JPH04221996A - Character creation device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To eliminate human errors in over looking erroneous type face and reduce examination time by pattern matching between the characters being examined and character pattern shape information which corresponds to a character chord so as to check the differences in character shapes. CONSTITUTION:A storage device 1 outputs a character pattern image B, which is created based upon a character code A, to a character recognition device 2. The character recognition device 2 performs pattern matching between the character pattern image B and the character shape information stored in the character recognition device, which corresponds to the character code A, checks the type face and outputs the check results C. This character shape information describes the features of the character pattern images and enables the recognition of the given character pattern images and the character shape information of the prescribed code. The type face comparison results C are outputted to output devices 3 including a display and a printer.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

0001

[Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a character creation device.
In particular, the present invention relates to a character creation device used for printing and display purposes, and for creating analog or digital characters.

0002

2. Description of the Related Art Character creation devices are used to create characters for printing on computer phototypesetting machines, word processors, etc., and for displaying on screens, such as CRTs. At character development manufacturers and OA equipment manufacturers, designers and operators create these characters using character creation devices. Japanese is,
There are many types of kanji, and creating a single typeface requires creating thousands to tens of thousands of characters, which takes an enormous amount of time and places a heavy burden on humans. Therefore, this load causes a large number of human errors, which causes the quality of characters to deteriorate. One type of human error is character errors, which occur when the character shape used as the standard for a fixed character code differs significantly from the shape of the created character. Significantly means a difference in shape that causes a change in the number of strokes, such as the difference between "two dots" and "one dots", as in the two characters shown in FIGS. 2(a) and 2(b). The character creation device performs an inspection to eliminate this glyph error. The inspection method involves printing or displaying the created character shape on a screen, and visually inspecting it using a character code table that serves as a reference for the character shape. As with creating characters, this inspection is very taxing on humans and can sometimes be overlooked, resulting in characters with incorrect glyph shapes being created.

[0003] Here, the character code table is JI shown in FIG.
This refers to the standard set of character types and character shapes shown in Japanese Industrial Standards such as SX0208.

A conventional character creation device includes a storage device 31 and an output device 32, as shown in FIG. A signal D defined for each character by a predetermined character code is stored in a storage device 31, and a pattern image signal B read out from the storage device 31 is outputted to an output device 32. FIG. 4 shows an example of the output of data printed by the output device 32. The character shape of the output character pattern image in FIG. 4 was compared visually with the character shape in the corresponding character code table in FIG. For example, the output "A" (code 12) in FIG. 4 was visually compared to see if the character shape of "A" in the character code table in FIG. 5 was the same.

[0005]

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] In conventional character creation devices, humans visually compared character pattern images to check for errors in character shapes. There was a problem with the inspection time.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a character creation device that eliminates the above-mentioned drawbacks, eliminates the possibility of overlooking typographical errors due to human error, and shortens a huge amount of inspection time.

[0007]

[Means for Solving the Problems] The present invention provides a character creation device having a storage device for storing a created character pattern image corresponding to an input character code, and an output device for outputting the character pattern image. a character recognition device that performs pattern matching of the character pattern image read out according to the character code with character pattern shape information corresponding to the character code, tests for differences in character shapes, and sends the test results to the output device; It is characterized by having.

[0008]

Embodiments Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a circuit block diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention. This character creation device includes a storage device 1, a character recognition device 2, and an output device 3. The storage device 1 stores a character pattern corresponding to a predetermined character code A. The character recognition device 2 reads the character pattern image B from the storage device 1, performs pattern matching with the character shape information in the character recognition device 2 corresponding to the character code A, and inspects the difference in character shape. Then, the test result C is output to the output device 3. The output device outputs the result C.

FIG. 2 shows an example of a printed character pattern image for explaining the operation of the apparatus shown in FIG. Next, the operation of this embodiment will be explained with reference to FIG. 2 as well. It is assumed that the character code A is defined for each character by, for example, the JIS code. The storage device 1 outputs a character pattern image B created corresponding to the character code A to the character recognition device 2. The character recognition device 2 performs pattern matching between the character pattern image B and the character shape information in the character recognition device corresponding to the character code A, tests the character shape, and outputs the test result C. This character shape information is used in handwritten character recognition devices, etc.
Characteristics of character pattern images are described, and it is possible to recognize a given character pattern image and character shape information of a predetermined code. The glyph matching result C is output to an output device such as a display or a printer (3). The output is
For example, only the character code and character pattern image (FIG. 2(b)) of an erroneous character (FIG. 2(a)) are output, so that a human can inspect the inspection results without missing anything. In addition, humans only need to check the incorrect characters, which can save an enormous amount of testing time compared to having humans check all the characters. Character pattern image B is a character pattern image, but it can be printed by reading the image with a scanner or adding a character code, in addition to bitmap fonts and outline fonts that have already been created as digitized characters. It is possible to inspect the glyphs of almost all media such as , film, etc.

As explained above, the character creation device of the present invention has a storage device that stores a predetermined character code and a character pattern image created corresponding to the character code, and an output device that outputs the created character pattern image. The character creation device performs pattern matching of the created character pattern image with character pattern shape information corresponding to the character code, tests for differences in character shapes, and outputs the test results.

0012

As described above, the present invention has the effect of eliminating the possibility of overlooking typographical errors due to human error, thereby reducing a huge amount of inspection time.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a circuit block diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2(a) is an example of printing a character pattern image with a glyph error, and FIG. 2(b) is an example of printing a correct character pattern image.

FIG. 3 is a circuit block diagram showing an example of a conventional technique.

FIG. 4 is a printed example of a character pattern image used in conventional inspection.

FIG. 5 is an example of a Kanji code table used in conventional testing.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Storage device 2 Character recognition device 3 Output device

Claims (1)

[Claims] Claims: 1. A character creation device comprising: a storage device for storing created character pattern images corresponding to input character codes; and an output device for outputting the character pattern images; A character recognition device that performs pattern matching of a character pattern image with character pattern shape information corresponding to the character code to test for differences in character shape, and sends the test results to the output device. Device.