JPH0823742B2 - Character pattern output device - Google Patents

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a character pattern output device used in a word processor or the like.

[Prior Art] Conventionally, in a word processor, when reading and printing a character pattern in a character generator that is expressed in a fixed font such as Mincho font, the character pattern is a character such as an italic character or a turning character. The character form can be changed, but the changeable character form has been performed by selecting a desired character form from a plurality of character forms that are predetermined by the manufacturer.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] In the case of selecting a desired character form from a plurality of character forms as described above, the character forms that can be selected are limited. In addition to the drawback that it is impossible to print with, the whole character pattern is uniformly changed, so that there is a drawback that it is not possible to print a unique character with little change.

An object of the present invention is to, when outputting a character pattern, perform a lateral curvilinear deformation shape for curvilinearly deforming a character pattern of an individual character, or a curvilinear deformation of a character pattern of an individual character in the vertical direction. It is possible to arbitrarily specify at least one of the vertical curve deformation shapes of, and the specified character is curvedly deformed into the desired horizontal curve deformation shape or vertical curve deformation shape desired by the user, That is, it is possible to output a modified character pattern that is curvedly modified in the horizontal direction or the vertical direction.

[Means for Solving the Problems] As shown in the functional block diagram of FIG. 1, the means of the present invention prepares a plurality of characters, and for each of the characters, a character pattern that is the basis of the individual character. Character pattern information storage means for storing basic character pattern information for outputting a basic character pattern of a shape, character deformation instruction means for instructing to deform the basic character pattern in a curved line, and this character deformation instruction means When a character transformation is instructed, an arbitrary lateral curve transformation shape for curving the character pattern of each character in the horizontal direction, or an arbitrary curvilinear transformation shape for curving the character pattern of each character in the vertical direction A curve deformation shape designating means for designating at least one of the vertical curve transformation shapes, a character designating means for arbitrarily designating a character to be the curve transformation target, and a character designating means. The basic character pattern information corresponding to the character specified by is read out from the character pattern information storage means, and the character pattern based on the basic character pattern information is a lateral curve deformed shape specified by the curve deformed shape specifying means, or A character pattern deforming means for deforming curvedly so as to form a curved shape in the vertical direction, and the character designated by the character designating means is curvedly deformed in the horizontal or vertical direction by the character pattern deforming means. It is characterized in that the modified character pattern is output.

[Operation] The operation of the means of the present invention is as follows.

A lateral curvilinear deformation shape for curvilinearly deforming a character pattern of an individual character by the curvilinear deformation shape designating means when the basic character pattern is instructed to be curvilinearly deformed by the character deformation instructing means, Alternatively, when at least any one of the vertical direction curve deformation shapes for curve-modifying the character pattern of each character in the vertical direction is designated and the character designating unit arbitrarily designates the character to be the curve transformation target, the character pattern transforming unit Reads the basic character pattern information corresponding to the specified character from the character pattern information storage means, and the character pattern based on the basic character pattern information is specified by the curved deformation shape designating means in the lateral direction curved shape or in the vertical direction. The character designated by the character designating means is transformed into the curved shape so that the character is designated by the character pattern transforming means. Output a modified character patterns curve deformed in the horizontal direction or the vertical direction.

[Embodiment] The present invention will be specifically described below based on an embodiment shown in FIGS. 2 to 6. This embodiment is applied to a word processor.

Structure FIG. 2 is a block circuit diagram showing the basic structure of this word processor. Reference numeral 17 in the figure is a liquid crystal touch keyboard. A liquid crystal display panel is arranged below the pressure-sensitive transparent touch keyboard, and the trace drawn by using a pen or the like on the touch keyboard is displayed on the liquid crystal display panel to change the character form. It is designed to input an arbitrary line segment pattern by handwriting. That is, the liquid crystal touch keyboard 11 is capable of inputting a coordinate position of 24 × 24 dots corresponding to the XY coordinate system, and the scale of this coordinate is determined by the broken line displayed on the liquid crystal display panel constituting the liquid crystal touch keyboard 11. visually
It is divided every 12 × 12 dots. Note that CP represents the midpoint in the plane coordinates of the 24 × 24 dot configuration, an arbitrary line segment pattern for character form transformation so as to pass through this midpoint CP, that is, in the present embodiment, the character described later. A transformation pattern of a horizontal line segment or a vertical line segment included in a Mincho type character pattern of 24 × 24 dots (hereinafter referred to as a basic character pattern) that is fixedly stored in the character pattern memory 12 that constitutes the generator I try to input by hand.

The vertical line segments of the deformation pattern manually input from the liquid crystal touch keyboard 11 are stored in the vertical line segment pattern memory 13, and the horizontal line segments are stored in the horizontal line segment pattern memory 14.

The character pattern memory 12 stores the basic character patterns corresponding to various character codes (text codes). When printing a document, the basic character patterns corresponding to the text codes are converted and output, and vertical line segments are output. Processing unit 15, extraction unit
Give to 16. The extraction unit 16 takes in the basic character pattern output from the character pattern memory 12 and extracts a vertical line segment from each line segment forming the basic character pattern. In this case, the extraction unit 16 extracts the vertical line segment by deleting the horizontal line segment from the basic character pattern. The basic vertical line segment pattern consisting of only the vertical line segments extracted in this way is sent to the conversion unit 17. The conversion unit 17 is a vertical line segment pattern memory 13
Pattern transformation for transforming the basic line segment pattern from the extraction unit 16 is performed based on the transformation pattern of the vertical line segment stored in the vertical line segment processing unit 15. Sent to. The vertical line segment processing unit 15 takes in the basic character pattern from the character pattern memory 12,
Among the line segments forming this basic character pattern, a vertical line segment is replaced with a modified vertical line segment pattern converted by the conversion unit 17, and pattern synthesis is performed.The pattern synthesized by this is a horizontal line segment processing unit 18, It is given to the extraction unit 19.

The extraction unit 19 extracts a horizontal line segment by deleting the vertical line segment from the character pattern output from the vertical line segment processing unit 15, and a basic horizontal line segment pattern composed only of the horizontal line segment thus extracted. Is sent to the conversion unit 20. Converter
Reference numeral 20 is a pattern conversion for deforming the basic horizontal line segment pattern from the extraction unit 19 based on the horizontal line segment deformation pattern stored in the horizontal line segment pattern memory 14, and the transformed horizontal line segment pattern converted by this is the horizontal line segment pattern. It is sent to the minute processing unit 18. The horizontal line segment processing unit 18 takes in the character pattern from the vertical line segment processing unit 15, and performs pattern synthesis for replacing the horizontal line segment of each line segment forming the character pattern with the modified horizontal line segment pattern converted by the conversion unit 20. The pattern thus synthesized is stored in the print buffer 21 and then printed on the recording paper set in the printer 22.

Operation FIG. 3 is a flow chart which is started when a character modification print key (not shown) is operated.

(Steps S1 and S2) First, when the deformation pattern of the vertical line segment is manually input from the liquid crystal touch keyboard 11 according to the message display that the deformation pattern of the vertical line segment included in the basic character pattern to be printed is input, The input deformation pattern is stored in the vertical line segment pattern memory 13. Now, assume that the straight line pattern inclined to the right as shown in FIG. 4 (A) is manually input. In this case, the condition is that the deformation pattern is input so as to pass through the midpoint CP of the liquid crystal touch keyboard 11.

(Steps S3, S4) Next, when a horizontal line deformation pattern is manually input from the liquid crystal touch keyboard 11 in accordance with a message indicating that the horizontal line deformation pattern included in the basic character pattern should be input, the input deformation The pattern is stored in the horizontal line segment pattern memory 14. Now, it is assumed that the waveform curve pattern is manually input as shown in FIG. Even in this case, it is a condition that the deformation pattern is input so as to pass through the midpoint CP of the liquid crystal touch keyboard 11.

(Steps S5 and S6) When the transformation pattern of the vertical line segment and the horizontal line segment is input in this way, the text code to be printed next is specified and the basic character pattern corresponding to the specified code is stored in the character pattern memory. Read from 12. Now, it is assumed that the character pattern of the Chinese character “machi” as shown in FIG. 5A has been read.

(Steps S7, S8, S9) The extraction unit 16 extracts a vertical line segment based on the basic character pattern read from the character pattern memory 12. That is,
As shown in FIG. 5B, a basic vertical line segment pattern consisting of the remaining four vertical line segments is extracted from the nine line segments that make up the basic character pattern of the Chinese character “machi”. To do. Then, the conversion unit 17 deforms the basic vertical line segment pattern extracted by the extraction unit 16 based on the vertical line segment deformation pattern (see FIG. 4A) stored in the vertical line segment pattern memory 13. . In this case, when the lengths of the individual vertical line segments are different, the deformation is performed at the same ratio according to the length.
For example, taking the horizontal line segment shown in FIG. 4 (B) as an example,
As shown in FIG. 6, the individual line segments are deformed at the same ratio according to the length of the line segment. As a result, the basic vertical line segment pattern shown in FIG. 5B is converted into a modified vertical line segment pattern as shown in FIG. 5C.

Then, the vertical line segment processing unit 15 performs pattern synthesis by replacing the vertical line segment of the basic character pattern with the modified vertical line segment pattern converted by the conversion unit 17. As a result, a character pattern in which the vertical line segment is deformed among the line segments of the basic character pattern is generated (see FIG. 5D).

(Steps S10, S11, S12) When the transformation processing of the vertical line segment is completed in this way, the same transformation processing is also performed on the horizontal line segment. That is, the extraction unit 19
Extracts the basic horizontal line segment from the character pattern converted by the vertical line segment processing unit 15 (see FIG. 5E). Then, the conversion unit 20 deforms the basic horizontal line segment pattern extracted by the extraction unit 19 based on the horizontal line segment deformation pattern (see FIG. 4B) stored in the horizontal line segment pattern memory 14. As a result, the basic horizontal line segment pattern shown in FIG. 5E is converted into a modified horizontal line segment pattern as shown in FIG. 5F. Then, the horizontal line segment processing unit 18 performs pattern synthesis by replacing the horizontal line segment of the character pattern from the vertical line segment processing unit 15 with the modified horizontal line segment pattern converted by the conversion unit 20.
As a result, a modified character pattern as shown in FIG. 5G is generated.

(Step S13) When the processing of transforming the vertical and horizontal line segments of the basic character pattern is completed in this way, the transformed character pattern is stored in the print buffer 21 and then printed on the recording paper set in the printer 22. To be done. As a result, the character "town" is composed of diagonal lines and curved line segments, so that it can be expressed in a form that is rich in individuality.

Modified application example (1) In the above-described embodiment, the liquid crystal touch keyboard 11 is shaded,
Although the curve is input, the input deformation pattern may be a line segment pattern whose thickness is changed as shown in FIG.

(2) In the above embodiment, the horizontal line segment and the vertical line segment are input. However, by inputting one transformation pattern as shown in FIG. 8, all the line segments forming a character are changed in the same form. You may do it.

(3) Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 9, the radical of the radical may be changed by inputting the radical of the Chinese character.

[Effect of the Invention] According to the present invention, when a character pattern is output, a lateral curvilinear deformed shape for curvilinearly deforming the character pattern of each character in the horizontal direction, or the character pattern of each character in the vertical direction. You can specify at least any of the vertical curve deformation shape for curve deformation with, and specify the specified character in a curved shape so that it becomes the desired horizontal curve deformation shape or vertical curve deformation shape desired by the user. Transformed into
Since it can be output as a deformed character pattern that is curvedly deformed in the horizontal or vertical direction, the form of the character pattern can be freely changed according to the user's wishes, the character can be expressed individually and the character variation can be changed. It will be remarkably rich.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram of the present invention, FIGS. 2 to 6 show an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a block circuit diagram showing an essential part of a word processor to which the present invention is applied.
FIG. 4 is a flow chart showing an operation when transforming a character form. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a concrete example of a transformation pattern input state corresponding to a vertical line segment and a horizontal line segment. FIG. 5 is a process of changing a basic character pattern. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing specifically, FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a state in which a vertical line segment is deformed in accordance with its length, and FIGS. 7 to 9 are modification examples of the present invention. It is the figure shown. 11 …… LCD touch keyboard, 12 …… Character pattern memory, 13 …… Vertical line segment pattern memory, 14 …… Horizontal line segment pattern memory, 15 …… Vertical line segment processing unit, 16, 19 …… Extraction unit, 17
…… Conversion unit, 18 …… Horizontal line segment processing unit, 20 …… Conversion unit, 21…
... print buffer.

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Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A plurality of characters are prepared, and for each character,
Character pattern information storage means for storing basic character pattern information for outputting a basic character pattern of a basic character pattern shape of each character, and a character transformation instruction for instructing to transform the basic character pattern in a curved manner. Means and an arbitrary lateral curvilinear deformation shape for curving the character pattern of each character in the horizontal direction when the character deformation is instructed by the character deformation instructing means, or the character pattern of each character is changed vertically. Curve transformation shape designating means for designating at least one of arbitrary vertical direction curve transformation shapes for carrying out curve transformation in a direction, character designating means for arbitrarily designating a character to be curved transformation, and character designating means The basic character pattern information corresponding to the selected character is read from the character pattern information storage means, and based on the basic character pattern information. And a character pattern deforming means for curvilinearly deforming the character pattern into a lateral curvilinear deformed shape designated by the curvilinear deformed shape designating means or a longitudinal curvilinear deformed shape, which is designated by the character designating means. A character pattern output device, wherein the formed character is output as a deformed character pattern that is arbitrarily curvedly deformed in the horizontal direction or the vertical direction by the character pattern deforming means.