JP2003256409A - Composition system and composition method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve the efficiency in composition work. <P>SOLUTION: A composition system for arranging a plurality of materials composed of articles, images and photographs on a space, comprises a temporary layout processing part 4 for performing the temporary layout of the materials on the space in a stage when the materials to be arranged on the space have not been decided, a script information storing part 5 for storing a result of the temporary layout processing done by the temporarily layout processing part 4 as the script information, and a composition part 6 for arranging the determined materials on the space on the basis of the script information stored in the script information storing part 5 in a stage when the materials to be arranged on the space have been decided. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a typesetting system and a typesetting method applied to the production of newspapers, magazines, leaflets, Web news and the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Newspapers, magazines, leaflets, Web news and the like are produced by arranging materials such as articles, images or photographs on the surface of paper. Arranging the materials on the paper surface in this way is called typesetting.

Articles, images, or photographs, which are the materials necessary for typesetting, are transmitted to the desk from a news reporter using a mobile terminal or the like. At the desk, a temporary layout is determined based on the transmitted material, and the page space is produced by typesetting according to this temporary layout.

[0004]

However, such a conventional typesetting method has the following problems.

That is, although newspapers, magazines, leaflets, Web news, etc. are required to have immediacy, a temporary layout on paper until the material such as an article, a photograph, or an image is actually received from the news reporter side. Unable to process.

On the other hand, since the final completion time of the paper surface is predetermined, the deadline time until the material is submitted greatly depends on the time required for the paper surface editing. For this reason, if the submission of the material is delayed, the burden on the organizing / bearing worker increases, and in some cases, the latest article cannot be posted.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances. Prior to receiving a material from a news reporter, a temporary layout process on a paper surface is performed in advance, and the result is stored as script information, and the news reporter collects the result. It is an object of the present invention to provide a typesetting system and a typesetting method capable of improving the typesetting work efficiency by arranging the materials based on the script information and completing the paper surface when the materials are received. .

[0008]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention takes the following means.

That is, according to the typesetting method of the present invention, an article,
A method of arranging multiple materials consisting of images and photographs on the paper surface, and when the material to be laid out on the paper surface has not been decided, the temporary layout processing of the material on this paper surface is performed, and the result is used as script information. When the material is stored and the material to be arranged on the paper surface is determined, the determined material is arranged on the paper surface based on the stored script information.

In the typesetting system of the present invention, articles,
A typesetting system for arranging a plurality of materials including images and photographs on a paper surface, and a temporary layout processing means for performing a temporary layout processing of the material on the paper surface when the material to be arranged on the paper surface is undecided. At the stage when the script information storage means for storing the temporary layout processing result performed by the layout processing means as script information and the material to be arranged on the paper surface are determined, the material determined based on the script information stored in the script information storage means Is placed on the paper surface.

Here, when the material is an article, the provisional layout processing result corresponds to the arrangement position of this article on the paper surface, and either the folding arrangement or the flow arrangement at this arrangement position.

The typesetting system and method of the present invention are
By taking the above-mentioned means, it is possible to shorten the time from receiving the material from the news gathering reporter to arranging it on the paper surface, thereby improving the efficiency of the typesetting work.

[0013]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 13.

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram showing an example of the overall configuration of a typesetting system to which a typesetting method according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied.

That is, the typesetting system according to the embodiment of the present invention is used for producing newspapers, magazines, leaflets, Web news and the like, and the input receiving terminals 1 (# 1, #).
2, ... #n), news gathering information storage unit 2, template creation unit 3, temporary layout processing unit 4, script information storage unit 5, typesetting unit 6, editing typesetting terminal 7, paper output And part 8. An example of producing a newspaper page using this typesetting system will be described below.

The input reception terminal 1 is a portable terminal that can be carried by each news reporter, and each news reporter inputs a news gathering schedule information to be collected so as to connect to a public line such as the Internet or a dedicated line. It transmits to the news gathering information storage part 2 via. FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing an example of an input screen for inputting news gathering schedule information. An input screen as shown in FIG. 2 is displayed on the input reception terminal 1, and each news reporter follows the input screen according to the date and time, publication type (morning / evening), publication department (social department, physical education department, economy). Department,
Political Department, ...), theme name, theme content, planned line number,
Presence or absence of attached photos, classification (commentary / fact / miscellaneous / comment /
By inputting an editorial, etc., the news gathering schedule information is created and transmitted to the news gathering information storage unit 2. Note that the theme name here is treated as a temporary headline, and may be changed by the template creation unit 3 described later.

As will be described later, the input reception terminal 1 collects the news gathering information writing template created in association with the news gathering schedule information stored in the news gathering information storage unit 2 from the news gathering information storage unit 2. In accordance with the format of the template for reading the coverage information, the coverage information such as the articles and photographs collected is input, and similarly, the coverage information storage unit 2 through a public line such as the Internet or a dedicated line.
Send to.

The news gathering information storage unit 2 is connected to the input reception terminal 1, the template creation unit 3, the temporary layout processing unit 4, and the typesetting unit 6 via a public line such as the Internet or a dedicated line. Such news gathering information storage unit 2 stores news gathering schedule information when each input receiving terminal 1 transmits the news gathering schedule information as shown in the screen display example of FIG. Further, as described later, the news gathering information writing template created by the template creating unit 3 is stored in association with the corresponding news gathering schedule information and classification name based on the instruction from the template creating unit 3. Further, when the news gathering information input by the input reception terminal 1 is transmitted according to the format of this news gathering information writing template, the transmitted news gathering information is written in the corresponding news gathering information writing template and the content is updated. And store.

In the template creating section 3, the operator inputs operation information. Specifically, the operator operates the template creation unit 3 to browse the news gathering schedule information stored in the news gathering information storage unit 2. Then, based on the browsing result, a theme name, which is a classification name for classifying each news gathering schedule information, is determined to create a news gathering information writing template, and the created news gathering information writing template is associated. It is stored in the news gathering information storage unit 2 in association with the news gathering schedule information and the theme name.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a submission plan table in which the news gathering schedule information classified in this way is summarized. As shown in FIG. 3, out of the news gathering schedule information a to i stored in the news gathering information storage unit 2, the news gathering schedule information regarding “US military air strike” is the news gathering schedule information a to d. The scheduled information items a to d are classified as the same theme name "US military air strike". Similarly, coverage information e to g
Are categorized as the same theme name "Air Bombing Map", and the planned interview information hi to i are also the same theme name "Afghan situation".
Are classified as.

4 and 5 are schematic views showing examples of screen display of the news gathering information writing template. FIG. 4 shows the news gathering information writing template when the news gathering information is an article. Screen display example, FIG. 5 is a screen display example of the news gathering information writing template when the news gathering information is a photograph.

The news gathering information writing template is a news gathering information storage unit 2 in which each news reporter collects articles and photographs taken by himself / herself.
It defines a format for sending to. That is, FIG.
As shown in FIG. 4, when the news gathering information is an article, the template creation unit 3 determines that the bibliographic information i in FIG.
In the detailed bibliographic information iii in FIG. 4C, and the detailed classification items as shown in the bibliographic information iii in FIG.
It is stored in the news gathering information storage unit 2. As shown in FIG. 4A, the theme name shown in FIG. 3 is written in the bibliographic information i, which makes it possible to classify which theme name the news information writing template belongs to. .

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 5, when the news gathering information is a photograph, the template creating section 3 causes the bibliographic information i in FIG. 5A, the bibliographic information ii in FIG. (C)
The corresponding contents are written in the detailed classification items as shown in the bibliographic information iii therein and stored in the news gathering information storage unit 2. Further, as shown in FIG. 5A, the theme name shown in FIG. 3 is written in the bibliographical information i, which makes it possible to classify the theme name to which the news gathering information writing template belongs. I am trying.

The input reception terminal 1 reads from the news gathering information storage unit 2 a news gathering information writing template created in association with its own news gathering schedule information stored in the news gathering information storing unit 2, and writes this news gathering information writing. Template writing section S
(See FIG. 4A), or the photo sticking part E (FIG. 5D).
(See reference), write the article that you interviewed or paste the photo, and similarly, on the public line such as the Internet,
Alternatively, it is transmitted to the news gathering information storage unit 2 via a dedicated line. The news gathering information storage unit 2 receives, updates, and stores the news gathering information writing template transmitted from the input reception terminal 1.

The temporary layout processing section 4 operates as shown in the data flow chart of FIG. 6, and at the stage where the material to be placed on the paper surface is undecided based on the draft plan stored in the news gathering information storage section 2. The temporary layout process of the material on this paper is performed. This is called temporary layout processing. Specifically, while deciding where to place the material,
When the material is an article, the arrangement method of arranging this article in a folded manner or arranging it in a sink manner is determined.
As shown in FIG. 7, the folding arrangement is a method of arranging articles in a line within a certain width, and the sink arrangement is a method of arranging articles continuously in the same row in a horizontal flow. Then, the result of such temporary layout processing is output to the script information storage unit 5 as script information and stored therein.

The typesetting unit 6 operates as shown in the data flow chart of FIG. 8, and acquires script information from the script information storage unit 5. Then, the news gathering information specified by the script information is acquired from the news gathering information storage unit 2 and arranged on the paper surface according to the script information to perform the typesetting.

The editing typesetting terminal 7 confirms the typesetting result made by the typesetting unit 6 and, if necessary, edits it to make final adjustments to complete the typesetting process, and outputs the typesetting process result to the paper output unit 8. To do.

The paper output unit 8 is an output device such as a printer or plotter, and prints the typesetting processing result output from the editing typesetting terminal 7 from the printer or plots it from the plotter.

Next, the operation of the typesetting system to which the typesetting method according to the embodiment having the above-mentioned configuration is applied will be described by taking a case of producing a newspaper page as an example.

When a newspaper page is produced using the typesetting system to which the typesetting method according to the embodiment of the present invention is applied, first, as shown in the data flow charts of FIGS. The news gathering schedule information is input by each news reporter from the portable input reception terminal 1 (S1). This is because when the input reception terminal 1 is activated, an input screen as shown in FIG. 2 is displayed,
This is done by the news reporter's input according to the data items requested on this input screen. Note that the “theme name” shown in FIG. 2 may be changed by the template creating unit 3 in order to maintain consistency with other coverage information related to the same theme, and is merely a temporary heading position. is there.

When the interview information is input, the "send" command shown in FIG. 2 is pressed via the mouse or the keyboard (S2) so that the interview information can be transmitted through a public line such as the Internet or Through the dedicated line, the news gathering schedule information in which the publication type information, the publication department, the theme name, the classification, the planned number of lines, the presence or absence of the photograph, and the like are written is transmitted to the news gathering information storage unit 2 (S3).

The news gathering schedule information transmitted in this manner is received by the news gathering information storage unit 2 and is stored therein after the registration processing is performed there (S4). When the news gathering schedule information is stored in the news gathering information storage unit 2,
The template creation unit 3 creates a news gathering information writing template as described below.

That is, when the news gathering schedule information is stored in the news gathering information storage unit 2, the template creating unit 3 is notified of that fact. Based on this notification, when the operator operates the template creation unit 3 and specifies the scheduled date of incorporation (S6), the news gathering information stored in the news gathering information storage unit 2 corresponds to the scheduled date of incorporation. A request is made to extract the schedule information (S7), and corresponding news gathering schedule information is transmitted from the news gathering information storage unit 2 to the template creating unit 3 in response to the request (S8).

In the template creating section 3 to which the news gathering schedule information has been transmitted in this manner, the news gathering schedule information is displayed as shown in the screen display example of FIG. Then, based on the content of the displayed news gathering schedule information, the operator finally determines the theme name, which is a classification name for classifying each news gathering schedule information, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5. A new coverage information writing template is created (S
9). In this case, it may be different from the theme name already written in the interview information. If the theme name determined by the template creating unit 3 is different from the theme name previously written in the news gathering schedule information, the theme name previously written in the news gathering schedule information is the temporary heading of the news gathering information writing template. Written as The news gathering information writing template created in this manner is transmitted from the template creating unit 3 to the news gathering information storage unit 2 (S1).
0).

In the news gathering information storage unit 2, the news gathering information writing template transmitted from the template creating unit 3 is registered (S11), and the news gathering information writing template is based on the theme name as shown in FIG. It is stored in the news gathering information storage unit 2 in a state of being managed by the automatic advertisement planning table (S1
2). Each data of the news gathering information writing template, an example of which is shown in FIG. 4 and FIG. 5, is relationally managed in the news gathering information storage unit 2 by a publishing plan table. Thereby, the content of the news gathering schedule information already written in the news gathering information writing template can be updated. This is to select any of the news gathering information information items a to i shown in FIG. 3 from the template creating section 3 or the input reception terminal 1, and to select the corresponding news gathering schedule information from the screen as shown in FIG. This is done by displaying and editing the displayed news gathering schedule information directly from the template creation unit 3 or the input reception terminal 1 and updating the news gathering schedule information stored in the news gathering information storage unit 2.

As described above, the template creation unit 3 determines the news gathering information writing template corresponding to each news gathering schedule information and stores it in the news gathering information storage unit 2.

Next, the news gathering reporter operating the input reception terminal 1 selects a news gathering information writing template corresponding to his own news gathering schedule information from the news gathering information writing templates stored in the news gathering information storage unit 2. The flow of taking out the information and registering the news gathering information such as articles and photographs according to the style specified by the taken news gathering information writing template will be described with reference to the data flow chart shown in FIG.

In this case, when the operator inputs the designated date of incorporation into the input receiving terminal 1 (S21),
The input designated date of incorporation is transmitted to the news gathering information storage unit 2, a draft planning table corresponding to the designated designated date of incorporation is extracted, and transmitted to the input acceptance terminal 1 of the input source (S22). As a result, from the screen of the input reception terminal 1, a draft plan as shown in FIG. 3 is displayed (S2
3).

In the input reception terminal 1, the operator references the displayed draft planning table to select the desired news gathering information writing template, and the "article material creation" command or "photograph" shown in FIG. When the "create material" command is pressed via the mouse or keyboard, a news gathering information writing template as shown in FIG. 4 or 5 is displayed on the screen (S24).

Then, in the input receiving terminal 1, step S
In accordance with the style specified in the news gathering information writing template displayed on the screen 24, by operator operation,
Articles are written and photos are pasted (S2
5). That is, when the coverage information is an article,
As shown in FIG. 2, when an article is written in the article writing section S and the coverage information is a photograph, as shown in FIG. 13, the coverage information writing in which the photograph data is pasted in the photograph pasting section E is shown. Template for input from input reception terminal 1 coverage information storage unit 2
(S26).

The news gathering information writing template as shown in FIGS. 12 and 13 transmitted from the input acceptance terminal 1 to the news gathering information storage unit 2 is composed of bibliographic information and news gathering information consisting of article information or photograph information. It is divided (S27, S2
8), and each is transmitted to the news gathering information storage unit 2. Then, based on the bibliographic information transmitted in step S27,
The submission management table stored in the news gathering information storage unit 2 is updated (S29). On the other hand, the news gathering information transmitted in step S28 is stored in the news gathering information storage unit 2 (S30).

Next, the flow of the temporary layout processing performed by the temporary layout processing section 4 will be described with reference to the data flow chart shown in FIG.

The temporary layout processing section 4 performs temporary temporary layout processing when the news gathering information, which is the material to be placed on the paper surface, is not yet stored in the news gathering information storage section 2. This is called temporary layout processing. In the case of performing the temporary layout process, first, the theme that is the target of the temporary layout is selected (S41). This is done by the operator's judgment based on the content of the extracted draft planning table, which is extracted by the provisional layout processing unit 4 (S42). Then, the temporary layout work is performed on the selected theme (S43). Specifically, the location where the news gathering information is to be arranged is determined, and when the news gathering information is an article, a method of arranging whether the article is folded or flowed is determined.

Then, the result of such a temporary layout process is output to the script information storage unit 5 as script information (S44) and stored (S45).

Next, the flow of the typesetting process performed by the typesetting unit 6 will be described with reference to the data flow chart of FIG.

The script information is stored in the script information storage unit 5.
When the news gathering information is stored in the news gathering information storage unit 2 and the news gathering information is further stored in the news gathering information storage unit 2, the typesetting unit 6 performs the typesetting process (S5).
1). When this typesetting process is performed, first, the script information is acquired from the script information storage unit 5 by the typesetting unit 6 (S52). Next, from the news gathering information storage unit 2,
The news gathering information specified by the script information is acquired by the typesetting unit 6, and the arrangement processing on the paper surface is performed according to the script information acquired in step S52 (S5).
3), the arrangement is completed (S54).

The typesetting result whose arrangement has been completed is output from the typesetting section 6 to the editing typesetting terminal 7 (S55). Then, in the editing typesetting terminal 7, the typesetting result made by the typesetting unit 6 is confirmed, and if necessary, the editing is added to make final adjustment to complete the typesetting process (S56), and the result is output to the paper output unit 8 Is output from.

As described above, in the typesetting system to which the typesetting method according to the same embodiment is applied, the temporary layout process of the paper surface is performed in advance before receiving the material from the news reporter by the above-described action, and as a result, Is stored as script information, and when a material is received from a news reporter, a paper surface can be immediately created by arranging the material based on this script information.

As a result, it is possible to realize a typesetting system and a typesetting method capable of improving the typesetting work efficiency.

The preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described above with reference to the accompanying drawings, but the present invention is not limited to such configurations. Within the scope of the technical idea described in the claims, those skilled in the art can contemplate various modifications and modifications, and the modifications and modifications are also within the technical scope of the present invention. Be understood to belong to.

[0052]

As described above, according to the present invention,
Before receiving the material from the news reporter, perform a temporary layout process on the paper in advance, store the result as script information, and when receiving the material from the news reporter, place the material based on this script information You can immediately create a page.

As described above, it is possible to realize a typesetting system and a typesetting method capable of improving the typesetting work efficiency.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram showing an example of the overall configuration of a typesetting system to which a typesetting method according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing an example of an input screen for inputting interview information.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing a screen display example of a submission plan table.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing a screen display example of a news gathering information writing template when the news gathering information is an article.

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram showing a screen display example of a news gathering information writing template when the news gathering information is a photograph.

FIG. 6 is a data flow chart showing a flow of temporary layout processing performed by a temporary layout processing unit.

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram for explaining a folding arrangement and a sink arrangement.

FIG. 8 is a data flow chart showing a flow of a typesetting process performed by a typesetting unit.

FIG. 9 is a data flow chart showing the flow of processing until the news gathering information writing template is stored in the news gathering information storage unit.

FIG. 10 is a data flow chart showing the flow of processing until the news gathering information is stored in the news gathering information storage section.

FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram for explaining the relationship between coverage information and a publication schedule.

FIG. 12 is a schematic diagram showing a screen display example of a news gathering information writing template in which an article is written.

FIG. 13 is a schematic diagram showing a screen display example of a news gathering information writing template to which a photo is attached.

[Explanation of symbols]

ai ... Scheduled information S ... Article writing section E ... Photo sticker 1 ... Input acceptance terminal 2 ... Coverage information storage 3 ... Template creation department 4 ... Temporary layout processing unit 5 ... Script information storage 6 ... Typesetting department 7 ... Editing typesetting terminal 8: Paper output section

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A typesetting method for arranging a plurality of materials including an article, an image, and a photograph on a paper surface, wherein a temporary layout process of the material on the paper surface is performed when the material to be arranged on the paper surface is undecided. A typesetting method in which the result is stored as script information, and when the material to be placed on the paper surface is determined, the determined material is placed on the paper surface based on the stored script information. . 2. A typesetting system for arranging a plurality of materials consisting of articles, images, and photographs on a paper surface, wherein when a material to be arranged on the paper surface is undecided, a temporary layout process of the material on the paper surface is performed. A temporary layout processing unit to perform, a script information storage unit that stores the temporary layout processing result performed by the temporary layout processing unit as script information, and a script information storage unit that stores the material to be arranged on the paper when the material is determined. A typesetting system including a material arranging means for arranging the determined material on the paper surface based on the generated script information. 3. The typesetting system according to claim 2, wherein, when the material is an article, the script information storage means, as a result of the temporary layout processing, an arrangement position of the article on the paper, and A typesetting system that stores either an arrangement method such as a folding arrangement or a sink arrangement at an arrangement position.