JPH07306931A - Image information processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide an image information processor which can deal with the long-size images or the images of irregular shapes larger than a regular size, etc. CONSTITUTION:A CPU 34 evolves the long-size images or the images of irregular shapes which are read by a scanner device 18 into a page memory 40. The long-size image evolved into the memory 40 is divided into the areas for each sheet of a regular size, e.g., into A4 sizes. Then these divided images are registered on an optical disk 19 by an optical disk device 20 for each sheet of an A4 size. At the same time, the divided/registered retrieving data are registered on a title management table 26a, a page management table 26b and an image management table 26c of a magnetic disk 26. Furthermore the CPU 34 reads the long-size image or the image of an irregular shape out of the disk 26 by means of the retrieving data to divide and show the image on a CRT display device 24. Then the CPU 34 also prints the undivided long-size image or the undivided image of an irregular shape by a printer device 25.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an image information processing device such as an image filing device for printing image information.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, an image such as a large amount of documents is read by a scanner device (two-dimensional scanning device), the read image is stored in an optical disk, and the stored arbitrary image is searched and read. An image filing apparatus has been put into practical use, which outputs it in a state in which it can be viewed by an output device such as a CRT display device or a printer device.

However, although such an image filing apparatus handles images of a predetermined standard size such as A3 and A4, the image read by the scanner device is long, for example, the length of four A4 size sheets. Images or atypical images larger than the standard size could not be handled.

[0004]

As described above, a long image in which an image read by the scanner device has a length of, for example, four A4 sizes, or an atypical image larger than a standard size is handled. There was a problem that I could not. Therefore, it is an object of the present invention to provide an image information processing apparatus capable of handling a long image or an atypical image larger than a standard size.

[0005]

An image information processing apparatus according to the present invention includes a reading unit for reading an image, a storage unit for temporarily storing image information read by the reading unit, and a storage unit temporarily stored in the storage unit. It is composed of a dividing means for dividing the existing image information, and a recording means for recording on the recording medium for each of the image information divided by the dividing means.

The image information processing apparatus of the present invention divides the reading means for reading the image, the storing means for temporarily storing the image information read by the reading means, and the image information temporarily stored in the storing means. Dividing means, recording means for recording on the recording medium for each image information divided by the dividing means, registration means for registering search information of the divided image information recorded on the recording medium by the recording means, and Reading means for reading out all the image information divided and recorded in the recording means by using the search information registered in the registration means, and division by using all of the divided image information read by the reading means It comprises a printing means for printing the previous image.

The image information processing apparatus of the present invention includes a reading means for reading a long image longer than a predetermined size, a storage means for temporarily storing the image information read by the reading means, and a temporary storage in the storage means. Dividing means for dividing the stored image information into a predetermined size, recording means for recording on the optical disk for each image information divided by this dividing means, and divided by the recording means for recording on the optical disk. Registration means for registering search information of image information, reading means for reading all the image information divided and recorded on the optical disk by the recording means by using the search information registered in the registration means, and this reading means And a printing unit that prints a long image before division by using all of the divided and recorded image information read out in (1).

The image information processing apparatus of the present invention comprises a reading means for reading an atypical image of an atypical size larger than a predetermined size, a storage means for temporarily storing the image information read by the reading means, and this storage. Dividing means for dividing the image information temporarily stored in the means into a predetermined size, recording means for recording on the optical disc for each of the image information divided by the dividing means, and the recording means for recording on the optical disc. Registration means for registering search information of the divided image information, and reading means for reading all of the image information divided and recorded on the optical disc by the recording means using the search information registered in the registration means, The printing unit is configured to print an atypical image before division by using all of the divided and recorded image information read by the reading unit.

[0009]

According to the present invention, an image is read, the read image information is temporarily stored, the temporarily stored image information is divided, and each divided image information is recorded on a recording medium. .

According to the present invention, an image is read, the read image information is temporarily stored, the temporarily stored image information is divided, and each divided image information is recorded on a recording medium by a recording means. The search information of the divided image information recorded in is registered, all the image information divided and recorded in the recording means is read by using the registered search information, and the read divided image information The image before division is printed using all of them.

According to the present invention, a long image longer than a predetermined size is read, the read image information is temporarily stored, the temporarily stored image information is divided into a predetermined size, and the divided image information is divided. Each piece of image information is recorded on the optical disc by the recording means, the search information of the divided image information recorded on the optical disc is registered, and the divided search information is recorded on the optical disc by the recording means using the registered search information. All of the image information is read out, and a long image before division is printed using all of the read out divided and recorded image information.

According to the present invention, an atypical atypical image larger than a predetermined size is read, the read image information is temporarily stored, and the temporarily stored image information is divided into a predetermined size. The divided image information is recorded on the optical disc by the recording unit, the search information of the divided image information recorded on the optical disc is registered, and the divided search information is used to divide the image information into the optical disc by the recording unit. All of the recorded image information is read out, and an atypical image before division is printed using all of the read out divided and recorded image information.

[0013]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows a configuration example of an image information processing apparatus of the present invention, for example, an image filing apparatus.

That is, the image filing apparatus includes a control module 10, a memory module 12, an image processing module 14, a communication control module 16, a scanner device (reading means) 18, an optical disc (recording medium) 19, an optical disc device 20, a keyboard 23, CRT display device 24, printer device (printing means) 25, magnetic disk 26 and magnetic disk device 27, mouse 29,
It is composed of a system bus 30 and an image bus 32.

The control module 10 is a CPU 34 that performs various controls for image storage, retrieval, edit processing, and the like.
And keyboard 23, mouse 29, optical disk device 2
0, a magnetic disk device 27 and an interface circuit 36 connecting the CPU 34.

The memory module 12 is an image memory having a main memory 38 for storing various control programs for image storage, retrieval, editing, etc., and management information, and an image memory having a storage capacity corresponding to several pages of an A4 size document. Page memory (storage means) 40, a display memory 42 as a display interface, and a display controller 44. A buffer memory area 40a is provided in a part of the page memory 40. Page memory 4
0 is a memory for temporarily storing, for example, an image stored in the optical disc 19 or an image read from the optical disc 19.

The display memory 42 is for temporarily storing an image displayed by the CRT display device 24. In the display memory 42, an image actually displayed in the display window of the CRT display device 24, for example, an image from the page memory 40 or an image from the buffer memory 40a is enlarged, reduced, rotated, inserted or inserted. An image subjected to black-and-white reversal or the like is stored. The display control unit 44 controls the display processing of the CRT display device 24 and the like.

The image processing module 14 includes an enlarging / reducing circuit 46 for enlarging and reducing an image, a vertical / horizontal converting circuit 48 for rotating an image, and an encoding process for compressing an image (reducing redundancy). A compression / decompression circuit (CODEC) 50 for performing a decoding process for applying and decompressing (restoring the reduced redundancy), a scanner interface 52 for the scanner device 18, a printer interface 54 for the printer device 25, and scaling. The internal bus 56 connects the circuit 46 and the vertical / horizontal conversion circuit 48 with the compression / expansion circuit 50, the scanner interface 52, and the printer interface 54.

The compression / expansion circuit 50 is a MH (Modified Huff).
Band compression or band expansion is performed using a man (man) method, an MR (Modified Read) method, or the like. The communication control module 16 is, for example, a BC connected to a local area network.
It is configured by a communication interface 58 such as P (Bus Communication Processor). Further, the communication control module 16 is connected to an external device such as an FCP (facsimile connection mechanism) or a personal computer through an interface, and a UCP (Universal Communication Pro).
cessor) may be provided.

The system bus 30 is a bus for control signals of various devices and connects the control module 10 with the memory module 12, the image processing module 14, and the communication control module 16. The image bus 32 is an image bus, and connects the memory module 12, the image processing module 14, and the communication control module 16.

The scanner device 18 is, for example, a two-dimensional scanning device and obtains an electric signal according to an image on the original by scanning the original (document) two-dimensionally with light.
The optical disk device 20 outputs the image read by the scanner device 18 via the interface circuit 36 to the optical disk 1
9 are sequentially stored. The optical disc 19 is searched for an image corresponding to the search code designated by the keyboard 23 or the like.

The keyboard 23 is used to input a unique search code corresponding to an image stored in the optical disk 19 and various operation commands for storage, search, edit processing and the like. Further, the mouse 29 moves the cursor (not shown) displayed on the display window of the CRT display device 24, for example, vertically and horizontally to give an instruction at a desired position so that the cursor is positioned. The display contents (various operation modes, title or area designation or icon for image editing, etc.) are selected or designated.

The CRT display device (cathode ray tube display device) 24 displays the image read by the scanner device 18 and the image retrieved from the optical disk 19. Icons and the like are displayed at the upper end, the lower end, and the right end on the display window of the CRT display device 24.

The printer device 25 prints out (hard copy) the image read by the scanner device 18, the image retrieved from the optical disk 19 or the image displayed on the CRT display device 24.

The magnetic disk device 27 stores various control programs on the magnetic disk 26 mounted on the magnetic disk device 27, and also stores a search code input from the keyboard 23 and an image corresponding to the search code. It stores retrieval data (retrieval information) including a title, page number, image number, image size, image density, image type, longitudinal direction, etc. on the optical disc 19.

The search data is managed by a document management table. As shown in FIG. 2, the document management table includes a title management table (registering means) 26a and a page management table (registering means) 26b. , And an image management table (registering means) 26c. In the title management table 26a, titles are stored corresponding to document numbers. The page management table 26b stores image numbers for each page of a document, and one image number is stored for each page in association with each other. The image management table 26c stores the image size, the image density, the image type, and the longitudinal direction such as landscape / portrait for each image number.

FIG. 3 shows a long image read by the scanner device 18 developed on the page memory 40 and divided into arbitrary standard sizes. For example, assuming that one long image P is divided into four areas, the first area P1 is A4 size, the next area P2 is A4 size, and the area P3 is A4 size.
The four sizes and the area P4 are divided into A4 sizes and registered on the optical disc 19, respectively.

Next, the operation of registering a long image in the image filing apparatus having such a configuration will be described with reference to the flow chart shown in FIG. First,
It is assumed that the long image P shown in FIG. 3 is registered.

The CPU 34 develops the long image P read by the scanner device 18 on the page memory 40. The long image P developed on the page memory 40 is divided into areas (P1 to P4) each having a standard size, for example, A4 size, and each A4 size is registered in the optical disc 19 using the optical disc device 20. To do. In this way, long images can be registered.

FIG. 5 shows a document management table in which search data of the long image P at this time is stored. Each time an image of one divided area is registered in the optical disc 19,
Search data is registered in the document management table.

Assuming that the title of the long image P is "Aieio", the document number "1" is displayed in the title management table 26a.
The title "Aueieo" is registered in correspondence with. The page number of the document number “1” is registered in the page management table 26b. The page number "1" and the image number "11" are registered in the first area P1 of the long image P. Next area P2
, The page number is “1” and the image number is “1”.
2 ”is registered, and the page number“ 1 ”for the next area P3,
The image number “13” is registered. For the next area P4, the page number is registered with the end mark "-" added as "-1" to indicate the end of the same page, and the image number "1" is registered.
4 ”is registered.

In the image management table 26c, the area P
For the image number 11 corresponding to 1, the image size is “A
4 ”, the image density is“ 200 ”, the image type is“ photograph ”, and the longitudinal direction is“ long ”. For the image number 12 corresponding to the region P2, the image size is registered as “A4”, the image density is “200”, the image type is “character”, and the longitudinal direction is “long”. For the image number 13 corresponding to the region P3, the image size is "A4", the image density is "200", the image type is "photograph", and the longitudinal direction is "long".
Registered as. For the image number 14 corresponding to the region P4, the image size is “A4” and the image density is “20”.
0 ”, the image type is“ photograph ”, and the longitudinal direction is“ long ”.

When displaying the registered long image on the CRT display device 24, the CPU 34 causes the title management table 26a and the page management table 26 described above.
b. Referring to the search data registered in the document management table of the image management table 26c, all the long images divided by the optical disk device 20 are read out from the optical disk 19 and expanded in the page memory 40, and the display memory is displayed. 42, an image is displayed for each image number until the page number of the same page divided on the CRT display device 24 becomes an end mark via the display control unit 44. When scrolling between the divided images, the image number of the same page is searched.

For example, in the long image P shown in FIG. 3, the area P1 with the image number 11 is first displayed, and the area P with the image number 12 is next.
2, then area P3 of image number 13, then image number 1
4 area P4 and the CRT display device 24.

Next, the print processing operation of the registered long image in the image filing apparatus will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. First, the CPU 34
Title management table 26a, page management table 26b,
By referring to the search data registered in the document management table of the image management table 26c, a memory capacity of the page memory 40 (main memory 38 is also used when the memory capacity is insufficient) is secured, and the same page is secured. All the long images divided until the page number becomes the end mark are read from the optical disc 19 using the optical disc device 20 and developed in the page memory 40.

The CPU 34 prints the images developed in the page memory 40 in the order of image numbers (same page) by the printer device 25 via the printer interface 54. For example, in the long image P shown in FIG. 3, the area P1 with the image number 11, the area P2 with the image number 12, the area P3 with the image number 13, the area P4 with the image number 14, and the printer device Printed at 25.

FIG. 7 shows a non-standard image read by the scanner device 18 developed on the page memory 40 and divided into arbitrary standard sizes. For example, assuming that one atypical image Q is divided into six areas, the first area Q
1 is A4 size, next area Q2 is A5 size, area Q3
Is A4 size, area Q4 is A5 size, area Q5 is A4
The size and area Q6 can be divided as A5 size and registered on the optical disc 19. The optical disc 19
CRT as well as the long image mentioned above
Split display on display device 24, printer device 25
It is also possible to print from.

As described above, according to the above embodiment,
The conventional mechanism (device configuration) by dividing the image even if it is a long image or an atypical image larger than the standard size
It is possible to register on the optical disk, display on the CRT display device, and print on the printer device by using the above as is.

[0039]

As described above in detail, according to the present invention,
It is possible to provide an image information processing apparatus capable of handling a long image, an atypical image larger than a standard size, or the like.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram schematically showing a configuration of an image filing device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining a storage example of a document management table.

FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining division of a long image developed on a page memory.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart for explaining a registration processing operation of a long image.

FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining a storage example of a document management table when a long image is registered.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart for explaining a print processing operation of a long image.

FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining division of an atypical image expanded on a page memory.

[Explanation of symbols]

 18 ... Scanner device 19 ... Optical disk 20 ... Optical disk device 24 ... CRT display device 25 ... Printer device 26 ... Magnetic disk 27 ... Magnetic disk device 34 ... CPU 38 ... Main memory 40 ... Page memory

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Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A reading unit for reading an image, a storage unit for temporarily storing the image information read by the reading unit, a dividing unit for dividing the image information temporarily stored in the storage unit, and a dividing unit. An image information processing apparatus comprising: a recording unit that records on a recording medium each image information divided by. 2. A reading means for reading an image, a storage means for temporarily storing the image information read by the reading means, a dividing means for dividing the image information temporarily stored in the storage means, and a dividing means. Recording means for recording in the recording medium for each image information divided by, registration means for registering search information of the divided image information recorded in the recording medium by this recording means, and search registered in this registration means Read-out means for reading out all the image information divided and recorded in the recording means using information, and printing for printing the image before division using all of the divided image information read out by the read-out means An image information processing apparatus comprising: 3. A reading means for reading a long image longer than a predetermined size, a storage means for temporarily storing the image information read by the reading means, and image information temporarily stored in the storage means. The dividing means for dividing into a predetermined size, the recording means for recording the image information divided by the dividing means on the optical disc, and the search information of the divided image information recorded on the optical disc by the recording means are registered. Registration means for reading, all of the image information divided and recorded on the optical disc by the recording means using the search information registered in the registration means, and reading means for reading the divided image information. An image information processing apparatus comprising: a printing unit that prints a long image before division by using all of the recorded image information. 4. A reading unit for reading an atypical non-standard image larger than a predetermined size, a storage unit for temporarily storing the image information read by the reading unit, and a temporary storage in the storage unit. Dividing means for dividing image information into a predetermined size, recording means for recording on the optical disc for each image information divided by this dividing means, and retrieval of divided image information recorded on the optical disc by this recording means Registration means for registering information, reading means for reading all the image information divided and recorded on the optical disc by the recording means by using the search information registered in the registration means, and reading means for reading the information. An image information processing apparatus comprising: a printing unit that prints an atypical image before division using all of the divided and recorded image information.