Method and apparatus for bidirectional typesetting

1. A method for bidirectional typesetting, comprising:

retrieving a small sample formed for a document to be bi-directionally typeset;

determining at least one reverse region, the reverse region consisting of successive characters required to be reversed in the retrieved small sample; and

determining locations where the reversed characters will be located in the documents and recording the determined locations into a big sample,

wherein the small sample is a file comprising a content of the document, and the big sample is a file obtained from the small sample and comprising typeset location information of the document, and

wherein the step of determining at least one reverse region comprises:

setting row indexes of the characters required to be reversed in the retrieved small sample; and

defining all successive characters required to be reversed and having a same row index to be one reverse region.

2. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

deciding whether characters in the retrieved small sample are required to be reversed or not according to a fault typesetting direction and categories of characters.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the step of deciding comprises:

deciding whether or not a reading direction of characters in the retrieved small sample is contrary to the fault typesetting direction, and

if yes, the characters are determined as the characters required to be reversed.

4. The method according to claim 3 , wherein the step of determining locations where the reversed characters will be located in the documents comprises:

determining, in the reverse region, locations where the characters will be located before they are reversed; and

exchanging the n-th character with the (k+1−n)-th character in the reverse region to acquire the locations of the reversed characters, wherein k is total number of characters in the reverse region, n is an integer bigger than 1 and less than or equal to k/2.

5. The method according to claim 3 , wherein the step of determining locations where the reversed characters will be located in the documents comprises:

reversing the characters in the reverse region; and

determining locations of the reversed characters in the reverse region.

6. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the step of determining locations where the reversed characters will be located in the documents comprises:

determining, in the reverse region, locations where the characters will be located before they are reversed; and

exchanging the n-th character with the (k+1−n)-th character in the reverse region to acquire the locations of the reversed characters, wherein k is total number of characters in the reverse region, n is an integer bigger than 1 and less than or equal to k/2.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the step of determining locations where the reversed characters will be located in the documents comprises:

determining, in the reverse region, locations where the characters will be located before they are reversed; and

exchanging the n-th character with the (k+1−n)-th character in the reverse region to acquire the locations of the reversed characters, wherein k is total number of characters in the reverse region, n is an integer bigger than 1 and less than or equal to k/2.

8. The method according to claim 7 , wherein the step of determining locations where the reversed characters will be located in the documents comprises:

reversing the characters in the reverse region; and

determining locations of the reversed characters in the reverse region.

9. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the step of determining locations where the reversed characters will be located in the documents comprises:

reversing the characters in the reverse region; and

determining locations of the reversed characters in the reverse region.

10. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the step of determining locations where the reversed characters will be located in the documents comprises:

determining, in the reverse region, locations where the characters will be located before they are reversed; and

exchanging the n-th character with the (k+1−n)-th character in the reverse region to acquire the locations of the reversed characters, wherein k is total number of characters in the reverse region, n is an integer bigger than 1 and less than or equal to k/2.

11. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the step of determining locations where the reversed characters will be located in the documents comprises:

reversing the characters in the reverse region; and

determining locations of the reversed characters in the reverse region.

12. An apparatus for bidirectional typesetting comprising:

a big sample constructing unit used for constructing a big sample, wherein, the big sample constructing unit comprises:

a reverse region determining unit configured to determine, during constructing the big sample, at least one reverse region consisting of successive characters required to be reversed in a small sample used for a document to be bi-directionally typeset; and

a reverse location determining unit configured to determine locations where the reversed characters will be located in the document and record the determined locations into the big sample,

wherein the small sample is a file comprising a content of the document, and the big sample is a file obtained from the small sample and comprising typeset location information of the document, and

wherein the reverse region determining unit is further configured to set row indexes of the characters required to be reversed; and define all successive characters required to be reversed and having a same row index to be one reverse region.

13. The apparatus according to claim 12 , further comprising:

a reverse character deciding unit configured to decide whether or not characters in the small sample are required to be reversed according to a fault typesetting direction and categories of characters.

14. The apparatus according to claim 12 , further comprising:

a reverse character deciding unit configured to decide the characters having reading directions contrary to a fault typesetting direction as the characters required to be reversed.

15. The apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein the reverse location determining unit is further configured to determine locations where the characters before reversed will be located in the reverse region; and exchange the n-th character with the (k+1−n)-th character in the reverse region so as to retrieve the locations of the reversed characters, wherein k is total number of characters in the reverse region, n is an integer bigger than 1 and less than or equal to k/2.

16. The apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein the reverse location determining unit is further configured to reverse the characters in the reverse region; and determine locations of the reversed characters in the reverse region.

17. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium on which is stored the following instructions:

instructions for retrieving a small sample used for a document to be bi-directionally typeset;

instructions for determining at least one reverse region consisting of successive characters required to be reversed in the retrieved small sample; and

instructions for determining locations where the reversed characters are to be located in the documents and recording the locations into a big sample,

wherein the small sample is a file comprising a content of the document, and the big sample is a file obtained from the small sample and comprising typeset location information of the document, and

wherein the determining the at least one reverse region comprises:

setting row indexes of the characters required to be reversed in the retrieved small sample; and

defining all successive characters required to be reversed and having a same row index to be one reverse region.