JPS6320681A - Tabulating and processing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily generate a table by providing a means which sets a prescribed reference grid, a means which draws a square based on the input of position information of apexes, and a means which draws rules in accordance with a hand-written command which allows drawn rules to cross. CONSTITUTION:A square drawing part 13 draws rules forming a square of the outside frame of the table based on position information inputted from a tablet 18 through a position information input part 16. This square is drawn on the grid set by a grid setting part 12. A rule drawing part 14 draws a new rule orthogonally to a rule if input position information from the tablet 18 traverses this already drawn rule. Since only the information of diagonal apexes of the square and the information of start points of rules are inputted from the tablet 18 to generate the table, the operation is very simplified.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [(Summary)] In a processing device such as a terminal device equipped with a display and a positional information input device such as a handwriting tablet, a means for setting a predetermined reference grid and a method based on input of positional information of vertices is provided. and a means to draw a rectangle.

By providing a means for drawing ruled lines using a handwritten command that intersects the drawn ruled lines, it is possible to easily create a table.

[Industrial application field]

The present invention relates to a table creation processing method, particularly for word processors and various display terminal devices.

This invention relates to a table creation processing method that allows tables to be easily created without using a full keyboard.

[Conventional technology]

FIG. 5 shows an example of the conventional method.

In the figure, 17 is a display, 20 is a display screen of the display 17, 30 is a full keyboard, 31 is a ruled line key, 3
2 represents a cursor movement key, and 33 represents a cursor.

In a processing device equipped with a processor, data is often processed in a table format, and in such a system, a table is displayed in advance using the display 17.

It is necessary to create one. According to the conventional method.

When creating a table, a full keyboard 30 is used and the cursor movement keys 32 are used to define the ruled lines of the nine tables, as is done with a word processor or the like.

That is, press the ruled line key 31, select the ruled line mode, and select 2.
For example, as shown in FIG. 2(a), a cursor 33 is displayed on the display screen 20. And Figure 2 (
b) As disclosed, move the cursor 33 using the cursor movement key 32.

Two tables are created by drawing ruled lines on the trajectory.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve] According to the above conventional method, when two tables are to be created, C2 is used.

There is a problem in that a full keyboard 30 is required and operations are complicated. In addition, when electroforming the interval between ruled lines, etc.
Since the position of the ruled line is determined only by the cursor movement key 32, it may be difficult to draw the ruled line at the correct position.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to solve the above problems and provide a table creation processing method that can easily create a table from a position information input device such as a handwriting tablet.

[Means for solving problems]

FIG. 1 shows an example of the basic configuration of the present invention.

In FIG. 1, 10 is a processing device including a CPU and memory, 11 is a table creation processing unit, 12 is a grid setting unit that sets a grid as a reference for placing ruled lines in the table, and 13
14 is a rectangle drawing unit that draws a rectangle on a predetermined grid by inputting the positions of vertices; 14 is a ruled line drawing unit that draws ruled lines on the grid by inputting position information that crosses the ruled lines of the table;
15 is a display control unit that controls display on the display;
Reference numeral 6 denotes a position information input unit that controls the input of position information.

17 represents a display such as a CRT or a flat display, and 18 represents a tablet left such as a transparent touch panel.

For example, by selection through a processing selection menu.

When creation of a table is specified, the two-table creation processing unit 11 is activated. The table creation processing unit 11 first sets a reference grid on which the ruled lines of the two tables are arranged using the grid setting unit 12. The grid is displayed on the screen of the display 17 as necessary.

The rectangle drawing unit 13 draws ruled lines of a rectangle that forms the outer frame of table 9 based on the position information input from the tab left 18 via the position information input unit 16. This rectangle is
It is drawn on the grid set by the grid setting section 12. Ruler'hS
The N screen unit 14 receives input position information from the tablet 18.
If the line crosses an already drawn line, a new line is drawn perpendicular to the line. Tablet 1
8, other position information input devices such as a mouse may be used.

[Effect]

According to the present invention, by simply inputting information on the diagonal vertices of a rectangle and information on the starting point of a ruled line from the tablet 18, two
Since tables can be created, operations are extremely simplified. Furthermore, since ruled lines are automatically drawn on a predetermined grid, it is possible to easily create a table with accurate ruled line intervals.

〔Example〕

FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a process explanatory diagram of a grid setting section and a rectangle drawing section according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 4 is a process explanatory diagram of a ruled line drawing section according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Tables are often created for the purpose of placing characters within them. In the example below, two tables are created.

It is assumed that this is done using the font size of the character as the unit of control. In Figure 2, to simplify the explanation, 7
This shows a display capable of displaying characters in columns x 5 lines. In FIG. 2, 20 represents a display screen, 21 represents a grid, 22 represents grid points, and 23 represents a pen trajectory.

When the table creation mode is entered, the grid 21 is displayed by, for example, dotted lines. A grid 21 is set at the boundary position of each font of the character.

First, in order to draw the outer frame of Table 2, as shown in Figure 2 (A), place the upper left point (a) of the table you want to create on the tablet 18.
touch with the pen. Next, move the pen to the lower right point of the table you want to create (b) and raise the pen. The rectangle drawing unit 13 draws grid points 22 of the font closest to the starting point and ending point of this pen trajectory 23.
, and draw a rectangle using those grid points as the upper left and lower right vertices of the rectangle, respectively. As a result, a rectangle is drawn as shown in FIG. 2(b).

Next, in order to draw a horizontal line in Table 1, a command is given using the tablet pen to intersect the side part 1c) near the desired starting point, as shown in FIG. 2(C).

The ruled line drawing section 14 shown in FIG. 1 draws a horizontal line from the lattice point of the font closest to the intersection of the two sides and the manual hand.

Similarly, as shown in Figure 2 (D),
By giving a hand S command that crosses a ruled line that has already been drawn, a ruled line starting from the point of intersection is drawn in a direction perpendicular to the binary ruled line.

Create a table.

If you want to partially delete a ruled line that forms a table, 1. For example, as shown in Figure 2 (G), move the pen horizontally over the already drawn ruled line multiple times in a horizontal + gr (g +) manner. This will delete that part.Finally,
A table as shown in FIG. 2 (H) will be obtained.

Next, with reference to FIG. 3, an example of the processing of the grid setting section 12 and quadrilateral drawing section 13 shown in FIG. 1 will be described. The numbers ■~0 in the following explanation are the numbers ■~0 shown in Figure 3.
corresponds to

■ Display the processing selection menu.

■ If creating two tables is specified in the process selection menu, execute the following process ■. If another process is specified, control is transferred to the respective specified other process.

■ For example, use the menu to inquire whether the standard format is acceptable. If the standard format is acceptable, process (2) is executed; if the format is not standard, process (2) is executed.

■ Set the grid size to the character font size.

After that, control is transferred to process (2).

■ Enter grid size information. Also, if necessary,
Enter line type information, etc.

■ Display a grid according to the size specified in Process ■ or Process ■2 on the display screen, for example, with dotted lines. In addition,
Only the grid points may be displayed instead of the grid, or this display process may be omitted by simply having grid information internally.

■ Detect pen down on the tablet.

■ If pen down is detected, store that position as the starting point.

■ Next, periodically check whether there is a pen-up. If there is a pen up, control is transferred to process 0.

[Phase] Detects the position of the pen and stores that information.

■ If necessary, set the starting point of process ■ to the top left vertex.

A planned rectangle whose lower right corner is the current pen position is displayed as a dotted line. After that, control is returned to process (2).

■ If there is a pen up, that position is the end point.

Search each grid point near the start and end points.

■ Draw a rectangle whose diagonal vertices are the lattice points searched for by the process @. After that, ruled line drawing processing is executed.

The ruled line drawing unit 14 shown in FIG. 1 executes two processes, for example, as shown in FIG. 4. Numbers ■ to 0 in the following description correspond to numbers ■ to 0 shown in FIG. 4.

■ Check whether there is a pen down.

■ If there is a pen down, record that position as the starting point tα.

■ Next, check to see if there is a pen up. If there is a pen-up, control is transferred to process ■.

■ If the pen remains down, the position information of the pen is memorized and 1. Return control to process ■.

■ If there is a pen amplifier, check whether a ruled line has been crossed based on the starting point information in process (■) and the information stored in process (2). If the pen does not cross the ruled line, control is returned to process (2) and the process is repeated in the same manner.

■ If the pen crosses a ruled line, check whether it crosses it more than once. If it has been crossed twice or more, control is transferred to process (2).

■ Find the grid point closest to the point where the pen crosses the ruled line.

■ Draw a ruled line in a direction perpendicular to the 1-element ruled line using that grid point as a starting point. The ruled lines are drawn overlapping the grid toward the left or downward until the ninth-order ruled line appears. Next, return control to processing ■.

Repeat the ruled line drawing in the same way.

■ If the pen crosses the ruled line multiple times.

Search for nodes where the ruled line intersects with other ruled lines in the horizontal or vertical direction.

■ Partially erase the ruled lines between the nodes on both sides found in process ■. After that, control is returned to process (2).

■ If there is no pen down, check whether there is an instruction to finish creating the second table. If not, return to process ■ and check for pen down in the same way.

If there is a termination instruction, the two-table creation process is terminated.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, according to the present invention, tables can be easily created even in terminal devices that do not have a full keyboard by using a handwriting tablet or the like. Furthermore, since the ruled lines are drawn based on a predetermined reference grid, tables can be created easily and accurately.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an example of the basic configuration of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is an explanation of processing of a grid setting section and a rectangle drawing section according to an embodiment of the present invention. 4 are explanatory diagrams of processing of a ruled line drawing unit according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 5 shows an example of a conventional method. In the figure, 10 is a processing device, and 11 is a table creation processing section. 12 is a grid setting section, 13 is a rectangle drawing section, 14 is a ruled line drawing section, 15 is a display control section, 16 is a position information input section, 17
represents a display, and 18 represents a tablet. Patent Applicant: Fujitsu Limited, Sub-Agent Patent Attorney, Yoshiyoshi Ogasawara 4. Horizontal A ban・j Fu 1 Zucha 5 Ward 2 Ho, Yomei no-jitsu 1 Mi I j Suie 9 Tan [Ri No. 2
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Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] In an editing processing device comprising a processor, a display (17), and a position information input device (18), a grid setting means (12) for setting a grid as a reference on which ruled lines in a table are placed. and quadrilateral drawing means for drawing a quadrilateral, with grid points in the grid that are closest to each of the at least two points designated via the position information input device (18) as the vertices of the quadrangles forming the table. (13) If the series of positional information input from the positional information input device (18) crosses a ruled line that has already been drawn, the grid point in the grid that is closest to the point of intersection is As a starting point, draw a table ruled line perpendicular to the ruled line, or if the input position information crosses the ruled line multiple times, draw a line between the ruled line and the node that intersects with another ruled line in the left/right or up/down direction. A table creation processing method characterized by comprising a ruled line drawing means (14) for partially erasing.