JPH02165267A - Text creation image processing method - Google Patents

Abstract

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Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a text creation image processing method for a text creation device, and particularly improves operability when creating a text on a specified paper size and rectangular area. Concerning text creation image processing methods.

[Prior art]

Conventionally, in text processing devices such as word processors, when creating text on a specified paper size and within a specified rectangular area, the number of characters that can be used has been limited depending on the size of the character font.

Therefore, if the text to be created exceeds the number of usable characters for the specified paper size, the remaining text will be created on the next paper, resulting in a large extra blank area. Also,
When creating a text within a designated rectangular area, it had to be created using a limited number of characters.

Furthermore, in order to improve the operability when creating formatted texts such as tables, a method has been proposed in which the rectangular area is made variable according to the number of characters.

For example, in the apparatus described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 58-129676, when a text is inserted into a rectangular area, the text is inserted by automatically enlarging/reducing the rectangular area.

Even with this method, there are restrictions due to the size of the character font, so it is difficult to freely create text within a fixed designated rectangular area.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

In the above-mentioned conventional technology, when creating a text on a specified paper size and within a specified rectangular area, the number of characters that can be used is limited depending on the size of the character font.

For this reason, if the number of characters in the text to be created slightly exceeds the number of usable characters, the following problems (1) and (2) will occur.

(1) Sentences must be created according to the number of characters available.

(2) If the number of characters that can be used for the paper size is slightly exceeded, a large blank area will occur on the 5th paper.

The purpose of the present invention is to improve such problems, to create sentences regardless of the number of usable characters determined by the paper size and rectangular area specification, and to perform image processing (enlargement/reduction) on the entire created sentences. By doing so, it is an object of the present invention to provide a text creation image processing method capable of creating a desired text within a specified paper size and a specified rectangular area.

[Means to solve the problem]

In order to achieve the above object, the text creation image processing method of the present invention includes a key manual device for inputting character code strings, a main control device for controlling each peripheral device, and a main storage device for storing data including character fonts. A text creation device equipped with an image processing device inputs text format information including a paper size and a specified rectangular area, and a character code string to be placed in the specified rectangular area using a key human input device, The character code string is converted into image data, and the image data is further enlarged/reduced according to text format information and stored in the paper size and specified rectangular area.

[Effect]

In the present invention, text format information such as a one-character code string (text to be placed in a designated rectangular area) is inputted from an input device, stored on a main storage device, and further transferred to an image processing device.

The image processing device develops the transferred character code string into an image, and performs image processing (enlarging/reducing) the text image data that has been developed into an image using the text format information.

This allows the user to create the text intended by the operator as image data, and the text intended by the user to be created arbitrarily, regardless of the number of usable characters determined by the paper size and rectangular area specification.

〔Example〕

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a text creation device in an embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG. 2, 21 is a main controller that controls the entire device, 22 is a main memory that stores character code strings and text format information input from the key input device 26, 23 is a printing device, and 24 is a device that reads photos, etc. A reading device, 25 a display device, 26 a key manual device, 27 an auxiliary storage device for compressing/storing the image data read by the reading device 24;
Reference numeral 28 denotes an image processing device that develops the character code string inputted from the key human power device 26 into an image and processes the image (enlargement/reduction) based on text format information.

Next, the procedure of text creation processing in this embodiment will be described.

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing a text creation image processing method in an embodiment of the present invention.

In this embodiment, first, the user enters text format information such as paper size and specified rectangular area using the key manual device 26.
, and register it in the main storage device 22.

Next, the main controller 21. The main storage device 22, key input device 26, and display device 25 create/store a character code string for the entire sentence intended by the user. In addition, when editing image data such as photographs, the reading device 24
The image data is read (lO1).

In this way, various data required by the user (character code string for the entire text, text format information, image data such as photographs) are prepared.

Next, the main control device 21 transfers the data necessary for image processing (the entire text character code string, text format information, image data such as photographs) to the image processing device 28, and uses the character code string of the entire sentence to process the text. The entire image is developed (102).

At this point, there are characters that extend beyond the designated area indicated by the dotted line.

Furthermore, the main controller 21 determines the vertical and horizontal lengths of the designated area of the text format information (within the frame indicated by the dotted line) and the vertical length of the image development of the entire text (including the portion protruding from the dotted line frame). The vertical magnification and horizontal magnification are automatically calculated based on the maximum horizontal length and the image processing (enlargement/reduction) that matches the text format information is performed (103).
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In this way, a text image of a size that can be stored in the designated area is obtained, and the image data such as a photograph is edited (enlarged/reduced, cropped, etc.) based on the text format information (104).

Through such image processing, a text image intended by the user (text image after image processing) is created. At this point, the text (including photographs, etc.) intended by the operator fits within the designated area.

Furthermore, the text image is output and printed as a head image on the printing device 23 (105).

Note that when saving the created text, in order to reduce the amount of data, the character code string of the entire text, text format information, and image data such as photographs to be stored in the auxiliary storage device 27 are subjected to image compression processing ( 101).

Furthermore, when restoring the saved text data, the image processing device 28 restores it using each piece of saved and stored information (compressed data, compressed information).

According to this embodiment, regardless of the number of characters that can be used by the user,
A desired sentence can be easily created as if it were written by hand. Furthermore, editing of image data such as photographs is also easy.

〔Effect of the invention〕

According to the present invention, since the entire text is developed into an image and enlarged/reduced as image data, the user can easily create the desired text even when creating the text on a specified paper size and a specified rectangular area. Can be done. Furthermore, editing can be easily performed when image data such as photographs is included.

As a result, the operability of text creation devices such as word processors is greatly improved, and texts can be created efficiently.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing a text creation image processing method in an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of a text production device in an embodiment of the invention. 21: Main storage device, 22: Main storage device, 23: Printing device, 24: Reading device, 25: Display device, 26: Key input device, 27: Auxiliary storage device, 28: Image processing device.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A text creation device equipped with a means for inputting a character code string, a means for controlling each peripheral device, and a means for storing data including character fonts. Text format information including the size and specified rectangular area, and a character code string to be placed in the specified rectangular area are input, and the image processing means converts the character code string into image data, and converts the image data into the text. A text creation image processing method characterized by enlarging/reducing according to format information and storing the enlarged/reduced paper size and specified rectangular area.