WO2007004346A1 - 画像発生装置及び方法、並びに画像表示装置及び方法 - Google Patents
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- Image generating apparatus and method and image display apparatus and method
- the present invention relates to an image generation apparatus and method for generating so-called proportional characters having different character widths as image data, and an image display apparatus and method for displaying proportional characters.
- Patent Document 1 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2003-208148 (Page 5, Figure 3)
- the present invention has been made to solve the above-described conventional problems.
- the purpose is to enable display of easy-to-read proportional characters without being too much.
- the present invention provides a character control code storage means for storing a character control code including a character code and character width data associated with the character code for each character display position, and a character corresponding to the current character display position.
- a character control code storage unit for storing a character control code including a character code and character width data associated with the character code for each character display position, and a character corresponding to the current character display position.
- Read the control code from the character control code storage unit based on the character width data of the read character control code and the past character display position
- Position control means for controlling the generation period of the current character display position
- character pattern storage means for outputting a character pattern corresponding to the character code of the read character control code, and the character shape of the character based on the character pattern
- an image output means for outputting image data corresponding to the above.
- the pixel width of the displayed character by controlling the pixel width of the displayed character based on the character width data set for each character position, the pixel width can be changed for each character position.
- the character code and character width data set By appropriately combining the character code and character width data set to, proportional characters with different pixel widths can be displayed for each character.
- FIG. 1 (A) and (B) are diagrams for explaining proportional characters.
- FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a configuration of an image display apparatus according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.
- FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a configuration of the image generator 1 in FIG. 2.
- FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining character positions in the first embodiment.
- FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining the operation of the character control code storage unit 5 in FIG. 3.
- FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining a vertical operation of the position control unit 4 in FIG. 3.
- FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining a vertical operation of the position control unit 4 in FIG. 3.
- FIGS. 7A to 7E are diagrams for explaining the horizontal operation of the position control unit 4 in FIG.
- FIGS. 8A and 8B are diagrams illustrating the operation of the character pattern storage unit 6 in FIG.
- FIGS. 9A and 9B are diagrams showing the configuration of the color data storage unit 7 of FIG.
- FIG. 10 is a diagram for explaining the operation of the data output unit 8 of FIG.
- FIGS. 11A and 11B are diagrams for explaining the operation of the data output unit 8 of FIG.
- FIG. 12 (A) to (D) are other diagrams for explaining the operation of the image composition unit in FIG.
- FIG. 13 is a diagram showing a configuration of an image generation unit 1 in Embodiment 2 of the present invention.
- FIG. 14 is a diagram for explaining the operation of the character control code storage unit 5 of FIG.
- FIGS. 15A to 15C are diagrams for explaining a position reset code RST in the second embodiment.
- FIGS. 16A to 16H are diagrams for explaining the horizontal operation of the position control unit 10 of FIG.
- FIGS. 17A to 17C are diagrams for explaining the operation of the image generation unit 1 in the second embodiment.
- Fig. 1 (A) and (B) are diagrams for explaining proportional characters
- Fig. 1 (A) shows an example of "RADIO” in proportional characters
- Fig. 1 (B) is fixed-width characters.
- An example of “RADIO” is shown. Assuming that all character heights are 16 pixels! Regarding the width of each character of “RADIO” in Fig. 1 (A), “R”, “A”, “D” and “0” are 8 pixels wide, and “I” is 3 pixels wide . “I” has a small letter shape in the horizontal direction (width is narrow).
- the width of each character of “RADIO” in FIG. 1 (B) is 8 pixels wide. Even if the shape is small in the horizontal direction like “I” (width is narrow), it is displayed in the same 8-pixel width. It becomes wider than. Thus, a character displayed with a fixed width regardless of the shape of the character is called a fixed-width character or fixed-width display. Since the character pixel width is single, the display control is simple, so it can be realized with a simple configuration, but the spacing between adjacent characters is uneven, making it easy to read. There is a drawback that it is not good or looks bad.
- FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a configuration of the image display device according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.
- the image display device shown in FIG. 2 includes an image generation unit 1, an image composition unit 2, and a display unit 3.
- FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a configuration of the image generation unit 1 in the first embodiment.
- the image generation unit 1 shown in FIG. 3 includes a position control unit 4, a character control code storage unit 5, a character pattern storage unit 6, a color data storage unit 7, and a data output unit 8.
- an input image signal DIN is input to an image generation unit 1 and an image synthesis unit 2.
- the image generator 1 generates image data DCH as described later.
- the image composition unit 2 synthesizes the input image data (DIN) and the image data DCH output from the image generator.
- the display unit 3 displays the image data synthesized by the image synthesis part 2. Note that the image data DCH output by image generation 1 may be displayed on the display unit 3 without performing image synthesis.
- a horizontal synchronization signal HIN and a vertical synchronization signal VIN included in the input image signal DIN are input to the position control unit 4.
- the character control code CTD read from the character control code storage unit 5 is input to the position control unit 4.
- the position control unit 4 determines the character display position based on the input horizontal synchronization signal HIN, the input vertical synchronization signal VIN, the character control code CTD input from the character control code storage unit 5, and the pixel clock CLK.
- the character display position P (XP, YP) to be displayed, the character horizontal pixel position XQ and the line position YQ to indicate the pixel position at the character display position P (XP, YP) are output.
- the character display position P (XP, YP) is input to the character control code storage unit 5.
- the horizontal pixel position XQ and the line position YQ in the character are input to the data output unit 8.
- the character control code storage unit 5 stores character control codes representing characters to be displayed on the screen, and the corresponding character control code based on the input character display position P.
- the CTD is output (the character display position P is given as an address, and the character control code CTD stored in the storage position specified by the address is read).
- the character control code CTD is output to the position control unit 4, the character pattern storage unit 6, and the data output unit 8.
- the character pattern storage unit 6 outputs a character pattern PAT based on the input character control code CTD.
- the character pattern PAT is input to the data output unit 8.
- the data output unit 8 generates a color code CLC for each pixel based on the input character pattern PAT, character control code CTD, horizontal pixel position XQ in the character, and line position YQ in the row, and the color data. Output to storage unit 7.
- the color data storage unit 7 outputs the color data CLD based on the input color code CLC and outputs it to the data output unit 8.
- the data output unit 8 outputs image data DCH corresponding to the character shape (hereinafter referred to as character image data DCH) based on the input color data CLD, and the character pattern PAT.
- the composite control signal CNT is output based on the character control code CTD.
- the character image data DCH and the composition control signal CNT are input to the image composition unit 2 (see Fig. 2).
- the image composition unit 2 synthesizes the input image data DIN and the character image data DCH based on the composition control signal CNT, and outputs the composite image data DP.
- the composite image data DP is input to the display unit 3.
- the display unit 3 displays an image based on the composite image data DP.
- FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining the relationship between the character sequence and the character position P (XP, YP).
- the horizontal direction indicates horizontal character position XP
- the vertical direction indicates line position YP.
- a total of 1024 characters are arranged, 64 characters horizontally and 16 lines vertically.
- This character position P (XP, YP) indicates the sequence of characters and does not indicate the display range on the screen.
- FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining the character control code CTD stored in the character control code storage unit 5.
- the character control code storage unit 5 stores a character control code CTD for designating display contents at the character position P (XP, YP).
- the character control code CTD is composed of a character code CC, character width data CW, and character modification information CA.
- the character width data CW indicates the pixel width of the character displayed when the character position P (XP, YP) is! /! And is associated with the character given by the character code CC. It will be displayed with the pixel width specified by CW (the same code “CW” is used for this pixel width).
- the character modification information CA is information indicating how the character is modified and displayed at the character position P (XP, YP). For example, the character foreground color is displayed. Code, character background color code, character border settings, etc.
- the character code CC and character width data CW can be set independently of each other. To display proportional characters with evenly spaced character spacing, the character code is associated with the character indicated by C. The width data CW needs to be determined appropriately.
- the character control code CTD corresponding to the display position P (XP, YP) can be acquired from the character control code storage unit 5.
- FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining the operation of the position control unit 4 in the vertical direction.
- all 16 lines are composed of 16 line width (height) lines.
- the result of counting the number of lines based on the first line of the row is generated as the in-row line position ⁇ Q.
- the position control unit 4 obtains the vertical character position YP and the in-line line position YQ, so that it can know that the line is the arbitrary line position force YP line YQ line in the image.
- FIGS. 7A to 7E are diagrams for explaining the horizontal operation of the position control unit 4.
- FIG. Fig. 7 (A) is horizontal character position XP
- Fig. 7 (B) is character width data CW
- Fig. 7 (C) is pixel width
- Fig. 7 (D) is character position P (XP, YP)
- Fig. 7 ( E) shows each displayed character.
- the position control unit 4 increases the horizontal character position XP by 1, and then transmits the character width data CW corresponding to the character position P (XP, YP) from the character control code storage unit 5.
- character position P (3, 1)
- the position control unit 4 performs the character position P stored in the character control code storage unit 5.
- Character position P (XP, YP) can be generated according to the character width data CW corresponding to (XP, YP). That is, a signal indicating the character position P (XP, YP) can be generated according to the character width data CW set for each character position P (XP, YP).
- the position control unit 4 can obtain the horizontal character position XP and the in-character pixel position XQ indicating the horizontal pixel position in the horizontal character position XP. It is possible to know how many pixels of the character.
- the position control unit 4 performs the horizontal and vertical in the character position P (XP, YP) and the character position P (XP, YP). In-character pixel position XQ and in-line line position YQ can be obtained.
- the character position P (XP, YP) output from the position control unit 4 is input to the character control code storage unit 5, and the in-character pixel position XQ and the in-line line position YQ are input to the data output unit 8. .
- the character pattern storage unit 6 receives the character code CC included in the character control code CTD output from the character control code storage unit 5.
- FIGS. 8A and 8B are diagrams illustrating the character pattern storage unit 6.
- Figure 8 (A) shows the relationship between the character code CC and the character pattern PAT.
- the character pattern storage unit 6 stores a character pattern PAT indicating the shape of the character corresponding to each character code CC.
- the character pattern PAT (l) indicating the shape of “R”
- PAT (5) indicating the shape of “0” is stored.
- FIG. 8B shows an example of a character pattern PAT. Assume that the pixel values of the character pattern in FIG. 8B are binary data in which black indicates the foreground portion of the character and white indicates the background portion of the character. In this way, the shape of the character can be shown.
- the character pattern PAT has a fixed size of 16 pixels in the vertical size and 8 pixels in the horizontal size.
- the shape of the character pattern is the left of this fixed size. It is assumed that it is assigned to stuffing.
- “R”, “A”, “D”, and “0” are set as character width data 8
- “I” is set as character width data 3.
- the power represented by all the pixels in the character pattern For data “I”, only the leftmost 3 pixel width is used, and the remaining right 5 pixel width is not used.
- the character pattern PAT is formed to be left-justified with respect to the size of the character pattern.
- the character pattern storage address is the character pattern storage address. It can be calculated by simple multiplication from the size and the character code.
- the character pattern storage unit 6 generates the character pattern PAT corresponding to the character code CC and outputs it to the output unit 8.
- FIGS. 9A and 9B are diagrams illustrating the color data CLD stored in the color data storage unit 7.
- Fig. 9 (A) shows the relationship between the color code CLC and the color data CLD.
- Fig. 9 (B) shows the structure of the color data CLD.
- the color data CLD is also composed of data power of three colors, for example, R (red) data, G (green) data, and B (blue) data.
- the color data storage unit 7 outputs the color data CLD composed of the three colors R, G, and B corresponding to the color code CLC.
- the data output unit 8 includes an in-character pixel position XQ and an in-line line position YQ output from the position control unit 4, a character control code CTD output from the character control code storage unit 5, and a character pattern storage unit 6.
- the output character pattern PAT is input.
- FIG. 10 is a diagram showing the relationship between the character pattern PAT and the in-character pixel position XQ and the in-line line position YQ input to the data output unit.
- the pixel position in the character pattern PAT can be specified by the in-character pixel position XQ and the in-line line position YQ.
- the data output unit 8 refers to the value of the pixel position of the specified character pattern to determine whether the character is in the foreground / background portion of the character.
- FIGS. 11A and 11B are diagrams showing bordering of characters as an example of character modification.
- Fig. 11 (A) shows the original character pattern
- Fig. 11 (B) shows the displayed character when bordering is performed.
- the pixels shown in black are the foreground part of the character
- the pixels shown in white are the background part. If the border is applied to one pixel in the top, bottom, left, and right of the foreground part, the pixels indicated by the hatched area in FIG.
- the color code for foreground set in the character modification information included in the character control code CTD is output for the pixels in the foreground portion of the character, and the characters for the border portion of the character are output as characters.
- the border color code set in the decoration information is output, and the background color code set in the character modification information is output as the color code CLC for the background part pixels that are not the border part. .
- the data output unit 8 outputs the corresponding color code CLC for the foreground portion, the knockground portion, and the border portion based on the character pattern PAT and the character control code CTD.
- the output unit 8 reads out the color data CLD corresponding to the output color code CLC and obtains the color data CLD.
- the obtained color data CLD is output as character image data DCH.
- the composite control signal CNT is output to indicate that the corresponding image data is transparent.
- the composite control signal CNT indicates zero for transparent color and 1 for non-transparent color.
- the image generator 1 can change the pixel width for each character position based on the character control code set for each character position P (XP, YP). By combining character width data appropriately, proportional characters with different pixel widths for each character can be output as image data.
- the image data DCH and the synthesis control signal CNT output from the output unit 8 are input to the image synthesis unit 2.
- the image composition unit 2 receives input image data DIN, character image data DCH output from the image generation unit 1, and a composition control signal CNT.
- FIGS. 12A to 12D are diagrams for explaining the operation of the image composition unit 2.
- 12A is the input image data DIN
- FIG. 12B is the image data DCH output from the image generator 1
- FIG. 12C is the composite control signal CNT output from the image generator 1.
- 12 (D) shows the synthesized image data DP.
- the character line portion such as "RADIO” or "CD” has the color data of the foreground portion set for each character position P (XP, YP). It is.
- the rectangular area around the character is a portion having background color data set for each character position P.
- the portion shown in black represents 1 (non-transparent), and the portion shown in white represents 0 (transparent).
- the composite control signal CNT is generated according to the shape of the character image data DCH in (B). In this example, the rectangular area around "RADIO” and the character part of "CD” are non-transparent, and the others are transparent Is generated so that [0064]
- the composite image data DP is generated such that the rectangular area including the character portion of “RAD IOJ” and the character portion of “CD” overlap the image of the input image data DIN.
- the image composition unit 12 can display characters based on the character image data DCH on the input image DIN in accordance with the composition control signal CNT.
- the composite image data DP is input to the display unit 3, and the display unit 3 displays an image based on the composite image DP.
- the image display device sets a character code and character width data for each character position, and sets the pixel width of the displayed character based on the character width data set for each character position.
- the pixel width can be changed for each character position, and proportional characters with different pixel widths can be displayed for each character by appropriately combining the character code and character width data to be set.
- the pixel value of the character pattern PAT may be a multi-value of force ternary or higher, which is binary data indicating the foreground portion and background portion of the character.
- force ternary binary data indicating the foreground portion and background portion of the character.
- the transmissivity may be set for each color code in which a transparent color is set for a specific color code.
- the image composition unit 2 operates so as to calculate a weighted average value of the input image data DIN and the character image data DCH from the image generation unit 1 with weighting according to the transmittance, thereby translucent character. Can be displayed.
- FIG. 13 is a diagram showing the image generator 1 in the second embodiment of the present invention.
- the image generation unit 1 includes a reference position data generation unit 9, a position control unit 10, a character control code storage unit 5, a character pattern storage unit 6, a color data storage unit 7, and a data output unit 8. .
- the input horizontal synchronization signal HIN and the input vertical synchronization signal VIN are input to the reference position data generation unit 9 and the position control unit 10.
- the reference position data generation unit 9 is a reference horizontal character indicating a fixed-width horizontal character position (a reference position obtained by multiplying the number of characters generated in the same horizontal line by a fixed pixel width).
- Position XF is generated and output to position controller 10.
- the position control unit 10 determines the character position P (XP, YP), in-character pixel position XQ, in-line line position YQ, and blank signal BLK indicating the gap between characters.
- the character position P (XP, YP) is input to the character control code storage unit 5, and the in-character pixel position XQ, the in-line line position YQ, and the blank signal BLK are input to the data output unit 8.
- the character control code storage unit 5 outputs a corresponding character control code CTD based on the input character position P (XP, YP)!
- the character control code CTD is input to the position control unit 4, the character pattern storage unit 6, and the data output unit 8.
- the character pattern storage unit 6 outputs a character pattern PAT corresponding to the character code CC based on the input character control code CTD.
- the character pattern PAT is input to the data output unit 8.
- the data output unit 8 generates a color code CLC for each pixel based on the input character pattern PAT, the character control code CTD, the horizontal pixel position XP in the character, and the line position YP in the line. Output to data storage unit 7.
- the color data storage unit 7 outputs the corresponding color data CLD based on the input color code CLC and outputs it to the data output unit 8.
- the data output unit 8 Based on the input color data CLD, the data output unit 8 outputs image data DCH corresponding to the character shape (hereinafter referred to as character image data DCH), character pattern PAT, character control. Based on the code CTD, the composite control signal CNT is output.
- character image data DCH corresponding to the character shape
- PAT character pattern
- CNT composite control signal
- FIG. 14 illustrates the character control code CTD stored in the character control code storage unit 5.
- the character control code storage unit 5 stores character control codes CTD representing the display contents at the character position P (XP, YP).
- the character control code CTD is composed of the character code CC, character width data CW, position reset code RST, and character modification information CA.
- Position reset code RST is a control code for initializing the character display position in the horizontal direction to a predetermined position (display position of each character when the character is generated with a fixed pixel width).
- FIGS. 15A to 15C are diagrams for explaining the function of the position reset code RST.
- Fig. 15 (A) shows the character display position with a fixed width of 8 pixels.
- Fig. 15 (B) shows the display of proportional characters when the position reset code RST is used, and
- Fig. 15 (C) shows the display of proportional characters when the position reset code RST is not used. ing.
- the force is shifted to the left by 5 pixels from the fixed width display position in FIG. 15 (A).
- the position reset code RST is a control code indicating whether or not the character position needs to be reset. More specifically, the position reset code RST is displayed at a fixed-width character position for each character position P (XP, YP). This is a control code for specifying whether to display adjacent to the previous character. As will be described in more detail later, the position control unit 10 reads the character read from the character control code storage unit 5. Depending on the control code character position reset code RST, select whether the current character display start position is determined based on the previous character display end position or a predetermined reference position. I do.
- the reset code associated with the character next to a specific character is a request for resetting, and the position control unit 10 determines that the reference position when the reset code RST requests resetting.
- the reference position specified by the data indicating is used as the display start position of the current character.
- the “specific character” mentioned here includes, for example, a space “”, a colon “:”, and a semicolon “;”.
- the character control code storage unit 5 stores a character control code CTD including character code CC, character width data CW, position reset code RST, and modification information CA for each display position P (XP, YP). Then, the character control code CTD corresponding to the input display position P (XP, YP) is output.
- FIGS. 16A to 16H are diagrams for explaining the operations of the reference position data generation unit 9 and the position control unit 10.
- the reference horizontal character position XF output from the reference position data generation unit 9 is input to the position control unit 10.
- the operation in the vertical direction of the position control unit 10 is the same as the operation in the vertical direction of the position control unit 4 already described in the first embodiment with reference to FIG.
- the position controller 10 outputs the vertical character position YP and the in-line line position YQ.
- Figure 16 (B) is the horizontal character position XP
- Figure 16 (C) is the character width data CW
- Figure 16 (D) is the position reset code RST
- Figure 16 (E) is the blank signal BLK
- Figure 16 (F) is The pixel width
- Fig. 16 (G) shows the character position P (XP, YP)
- Fig. 16 (H) shows the displayed character.
- the position reset code RST 0
- the pixel period is counted.
- the position control unit 10 starts character display at the character position P (XP, YP). Generate in-character pixel position XQ indicating the pixel position in the horizontal direction relative to the position.
- a blank signal BLK indicating the gap between characters can be obtained, and at any position of the image, it is possible to know the gap between characters or the number of pixels in what character. .
- the character position P (XP, YP) output from the position control unit 10 is input to the character control code storage unit 5, and the in-character pixel position XQ, the in-line line position YQ, and the blank signal BLK are input to the data output unit 8. Entered.
- the data output unit 8 stores in-character pixel position XQ, in-line line position YQ and blank signal BLK output from the position control unit 10, character control code CTD output from the character control code storage unit 5, and character pattern storage.
- the character pattern PAT output from part 6 is input.
- Blank signal BLK force 3 ⁇ 4 When LK 1, this means that the corresponding pixel is located in the gap between the characters.
- the data output unit 8 outputs the color code set in advance for the gap as the color code CLC.
- Figure 10 is a diagram showing the relationship between the character pattern PAT input to the data output unit and the pixel position XQ in the character and the line position YQ in the line. Can be specified by position XQ and inline line position YQ .
- the data output unit 8 determines whether the foreground partial power background portion of the character at the pixel position indicated by the in-character pixel position XQ and the in-line line position YQ.
- FIGS. 11A and 11B are diagrams showing bordering of characters as an example of character modification.
- Fig. 11 (A) shows the original character pattern
- Fig. 11 (B) shows the displayed character when bordering is performed.
- the pixels shown in black are the foreground part of the character
- the pixels shown in white are the background part. If the border is applied to one pixel in the top, bottom, left, and right of the foreground part, the pixels indicated by the hatched area in FIG.
- the color code for foreground set in the character modification information included in the character control code CTD is output for the pixels in the foreground portion of the character, and the characters for the border portion of the character are output as characters.
- the border color code set in the decoration information is output, and the background color code set in the character modification information is output as the color code CLC for the background part pixels that are not the border part. .
- the data output unit 8 determines the gap between characters and characters, the foreground portion, the background portion, and the border portion based on the blank signal BLK, the character pattern PAT, and the character control code CTD. Outputs the corresponding color code CLC.
- the output unit 8 reads out the color data CLD corresponding to the output color code CLC and obtains the color data CLD.
- the obtained color data CLD is output as character image data DCH.
- the read color data CLD (256)
- the composite control signal CNT is output to indicate that the corresponding image data is transparent.
- the composite control signal CNT indicates zero for transparent color and 1 for non-transparent color.
- the image generation unit 1 outputs, as character image data, proportional characters having different pixel widths for each character according to the character control code set for each character position P (XP, YP). can do.
- the color and modification of proportional characters can be changed for each character position P (XP, YP).
- FIGS. 17A to 17C are diagrams showing a case of another character string.
- Fig. 17 (A) shows a character display position with a fixed pixel width of 8
- Fig. 17 (B) and Fig. 17 (C) show the case where "CD” is displayed after 6 proportional characters.
- Fig. 17 (B) shows an example in which “RA DIO” is displayed as the six characters before “C”, and the six characters “RADIO” are displayed in a total of 43 pixel periods.
- Fig. 17 (B) shows an example in which “RA DIO” is displayed as the six characters before “C”, and the six characters “RADIO” are displayed in a total of 43 pixel periods.
- Fig. 17 (B) shows an example in which “RA DIO” is displayed as the six characters before “C”, and the six characters “RADIO” are displayed in a total of 43 pixel periods.
- FIG. 17 (C) is an example in which “ ⁇ ” is displayed as the six characters before “C”, and the six characters “ ⁇ ” are displayed in a total of 23 pixel periods.
- the character “C” is shown in Fig. 17 (A) even when the display period of the character located before the character "C” is different. It is possible to display at the same position with respect to a fixed-width character position.
- the image generating apparatus sets a character code, character width data, and a position reset code for each character position, and controls the pixel width of a character displayed according to the character width data.
- the pixel width can be changed for each character position, and the character position on the screen can be set regardless of the past character content. Can be fixed in position.
- proportional characters with different pixel widths can be generated for each character.
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