JP4779445B2 - Editing device, editing program and editing system - Google Patents

Description

The present invention, editing apparatus, and edit programs and editing system.

  The following digital camera system is known from Patent Document 1. According to this digital camera system, an image picked up by a digital camera is processed and processed in accordance with various information related to an image used in an application program of an image output destination, and then the image is output to the application program.

JP 2004-32564 A

  However, according to the conventional digital camera system, it has been necessary to perform image processing on the captured image in accordance with various types of information related to the image used in the application program of the image output destination. .

The editing apparatus according to claim 1 is an editing apparatus that edits a document, determines a resolution based on a range in which an image is pasted in the document, and includes at least a use of the document and an output destination of the document. Image acquisition condition determining means for determining a color space by any one of the above, and image pasting for pasting an image acquired by the image acquisition apparatus in accordance with the image acquisition condition determined by the image acquisition condition determining means to the document means attached, characterized in that it comprises a.
The editing apparatus according to claim 2 is the editing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the image acquisition condition is at least one of contour enhancement, gradation, saturation, hue, and noise reduction. Features.
The editing program according to claim 3, which is an editing program for editing a document, determines a resolution based on a range in which an image is pasted in the document, uses the document, and outputs the document. An image acquisition condition determination process for determining a color space by at least one of the image acquisition condition, and an image acquired by the image acquisition apparatus according to the image acquisition condition determined in the image acquisition condition determination process is pasted on the document An image pasting process is executed by a computer.
An editing system according to claim 4 is an editing system that includes an editing device including an image acquisition condition determination unit and an image pasting unit, and an image acquisition device including an image acquisition unit, and edits a document. The image acquisition condition determining means determines a resolution based on a position where an image is pasted in the document, determines a color space according to at least one of the use of the document and the output destination of the document, and the image The acquisition unit acquires an image according to the image acquisition condition determined by the image acquisition condition determination unit, and the image pasting unit pastes the image acquired by the image acquisition unit on the document. Features.
The editing system according to claim 5 is the editing system according to claim 4, wherein the editing device further includes output means for outputting control data for changing the image acquisition condition to the image acquisition device, The image acquisition apparatus further includes a changing unit that changes the image acquisition condition in accordance with the control data output by the output unit.
The editing system according to claim 6 is the editing system according to claim 4 or 5, wherein the resolution of the image specified by the editing device does not match the resolution that can be acquired by the image acquisition device. The image acquisition unit acquires an image with a resolution larger than the resolution of the image specified by the editing device, and the image pasting unit determines the size of the image acquired by the image acquisition unit in the document. It is characterized in that it is changed in accordance with the range to be attached.
The editing system according to claim 7 is the editing system according to any one of claims 4 to 6, wherein the image acquisition unit is an imaging unit that images a subject to generate image data. The image acquisition device displays a through image captured by the imaging unit on a display device, and the image pasting unit pastes an image based on image data captured according to an imaging instruction to the document. And

Editing device of the present invention, according to the editing program and editing system, it is possible to reduce the load of processing.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an embodiment of an editing apparatus according to the present embodiment. The editing apparatus 100 displays an image obtained by capturing an image and outputting the image to the editing apparatus 100, such as a digital camera 101, a screen output by a document editing application program described later, and an image captured by the digital camera 101. The monitor 106 is connected to a printing apparatus 107 such as a business printer or a home printer.

  The editing apparatus 100 further includes a buffer memory 102 that stores image data captured by the digital camera 101, a document editing application program such as a DTP application, and an HDD 103 that stores an editing program described later, and an input operated by a user. A device such as a mouse 104 and a control device 105 including a CPU, a memory, and other peripheral circuits are provided.

  The digital camera 101 has an imaging condition changing unit 101a. The imaging condition changing unit 101a is instructed by the control device 105 to change an acquisition condition at the time of imaging, that is, an imaging condition change by a process described later. Changes the imaging condition based on the content of the instruction.

  The digital camera 101 is connected to the editing apparatus 100 via a wired connection such as a USB or a wireless connection such as a wireless LAN. The digital camera 101 captures an image as an image acquisition apparatus and outputs the image to the control apparatus 105. That is, when the photographic lens is pointed at the subject, for example, a through image (moving image) obtained by continuously capturing 30 frames of images per second is output to the control device 105. The live view image captured by the digital camera 101 is stored in the buffer memory 102, and the user can check the live view image via a liquid crystal monitor mounted on the digital camera 101 or the monitor 106.

  When the mouse 104 is operated and the user instructs to capture a still image, the frame captured at that time is stored in the buffer memory 102 as a still image. In the present embodiment, the captured still image can be pasted on a document being edited by a document editing application such as a DTP application, as will be described later.

  The control device 105 includes a determination unit 105a, a condition determination unit 105b, and an output unit 105c. The determination unit 105a determines the editing condition of the document to which the image (image) is pasted. As will be described later, the document editing conditions in the present embodiment are the usage of the edited document, the output method of the edited document, and the size of the image pasting range on the document. The contents of each are determined.

  Based on the document editing conditions determined by the determination unit 105a, the condition determination unit 105b determines the image acquisition conditions (imaging conditions) of the digital camera 101, that is, the color space at the time of imaging, according to the editing conditions of the pasted document. , And determine the resolution. Then, the output unit 105c instructs to change the imaging condition of the digital camera 101 to the content determined by the condition determining unit 105b. Specifically, the processing is as follows.

  When the document editing application is activated and the user starts editing (creating) a document, the determining unit 105a determines the use of the document for which editing has started. In the present embodiment, for example, when a multi-function DTP editing application having a print document editing mode for editing a printing document and a WEB document editing mode for editing a WEB document is activated, In which mode the editing of the document is started by the user. As a result, it is possible to determine whether the usage of the document whose editing has been started is for printing or WEB.

  The determination unit 105a further determines the output method (output destination) of the document for which editing has started. That is, when the determined use of the document is for printing, the type of the printing apparatus 107 connected to the control apparatus 105 is determined, and the output destination of the document whose editing has been started is a business printing machine. Or a home printer. If the determined use of the document is for WEB, it is determined that the output destination is the monitor 106.

  If the condition determination unit 105b determines that the output destination of the document is a business printing machine, the color space set in the digital camera 101 is Adobe (registered trademark) RGB, and the output destination of the document is for home use. If it is determined that the printer or the monitor 106 is used, the color space set in the digital camera 101 is determined to be sRGB. As a result, the color space that is the imaging condition can be determined to be optimal according to the use of the document being edited and the output method.

  In other words, a printing document that is edited for the purpose of printing by a business printing machine with a wide range of colors that can be handled is imaged in a wide color space corresponding to the document, and the imaging conditions are determined so as to obtain a high-quality image. Can do. On the other hand, a print document that is edited for printing by a home printer such as an inkjet printer that has a narrow range of colors that can be handled, or a WEB document that is intended to be viewed on the monitor 106 has a print capability of an output destination, or Imaging conditions can be determined so as to reduce the size of the image data by imaging in a color space corresponding to the display capability.

  After that, when the user specifies a position and a pasting range for pasting a still image (image) on the document editing screen, the determination unit 105a determines the size of the pasting range, that is, the vertical size and the horizontal size ( The aspect ratio of the pasted image is detected. In the present embodiment, the user drags the mouse 104 starting from an arbitrary position on the document editing screen, and draws an area having a predetermined size on the document editing screen. (Drawing area) can be designated as the image pasting range.

  The condition determination unit 105b determines the resolution when the digital camera 101 captures an image according to the size of the pasting range detected by the determination unit 105a. That is, the user calculates the resolution required to output the image to be pasted in the range designated by the mouse 104 by the output method determined in the above-described process, and determines the resolution as the imaging condition of the digital camera 101. To do.

By the above processing, for example,
(1) The use of the document whose editing has been started is for printing, and the connected printing apparatus 107 is a business printing machine.
(2) In order to print an image of a size specified by the user on a business printing machine, a resolution of 3264 (pixels) × 2448 (pixels) is required.
If it is determined, the condition determination unit 105b determines color space = AdobeRGB and resolution = 3264 (pixels) × 2448 (pixels) as the imaging conditions. Then, the output unit 105 c outputs the imaging conditions to the digital camera 101 as control data for the digital camera 101.

  When the control data described above is output from the output unit 105c, the imaging condition changing unit 101a of the digital camera 101 sets the color space and resolution at the time of imaging based on the imaging conditions included in the control data. As a result, the through image captured in the color space and resolution after the setting change is accumulated in the buffer memory 102, and when the user instructs to capture a still image at an arbitrary timing, the frame captured at that time is displayed. After being stored in the buffer memory 102 as a still image, the still image is pasted into a designated image pasting range on the document.

  As a result, the image captured by the digital camera 101 under the imaging condition determined based on the document editing condition can be pasted within the specified range, and the user is constantly editing without being aware of the settings of the digital camera 101. An image captured under an imaging condition suitable for the document can be pasted on the document.

  FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a processing flow of the editing apparatus according to the present embodiment. The processing shown in FIG. 2 is executed by the control device 105 when the user operates the mouse 104 to activate the DTP application and starts editing the document in any of the editing modes described above. That is, the control device 105 is executed by reading and starting an editing program from the HDD 103.

  In step S10, reading of a through image captured by the digital camera 101 is started, and the process proceeds to step S20. In step S20, the determination unit 105a determines the usage of the document whose editing has been started on the DTP application. That is, it is determined whether the application of the document is for printing or WEB. Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S30, and the output method of the document whose editing has been started is determined as described above. That is, it is determined whether the output destination of the document is a business printer, a home printer, or the monitor 106. Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S40.

  In step S40, as described above, the condition determination unit 105b determines the color as the imaging condition of the digital camera 101 based on the document editing conditions determined by the determination unit 105a, that is, the document usage and the document output method. Determine the space. Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S50, and the determination unit 105a determines whether or not a predetermined region to which an image is pasted, that is, an image pasting range is designated on the document being edited by the user. As a result, if it is determined that the image pasting range is designated by the user, the process proceeds to step S60.

  In step S60, as described above, the condition determination unit 105b determines the digital camera 101 based on the document editing conditions determined by the determination unit 105a, that is, the document output method and the size of the image pasting range on the document. The resolution as the imaging condition is determined. Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S <b> 70, and the output unit 105 c outputs the determined imaging conditions of the digital camera 101 to the digital camera 101 as control data. Thereby, the imaging condition of the digital camera 101 is changed based on the imaging condition included in the control data by the imaging condition changing unit 101a. Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S80.

  In step S80, it is determined whether or not the user has operated the mouse 104 to instruct imaging of a still image to be pasted on a document. If it is determined that the user has instructed to capture a still image, the process proceeds to step S90, the captured frame is stored in the buffer memory 102 as a still image, and the process proceeds to step S100. In step S100, the captured still image is pasted into a range designated by the user on the document. Then, it progresses to step S110.

  In step S110, it is determined whether or not the DTP application has been terminated by the user. As a result, if it is determined that the application is not terminated, the process returns to step S50 and the process is repeated. On the other hand, if it is determined that the application is terminated, the process is terminated.

According to the present embodiment described above, the following operational effects can be obtained.
(1) The imaging conditions of the digital camera 101 are determined based on the editing conditions of the document for which editing has started, and a still image captured under the imaging conditions is pasted into the document. As a result, an image captured under an optimal imaging condition corresponding to the content of the document being edited can be automatically pasted into the document. In addition, image processing by a DTP application is not required to paste an image in a document, and the processing load can be reduced. Furthermore, since the image processing before image pasting becomes unnecessary, the user's work load can be reduced.

(2) The color space, which is one of the imaging conditions of the digital camera 101, is determined based on the use of the document included in the document editing conditions and the document output method. Thus, an optimal color space can be determined according to the use of the document being edited and the output method.

(3) The resolution, which is one of the imaging conditions of the digital camera 101, is determined based on the document output method included in the document editing conditions and the size of the image pasting range on the document. Thus, the optimum resolution necessary for outputting an image of a specified size can be determined by the document output method.

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Note that the editing apparatus according to the above-described embodiment can be modified as follows.
(1) In the embodiment described above, if the condition determination unit 105b determines that the output destination of the document is a business printing machine, the color space set in the digital camera 101 is AdobeRGB, and the document output An example has been described in which it is determined that the color space set in the digital camera 101 is sRGB when it is determined that the destination is a home printer or the monitor 106. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the color space determined for each may be another color space.

(2) In the above-described embodiment, the color space at the time of image capture by the digital camera 101 is determined according to the use of the document and the output method. However, the resolution at the time of imaging by the digital camera 101 may be determined according to the use of the document and the output method. For example, when the document is used for printing, the resolution that can be output by the connected printing apparatus 107 may be determined, and the digital camera 101 may be instructed to capture an image at that resolution. When the document is used for WEB, the digital camera 101 may be instructed to have a resolution of 640 (pixels) × 480 (pixels).

(3) In the above-described embodiment, the resolution at the time of imaging of the digital camera 101 is determined based on the size of the pasting range specified by the user, and the pasting range in which the still image captured at the resolution is designated. The example of pasting on was described. However, when a plurality of resolutions that can be captured in advance by the digital camera 101 and the resolution for capturing an image to be pasted in the pasting range do not match, the resolution of the image pasted in the pasting range is determined. Alternatively, a still image may be taken with a large resolution, and the image size may be changed according to the pasting range on the document. That is, the image captured by the digital camera 101 may be resized by the DTP application. Alternatively, when the image sensor of the digital camera 101 is a CMOS imaging device, the resolution is set to be larger than the resolution of the image to be pasted in the pasting range, and only the range corresponding to the pasting range is captured. Good.

(4) In the above-described embodiment, the example of determining the usage of the edited document, the output method of the edited document, and the size of the image pasting range on the document as the document editing conditions has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and at least one of the usage of the edited document, the output method of the edited document, and the size of the image pasting range on the document may be determined.

(5) In the above-described embodiment, the example in which the DTP application is used as the document editing application has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, other document editing applications such as a word processing application and a homepage editing application may be used. It can also be applied when used.

(6) In the above-described embodiment, the example in which the digital camera 101 is used as the image acquisition device and the imaging condition of the digital camera 101 is determined based on the editing condition of the document being edited has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the present invention can also be applied to the case where an image scanner is used as an image acquisition device and the image acquisition condition by the image scanner is determined based on the editing condition of the document.

(7) In the above-described embodiment, the example of determining the color space and resolution at the time of image capture as the imaging condition of the digital camera 101 has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this. Setting conditions such as gradation, saturation, hue, and noise reduction may be determined.

  Note that the present invention is not limited to the configurations in the above-described embodiments as long as the characteristic functions of the present invention are not impaired.

It is a block diagram which shows the structure of one Embodiment of an editing apparatus. It is a flowchart figure which shows the flow of a process of an editing apparatus.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 Editing apparatus 101a Imaging condition change part 101 Digital camera 105 Control apparatus 105a Determination part 105b Condition determination part 105c Output part

Claims (7)

An editing device for editing a document,
An image acquisition condition determining unit that determines a resolution based on a range in which an image is pasted in the document, and determines a color space according to at least one of a use of the document and an output destination of the document ;
Image pasting means for pasting the image obtained by the image obtaining device according to the image obtaining condition determined by the image obtaining condition determining means to the document ;
An editing apparatus comprising: The editing apparatus according to claim 1 ,
The editing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the image acquisition condition is at least one of contour emphasis, gradation, saturation, hue, and noise reduction . An editing program for editing a document,
An image acquisition condition determination process for determining a resolution based on a range where an image is pasted in the document, and determining a color space according to at least one of the use of the document and the output destination of the document;
An image pasting process for pasting an image obtained by the image obtaining device according to the image obtaining condition determined in the image obtaining condition determining process to the document;
An editing program characterized by causing a computer to execute. An editing system including an editing device including an image acquisition condition determining unit and an image pasting unit, and an image acquiring device including an image acquisition unit, and editing a document,
The image acquisition condition determination means determines a resolution based on a position where an image is pasted in the document, determines a color space according to at least one of the use of the document and the output destination of the document,
The image acquisition means acquires an image according to the image acquisition condition determined by the image acquisition condition determination means ,
The editing system, wherein the image pasting unit pastes the image acquired by the image acquiring unit to the document. The editing system according to claim 4,
The editing device further comprises output means for outputting control data for changing the image acquisition condition to the image acquisition device,
The image acquisition apparatus further comprises a changing unit that changes the image acquisition condition in accordance with the control data output by the output unit. In the editing system according to claim 4 or 5,
When the resolution of the image specified by the editing device does not match the resolution that can be acquired by the image acquisition device,
The image acquisition means acquires an image with a resolution larger than the resolution of the image specified by the editing device,
The editing system, wherein the image pasting unit changes the size of the image acquired by the image acquiring unit in accordance with a range in which an image is pasted in the document . In the editing system according to any one of claims 4 to 6,
The image acquisition means is an imaging means for imaging a subject and generating image data,
The image acquisition device displays a through image captured by the imaging unit on a display device,
The editing system, wherein the image pasting means pastes an image based on image data captured in accordance with an imaging instruction to the document .

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