JPH0458069B2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Summary] A display method for characters with additional information, which automatically determines the size of the additional information according to the specified display target character and display position, and according to the determination result. Since the specified target character is displayed integrally with the additional information added thereto, and the display position of the additional information is automatically determined with respect to the character, inputting this additional information becomes extremely easy.

[Industrial application field]

The present invention relates to a display method for characters with additional information,
In particular, the present invention relates to a method for displaying characters with additional information, in which characters specified by input are displayed with additional information such as an underline added thereto.

[Conventional technology]

As a method for displaying characters with additional information, for example, there is a method using a computer.
Nowadays, it is called CAD and is widely used for drawing etc.

When drawing, this displays drawing elements such as circles, arcs, and straight lines on the screen, converts these various data into a file, and uses the desired printout method to create the final drawing. be. These drawing elements, their display positions, and characters for reference are as follows:
Both are now specified from the keyboard. Furthermore, for purposes of commentary, etc., characters may be underlined or surrounded by a frame of an appropriate size. In this way, the drawings are made so that they are easy to understand on the drawings.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

By the way, in such a conventional display method of characters with additional information, for example, when creating underlined characters, the steps of creating a character string,
A two-step procedure was required, one in which the lines were carefully created to ensure proper positioning beneath the letters. Also, at that time, care was taken during input to specify, for example, that the length of the character string and the length of the line should be the same, and how far below the character string should be underlined.

However, there is a problem in that specifying and inputting additional information such as underlining and frames through such a procedure is a time-consuming task.

The present invention was created in view of these points, and an object of the present invention is to provide a display method for characters with additional information that allows easy input of additional information for target display characters.

[Means for solving problems]

FIG. 1 is a principle block diagram of a method for displaying characters with additional information according to the present invention.

In the figure, a character information input means 111 outputs character information by specifying a character to be displayed consisting of one character or a string of characters and a character size of the character to be displayed.

The position information input means 113 specifies the display position of the character to be displayed and causes the position information to be output.

Additional information input means 115 specifies information to be displayed in addition to the character to be displayed, and causes the additional information to be output.

The calculation means 117 determines the display size of the additional information according to the character information and the position information.

The display information creation means 119 creates the character information and additional information together in accordance with the character information, its position information, the additional information, and its display size.

The display means 121 has graphic display position coordinates and displays the display information obtained by integration by the display information creation means 119 at the display position determined by the position information.

The present invention, which is constructed from these components, is configured so that specified additional information and characters to be displayed can be integrally displayed at a graphic display position.

[Effect]

The display size of the additional information specified and input by the additional information input means 115 is inputted in the calculation means 117 by the character information specified and input by the character information input means 111 and the character information specified and input by the position information input means 113. The size is determined according to the location information.

The character information and its position information are
Display information that is used in the display information creation means 119 together with the additional information and its display size to integrate character information and additional information is displayed on the display means 11.
Output from 9.

The display information is given to the display means 121 and displayed at the graphic display position determined by the position information.

Therefore, the display size of additional information is automatically determined for one character or character string. In other words, the interval between the displayed characters and the additional information is automatically set.
Since the additional information is automatically displayed for the character string, the addition status of the additional information can be confirmed correctly, and the human intervention that was previously required when adding additional information to the character string can be reduced. This makes it easier to input additional information.

〔Example〕

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail based on the drawings.

FIG. 2 shows the configuration of a display method for characters with additional information in an embodiment of the present invention.

Correspondence between the embodiment and FIG. 1 Here, the correspondence between the embodiment of the present invention and FIG. 1 will be shown.

The character information input means 111 is a keyboard 210
corresponds to

The location information input means 113 is a tablet 213
corresponds to

The additional information input means 115 is a keyboard 210
corresponds to

The calculation means 117 corresponds to the control device section 217.

The display information creation means 119 includes the control device section 217
corresponds to

The display means 121 corresponds to the graphic display 221 and the control device section 217.

Structure of the Embodiment An embodiment of the present invention will be described below assuming that the above-mentioned correspondence exists. In FIG. There is. In this method of displaying characters with additional information, a control unit 217 (consisting of a CPU, for example) is in charge of overall control, and a keyboard 21 is used to specify character strings and specify additional information such as underlining.
0 is connected so that it can be input to the control device section 217. keyboard 210
The character strings etc. input in are displayed on a graphic display (GD) 221 made of a CRT under the control of the control device section 217. Further, the display position at that time is specified by the tablet (TB) 213.

FIG. 3 specifically shows the control device section 217 in the embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. Here, the single-line arrow indicates that reference motion control is performed,
Double-line arrows indicate data flow and processing flow.

In Figure 3, graphic display 2
21, check whether the command specified on the keyboard 210 is appropriate or not using the command list definition body 2.
A conversation section 253 is provided that makes a determination by referring to commands registered in advance in the 51. The command definition body 255 issues a command according to the command content determined to be appropriate by the conversation section 253.

In response to this command, conversation section 257 displays a request for data input on graphic display 221. Also, the conversation section 25
Since the program is requested to be called in response to the command from 3, the program list definition body 259
A program corresponding to the command is called from among a plurality of programs stored in advance. Furthermore, it receives the coordinate position specified by the tablet 213 in relation to the graphic display 221 and the character specified by the keyboard 210, and sets a parameter area accordingly.

The command unit 261 receives the parameter area set by the conversation unit 257 and the called program, and operates the keyboard 210 while looking at the graphic display 221 according to the program.
and interprets data (character strings, coordinate positions, etc.) input through the tablet 213. In other words,
Input character type, number of characters, character height and width,
If the string consists of multiple characters, the spacing between the characters is analyzed.

The command unit 261 also prepares to create drawing data based on such analysis results. In other words, the starting point for calculating and displaying the length of the line segment, etc. is calculated.

The graphic processing section 263 creates drawing information and display information based on the drawing data prepared by the command section 261. This drawing information is stored in the data storage memory 265 and becomes a drawing work file. Further, the display information is provided to the graphic display 221 and displayed on the screen for the operator.

Operation of Embodiment FIG. 4 shows a method for displaying characters with additional information according to an embodiment of the present invention, in which the additional information is used as a frame and the framed character string is displayed on the graphic display 22.
The execution procedure when displaying in 1 is shown below.

Hereinafter, reference will be made to FIGS. 2 to 4.

First, the worker operates the keyboard 210 to
It is specified that characters with frames are to be displayed (step 411). Next, move the tablet 2 to the position where the text should be displayed on the graphic display 221.
13, and the display character to be displayed with a frame is specified using the keyboard 210 (step 412). The above is the information input procedure. Thereafter, a procedure for input data analysis by the control device section 217 begins.

Since the character display with a frame is now used, the command obtained from the command definition body 255 has the content for displaying the character with a frame. In response to this, a program is called from the program list definition body 259 that analyzes data to be converted into framed characters. According to this program, processing is executed in the following steps.

According to the input data from the keyboard 210 and the tablet 213, the creation position (x, y), the number of created characters n, the created characters, the character height HT, the character width WD, and the character spacing SC are notified as notification data.
It is given from the conversation section 257 to the command section 261 (step 413). In addition, the height of these characters
HT, character width WD, and character spacing SC are shown in Figure 5A.
It is assumed that the relationship is as shown in

Next, the frame creation start position is determined (step 414). That is, if the coordinates of the frame creation start position are (x ₁ , y ₁ ), the coordinates are determined within the command section 261 by calculating according to x ₁ =x-0.5 y ₁ =y-0.5.

Thereafter, the height and length of the frame are determined (step 415). That is, the height Hw and length Lw of the frame are calculated according to Hw=HT+1.0 Lw=n×WD−SC. This relationship is as shown in FIG. 5B.

The height Hw and length of the frame determined in this way
Along with Lw and the coordinates (x ₁ , y ₁ ) of the frame creation start position,
Creation position (x, y), number of created characters n, created characters,
Character height HT, character width WD, character spacing SC
is supplied from the command unit 261 to the graphic processing unit 263 (step 416). As a result, a request to create characters and an outer frame is made, and the analysis of the input data is completed.

The graphic processing unit 263 creates drawing information and display information based on the data requested to be created (step 417). That is, the letters (ABC) and a frame surrounding them are integrally formed in the form shown in FIG. 5B, and displayed on the graphic display 221.

Also, since the drawing information is filed in the data storage memory 265, this stored information can be read out and
A print unit 225 can produce a monochrome or color hard copy. Such hard copies serve as technical drawings.

Summary of Examples In this way, as additional information, the keyboard 2
The character string input using the keyboard 210 is surrounded by a frame designated by 10 and displayed on the graphic display 221 in an integrated form. The display state is automatically calculated by the control device section 217 as a well-balanced combination of characters and frames. Therefore, when inputting this frame, the data input person does not have to be aware of the position of the frame relative to the characters.

Modifications of the Invention In the above-described embodiments of the present invention, additional information is shown as a frame, but it may also be an underline. In that case, it is necessary to specify, using the keyboard 210, that an underlined character is to be created (step 411). Therefore, a corresponding command is issued and the program is updated to the program list definition body 259.
, the underlined character strings are created and displayed integrally using the same procedure as described above. However, since it is underlined, the height of the frame
It is necessary to create a program that calculates the length of a line segment instead of Hw and length Lw.

In addition, the constants used to calculate the frame height Hw, length Lw, and the coordinates (x ₁ , y ₁ ) of the frame creation start position are limited to these values because they are designed to take balance into consideration. It's not something you can do. Other values may be used for better balance.

Although the display character is a plurality of character strings, it may be a single character string. It goes without saying that the characters are not limited to alphabets, and may be other characters such as kanji.

Furthermore, although the correspondence between FIG. 1 and the present invention has been explained in ".Correspondence between the embodiment and FIG. 1", it is not limited to this and there may be various modifications. Those skilled in the art will be able to easily guess this.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As described above, according to the present invention, the size of additional information is automatically determined according to the specified display target character and display position, and the specified target character is integrally displayed with the additional information added. This display makes it extremely easy to input additional information, which is extremely useful in practice.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of the principle of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a display method for characters with additional information according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 4 is a detailed diagram of the character display method; FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the execution procedure in the character display method with additional information according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.
FIGS. A and B are explanatory diagrams showing framed character strings displayed in the display method of characters with additional information according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, 111 is a character information input means;
3 is a position information input means, 115 is an additional information input means, 117 is a calculation means, 119 is a display information creation means, 121 is a display means, 210 is a keyboard, 2
13 is a tablet, 217 is a control device section, 221
is the graphic display, 225 is the printing section,
230 is a host computer, 251 is a command list definition body, 253 is a conversation part, 255 is a command definition body, 257 is a conversation part, 259 is a program list definition body, 261 is a command part, and 263 is a graphic processing part.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. Character information input means 111 for outputting character information by specifying a character to be displayed consisting of one character or a character string and a character size of the character to be displayed, and specifying a display position of the character to be displayed. additional information input means 1 for specifying information to be displayed in addition to the display target character and outputting additional information;
15, a calculation means 117 for determining the display size of the additional information according to the character information and the position information, and the character information and additional information according to the character information and its position information, the additional information and its display size. Display information creation means 119 that integrally creates
and a display means 121 for displaying the display information, which has graphic display position coordinates and is obtained by integrating the display information creation means 119, at a display position determined by the position information. A method for displaying characters with additional information, characterized in that the additional information and characters to be displayed are integrally displayed at a graphic display position. 2. The display method for characters with additional information according to claim 1, wherein the additional information is an underline for the character to be displayed. 3. The display method for characters with additional information according to claim 1, wherein the additional information is a frame surrounding the character to be displayed.