JP2953291B2 - Printing map plate making system and printing map plate making method - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a system and method for making a printing map, and more particularly to a printing map making system and method for making and outputting a printing map from map information.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, plate making of a print map has been performed manually. For example, in the case of a print map that is made by printing a special color plate of about 4 to 12 colors on the basis of a black plate, a light-shielding layer is provided for each color on a two-layer scribe sheet in which a transparent layer and a light-shielding layer are laminated. A necessary curve is formed by shaving off with such as. In addition, a title, place name, symbol, etc. created separately by photo-typesetting are pasted at a predetermined position on a mount and photographed to form a negative film. Next, a scribe sheet and a negative film are superimposed on each other, and the black plate is exposed by close contact exposure. (Forests, fields, etc.) were created, and these were overprinted to create a print map.

[0003] In recent years, with the development of computers,
It has also been started to convert map information itself into digital data and sell the digital data itself. These are digital maps in which basic map information (roads, railways, etc.) and note information (place names, names, etc.) are stored at a fixed scale.

[0004]

However, when these map information are used for illustration map prints, which are print maps for tourist attractions, various facilities, restaurants, parking lots, etc., they are not used as they are. There was a problem that it was not possible. That is, the map information itself stores a wide area continuously, and when only a limited fixed area is required as in an illustration map printed matter, it is wasteful to output the entire area and use it as an original drawing. It was work. Further, since the map information usually has a data structure for expressing the map by arranging a closed figure corresponding to a section at a predetermined position, even if it is merely intended to extract information of a certain area, the closed figure unit There is a problem that a certain area cannot be taken out in a predetermined shape. Furthermore, since the annotation information included in the map information is premised on a monitor display, there is a problem that the dots are coarse and the readability is extremely poor when printed. Furthermore, the annotation information included in the map information is only general information, and there is a problem that the amount of information is small in an illustration map used as a guide to a specific shop or facility. Furthermore, the map information is displayed on the monitor in different colors for notes, sections, rivers, etc., but when used as a printed matter, the number of colors is small and it is difficult to understand, and important information such as landmarks like an illustration map stand out There was a problem that the color scheme could not be used.

[0005] In addition, even if a color is simply designated, if an illustration map is continuously published every week like a weekly magazine or a series of sightseeing maps, if the colors to be used are confused, each color becomes a highway, a railway, or the like. It is not possible to grasp the outline of the entire illustration map without reading the notes separately, especially if the designers and other workers change, we will make a uniform print map plate making There was a problem that it became impossible. Furthermore, in the case of an illustration map where the orderer is different if there is no uniformity, it is possible to create an illustration map of another image simply by changing the color specification without changing the main part of the map basic information and additional information. There is also a problem in that it becomes impossible, and furthermore, there is a problem in that a plurality of tasks of different orders are performed without confusion.

[0006] In addition, when a print map is created with a single color and a note, a plurality of meanings are represented by one color or an approximate color. In this case, for example, if a park, a forest, a field, etc. are represented in a greenish color, when looking at the greenish color, it is not possible to determine which one of these is required unless a note as additional information is read. However, there was a problem that it was impossible to grasp the outline of the entire illustration map at a glance.

If the orderer is different, it is necessary to create a different print map. Even if basic map information and additional information can be used , an illustration map having a completely different image is created through a change operation. That is, there is a problem that a very complicated operation is required. In addition, when performing uniform printing map plate making for each orderer in the change work, the work load is further increased, and it is impossible to carry out a plurality of tasks of different orderers without confusion. There was a point.

[0008] In printing, a change in printing color often occurs. For example, in the illustration map of the restaurant guide, if the illustration map of the same area was a color page (four colors) in the previous year's version, but this year's version is changed to two-color printing, it is necessary to recreate the whole illustration There was a problem. In particular, in magazines and handbills, the printing color often changes, and in that case, the time for re-creation is limited due to the delivery date, which is a particularly serious problem.

When information is stored in a plurality of hierarchical structures,
There is no problem when the number of hierarchies is small, but there is a problem that the management load increases when the number of hierarchies increases. In particular, when correcting the information of a specific hierarchy, it is not possible to specify the hierarchy from the point of the illustration map which is displayed in a superimposed manner, and the information list is bothersomely called, and the hierarchy is specified by the list. There is a problem that it is necessary and often calls a different hierarchy.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and has as its object to provide a printing map prepress system for preparing prepress information having a quality that can withstand printing from general map digital information such as map information. And a printing map plate making method.

[Means for Solving the Problems]

A first aspect of the present invention is a storage means for storing map information, an information read means for reading predetermined map information from the storage means, and a target portion based on the map information read by the information read means. Information extracting means for extracting map information, map basic information creating means for creating the map basic information by deleting the periphery of the target portion extracted by the information extracting means, and information adding means for adding additional information to the map basic information A color designating means for designating a color with respect to the map basic information, and a symbol pattern creating means for creating a symbol pattern
And a pattern pattern color designation for designating a color to the design pattern
Means, and a symbol pattern for storing the symbol pattern designated by the color.
A predetermined memory from the turn storage means and the symbol pattern storage means;
Read out the symbol pattern and add it to the basic map information
A symbol pattern adding means, and the additional information and color designation
Output the basic map information with the symbol pattern added.
And a printing means .

According to a second aspect of the present invention, the color designating means includes:
2. The printing method according to claim 1, further comprising: a color pattern storage unit that stores a color pattern; and a color pattern specification unit that reads a predetermined color pattern from the color pattern storage unit and specifies the read color pattern in the map basic information. It is a map prepress system.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, the basic map information is
Map basic information hierarchical storage means for storing in a hierarchical structure;
Addition to store additional information layer in different layer from the basic information layer
Information hierarchy storage means, the map basic information hierarchy and additional information
A layer color specifying means for specifying a color for each layer;
A predetermined symbol pattern from the
The pattern putter is different from the basic information layer and the additional information layer.
3. A printing map plate making system according to claim 1 , further comprising: a symbol pattern hierarchy storing means for storing a pattern hierarchy .

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, the symbol pattern floor is provided.
The layer storage means stores the same symbol pattern as the same layer.
4. The printing map prepress system according to claim 3, wherein

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, the map basic information floor is provided.
Any layer, additional information layer and / or symbol pattern layer
Mark adding means for adding a mark to the hierarchy and basic map
Information layer, additional information layer and / or symbol pattern layer
Display means for displaying the mark together with the mark;
Mark designating means for designating a mark, and the designated mark
Display switching means for independently displaying a hierarchy corresponding to
The printing map plate making system according to claim 3 or 4, wherein:

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, the mark is a corresponding mark.
The printing map plate making system according to claim 5, wherein the printing map has the same color .

[0017]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a printing map plate making system for cutting out a closed figure such as all the sections which are present even in a certain area as a target part from stored map information and cut out the cut map. The map basic information is created by deleting the periphery of the target portion from the information. Next, additional information such as necessary annotation information is added to the basic map information, and a color is designated for the required closed figure . And figure
The pattern pattern and its color are stored in the pattern pattern storage means,
Adding a pattern to the basic map information and outputting it
In this way, it is possible to make a printing map plate with a quality that can withstand printing.
There are specific facilities for illustration maps, parks, rivers, etc.
Is represented by a pattern pattern and color, and the expression
Because it corresponds to taste, even if you do not bother reading the notes,
It is possible to get an overview of the entire illustration map at a glance
It becomes design especially by memorizing design pattern and color
Printing is easy and uniform even if the operator changes
It is possible to perform map plate making.

A printing map prepress system according to a second aspect of the present invention stores a color pattern and designates a color using the color pattern. Therefore, in the case of publishing illustration maps consecutively like a weekly magazine or in the case of a series of sightseeing maps, the colors used are limited, and each color corresponds to a specific meaning such as expressway, railway, etc. It is possible to get an overview of the entire illustration map at a glance without having to read the notes, and by storing color patterns, it is especially easy to integrate print maps even if designers or other workers change. It is possible to perform plate making. Furthermore, even if the illustration map is different from the orderer, it is possible to create an illustration map of another image only by changing the color designation without changing the main part of the map basic information and the additional information, Furthermore, if the color patterns are classified and stored for each orderer, a plurality of tasks of different orderers can be performed without confusion.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a print map prepress system for storing basic map information and additional information in a hierarchical structure.
At the same time, to memorize the design pattern in another hierarchy,
It is easy to change the design pattern, and the same map basic information
Use other symbol patterns while using information and additional information.
By doing so, you can create an illustration map with a completely different image
It can be created. Therefore, the orderer is different
Simply change the design pattern and color for the illustration map
Can be dealt with just by Also, for each orderer
If you classify and memorize the design pattern and color,
Work can be carried out without confusion.
You. Use the same color for parks and forests, rivers and sea areas, etc.
Use a different design pattern
Thus, the difference can be identified at a glance.

In the printing map plate making system according to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the same symbol pattern is stored in the same layer. Obedience
Specific facilities, parks,
There is a hierarchy for each river, etc., so it is easy to respond to color changes in printing
It becomes possible. For example, a mark made for four-color printing
When making the printing map information correspond to single color or two color printing,
By simply changing the color designation of the hierarchy,
Can be changed to a color compatible with two-color printing. Ma
Use different colors for parks and forests, rivers and sea areas, etc.
Is stored in another layer, so it is one color
Can be easily changed, especially when the number of print colors is small.
It becomes difficult to distinguish between parks and forests, rivers and sea areas
Even in cases, simply changing the color of the hierarchy can easily respond
It is possible to do.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a printing map prepress system, wherein the map basic information layer, the additional information layer, and
Adds a mark to any of the symbol pattern hierarchies,
These are superimposed and displayed. And if you specify the mark
By switching to the single display of the corresponding hierarchy,
Information can be easily added and changed, and it is composed of more layers
You can easily select the desired hierarchy
It becomes possible.

According to the printing map plate making system of the present invention, the color of the mark is the same as the color designated for each layer.
Marks can be specified easily from the displayed map color
Can be specified, and it can be switched to the single display of the hierarchy.
Can be easily performed.

[0023]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 2 is an apparatus block diagram of the entire printing map prepress system according to the present invention.

In FIG. 2, reference numeral 1 denotes an FDD as input means.
(Floppy disk drive), 2 is an interface for FDD, 3 is HDD which is readable and writable storage means
(Hard disk drive), 4 is an interface for HDD, 5 is a pointing device for inputting work instructions, 6 is an interface for pointing device,
Reference numeral 7 denotes a monitor serving as display means, 8 denotes a monitor interface, 9 denotes a printer which is one of output means and mainly performs sample output, 10 denotes a printer interface, 11
Is a plate making output device which mainly outputs to a plate making film as one of output means, 12 is a plate making output device interface, 1
Reference numeral 3 denotes a CPU for controlling the entire system.
It operates according to a program stored in M (lead-on memory). Also, 14 RAMs (random access memories) are used as work areas during this processing operation.

The map information read from the FDD 1 as input means is stored in the HDD 3 or RAM 14 as storage means as required, and is processed by a program stored in the ROM 15. At this time, the monitor 7 displays necessary information, and while looking at the display, the operator inputs a work instruction from the pointing device 6 and causes the CPU 13 to perform a processing operation.
A color pattern and a symbol pattern described later are read and used. After finishing the processing operation, when the user wants to view the sample, the printer 9 outputs the proof paper, and when the printing plate is output, the plate making output device 11 outputs the plate making film.

In FIG. 2, 1 is not limited to FDD,
It may be appropriately selected from a DD, a magnetic tape reader, a CD-ROM reader, an optical disk reader, a magneto-optical disk reader, a communication line, and the like, and may be used in combination. The number 3 is not limited to an HDD, but may be appropriately selected from an FDD, a magnetic tape writer (reader), an optical disk writer (reader), a magneto-optical disk writer (reader), etc., and may be used in combination. Further, 5 is not limited to a mouse, a trackball, a digitizer, a touch pen, and the like as a pointing device, but may be appropriately selected from a keyboard or the like, and may be used in combination. Further, reference numeral 7 denotes a CRT as a monitor, a liquid crystal display device and the like. Furthermore, 9 is a laser printer, a thermal printer, a thermal transfer printer, a pressure-sensitive printer, a pressure-sensitive transfer printer, an electrostatic printer, an electrostatic transfer printer, an ink-jet printer, etc. as printers, and monochrome and color are appropriately selected. Can. Furthermore, reference numeral 11 denotes an image setter or the like as a plate making output device, but an output drum of a plate making scanner may be adopted. The plate making output device 11 mainly exposes a halftone dot to a silver halide photosensitive film and a non-silver halide photosensitive film, but may output in a continuous tone as needed, and can output a line drawing.

In FIG. 2, the output device is not limited to the printer 9 and the plate making output device 11, but a storage medium writing means appropriately selected from an FDD, a magnetic tape writer, an optical disk writer, a magneto-optical disk writer, or a combination thereof. May be adopted. At that time, the output is once written to a storage medium, input to a known printing plate making system such as a layout scanner offline, and output by an output unit of the layout scanner. At this time, the image may be edited together with photos, characters, illustrations, logos, and the like using the editing function of the layout scanner, and output in a state where it can be directly printed. This means that when a photograph, characters, illustrations, logos, etc. are printed in addition to the illustration map such as a magazine or pamphlet, the editing function is limited by the function of the printing map prepress system alone, and the prepress film from the prepress output device 11 is used. This is because there is a time and effort to manually compose a photolithographic film to which other photographs, characters, illustrations, logos, and the like have been exposed to create a film that can be directly printed. Further, the plate making output device 11 may be replaced with a communication means and connected online with a printing plate making system such as a layout scanner through a communication line. Conversely, the print map plate making system of the present invention may be incorporated in a printing plate making system such as a layout scanner. It is possible.

Next, the function of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram of the entire printing map prepress system according to the present invention.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 21 denotes an input means such as an FDD,
22 is storage means for storing map information from input means, such as HDD or RAM, 23 is work instruction input means such as a pointing device, 24 is display means such as a monitor,
25 is an output means such as a printer, plate making output device, etc., 26 is an arithmetic processing unit such as a CPU, RAM, ROM, etc., 27 is an HDD
Or, a color pattern storage means such as a RAM, and 28 is a symbol pattern storage means such as an HDD or a RAM.

The arithmetic processing unit 26 includes an information reading unit 29 for reading necessary map information from the storage unit 22, an information extracting unit 30 for extracting a target portion from the read map information, and a periphery of the extracted target portion. Map basic information creating means 31 for deleting and creating map basic information, information adding means 3 for adding additional information such as notes to the map basic information
2. There is a color pattern specifying means 33 for selecting a color from the color pattern storage means 27 and specifying a color for the basic map information.

The arithmetic processing unit 26 creates a symbol pattern and stores it in the symbol pattern storage unit 28. The symbol pattern created by the symbol pattern creation unit is stored in the color pattern storage unit 27. A design pattern color designating means 35 for designating the color pattern which has been set and storing it in the design pattern storage means 28 together with the color pattern, and a design pattern adding means 34 for reading out the design pattern and color from the design pattern storage means 28 and adding it to the map basic information. There is.

Further, the arithmetic processing section 26 adds a mark to any of the map basic information layer, the additional information layer, and / or the symbol pattern layer, and sets the same color as the color specified in the mark layer. A mark adding means 37, a mark designating means 38 for designating a mark as a function of a work instruction inputting means, usually a map basic information hierarchy, an additional information hierarchy and / or a symbol pattern hierarchy are superimposed and displayed on the display means, and the mark is designated. In this case, there is a display switching means 39 for switching to display the hierarchy.

FIG. 5 is a conceptual diagram showing processing from map information to basic map information. In FIG. 5, 40 is a part of the map information read by the information reading means 29, 41 is a target part used for the illustration map, 42 is map information cut out by the information cutout means 30, and 43 is map basic information. This is map basic information whose surroundings have been deleted by the creation unit 31.

The map information has a hierarchical data structure, and a map is constructed by arranging a number of closed figures such as sections 44 on each level. When the target portion 41 is designated for this map information, the information extracting means 30
The map information 42 is cut out. In the map information, a closed figure is arranged to form a map, and the information extracting means 30 compares the area coordinates of the target portion 41 with the coordinate values of each section. If it exists in the, cut out the entire partition.

Next, the map basic information creating means 31 deletes the periphery of the target portion from the cut out map information 42,
Create basic map information. At this time, each section is not simply divided into the line segments, but the divided portions are complemented by the new line segments 45 to create a section 46 as a new closed figure. In the processing, first, the intersection of the line segment forming each section of the cut-out map information 42 and the line segment forming the target portion is obtained. If there is no intersection, that is, if the whole section is within the target portion, it is used as it is as a section of the map basic information,
If there is an intersection, the points inside the target part are separated from the points outside, the points outside are deleted, and the line segment that forms the target part between the intersections as a new line segment is the line that constitutes the section To be adopted. In addition, when the line segment forming the target portion between the intersections is a straight line, a straight line is adopted. When the line segment is not a straight line like a corner portion, a plurality of line segments in the corresponding portion are adopted. Is done.

FIGS. 6, 7 and 8 are conceptual diagrams showing the hierarchical structure of the map basic information. In FIG. 6, reference numeral 50 denotes a map in which each layer is superimposed, and a plurality of marks 5 are displayed on the right side thereof.
1 are displayed shifted to positions where they do not overlap. FIG. 7 is a conceptual diagram showing an overlapping state of a plurality of layers. In FIG. 7, there is a base frame hierarchy 52 at the lowest level, on which a street division hierarchy 53, a river hierarchy 54, a station hierarchy 55, a railroad hierarchy 56, a building hierarchy 57, a station name hierarchy 58, a building name hierarchy 5 are arranged in that order.
9, target A pattern hierarchy 60, target B pattern hierarchy 61
Constitute an overlapping map.

FIG. 8 is a plan view of each layer. Base frame level 52, street section level 53, river level 54, station level 5
5. The track hierarchy 56 is basic map information. The base frame hierarchy 52 has no particular information described therein, and only a color pattern is designated. The color pattern is the color of a road in a map displayed in an overlapping manner. Street section 53, river level 5
4, information corresponding to each name is described in a closed figure in the station level 55 and the track level 56, and the color pattern of the level is designated for the closed figure. The building hierarchy 57, the station name hierarchy 58, the building name hierarchy 59, the target A pattern hierarchy 60, and the target B pattern hierarchy 61 are additional information, and note information added as a new hierarchy by the information adding means 32 described above. The building hierarchy 57 describes a closed figure imitating the shape of the main building, the station name hierarchy 58, the building name hierarchy 59 describes the name characters, and the target A pattern hierarchy 60 and the target B pattern hierarchy 61 are illustrations. The goal that the map guides is described.

In FIG. 8, marks are provided on the right side of each layer one by one, and the positions of the marks are slightly shifted from non-overlapping positions as shown in FIG. In addition, the same color pattern as the color pattern specified for the hierarchy is specified.

FIG. 9 is a conceptual diagram showing a data structure of the color pattern storage means 27 for storing a color pattern designated for each layer. In FIG. 9, 70 is a group name classified by the orderer, etc., 71 is a color pattern number, 72 is a color name,
73 is another name, 74 is a dot percentage at the time of printing, is a set of Y, M, C, and BL (yellow, magenta, cyan, black) dot percentages, and 75 is a monitor display color (R, G, B). is there. As the stored color patterns, about 20 to 100 representative colors, preferably about 40 to 60 patterns, are stored for each group. This is because if there are too many colors, the map becomes difficult to understand. The four basic printing colors of Y, M, C, and BL, and R,
Only one of G and B may be stored, and the other may be calculated as necessary using a known conversion formula or conversion table. In that case, the amount of information can be compressed.
It should be noted that the color pattern numbers correspond to the color names on a one-to-one basis.
There is also a one-to-one correspondence with Y, M, C, BL and / or R, G, B.

In the data configuration shown in FIG. 9, there is an alias 73 in the name for the color pattern. By referring to this alias, it is possible to designate a uniform color pattern on the map, and furthermore, the same color pattern for each group. Another alias 73
When performing the work of a plurality of orderers, it is possible to avoid confusion by referring to the group name, and to specify a uniform color pattern for each orderer on the map.
This group can be added each time the number of orderers increases, and initially only one group may be used. Also, instead of the classification for each group, a data configuration in which a plurality of orderers and aliases are added to the color pattern NO71 may be adopted, in which case the amount of information can be compressed. In such a case, if the data is searched for each orderer and the data is rearranged and displayed, it is possible to obtain similar effects such as maintaining uniformity. Further color name 7
2. Even if a data structure that stores a plurality of others for the alias 73 is adopted, the same effect can be obtained by compressing the amount of information and, at the same time, displaying and retrieving and rearranging the information when displaying. Is possible. In other words, the data structure of the color pattern storage means 27 can adopt a plurality of methods if the alias corresponding to the hierarchy is stored in some form. If classified, the data configuration can employ a plurality of methods.

FIG. 10 is a conceptual diagram showing the data structure of the symbol pattern storage means 28 for storing symbol patterns. In FIG. 10, reference numeral 80 denotes a group name classified by the orderer or the like, 81 denotes a color pattern number, 82 denotes an alias, and 83 denotes a symbol pattern. A plurality of color patterns 81 are stored in correspondence with the group name 80, and an alias 82 and a symbol pattern 83 are stored in correspondence with the color patterns 81. Even if the same color pattern is duplicated and stored as the color pattern 81, the alias 82 and the symbol pattern 83 may be different. This is because even if the color pattern 81 is the same, a different image can be obtained if the symbol pattern 83 is different. Similarly, different color patterns 81 may correspond to the same symbol pattern 83.

In the case of the data configuration shown in FIG. 10, there is an alias 82 in the name for the color pattern. By referring to this alias, the unified color pattern 81 and symbol pattern 83 can be added to the map. A different alias 82 for the combination of the color pattern 81 and the design pattern 83 for each
When performing the work of multiple orderers, it is possible to refer to the group name to avoid confusion and add a uniform color pattern 81 and symbol pattern 83 for each orderer to the map. Becomes This group can be added each time the number of orderers increases, and initially only one group may be used. Also, instead of the classification for each group, the color pattern NO8
A data configuration in which a plurality of orderers and aliases are added to the combination of the symbol pattern 3 and the symbol pattern 83 may be employed, in which case the amount of information can be reduced. In such a case, if the data is searched for each orderer and the data is rearranged and displayed, it is possible to obtain similar effects such as maintaining uniformity. Furthermore, even if a data configuration that stores a plurality of others for the alias 82 is employed, the same effect can be obtained by compressing the amount of information and, at the same time, searching and rearranging and displaying the information at the time of display. It is possible. That is, the data structure of the symbol pattern storage means 28 can adopt a plurality of methods if the alias 82 and the group name 80 are stored in some form corresponding to the color pattern 81 and the symbol pattern 83. is there.

FIG. 11 is a diagram to which a symbol pattern is added. In FIG. 11, reference numeral 84 denotes basic map information, reference numerals 85 and 86 denote aliases 82 to which a symbol pattern of a park is added, and reference numeral 87 denotes aliases 8.
2 adds a river pattern pattern. In addition to the map basic information of the base frame hierarchy 52, the street division hierarchy 53, the river hierarchy 54, the station hierarchy 55, and the railway hierarchy 56, the building hierarchy of additional information is superimposed on the map basic information 84, and other additional information hierarchies are deleted. is there. In FIG. 11, since the symbol patterns 85 and 86 both represent a park, they are described in separate and independent hierarchies, and the symbol pattern 87 is described in another hierarchy. In this case, the design itself is the same color as the designated color pattern.

In this embodiment, since the symbol is a designated color pattern, only one color pattern number is stored in the symbol pattern storage means of FIG. However, a layer that describes the symbols of the symbol patterns 85 and 86 and a layer that describes only the corresponding section (the color pattern NO.
May be specified). In that case,
When specifying the color of the design, the color pattern No. is added to the list of FIG.
Two columns are added and stored, one of which is the designated color of the symbol.

When the number of colors is changed in printing,
The designated color pattern is changed to another color pattern. In other words, the number of colors of the color pattern corresponds to that after the change. For example, when changing from four-color printing to single-color printing, the color pattern for four-color printing is changed to a single-color flat-screen color pattern. At this time, the pattern pattern and the flat screen overlap each other, and since the pattern pattern and the flat screen are the same color, a pattern pattern that is extremely difficult to distinguish when overlapped is often formed. Therefore, when the same symbol pattern is set to the same layer, or the same symbol layer and the corresponding color pattern are set to two specified layers, and when the specified layer is overlapped with the specified layer, This is dealt with by changing to a single color pattern (flat screen) that can be distinguished. At this time, if the symbols are different, the color pattern of a single color (flat screen) that can be distinguished when overlapping is different depending on the symbol. Therefore, it is easy to cope with a change in the number of colors by storing each symbol pattern in a different hierarchy. I have to. This easiness of the correspondence is similarly effective other than the case of changing to the four-color printing and the single-color printing, and it is possible to cope with another number of colors, for example, the two-color printing and the six-color printing.

Next, the flow of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIGS. 3 and 4 are flowcharts of the entire printing map plate making system according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 shows the flow up to the creation of the first half of the basic map information in the flowchart. Starting at 91, the map information is read from the storage means at 92. The map information is once displayed on the monitor at 93, and at 94 the operator specifies the area coordinates of the target portion, that is, the portion to be cut out, using the pointing device. This area is generally a rectangle, but need not be limited to this, and may be any closed figure such as a circle, a triangle, a polygon, a parallelogram, and a free closed figure. Next, at 95, the section of the map information, that is, the coordinate value of the closed figure is read, and at 96, the area coordinates and the section coordinates of the target portion are compared. At 97, it is determined whether or not one of the plurality of vertex coordinates constituting the section coordinates is inside the area coordinates. If even one point is within the area, the list is stored by temporarily storing the section coordinates at 98. ,
If there is no point, it is determined that the whole block is out of the area and 99
Move on to 99 determines whether all parcels have been compared,
If there is an uncompared section, repeat the process from 95,
When the comparison of all the sections is completed, the processing moves to 100.

At 100, the area coordinates of the target portion and 98
Are compared again. 10
If all the area coordinates are present in the area in 1, it is determined that there is no part to be deleted in the area, and the area coordinates are stored in 102. If it is also one point of the section coordinates outside the area at 101,
At 103, the intersection of the area line segment and the section line segment is calculated.
The coordinates of the section outside the area are deleted in 4, the section is complemented by the area line segment between the intersections in 105, the area coordinates between the intersections including the intersection coordinates are set as a part of the section, and the new section is set to 102. Remember in At 106, it is determined whether the comparison of all the sections listed at 98 has been completed, and if completed, the process proceeds to 107;
Return to 0 and repeat the process. 1 when it reaches 107
02 stores basic map information.

Note that the same processing can be performed by performing the processing of 100 to 105 instead of 98. In that case, the comparison between the area coordinates and the sections can be reduced at one time.

FIG. 4 shows the flow up to the end of the latter half of the flowchart. After proceeding from FIG. 3 at 107, 108
To determine whether to perform the information addition work. If not, the process directly proceeds to the color designation operation of 116. If it is determined at 108 that the information adding operation is to be performed, it is first determined at 112 whether the information to be added is a new layer or an addition to an existing layer. In the case of, the hierarchy is designated at 110. Next, after the information adding operation is performed in 112, the end of the information adding operation is determined in 113, and in the case of ending, the presence or absence of the mark addition is determined in 114. If the layer is an existing layer (marked) or a layer that does not require a mark, the process proceeds to 116. If the layer is a new layer or a layer that requires a mark, the mark is added at 115.

At 116, it is determined whether or not to perform the color designation operation. If not, the flow proceeds to the symbol pattern addition operation of 120 as it is. When performing color designation work in 116, 1
At 17, the color pattern is selected from the color pattern storage means, the color pattern to be specified is determined, and at 118, the hierarchy for which the color is specified is selected. In step 119, the end of the color designation operation is determined. If the operation is to be ended, the process proceeds to the symbol pattern adding operation in step 120. If not, the process returns to step 117 and the process is repeated.

At 120, it is determined whether or not the symbol pattern adding operation is to be performed. If not, the process proceeds to the end of the operation at 128. When a symbol pattern adding operation is performed at 120, it is first determined at 121 whether the symbol pattern to be added is a new layer or an addition to an existing layer, and in the case of a new layer, a new layer is added at 123 and a new layer is added. In this case, the hierarchy is designated at 122. Next, after the symbol pattern adding operation is performed at 124, the end of the symbol pattern adding operation is determined at 125, and when it is ended, the presence or absence of the mark addition is determined at 126. If the layer is an existing layer (marked) or a layer that does not require a mark, the process proceeds to 128. If the layer is a new layer or a layer that requires a mark, a mark is added at 127.

At 128, the end of the operation is determined. For example, modification of information addition. If it is necessary to specify a color or the like for the symbol pattern hierarchy, the process returns to step 107 and each operation can be performed again. When the work end is selected in 128, 129
Then, the information on the completion of each operation is stored, and it is determined at 130 whether or not to output. If output is to be performed, output is performed at 131 and then the flow is terminated at 132. If output is not performed, the flow is directly terminated at 132.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and can be appropriately changed without changing the gist. That is, 108 to 115, 116 to 119, 120 to 12
7, the order of each work process is changed, and
5, 116 to 119, and 120 to 127 may be arranged in parallel, and a work selection decision may be made thereon, and a work end decision may be made below the work selection.

[0055]

As described above, the printed map plate making system according to the first aspect of the present invention provides a closed figure of all sections, etc., which exist at least partially in a certain area which is a target part from stored map information. Is extracted, and the basic map information is created by deleting the periphery of the target portion from the extracted map information. Next, additional information such as necessary annotation information is added to the basic map information, and a color is designated for the required closed figure . Then, the pattern pattern is stored in the pattern pattern storage means.
Pattern and its color, and design patterns are used as basic map information.
By adding and outputting, it has the quality that can withstand printing
Printing map plate making is possible, and illustration map features
Designated facilities, parks, rivers, etc. are represented by pattern patterns and colors, and updated
Because the expression corresponds to a specific meaning,
Overview of the entire illustration map at a glance, without reading the notes
It is possible to grasp the pattern pattern and color especially
By memorizing, even if a designer or other worker changes,
This has the effect that printing map plate making with uniformity can be easily performed .

In the map plate making system according to the second aspect of the present invention, a color pattern is stored, and a color is designated using the color pattern. Therefore, in the case of publishing illustration maps consecutively like a weekly magazine or in the case of a series of sightseeing maps, the colors used are limited, and each color corresponds to a specific meaning such as expressway, railway, etc. It is possible to get an overview of the entire illustration map at a glance without having to read the notes, and by storing color patterns, it is especially easy to integrate print maps even if designers or other workers change. It is possible to perform plate making. Furthermore, even if the illustration map is different from the orderer, it is possible to create an illustration map of another image only by changing the color designation without changing the main part of the map basic information and the additional information, Still further, storing the color patterns classified for each orderer has the effect that a plurality of tasks of different orderers can be performed without confusion.

Further, in the map prepress system according to the third aspect of the present invention, the map basic information and the additional information are each described in a hierarchical structure.
At the same time as remembering the design pattern in another hierarchy
It is easy to change the design pattern, and the same map basic
Use other design patterns while using information and additional information
By doing, an illustration map with a completely different image
Can be created. Therefore, there is a difference
Simply change the design pattern and color for the illustrated map
It is possible to respond just by doing. Also, for each orderer
If the pattern pattern and color are memorized,
Work can be progressed without confusion
Become. Also, use the same color for parks and forests, rivers and sea areas, etc.
Use a different design pattern even when you often do
This has an effect that the difference can be identified at a glance .

Further, in the map prepress system according to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the same symbol pattern is stored at the same level.
Therefore, specific facilities and public facilities using the same design pattern
There are hierarchies for each garden, river, etc., so it is easy to change the printing color
It is possible to do. For example, plate making for four-color printing
The printed map information for single-color or two-color printing
Only by changing the color specification of the hierarchy
Alternatively, the color can be changed to a color compatible with two-color printing.
In addition, parks and forests, rivers and sea areas, etc.
To store different pattern patterns in different layers
Can be easily changed, especially when the number of print colors is small.
If it disappears, it will be difficult to distinguish between parks and forests, rivers and sea areas, etc.
Can be easily changed by simply changing the layer color.
There is an effect that it is possible to respond .

The map prepress system according to claim 5 of the present invention provides a map basic information layer, an additional information layer, and / or
Marks are added to any of the symbol pattern
These are superimposed and displayed. And when you specify the mark,
By switching to the single display of the corresponding layer, the information for each layer
Information can be easily added and changed.
In such a case, it is possible to easily select a target hierarchy .

Further, in the map plate making system according to claim 6 of the present invention, the color of the mark is the same as the color designated for each layer.
The mark specified by the color of the displayed map.
It can be easily specified, and it is switched to the single display of the hierarchy.
There is an effect that the replacement can be easily performed .

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram of a map plate making system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an apparatus block diagram of a map plate making system according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart of the first half of the printing map plate making system according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart of the latter half of the printing map plate making system according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a conceptual diagram showing a process from map information to map basic information of the print map plate making system according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagram in which each layer of map basic information of the print map plate making system according to the present invention is displayed in a superimposed manner.

FIG. 7 is a conceptual diagram showing a hierarchical structure of map basic information of the print map plate making system according to the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a conceptual diagram showing a hierarchical structure of map basic information of the print map plate making system according to the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a conceptual diagram showing a data configuration of a color pattern storage means of the print map plate making system according to the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a conceptual diagram showing a data configuration of a symbol pattern storage means of the print map plate making system according to the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a diagram in which a symbol pattern of the printing map plate making system according to the present invention is added.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... FDD (Floppy Disk Drive), 2 ... FD
D interface, 3 HDD (hard disk drive), 4 HDD interface, 5 pointing device, 6 pointing device interface, 7 monitor, 8 monitor interface, 9 printer, 10 printer interface, 11: plate making output device, 12: interface for plate making output device, 13: CPU, 14: RAM (random access memory), 15: ROM (lead-on memory), 21: input means, 22: storage means, 23 ...
Work instruction input means, 24 ... display means, 25 ... output means,
26 arithmetic processing unit 27 color pattern storage means 28
Symbol pattern storage means, 29 ... information reading means, 30 ...
Information extraction means, 31 ... Map basic information creation means, 32 ...
Information adding means, 33: color pattern specifying means, 34: symbol pattern adding means, 35: symbol pattern color specifying means, 3
6 ... design pattern creating means, 37 ... mark adding means, 3
8 ... mark designation means, 39 ... display switching means

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Claims (6)

(57) [Claims] 1. A storage device for storing map information, an information reading device for reading predetermined map information from the storage device, an information extracting device for extracting a target portion from the map information read by the information reading device. Map basic information creating means for creating a map basic information by deleting the periphery of the target portion cut out by the information extracting means; information adding means for adding additional information to the map basic information; Color designating means for designating a color for a pattern, design pattern creating means for creating a design pattern, and design pattern color designating means for designating a color to the design pattern
And a symbol pattern record for storing the symbol pattern designated by the color.
And憶means, reading the predetermined symbol pattern from figure design pattern storage means
To add a pattern pattern to the basic information
The column, the additional information and the color designation are given, and the symbol pattern is added.
Output means for outputting basic map information, wherein the output means outputs the basic map information . 2. The color designating means comprises: a color pattern storage means for storing a color pattern; and a color pattern designating means for reading a predetermined color pattern from the color pattern storage means and designating the color pattern in the basic map information. The printing map plate-making system according to claim 1, wherein: 3. A place for storing the basic map information in a hierarchical structure.
Figure basic information hierarchy storage means, and additional information hierarchy stored in a hierarchy different from the map basic information hierarchy
Additional information hierarchy storage means, and a color is designated for each of the map basic information hierarchy and the additional information hierarchy
A predetermined symbol pattern is read from the layer color designation means and the symbol pattern storage means.
Extrusion, map basic information layer and additional information layer and another layer
The symbol pattern hierarchy storage that stores the symbol pattern hierarchy
Print Map prepress system of claim 1, wherein further comprising a means. 4. The symbol pattern hierarchy storage means includes:
It is characterized in that symbol patterns are stored as the same hierarchy.
The printing map prepress system according to claim 3 . 5. The map basic information layer, additional information layer, and
Or add a mark to any layer of the symbol pattern hierarchy
Mark adding means, and a map basic information hierarchy, an additional information hierarchy and / or a pattern pattern
Display means for superimposing the display layer and displaying the mark together with the mark
If, table that displays a mark designating means for designating the mark, a layer corresponding to the mark that is the specified alone
And a display switching means.
Or a printing map prepress system according to claim 4 . 6. The mark is of the same color as the corresponding layer.
The printing map plate making system according to claim 5, wherein