JP2969707B2 - Image editing device - Google Patents

Description

Description: TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to an image editing apparatus, and more particularly to a method for transferring a plurality of registered images to obtain a plurality of composite images by transferring other images. The present invention relates to an image editing apparatus for simplifying the input of instruction information for the user and easily obtaining a plurality of composite images.

(Prior Art) In a conventional image editing device, an arbitrary portion is cut out from an image input from an image input device or an image registered in a hard disk or the like, and is transcribed to each of a plurality of other registered images and synthesized. 2. Description of the Related Art There is an image editing apparatus capable of forming an image and performing printout.

As an example of a procedure for synthesizing an image by such an image editing apparatus, first, an image of a transcription source is input and displayed on a screen, or a registered image to be a transcription source is displayed on a screen and transcription is performed. Cut out part. Next, the registered transfer destination image is displayed on the screen to specify a transfer position.
Finally, the clipped image is transcribed to the designated transcription position and printed out.

In the case where the extracted image is transcribed to a plurality of destinations to obtain a plurality of composite images, such a procedure is repeated by the number of destination images.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) However, the operation of transferring images by repeating the above-described procedure by the number of destination images is complicated, and imposes a heavy burden on the operator. In particular, when synthesizing documents such as correspondences and invitation letters that are regularly issued, but have the same format, such as the posting position, even if the content of the posting is different,
Approximately the same work is repeated every time a document is issued, which is a problem in terms of improving work efficiency.

In addition, when the transfer positions are different for each of the plurality of images as the transfer destinations or when the sizes of the images are different, the operation becomes more complicated.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide an image editing apparatus which solves the above-mentioned problems of the prior art and simplifies an editing operation by which an image cut out from a transfer source can be transferred to a plurality of transfer destination images by one operation. It is in.

(Means and Actions for Solving the Problems) In order to solve the above problems and achieve the object, the present invention relates to a plurality of images of different types to be transcribed, each of which is associated with a transcribe source image. Added transcription information,
The plurality of image data to which the transfer information is added are grouped and registered, and the plurality of images are scheduled based on the transfer information supplied in response to the selection information for selecting the registered group. Is characterized in that the cut-out image is transcribed.

In the present invention having the above configuration, the transfer source image is input by the image input device or the transfer source image is called from a storage device such as a hard disk, and then the selection source for selecting the group is input. The planned cut-out portion of the image is transcribed to a plurality of destination images, and a plurality of synthesized images are obtained.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a hardware configuration of an image editing apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG. 1, a document image optically read by an image input unit 1 is input to an image memory 7 by a first DMA 6 and stored. The content stored in the image memory 7 is the first
Is transferred to the image output unit 2 and the bit map memory 3 by the DMA 6. It is displayed on the CRT display device 5 by the bit map 4.

A large number of document images can be stored in the hard disk 10, and input / output control of images in the bitmap memory 3 with respect to the hard disk 10 is performed by the second DMA 9.
The CPU 11 performs editing processing such as image transfer processing, and the RAM 8
Stores a cutout position, a transcription position, and management information for transcription. The contents stored in the RAM 8 can be transcribed to the hard disk 10 as necessary to obtain registration information.

The image that has been subjected to editing such as the transcription process and stored in the bitmap memory 3 is printed out from the image output unit 2.

A keyboard 12 and a mouse 13 provided with character keys and numeric keys are used to specify a cutout position and a transcription position of an image.

FIG. 5 shows an example of the transfer source image and the transfer destination image.
In the same drawing, an arbitrary cutout position is designated from the transcribed image P0, and the image at the designated position is an image P1, which is a transcription destination,
It is transcribed to each transcription position of P2, P3, and P4.

For example, in the transfer source image P0, the images at the cutout positions A and B surrounded by the dotted lines are respectively transferred to predetermined transfer positions (a and b in the image P1) of the plurality of transfer destination images. Destination image P
1 to P4 are different from each other in image content, size, transcript position, etc., but belong to a common group called correspondence.

An example of a procedure for registering transfer information required when transferring a cutout image from the transfer source image to the transfer destination image will be described. FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a procedure for registering transcription information.

In the figure, first, an image of a transcription source is inputted from the image input unit 1 and stored in the image memory 7 (step S1).
S1, S2). In this case, an image stored in the hard disk 10 may be used as the transfer source image.

The image stored in the image memory 7 is called by the bitmap memory 3 and displayed on the CRT display device 5 (step S3), and for example, a cutout position A is designated according to a signal input from the mouse 13 (step S4). ). Coordinate data indicating the cutout position A is stored in the RAM 8 (step
S5).

In step S6, it is determined whether or not there is still a cutout position to be registered. This determination is made based on an instruction input from the keyboard 12. Here, since the cutout position B to be registered remains, a command for instructing continuation of registration is input from the keyboard 12, and the process returns from step S6 to step S4 according to this command, and the cutout position B is specified.

When registration of all cutout positions is completed, one of the destination images is input from the image input unit 1 and stored in the image memory 7 (steps S7 and S8). As the transfer destination image, an image stored in the hard disk 10 may be used similarly to the transfer source image.

In step S9, the input transcription destination image is displayed on the CRT display device 5.

When the transfer destination image is displayed, first, the transfer position a of the image at the cutout position A is designated by the mouse 13 (step S1).
S10). The coordinates of the transfer position a are stored in the RAM 8 in correspondence with the cutout position A (step S11).

In step S12, it is determined whether or not there is still a transcription position to be registered. This determination may be made based on an instruction input from the keyboard 12, or may be made based on the correspondence between the number of cut-out positions and the number of transcription positions already registered.

If there is still a transfer position to be registered, the process returns to step S10, and the transfer position is instructed.

When registration of all posting positions is completed,
The above cutting position and transcription position data on the hard disk
The data is transferred to the ten scheduled storage areas (step S13).

Thus, registration of the cut-out position and the transfer position corresponding to one of the transfer source image and the transfer destination image, for example, the images P0 and P1 is completed. The data indicating the coordinates of the cutout position and the transcription position are formed in one form together with the image of the image P1 and stored in the hard disk 10.

The registration of the cutout position and the transcription position corresponding to each of the images P2 to P4 can also be performed according to the same procedure as described above.

Then, to all the images P1 to P4, a cutout position and a transcription position information corresponding to each image are added, and these form one form, respectively, and have the same group name, for example, a group called "contact letter" here. It is stored together under the name.

FIG. 6 shows a configuration of a transfer destination image storage unit that stores a transfer destination image accompanied by transfer information. This storage unit is secured on the hard disk 10. In FIG. 6, the storage unit is divided into the same number of storage areas M1 to M4 as the images in one group,
In each of the storage areas M1 to M4, a form including an image image, a transfer command, a cutout position, and a transfer position is stored. For example, the storage area M1 stores a form I including an image of the image P1, a transfer instruction, the coordinates of the cutout positions A and B, and the coordinates of the transfer positions a and b. Similarly, storage areas M2 to M4
Form II to IV.

Such a group of a plurality of forms is collectively stored for each common item such as a correspondence, a circulation document, a guide letter, and the like. When required for the transfer process, each group is read out to the RAM 8 according to a selection signal representing a unique group name.

Next, a procedure for transferring an image cut out from the transfer source image to the transfer destination image registered as a group as described above will be described. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the transcription process.

First, in step S20, the transfer source image is read into the image memory 7.

In step S21, all registered group names are displayed on the screen of the CRT display device 5.

In step S22, a group to be edited is selected from the displayed group names. This selection is performed based on a selection signal input by, for example, clipping the displayed group name with the mouse 13.

In step S23, the storage information of the group selected according to the selection signal is read from the hard disk 10.

In step S24, the count value Ec of the counter provided for counting the edited images is cleared, and the form stored in the selected group is the form number Fn.
Is set as

In step S25, it is determined whether or not the count value Ec of the counter is equal to the number of forms Fn. When the count value Ec and the form number Fn are different, the process proceeds to step S26, and the image at the designated cutout position of the image read in step S20 according to the stored information read in step S23 is added to each image in the group. Will be posted.

In step S27, according to a confirmation signal of a composite image input from the keyboard 12 or the like, or a print command signal,
The synthesized image is transferred to the image output unit 2 and printed out.

When the image is printed and one transfer process is completed, the count value Ec is incremented (step S28), and
Return to 25.

When the transfer is completed for all the images in the group, the count value Ec becomes equal to the number of forms Fn, so the determination result in step S25 becomes affirmative, and the transfer processing ends.

Next, a function for executing the above-described transfer processing will be described with reference to a functional block diagram of FIG. In the figure,
2 denote the same or equivalent parts.

First, the destination image storage unit 10a stores destination images and transcription information for each group. Then, based on the group selection signal input from the keyboard 12 or the mouse 13, the destination image and the destination information are supplied from the destination image storage unit 10a to the destination sled unit 15. Further, the number of forms in the selected group is set in the counter 16.

The transfer source image input from the image input unit 1 or the transfer source image storage unit 10b to the transfer processing unit 15 is transferred to the transfer destination image based on the transfer information, and printed out as a composite image in the image output unit 2. . The transcription processing unit 15 outputs a signal for adding “1” to the count value of the counter 16 simultaneously with the output of the composite image signal.

The count value of the counter 16 is compared by the comparison unit 14 with the preset number of images to be edited, that is, the number of forms in the same group. The transcription processing unit 15 detects the remaining number of images to be edited based on the comparison result output from the comparison unit 14, and determines whether to continue the transcription work.

As described above, in the present embodiment, transfer information such as a cutout position, a transfer position, and a transfer instruction is added to each of a plurality of transfer destination images to form one form for each image. By grouping and storing, a plurality of forms can be called to the transcription processing unit at once by a common selection signal. Therefore, by simply inputting the transfer source image and inputting a selection signal for calling the group including the transfer destination image, the desired image can be transferred to all of the plurality of images stored as a group.

(Effects of the Invention) As is clear from the above description, according to the present invention, a plurality of transfer destination images stored together with the transfer information are input simply by inputting a single selection signal to call up a plurality of transfer destination images. The desired cutout image can be transcribed to all of the images.

Therefore, in an editing operation in which one image is transcribed to a plurality of images to obtain a composite image, operations such as retrieving a destination image and specifying an image cutout position and a transcription position are simplified. As a result, the burden on the operator is reduced, and the image editing efficiency is improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram showing a main part of an image editing apparatus showing one embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a hardware configuration of the image editing apparatus, and FIG. 4, FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a transfer processing procedure, FIG. 5 is a view showing an example of a transfer target image, and FIG. 6 is a view showing a configuration of a transfer destination image storage unit. 1 image input unit, 2 image output unit, 10a destination image storage unit, 15 destination processing unit

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] An image editing apparatus for transferring an image cut out from a transfer source image to a plurality of transfer destination images of different types to create a composite image, comprising a plurality of transfer destination images and transfer information necessary for the transfer. A transfer destination image storage unit for grouping and registering a plurality of forms; and a transfer processing unit for transferring a cut-out image of a transfer source image to a plurality of transfer destination images in the group based on the transfer information. An image editing apparatus, wherein data stored in the destination image storage unit is supplied to the destination processing unit in accordance with a selection signal for selecting a group.