JPH0732451B2 - Image processing device - Google Patents

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an image processing apparatus for recording images of a plurality of desired areas of a document at a plurality of desired positions on a recording material.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as an image processing apparatus, a copying apparatus as a means for copying an original image, a facsimile apparatus as a means for transmitting an original image to a remote place, etc. are widely used. In a general copying apparatus currently used, when copying an original, an image having the same size as the original is copied,
Enlarged copy or reduced copy can be performed. Alternatively, when the image density needs to be changed, the density can be changed uniformly over the entire copy image.
However, such an image processing function alone may not be sufficient to meet the user's request.

On the other hand, the original image is read as an electric signal, the image information converted into the electric signal is processed, and a part of the original is extracted and reproduced, or a plurality of images are combined, or the original is read. There has been proposed a copying apparatus having an image editing function such as changing the image density of only a part of the above. However, as the copying apparatus has many such functions, the apparatus becomes complicated, the copying operation becomes complicated, and the image processing time becomes long.

For example, when recording images of a plurality of desired areas of an original at a plurality of desired positions (recording positions) on a recording material,
The desired area of the document and the desired position on the recording material are specified using a digitizer, etc., but if the specified area and position are simply displayed numerically as coordinate information, the desired position on the recording material (recording position) Cannot be easily recognized by the operator, and whether or not each of the images in the desired areas of the document is recorded corresponding to the desired positions (recording positions) on the recording material is recognized. I can't.

Aim The present invention has an object to provide an image processing apparatus which solves the above-mentioned problems and has improved operability.

In order to achieve such an object, the image processing device of the present invention is
Designating means for designating a plurality of recording positions where the desired areas are to be recorded on the recording material on which the images of the plurality of desired areas of the document are to be recorded respectively (in the embodiment, the digitizer 240 shown in FIG. (Corresponding), image information capable of relatively displaying a plurality of recording positions designated by the designating means in a frame indicating the size of the recording material and discriminating the desired area corresponding to each of the plurality of recording positions. Output means for monitor output to display (in the embodiment, the display example is
22-6), the images of a plurality of desired areas of the original are recorded at a plurality of recording positions on the recording material in correspondence with the plurality of recording positions and image information which are relatively displayed on the output means. It is characterized in that it has a recording unit (corresponding to the printer unit 600 of FIG. 2 in the embodiment) for recording each.

Embodiments (1) Description of Overall System FIG. 1 shows an example of the configuration of an image processing apparatus of the present invention. The apparatus of the present invention is roughly divided into an image processing information forming unit 1, a reader unit 500, and a printer unit 600. Here, the image processing information forming unit 1 edits, stores, transmits and receives image information, and the reader unit. 500 and printer section 600
To control. The image information forming unit 1 includes an image processing control unit 100 that controls an image processing procedure and stores processed images, and an editing station 40 that is used when an operator edits an image.
It consists of 0 and.

Reference numeral 500 denotes a reader unit, which reads a document image by a line sensor such as a CCD, photoelectrically converts the image, and image information converted into an electrical signal (hereinafter, simply referred to as image information).
Is transferred to the image processing information forming unit 1 via a signal line. 550 is a reader operation unit, and the operator directly operates the reader unit 5
This is used when reading the original image by operating 00.

A copying apparatus 600 such as a laser beam printer forms image information transferred from the image processing information forming unit 1 via a signal line on a recording material such as paper to form a copied image. A printer status display unit 650 displays copy conditions such as the number of copies.

The image processing apparatus of the present invention (hereinafter referred to as the present system) including the image processing information forming unit 1, the reader 500, and the copying apparatus 600 is arranged at a short distance through the optical fiber cable 700, and configured similarly to the present system. An optical fiber network is configured with a plurality of devices (other systems), and image information is mutually transmitted and received.

800 is a digital data exchange (DDX) line, and a plurality of other systems (not shown) placed at a long distance from this system.
It is used to send and receive image information and so on.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an outline of the apparatus of the present invention centering on the image processing information forming unit 1. Image processing controller
In 100, 10 is an image processing unit that can be configured by a CPU circuit block, and controls the following units. Reference numeral 20 is a buffer memory for temporarily storing image information of a document of a predetermined size in units of one sheet, and 30 is a bus line. Reference numeral 80 is a DMA controller that controls direct memory access (DMA) between the buffer memory 20 and the disk memory 90. 60 is a DDX interface between the system and the DDX line, 70 is an optical fiber interface between the device of the present invention and the optical fiber network, 40 is a transfer path for image information, and the optical fiber interface 70 and the reader unit 500 Alternatively, it is an exchange that transfers image information between the printer unit 600 and the buffer memory 20.

Further, in the editing station 400, 450 is an editing station control unit, which is connected to the image processing unit 10 and controls the following units. Reference numeral 200 is an editing station console that can be in the form of a console unit, 280 is a stylus pen that can accept various input forms (for example, light, pressure, capacitance). To input an editing command or the like. 3
00 is a CRT, which displays commands input by the operator, messages sent from the image processing unit 10 to the operator, and the like.

(2) Editing Station FIG. 3-1 shows an example of the configuration of the editing station 400, in which 450 is an editing station control unit, 200 is a console unit, 280 is a stylus pen, and 300 is a CRT. The console section 200 is a digitizer (document placing section) in which the operator uses the stylus pen 280 to input an area on the document.
240 and a command menu section 220 in which various command key groups 221 to 228 for image editing etc. shown in FIG. 3-2 are arranged, and an operator uses the console section 200 to edit an image or create an editing program. I do. The document placing section 240 can read the instructed point in units of 1 mm with the point O at the upper right as the origin. The command menu unit 220 arranges a command key group as shown in FIG. 3-2, for example, where 221 issues a "RE" request to start the editing station 400.
Command key group of "QUEST" key and "end" key for requesting end, 222 is a group of command keys for image editing (described later), 2
23 is an alphabet key group for character input, 224
Is a numeric keypad group for inputting numerical values, 225 is a carriage return key, 226 is a parameter input key group used when inputting parameters following an edit command, and 227 is a coordinate input request command key group. The type of coordinate input is specified by the command key group of, and then the document placing section 240 is instructed. 228 is a command key group input when creating, modifying, and executing an editing program (application file), and 229 is a command key group for screen editing of the CRT300.

The CRT 300 divides the screen display by the editing station control unit 450, and monitors the coordinate position of image editing specified by the console unit 200, displays a command, and the like.

Details of the image editing method using the console unit 200 and the CRT 300 will be described later.

The editing station control unit 450 includes a CRT / console unit controller 470 and an RS232C interface 420, and for example, APPLE II manufactured by Apple Inc. can be used.

FIG. 3-3 shows a circuit diagram of the editing station control unit 450, in which 451 is a clock generator, 452 is a central processing unit of the editing station control unit 450, 453 is a data buffer, and 454 is an address buffer. 455 is an interactive programming language, for example, a read only memory (ROM) that stores BASIC, 456 is a random access memory (RAM) that stores an image editing program, and 457 is a bus line. Reference numerals 458, 459 and 460 are a peripheral device control circuit, a basic input / output control circuit and a video signal generator, respectively.

When the operator instructs the console section 200 with the stylus pen 280 and inputs an editing command or document position coordinates, those signals are transmitted via the RS232C interface 420.
It is led to the editing station control unit 450. The signals are discriminated by the CRT / console controller 470, and the commands or document position coordinates corresponding to these signals are determined.
It is converted to ASCII code and output to the image processing unit 10 via the RS232C interface.

(3) Image Processing Control Unit FIG. 4 shows the image processing control unit shown in FIGS. 1 and 2.
It is a block diagram which shows the detailed example of 100. Here, the image processing unit (CPU circuit block) 10, the buffer memory circuit block 20, the I / O interface 56, the reader operation unit interface 58 and the DMA controller 80 are connected to the multi-bus line 30 via the bus lines 111, 112, 113, 114 and 115, respectively. Connect to.

Of the five circuit blocks connected to the multi-bus line 30, the CPU circuit block 10 and the DMA controller 80 acquire the right to use the multi-bus 30 and can control other circuit blocks, that is, Has a master function. On the other hand, the buffer memory circuit block 2
0, the I / O interface 56 and the reader operation unit interface 58 have a function controlled by the master function block, that is, a slave function, and are unilaterally accessed from the multi-bus 30. In the master functional block connected to the multibus 30, the priority of the usage right of the multibus 30 is determined in advance. In this embodiment, the priority of the CPU circuit block 10 is set higher than that of the DMA controller 80.

Here, the function of the CPU circuit block 10
A description will be given of the signal lines from 10 to each part and the signal lines from each part to the CPU circuit block 10.

In FIG. 4, reference numeral 132 denotes a signal line through which the CPU circuit block 10 outputs a signal for selecting a memory bank of the buffer memory circuit block 20 described later, 133 denotes a period during which the buffer memory circuit block 20 is writing image information, It is a signal line for inputting a signal indicating the period being read to the CPU circuit block 10. Reference numeral 128 is a signal line for the CPU circuit block 10 to give the control device 40 a control signal for switching the transfer destination of the image information. 136 and 139 are the CPU circuit block 10 and the optical fiber interface 70 and DDX, respectively.
A signal line connecting the interface 60 and the CPU circuit block 10 for exchanging control information with other systems via the optical fiber interface 70 and the DDX interface 60. 145 is a dither controller from CPU circuit block 10
54 is a signal line for giving a control signal for dither of image quality processing to 54. 146 connects the CPU circuit block 10 and the editing station control unit 450 to provide the image processing information designated by the console unit 200 to the CPU circuit block 10 and also to provide an application file etc. registered in the disk memory 90 to the CRT 300. It is a signal line to be displayed on. Further, the CPU circuit block 10 controls the DMA controller via the bus line 111, the multi-bus 30 and the bus line 113, and DMs the image information between the buffer memory 20 and the disk memory 90.
A Transfer is executed.

The I / O interface 56 is an input / output interface arranged between the CPU circuit block 10 and the reader unit 500 and the printer unit 600, and via the signal lines 150, 151 and 152,
An optical system scan driver 510 that drives a motor 560 that scans the optical system of the reader unit 500, a position detection sensor 520 that detects the position of the optical system, and a printer sequence controller circuit block 610 that controls the copy sequence of the printer unit 600. Connect to.

The reader operation unit interface 58 has a function of inputting operation state information (described later) input from the operation unit 550 of the reader unit 500 to the CPU circuit block 10 via the multi-bus 30.

Reference numeral 50 denotes a CCD driver, which converts image information of analog signals transferred in parallel from the line sensors 570, 580 and 590 formed of, for example, a CCD in the reader unit 500 via signal lines 121, 122 and 123 into digital signals. (A /
D-converted) and supplied in parallel to the shift memory 52 via the signal lines 124, 125 and 126. The shift memory 52 converts the parallel image information signal into a serial image signal and outputs the signal line 12
It is supplied to the exchange 40 via 7. Reference numeral 54 denotes a gradation control unit, for example, a dither controller, which changes the image gradation processing, for example, information on the dither processing and the copy image density to the CCD driver 50 via the signal line 144 in a partial change. Provides information about region specification for.

The exchange 40 can be configured by a gate circuit that connects image information and control signals to each unit, and the CPU circuit block 1
The gate is opened and closed according to the control signal supplied from 0, and the transfer destination of the image information and the control signal is switched. Reference numeral 129 is a signal line for accessing image information and control signals between the exchange 40 and the buffer memory 20. 130 and 131 are
These are signal lines of control information and image information from the exchange 40 to the printer unit 600, and are connected to the printer sequence controller circuit block 610 and the laser driver 620 inside the printer unit 600, respectively. Reference numeral 615 is a printer drive and sensor unit, 625 is a laser unit for generating a laser, 630 is a polygon motor unit for rotating a polyhedral mirror, 635 is a scanner driver for stably rotating a polyhedral mirror, and 640 is a beam detector.

Reference numeral 134 is a control signal and image information signal line output from the exchange 40 to the optical fiber interface 70, and 135 is a control signal and image information signal line supplied from the optical fiber interface 70 to the exchange 40.

701 and 702 are optical fibers for receiving control signals and image information transferred from other systems to the optical fiber interface 70, and optical fibers for clock signals, and 703 and 704 are respectively from the optical fiber interface 70. An optical fiber for transmitting a control signal and image information to the system, and an optical fiber for transmitting a clock signal.

Reference numerals 137 and 138 are signal lines for exchanging image information between the buffer memory 20 and the DDX interface 60.

The signal flow of image information in the device of the present invention configured as shown in FIG. 4 will be listed and briefly described below.

(1) The printer unit 6 uses the image information read by the reader unit 500.
When copying with 00 The image information of the analog value read by the line sensors 570, 580 and 590 in the reader unit 500 is CC as a parallel signal.
It is transferred to the D driver 50, where it is A / D converted into digital value image information, which is further supplied to the shift memory 52 as a parallel digital signal. The parallel image information is exchanged by the shift memory 52 into an image signal of one scanning line in series and supplied to the exchange 40. At this time, the CPU circuit block 10 switches the gate of the exchange 40 to connect the transfer destination of the image information to the printer unit 600, and serial image information is sequentially transferred to the laser driver of the printer unit 600 to perform copying.

(2) When transmitting using the DDX line 800 The image information temporarily stored in the buffer memory 20 is the signal line.
It is transferred to the DDX interface 60 via 137, where the data is compressed and sent to the DDX line 800.

(3) When received from the DDX line 800 The received image information is decompressed by the DDX interface 60, and the buffer memory 2 is transmitted via the signal line 138.
Temporarily stored at 0. Next, the image information is transferred to the printer section 600 via the exchange 40 and copied.

(4) When image information is transmitted from the optical fiber network 700 The image signal read by the reader unit 500 is supplied to the exchange in the same manner as in (1), and then the signal line is designated by the CPU circuit block 10. It is transferred to the optical fiber interface 70 via 134. Here, the image information is converted from an electric signal to an optical signal (hereinafter referred to as E / O conversion) and sent to another device on the optical fiber network 700.

(5) When image information is received from the optical fiber network 700 The image information of the optical signal transmitted from another device on the optical fiber network 700 is the optical fiber interface.
It is converted into an electric signal by 70 (hereinafter referred to as O / E conversion) and supplied to the exchange 40 via the signal line 135. At this time, the image information transmission destination data is analyzed by the CPU circuit block 10, and if the transmission destination of the image information is addressed to another system,
The received image information is again E / O converted by the optical fiber interface 70 and transferred to the optical fiber network 700. On the other hand, if it is addressed to this system, the image information will be
The data is transferred to the printer unit 600 via the exchange 40 and copied.

(6) When editing an image The image information for one document read by the reader unit 500 is temporarily stored in the buffer memory 20 via the exchange 40, and based on the editing information created by the console unit 200, The image is edited by DMA transfer between the buffer memory 20 and the disk memory 90. The detailed procedure of image editing will be described later. After such editing, the edited image information stored in the buffer memory 20 is transferred to the transfer destination designated by the CPU circuit block 10.

Next, the configuration of main circuit blocks in the image processing control unit 100 shown in FIG. 4 will be described in detail.

(3.1) CPU Circuit Block First, as the CPU circuit block 10, for example, an Intel single board computer SBC86 / 12 is used, and its circuit diagram is shown in FIG. Here, 10-1 is a CPU, 10-
Reference numeral 2 is a ROM and 10-3 is a RAM. The RAM 10-3 stores a system program of the device of the present invention and a disk memory.
The application file (described later) stored in 90 is read. 10-4 is a dual port controller, 10-5
Is an interrupt controller, and 10-6 is a timer. 10-7
Is a baud rate generator, 10-8 is a communication interface, and the communication interface 10-8 is connected to the editing station 400 via the RS232C interface 420. A peripheral device interface 10-10 is connected to the buffer memory circuit block 20 and the exchange 40 via the driver / terminator 10-11. 10-12 is a multi-bus interface, which is arranged between the bus line 112 and the internal bus 10-13 in the CPU circuit block 10.

(3.2) Buffer memory circuit block FIG. 6-1 shows the configuration of the buffer memory circuit block 20. This block has a memory controller 21, a buffer memory 22 and a terminator 23, which are internal busses.
Connected to each other via 24. Memory controller
21 is connected to the multi-bus 30 via the bus line 112, and under the control of the CPU circuit block 10, the buffer memory 2
Access 2. Further, the memory controller 21 is connected to the exchange 40 via the signal line 129 and to the CPU circuit block 10 via the signal lines 132 and 133.

The buffer memory 22 is composed of a dynamic random access memory (dynamic RAM) group. In this embodiment, A
Image information is read at a resolution of 16 bits / mm for one 4 size (297 mm x 210 mm) original, and the buffer memory 22 is at least (297 x 16) x (210 x 16).
= Assume that it has a storage capacity of 15966720 bits. here
If the image information per 1 mm, that is, the 16-bit image information is 1 word, the storage capacity of the buffer memory 22 is 99.
7920 words ≈ 1 megaword.

The terminator 23 stabilizes the level of the signal immediately after the signal rises and falls.

The internal bus 24 transmits an address signal, a data signal, a read signal, a write signal, a memory refresh signal, a memory status signal and an acknowledge signal.

FIG. 6-2 is a circuit diagram of the memory controller 21 arranged in the buffer memory circuit block 20 and controlling access to the buffer memory 22. Where 21-1 and 21
Reference numeral -2 is a 16-bit data writing shift register, which converts image information per line of scanning, which is serially supplied to the buffer memory circuit block 20 via the signal line 129-1, into 16-bit parallel data. , Via the write data signal line 21-101 and the data bus driver 21-3,
Output to the data bus 24-1. Reference numeral 21-4 is a write timing generator for writing data using a write synchronization signal supplied via a signal line 129-2 and a write clock signal supplied via a signal line 129-3. The shift registers 21-1 or 21-2 are alternately selected, and a write command signal or an output enable signal is given to each of them through the signal line 21-102 or 21-103. For example, when the shift register 21-1 is first selected, the first 16 bits of image information are supplied to the shift register 21-1. Then, when the shift register 21-2 is selected and the next 16 bits of image information is supplied to the shift register 21-2, the write timing generator 21-4 shifts the output enable signal to the shift register 21-2.
21-1 and the first 16-bit image information already stored is output to the signal line 21-101.

By repeating this procedure for the image information for one document, the image information transferred from the exchange 40 is stored in the buffer memory 20 without interruption. When the data write shift register 21-1 or 21-2 outputs 16-bit image information in parallel to the signal line 21-101 (parallel out), the write timing generator 21-4 operates on the signal line 21-
A clock pulse is supplied to the address counter 21-6 via 104 and the OR gate 21-5. At that time, the address counter 21-6 is counted up, and the address on the memory 22 for storing the image information is output to the address bus 24-2 via the address bus driver 21-7. However, while the write timing generator 21-4 outputs the image information to the signal line 21-101 by the data write shift register 21-1 or 21-2, the address counter 21
A clock pulse is output so that -6 counts up by 16 bits, and the address indicated by the address counter 21-6 is 00000H, 00010H, 00020H, ... (Each "H" after the number indicates the previous Indicates that the number is a hexadecimal number (the same applies below), so that the value is every 16 counts. At the same time that the data write shift register 21-1 or 21-2 outputs the image information to the signal line 21-101, the write timing generator 21-4 causes the signal line 21-10 to operate.
5, OR gate 21-8 and control bus driver 2
Write signal is sent to control bus 24-3 via 1-9
Output to.

21-21 and 21-22 are shift registers for reading 16-bit data, which are 16-bit parallel read from the memory 22 via the data bus 24-1, the terminator interface 21-23, and the signal line 21-121. The image information is converted into 16-bit serial image information and output to the signal line 129-21. 21-24 is a read timing generator, which is
Read sync signal and signal line supplied via 129-122
By using the read clock supplied via 129-23, alternately select the data read shift register 21-22, via the signal line 21-122 or 21-123, respectively,
A read command signal or an output enable signal is given to transfer image information to the exchange 40 without interruption. Immediately before the data read shift register 21-21 or 21-22 outputs the image information to the signal line 129-21, the read timing generator 21-24 addresses the address via the signal line 21-124 and the OR gate 21-5. A clock pulse is supplied to the counter 21-6, at which time the address counter 21-6 is counted up, and the address on the memory 22 storing the image information to be read is transferred via the address bus driver 21-7. Output to address bus 24-2. However, the read timing generator 21-24 is
While 21 or 21-22 outputs the image information to the signal line 21-121, the address counter 21-6 outputs a clock pulse so as to count up by 16. Further, the read timing generator 21-24, when the data read shift register 21-21 or 21-22 outputs the image information to the signal line 21-121, the signal line 21-125, the OR gate 21-8 and the control. The read signal is output to the control bus 24-3 via the bus driver 21-9.

21-26 is an address converter, by the DMA controller 80 from the disk memory 90 via the bidirectional data bus driver 21-41, when storing the image information in the buffer memory 22, together with the transfer of the image information, Address bus 32
And address bus buffer 21-42 and signal line 21-12
The address of the image information transferred via 6 is readdressed, converted into an address to be expanded on the memory 22, and the address is transferred to the signal lines 21-131 and the address bus driver 2
It has a function of outputting to the address bus 24-2 via 1-7 (this process will be described later). At this time, the signal line 21-126
A memory write / read signal is simultaneously supplied to the address converter 21-26 via the address converter 21-26.
The write / read enable signal is output to 133. In addition, the CPU circuit block 10 is connected via the signal lines 132-1 and 132-2
A memory bank selection signal in a base number is supplied to the address converter 21-26. At this time, the address converter 21-26 outputs a binary signal corresponding to the selected memory bank 0, 1 or 2 to the signal line 21-132 and the control bus driver 21-2.
Output to the control bus 24-3 via 7.

CCD when inputting image information from CCD570,580 and 590
The initial address for each line of the document image read by the 570, 580 and 590 is set by the CPU circuit block 10 to the multi-bus 3
0, bus line 112 and bidirectional data bus driver 21
It is preset in the address counter 21-6 via -41. Also, address bus buffers 21-42 and signal lines
21-126 to decoder 21-45, decoder 2
It is decoded by 1-45 and input to the address counter 21-6 as a chip selection signal via the signal line 21-145. On the other hand, the I / O write command supplied through the control bus of the bus line 112 is guided to the command control circuit 21-46 through the signal line 21-146, and the command control circuit 21-46 is supplied.
At -46, the command is gated by the chip selection signal, and when the chip selection is requested, the preset value data on the signal line 21-101 is supplied in parallel to the address counter 21-6 by the command signal. When the initial address is stored in the address counter 21-6 in this way, the address counter 21-6 receives the clock pulse supplied via the signal line 21-104 or 21-124.
The address is counted up as described above, and similarly to the address converter 21-26, the selection signal of the memory 22 is output to 21-132 ', and the address in the memory 22 is output to the line 21-131'. Output.

The signal lines 21-150 transmit a memory write signal and a memory read signal output when the CPU circuit block 10 or the DMA controller 80 accesses the memory 22. These signals are sent to the signal line 21- in the command control circuit 21-50.
Gated by the write / read enable signal supplied via 133, the memory write signal or the memory read signal is sent to the signal line when access to the memory 22 is requested.
21-151, OR gate 21-8 and control bus driver 21-9 to output to the internal bus 24.

Signal lines 21-154 are connected from banks 0, 1 and 2 of memory 22
A memory busy (MB) signal that is output to the control bus 21-3 and indicates that the memory 22 is in a read operation or a write operation, and a memory cycle that indicates that the memory 22 is in a read / write operation or a refresh operation. Refresh control circuit for enable (MCE) signal 21-55
Supply to. When the MB and MCE signals are not detected, the refresh control circuit 21-55 sends a refresh pulse to the buffer memory 22 via the signal line 21-156 to refresh the dynamic RAM in the buffer memory 22. When the MB signal or the MCE signal is detected during the output of this refresh pulse, the sending of the refresh pulse is temporarily suspended to wait for the end of the access to the memory 22, and the sending is restarted after the end.

(3.3) DMA Controller FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing the configurations of the DMA controller 80 and the disk memory 90. Here, reference numeral 80-1 is an I / O processor having a DMA function and controlling the following units, and in this embodiment, Intel 8089 of Intel Corporation is used.
The I / O processor 80 is connected to the multibus 30 via the signal line 80-101.
Signal line 80-101 is connected to CPU circuit block 10
Channel attention (C
A) signal and a system interrupt (SINTR) signal from the DMA controller 80 indicating the completion of DMA transfer. In addition, the I / O processor 80-1 is a DMA controller 80-1.
When accessing the internal ROM 80-8, a signal for selecting the ROM 80-8 and a signal indicating the address of the instruction code of the program stored in the ROM 80-8 are transmitted via the signal line 80-105 to the internal bus 80. Output to -5. I / O processor 80-
1 to bus arbiter 80-2 and bus controller 80-
Signal lines 80-103 to 3 are signal lines for transmitting the status signal of the I / O processor 80-1 to both. A signal line 80-104 connecting the I / O processor 80-1 and the address / data buffer block 80-4 is a signal line for transmitting an address information signal and a data information signal. -1 outputs those signals to the signal lines 80-104 in the multiplex mode. That is, I
The / O processor 80-1 time-divisions the address information signal and the data information signal to generate an address / data buffer block.
The address information signal is first output to 80-4, and then the data information signal is output.

The bus arbiter 80-2 is coupled with the multi-bus 30 via the signal line 80-106 and acquires the right to use it according to the status signal supplied from the I / O processor 80-1, and at that time, the signal line 80-107. An address information transfer enable (AEN) signal is output to the bus controller 80-3 and the address / data buffer 80-4 via the. In this embodiment, an Intel 8289 manufactured by Intel Corporation is used as the bus arbiter 80-2.

The bus controller 80-3 is the bus arbiter 80-2 to AE
When the N signal is supplied, the buffer memory 20 to the disk memory 90 are sent to the multibus 30 via the signal lines 80-110.
A memory read (MRDC) signal is output when DMA transfer is performed (read mode), and a memory write (MWTC) signal is output when DMA transfer is performed from the disk memory 90 to the buffer memory 20 (write mode). . Further, the bus controller 80-3 sends the address / data buffer block 80-4 to the I / O processor 80- via the signal line 80-111 based on the status signal supplied from the I / O processor 80-1. The address latch enable (ALE) signal that causes the address / data buffer block 80-4 to latch the address information output by 1 and the data enable (DEN) signal that causes the address information and data information to be output to the multi-bus 30. Peripheral data enable (PDEN) signal to be output to the bus 80-5, and the address / data buffer block 80-4 transfers data information to the multi-bus 30 or the internal bus (transmit mode), or those buses Data transmit / read (DT / R) signal to switch from read (read mode) Supply. Bus controller
Signal line 80-11 from 80-3 to sync signal generation circuit 80-7
2 is the I / O read command (IORC) signal output from the bus controller 80-3 when the I / O processor 80-1 accesses the internal bus 80-5 in the read mode, and the I / O processor 80 When -1 fetches the microprogram stored in the read only memory (ROM) 80-8, it transmits the interrupt acknowledge (INTA) signal output from the bus controller 80-3 and the above-mentioned ALE signal. . As the bus controller 80-3, for example, Intel 8288 manufactured by Intel Corporation is used.

The address / data buffer block 80-4 includes two address / data buffers, and the signal lines 80-115 respectively.
And 80-116 via Multibus 30 and internal bus 80
-5, and exchanges address information and data information with these buses.

The internal bus 80-5 of the DMA controller 80 comprises a 16-bit address bus having an address space of 64 kilobytes and an 8-bit data bus.

Reference numeral 80-6 is a clock generator, which supplies a clock signal having a predetermined frequency based on a reference oscillation output from an external crystal oscillator or the like via the signal line 80-120 to the I / O processor 80-1 and the bus arbiter 80. -2, the bus controller 80-3 and the synchronization signal generation circuit 80-7, and also through the signal line 80-121, the I / O processor 80-1, the bus arbiter
Outputs an initial reset signal at power-on and a manual reset signal to the 80-2 and the bus controller 80-3. Also, clock generator 80-4
Receives the transfer acknowledge (XACK) signal of the recognition response to the MWTC signal and the MRDC signal from the multibus 30 through the signal lines 80-122, and determines whether the multibus 30 enters the wait state and cancels the wait state. Whether or not the signal line 80
The bus ready signal is output to the I / O processor 80-1 via −123.

The synchronization signal generation circuit 80-7 is configured to operate on the above IORC signal and INTA signal.
ROM80-8 by the signal and the chip select signal supplied from the address decoder 80-10 via the signal line 80-125.
Generate a signal to check the response of the
The clock generator 80-6 is supplied via 126 to enable the I / O processor 80-1 to shift to the next operation.

The ROM 80-8 stores the microprogram of the I / O processor 80-1. When the I / O processor 80-1 fetches the microprogram stored in the ROM 80-3, the signal line 80-130 from the internal bus 80-5 to the ROM 80-8 stores the address of the fetched instruction code. An address signal line for transmitting the indicated information, which is a signal line 80 reaching the ROM 80-8.
Reference numeral -131 is a data signal line of the fetched instruction code.

The address decoder 80-10 outputs a signal for selecting the ROM 80-8 based on the chip selection signal of the I / O processor 80-1 supplied via the internal bus 80-5 and the signal line 80-135. Output to ROM 80-8 and sync signal generation circuit 80-7 via -125. A signal line 80-113 from the bus controller 80-3 to the address decoder 80-10 transmits the S2 signal which is a kind of status information. That is, the S2 signal is an identification signal indicating whether the address information latched in the address / data buffer block 80-4 is the address information for the internal bus 80-5 or the address information for the multi-bus 30. Address decoder 80-
10 makes that identification.

Here, the operation of the DMA controller 80 passing the address information and the data information to and from the multi-bus 30 and the internal bus 80-5 will be described. First, a case where information is transferred to and from the multibus 30 will be described. When the bus controller 80-3 supplies the ALE signal to the address / data buffer 80-4 when the I / O processor 80-1 outputs the address information to the address / data buffer 80-4, 80-4 latches address information in the address buffer. When the bus arbiter 80-2 acquires the right to use the multi-bus 30 after latching, the bus arbiter 80-2 supplies the AEN signal to the address / data buffer 80-4, and the address / data buffer 80-4 latches. The address information being output is output to the multi-bus 30. Here, if the DMA controller 80 is in the write mode and the multi-bus 30 has been acquired, the I / O processor 80-1 will use the address / data buffer 8
The data information is output to 0-4, and when the address / data buffer 80-4 receives the DEN signal from the bus controller 80-3, it outputs the data information to the multi-bus 30. On the other hand, when the DMA controller 80 is in the read mode, the address / data buffer 80-4 reads the data information on the multi-bus 30 and supplies the data information to the I / O processor 80-1. The data information read by the I / O processor 80-1 is transmitted from the disk memory 90, which is the data transfer destination, to the I / O processor 80-1, X
It is performed after confirming the ACK signal.

Next, the operation of the address / data buffer 80-4 connected to the internal bus 80-5 is almost the same as described above, but in this case, when outputting the address information to the internal bus 80-5,
Does not require AEN signal by bus arbiter 80-2. Whether or not to output the data information to the internal bus 80-5 is
Determined by the PDEN signal from the bus controller 80-3.

As the disk memory 90, for example, WD of Sword Computer
Use S-10. The disk memory 90 internally has a disk controller circuit (not shown), which is connected via the internal bus 80-5 of the DMA controller 80 and the data bus 80-140, and also to the signal lines 80-142 and 80-143 through the synchronizing signal generating circuit 80-7 and I / O, respectively.
It is connected to the processor 80-1.

The data bus 80-140 transmits command information, result information, data information, and status information, and assigns one address to the former three pieces of information at once to form a set of information, and sequentially records the three pieces of information. It is distinguished by inputting / outputting to / from the controller circuit. Moreover, one address is independently assigned to the status information.
Here, the command information is information that specifies an address and the number of bytes on the disk memory 90, and the result information is a check result of an error during information transfer between the DMA controller 80 and the disk memory 90. Information.

The signal line 80-142 transmits a command busy (CBUSY) signal, and the sync signal generation circuit 80-7 discriminates the above-mentioned three information from the status information. It should be noted that since a set of information consisting of command information, result information and data information and status information have different timings at which the data becomes ready, and the read mode and the write mode are different, the synchronization signal The generation circuit 80-7 receives the IORC signal transmitted via the signal line 80-112 and the signal line 80-1.
With the CBUSY signal transmitted via 42, four types of waiting time are created and given to the clock generator 80-6 from the signal line 80-126, and supplied to the I / O processor 80-1. Information is identified and fetched at the timing of the clock from the clock generator 80-6.

The signal lines 80-143 transmit a data request (DREQ) signal indicating that the disk memory 90 is in a ready state and an external terminate (EXT) signal indicating completion of DMA transfer.

The flow of image information during DMA transfer will be described step by step.

(1) CPU circuit block 10 is connected to I / O via signal line 80-101.
The CA signal is supplied to the O processor 80-1 to request DMA transfer.

(2) The I / O processor 80-1 includes a signal line 80-104, an address / data buffer block 80-4 and a signal line 80-
The RAM (see FIG. 5) in the CPU circuit block 10 is accessed via 115 to obtain read / write mode information and address information regarding the DMA. As a result, the read mode is determined.

(3) The I / O processor 80-1 uses the buffer memory 20 via the signal line 80-104, the address / buffer block 80-4, the signal line 80-115, the bus line 113, and the multibus 30.
To access.

(4) The 16-bit data read from the buffer memory 20 is transferred to the I / O processor 8 along the signal path opposite to (3).
0-1.

(5) The I / O processor 80-1 sends the upper 8 bits of the 16-bit data and then the lower 8 bits to the signal line 80-10.
4, address / data buffer block 80-4, signal line 80-
The data is transferred to the disk memory 90 via 116, the internal bus 80-5 and the data bus 80-140.

(6) The procedure of (3) to (5) above is followed by the signal line 80-14.
Repeat until EXT signal appears on 3.

(7) The I / O processor 80-1 is connected to the CPU circuit block via the signal line 80-101, the bus line 113 and the multibus 30.
Interrupt 10 and signal the end of DMA transfer.

(3.4) Multibus memory space Figure 8 shows the CPU circuit block 10, buffer memory circuit block 20, and DMA controller 80 related to the multibus 30.
Is a memory map of. The multi-bus 30 has a 1 MB address space from 00000H to FFFFFH as a memory mapped memory space. This space is divided as shown in Fig. 8 and the addresses FC000H to FFFFFH are assigned to C of CPU circuit block 10.
PU10-1 program memory space, addresses 10000H to EFFFFH are buffer memory bank space (described later), 06000H to 07FF
The FH address is allocated to the communication program space between the CPU circuit block 10 and the DMA controller 80, and the 00000H to 05FFFH addresses are allocated to the work RAM space of the CPU circuit block 10. Here, each address space will be described.

The program memory space is a memory space of the RAM 10-3 for storing the control program of the device of the present invention in the CPU circuit block 10.

The bank space of the buffer memory has a capacity of 896 kilobytes from address 10000H to address EFFFFH, but as described above, the storage capacity of the buffer memory circuit block 20 is 199584.
It is 0 bytes and cannot be all stored in the bank space of the buffer memory. Therefore, the buffer memory space is divided into three banks, namely, bank 0, bank 1 and bank 2, and the CPU circuit block 10 to the signal line 132 is divided.
Banks are switched by a bank switching signal output via (see FIGS. 4 and 6-2) and the designated bank is allocated to the memory map as shown in FIG. The process of division and allocation will be described in the explanation of FIGS. 9-1 and 9-2.

The communication program space is RAM in the CPU circuit block 10.
(32 kilobytes) Of the 10-3, 8 kilobytes are used. The work RAM space is the CPU circuit block.
We use 24 kilobytes, which is 32 kilobytes of RAM10-3 in 10 minus 8 kilobytes used for trading programs.

FIG. 9-1 shows an address map of the buffer memory 22 in the buffer memory circuit block 20. The buffer memory 22 has a capability of storing information obtained by dividing an A4 size (297 mm × 210 mm) document into 16 pixels per 1 mm. Reader 50
0 is the main scanning of the A4 size document in the vertical direction (297 mm direction), then CCD570, 580 and 590 are divided into 16 pixels per 1 mm, and the image processing control unit 100 divides 4752 bit pixels per scanning. Supply to. Further, the reader unit 500 subscans the original in the width direction (210 mm direction), and the CCDs 570, 580, and 590 also scan 16 lines per mm in this direction, so the original is scanned in the width direction by 3360 lines. It Therefore, the A4 size original is decomposed into 15966720 pixels, and the image processing control unit 100 is supplied with 4752 bit pixels in series 3360 times.

A procedure of assigning the image information supplied in this way and storing it in the buffer memory 22 will be described. First, divide an A4 size document into 1mm x 1mm square unit blocks, and
It consists of 0 blocks. There are 16 lines of 16 lines, that is, 256 bits of image information in one unit block, and if 16 bits in the vertical direction are regarded as one word and one address is given to that word, one unit block becomes
It will consist of a group of pixels with 16 addresses.
The 4752-bit serial image information for the first line, that is, for one line of the first scanned document, is the vertical direction of the document.
The 16-bit pixel group, which is divided into 16-bit pixel groups each corresponding to 1 mm and is supplied to the image processing control unit 100, is the first 16-bit pixel group to be transferred. Address 00010H, and so on. Similarly, pixel groups of 16 bits each have 16 (10H) addresses and are 0000H to 00003H.
Address: Stored like address 01280H.

The address assigned to the buffer memory 22 of each line is
This is done by the CPU circuit block 10 setting an initial value in the address counter 21-6. Also, when the image information is output from the buffer memory 22 to the printer unit 600, similarly to the case of storing the image information, the address set in the initial setting is used.
Read every 16th address.

Next, the image information of 4752 bits for the second line is also stored from address 00001H to address 01281H in the same manner as the first line. In this way, 1536 lines (96 mm in the width direction) from the 1st line to the 1536th line are stored at addresses 00000H to 6F5FFH, and this address space is set as bank 0 on the buffer memory 22.

Next, 1536 lines from the 1537th line to the 3072nd line are stored in the addresses 70000H to DF5FFH in the same manner as the bank 0, and this address space is set as the bank 1 on the buffer memory 22. From line 3073 to line 3360
Store 288 lines from E0000H to F4E1FH,
This address space is designated as bank 2 on the buffer memory 22.

As described above, when the method of storing one word of image information with one address is stored, a square of 1 mm x 1 mm is used as a unit block and A4 is written at consecutive addresses on the buffer memory 22.
It is possible to store the entire area of the size original. By this, when the operator specifies the image processing area in mm unit using the console unit 200, when registering the specified area in the disk memory 90, the DMA transfer is performed only by setting the start address and the end address of the specified area. The image information can be transferred at a high speed without using the CPU circuit block 10.

In other words, by specifying a set of the first address and the last address, the image information of 16 lines (1mm width) of the main scanning will be transferred by DMA. Therefore, the address setting at the time of DMA transfer will be small and the transfer speed will be high. Can be realized.

Further, when the image information is stored in this way, when the image information is extracted and edited, the addresses are continuous from the right side to the left side of the extracted image, which is more effective. For example, when extracting image information with a length of 20 mm in the vertical direction, the address setting by the CPU circuit block 10 only needs to be 20 times.

Further, since the address corresponds to the position on the original image in units of mm, it is convenient for the operator to simply specify the position on the original in units of mm when editing the image. In the present embodiment, the CCD 570,58 having a read capability of 16 bits per mm is used.
Since 0 and 590 were used, it was decided to correspond one address to 16 bits in the vertical direction, but the number of bits corresponding to one address may be another value depending on the capabilities of the CCD570, 580, and 590, and mm Of course, the same effect can be obtained even if the address is set in units other than the unit, for example, in inches.

FIG. 9-2 shows an address map when the buffer memory 22 is viewed from the multibus 30. Figure 9-1 00000H ~
Address space at address 6F5FFH in banks 0, 70000H to DF5FFH
The address space of the address is set to bank 1, E0000H to F4E1FH is set to bank 2, and these spaces are set to 10000H to FFBFEH, 10000H to EEBFEH, 1000 respectively as shown in FIG.
Corresponds to the address space of addresses 0H to 39C3EH. The multi-bus 30 has a 16-bit data bus and a 20-bit address bus, and the area accessible by this multi-bus 30 is 1 megabyte. That is, 10 bits of 8-bit data
It is possible to access ⁶ data, and when accessing 16-bit data, it will take 2 addresses, so at this time, as shown in Fig. 9-2, 16-bit data will be continuously accessed every other address. 16-bit data is input / output only when an even address is accessed.

Since the actual address in the buffer memory circuit block 20 is the address shown in FIG. 9-1, when the buffer memory 22 is accessed from the multi-bus 30, as described above, The address converter 21-26 converts the address shown in FIG. 9-2 into the address shown in FIG. 9-1. The address converter 21-26 can set the address area of the buffer memory 22 on an arbitrary address space.

(3.5) Disk Memory FIG. 10-1 (A) shows the physical address configuration of the disk memory 90. Reference numeral 91 denotes a drive, which is numbered 0, 1, ... Corresponding to the number of disk devices. In this embodiment, only one disk device, that is, the drive with number 0 is used. The drive 91 has three heads 92, and each head 92 receives 354 tracks 93.
Is composed of 18 sectors 94, and each sector 94 can store 512 bytes of data. Therefore, the storage capacity of the disk memory 90 is about 10 megabytes.

In the disk memory 90 having such a configuration, the tenth-
The addresses on the disk memory 90 are changed in accordance with a fixed sequence as shown in FIG. 1 (B) to continuously access the data. As shown in this figure, the sequence number SN, the head number HN, and the track number TN have a relationship determined by the following equation (1).

SN = 3 × TN + HN (however, HN = 0-2, TN = 0-353)
(1) That is, when a certain sequence number SN is determined, the track number TN and the head number HN are determined correspondingly, and the addresses of the head 92 and the track 93 to be accessed next are 1 at the previously determined sequence number SN. Is a head number and a track number obtained corresponding to the sequence number SN + 1. The sector 94 in the track 93 is accessed in ascending order of the sector number SCTN.

FIG. 10-2 shows an index table provided in a predetermined area in the disk memory 90, and the use state of the disk memory 90 is managed by this index table. In this embodiment, the head number HN is set as the area.
= 0, track number TN = 0 out of sector 94 sector number
Sectors of SCTN = 0 to 13 are used as the area of the index table, and among them, the sectors of the sector numbers SCTN = 0 to 8 are allocated to the sector bit map table 94A indicating the usage status of each sector on the disk memory 90. , And then
Sectors with sector numbers SCTN = 9 to 13 are assigned to the file index table for file management. Sector number SC
The sector of TN = 0 to 13 is fixed area 6000H of RAM10-3 by the program (open program) that reads the index table into RAM10-3 in CPU circuit block 10.
The program is written from the address to the address 7BFFH and subjected to a predetermined operation, and then written again to the disk memory 90 by a program (close program) for storing the fixed area of the RAM 10-3 in the disk memory 90.

As shown in FIG. 10-3, the sector bit map table divides the area 94A into 1062 4-byte blocks from SN = 0 to SN = 1061 in ascending order of the sequence number SN and divides them into one block. Data indicating the usage status for one track, that is, for 18 sectors, is stored by allocating 1 bit per 1 sector. As the data indicating the use status of a sector, for example, if a certain sector is in use, the sector bit corresponding to the sector is "1", and if not in use, it is "0".
To store.

When registering a new data file in the disk memory 90, find the area where the number of sectors required for registration is continuous and find the sequence number corresponding to that area.
The SN and sector number SCTN are obtained, and "1" is stored in the sector bit corresponding to that sector. Conversely, when erasing a data file, "0" is added to the sector bit indicating the corresponding area.
To store. However, "1" is stored in advance in the bit corresponding to the index table, that is, in block 0, and writing to this block 0 is prohibited so that a data file is not erroneously registered in the index table.

The file index table manages three types of files registered in the disk memory 90, that is, an image data file (image file), an application file, and a control program of this system. FIG. 10-4 shows the management status of the image file with the file index 0 and the application file with the file type 2 by the file index table.

File index block FIT1 has status A, MA
X block, 1 block size and current B number,
Each block is composed of 4 blocks of 2 bytes and is provided when the disk memory 90 is initialized and stores the usage status of the entire file index table. The status A is an area used when the system is expanded and is not used in this embodiment. The MAX block stores the data of the total number of files that can be registered in the disk memory 90, and in this embodiment, the total number is set to 50 (32H). One block size indicates the length of each file index for each file, and in the present embodiment,
The length is 38 (26H) bytes as described below.
The current B number stores the number of files registered in the disk memory 90, and when one file is newly registered, it does not exceed the number stored in MAX size Only 1 is added to perform new registration, and when the number of MAX sizes is exceeded, new registration is not accepted without addition. On the contrary, when deleting one already registered file, the number stored in the current B number is decremented by 1,
The file is erased from disk memory 90.

FIT2 and FIT3 indicate file index blocks for file type 0 and file type 2, respectively, and store 38 bytes of data, respectively. In FIT2 and FIT3, RSV is a 2-byte area used for system expansion and is not used in this embodiment. The file number can be any number from 1 to 99 by the operator.
It is a 2-byte area that identifies the file number when the numbers up to are registered in the disk memory 90. The file type is a 2-byte area in which the data of the above-mentioned file type “0” or “2” is written. FI
Banks and addresses in T3 are CPU circuit block 1
It indicates the bank and address of RAM10-3 on 0, and is an area of 2 bytes and an area of 4 bytes used when allocating an application file to RAM 10-3, respectively. The byte count is a 6-byte area that stores the data length of the registration file.

The sector count is a 2-byte area that stores the number of sectors used for the registration file. Sequence No,
The drive No., head No., track No. and sector No. are 2-byte areas for storing the first sequence number, drive number, head number, track number and sector number of the storage area in the registered file. Each of X0, Y0, X1 and Y1 in FIT2 is a 2-byte area, and in the case of the file type "0", coordinates indicating where on the copy paper the image information of the area to be edited is arranged. Store data. As shown in FIG. 10-5, X0, Y0, X1 and Y1 place the original on the original placing portion 240, and the points A and O on the editing area (diagonal line) closest to the point O are the highest. By designating the distant point B with the stylus pen 280, the coordinates X0 and Y0 of the point A, the vertical length X1 and the horizontal length Y1 of the editing area are determined, and these numerical values are stored in hexadecimal. It For file type 2, as shown in FIT3,
The areas corresponding to X0, Y0, X1 and Y1 of FIT2 are unused areas.

When transferring a certain image data file from the disk memory 90 to the buffer memory 20, first, when the file number is specified, the index table is transferred to the RAM 10-3 by the open program, and the index block having the specified file number is obtained. Next, the address on the buffer memory 22 is calculated from the data stored in X0, Y0, X1 and Y1 of the block, and the disk memory 90
Image information in the corresponding area of the buffer memory 22
DMA transfer is performed.

If you want to change the position of the edit area on the copy paper,
Since X1 and Y1 are unchanged, only X0 and Y0 are used as parameters, and only X0 and Y0 may be changed from the console section 200 by an image position changing command (described later).

Further, the disk memory 90 stores the control program of this system, the file is set to the file type 1, and the file index block is configured similarly to FIT3.

(3.6) Exchanger FIGS. 11 (A), (B) and (C) are block diagrams showing the circuit configuration including the exchange 40 and the optical fiber interface 70 in three divisions, where L1 to L12 are signals. Indicates a line or signal line group, and is immediately followed by the symbol A in parentheses,
B, C connect the signal line or signal line group to the signal line or signal line group in each drawing (A), (B), (C) of FIG. 11 corresponding to those signals. Show.

Here, the signal selector 40-2 selects various signal groups output from the optical fiber interface 70 and the reader unit 500, and selects a signal controller in the buffer memory 22.
An exchange, a signal selector P40-6, which supplies the image information from the respective parts to the buffer memory 22 by supplying it to the buffer memory 22.
Is an exchange that selects various signal lines output from the buffer memory 20, the optical fiber interface 70, and the reader unit 500 and supplies the selected signal lines to the printer unit 600 to copy image information from these units, and a signal selector F40-
7 is an optical fiber interface 70 for selecting various signal groups output from the buffer memory 20 and the reader unit 500.
Is a switch that supplies the optical fiber to the optical fiber network 700 and outputs the optical fiber network 700.

41, 42, 43, 45, 46 and 48 are a CPU circuit block 10, a buffer memory 22, an I / O interface 56 and a reader section, respectively.
Connector for 500, printer unit 600 and DDX interface 60. The slash "/" in the terminal code of each signal indicates negative logic.

Here, various signals will be described. SCAN START is the reader unit 50
A signal that instructs 0 to start scanning, FULL a signal that specifies the size of the copied image (for example, A3 size and A4 size),
SCAN STANDBY is a scan standby state signal output by the reader unit 500, VSYNC is a vertical synchronization signal indicating the start of an image signal, VIDEO
ENABLE is a signal indicating an effective output period of an image signal for one line, SCAN ENABLE is a signal indicating an effective output period of an image signal for one original, SCAN READY is a scan preparation completion signal of the reader unit 500, and VIDEO is an image signal. , And CLK are clock signals.

PRINT REQUEST is a copy request signal to the printer unit 600, PRIN
T START is a command signal to start copying, STATUS REQUEST is a signal requesting output of the status of the printer unit 600, PRINT R
EADY, PRINT ENABLE, and PRINT END are a preparation completion signal of the printer unit 600, a signal indicating a copying period, and a copying end signal, respectively. REQUEST ACK is a recognition response signal generated by the printer unit 600 for the PRINT REQUEST signal, STATU
The 8-bit signal S0 to S7 is a signal indicating the status of the printer unit 600. In these signals, R, P at the end
The signals with M and M indicate that the signals are output from the reader unit 500, the printer unit 600, and the buffer memory 20, or supplied to each of these units.

SELECT PF, SELECT PR and SELECT PM are signals that the CPU circuit block 10 supplies to the signal selector P40-6 via the I / O interface 56, and the signal selector P40
-6 selects the optical fiber interface 70, the reader unit 500 and the buffer memory 22 in accordance with those signals, respectively, and similarly, the SELECT FR and SELECT FM in the signal selector F40-7 in accordance with those signals. , The reader unit 500 and the buffer memory 20 are selected, respectively.
SELECT MR and SELECT MF are signal selectors.
Signal supplied to M40-2, signal selector M40
-2 indicates the reader unit 50 according to these signals.
0 and buffer memory 22 are selected.

When the image information supplied from the reader unit 500 is simultaneously output to the printer unit 600 of this system and the printer unit of another system on the optical fiber network 700, the CPU circuit block 10 activates SELECT PR and SELECT FR. It can be achieved by doing. In addition, when the image information stored in the buffer memory 22 is simultaneously output to the printer unit 600 and the printer unit of another system on the optical fiber network 700, SELECT P
Just activate M and SELECT FM. In addition, the CPU circuit block 10 can arbitrarily specify the source and destination of the image information to set a plurality of paths for the image information.

Each signal line group related to the connector 48 with the DDX interface 60 and the optical fiber interface 70 will be described later.

(3.7) DDX Interface FIG. 12-1 is a block diagram showing an example of the configuration of the DDX interface 60.
It is connected to the data / clock signal line 137 and the control signal line 139 via the clock interface 60-1 and the control signal interface 60-2. 60-3 and 60
Reference numeral -7 is a switch, and 60-4, 60-5 and 60-6 are line buffers. For example, when image information is transmitted from the device of the present invention, the switch 60-3 operates as a write switch. Then, the line buffers 60-4, 60-5 and 60-6 are sequentially designated to write the image information. Also, at this time, the switch 60-7
Operates as a read switch, and while image information is being written in a certain line buffer, the image information is read from the line buffer in which the image information has already been written, and RL counter 60-8 and The reverse counter 60-9 is supplied.

The RLMH / MR converter 60-10 converts the run length of one line of image information supplied from the RL counter 60-8 into a one-dimensional code (MH code), and is also supplied from the RL forward / reverse counter 60-9. The run length of one line of image information by counting the relative position from the reference pixel
The encoded image data is compressed and supplied to the V.35 interface 60-11. V.35 interface 60-11
Is an interconnection circuit arranged between the DDX line and the DDX interface 60.

Reference numeral 60-20 denotes a control circuit, which is connected to the signal line 139 from the image processing unit 10.
Also, various control signals supplied via the control signal interface 60-2 are appropriately supplied to the V.35 interface 60-11 to manage the DDX and control each unit of the DDX interface 60.

60-21 is a dial pulse generating circuit, which is a control circuit 60-
20 or specify the transfer destination by outputting the transfer destination code of the image information supplied from the dial setting test switch 60-22 to the V.28 interface.

60-24, 60-25, 60-26 and 60-27 are DDX
The interface 60 includes a ready indicator light, a connection completion indicator for another system, a transmission indicator for another system, and a reception indicator for another system.

Reference numeral 60-30 is an error count check signal line, which controls the error that occurs during communication between this system and other systems by the control circuit 60-20, and controls when the number of errors reaches the set value during one communication. The circuit 60-20 is a signal line for generating a signal for disconnecting the line and transmitting the signal to the CPU circuit block 10.

Reference numeral 60-35 is a power circuit of the DDX interface 60, 60-36 is a power switch, and 60-37 is a power-on indicator light.

801 is a circuit terminating device (DCE) installed by Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Public Corporation
Is connected to the DDX interface 60, receives the signal from the DDX interface 60, converts it to a signal suitable for transmission in the network, and DD signals transmitted from the network.
Send to X interface 60. In the present invention, a D-232 type home line terminating device is used as the DCE801. Reference numeral 802 denotes a network control unit (NCU), which has a function of controlling connection / disconnection of the circuit switching network such as calling / restoration, and is connected to the DCE 801. As this NCU 802, an NCU-21 type automatic transmission / reception network control device is used. The DCE801 is connected to the V.35 interface 60-11 and the V.28 interface 60-23 via the connection cable 803, and the NCU802 is connected to the V.28 interface 60-23 via the connection cable 804. There is.

The method of MH-coding and MR-coding image information by this system and transmitting it to another system is according to CCITT's T.4 recommendation, but the following points should be considered when applying the T.4 recommendation to the present invention. (1) In the apparatus of the present invention, the A4 size original (29
(7mm direction) is 1 line and the resolution is 16 bits / mm, so the maximum run length, that is, the run length when one line is all white or all black is 4752, which is an extended MH code. Maximum expression range of 2623 (= 25
60 + 63).

(2) In the device of the present invention, transmission is performed by a two-dimensional coding method in which the parameter K is infinite. That is, for an A4 size document, the first line transferred first to the DDX interface 60 is MH encoded, and then the remaining 3359 lines are MR encoded.

Regarding the point (1), the length direction is defined as one line for the following reason. That is, (i) the transmission time is shortened by reducing the number of lines to be transmitted, and
(Ii) The reader unit 500 is miniaturized by reducing the total movement distance of the sensor in the sub-scanning direction.

Regarding the point (2), the reason why the parameter K is set to infinity is to save the time for repeating the MH encoding every K times with the parameter K set to a small finite value, and the parameter K is set to infinity. The reason for this is that the image information to be transmitted has already been binarized by the CCD driver 50 and once stored in the buffer memory 22, and there is no point in reducing the reading error by setting the parameter K to a small finite value. Because it will be seen.

The process of transmitting image information from this system to another system via the DDX line 800 will be described.

First, the image information for one line (4752 bits) transferred from the buffer memory 22 via the signal line 137 is transferred to the line buffer 60- via the data / clock interface 60-1 and the write switch 60-3. 4,60-5 or 60
-6. This image information is 10 MHz (MH
z) 0.1 microsecond (μs) in synchronization with the clock signal
Line buffer 60-4,60- with a transfer rate of 1 bit per
5 or 60-6. That is, the transfer time of image information for one line is 475.2 μs. The image information of the first line that is first transferred is set by the switch 60-3.
First, when it is supplied to the line buffer 60-4 and the line buffer 60-4 finishes storing the image information of the first line, the switch 60-7 opens the gate of the line buffer 60-4, and the line buffer 60-5. And closing the gates of 60-6 to supply the stored image information to the RL counter 60-8,
The white and black run lengths of the information are counted, and the run length encoded image information of the first line is converted into MH code by the RLMH / MR converter 60-10. While the line buffer 60-4 is outputting the image information, the switching unit 60-3 closes the gates to the line buffers 60-4 and 60-6 and opens the gate to the line buffer 60-5 for the second time. Line buffer for line image information
Supply to 60-5. If all the image information of the first line is MH encoded, the image information of the second line will be changed by the switch 60-.
7 is supplied to the RL forward / reverse counter 60-7, the relative pixel change position from the first line is counted, and RLMH / M
MR coded by the R converter 60-10. Line buffer 6
Regarding the image information of the third line transferred to 0-6,
It is processed in the same way as the 2nd line, and thereafter, for A4 size originals, up to the 3360th line, the line buffers 60-4, 60-
The image information output from 5 and 60-6 is supplied to the RLMH / MR converter 60-10 via the RL forward / reverse counter 60-7 and is MR encoded.

Next, the run-length coded image information supplied to the RLMH / MR converter 60-10 is MH-coded or MR-coded and compressed.

As described above, in the device of the present invention, the maximum run length is 4752, and the maximum representation range of the extended MH code is 2623.
Therefore, the MH code is further extended by the following method.

(1) When run length RL <2560 It is represented by a normal MH code. That is, when RL <64, one terminating code is used. When 64 ≦ RL <2560, it is represented by one makeup code and one terminating code.

(2) In case of run length RL ≧ 2560 Makeup code “00000001111” of 2560 is regarded as a special code and handled as in the following (a) and (b).

(A) 2560 ≦ RL ≦ 2623 = 2560 + 63 As in the case of (1), one makeup code (in this case, 2560 makeup code) and one terminating code are used.

(B) In the case of 2623 <RL ≦ 4752 After the makeup code of 2560, one more necessary makeup code is added and then one terminating code is added. That is, in the case of (2), when the terminating code of the same color follows immediately after the makeup code of 2560 (a), and the makeup code of the same color follows after the makeup code of 2560,
There is a case (b) when the terminating code follows. An example of processing in the case of (2) is shown below. The underlined numbers are makeup codes added.

Example: 2560 = 2560 + 0 2561 = 2560 + 1 2623 = 2560 + 63 2624 = 2560 + 64 +0 4289 = 2560 + 1728 + 4752 = 2560 + 2176 + 16 Next, FIGS. 11 (A), (B) and (C), and 12
The meaning of each signal flowing along the signal line interconnecting the image processing unit 10 and the DDX interface 60 shown in FIG. 1 will be described.

FIG. 12-2 is a diagram showing each signal, its name, and the direction (arrow) of the signal between the image processing unit 10 and the DDX interface 60. Here, FG and SG are a safety ground line and a signal ground line, respectively. The call request signal (CRQP) is a signal for the image processing unit 10 to request the DDX interface 60 to connect (call) with another system, and this signal is activated by the connecting signal (CND). At the same time, it is deactivated, and when the connection failure signal (NRYD) is activated, it is treated as invalid. The call signal (CIP) is a signal indicating that the DDX interface 60 has received the image processing unit 10 from another system, and the processing for CND and NRYD is C
Similar to RQP.

The dial number signal (DLN) is activated at the same time that CRQP is activated, and transfers the 7-digit area code of the other system.

The connection request signal (CNQ) is a signal by which the image processing unit 10 requests the DDX interface 60 to connect to the DDX line.
Neither CIP nor CIP is activated at the same time, N
Disabled when RYD is energized. Also, the CNQ is activated while the line needs to be captured, and disconnecting the CNQ disconnects the line.

The call disabled signal (NRYP) is activated when the image processing unit 10 cannot reach a state where it can perform transmission or reception within 6 seconds. NRYD indicates that the line cannot be connected when the DDX line 800 is busy or when the not ready switch of the NCU 802 is activated. The NRYD line is always energized or de-energized, depending on whether the line connection is disabled or enabled, respectively. Also, CRQP
If the CND is not activated even after a lapse of a certain time after the is activated, the image processing unit 10 determines that the connection is impossible.

CND is activated when CRQP or CIP is activated and CNQ is activated, and when the communication conditions between this system and the other system (partner station) of the communication partner are established, the line connection is completed, and the Indicates that the system is ready for communication. CND when CNQ is de-energized or when the partner station disconnects the line
Is depressed. Transmit enable signal (RDS) and receive enable signal (R
DR) indicates that the image processing unit 10 can be in a state capable of transmitting and receiving image information for one A4 size original within 6 seconds, respectively.
RDR is activated.

Transmit mode signal (MDS) and receive mode signal (MRR)
Indicates that the system has been set to modes for transmitting and receiving image information, respectively, which modes are determined by looking at the RDS and RDR of both the calling and called parties. Immediately after completion of transmission or reception, reception or transmission can be performed, respectively.

The transfer enable signal (RDT) is activated within 6 seconds after the MDS or MDR is activated, and indicates that the image information can be transferred in the transmission mode or the reception mode.

The transmission data request signal (RQS) is energized and deenergized with a fixed cycle, and the DDX interface 60 causes the image processing unit 10 to
Then, the transfer of the image information for one line is requested. When RQS is activated, the image processing unit 10 sends the transmission data valid signal (SV
A) to activate the DDX interface from the buffer memory 20
Transfer the image information (SDT) for one line to 60. RQS will be killed when the transfer is completed. The RQS repetition period should be longer than the minimum transmission time. SVA is activated in response to RQS, indicating that SDT is allowed to sample in synchronization with the transmission clock (SCK), and is deactivated when SDT transfer is completed. The RVA is activated at a fixed cycle, the DDX interface 60 receives from another system, requests reception of the expanded image information (RDT) for one line, and samples the RDT in synchronization with the reception clock (RCK). Indicates that the permission is granted. The repetition cycle of RVA is the same as that of RQS.

SDT and RDT are binary image information transmitted and received in black and white, respectively, and SCK and RCK are respectively
SDT and RDT sampling clock.

In the device of the present invention, when transmission is performed between the present system on the DDX line 800 and another system, the transmission directions are the system to be the calling side (calling side station) and the system to be the called side ( RDS and R at both the called station)
By comparing with DR, the determination is made as shown in FIG. 12-3, thereby preventing an error in the transmission direction. That is, the 12th
In Fig. 3, as shown by the energized state ○, the transmission direction by the arrow, and the deactivated state and the untransmittable state by ×, only the RDR of the calling side and at least the RDS of the called side are energized. , And the RDR and RDS of the calling side and only the RDS of the called side are energized, the transmission direction shall be from the called side to the calling side. Also, when only the calling side RDS and at least the called side RDR are activated, and when the calling side RDS and RDR and the called side at least RDR are activated, the transmission direction is changed. It shall be from the calling party to the called party. Transmission is disabled with combinations other than the above of RDS and RDR of both the calling side station and the called side station.

FIG. 12-4 shows an example of a procedure for transmission between the calling station and the called station. Here, IDS is a transmission function identification signal, which is a signal for mutually notifying the transmission functions of the calling station and called station, that is, RDS and RDR. As the transmission format, for example, 8 bits of "0000 RDS RDR 10" are sequentially transmitted from the most significant bit to the least significant bit, and both stations RDS and RDR of this system and RDS of the partner station.
And the RDR is used to determine the transmission direction as shown in FIG. 12-3.

RDY is a transmission preparation completion signal, and as its transmission format, for example, "00010010" is transmitted in the same manner as in the case of IDS, and an image of one original in the transmission direction determined by IDS communication is transmitted. Indicates that preparations for sending and receiving information have been completed.

MH1 is the MH encoded first line image information, MR2 to MRn
+1 (1 ≦ n ≦ 3360) is the MR-coded second to nth + 1
Line image information, MHn is MH encoded nth line image information, and MRn + 1 to MR3360 is MR encoded n + 1 to 3360th line image information, and MH1 to MR336.
0 indicates image information for one A4 size original.

RTQ is a resend request signal, and if there is an error in the received 1-line image information, that is, as a result of demodulating the transferred image information by the called station, the length of 1 line becomes 0 or 4752 bits. If not, this information is not taken into the buffer memory 22 of the called station, and the called station makes a retransmission request to the calling station.

RTC is a transmission end signal, and the calling station is CCITT
A signal obtained by adding 1 to the line end code EOL in the T.4 recommendation by T.4 is transmitted to indicate the completion of transmission of image information for one image.

DCN is a line disconnection signal, and as its transmission format, for example, "01000010" is transmitted in the same manner as IDS,
Notify each other of disconnection.

Immediately after the line connection, the calling station and the called station start IDS continuous transmission, and repeat the transmission at least three times until the station is ready for the transmission mode. here,
For example, at the time point A, when the transmission direction cannot be determined, the transmission is impossible (see FIG. 12-3), and both stations send DCN to each other to disconnect the line. When the station is ready, both stations send RDY at least three times until both are ready, and when both are ready and both send RDY, that is, at time B,
The called station enters a receiving state without sending a control signal to the calling station, and the calling station enters a transmitting state.

In the transmission of image information for one A4 size original, for example, when a transmission error occurs in the image information of the nth line at time point E, the called station sends an RTQ to the calling station. In response to this, the calling station MH-codes the image information of the nth line,
MR coding is sequentially performed from the (n + 1) th line to the 3360th line and transmitted.

When the transmission of the image information is completed in this way, the calling station sends an RTC to the called station, and then
Both stations send IDS to each other, at this time the 12th-
If the transmission conditions are satisfied as shown in FIG. 3, other image information is subsequently transmitted / received from time C. Conversely, if that condition is not met, DCNs are sent to each other and the line is disconnected.

(3.8) Optical Fiber Interface FIG. 13 is a block diagram showing an example of the configuration of the optical fiber interface circuit 70. Fiber optic network 700
The optical signal (VIDEO signal) that carries the command or image information transmitted from the optical fiber cables 701 and 702 from the optical fiber cable and the optical signal (CLK) of the clock synchronized with the VIDEO signal are respectively the optical / electrical signal converters. (O / E converters) 70-1 and 70-2 convert the signals into electric signals, and the command / image identification circuit 70-3 and AND gates 70-4, 70 via signal lines 70-101 and 70-102. -20, 70-30 and AND gates 70-5, 70-21 and 70-31. The command / image discrimination circuit 70-3 is a circuit for discriminating whether the transmitted signal is a command for designating the size of a document or image information. When the transmitted VIDEO signal is command information, a command identification code is added to the beginning of the information, and the command / image identification circuit 70-3 extracts the code and identifies it as command information, In the case of image information, the CLK signal has a predetermined frequency (for example, 12.5 MHz), and the command / image identification circuit 70-3 identifies by that frequency.

As a result, when the transmitted VIDEO signal is identified as the command information, the command / image identification circuit 70
-3 generates a command identification (CACK) signal, and sends this signal via signal lines 70-103 to AND gates 70-4 and 70-5 and the CPU circuit block 10 during the period of receiving the command. And supply to. At this time, AND gate 70-4
And 70-5 to signal lines 70-101 and 70-5, respectively.
Since the VIDEO signal and CLK signal have already been input via -102, the AND gate 70
-4 and 70-5 supply the command signal and the clock signal to the reception command register 70-10. When command reception is completed and the CACK signal is deenergized, the CPU circuit block 10 is interrupted at that point and the CPU circuit block 10
Supplies an address designation signal (ADR signal) to the reception command register 70-10 via the signal line 136-1 and the address decoder 70-11 to designate the address of the reception command register 70-10. The I / O read command (I / O RC) signal is supplied to the data buffer 70-12 via -2 to set the data buffer 70-12 in the output mode. By this operation, the reception command register 70-
The command stored in 10 is read by the CPU circuit block 10 via the data buffer 70-12 and the data signal line 136-5.

On the other hand, when the command / image identification circuit 70-3 determines that the VIDEO signal transmitted from the optical fiber network 700 is image information, the command / image identification circuit 70-
3 generates an image recognition (IACK) signal and supplies this signal to the AND gates 70-20 and 70-21 and the CPU circuit block 10 through the signal line 70-104 while receiving the image information. . At this time, AND gates 70-20 and 70-21
Via signal lines 70-101 and 70-102, respectively.
Since the VIDEO signal and the CLK signal are supplied, the AND gates 70-20 and 70-21 supply the image information signal and the clock signal to the reproduction circuit 70-25 by the input of the IACK signal. The reproduction circuit 70-25 is the CPU circuit block 10
According to the original size specification signal (FULL FO signal) supplied from the printer unit 600 based on the transmitted image information
The PRINT START FO signal which is a start request signal, the VSYNC FO signal which is a vertical synchronization signal, and a signal indicating an effective output period of the image signal for one line. VIDEO ENABLE FO signal, SCAN which is a signal showing the effective output period of the image signal for one original
The ENABLE signal, the VIDEO FO signal which is the image signal transferred to the system, and the CLK FO signal which is the clock signal are reproduced, and these signals are output to the exchange 40. Also,
When it is necessary to transmit the received image information to another system in the optical fiber network 700, or when the received image information is not addressed to this system, the CPU circuit block 10 decodes the command signal in advance to that effect. And sends a transmission request signal (TRSMTR signal) to the AND gates 70-30 and 70-31 via the signal line 70-110, and the VIDEO signal and the CLK signal are respectively supplied from the AND gates to the OR gate 70-. 35 and 70-36, electrical / optical signal converter (E / O
Converters) 70-40 and 70-41, and optical fiber cables 703 and 704 for transmission to other systems.

When transmitting from this system to another system on the optical fiber network 700, first the CPU circuit block 10
Deactivate the MTR signal and terminate the output from AND gates 70-30 and 70-31. Next, the transmission command register 70 is sent via the signal line 136-1 and the address decoder 70-11.
-50, the command identification signal generator 70-51 and the transfer clock generator 70-52 are supplied with the ADR signal to specify their addresses, and further the IDR is supplied to the data buffer 70-12 via the signal line 136-3. Supply the / O write command (I / O WC) signal to set the data buffer 70-12 to input mode. As a result, first, in the command register for transmission 70-50,
The command identification signal generated by the command identification signal generator 70-51 is written, and then the command data is written from the data buffer 70-12. At the end of writing the command data, the transfer clock generator 70-52 generates a number of clock pulses equal to the number that the transmission command register 70-50 serially transfers the command data to the E / O converter,
Then, the command data and the clock pulse are sent as the VIDEO signal and the CLK signal, respectively, to the E / O converter 70-4.
Output from 0 and 70-41 to the optical fiber cables 703 and 704.

Next, when transmitting the image information, the PRINT START FI signal, VSYNC output from the signal selector F in the exchange 40.
The FI signal, VIDEO FI signal, and CLK FI signal are converted by the conversion circuit 7.
Converted to serial VIDEO and CLK signals by 0-55, signal lines 70-111 and 70-112, OR gates 70-35 and 70-36, and E / O converters 70-40 and 70-41, respectively. Through the optical fiber cables 703 and 704.

(4) Reader Operation Unit FIG. 14 shows the reader operation unit 550, in which 551 is an application file number display, which displays the registration number of the application file for editing work registered in the disk memory. Reference numeral 552 denotes a sheet number display, which is used when copying is performed by the printer unit 600 (hereinafter referred to as local copy), and when image information is transmitted to another system on the optical fiber network 700 and copying is performed in that system. Displays the set number of. Reference numeral 553 is a paper size select key, and by pressing the "PAPER SELECT" key, A3 size or A4 size is switched and one is selected, and the indicator light on the selected side lights up. Reference numeral 554 is a ten-key for setting the number of copies, 555 is a "CLEAR" key for erasing the set number and the file number, and 556 is a "STOP" key for interrupting the copying operation. 557 and 558 are
It is an indicator light indicating that image information is being received and transmitted.

561 is a select key group for selecting a lateral or lateral system using the DDX line, and 562 is a select key group for selecting a system on the premises on the optical fiber network 700.
Reference numeral 563 is a select key for selecting the printer unit 600 of the present system. Two indicators are placed under each key, and when you press the key to select the other party for sending and receiving,
The lower left indicator of the pressed key is lit, and the lower right indicator is lit when an error occurs during transmission and reception.

565 is a "COPY" key, which is selected when performing local copy or transmission (hereinafter referred to as copy mode).
Is an "EDIT" key, and is selected when image editing is performed using the reader unit 500 (hereinafter referred to as edit R mode). Both keys are provided with an indicator light above them, at which time the indicator light on the selected side is illuminated. 567 is “ENTE
Press the R "key to set the number of copies for local copy or local transmission. 568 is the" EXECUTE "key, which is pressed when the copy mode or edit R mode is started.

(5) Printer Status Display Section FIG. 15 shows the printer status display section 650, in which 651 is a power status indicator light, which lights up when the printer section 600 is powered on. Reference numeral 652 is a ready light, which lights up when the printer unit 600 can receive image information from the image processing control unit 100.

Reference numeral 653 denotes an online select key, which has an indicator light on the upper part thereof, and is pressed when the printer unit 600 and the image processing control unit 100 are connected online, and the indicator lamp is turned on at the same time. 654 is a test print key, which is the printer unit 600
Is pressed to check, and the printer unit 600 is made to draw a test pattern.

Reference numeral 655 denotes a document size display and selection unit, which prevents the document size from being set in this part in the online state described above. 656-1, 656-2, 656-3 are error indicators for displaying an error of the printer unit 600 that can be removed by the operator, 656-1 is a jam, 656-2 is no toner,
656-3 indicates that there is no copy paper. An error indicator 657 indicates to the operator an error of the printer unit 600 that cannot be removed.

(6) Method of Image Editing Image editing is performed by appropriately performing DMA transfer between the buffer memory 22 and the disk memory 90. That is, the image information of one A4 size original read by the reader unit 500 is stored in a predetermined address of the buffer memory 20, and a part of the image information is stored in the disk memory 90 via the DMA controller 80. To do. Therefore, the buffer memory 22 is erased, the image information previously stored in the disk memory 90 is restored to the desired address space of the buffer memory 22, and the image data is copied by the printer unit 600.
It is possible to obtain a duplicate in which unnecessary portions of the original are trimmed.

Image editing such as image position change and trimming is performed according to an image processing program created based on a command (described later) input from the command menu unit 220 shown in FIG. 3-2. Such an image processing program is
It can be stored in the disk memory 90, and the stored image processing program is defined as an application file. The image information stored in the disk memory 90 is defined as an image file. When registering these files in the disk memory 90, as described above, the files are given a 2-digit file number as a file name, and it is instructed whether or not the files can be deleted. To do.

16 (A), (B) and (C) show examples of simple image editing. First, the first document L1 shown in FIG. 9A is read by the reader unit 500, and its image information is stored in the buffer memory 22. Document holder 240 and stylus pen 2
By designating points A and B by 80, the image information within the range of M1 is extracted from the stored image information, and the image information M1 is extracted.
For example, the file number “01” is added to the file and registered in the disk memory 90. Similarly, for the second original L2, as shown in FIG. 7B, the file number "02" is added to the image information M2 extracted by designating points C and D. Register in the disk memory 90. Next, the buffer memory 22 is completely erased, and as shown in FIG.
Transfer the image information in the areas M1 and M2 stored in the image files with file numbers "01" and "02" to the address space corresponding to the areas N1 and N2 of the buffer memory 22 by specifying points. To do. That is, the buffer memory 22 stores the image information for one A4 size original in the state where the image information N1 and N2 are arranged as shown in FIG. 16 (C).

The contents of the buffer memory 22 are transferred to the printer unit 600 and copied to obtain a desired edited image L3.

(6.1) Meaning of commands This section describes the editing commands for image editing. As shown in FIG. 17, an edit command is input by the command menu section 220 on the console section 200, and the image processing section (CPU circuit block) 10 edits an image based on the edit command. Here, C is a command in the block of the command key group 222 shown in FIG.
The input can be performed by pressing or the alphabet key group 223, and image processing corresponding to the command key can be performed. P is a parameter and specifies coordinates and the like.
The input procedure of the parameter P is performed by opening the parenthesis after pressing the command key, inputting the parameter, and then closing the parenthesis. Parameters correspond to the command,
You can enter several types as needed, and enter “,” between each parameter.
Press the key to distinguish those parameters. (CR)
Is a carriage return, and the key 225 in FIG.
Indicates that the button is pressed at the end of inputting one edit command. The editing commands executed by the image processing unit 10 and their meanings are listed below. In addition, (CR) immediately after each command is
When entering a command, the carriage return key 22
Indicates that 5 is added.

(1) DZ (dither code A, dither code B, X0, Y0, X1, Y
1) (CR) What kind of dither code A is used to read the entire original image when binarizing the original image read by the reader unit 500, and
The dither controller 54 is instructed by what dither code B to read the designated area determined by X0, Y0, X1 and Y1. Dither codes A and B are, for example, 00,01,02,03,
Specify one of 6 types from 04 and 05. Here, 00 to 04 are inputs for adjusting the image density, which can be adjusted in five steps. If 05 is specified, halftones are displayed when reading a photo or the like. Note that a plurality of specific areas can be designated.

(2) The RE (CR) reader unit 500 was started and the CCDs 570, 580 and 590 read it.
The image information for one A4 size original is stored in the buffer memory 22. No parameters are added to this command.

(3) CR (file number, file type, X0, Y0, X1,
Y1) (CR) A space for storing the image file is secured on the disk memory 90, and the file information is registered in the file index table (see FIG. 10-4). That is, as a parameter, the 2-digit file number arbitrarily specified by the operator, the file type “00”, the positions X0 (mm) and Y0 (mm) on the address of the buffer memory 20, and the image size.
Enter X1 (mm) and Y1 (mm).

(4) ST (file number, file type) (CR) The image information on the buffer memory 22 is stored in the disk memory 90. This command is executed based on the file information registered in the index table on the disk memory 90 by the CR (...) Command.

(5) LO (file number, file type) (CR) Change the image position written in the index table FIT2 of the image file indicated by the file number entered here. That is, when this command is input, the CPU circuit block 10 searches the index table of the disk memory 90 for the corresponding file information by the open process, and displays the coordinate information of the file on the CRT 300. Since it is an image file operation command, the file type is "00".

(6) Input the ADR (X0, Y0) (CR) LO (...) command specified change positions X0 and Y0 of the image file. Enter this command immediately after the LO (...) command.

(7) CL (CR) Erases the image information stored in the buffer memory 20.

(8) LD (file number, file type "00") (C
R) The image file in the disk memory 90 is stored in the buffer memory 22 based on the position information X0 and Y0 shown in the file index table in the disk memory 90 corresponding to the file.

(9) DE (file number, file type) (CR) Delete the file with the file number and file type entered here from the disk memory 90.

(10) PR (number of copies) (CR) Image information stored in the buffer memory 22 is transferred to the printer unit 60.
Transfer to 0 and copy as many as the number entered.

(11) XR (file number, file type "02") (C
R) Used when the editing station control unit 450 reads an application file from the disk memory 90. Upon receiving this command, the image processing unit 10 retrieves the corresponding application file from the disk memory 90 and transfers it to the editing station control unit 450.

(12) ED (file number, file type "02") (C
R) It is used when an operator registers an image editing program, which is created by the console unit 200 and is stored in the RAM 456 of the editing station control unit 450, as an application file in the disk memory 90. At this time, the image processing unit 10 searches the index table of the disk memory 90, confirms that the application file having the same file number is not registered in the disk memory 90, and then the editing station control unit 450.
The command signal for transferring the command group is output to.

(13) DIR (CR) Transfers the file numbers, file types and coordinate information of application files and image files registered in the index table of the disk memory 90 to the CRT / console controller 470 and displays them on the CRT 300.

(14) KL (CR) The image processing unit 10 releases the editing station control unit 450 from under its control.

In the above commands, the file number and area (X0, Y
0, X1, Y1), position (X0, Y0), and the number of prints can be entered directly as numerical values or as variables. For example, an application file to be described later can be created by setting the file number to N, the area to F, the position to P, and the number of prints to S.

(6.2) Error Message When the image processing unit 10 recognizes an error in the process of processing the above command, the image processing unit 10 supplies the error code and the error comment to the editing station control unit 450, and the image is displayed on the CRT 300. Display it. FIG. 18 shows the display format, where EN is an error code displayed in hexadecimal and EC is an error comment.

The error codes and error comments and their contents are listed below.

(1) Error code 01: FILE NOT FOUND The file specified by the operator is not registered in the disk memory 90.

(2) Error code 02: COORDINATE ERROR There is an error in the coordinate information X0, Y0, X1 and Y1 entered by the operator. The commands corresponding to this error code are the CR (...) Command and the ADR (...) command. When this error code occurs, for example, when the input coordinate information is a negative number, 0-9 And the variable F or P
In addition to the case where a character other than the above is included, the case is as in the following expression (2), which exceeds the editable A4 size range in this embodiment.

X0 + X1> 297mm or Y0 + Y1> 210mm (2) (3) Error code 06: INDEX BLOCK OVER means that the total number of files registered in the disk memory 90 exceeds a preset value, that is, 50 in this embodiment. . That is, CR (…) command or ED (…)
When you try to register a new file with the command, there will be 50 files already registered in the disk memory 90.
This error code indicates that the new registration has not been accepted.

(4) Error code 07: NO VACANT SECTOR Refer to the sector bitmap table (see Figure 10-3) showing the usage status of the disk memory 90, and confirm that there are no free sectors required to register a new file. means. That is, the disk memory 90 is completely used
This error code indicates that a new file cannot be registered with the CR (...) Command or ED (...) Command.

(5) Error code 08: FILE ALREADY REGISTERED When you try to register a new file with a certain file number, it is confirmed that the file with the same file number as the file number is already registered in the disk memory 90. Show.

(6) Error code 0A: FILE TYPE ERROR This error occurs when the wrong file type is entered in the file to be registered. For example, it occurs when "02" indicating the file type of the application file is used when inputting a CR (...) Command that handles an image file.

(7) Error code 0B: VACANT FILE INDEX DIR As a result of searching the index table by the command, it indicates that no file is registered in the disk memory 90.

(8) Error code 0C: PRINTER ERROR Indicates that a mechanical error such as a jam has occurred on the printer unit 600 side when the printer unit 600 is started by the PR (...) Command.

(9) Error code 0D: ILLEGAL COPY VOLUME PR (...) Indicates that the number of copies specified by the command exceeds the set number of copies that the printer unit 600 can simultaneously copy, for example, 99 copies.

(10) Error code 0E: READER ERROR Indicates that the reader unit 500 is not under the control of the image processing unit 10. For example, it indicates that the power supply of the reader unit 500 is not connected, or that the signal line 501 is not connected.

(11) Error code 0F: PRINTER NOT READY Indicates that the temperature of the fixing device (not shown) in the printer unit 600 has not reached the specified value.

(12) Error code 10: PRINTER NOT ON LINE As with error code 0E, the printer unit 600 causes the image processing unit 1
Indicates that it is not under the control of 0.

(6.3) Editing Procedure The editing procedure of image information using the editing station 400 will be described with reference to FIGS. 19, 20, 21 and 22-1 to 22-6.

When the editing station 400 is activated, first, in step S1, the screen division of the CRT 300 and the initialization of system constants are performed. The CRT 300 has a screen 301 capable of displaying 40 characters horizontally and 24 lines vertically. FIG. 22-1 shows an example of display division of the screen 301, in which 310 from the first line to the 19th line is a working area, and the display of characters transferred from the image processing unit 10 to the editing station 400. And so on. 320 in the 20th line is a blank area, and no display is made in this area, and the boundary between the working area 310 and each of the following areas is made clear to the operator. A mode display area 330 in the 21st line displays in which mode (described later) the operator is using the editing station 400. Line 22
A message area 340 is used by the editing station control unit 450 to display to the operator commands and parameters to be input next and error codes. Line 23
Reference numeral 350 is a user input area for monitoring a character such as a file number input by the operator. 360 on line 24
Is a status display area, which is an area for displaying the status of the image processing unit 10 and notifying the operator.

As another initialization, when a command is input, the command echoed from the image processing unit 10 is displayed in the working area 310, the carriage return code is recognized, and the next command sent back from the image processing unit 10 is received. The command is displayed from the left end of the next line, and the working area if the command is displayed from line 1 to line 19.
Scroll up 310 line by line so that commands are always contained in the working area 310.

When the editing station 400 is not in the online state with the image processing control unit 100, the screen 301 in FIG. 22-1 is, for example, all blue and the message area 340 receives the operator's online request, that is, the "REQUEST" key. The message "NOT READY.ENTER REQUEST KEY" is displayed, and in step S2 the input of the "REQUEST" key is awaited.

The editing station 400 operates in two main modes: echo mode and edit mode. The echo mode is a mode in which the character input by the operator through the console unit 200 is directly transferred to the image processing unit 10, and the character transferred from the image processing unit 10 to the editing station 400 is directly displayed on the CRT 300. The edit mode is a mode for creating and modifying an application file and giving an execution command to the image processing unit 10. In this mode, the character input by the operator is first temporarily stored in the RAM 456 in the editing station control unit 450, and then the operator. Is corrected on the CRT 300 and then transferred to the image processing unit 10. In addition, in the edit mode, a period during which the application file transferred from the disk memory 90 to the editing station control unit 450 via the image processing unit 10 is received is particularly set to the command mode.

FIG. 21 shows the operation of the editing station control unit 450 when there is a key input in each mode. First, the mode is determined in step SA, and if the result is that the mode is echo mode, the process proceeds to step SB, in which the character echoed back from the image processing unit 10 is set to the working area 31.
The display is 0, the process proceeds to step SG, and the process returns to the normal routine shown in FIG. If it is determined that the edit mode, proceed to step SC, in this mode, the working area 310 is being used by the screen editor,
The character is displayed in the user input area 350, and step S
Move to G. If the command mode is determined, the process proceeds to step SD and it is determined whether the reception of the application file is completed. Here, if the determination is affirmative, the process proceeds to step SF, the reception completion flag of the application file is set, and the process proceeds to step SG.
On the other hand, if the determination is negative, the process proceeds to step SE, the transferred characters are sequentially accumulated in the RAM 456, and the process proceeds to step SG.

By instructing the "REQUEST" key, the process proceeds to step S3, the editing station 400 is set to the echo mode,
In step S4, a start request signal for the image editing program is output to the image processing unit 10. Next, in step S5, the activation confirmation of the image editing program is confirmed. If a negative determination is made here, the process proceeds to step S4. In step S6, the screen of the CRT 300 is, for example, entirely black, and the message area 340 is displayed in green characters with "ON-LIN".
"E" is displayed to inform the operator that the request to start the editing program is valid, and the mode display area 330 is displayed.
"ECHO MODE" is displayed on the editing station 400
Informs that it will operate in echo mode, and waits for a command input in step S7.

In step S8, the input of the command key input from the console unit 200 is determined, and step determination is performed according to the determination result.
Move to S10, S15, S20, S25 or S30.

In the echo mode, since the screen edit function of the CRT300 does not exist, if there is an input of the key group 229 related to screen edit, it is processed as an invalid input in step S10, and the process proceeds to step S7 to input the next input. wait. Also, a key to end the edit mode,
That is, the same processing is performed when the edit reset key and the edit end key are input.

When the command character in the key group 222 is input, the process proceeds to step S16 through step S15, the input command is transferred to the image processing unit 10, and the present system operates according to the command. For example, as shown in Figure 23-2, if you press the "RE" key, the characters "RE" will appear on the screen 301.
Is displayed and the carriage return key 225 is instructed to supply a reader drive signal to the reader unit 500 to read the original image.

When the coordinate input request key 227, that is, the "position designation" key and the "region designation" key are designated, the process proceeds to step S20, and the stylus pen 280 can designate a desired point on the document placing portion 240. . If you specify the area to edit and edit the image, press the "area specification" key and the message area 340 will display, for example, "ENTER TOP RIGHT POSIT
"ION" is displayed, the left half of the working area 310 is made white, and the operator is instructed to point A (see Fig. 10-5), and the left half of the working area 310 is made white.
An image information editing area 315 is displayed.

When the operator designates the point A, as shown in FIG. 22-3, the coordinate display line 312 is displayed in the image editing area 311 in the vertical and horizontal directions of the point A ′ corresponding to the point A, for example, in green. Then
In the user input area 350, the X and Y coordinates of point A, that is, X0 and Y0 are displayed in mm units. next,
In the message area 330, “ENTER BOTTOM LEFT POSITIO
Displaying "N" prompts the operator to input point B. When point B is input, the vertical and horizontal lengths X1 and X1 of the edited image are calculated from the coordinates of point B and the coordinates of point A in step S21. Y1 is calculated, and then, in step S22, the editing area designated by inputting the points A and B is added to the corresponding area 313 on the image editing area 311, for example, in red, as shown in FIG. 22-4. At the same time, the message area 330 displays “OK! AREA I
"S RECOGNIZED" is displayed to inform the operator that the editing area has been specified and X0, Y0, X is displayed in the user input area 350.
Display 1 and Y1 as numerical values in mm. Then step S
The process proceeds to 16 and these numerical values are transferred to the image processing unit 10.

When the position is designated and the image is edited, the "position designation" key is designated. In this case, only one point is designated, that is, only point A in the case of region designation is designated. When the point is input, for example, the coordinate display line 312 is displayed in red and X0 and Y0 are displayed in mm in the user input area 350. When the editing station 400 recognizes the specified position in this way, “OK! POSITIONIS R” is displayed in the message area 330.
"ECOGNIZED" is displayed to notify the operator that the coordinates have been effectively input, and the numerical information of X0 and Y0 is transferred to the image processing unit 10.

When area designation or position designation is completed, the process returns to step S7, the editing station 400 waits for input from the console unit 200 again, and by input of a new command, the command displayed before execution of area designation or position designation is designated. The coordinates of the working area are
View on 310. In addition, if the operator specifies another command key between the time when the "area designation" key or the "position designation" key is designated and the coordinate input is performed, the coordinate designation for area designation or position designation is performed. The waiting state is released, and the command displayed before the instruction of the “area designation” key or the “position designation” key is displayed in the working area 310.

When the editing station 400 is released from the control of the image processing unit 10 and the online state is released, the KL command is input using the alphabet key group 223. At this time, the process proceeds from step S25 to step S26, the character information of "KL" is output to the image processing unit 10, the termination of the image editing program is requested, and the process proceeds to step S27. This step S27
At the editing station control unit 450, the image processing unit 10
If it is detected that the editing program in step S6 has not ended, a negative determination is made, the end input is invalidated, and step S7
Move to. Further, when an affirmative determination is made in step S27, the online state is released and the process proceeds to step S1.

When the key of the application file-related key group 228 is input, that is, the "fixed task" key, the "call application file" key, and the "create application file" key are instructed, as shown in FIG. At, the editing station 400 is set to the edit mode.

Here, the “Create application file” key is a key to instruct when creating a new application file, and the “Call application file” key is to call the application file registered in the disk memory 90 and make corrections. The "standard job" key calls the application file, and the command sequence is sequentially displayed on the image processing unit 10.
This is a key that is instructed when the image is transferred to and edited.

When those keys are input, in step S31, input determination is performed for each case of routine work, application file calling, and application file creation. In edit mode, since an application file is handled, it is essential to specify the file number. Therefore, in any case, first, in step S32, the editing station control unit 450 sets the screen of the CRT 300 to, for example, blue and displays "ENTER FILE N" in the message area 340.
"O. AND CARRIAGE RETURN" is displayed, and the operator is requested to input the file number. Then, "EDIT MODE" is displayed in the mode display area 330 to inform the operator that the editing station 400 is in the edit mode. Notify, the screen of the CRT 300 is returned to black, and in each case, the following processing is executed according to each processing procedure.

First, the procedure for creating an application file will be described.
When the application file number is input in step S32, the editing station control unit 450 displays "ENTER MENU!" In the message area 340 and prompts the operator to create an application file in step S40. Then, the cursor 302 is made to blink in the upper left corner of the working area 310 to wait for command input, and the operator sequentially inputs a desired command group to create an edit program. By inputting one command and adding a carriage return, the command is transferred to the RAM 456 in the editing station control unit 450 and simultaneously displayed in the working area 310. In this way, since the input command group is stored in the RAM 456, by instructing the screen edit key group 229, the screen edit function, that is, the blinking line of the cursor 302 or the deletion of a character, a new line Alternatively, it is possible to insert a character and move the cursor 302. If the number of lines that can be accommodated in the working area 310 is exceeded due to the creation of a new line in the editing program, the working area 310 is set to 1 as in the echo mode.
In addition to scrolling up line by line, the working area 310 is scrolled up and down by moving the cursor 302 up and down.

In creating the application file, the area designation input process is executed in the same manner as in the echo mode, but the position designation input process is executed as follows. The location specified when creating the application file is LO
Since it relates to the input of coordinates X0 and Y0 of the ADR (...) command to be input next to the (...) command, LO
Confirm that the (…) command has been entered, and search for CR (…) from the command group that has already been entered, and then coordinate information X0, Y0, X1 and Y1 of the same file number.
To extract. As a result, if the coordinate information cannot be extracted, the processing shown in FIG. 22-2 is performed as in the echo mode. On the other hand, when the coordinate information can be extracted, as shown in FIG. 22-5, the right half surface of the working area 310 is, for example, white, and X0, Y0, X1 and Y1 are included in the surface. The area 314A determined by is displayed in green, for example.
Then, the left half surface of the working area 310 is made white, and the area defined by the coordinates X0 'and Y0' newly designated by the LO (...) Command and ADR (...) Command in the surface.
314B is displayed in red. Also, both areas 314A and 31
The file number FN of the image file is displayed in the upper right corner of 4B.

Thus, during image editing, etc., during the display of the recording area, image information representing a number for identifying the desired area of the original corresponding to each of the specified recording areas is added to the CRT, Since the area is displayed as a frame relative to the frame indicating the size of the recording material on the screen, the number is displayed in the frame indicating the area. The recording position of can be visually confirmed, and therefore image editing can be performed easily and surely.

If the new edit area formed by X0 ', Y0', X1 and Y1 exceeds the editable area, X0 'and Y0'
Invalidates the input of and waits for a new valid input. The edited image area displayed by inputting the coordinate information is erased by inputting a command, and the command group being created is displayed again.

When the "Trace" key is input, the LO (...) Command and the CR (...) Command with the file number equal to the file number are searched from the command group of the program being created, and the 22nd-6 As shown in the figure, the left side of the screen of the CRT300 is, for example, white, and the coordinate information X0, Y0, X1 is displayed in the plane.
Areas 316A and 317A determined by Y1 and Y1 are displayed in red, and the file number FN of the image file is displayed in the upper right corner of the area. On the right side of the screen, this is blue, for example, and the changed coordinate position information X0 '
And regions 316B and 31 defined by Y0 'and X1 and Y1
7B is displayed in green. Further, a rightward arrow 318 is displayed at the center of the screen to indicate the movement of the image.

When the display of the movement of the image file is completed, the message area 340 displays "END OF TRACE MODE" to notify the operator of the end of the trace. Then, when the operator gives an arbitrary point on the console section 200,
The commands of the application file being created are displayed again.

That is, it is possible to visually understand where the image information is moved by the application file currently being traced.

When creating the application file, as described above, the image file number, the edited image area (X0, Y0, X
1, Y1), the change position (X0 ', Y0') of the edited image and the number of prints can be specified by numerical values, and a program can be created using them as variables to give flexibility to image editing. For example, the following command group can be configured as an application file that performs trimming using variables.

(1) RE (CR) The original is read by the reader unit 500 and stored in the buffer memory 22. (2) CR (N, 0, F) (CR) File number N, area F (X0, Y0) on the disk memory 90. ,
Secure space to store X1, Y1) image file (3) ST (N, 0) (CR) Register image file of (2) in disk memory 90 as file number N (4) LO (N, 0) (CR) Change the position of the image file with file number N (5) ADR (P) (CR) Set the changed position to P (X0 ', Y0') (6) CL (CR) Erase buffer memory 22 (7) LD (N, 0) (CR) Store image file with file number N in buffer memory 22 (8) DE (N, 0) (CR) Delete image file with file number N (9) PR (S) (CR ) Copy S of the image information stored in the buffer memory 22.

That is, an application file is created with the file number N, the edited image area as F, the image position as P, and the number of copies as S.

In this way, when the operator creates the application program and when the creation is completed, the operator
Enter the edit end key in S34. At this time, step S35
Then, the editing station control unit 450 displays “STORE THIS COMMAND FILE?” In the message area 340, and the RAM456
It is confirmed whether or not the application program stored in is stored in the disk memory 90 as a file. If the operator denies this message and inputs the "N" key, a negative decision is made in step S36, the editing station 450 ends the edit mode, erases the screen 301 and moves to step S37, and the echo mode Return to.

On the other hand, when the operator inputs the "Y" key to request the file registration, an affirmative determination is made in step S36, the process proceeds to step S38, and based on the file number preset by the operator in step S32, Editing station controller
The 450 sends an ED (...) Command to the image processing unit 10 and also permits application file transfer. If a file having the same file number as that file number is not registered in the disk memory 90, a negative determination is made in step S39 and the process proceeds to step S40, where the image processing unit 10 instructs the editing station control unit 450. File registration is permitted, and file transfer is executed.

When the file registration is completed, the process proceeds to step S37 to return to the echo mode. If a signal indicating that a file having the same file number as the created file has already been registered is transferred from the image processing unit 10 to the editing station control unit 450, an affirmative decision is made in step S39. Message is sent to step S41, and message area 3
40, for example, “FILE ALREADY REGISTERED.DELETE OLD
"?" Is displayed and the operator is asked whether or not to delete the file having the corresponding file number in the disk memory 90.

If the operator affirms, the process proceeds to step S42, the editing station control unit 450 sends the DE (...) Command to the image processing unit 10, and then the process returns to step S38. If the operator denies, the process proceeds to step S43, where the editing station control unit 450 displays “ENTER FILE NO.
"AND CARRIAGE RETURN" is displayed to prompt the operator to input a new file number. When the operator inputs a new file number, the process proceeds to step S38.

If the response of the image processing unit 10 to the ED command is other than the error code “08”, the editing station control unit 450
Determines that the application file cannot be transferred,
The screen 301 is erased to shift to the echo mode, and the corresponding error code is displayed in the message area 340.

Next, a processing procedure when an application file call key is instructed will be described. When the file number is input in step S32, the editing station 400 is set to the command mode, and the editing station control unit 450 outputs the XR (...) Command to the image processing unit 10 according to the input file number. Therefore, in step S46, the image processing unit 10 calls the corresponding application file from the disk memory 90 and transfers it to the RAM 456. When the editing station control unit 450 completes the reception of the application file, it resets to the edit mode in step S47, then moves to step S33, and erases and inserts lines and characters by the same procedure as the application file creation. To modify the application file. When the error code is sent from the image processing unit 10, the editing station control unit 450 erases the screen of the CRT 300 and returns to the echo mode, and in the message area 340 and the status display area 360, respectively, The error code, the error message corresponding to the error code, and the status are displayed.

Next, the procedure of routine work input processing will be described. When the operator designates the "Regular job" key and inputs the file number of the desired application file, the editing station control unit 450 stores the designated file in the RAM 456 as in the case of calling the application file (step S32, S45 ~ S47). Then, in step S48, the editing station control unit 450 searches the command group stored in the RAM 456 from its head to search for variables N, F, P and S.
If these variables are not found as a result of the search in step S49, the process proceeds to step S53, and the command group of the application file is transferred to the image processing unit 10 one by one. On the other hand, if it is determined that there is a variable, step S5
Go to 0. In step S50, when the editing station control unit 450 first finds the variable N, a comment is displayed in the message area 340 of the CRT 300 to input the file number, and the variable N is replaced with the numerical value input by the operator. . Next, when you find the variable F, the message area
The image area 340 is displayed to specify the image area, and the variable F is replaced with the values X0, Y0, X1 and Y1 input by the operator. Next, when the variable P is found, the message area 340 is displayed so as to specify the image position, and the variable P is set to the value X input by the operator.
Replace with 0 ', Y0' and the position specification input is CR
If it relates to a combination of (...) And LO (...) Command, the processing shown in FIG. 22-5 is performed, and if it relates only to LO (...) Command, the processing shown in FIG. 22-2. I do. If the variable S is found, the message area 340
Is displayed to input the desired number of copies, and the variable S is replaced with the numerical value input by the operator.

In this way, when the operator replaces all the variables in the command group with numerical values, the process proceeds to step S51, and the edit station control unit 450 performs the trace processing as shown in the 22-6th drawing to change the edit form to the working area 310. It is displayed above, and then, in step S52, "OK?" Is displayed in the message area 340 to confirm with the operator whether the image editing form is as desired. For example, if the operator denies the confirmation by instructing the "N" key, the editing station control unit
The 450 deletes the screen of the CRT 300 and moves to step S37.
On the other hand, if the operator gives an affirmative answer by, for example, instructing the “Y” key, the process proceeds to step S53, the editing station control unit 450 saves the screen as it is, and the command sequence is sequentially processed by the image processing unit 10. To execute a predetermined program.

The image processing unit 10 echoes back the transmitted command character to the editing station control unit 450, and the editing station control unit 450 displays the command in the status display area 360 so that the operator recognizes the status of this system. Let When the image processing unit 10 finishes executing the series of commands, the editing station control unit 450 makes a step.
Proceed to S37 to end the routine work and return to echo mode. If an error occurs during the command execution by the image processing unit 10, the editing station control unit 450 interrupts the command transmission, erases the screen of the CRT 300, displays an error code in the message area 340, and echoes. Move to mode.

In the process in the edit mode described above, that is, in the process of creating a command file, calling a command file, and performing routine work, if the operator instructs the edit reset key during the input process of step S33 or step S50, immediately Clear the screen of CRT300 and step
Move to S37 and return to echo mode. If there is an end input, the KL command is output to the image processing unit 10, the online state between the image processing unit 10 and the editing station 400 is released, and the process proceeds to step S2.

(7) Editing and Transmission by Reader Operation Unit In this system, in addition to reading the original image using the reader operation unit 550 shown in FIG. 14, copying, internal / external communication, and image editing using application files are performed. be able to. As described above, the reader unit 500 operates in the copy mode and the edit R mode. The procedure in which the operator selects any one of these modes and performs copying, internal / external communication, and image editing will be described below.

(A) Copy mode (1) Press the "COPY" key 565.

(2) The number display 552 displays "01" and blinks.

(3) Press one of the off-premise select key group, on-premise select key group, and "LOCAL" key.

(4) The number of copies setting key group is used to set the number of copies for the destination selected in (3). The number of sheets set at this time is displayed on the sheet number display 550. However, when the off-premise communication is selected, the number of sheets that can be set is one, and at that time, "01" is displayed on the sheet number display 552.

(5) Press the “ENTER” key. By this pressing, the destination and the set number of sheets are input to the image processing control unit 100.

(6) (3), (4) and (5) when transmitting to other systems at the same time in addition to the destination selected in (3)
Repeat the procedure of.

(7) Press the “PAPER SELECT” key 553 to specify the document size as A3 or A4. However, when the destination is off-site, it is limited to A4 size only.

(8) When the "EXECUTE" key is pressed, the device starts copying and sending operations. In the case of in-house transmission, when a different number of sheets is set and copied to each destination, the reader unit 500 scans the document image the maximum number of times.

(B) Edit R mode (1) Press the "EDIT" key 566.

(2) The application file number display 551 blinks.

(3) Press the numeric keypad 554 and enter the application file number. At this time, the input file number is displayed on the display 551.

(4) Press the “EXECUTE” key 568.

(5) The image processing unit 10 loads the application file corresponding to the application file number designated by the reader operation unit 550 from the disk memory 90 to the RAM 10-
3, and the commands are sequentially executed according to the contents to edit the image.

If the application file designated by the reader operation unit 550 is not registered in the disk memory 90, the display 551 simply repeats blinking. So "CLEAR"
Press the key 555 and use the "DIR" key on the console unit 200 to check the registration status of the disk memory 90.

Effect As described above, according to the present invention, in a configuration in which images of a plurality of desired areas of a document are recorded at a plurality of designated recording positions on a recording material, a plurality of desired areas of a document are handled. A plurality of recording positions on the recording material are displayed relative to each other within a frame on a monitor showing the size of the recording material, and further image information for identifying the desired area corresponding to each of the plurality of recording positions is displayed. Therefore, it is possible for the operator to easily recognize a plurality of desired positions on the recording material, and further it is possible to identify which of the plurality of desired areas of the document corresponding to each of the plurality of recording positions, the operation can be performed. The sex can be improved significantly.

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FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 are a perspective view showing an example of the configuration of the image processing apparatus of the present invention, and a block diagram showing the outline of the apparatus of the present invention, respectively. FIGS. 3-1, 3-2 and 3-3 are a block diagram showing an example of an editing station in the device of the present invention, a layout diagram showing a key layout example of a command menu section of the console section, and an editing section, respectively. It is a block diagram which shows an example of a station control part. FIG. 4 is a detailed block diagram showing an example of the configuration of the device of the present invention centering on the image processing control unit 100. FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing an example of the configuration of the image processing unit (CPU circuit block), FIG. 6-1 is a block diagram showing an example of the configuration of the buffer memory circuit block, and FIG. 6-2 is a buffer memory circuit block. FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing an example of the configuration of a memory controller that controls the memory controller, and FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing an example of the configuration of the DMA controller. FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of a multibus memory map,
FIG. 9-1 is a diagram showing an example of the address map of the buffer memory, and FIG. 9-2 is a diagram showing an example of the address map when the buffer memory is viewed from the multibus. FIG. 10-1 (A) is a diagram showing an example of a physical address configuration of the disk memory, and FIG. 10-1 (B) is a sequence when the address of the disk memory is changed and data is continuously accessed. Explanatory diagram for explaining, FIG. 10-2 is a diagram showing an example of an index table, FIGS. 10-3 and 10-4 are diagrams showing an example of a sector bitmap table and a file index table, respectively. FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram for designating an area on the image to be edited. 11 (A), (B) and (C) are block diagrams showing an example of the configuration of a circuit including a switchboard and an optical fiber interface divided into three parts. FIG. 12-1 is a block diagram showing an example of the configuration of the DDX interface, FIG. 12-2 is a diagram for explaining the signal transmission direction between the image processing unit and the DDX interface, and FIG. 12-3 is the system. And FIG. 12-4 are diagrams showing a signal transmission direction in the case of performing DDX communication between the device and another system, and FIG. 12-4 is a diagram showing an example of a procedure of performing signal transmission in the DDX communication. FIG. 13 is a block diagram showing an example of the configuration of an optical fiber interface. 14 and 15 are layout diagrams showing examples of key layouts of the reader operation unit and the printer status display unit, respectively. 16 (A), (B) and (C) are explanatory diagrams showing an example of simple image editing, FIG. 17 is a diagram showing an example of a command input format, and FIG. 18 is an error display format. It is a figure which shows an example. FIG. 19, FIG. 20 and FIG. 21 are flowcharts showing an example of image editing and the like, and FIGS. 22-1 to 22-6 are diagrams showing an example of display division of the screen of the CRT. 1 ... Image processing information forming unit, 100 ... Image processing control unit, 10 ... Image processing unit (CPU circuit block), 10-1 ... CPU, 10-2 ... ROM, 10-3 ... RAM, 10-4 ... dual port controller, 10-5 ... interrupt controller, 10-6 ... timer, 10-7 ... communication interface, 10-9 ... baud rate generator, 10-10 ... peripheral device interface, 10-11 ... Driver / terminator, 10-12 ... Multibus interface, 20 ... Buffer memory circuit block, 21 ... Memory controller, 21-1, 21-2 ... Shift register for writing data, 21-3 ... Data bus driver, 21-4 ... Write timing generator, 21-5 ... OR gate, 21-6 ... Address counter, 21-7 ... Address bus driver, 21-8 ... OR gate, 21-9 Control bus driver, 21-21, 21-22 ... Shift register for data read 21-23 ... Terminator interface, 21-24 ... Read timing generator, 21-26 ... Address converter, 21-27 ... Control bus driver, 21-41 ... Bidirectional data bus driver, 21-42 ... Address bus buffer, 21-45 ... Decoder, 21-46 ... Command control circuit, 21-50 ... Command control circuit , 21-55 ... Refresh control circuit, 21-101, 21-102, 21-103, 21-104, 21-105, 21-121, 21
-122,21-123,21-124,21-125,21-126,21-131,21-
131 ', 21-132,21-132', 21-133,21-145,21-146,21
-147,21-154,21-156 ... Signal line, 22 ... Buffer memory, 23 ... Terminator, 24 ... Internal bus, 24-1 ... Data bus, 24-2 ... Address bus, 24- 3 ... Control bus, 30 ... Multibus, 40 ... Exchange, 40-2 ... Signal selector M, 40-6 ... Signal selector P, 40-7 ... Signal selector F, 41, 42, 43, 45,46,48 …… Connector, L1, L2, L3, L4, L5, L6, L7, L8, L9, L10, L11, L12 …… Signal line group, 50 …… CCD driver, 52 …… Shift memory, 54 …… Dither controller, 56 …… I / O interface, 58 …… Operation interface, 60 …… DDX interface, 60-1 …… Data / clock interface, 60-2 …… Control signal interface, 60-3, 60-7 ... Switch, 60-4,60-5,60-6 ... Line buffer, 60-8 ... RL counter, 60-9 ... RL forward / reverse counter 60-10 ... RLMH / MR converter, 60-11 ... V.35 interface, 60-20 ... control circuit, 60-21 ... dial pulse generator, 60-22 ... dial setting switch, 60-23 ... V.28 interface, 60-24,60-25,60-26,60-27,60-37 ... indicator, 60-35 ... power supply circuit, 60-36 ... power switch, 70 ... Optical fiber interface, 70-1, 70-2 ... Optical / electrical signal converter, 70-3 ... Command / image identification circuit, 70-4, 70-5, 70-20, 70-21, 70-30, 70-31 ... AND gate, 70-10 ... receive command register, 70-11 ... address decoder, 70-12 ... data buffer, 70-25 ... reproduction circuit, 70-35, 70 -36 ... OR gate, 70-40, 70-41 ... electrical / optical signal converter, 70-50 ... transmission command register, 70-51 ... command identification signal generator, 70-52 ... transfer clock generation Vessel, 70-55 ... conversion Circuit, 70-101,70-102,70-103,70-104,70-110,70-111,70
-112 ... signal line, 80 ... DMA controller, 80-1 ... I / O processor, 80-2 ... bus arbiter, 80-3 ... bus controller, 80-4 ... address / data buffer block, 80 -5 ... Internal bus, 80-6 ... Clock generator, 80-7 ... Synchronous signal generation circuit, 80-8 ... ROM, 80-10 ... Address decoder, 80-101,80-102,80- 103,80−104,80−105,80−107,80
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120,80-122,80-123,80-125,80-126,80-130,80-13
1,80-135,80-140,80-141,80-142,80-143 …… Signal line, 90 …… Disk memory, 91 …… Drive, 92 …… Head, 93 …… Track, 94 …… Sector, FIT1, FIT2, FIT3 …… File index table 111,112,113,114,115 …… Bus line, 121,122,123,124,125,126,127,128,129,130,131,132,13
3,134,135,136,137,138,139,144,145,146,149,150,151,
152 …… Signal line, 400 …… Editing station, 200 …… Console section, 220 …… Command menu section, 221 …… Start request and end request key group, 222 …… Edit command key group, 223 …… Alphabet key Group, 224 ... Numeric keypad, 225 ... Carriage return key, 226 ... Parameter input key group, 227 ... Coordinate input request key group, 228 ... Key group input when creating an editing program, 229 ... Screen Edit key group, 240 …… Original section, 280 …… Stylus pen, 300 …… CRT, 301 …… Screen, 310 …… Working area, 311 …… Image editing area, 312 …… Coordinate display line, 313,314A , 314B, 316A, 316B, 317A, 317B …… area, 318 …… arrow, 320 …… blank area, 330 …… mode display area, 340 …… message area, 350 …… user input area, 360 …… display area , 450 ... Editing Control unit, 420 …… RS232C interface, 470 …… CRT / console controller, 451 …… Clock generator, 452 …… CPU, 453 …… Data buffer, 454 …… Address buffer, 455 …… ROM, 456 …… RAM, 457 ... Bus line, 458 ... Peripheral device control circuit, 459 ... Basic I / O control circuit, 460 ... Video signal generator, 500 ... Reader unit, 510 ... Optical scanning motor driver, 520 …… Position detection sensor, 560 …… Motor unit, 570,580,590 …… CCD, 550 …… Reader operation part, 551 …… Application file number display, 552 …… Number display, 553 …… Paper size select key, 554… … Numeric keypad, 555 …… “CLEAR” key, 556 …… “STOP” key, 557,558 …… Indicator, 561,562,563 …… Select keys, 565 …… “COPY” key, 566 …… “EDIT” key, 567… … “ENTER” key, 568 …… “EXECUTE” Keys, 600 ... printer section, 610 ... printer sequence controller circuit block, 615 ... printer drive and sensor unit, 620 ... laser driver, 625 ... laser unit, 630 ... polygon motor unit, 635 ... scanner driver , 640 …… Beam detector, 650 …… Printer status display, 651 …… Power status indicator, 652 …… Ready indicator, 653 …… Online select key, 654 …… Test print key, 655 …… Original size display And selection section, 656-1,656-2,656-3,657 ... error indicator 700 ... optical fiber network, 701 ... image information receiving optical fiber, 702 ... clock signal receiving optical fiber, 703 ... image information transmitting Optical fiber, 704 ... Optical fiber for clock signal transmission, 800 ... DDX line, 801 ... Line terminating equipment (DCE), 802 ... Network control device NCU), 803,804 ...... connection cable.

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Katsuyoshi Maejima 3-30-2 Shimomaruko, Ota-ku, Tokyo Canon Inc. (72) Inventor Nao Nagashima 3-30-2 Shimomaruko, Ota-ku, Tokyo Kya Non-Incorporated (72) Inventor Asao Watanabe 3-30-2 Shimomaruko, Ota-ku, Tokyo Canon Incorporated (56) Reference JP-A-57-99860 (JP, A) JP-A-57-101973 ( JP, A)

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. Designating means for designating a plurality of recording positions where the desired area is to be recorded on a recording material on which images of a plurality of desired areas of an original are to be recorded respectively, and a size of the recording material. An output unit that relatively displays a plurality of recording positions designated by the designating unit in a frame shown and outputs a monitor so as to display image information capable of discriminating the desired area corresponding to each of the plurality of recording positions, Recording means for recording images of a plurality of desired areas of the original document at a plurality of recording positions on the recording material, corresponding to a plurality of recording positions and image information displayed relative to the output means. An image processing device characterized by the above.