JPS63180994A - Document editing apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] This bulletin contains application data before electronic filing, so abstract data is not recorded.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] 52 shells [Industrial application field] The present invention relates to a document editing device.

[Prior Art] Conventionally, this type of document editing device uses a monitor television capable of displaying multiple colors (colors) to display characters, etc. in a color-specified area in color for each character. Multicolor printing is performed using a printing device, such as a color thermal transfer printer using a multicolor ribbon, a color inkjet printer, or a color laser printer.

[Problems to be solved by the invention] However, using a color monitor television,
There are problems in that the device becomes large and loses portability, requires a large installation space, and also increases power consumption and manufacturing cost. Therefore, in recent years, various document editing devices that use liquid crystals or EL panels as display means have been provided with an emphasis on portability, but at present, these display means generally have a monochrome display. , colored ones have not yet become widespread due to low yield and manufacturing costs.

The present invention has been made with the aim of solving these problems, and is a document editing device that can suitably display documents together with information regarding print colors without using a color monitor television or the like in a document editing device. It provides equipment.

[Means for solving the problems] In order to achieve the above object, the present invention has the following configuration as a means for solving the problems. That is, as illustrated in FIG. 1, there are a document processing means M1 for inputting and editing a document in units of characters and patterns, and a monochrome display means M2 for displaying at least a part of the inputted and edited document. In the document editing device, the document processing means M1 includes a color specifying means M3 for specifying the color of the characters or patterns, and an area specifying means for specifying a predetermined area of the document displayed on the monochrome display means M2. means M4, and further comprising multicolor display control means M6 for displaying the characters or patterns within the designated area on the monitor display M5 in the color designated by the color designation means M3. This is the characteristic structure of the document editing device.

[Operation] In the document editing device of the present invention having the above configuration, at least a part of the document input/edited in units of characters/patterns by the document processing means M1 is displayed in a single color by the monochrome display means M2.
A predetermined area of the document to be displayed is specified by the area specifying means M4, and the color of the characters or patterns within the specified area is specified by the color specifying means M3, so that the characters or patterns are displayed in multiple colors by the multicolor display control means M6. is displayed on the monitor display M5.

[Embodiment] In order to further clarify the configuration of the present invention described above, a document editing device as a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described next. FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a schematic structure of this document editing device, and FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing its electrical structure.

As shown in the figure, the document editing device of this embodiment includes a keyboard 2 with various keys arranged, a monochrome liquid crystal panel 3 that can freely set the angle of the display surface, a color printer 4 that prints documents in multiple colors, and a color printer 4 that prints documents in multiple colors. It is equipped with a small color liquid crystal panel 5 that displays multiple colors.

Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 3, this document editing device includes an electronic control device 10 configured as an arithmetic and logic operation circuit.
is included. The electronic control device 10 includes a well-known C
PU11. ROM12. In addition to RAM13, keyboard 2
a keyboard input circuit 14 that takes in key input from the computer; a line memory 15 that stores the content to be displayed on the liquid crystal panel 3; an intelligent printer control circuit 16 that controls input and output of data to and from the color printer 4; Color panel drive circuit 1 that displays color
7 etc. are provided, and these are interconnected via pass lines. Furthermore, a panel drive circuit 18 that reads the contents of the line memory 15 and displays characters, etc. on the liquid crystal panel 3 is also incorporated.

As shown in Fig. 2, the keyboard 2 connected to the keyboard input circuit 14 has normal character keys 21 corresponding to the characters to be input, as well as keys for converting kana to kanji, copying and deleting character strings, etc. Function keys 22 for instructing editing operations, etc., a print color specification key 24 (key stamped with "color" in FIG. 2) for specifying the print color of characters to be input/edited,
Furthermore, cursor keys 26 and the like for instructing movement of the cursor on the liquid crystal panel 3 are provided. Therefore, C'P
U11 can input key images from the keyboard 2 via the keyboard input circuit 14. CPU
11 performs processing such as displaying character strings in response to instructions from the keyboard 2.

On the other hand, the liquid crystal panel 3 is provided on a tilt panel 30 whose angle can be freely changed. This liquid crystal panel 3 is connected to the above-mentioned panel drive circuit 18, and the second
As shown in the figure, it is a large screen displaying 40 characters x 6 lines. When characters to be displayed are written into the line memory 15 by the CPU'ii, the contents are cyclically read out by the panel drive circuit 18 and displayed on the liquid crystal panel 3. The liquid crystal panel 3 has, in addition to an area for displaying input characters, a guidance line (lowermost row) for displaying the status of editing operations, explanations of next operations, and the like. Further, the line memory 15 is for storing characters and the like displayed on the liquid crystal panel 3 in the form of dot patterns, and the panel drive circuit 18 is for displaying the contents of the line memory 15 on the liquid crystal panel 3 as they are. That is, the display on the liquid crystal panel 3 is performed using a so-called bitmap display method. A color liquid crystal panel 5 is provided on the front lower right side of the tilt panel 30 to which the liquid crystal panel 3 is attached, and this color liquid crystal panel 5 has characters and patterns for one character in black and red.

It is displayed in either blue or green.

The color panel drive circuit 17 selects a cursor key 26 from a document to be edited in the RAM 13 as a text area.
The character/pattern whose position is designated by is displayed on the color liquid crystal panel 5 according to the color control code stored for each character/pattern.

The color printer 4 incorporated in the document editing device is of a type that thermally transfers ink from an ink ribbon 41 stored in a ribbon cartridge 40 onto printing paper 44 using a thermal head 43, and in addition to black, it prints red, blue, It is possible to print in three colors of green. The ink ribbon 41 has black, yellow, cyan, and magenta solid ink pigments coated on a ribbon base in order. Red, blue, and green are expressed by mixing these five colors. An optical sensor 45 is incorporated in the ribbon cartridge 43, and can identify the color of the pigment at the portion fed to the thermal head 43.

Therefore, the intelligent printer control circuit 16
By sending print data from the PLJll together with printing control codes such as color control codes, the printer control circuit 16 can also control the feeding of the ink ribbon 41 and print the document on the printing paper 44 in the specified color. can. still,
The color printer 4 includes a head transport motor 48 that transports a carriage 47 carrying a thermal head 43 and a ribbon cartridge 40 in the paper width direction, a paper feed motor 52 that transports printing paper 44 through a platen 50, and further includes: A ribbon winding motor 54 and the like for controlling the winding of the ink ribbon 41 described above are provided, and all of them are connected to the printer control circuit 16, but since these controls are well known, a description thereof will be omitted.

The document editing device having the above configuration includes an electronic control device 10
The following input/output processing is performed according to a procedure (program) stored in the ROM 12 in advance.

(1) Keyboard 2 via keyboard input circuit 14
(2) Display the specified range of the document consisting of the input string on the liquid crystal panel 3. Processing, (3) Processing of moving the cursor display when the key input via the keyboard input circuit 14 is the cursor key 26, (4) Processing of moving the cursor display in the printer control circuit 16 with control codes related to print color, etc. and the characters to be printed. This process includes outputting data and printing documents in multiple colors. The CPU 11 sends necessary data etc. to the ROMI 2. via the bus. RAM13.
Line memory 15, color panel drive circuit 17. Keyboard input circuit 14. It communicates with the printer control circuit 16 and the like to perform control for realizing the above processing.

Next, among the processes performed in the above-mentioned electronic control device 10, particularly the character input display process that involves designation of a print color will be explained with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

When the document editing apparatus of this embodiment is powered on, a document to be input/edited is opened, and a character input mode is entered, the character input display routine shown in FIG. 4 is executed. In addition, immediately after starting the document editing device, as shown in FIG. 5(A),
As shown in FIG. 2, no characters are displayed on the liquid crystal panel 3, only a blinking square cursor is displayed, and nothing is displayed on the color liquid crystal panel 5. Furthermore, "black" is designated as the initial print color (step 100).

Next, character keys 21 such as letters and patterns are input from the keyboard 2 in order to create a document (step 110
). When it is determined that the input key is the character key 21 (step 120), the input character/pattern is stored in the RAM 13 as a text area in the specified color (if the print color specification key 24 has never been pressed, it is displayed in black) (as is) is stored along with the color control code. Characters/patterns input while the subsequent return key is not pressed and are unconfirmed are displayed within the cursor frame of the liquid crystal panel 3 as shown in Figure 5 (B), and are also displayed in the specified color on the color liquid crystal panel 5. (Step 130. Step 140). When the character is confirmed, the cursor moves one place to the right,
Nothing is displayed on the color liquid crystal panel 5 anymore. When the user wants to change the print color while creating a document, the print color changes cyclically from black to red to blue to green by pressing the print color specification key 24 once, so the user can specify the desired print color. (step 150).

When the print color is changed, the next input character input into the text area of the RAM 13 is stored together with the changed color control code (step 160).After document creation, in order to check the print color of each character in the document. If you press the cursor key 26 to move the cursor, as the cursor moves, the character at the cursor position surrounded by a square frame will be printed in the specified color (in this example, "
The characters ``Setting'') are displayed on the color liquid crystal panel 5 (Step 170. Step 180. Step 140).

As described above, in the document editing device of this embodiment, the characters/patterns input using the character keys 21 are combined with the color control code among black, red, blue, and green selected by the print color specification key 24. It is stored in the text area and displayed on the monochrome liquid crystal panel 3. On the other hand, the character at the cursor position is displayed on the color liquid crystal panel 5 in the specified color.

Incidentally, after the document is created, the printing color may be changed in batches for each character string as shown in FIG. 5(D). In this example, the character string is "new cooling device." Also,
When displaying the layout of the document stored in the text area of the RAM 13 on the liquid crystal panel 3, the layout of the document stored in the text area of the RAM 13 is displayed as shown in FIG.
As shown in the figure, each character in the document is shown as a collection of dots and cannot be identified as a character, but only the character at the cursor position is displayed on the LCD panel 3 as a collection of dots, and the color LCD panel 5 The characters are enlarged and displayed so that they can be identified.

As explained above, according to the document Wi collection device of this embodiment, the printed color of characters can be clearly displayed using the thin monochrome liquid crystal panel 3, and its multicolor printing function can be fully utilized. You can fully satisfy the portability while pulling it out. Furthermore, since the document editing device of this embodiment displays characters in colors corresponding to the printing colors on the color liquid crystal panel 5 in multiple colors, the display means may be monochrome and can be made large. A configuration that allows you to freely change the angle (
Coupled with the adoption of a tilt panel (tilt panel), it becomes easier to visually check documents, and the usability of document input and &iI collections can be greatly improved.

Although several embodiments of the invention have been described above, the present invention is not limited to these embodiments in any way. For example, document editing with a separate printing device (color printer) and monitor display (color liquid crystal panel) Of course, the present invention can be implemented in various ways without departing from the spirit of the present invention, such as a configuration in which the present invention is a device, or a configuration in which the number of printing colors is more than 7, for example.

As described in detail above, according to the document editing device of the present invention, it is possible to compose a document using a monochrome display means and to easily display the printed color of characters on a monitor display. This has an extremely excellent effect. Therefore, the display section can be easily enlarged, and it is also easy to achieve both multicolor functionality and portability.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a plot diagram illustrating the basic configuration of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the schematic configuration of a document editing device as an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the electrical system thereof. 4 are flowcharts showing a character input display routine in the embodiment, and FIGS. 5(A) to 5E) are explanatory diagrams showing display examples, respectively. 2...Keyboard 3...LCD panel 4...
Color printer 5...Color liquid crystal panel 10...
Electronic control unit 24...Print color specification key 40...Ribbon cartridge 41...Ink ribbon 43...Thermal head 4
4...Print paper

Claims (1)

[Claims] A document editing device comprising a document processing means for inputting and editing a document in units of characters and patterns, and a monochrome display means for displaying at least a part of the document to be inputted and edited. , the document processing means includes a color specifying means for specifying a color of the characters or patterns, and an area specifying means for specifying a predetermined area of the document to be displayed on the monochrome display means, and further includes: A document editing device comprising a multicolor display control means for displaying characters or patterns within a designated area on a monitor display in a color designated by the color designation means.