JPH0250248A - Document preparing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To reduce the movement of glance for an operator, to improve operability and to decrease an erroneous input by displaying a handwriting original in the form of image information on a display device, executing a key input with the operator according to the contents of the information and displaying the input data in a row which is adjacent to an image display row. CONSTITUTION:A document preparing system equips a means 53 to read the image information from the handwriting original, a means 21 to hold the read image information, a means 512 to display one part of the held image information and a means 21 to synchronize the one part of the image information with the contents of a sentence, which is inputted from a keyboard 52, when the information are displayed in an image information output area 512. The read image information are displayed in the image information output area while is executed with row matching and synchronized with the display contents of the sentence which is inputted from the keyboard 52. Thus, by synchronizing the display of an original image to a display screen and a key input position, the operability is improved and the erroneous input is decreased.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a document creation system using a computer such as a word processor, workstation, office processor, etc., and particularly to a document creation system that improves operability and reduces input errors. Regarding document creation systems.

[Prior art]

Conventionally, in document creation systems such as work stage,
The operator places a handwritten manuscript on a lectern or the like installed near the display, inputs text from the keyboard while looking at the manuscript, and creates the text using a kana-kanji conversion function. However, this method requires viewing the original and the display screen, which poses a problem with operability. In addition,
On the display screen, the sentences created by the key and the sentences that have been created are displayed respectively.

For this reason, by having a document feed mechanism on the display side of the keyboard and a window to display it, the text on the display that is being pressed by the keys can be seen in the same direction, making it easier to operate when checking text. A method to improve this has been proposed.

However, with this method, if the number of characters in one line displayed on the display differs from the number of characters in one line of the original, misalignment occurs.

Furthermore, when summarizing text on one page, it is often illustrated, and an image reader or a system with an image reader may be used.

As for traditional workstations.

For example, “About high-performance workstations,” Norihisa Suzuki, Information Processing 25 (February 1983), pp. 83-9.
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[Problem to be solved by the invention]

In the above-mentioned conventional technology, an operator inputs data from a keyboard of a word processor or the like based on a handwritten manuscript, and creates a printed text by performing kana-kanji conversion or the like.

However, inputting information while looking at the original and checking the display screen was a heavy burden for the operator.

The purpose of the present invention is to improve these problems.

By reading the original with an image reader and displaying it on a part of the display, it is possible to input text while focusing only on the display.In particular, it is possible to synchronize the display of the original image on the display screen with the manual position of the key. Therefore, it is an object of the present invention to provide a document creation system that improves operability and reduces input errors.

[Means to solve the problem]

In order to achieve the above objects, the document creation system of the present invention includes a means for reading image information from a handwritten manuscript (an image input device) in a document creation system equipped with a keyboard, a print output device, and a display device controlled by a central processing unit. ), means (data buffer area) for holding image information read by the image input device; 1. A means for displaying a part of the retained image information (image information amount Canilia), and a means for synchronizing the content of the text input from the keyboard when displaying the part of the image information in the image information amount Canilia. When displaying text entered by an operator using the keyboard according to the description of a handwritten manuscript, the read image information is displayed on the image information display while matching and synchronizing the displayed content of the text entered from the keyboard. There are certain characteristics.

In addition, if the manuscript contains image information including pictures and graphs, there is also a means for distinguishing between the text information and the image information input using the keyboard and indicating an area to hold the text information, and a means for holding the encoded text information. It is equipped with a military service (file device), a means for holding image information in its original form (file device), and a means for merging the stored information according to layout instructions. The feature is that the original document containing image information can be reconstructed by arranging the document according to the following.

[Effect]

In the present invention, the document information read by the image input device is held in the data buffer area, and is displayed as image information in a fixed line area (image information amount canilia) on the display screen corresponding to the line being pressed manually. Output. At the same time, the text entered manually is output on the line (input display area) adjacent to the displayed line on the display screen. This makes it easier to verify the identity of people. In this case, synchronization is performed so that the image display information and key human power information can be associated with each other.

In addition, by retaining pictures, graphs, etc. as image information, changing the layout of the text according to the layout instructions of the manuscript, and embedding the retained image information in the display area for pictures, graphs, etc., text, pictures, graphs, etc. It is possible to reconstruct a manuscript containing a mixture of etc.

These functions prevent incorrect input and improve operability.

〔Example〕

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

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a document creation system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The document creation system of this embodiment uses a central processing unit (CP).
U) 1. Main storage device 2, input/output control device (display control device 41, keyboard control device 42, image input control device 43, file control device 44, print output control device 45), input/output device (display device 51, Keyboard 52. Image input device 53, file device 54
, a printout device 55), and an input/output path 3.

The CPUI sends and receives data to and from the main storage device 2 and various input/output control devices 41 to 45 via the input/output bus 3, thereby controlling the entire device. Also, internal RO
A kanji dictionary or the like is stored in M (not shown), and sentences are created by processing such as kana-kanji conversion according to the Japanese language processing program in the main storage device 2, and are displayed on the display device 51.

In particular, in this embodiment, the image information in the data buffer area 21 of the main storage device 2 is transferred directly to the display device 5.
Display in one line on one screen. At this time, a means is provided for synchronizing the image information from the image input device 53 and the text information entered manually by matching the characters so as not to cause a mismatch between the display contents. It also distinguishes between image information and text information, gives an area instruction to hold the image information as it is, reads it into the file device 54, reads it out as needed, and provides layout instructions for the held image information and coded text information. A means for merging and reconstructing the manuscript according to the information is provided.

The input/output control devices 41 to 45 also exchange data with the main storage device 2, and the input/output devices i! 51-5
5 control is performed.

Further, the image input device 53 is used by the operator to
A handwritten manuscript is read and its image information is transferred to the data buffer area 21 of the main storage device 2.

Further, the keyboard 52 is used by the operator when inputting text according to the description of the handwritten manuscript.

Further, the display device 51 displays the image data stored in the data buffer area 21 of the main storage device 2, sentences entered manually by the operator, and created sentences in their respective areas.

The main storage device 2 also stores programs and data such as a Japanese language processing program, and exchanges data with the input/output control devices 41 to 45. especially.

The data buffer area 21 stores input information (image information) from the image human power device 53, and transfers it to the display device 51 according to instructions from the CPUI.

Also a file device! 54 is a kanji dictionary and main storage device 2
Store data that cannot be stored in the . Further, text information inputted from the keyboard 52 and encoded and image information read by the image input device 53 are sent to the CPU.
File each area according to the area instructions from.

Further, the print output device 55 prints out the created sentences and pictures.

In this embodiment, the display device 1251, the keyboard 52, and the image input device 53 are input/output devices that directly interface with the user, but generally,
A file device 54 that holds programs and various data.
and a print output device (including image output) 55 that is necessary after the manuscript is cleaned up.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of the configuration of an output screen of a display device in an embodiment of the present invention.

In this embodiment, a created sentence display area 511 for displaying created sentences on the screen of the display device 51;
Image information display area 512 that displays image information
and an input display area 51 that displays the text entered manually.
It has 3.

The image information displayed in the image information capacity caniglia 512 is obtained by reading a handwritten manuscript from the image input device 53, for example, by reading the handwritten manuscript from the data buffer area 2 in the main storage device 2.
The data stored in the CPU 1 is transferred to the display control device 41 according to instructions from the CPU 1, and thereby displayed on the display device 51.

In this case, the image information from the data buffer area 21 is displayed as it is on one line of the display screen.

Note that the displayed image information can be shifted left and right. This is for a data holding buffer (not shown) after image expansion in the display control device 41.
This is performed by the CPU calculating the coordinate position of the output canister for each line and notifying the display control device 41 of the coordinate position.

The operation instruction for shifting the image information of the image information amount canilia 512 to the left or right is performed by providing a dedicated function key or by specifying an existing key combination. For example, there may be a method of shifting the image data each time a key is pressed in the left or right direction at fixed display intervals, or a method of specifying the cursor position and left-aligning the cursor to that position, or starting a new line.

With this configuration, first, one handwritten manuscript is read by the image input device 53, and the first line of the manuscript is displayed on the image information amount canilia 512.

The operator operates the keyboard 52 according to the displayed content.
Enter more data.

As a result, the input data and the data after performing kana-kanji conversion etc. are displayed in the input display area 513.

In addition, if the input display area 513 cannot display one line displayed in the image information amount canilia 512, the contents of the input display area 513 are transferred to the created text display area 5.
At the same time, the input display area 513 is cleared.

In addition, the operator moves the image information amount canilia 512 to the left to the position where the key has been manually input, and then inputs one line of image information to be inputted in the image information amount canilia 512.
to be displayed.

On the other hand, if the contents of the image information amount canilia 512 are used up before the input display area 513 is full, 1
The next line that should be displayed as an image is the amount of image information Canilia 5
12 and display it on a new line.

In this way, the text portion of the manuscript can be coded and filed, greatly reducing the burden on the user using the word processing function. Note that during this operation, although pictures and graphs are also displayed as image information, only text information is processed and a file is created. Therefore, in this embodiment, a file containing only text information encoded and stored, and image information (pictures, graphs, etc.)
There are two types of files that hold .

Furthermore, when reconstructing a manuscript (original handwritten manuscript) consisting of sentences, pictures, graphs, etc., a method is used to merge a file containing only one text information with a file containing image information, and first one page of the manuscript is reconstructed. Create a layout, specify where to place pictures and graphs, leave the inside of that frame blank, and lay out the coded text in the area outside of that frame. After that, the picture or graph held as image information is embedded in the blank space within the frame. Note that a known technique is used when enlarging/reducing the image information to match the size of this frame.

In this way, the original handwritten manuscript is transformed into a clean page.

〔Effect of the invention〕

According to the present invention, the handwritten manuscript is displayed as image information on the display device, the operator performs keystrokes according to the contents, and the input data can be displayed on a line adjacent to the image display line, so the operator can direct his/her line of sight. It requires less movement, improves operability, and reduces input errors6 Furthermore, handwritten manuscripts that contain a mixture of single sentences and image information such as pictures and graphs can also be processed into the final page format. can do.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a document creation system according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a side view of the structure of an output screen of a display device according to an embodiment of the present invention. 1: Central processing unit (CPU), 2: Main storage device. 21: data buffer area, 41: display control device, 42: keyboard control device, 43: image input control device, 44: file control device. 45: Print output control device, 51: Display device, 5
2: Keyboard, 53: Image input device. 54: File device, 55: Print output device, 511: Created text display area, 512: Image information amount canilia, 513: Input display area. Patent applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. In a document creation system equipped with a keyboard, a print output device, and a display device controlled by a central processing unit, there is provided a means for reading image information from a handwritten document, and a means for reading image information read by the reading means. means for holding the image information, means for displaying a part of the image information, and means for synchronizing the display content of the text input from the keyboard when displaying the part of the image information on the partial display means. In this case, when displaying a text inputted by the operator using the keyboard according to the description of the handwritten manuscript, the image information is displayed on the partial display means while being matched and synchronized with the displayed content of the text inputted from the keyboard. A document creation system characterized by: 2. When the manuscript contains image information including pictures and graphs, a means for distinguishing between the text information inputted by the keyboard and the image information and indicating an area to hold the text information, and holding the coded text information. a means for storing the image information; and a means for merging the information held by both the holding means according to layout instructions. 2. The document creation system according to claim 1, wherein the document creation system reconstructs an original document including the following.