JPH08115346A - Character string display method - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To collectively array and display a character string desired be arrayed nearby a predetermined reference position irrespective of line number and character size. CONSTITUTION: This method has a step 101 for instructing to input a character string to be arrayed and displayed, an indication step 102 which indicates the position where the character string to be arrayed and displayed on a display screen, an input step 103 for inputting the character string to be arrayed and displayed, a storage step 104 for storing the character string inputted in the step as an array character string, a step 105 for displaying the character string inputted in the input step nearby the position on the screen indicated in the indication step, a step 106 for giving instruction on the display of the character string stored in the storage step nearby the predetermined position on the screen, and a step 107 for arraying and displaying the character string stored in the storage step nearby the predetermined position on the screen.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a character string display method in a graphic processing device capable of simultaneously displaying the shapes of a plurality of parts and the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a character string display method in a graphic processing device, when a character string such as a single note or a plurality of notes is inputted and displayed, an input device such as a mouse is used.
A method has been used in which a character string is input and displayed by designating predetermined positions on the screen one by one.

[0003]

In the character string display method using the graphic processing apparatus as described above, a character string such as a note regarding a drawing being edited may be arranged at a predetermined position. . In such a case, in the conventional technology, when entering a note, a method of indicating a predetermined position on the screen and then entering a character string is used. Had to repeat that action. In addition, there is a possibility that a predetermined input position may be erroneously designated.

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and an object thereof is to automatically display a character string such as a note in a batch at a predetermined position. It is to provide a possible character string display method.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a character string display method for a graphic processing device capable of simultaneously displaying the shapes of a plurality of parts, etc. Aligned character string input instruction step that gives an instruction for inputting, Aligned character string display position instruction step that indicates the position on the screen to display the character string to be aligned and displayed, and the character string to be aligned and displayed. An aligned character string input step of inputting, an aligned character string storage step of storing the character string input in the aligned character string input step as an aligned character string, and the character string input in the aligned character string input step The sorted character string display step of displaying near the position on the screen designated by the designated character string display position step and the character string stored in the sorted character string storage step are summarized. The aligned character string alignment display step for instructing to display near the predetermined position on the screen, and aligning the character strings stored in the aligned character string storing step near the predetermined position on the screen. And an aligned character string aligned display step of displaying the aligned character strings.

Further, in the present invention, it is preferable that in the aligned character string aligned display step, the aligned character string row number calculation step of calculating the number of rows of the character string stored in the aligned character string storage step, and the aligned character string. Align to calculate the position on the screen that displays the character string you want to align, based on the size of the character entered in the input step and displayed on the screen and the predetermined reference position on the screen It can be characterized by including a character string display position calculation step and a character string display step of displaying a character string near the position calculated by the aligned character string display position calculation step.

[0007]

According to the present invention, a step of giving an instruction for inputting a character string to be aligned and displayed, a step of instructing a position on the screen where the character string to be aligned and displayed are displayed,
A step of inputting a character string to be aligned and displayed, a step of storing the input character string as an aligned character string,
A step of displaying the input character string near the position on the screen designated in the step, and a step of displaying the character string stored in the step near a predetermined position on the screen And a step of aligning and displaying the character string stored in the step near a predetermined position on the screen. By performing these steps, the character strings are collectively displayed at the determined positions.

[0008]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 2 shows a schematic configuration of a graphic processing device applied to a character string display method according to an embodiment of the present invention. This graphic processing device includes a display device 201, a central processing device 202, an input device 203, and an information reading device 204, which will be described in detail below.
And a storage device 205. The display device 201 is
The figure shape of parts and the like, and further, the index number and the index line corresponding to the figure shape are displayed. The central processing unit 202 executes a plurality of processes described later in addition to the process of displaying the graphic shape. The input device 203 includes a keyboard and a mouse,
Input the information necessary to display, move, copy, or delete the shape of parts, etc. The information reading device 204 reads a program for displaying a character string from the outside and stores it in the storage device 205. The storage device 205 stores a program for displaying the character string and the like and data such as a figure shape.

In this embodiment, a program is read from an external storage medium such as a magnetic tape or a floppy disk through an information reading device 204 into a storage device 205 such as a semiconductor RAM or a magnetic disk, and a two-dimensional shape or a cubic shape of parts or the like is obtained. The original shape data is stored in the storage device 20.
5, the two-dimensional shape or the three-dimensional shape of the part or the like is displayed on the display device 201, and the designation of the display position necessary for displaying the index number or the like corresponding to the graphic shape of the displayed part or the like is input. The device 203 is used to display the index number and the like on the display device 20.
1, the identification name corresponding to the graphic shape of the part or the like is set to the displayed index number, and the set identification name or the like is stored in the storage device 205.

Here, when the two-dimensional shape is a rectangular coordinate system,
Two-dimensional such as two-dimensional point, two-dimensional line segment, two-dimensional circle, two-dimensional arc, two-dimensional spline, two-dimensional hyperbola, two-dimensional parabola, two-dimensional line segment sequence expressed by two components of (x, y) Delete, move, etc., including display of a set of 2D graphic elements each of which is composed of graphic elements and has a certain unity such as a part shape, etc.
Operations such as copying can be performed.

Similarly, when the three-dimensional shape is an orthogonal coordinate system,
A three-dimensional point, a three-dimensional line segment, a three-dimensional circle, a three-dimensional arc, a three-dimensional spline, a three-dimensional hyperbola, a three-dimensional parabola, a three-dimensional line segment sequence, and a cubic represented by three components (x, y, z) It is composed of three-dimensional graphic elements such as original plane, cylindrical surface, conical surface, spherical surface, and other curved surface expressed by parametric expression, and each three-dimensional graphic element unit, or a set of elements with certain cohesion such as part shape As one group, operations such as displaying, deleting, moving, and copying can be performed. The display of the three-dimensional shape means that a three-dimensional plane defined in advance is viewed on the projection screen, and the three-dimensional shape is projected on the projection screen with its normal direction as the projection direction to be displayed on the display device 201. Means that.

Since the display device 201 displays a two-dimensional shape or a three-dimensional shape projected on a projection screen by enlarging or reducing it within a finite range, the central processing unit 202.
Is created by clipping (clipping) a shape to be displayed on the display device from the shapes to be displayed, and then displaying the shape on the display device 20.
1 will be displayed.

In the graphic processing apparatus of this embodiment, the projection screen setting means, the means for projecting a three-dimensional shape onto the projection screen, the shape projected on the projection screen and the shape to be displayed from the two-dimensional graphic are described. Means to create,
And means for displaying the created shape to be displayed on the display device 201, and "displaying the shape" in the following description means performing by using these means.

Next, referring to the flow chart of FIG. 1, an operation procedure of a character string display method according to an embodiment of the present invention and FIGS.
The operation will be described using the display state of the display device 201 showing the operation progress of FIG.

In step 101 shown in FIG. 1, a menu for inputting the aligned character strings is selected. That is,
The "alignment character string" of the menu 11 displayed on the display device 201 of FIG. 3 is designated by the input device 203 such as a mouse. To enter the character string you want to align by typing "alignment string" on the keyboard, or by assigning a menu to a specific key such as the keyboard or command box in advance and pressing the key assigned to that menu. You can also select the menu. When the menu for entering the character strings to be aligned is selected,
As shown in, the menu 11 on the display device 201 is replaced with the “aligned character string”, and it is clearly indicated that the “aligned character string” is selected.

In step 102, a position on the screen where a character string to be aligned such as a note is displayed is designated by an input device 203 such as a mouse. In addition, it is also possible to give an instruction by inputting coordinate values and the like on the screen with an input device 203 such as a keyboard.

Next, in step 103, a character string to be aligned such as a note is input with an input device 203 such as a keyboard. In this embodiment, "NOTE1" is input.

In step 104, the character string input in step 103 is stored in the storage device 205 as an aligned character string.

In step 105, the character string input in step 103 is placed at the position on the screen instructed in step 102 as shown in character string 12 in FIG.
Display in 1. Note that step 104 and step 105
The order of may be reversed.

In this embodiment, step 101 or steps 102 to 105 are repeated after step 105, so that a plurality of character strings to be aligned one after another can be input. In this embodiment,
The character string 13 “Note 1” in FIG. 6 will be further input.

Further, step 106 includes step 10
4 is a step of selecting a menu for aligning and displaying the character strings stored in the storage device 205 as an aligned character string at a predetermined position in 4 and displaying the menu 11 of the menu 11 displayed on the display device 201 of FIG. "Alignment" is designated by the input device 203 such as a mouse. In addition, you can enter a menu to sort the character strings you want to sort by typing "Arrange" on the keyboard, etc., or by assigning a menu to a specific key such as the keyboard or command box in advance and pressing the key assigned to that menu. You can also choose. When the menu for arranging the character strings is selected, it is clearly shown that “arrange” is selected instead of “arrange” in the menu 11 on the display device 201 as shown in FIG. 7.

In step 107, as shown in the character strings 14 and 15 of FIG. 7, the character string stored as the aligned character string in step 104 is aligned and displayed at a predetermined position. In this embodiment, the point indicated by 16 in FIG. 7 is set to a predetermined position.

FIG. 8 shows in detail the procedure for deciding the display position of a plurality of character strings from a predetermined position when displaying the character string in step 107 of FIG. Hereinafter, description will be given with reference to FIGS. 8 and 9 to 11.

First, in step 401, if there are three character strings to be aligned, that is, a character string 21, a character string 22 and a character string 23, as shown in FIG. Is 3. Here, the reference point for displaying the character strings to be aligned is the point 24 shown in FIG.

In step 402, the position where each character string to be aligned is displayed is calculated from the height of each character of the character string to be aligned counted in step 401. In the present embodiment, with respect to the display positions of the character string 21, the character string 22 and the character string 23 shown in FIG. 9, in the two-dimensional orthogonal coordinates, (x coordinate of the display position of the character string 23) = (x coordinate of the point 24) ( Y-coordinate of display position of character string 23 = (y-coordinate of point 24) (x-coordinate of display position of character string 22) = (x-coordinate of display position of character string 23) (y-coordinate of display position of character string 22) Coordinates = (y coordinate of display position of character string 23) + (character height of character string 23) (x coordinate of display position of character string 21) = (x coordinate of display position of character string 22) (character string 21 is the y coordinate of the display position) = (y coordinate of the display position of the character string 22) + (character height of the character string 22) As a result, as shown in FIG.
6 and point 27.

In step 403, the character string 2 in FIG.
Step 4, as shown in 8, character string 29 and character string 30
Each character string is displayed at the positions 25, 26, and 27 calculated in 02. At this time, the vertical positional relationship of the three character strings can be determined in the order in which they are input, or can be determined from the vertical positional relationship or the left-right relationship of the input positions. In the case of the present embodiment, the vertical positional relationship after alignment display is determined from the vertical positional relationship of each character string.

[0028]

As described above, according to the present invention,
The character strings you want to align can be displayed collectively in the vicinity of a predetermined position. Furthermore, the character strings you want to align can be displayed in a predetermined reference position regardless of the number of lines or the character size. It is possible to obtain an effect that the images can be collectively arranged and displayed in the vicinity.

Further, according to the present invention, the operability is improved, the operational burden on the user is reduced, and erroneous operation can be prevented.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a flowchart showing an operation procedure of an embodiment of a character string display method according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a graphic processing device to which a character string display method according to the present invention is applied.

FIG. 3 is a plan view showing a display mode in which an operation progress of the method shown in FIG. 1 is displayed on a display device.

FIG. 4 is a plan view showing a display mode in which an operation progress of the method shown in FIG. 1 is displayed on a display device.

5 is a plan view showing a display mode in which an operation progress of the method shown in FIG. 1 is displayed on a display device. FIG.

6 is a plan view showing a display mode in which an operation progress of the method shown in FIG. 1 is displayed on a display device.

FIG. 7 is a plan view showing a display mode in which an operation progress of the method shown in FIG. 1 is displayed on a display device.

8 is a flowchart showing in detail the content of step 107 shown in FIG.

9 is a plan view showing a display mode when the method shown in FIG. 8 is executed.

10 is a plan view showing a display mode when the method shown in FIG. 8 is executed.

FIG. 11 is a plan view showing a display mode when the method shown in FIG. 8 is executed.

[Explanation of symbols]

 201 display device 202 central processing unit 203 input device 204 information reading device 205 storage device

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A character string display method for a graphic processing device capable of simultaneously displaying the shapes of a plurality of parts and the like, and an aligned character string input instruction step for giving an instruction for inputting character strings to be aligned and displayed. Aligned character string display position designating step for designating a position on the screen where the aligned character strings are displayed, aligned character string inputting step for inputting the aligned character string to be displayed, and the aligned character string inputting step An aligned character string storage step of storing the character string input in step 1 as an aligned character string, and a character string input in the aligned character string input step near the position on the screen instructed in the aligned character string display position instruction step. And a step of displaying the character string stored in the arranged character string storage step in the vicinity of a predetermined position on the screen. And an alignment character string alignment display step of instructing, and an alignment character string alignment display step of aligning and displaying the character strings stored in the alignment character string storage step in the vicinity of a predetermined position on the screen. Character display method characterized by. 2. The aligned character string aligned display step, the aligned character string row number calculation step of calculating the number of rows of the character string stored in the aligned character string storage step, and the input in the aligned character string input step. Aligned character string display position calculation step for calculating the position on the screen where the character string to be aligned is displayed based on the size of the character string displayed on the screen and the predetermined reference position on the screen The character string display method according to claim 1, further comprising: a character string display step of displaying a character string near the position calculated by the aligned character string display position calculation step.