JP3209022B2 - Character image layout device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a character image allocating apparatus for allocating, using a computer, part data composed of figures and images and character data composed of characters in a typesetting area.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a character image allocating apparatus disclosed in JP-A-63-109577 or the like, products are grouped by genre and posted on a posting page. For example, in a product catalog of house-related equipment as shown in FIG. 13, products are classified into a number of genres such as “refrigerator”, “decorative panel”, and “microwave oven”, and these “refrigerator”, “decorative panel”, The product information corresponding to each genre such as "microwave oven" is grouped and then laid out in a specific publication page. And the product information posted here is generally
It is configured by integrating, for each product, component data obtained by graphicizing and imaging the product and character data that describes the characteristics of the product using characters.

[0003]

According to the technique disclosed in the above-mentioned publication, the layout of the component data and the character data constituting the product information on the genre and the position on the page are determined by the product. For example, when it is attempted to collectively change / delete the product information in the genre of the posted page, the product information of the product in the genre to be deleted / changed is set. On the other hand, it is necessary to repeatedly perform the erasing / changing work individually, which requires a large amount of work, causes many correction mistakes, and causes a problem in accuracy of the work.

[0004] The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned circumstances, and when performing correction of a genre unit in a publishing page and correction of a product unit in a genre, individual correction work for each product information is performed. It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a character image allocating device which can eliminate the necessity of performing the correction and can improve the workability at the time of correction.

[0005]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a component data storage unit for storing, as component data, image data indicating a graphic and a photograph portion of product information, and a character portion of the product information. A character data storage unit that stores character data indicating, and lower-layer composite data for associating the component data in the component data storage unit and the character data in the character data storage unit with each other for each product, for combining a plurality of the lower-layer composite data, Or, a composite data storage unit for storing upper layer composite data for further combining a plurality of combined lower layer composite data, and a page for laying out a plurality of products in a posted page by combining a plurality of composite data in the composite data storage unit Storage means having a page data storage unit for storing data,
Based on the layout instruction from the operating means operated by the operator, according to the composite data stored in the composite data storage unit, read the component data and the character data from the component data storage unit and the character data storage unit, respectively.
Product information is formed by combining these component data and character data, and further, this product information is written according to page data stored in the page data storage unit.
Layout processing means for laying out in the posted page,
It is characterized by having.

In the second invention, a data display processing section for causing the layout processing means to display page data, composite data, component data and character data on a screen based on a display instruction from the operation means, And a data correction processing unit that corrects display data displayed on the screen based on a correction instruction from the user.

[0007]

According to the layout processing means of the character image allocating apparatus shown in the first invention, based on the layout instruction from the operating means, according to the composite data stored in the composite data storage section, the component data storage section and the character data The component data and character data are read from the storage unit, and the product data is formed by combining the component data and the character data. Further, the product information is stored in the page according to the page data stored in the page data storage unit. Therefore, the operator stores the component data in the component data storage unit, the character data in the character data storage unit, and stores the composite data in the composite data storage unit and the page data in the page data storage unit, respectively. After that, the layout processing means will automatically
Based on the page data and the composite data, component data and character data can be combined and laid out in the publishing page for each genre, thereby improving workability when creating a product catalog.

[0008] In the character image allocating apparatus according to the second aspect of the present invention, the data display processing section displays page data of a posted page, composite data associated with the page data, component data and character data associated with the composite data on a screen. Since the page data and the composite data displayed on the screen by the data correction processing section can be corrected (erased / changed) after being displayed on the upper side, the data can be corrected in units of genres grouped by the page data, and Correction can be performed in units of products that are grouped by composite data, and if it is attempted to correct genres in the posted page collectively as in the past, individual correction work is performed on each product information There is no necessity, and workability at the time of correction can be improved.

[0009]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 shows a control block of a character image allocating apparatus according to the present invention.
Reference numeral 1 indicates a layout processing unit. The layout processing means 1 is for allocating product information to a posted page on a screen (details will be described later).
The layout processing unit 1 includes an operation unit 2 including a keyboard, a mouse, and the like, a floppy disk device,
Input means 3 constituted by an image scanner or the like, CR
Display means 4 constituted by a display such as T, printing means 5 constituted by a printing machine for printing photographic paper and the like, and storage means 6 constituted by a hard disk device and the like are connected to each other.

The storage means 6 stores the component data storage unit 1
0, a character data storage unit 11, a composite data storage unit 12, and a page data storage unit 13. These storage units 10 to 13 will be sequentially described below. The component data storage unit 10 stores, as shown in FIG.
A large number of image data indicating graphics and photographic portions of product information are stored as component data 10A. Each of these component data 10A includes "A1, A2, A3".
.. An ".
As shown in FIG. 5, the character data storage unit 11 stores a large number of character data 11A indicating the character part of the product information.
Identification data 11B such as "T1, T2, T3, Tn"
Is attached. The character data 11A stored in the character data storage unit 11 is text data.
It does not include format data indicating character size and typeface.

[0011] The composite data storage section 12 is shown in FIG.
(B), as shown in FIGS. 7A and 7B, the component data 10A in the component data storage 10 and the character data storage 1
1 stores a large number of composite data 14 and 15 for associating the character data 11A in each item with each product, and in the composite data 14, identification data 16 such as "M1, M2, M3,. Identification data 17 such as "N1, N2, N3,... Nn"
Is attached. In the composite data 14 and 15, the composite data 14 is “lower-layer composite data” that directly associates the component data 10A in the component data storage unit 10 with the character data 11A in the character data storage unit 11. The composite data 15 is “upper-layer composite data” in which a plurality of composite data 14 are combined and associated with each other.

First, the data content of the composite data 14 (hereinafter, the composite data 14 is referred to as the lower composite data 14) will be described.
As shown in (A), (1) by specifying the identification data 10B of the component data 10A and the identification data 11B of the character data 11A, the component data storage unit 10 refers to the component data 10A, and Reference instruction 14 for referring to character data 11A from storage unit 11
A, (2) format data 14B for determining the format such as the font and character size of the character data 11A referenced by the reference instruction 14A, and (3) allocation of the component data 10A and the character data 11A referenced by the reference instruction 14A. The layout data 14C for determining the position and the scale of the component data 10A, (4) "<3 door><4door><5
Door>... ”Indicating the title of a product (including format and layout data).
Is displayed on the display means 4 as shown in FIG. 6 (B). FIG. 6 shows a display example according to the lower layer composite data 14 indicated by the identification data 16 of “M ₁ ” and “M ₂ ”.

The data content of the composite data 15 (hereinafter, the composite data 15 will be referred to as the upper composite data 15) will be described. The upper composite data 15 is composed of (1) identification data as shown in FIG. Reference instruction 15 for referring to lower layer composite data 14 by specifying a plurality of 16
A, (2) layout data 15B indicating the allocation position of the lower layer composite data 14 referred to by the reference instruction 15A,
(3) Title information 15C indicating a title of a genre such as "refrigerator, makeup panel, microwave oven ..."
(Including format and layout data), and a screen display as shown in FIG. 7B is made based on such upper layer identification data 15. In the above-described upper layer composite data 15,
Based on the reference instruction 15A, the component data storage unit 10 refers to the component data 10A, and the character data storage unit 11 refers to the character data 11A via the reference instruction 14A of the lower layer composite data 14. 7
Part data 10A and character data 1 as shown in FIG.
1A is displayed on the screen. FIG. 7 shows a display example according to the upper layer composite data 15 indicated by the identification data 17 of “N ₁ ”.

The page data storage section 13 stores the page data 18 for laying out the entire page 50 by combining a plurality of upper layer composite data 15 with each other as shown in FIG. In the page data 18, identification data 19 such as "P1, P2, P3,... Pn" is attached. This page data 1
8 is a (1) reference instruction 18A for referring to the upper layer composite data 15 by specifying a plurality of identification data 19;
(2) layout data 18B indicating the allocation position of the upper layer composite data 15 referred to by the reference instruction 18A;
(3) It is composed of title information 18C (including format and layout data) indicating the title of the posted page such as “house-related equipment”, and based on such page data 18, as shown in FIG. The screen is displayed. In FIG. 9, “P ₁ ”
The display example according to the page data 18 indicated by the identification data 18 of FIG.

Next, "component data 10A" for the component data storage unit 10, "character data 11A" for the character data storage unit 11, "composite data 14 and 15" for the composite data storage unit 12, A flowchart for registering “page data 18” in the page data storage unit 13 will be described. << Step 1 >>-<Step 2> Based on an instruction from the operating means 2, image data indicating a graphic and a photograph portion of the product information is read as part data 10B through the input means 3 (Step 1), and read in Step 1. The part data 10A is registered in the part data storage unit 10 after attaching the identification data 10B as shown in FIG. 4 (step 2). << Step 3 >> Based on an instruction from the operation means 2, it is determined whether or not the registration of the component data 10A in the component data storage unit 10 is to be terminated. If YES, proceed to the next Step 4, and if NO, perform Step 4. Repeat steps 1 and 2.

[Step 4] to [Step 5] Based on an instruction from the operation means 2, the character data 11A indicating the character portion of the product information is read through the input means 3 (Step 4), and the character data read in Step 4 is read. 11A,
After the identification data 11B is added as shown in FIG. 5, it is registered in the character data storage unit 11 (step 5). << Step 6 >> Based on the instruction from the operation means 2, it is determined whether or not the registration of the character data 11A in the character data storage unit 11 is to be terminated. If YES, proceed to the next step 7; Repeat steps 4 and 5.

<< Step 7 >>-<Step 8> The operator is caused to input both the component data 10A to be combined and the character data 11A into the operating means 2 (Step 7), and based on the input contents in Step 7, FIG.
As shown in (B), the designated component data 10A and character data 11A are read from the component data storage unit 10 and the character data storage unit 11, respectively, and displayed on the display unit 4 (step 8). << Step 9 >> Component data 10 specified in Step 7
The identification data 10B of A and the identification data 11B of the character data 11A are set as the reference instruction 14A, and based on the instruction from the operation means 2, as shown in FIG.
Format data 14B, layout data 14C, and title information 14D (all described above) are input, and these reference instructions 14A, format data 14B, layout data 14C,
After adding the identification information 16 to the title information 14D,
It is registered as the lower layer composite data 14 in the composite data storage unit 12.

<< Step 10 >> Based on an instruction from the operation means 2, it is determined whether or not registration of the lower layer composite data 14 in the composite data storage unit 12 is to be terminated. If YES, the process proceeds to the next step 11, and NO Step 7 in case of
Step 9 is repeated. In the flowchart,
When the upper layer composite data 15 is registered in the composite data storage unit 12, steps 7 to 10 are repeated. Hereinafter, a process for registering the upper layer composite data 15 will be described. The operator inputs a plurality of lower layer composite data 14 to be combined into the operating means 2 (step 7), and based on the input contents in step 7, as shown in FIG.
4 is read from the component data storage unit 10 and the character data storage unit 11, respectively, and further read in accordance with the format data 14B, layout data 14C, and title information 14C registered in the lower-layer composite data 14. A screen is displayed on the display means 4 (step 8). Then, in the subsequent step 9, FIG.
As shown in (A), the identification data 16 of the lower layer composite data 14 specified in step 7 is set as the reference instruction 15A, and based on the instruction from the operation means 2, the layout data 15B and the title information 15C (whichever The reference instruction 15A, the layout data 15B, and the title information 15C are registered as the upper layer composite data 15 in the composite data storage unit 12 together with the identification data 17. When the registration of the lower layer composite data 14 and the upper layer composite data 15 in the composite data storage unit 12 is completed in steps 7 to 9 as described above, the process proceeds to the next step 11.

[Step 11] to [Step 12] The operator is caused to input a plurality of upper layer composite data 15 to be combined into the operation means 2 (Step 11). Based on the input contents in Step 11, FIG. As shown, the component data 10A and the character data 11A registered in the lower composite data 14 in the upper composite data 15 are read from the component data storage unit 10 and the character data storage unit 11, respectively. A screen is displayed on the display means 4 according to the format data 14B, layout data 14C / 15B, and title information 14D / 15C registered in the data 14 (step 12).

<< Step 13 >> As shown in FIG. 8, the identification data 17 of the upper layer composite data 15 specified in Step 11 is set as the reference instruction 18A, and based on the instruction from the operation means 2, As shown, the layout data 18B and the title information 18C (all described above) are input, and the reference instruction 18A, the layout data 18B, and the title information 18C are registered as the page data 18 in the page data storage unit 13 together with the identification data 19. Let it. << Step 14 >> Based on an instruction from the operation means 2, it is determined whether or not the registration of the page data 18 in the page data storage unit 13 is to be terminated. If YES, this flowchart is terminated; ~ Step 1
Repeat 3.

The parts data 10A, character data 1
1A, the lower layer composite data 14, the upper layer composite data 15, and the page data 18 are registered.
In the layout processing means 1, based on the operator's instruction (layout instruction) from the operation means 2, according to the lower layer composite data 14 and the upper layer composite data 15, the component data storage unit 10 and the character data storage unit 11 transmit character data 11 A,
The part data 10A is read out and these character data 11
A, the product information is formed by combining the component data 10A, and the product information is further converted according to the page data 18 stored in the page data storage unit 13.
The product information can be automatically laid out on the posting page, thereby greatly improving the workability when creating the product catalog.

Next, as described above, the component data storage 10
The "parts data 10A" registered in the character data storage unit 11, the "character data 11A" registered in the character data storage unit 11, the "composite data 14/15" registered in the composite data storage unit 12, and the page data storage unit 13. "Page data 18"
Will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. << Step 20 >> to << Step 24 >> (Processing by Data Display Processing Unit) Based on an instruction from the operation unit 2 (Step 20), the component data 10A registered in the component data storage unit 10,
Character data 11 registered in character data storage unit 11
A, lower layer composite data 14 / upper layer composite data 15 registered in composite data storage section 12, page data storage section 1
3 is displayed on the screen of the display means 4 (steps 21 and 2).
4).

<< Step 25 >> to << Step 28 >> (Processing by Data Correction Processing Unit) Based on an instruction from the operation means 2, the component data 10 and the character data 1 displayed on the screen in steps 21 to 24 are displayed.
1. The lower layer composite data 14, the upper layer composite data 15, and the page data 18 are respectively corrected (steps 25 to 28). At this time, the component data 10, character data 11, lower composite data 14, upper composite data 15,
The page data 18 is displayed on the display unit 4 by the operation unit 2.
May be modified by interactively changing the contents, layout (see FIGS. 6B, 7B, and 9) of the parts, characters, titles, etc. displayed in FIG. May be modified by rewriting, and the modification method can be arbitrarily selected.

<< Step 29 >> to << Step 32 >> Based on the instruction from the operation means 2, steps 25 to 2
8, component data 10, character data 11, lower composite data 14, upper composite data 15, page data 18
Are the component data storage units 10 that read these data,
The character data storage unit 11, the composite data storage unit 12, and the page data storage unit 13 are updated and registered, and the flowchart ends.

As described in detail above, in the character image allocating apparatus according to the present embodiment, the component data 10 registered in the component data storage 10 based on the instruction from the operating means 2
A, character data 11A registered in character data storage unit 11, lower layer composite data 14 / upper layer composite data 15 registered in composite data storage unit 12, and page data 18 registered in page data storage unit 13. , After each is displayed on the display means 4 (steps 20 to 2).
4), these lower layer composite data 14 and upper layer composite data 1
5. Since the page data 18 can be collectively corrected (erased / changed) (steps 25 to 28), it becomes possible to make corrections in units of genres and in units of publication pages, as in the prior art. In addition, when the genres in the posted page are to be corrected collectively, it is not necessary to perform individual correction work on each product information, and it is possible to improve the workability at the time of correction.

More specifically, as shown in FIG. 9, when one item of merchandise information (for example, the merchandise information in the center) in the genre of the decorative panel is to be deleted, it is conventionally corrected. Although it is necessary to individually delete the component data 10A and the character data 11A of the product information, in this embodiment,
In steps 23, 27 and 31, the composite data storage unit 12
After reading the upper layer composite data 15 including the product information to be corrected stored in the upper layer composite data 1
5, the product information can be collectively deleted by deleting the identification data 16 in the reference instruction 15A of the reference instruction 15A.
Need not be individually deleted, and the workability at the time of correction can be improved. When the product information is corrected in this manner, a blank is formed at the center of the genre of the decorative panel as shown in FIG. 10, but such a blank is generated by the layout data 15B in the upper-layer composite data 15. Is corrected, the screen display as shown in FIG. 11 and further the screen display as shown in FIG. 12 can be performed.

On the other hand, as shown in FIGS. 12 and 13, when the genre in the posted page and all the product information in the genre are to be replaced and changed, conventionally, the component data 10A of the product information to be corrected and the Character data 11A
However, in the present embodiment, the contents of the reference instruction 18A in the page data 18 stored in the page data storage unit 13 (partly or in front) are deleted. As long as the identification data 17 of the upper layer composite data 15 to be referred to is newly written, the product information in the genre together with the genre can be changed collectively, and in this regard, the workability at the time of correction can be improved. it can. Although not shown in the drawing, when the product information in the genre is individually changed, the contents of the reference instruction 15A set in the upper composite data 15 are deleted, and the contents of the lower composite data 14 to be referred to are deleted. Identification data 16
Is newly written, the product information can be changed collectively together with the component data 10A and the character data 11A, and also in this respect, the workability at the time of correction can be improved.

In the above embodiment, the title information 14D shown in FIG. 6A, the title information 15C shown in FIG. 7A, and the title information 18C shown in FIG.
May be included in the character data 11A shown in FIG. In the above embodiment, the layout processing means 1
9, 12, and 13, the catalogs having the layouts as shown in FIGS. 9, 12, and 13 are created. In addition to this, a plurality of page data 18 is grouped according to business forms such as company or field. Is also good. The grouping in this case is performed by selecting and registering a plurality of pieces of identification data 19.

[0029]

As described in detail above, the layout processing means of the character image allocating apparatus according to the first aspect of the present invention comprises:
Reading component data and character data from the component data storage unit and the character data storage unit in accordance with the composite data stored in the composite data storage unit based on the layout instruction from the operation unit, and combining these component data and character data The product information is formed in accordance with the page data stored in the page data storage unit, and the product information is laid out in the publication page. If the character data is stored in the data storage unit, the composite data is stored in the composite data storage unit, and the page data is stored in the page data storage unit, then the layout processing unit automatically sets the page data and the composite data. Based on the combination of parts data and character data It can be laid out in each Nru, whereby it becomes possible to improve the workability at the time of creating the product catalog.

In the character image allocating apparatus according to the second aspect, the data display processing section displays the page data of the posted page, the composite data associated with the page data, the component data and the character data associated with the composite data on the screen. Since the page data and the composite data displayed on the screen by the data correction processing section can be corrected (erased / changed) after being displayed on the upper side, the data can be corrected in units of genres grouped by the page data, and Correction can be performed in units of products that are grouped by composite data, and if it is attempted to correct genres in the posted page collectively as in the past, individual correction work is performed on each product information There is no necessity, and workability at the time of correction can be improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a character image layout device.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart for registering character data 11A, component data 10A, composite data 14/15, and page data 18 in a storage means 6;

FIG. 3 is a flowchart for correcting (changing / deleting) character data 11A, component data 10A, composite data 14/15, and page data 18.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing storage contents of a component data storage unit 10;

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing storage contents of a character data storage unit 11;

FIG. 6A is a diagram showing data contents of lower layer composite data 14 stored in a composite data storage unit 12, and FIG.
9 is a diagram showing a screen display based on lower layer composite data 14. FIG.

FIG. 7A is a diagram showing the data content of upper layer composite data 15 stored in the composite data storage unit 12, and FIG.
9 is a diagram showing a screen display based on upper layer composite data 15; FIG.

FIG. 8 is a view showing data contents of page data 18 stored in a page data storage unit 13;

FIG. 9 is a screen display diagram based on page data 18.

FIG. 10 is a screen display diagram when product information in a genre is deleted.

FIG. 11 is a screen display diagram for each genre when the layout is adjusted after deleting the product information in FIG.

FIG. 12 is a screen display diagram for each page when the layout is adjusted after deleting the product information in FIG. 10;

FIG. 13 is a screen display diagram after the genre and product information within the genre are collectively changed.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Layout processing means 2 Operation means 3 Input means 4 Display means 5 Printing means 6 Storage means 10 Component data storage unit 10A Component data 11 Character data storage unit 11A Character data 12 Composite data storage unit 13 Page data storage unit 14 Lower layer composite data 15 Upper layer composite data 18 page data

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Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A component data storage unit for storing image data indicating a graphic or a photograph portion of product information as component data; a character data storage unit for storing character data indicating a character portion of product information; The lower layer composite data for associating the part data and the character data in the character data storage unit with each other for each product, the upper layer composite data for combining a plurality of the lower layer composite data, or further combining a plurality of the combined lower layer composite data. A storage unit having: a composite data storage unit for storing; a page data storage unit for storing page data for laying out a plurality of products in a posted page by combining a plurality of composite data in the composite data storage unit; Based on the layout instruction from the operating means operated by the Read accordance composite data stored in the data storage unit, component data storage unit, the component data from the character data storage unit, the character data, respectively,
Product information is formed by combining these component data and character data, and further, this product information is written according to page data stored in the page data storage unit.
Layout processing means for laying out in the posted page,
A character image layout device comprising: 2. A data display processing unit for displaying page data, composite data, component data, and character data on a screen based on a display instruction from an operation means, and a correction from the operation means. 2. The character image allocating apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a data correction processing unit configured to correct display data displayed on the screen based on the instruction.