, and as shown in FIG. 25, a reference line indicating each character to be used may be used. And a table of the type of conversion type to perform the processing. In the case of using this table, the corresponding table can be saved in each language, thereby corresponding to multiple languages. In addition, although the above embodiments 1-6 have used the size of the character box, the size or position of the smallest outer bounding box of the character, the baseline, the upper edge line, the lower edge line, the uppercase line, and the middle line as the font metric information, However, it is also possible to obtain information about the thickness of the character and convert a character so as to have a thickness corresponding to the obtained thickness of 113375.doc -63 · £, thereby making the thickness of the characters the same. . It is also possible to obtain the slope of the word it, such as the italic character, and convert the character to have a slope corresponding to the obtained slope, thereby making the appearance the same. In addition, although not specifically explained in the above embodiment _6, examples of the computer readable recording medium having the information processing program of the present invention recorded thereon include a personal computer (PC) and a hard disk in the server. , external storage components, memory in cellular devices and other portable optical discs, disks, DVDs or 1C memory. The information processing program can be loaded from a portable optical disc, a magnetic disc, a DVD or a 1C memory to a storage member such as a hard disk in the device, or mounted in a device such as a device via the Internet or the like. Used on the storage member of the disc. The present invention has been described above with reference to preferred embodiments 1 to 6 of the present invention, but the present invention should not be construed as being limited to the embodiment 丨6. It is to be understood that the scope of the invention is defined only by the scope of the patent application. The present invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art from the <RTIgt; It should also be understood that the cited patents, patent applications, and references are incorporated by reference in their entirety (as if their contents are specific in the text). Industrial Applicability According to the present invention, in the following fields: an information processing apparatus such as a cellular telephone device, a personal computer, a server device, and the like, which can have the same font type in an environment that does not have an established text Reproduce the layout and appearance of the text in an environment; an information processing system that uses this information H3375.doc

• 64·S 1357062 processing device; an information processing program for use in the information processing device; and a computer readable recording medium having the program recorded thereon even if one does not have and has been established In an environment with the same font in the context of the text, by communicating only the extra font information (here, the font metric information), a font having the same appearance as the source of the text can be displayed on a display screen. 'The communication is less information and does not increase the amount of data. When the same content is displayed on the display screen of the cellular telephone and the display of τν, the use of the technique according to the present invention enables the display of the same content to be substantially similar. Thus, even in an environment different from the environment in which the text has been created, the present invention enables the same content to be displayed so as to appear substantially similar. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS Fig. 1 is a block diagram showing the basic principle of an information processing system according to the present invention. Fig. 2 is a block diagram showing an exemplary configuration of a main portion of an information processing system according to an embodiment. Fig. 3 is a block diagram showing an exemplary configuration of a main portion of an information processing system according to Embodiment 2. Fig. 4 is a block diagram showing an exemplary configuration of a main portion of an information processing system according to Embodiment 3. Figure 5 is a diagram illustrating the font metrics in accordance with the present invention. Fig. 5(A) is a diagram of a display screen of a Chinese character, and Fig. 5(Β) is a diagram of a display screen of a letter character. Figure 6 is a diagram showing the data format of the font metric information of the embodiment 4 of the present invention 113375.doc - 65 - Figure 7 is a diagram illustrating the font conversion processing of the font metric information based on the present invention. Figure 7 (A) is Explain the graph in the case where the font metric information includes the size of the character box, the size and position of the smallest outer bounding box of the sub-element. Fig. 7(B) is a diagram for explaining the case where the font metric information includes the size of the character frame, the size and position of the minimum outer frame of the character, and the reference line. Fig. 8 is a flow chart for explaining the processing operation for generating the font metric information of Fig. 6 in the fifth embodiment of the font metric information generating means 2 in Fig. 1. Fig. 9 is a flow chart for explaining in detail the common portion information generating process at step S105 in Fig. 8. Fig. 10 is a flow chart for explaining the operation of generating a character on the character display side based on the font metric information in the text creation source in the sixth embodiment of the character conversion unit 4 of Fig. 1. Fig. 11 is a diagram for explaining an example of a font at a source of text creation. Fig. 12 is a diagram for explaining Ή', 'h' and 'p' necessary for generating information of a common portion in the font metric information of the text creation source. Figure 13 is a diagram illustrating a character box and a minimum outer box of characters in a font in a text creation source. Fig. 14 is a view showing an exemplary material of font metric information of a text creation source. Figure 15 is a diagram for explaining the font used for the conversion of the characters in the sixth embodiment. Figure 16 is a diagram for explaining a character box and a minimum outer block in a character for converting a character of a character in Embodiment 6 of the present invention. Figure 17 is a diagram showing the 'H', 'h' necessary for generating information for common parts in the font metric information for converting the word 113375.doc - 66 - 1357062 of the word in the embodiment 6 of the present invention. And the map of 'ρ·. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS Fig. is a diagram for explaining exemplary information of a font metric information for converting a character of a character in Embodiment 6 of the present invention. Fig. 19 is a view for explaining, b, the coordinate data before the conversion in the embodiment 6. Figure 20 is a diagram for explaining the coordinate data after the conversion in the sixth embodiment. Figure 21 is a diagram for explaining the coordinate data of the I gate I before the conversion. Fig. 22 is a view for explaining the coordinates of the | gate after the conversion in the embodiment 6. Figure 23 is a diagram illustrating an example of a contour font. Fig. 24 is a diagram for explaining an example of a stroke font. Fig. 25 is a view showing the type of the converted character in the form of a table. Figure 26 is a diagram illustrating an example of character display in accordance with the prior art. Fig. 27 is a diagram for explaining layout damage due to a difference in font type. Fig. 28 is a view for explaining the display result in the case of applying the technique of the prior art 2. u Fig. 29 is a diagram for explaining that in the prior art 2, even if the size of the character frame is the same, the size of the word 70 may be different. [Main component symbol description] 1 pc 2 for performing font metric information generation for converting a font to display text pc

3 PC 4 server for creating text 5 Honeycomb telephone device 6 Honeycomb telephone device 113375.doc -67· 1357062 Patent application No. 095127764 100. 8· 1 Chinese manual replacement page (August 100)

7 server 10 text creation component 11 storage component 20 font metric information generation component 21 storage component 30 information communication component 40 character conversion component 41 storage component 42 text display component 100 information processing system 101 information processing system 102 information processing system 103 information Processing System Α200 Control Section CPU210 CPU Α220 Main Memory Α300 Communication Device 辅助400 Secondary Storage Α410 Text Creation Program 420 Font Measurement Information Generation Program 430 Font Data A Β200 Control Section Β210 CPU Β220 Main Memory 113375-1000819.doc -68 - 1357062 B300 Communication device B400 Auxiliary storage B410 Text display program B411 Font data conversion processing program B420 Font data B C200 Control part C210 CPU C220 Main memory C300 Communication device C400 Auxiliary memory C410 Text creation program C420 Font data A D200 Control part D210 CPU D220 Main memory D300 Communication device D400 Auxiliary storage D410 Font metric information generation program D420 Font data D E200 Control part E210 CPU E220 Main Memory E300 Communication device E400 auxiliary storage 113375.doc -69- 1357062

E410 Text display program E411 Font data conversion processing E420 Font data B F200 Control part F210 CPU F220 Main memory F300 Communication device F400 Auxiliary storage F410 Text display program F411 Font data conversion processing F420 Font data F430 Cache area G200 Control part G210 CPU G220 Main memory G300 Communication device G400 Auxiliary storage G410 Font metric information generation program G420 Font data D 113375.doc -70·

Claims (1)

191357062 Patent Application No. 095127764 Patent Application No. 〇〇8. Chinese Patent Application Renewal (August 1st) 1. An information processing apparatus comprising a font metric information generating means for A sub-character code and a character font are formed to generate a sub-type $information, which indicates a feature of a character when generating the glyph data. 2. The information processing apparatus of claim 1, wherein the font metric information generating component comprises: a component for acquiring text information; and a character symbol and a character font for specifying the text information. a component; and a means for generating the font metric information based on the specified character code and character font. 3. The information processing apparatus of claim 1, wherein the font metric information includes at least information about a size of one of the character boxes, and a minimum outer frame of a character formed inside the character frame. Information about each location and size. 4. The information processing apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a character conversion means for converting the available font data based on the font metric information indicating a feature of the font material when the text information is created. 5. The information processing apparatus of claim 4, further comprising an acquisition component for obtaining the font metric information. 6. The information processing apparatus of claim 5, further comprising a storage component for storing the font metric information acquired by the acquisition component, 113375-l8i9.d〇c 1357062 wherein the word The meta-conversion component reuses the font metric information held by the storage component for subsequent conversion of the font material. The information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the font metric information includes at least information about a large frame of a character box, and a character element provided in the character box. The most, the individual information of the position and size of the outer frame and the character reference line information as the common information between the font data of the plurality of character fonts, wherein the character conversion component regards the word The information of the size of the meta-frame, the correlation between the individual information about the position and size of the minimum circumscribed frame and the Lu reference line information changes a coordinate value included in the font data. 8. The information processing apparatus of claim 4, wherein the font metric information includes at least information about a size of one of the character boxes, and a position of a minimum circumscribed frame provided for one of the characters inside the character frame. And the size of the individual information. 9. The information processing apparatus of claim 8, wherein the information about one of the character boxes is greater than a piece of information about a height and a width of the character box. 1 〇 如 求 求 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 And a minimum value to determine. •Such as. The information processing apparatus of the monthly item 8, wherein the font metric information is further included as a character reference line information which is common information between the character fonts. 113375-1000819.doc 2 s 12. If requested by the requester, the item reference line information includes information about at least two of the T lines: baseline, upper edge, lower edge, uppercase and The midline 'these lines are indeed the boundaries of the character that are listed between them. 13. The information processing device of claim u, wherein the common information in the font metric information is shared to reduce the amount of data. 14. The information processing apparatus of claim u, wherein the capturing of the common information is performed by generating only a specific character whose individual value has been determined. 15. The information processing apparatus of claim 4, wherein the character conversion means converts the font data of the transmission destination based on the parameter of each _ character in the subtype metric information. In the information processing apparatus as claimed, the font metric information generating component includes: a pre-generating component for generating a read character; and a sub-frame size obtaining component for acquiring a generated one a height and a width of the sub-frame of the character; and a minimum circumscribing data generating component for generating a circumscribed portion: one of the smallest outer ridges of the character data of the character of the character, the largest X coordinate The fractional value is the individual data of the y coordinate component value, the minimum X coordinate component value, and the - minimum y coordinate component value. 17. The information processing apparatus of claim 16, wherein the font metric information generating means further comprises: a sub-70 type determining means for determining whether the read character is a one-letter character; 113375-10008i9.doc 1357062 a means for determining whether reference line information has been generated when the read character is a letter character; and a reference line information generating means for generating the reference line information when the reference line information has not been generated, Where 'if the reference line information has been generated, the character generation component uses the reference line information to generate the character. A requesting the information processing device causes the reference information generating component to retrieve the reference line information from the particular character generated. The information processing apparatus of claim 4, further comprising a character display means for causing (4) the font metric information generated by the character conversion means to generate a - character, and drawing the generated character At one of the predetermined positions on the display screen. 20· - A computer-readable recording medium having an information processing program recorded thereon - the information processing program is used to enable - computer execution - font metrics - generating step 'this step (10) self-forming _ character _ character code And a word font generates font metric information indicating a feature of a character when the font data is generated. 2L is the computer readable recording medium of claim 2, wherein the information processing program causes the computer to execute the font metric information generating step (4) including: a character generating step for generating a reading character - a character box size obtaining step for obtaining a - height and a width of the character box; and a sub-minor-minimum outer frame data generating step for generating the outer cut 113375-I000819. Doc 丄 / / 062 The character of the character of the character of the minimum circumscribed block of the maximum χ coordinate component value, a maximum y coordinate component value, a minimum χ coordinate component value and a minimum y coordinate component value data. A computer-readable recording medium according to claim 21, wherein the information processing program is configured to cause a computer to execute the font metric information generating step, the step gang includes - for determining that the reading character is a letter word a character type determination step of the element; - a step for determining whether reference line information has been generated when the read character is a letter character; and a reference line information generating step for not generating the reference line The reference line information is generated when the sfl is generated, wherein if the reference line information has been generated, the character generating step uses the reference line information to generate the character. 23. The computer readable recording medium of claim 21, wherein the reference line information generating step retrieves the reference line asset from the particular character generated. # 24.- A computer-readable recording medium on which a _information processing program is recorded and a read-by-computer __ character conversion step is performed by the computer, based on when the font data is generated at the source of transmission A character metric information indicating a character is converted to convert the font data stored in a transmission destination geographic device. The computer readable recording medium of claim 24, wherein the information processing program enables the computer to perform a character display step, which is used to convert the font type after conversion in the sub-conversion step The work is completed to 7L and the character produced by the pound is drawn at a predetermined position on a display screen. 113375-1000819.doc