JPH08166968A - Graphic proessing device and method for the device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To provide a graphic processing device and method by which the retrieval processing of graphic information is efficiently executed. CONSTITUTION: When a character pattern is retrieved from a database in accordance with plural retrieval conditions, a table in which 'KEYn' (n=1, 2,...) is assigned to font control ID (a number for identifying font data) and a font version number (font data version expressed by font control ID) as the retrieval result. For example, 'KEY 2' is assigned to data in which font control ID is '300' and the font version number is '2'. When the required character pattern is retrieved from the previously retrieved character pattern, the generated table is displayed, the required one is selected from 'KEYn' in it so that the font control ID and the font version number corresponding to the 'KEYn' are retrieved from the database. Thus, the required character pattern is retrieved.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a graphic processing apparatus and method for processing graphic information.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a graphic processing apparatus and method for processing graphic information, when there are a plurality of search conditions when searching graphic information from a database, all the conditions are specified at the time of search. It was

[0003]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional graphic processing apparatus and method, all the search conditions must be set again even when the search is performed under the same conditions as those already searched. It was very troublesome.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a graphic processing apparatus and method capable of efficiently performing graphic information search processing.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, a graphic processing apparatus of the present invention relates to graphic information searched according to a plurality of search conditions set by a user from a database composed of graphic information. Key information giving means for giving key information, a displaying means for displaying a list of the given key information, and a selecting means for a user to select desired key information from the displayed list of key information. And a search means for searching the database for graphic information corresponding to the selected key information.

Preferably, the key information adding means adds key information to the graphic information output by the user from the database.

Further, in the graphic processing method of the present invention, key information is added to the graphic information searched from the database composed of graphic information according to a plurality of search conditions set by the user, and the graphic information is added. A list of key information is displayed, the user selects desired key information from the displayed list of key information, and graphic information corresponding to the selected key information is searched from the database. .

Further, preferably, the key information is added to the graphic information output by the user from the database.

[0009]

According to the structure of the present invention, the key information is added to the graphic information searched from the database composed of the graphic information according to the plurality of search conditions set by the user, and the key information is added. A list of key information is displayed, desired key information is selected from the displayed list of key information, and graphic information corresponding to the selected key information is retrieved from the database.

Further, from the database, key information is added to the graphic information output by the user, a list of the added key information is displayed, and desired key information is displayed from the displayed list of key information. The selected graphic information corresponding to the selected key information is retrieved from the database.

[0011]

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

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the schematic arrangement of a graphic processing apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention. The graphic processing apparatus of this embodiment is a Japanese word processor, a personal computer, or a workstation. Will be described by taking a character pattern as an example of graphic information to be processed.

Referring to FIG. 1, the graphic processing apparatus of this embodiment has a CPU 1 for controlling the entire apparatus and a control program for various processing executed by the CPU 1, such as screen display processing, start-up processing, and environmental information creation processing. A ROM (Read Only Memory) 2 for storing various control procedures and table data, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 3 for temporarily storing calculation results and various data executed by the CPU 1, and a keyboard 8 A keyboard control unit 4 that performs a key code conversion process (conversion into an internal code) for an input symbol, a display control unit 5 that controls a CRT 9 that is a display device, a disk control unit 6 that drives an external storage device 10, and a printer. The printer control unit 7 for driving the printer 11 is mainly configured, and the respective constituent elements 1 to 7 are connected via a system bus 12. , They are connected to each other.

When the control procedure of the ROM 2 by the CPU 1 is executed, the RAM 3 is used as a work memory for temporarily storing various data in the calculation and logical judgment of the CPU 1.

Although the detailed structure of the keyboard 8 is not shown, a group of character keys used for inputting characters, numbers, symbols, etc., and a plurality of keys for instructing movement of the cursor, formatting processing, and execution of start-up. The keyboard 8 is connected to the keyboard control section 4.

The CRT 9 is connected to the display controller 5, and the display controller 5 controls the positioning of the character string to be displayed at the cursor position on the screen and the input character code by referring to the internal character generator. Display control is performed to display characters, symbols, etc. by converting into a pattern.

The key code input from the keyboard 8 is transferred to the CPU 1 via the system bus 12 as a character code (character code), and the characters, mathematical formulas, figures, etc. corresponding to the key code input from the keyboard 8 are It is displayed at a predetermined position on the screen of the CRT 9.

The external storage device 10 is composed of a floppy disk (FD) device 10a and a hard disk (HD) device 10b, and the document created on the screen of the CRT 9 is a floppy disk device 10
It is stored in a storage medium of either a or the hard disk device 10b. The external storage device 10 is a disk controller 6
Driven by, the document is stored in the floppy disk device 10a or the hard disk device 10b, and the document is called.

Further, in the storage medium of either the floppy disk device 10a or the hard disk device 10b, a table in which keys, font management IDs, and font revision numbers are associated and stored is stored as a part of the database. To be done. Here, the font management ID is a number for identifying font data, and the font revision number is a version of the font data indicated by the font management ID. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of this table. As shown in FIG. 2, in this embodiment, the key information and the font management ID and font revision number related thereto are described in association with each other. . For example, regarding data having a font management ID “100” and a font revision number “1” and data having a font management ID “200” and a font revision number “1” retrieved from a database by a plurality of search conditions, The key "KEY1" is associated.

The printer 11 is connected to the printer controller 7 and is controlled by the printer controller 7. That is, the printer control unit 7 analyzes the character data, control data, etc. output from the CPU 1 via the system bus 12, and drives the printer 11. The document thus created on the screen of the CRT 9 is printed by the printer 11.

The control processing executed by the graphic processing apparatus configured as described above will be described below with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a flow chart showing the procedure of a key-based search process executed by the graphic processing apparatus of this embodiment.

In the figure, first, a list of keys registered in the database is displayed (step S1). At this time, as shown in the table of FIG. 2, for example, a list of keys set for the font management ID and font revision number searched by a plurality of search conditions is displayed.

Next, one or more keys required for the current search are selected from the keys displayed in step S1 (step S2).

Next, the font management ID and font revision number corresponding to the selected key are retrieved and output (step S3).

As described above, according to this embodiment,
By setting a key to the data retrieved from the database, displaying this set key, selecting the key required for the search from among them, and searching the data by the selected key, the previously searched Since the same data as the above data is extracted by designating one search condition, the graphic information search process can be performed efficiently.

Next, a graphic processing apparatus according to the second embodiment of the present invention will be described.

The present embodiment differs from the first embodiment only in the table format and the control processing executed by the graphic processing apparatus. Therefore, an apparatus having the same configuration as the apparatus of FIG. 1 is used, The description of each component is omitted.

The control processing performed by the graphic processing apparatus of this embodiment will be described below with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a table referred to by the graphic processing apparatus of this embodiment, which corresponds to FIG. In the figure, the product code is an identifier set by the user when outputting font data, and is data that is a key when searching. The product series ID is a user ID when accessing the database, and the font management ID and the font revision number are as described in the first embodiment. The product name is the name of the product in which the font is installed, and the product code definition date is the date when the font data was output and the product code was defined.

As described above, the graphic processing apparatus of the present embodiment has the same configuration as that of the first embodiment, and either the floppy disk device 10a or the hard disk device 10b of the external storage device 10 is a storage medium. Is the product code, product series ID, font management ID, font revision number,
A table in which a product name and a product code definition date are associated and defined is stored. Then, as shown in FIG. 4, a product code that is a key and a product series ID, a font management ID, a font revision number, a product name, and a product code definition date key related to the product code are described in association with each other. For example, for the font data once output from the database, the product series ID is "10" and the font management ID
Is "100", the font revision number is "1", the product name is "LBP1", and the product code definition date is "1994".
The product code "A20" is associated as a key with respect to the data of "June 10,".

FIG. 5 is a flow chart showing the procedure of a key-based search process executed by the graphic processing apparatus of this embodiment.

In the figure, first, a list of product codes that are key to the font data output from the database is displayed (step S11). At this time, as shown in the table of FIG. 4, for example, a list of product codes which are key when the font data is output from the database is displayed.

Next, one product code or the number of product codes necessary for the current font data output is selected from the product codes displayed in step S1 (step S12).

Then, the font management ID and font revision number for the selected product code are retrieved and output (step S13).

As described above, according to this embodiment,
Set a key for the data output from the database,
Display the set key, select the key required for search,
By searching the data with the selected key, it is possible to retrieve the same data as the data that was output once in the past by specifying one search condition.
It is possible to efficiently perform the graphic information search processing.

[0037]

As described above, according to the present invention,
Key information is added to the graphic information searched according to a plurality of search conditions set by the user from the database composed of graphic information, a list of the added key information is displayed, and the displayed key information is displayed. Desired key information is selected from the list of key information, and the graphic information corresponding to the selected key information is retrieved from the database.
When the graphic information is searched under the same search condition as the one already set by the user, it is not necessary to set the search condition initially set again, and the graphic information search process can be efficiently performed.

Also, from the database, key information is added to the graphic information output by the user, a list of the added key information is displayed, and desired key information is displayed from the displayed list of key information. Since the graphic information corresponding to the selected key information is retrieved from the database, when the graphic information already output by the user is output again, the procedure for outputting the graphic information is repeated first. It is not necessary, and the graphic information search process can be performed efficiently.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a graphic processing device according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a table referred to by the graphic processing device according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a procedure of a key-based search process executed by the graphic processing apparatus according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a table referred to by a graphic processing device according to a second embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the procedure of a key-based search process executed by the graphic processing apparatus of the second embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 CPU (key information addition means, search means) 8 keyboard (selection means) 9 CRT (display means)

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. Key information giving means for giving key information to graphic information searched according to a plurality of search conditions set by a user from a database constituted by graphic information, and the given key information. Means for displaying a list of key information, selection means for the user to select desired key information from the displayed list of key information, and graphic information corresponding to the selected key information is searched from the database. A graphic processing device having a search means. 2. The graphic processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the key information adding means adds the key information to the graphic information output by the user from the database. 3. A key information is added to graphic information searched according to a plurality of search conditions set by a user from a database composed of graphic information, and a list of the added key information is displayed. A graphic processing method, wherein the user selects desired key information from the displayed list of key information, and the graphic information corresponding to the selected key information is retrieved from the database. 4. The graphic processing method according to claim 3, wherein the key information is added to the graphic information output by the user from the database.