JPS61121162A - Picture processing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To attain subordinate processing of data corresponding to each image by having a different output form for a part of the output picture information obtained by an output means according to the parameter stored in a store means and therefore editing and displaying the data for printers at the upper and rear surface sides with correlation secured between them. CONSTITUTION:The data stored in devices H7-H9 and the data read by a reader 12 are stored in program memories H15 and H16 of a picture editing device and then developed to image memories H17 and H18. Then interfaces H11 and H14 are connected to printers H10 and H13 of different degrees of picture element density and the reader 12. Here a bit manipulation unit BMUH5 controls each part. Then the partial output from of the picture information displayed at a display part 38 is delivered from a VRAMH4 serving as an output means after changing said form according to the parameters developed and stored in the memories H17 and H18. Then the data for printers at the upper and rear surface sides are edited and displayed with correlation secured between them.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field] The present invention relates to an image processing system for inputting and editing document images, and in particular for inputting and editing document images such as headings, page numbers, etc. based on composition rules.
Beautifully arranged, including columns, etc., as well as shapes, images, tables, etc.
Concerning advanced image processing systems for editing different information such as graphs.

[Prior art]

Recently, word processors have become widespread, and document input is being mechanized and streamlined, but this is limited to streamlining the input of character strings, such as kana-kanji conversion, romaji-kanji conversion, etc. Therefore, there is no high-resolution output device for printing or displaying high-quality documents, that is, documents that are easy to read and beautiful, and there are no functions such as devising the arrangement of characters called typesetting rules in the so-called printing world. It was difficult to create documents that were above standard.

On the other hand, in the world of printing, a vast amount of typesetting know-how is stored as the knowledge of experts, and creating high-quality documents requires a complex process because of manual work such as how to fill in characters and format columns. There were 7 expensive items. especially,
The problem was that a created document could only be proofread once it was output in the form of a galley or other form, and the process of repeated corrections was a long process.

〔the purpose〕

In view of the prior art, the present invention displays on a display the definition of format parameters, headings, number of pages, etc. based on typesetting rules, layout methods, and printing formats, etc., and allows immediate response using a keyboard and pointing device. It provides a flexible way to edit documents, especially the formatting of headings, columns, page numbers, etc.
It is an object of the present invention to provide an image processing system that can perform image processing extremely efficiently depending on left and right pages.

The present invention employs a format definition, and by inputting format definition parameters once, it is possible to obtain output with a uniform format throughout the entire document, and the format of the entire document can be easily changed by changing only the format definition. The purpose is to provide an image processing system.

Another aspect of the present invention is an output means for outputting a document or an image, and a print format predefined for configuring the document output by the output means.

a control means for developing a document image according to formatting rules using format parameters such as column format; a display means for displaying the formatted document at the same time as the output; a keyboard and a keyboard on the document displayed by the display means; Enter, move, copy, and insert text images using a pointing device.

An object of the present invention is to provide an image processing system characterized by having an editing means that performs document editing such as deletion and replacement, and always reflects the printed state after conversion.

Another object of the present invention is to perform operations such as writing, moving, copying, inserting, deleting, and converting text to a document image on a display.
An object of the present invention is to provide an image processing system that allows image editing and command processing related to format 2 formatting to be performed using either a keyboard or a mouse.

〔Example〕

The present invention will be explained in more detail below using the drawings.

FIG. 1-1 is an external connection diagram of an image processing system to which the present invention is applied. Note that the system is not limited to this, and it goes without saying that the present invention can be applied even if a part of the system is changed even if it is a single device. 31 is a microcomputer, RAM, ROM, etc. for system control. 32 is the input section of the digital copying machine, which is a control section (called a workstation) equipped with an internal memory composed of an internal memory and an external memory composed of a floppy disk or a cartridge disk. 33 is an output unit of a digital copying machine that converts the document information of the original placed into an electrical signal using an image pickup device such as a COD, and 33 is an output unit of a digital copying machine that converts the document information of the original onto a recording material based on the information converted into an electrical signal from a laser beam printer or the like. This is a high-speed printer that records images. Reference numeral 34 is an image file having a storage medium such as an optical disk or a magneto-optical disk, in which a large amount of image information can be written and read.

Reference numeral 35 is a microfilm file, and includes a microfilm search section and a microfilm league section that converts the searched image information on the microfilm into an electrical signal using an image pickup device. 36 has a photosensitive belt in which a photoconductive layer is provided on a transparent conductive strip-shaped substrate, and the brightness and darkness of the image light is changed by irradiating the photoconductive layer with laser light that is modulated according to the input image signal through the substrate. An electrostatic latent image is formed on the photoconductive layer according to the image, and the formed latent image is developed with a conductive and magnetic toner (developer) held on a toner carrier to form a display image. It is a high-resolution soft display. 37 is a printer device such as a laser beam printer similar to the printer 33;
It is smaller and slower than other machines, and can be installed as needed. 3
Reference numeral 8 denotes a display unit which performs document and image processing according to the present invention, and is a CRT device that displays image information photoelectrically read by a digital copying machine and a microfilm file input scanner (reader) or system control information. Reference numeral 39 denotes a switching device that switches connections between each input/output device using a signal from the control section 31. Cables 40 to 48 electrically connect each input/output device. Further, 50 is the control unit 3
1 was established.

A keyboard, by operating this keyboard 50, system operation commands, etc. are issued, and 61 is a CR
This is a point device for instructing processing of image information on the T38, and the cursor on the CRT38 is moved arbitrarily in the x and y directions to select a command image on the command menu and issue the command. Reference numeral 51 denotes an operation panel for issuing operation commands for the digital copying machine, and includes setting keys for the number of copies, copy magnification, etc., a copy key 55 for instructing the start of copying, a numerical display, and the like.

Reference numeral 52 denotes a mode selection switch that determines whether the copying machine or the control section takes initiative in starting up the digital copying machine, and 53 and 54 indicate the mode selection state of the mode selection switch 52 from a light emitting diode (LED). This is a display device.

Note that () indicates a communication controller for connecting with external equipment and a communication line for the network.

1-2 is a block diagram of an image editing apparatus. In this application, image editing includes document editing. In addition,
The same parts as in FIG. 1-1 are given the same reference numerals. H4
The data to be displayed on the display unit 38 in VRAM is developed on a bit map.0For example, if it is character data, the character character corresponding to the code is developed on the VRAM, and the display area of VRAM is expanded by software control. It is possible to generate and display a cursor directly. The memory capacity is 512 KB in this embodiment. Note that 202 is a communication interface, 205 is a transceiver cable, and 2
03 is a transceiver, 204 is a network cable, and the above-mentioned system is connected to external equipment via a network.

BMU H5 is BMU (pit manipulation unit)
So, video ram H4, main memory.

Word-by-word transfer between devices such as disks (H7, H8, H9) and input/output devices such as printers is performed without going through the MPU. In addition, the address space on the memory where the last operation can be performed is 16MB, and the transfer length is 8Kword (MAX) in the horizontal direction (X) and 8KLine (MAX) in the vertical direction (Y).
Further, the transfer speed is L, 7us/word.

Furthermore, the following 18 types of logical operations are possible as functions. The data transfer source is A (source).
e side), the data transfer destination is B (destination
n side), then example +B , AB , AΦB, B,
A+B, LogicO, AB, AB, A, etc.

BMU further uses DMAC (Direct Memory).
y Access Control
.

Although the details are omitted, the DMA cycle has a read cycle of 600 ns, a write cycle of 500 ns, and the number of channels is 3. In addition, an ACK device mode (for example, when the transfer is not between memories) is provided for cases where synchronization is required.

Zarani BMU has functions such as rotation and scaling of figures,
There are 5 types of conversion (90' rotation.

180° rotation, 270° rotation, X symmetry, Y symmetry) transformations are possible. Also, there are 4 types of conversion sizes (16X16.
32X32, 48X48.

64x64), and the conversion cycle is 1.6us/word for the source read cycle, 1.6us/word for the destination write cycle, and the conversion speed is 52u for each of the above four types.
S, 208us, 468us, 832us.

Next, talking about the variable magnification function, in addition to the function of simply enlarging or reducing, there are 15 levels of enlargement from 2/1.3/2 to 16/15, l/2, and 2/3 to 15/16. Reduction in 15 steps is possible.

Note that the magnification can be specified independently in the vertical and horizontal directions. Processing cycle: Source read cycle: 1.6 us/word
, destination light cycle is 1.6uS/w
or, processing speed is 64X64 to 128X1, for example.
When converting to 28 dots, 2048us, 64X
84 is simply thinned out by 32x, and for the photo (dithered image), 4ROP-T--Tochi 1.7 us/word
-eThere is.

In Figure 1-2) (7, H8, H9 are disks for data files, for example H8 is hard disk 7HD)
The H7 is a 5-inch floppy disk (FD)
The capacity is 640KB. The H9 is an 8-inch floppy disk with a capacity of 7MB.

MPU Next, H6 is an MPU (micro processor).
r unit) part, the cPU is, for example, Motorola's 6
It is 8000. Also, the MPU section is HD/FD-IF (
interface) and the above disks H7, H
8. Controls access to H9, PMEM, and IMEM, which will be described later.

In FIGS. 1-2, HIO and H13 are printers with different pixel densities, and H12 is a league for reading originals. In addition, Hll and H14 are printers HI, respectively.
O, printer H13 and inputs H15 and H16 provided corresponding to league HL2 are program memories (PMEM).
), for example, the capacity is IMB, and the option is 1.5MB.
is provided. PMEM is called a main memory, and programs for editing processing are appropriately selected from the hard disk H8 and executed. Furthermore, data input from the keyboard 50 is stored as code information in the main memory, which is also a text memory. Also, data stored in the main memory, data stored on the disk, and data read from the league can be expanded to the image memory IMEM as bit data, and the same applies to data stored in the PMEM. The conversion functions such as the DMAC, XY conversion, and scaling are performed via the BMU.

A simple memory map in PMEM, H15 or H16 is shown in FIGS. 1-3. P-1 is a document data text section in which text data is stored as code information. P-2 is a document data format section non-pull, which will be explained later in Figure 2.
Character pitch is included as data. P-3 is a line information table, which is used for positioning in memory and display.
For example, in line units (xu, xt2°X13...,
y) Data is stored. Note that P-3 may be included in P-2.

Next, in the system configured as described above, functions related to formats such as print formats and column formats prepared in advance of the document editing device of the present invention and calls to texts thereof will be explained. Regarding the format, it has the following functions.

(1) Registration of the format, (2) Partial correction of the registered format,
(3) Formatting the document; (4) Partial correction of the document format First, before explaining the above (1) to (4), format data will be explained. FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing part of the data stored in the disk device 48 shown in FIG. M1-1. 9 is a format file table, and format file 1
The 0 document file 11, which is a table for determining which file of 0 to select, includes a text section 12 in which document data is actually stored, and a format section 13 in which a format corresponding to the text is stored. , the document file table 14 determines which text or format of the document file 11 is to be selected.

Next, the format data stored in the format file 10 shown in FIG. 2 will be explained. Furthermore, this data is
It does not need to be stored in a file, as shown in Figure 1-3.
Format definitions that may be stored in MEM and PMEM include:
Consisting of the following three record parts, <<a>> format definition header recorder part, <<b) i body definition recorder parts,
(c>) A plurality of peripheral definition recorder units. (a) is for managing the number of format definitions, but the details are omitted. Also, << C) 1 is a non-pull (page number) definition, a column (heading outside the margin) definition, etc., but the details are omitted here. (b) has a main text definition and a column definition, and has a structure as shown in FIG. 3, for example. Note that FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of parameters (terms) regarding the format. FIG. 4 shows the position of the printing plate, which is the place for inputting and editing documents on paper displayed on the display unit 38 such as a CRT shown in FIG. 1.

III, VI are “Heaven (blank area at the top of the page)’ and “
These are called the gutter (the binding margin), the edge (opposite the binding margin), and the ji (the blank area at the bottom of the page), and are
6 is determined. The number of columns in FIG. 3 indicates the number of columns, and in the case of FIG. 4, there are two columns.As is clear from the figure, the zero column alignment means aligning the lower rows of the columns. Also, the president indicates the president of the tier, and is shown in ■, and the number of rows indicates the number of rows of draft cattle. Furthermore, the crotch is the fourth
In the case of the figure, there are two columns, so 0 or more, which indicates the interval (V) between the columns, is data related to the column definition shown in FIG. 3, and for the text definition, it is the font of the characters.

It contains data such as the number of dots, size, character spacing, Shitara indentation, single color information, etc.

Next, the functions related to the above-mentioned format will be explained in detail.

(1) Form Registration FIG. 5 shows a registration flowchart. When a command to register a form is input, the first thing to do is to register the Get into a routine. Then, in step 1 of Fig. 5, the size of the paper, the direction in which the paper is placed,
In step 2, input information such as vertical/horizontal writing, etc., for the column layout as shown in FIG.

The input is performed in accordance with the display flow shown in FIG. 6, for example, by pointing the printing plate 6 in the sheet 5 with a pointing device (P) as shown in FIG. 6 (1).

D) Determination is made by inputting, for example, two points marked with an X in 61. Then, in (2), enter the number of 1 row (2 rows in the figure), and in (3), use the keyboard or P, D to specify, for example, an After defining columns, the main text such as font, dot, size, etc. is further defined in step (4). Therefore, by looking at (4) in Figure 6, you can intuitively know the approximate number of lines and layout. Next, in step 3 of Figure 5, further non-pull (page number) and column (margin heading)
, Define the headings. This operation can also be input intuitively while looking at the WS image, so you can set the format very efficiently. The format set with 0 or more can be done in step 4 in Figure 5. A plurality of formats can be registered using zero or more means that are registered and stored in A, B, C, . . . of the format file 10 shown in FIG. Note that numerical data indicating the format may be displayed along with the image indicating the format set as described above.

(2) Partial modification of a registered format In (1), a case will be described in which a registered format is called and modified using the procedure described above. FIG. 7 shows a diagram (hereinafter referred to as a window) in which a menu of formats for calling up registered formats is displayed on a portion of the display screen.

FIG. 8 shows a flowchart for partially modifying a registered format file. First, in step 1, in the WS,
For example, (9) to display the menu as shown in FIG.
B) is an "article" and is A4 (paper size), 10 font (font size), 1 column (number of columns).6 Next, in step 2, press P and D51 to move the cursor (arrow 17 in Figure 7). When you turn on the P and D keys at the desired format, for example, report (A), the format contained in format file A in FIG. 2 is selected by the format fill table 9, and the first On the CRT display section 1 shown in the figure, the image is displayed as shown in FIG. Then, in step 3, the parameters such as the president of the stage explained in FIG. 4 for the above format A are corrected by manually deforming the image using keys P and D or numerically or intuitively. Then, the corrected format may be rewritten in the format file shown in FIG. 2, or newly written and registered.

(3) Writing into a document Next, when a command for formatting a document is inputted using the WS, the diagram shown in FIG. 7 is displayed as in case (2). Note that even if a document is currently being processed on the screen, this screen is displayed superimposed on it. Therefore, to make the document easier to view, the cursor ↑ points to the mouth at the bottom right of FIG. 7, and the window can be scaled according to the movement of the cursor. Also, the title “Format File J
You can move the entire window by pointing to that part and moving it. Therefore, if the text screen is not displayed, of course, even if the text screen is displayed, move or change the size of the window shown in Figure 7 and display it in an empty area on the text screen to match the text screen. The desired format within the window can be easily selected. FIG. 9 shows a flowchart for formatting a document. A document of data nL in the document section 12 shown in FIG. 2 is currently displayed on one screen. Then, it is called at step 1 in FIG. 9, and the desired format, for example (A), is selected using the aforementioned P, D and cursor 17. Then, the format file A in FIG. 2 is selected, and in step 2, the format A is stored in
is copied to the part a corresponding to . This removes the formatting of the document currently being processed.

Since the formatting and outputting of the document is performed while formatting the text according to the new format within the document, the document being processed is output in a completely new format by the above scanning.

(4) Partial modification of document format Next, a case will be described in which a part of the format of a created document is modified by the procedure such as (3) "Write document". First, we will explain how to call a document onto the display screen.

FIG. 1θ shows a flowchart for partially changing the format of a document. In step 1, the document file 11 consisting of the format section and the text section 12 shown in FIG. Display the document in format.

Next, in step 2 in FIG. 10, the parameters related to the format such as the number of columns (1 column, 9 lines, length, crotch, etc.) described above are corrected, and in step 3.

If you wish to register it, you may newly or re-register it in the document file 11 in FIG. 2.

Next, using the functions such as registration and modification on the file in the above format, formatting the document, and partially modifying it,
The input/editing work will be explained in detail. The typesetting process referred to here is the process of converting document data including image data into format data and developing it on a screen element or memory for print output, such as the document data text section P-i shown in Figure 1-3. The data stored in the document data format section P-
2. This is a process of expanding into the image memory while referring to P-3. FIG. 11 is a control flowchart particularly related to document image processing 1 typesetting of the image processing system having the above configuration functions. Note that the term "document" used here includes image data. In order to simplify the explanation, explanations of key controllers and the like are omitted, and it is assumed that they are all managed by the MPU.

In step 1, the MPU uses the keyboard 50 or P, D
Waiting for input from 61st etc. Step 2: If there is an input, determine whether it is a document or an image recall command.
), the case of No is not directly related to the present invention and will therefore be omitted here. If YES, proceed to step 3.
Determine whether there is no document data on IMEM or PMEM and the initial state is blank, and if No,
In step 4), the document data is loaded onto the memory from the disk H8, etc., the formatting process is performed in step 26, and the process proceeds to step 5.If YES in step 3, the document exists in the memory, so the process continues in step 26. Steps 5 and 6 proceed to typesetting the document data developed on the VRAM and displaying an editing menu on the CRT 38.Next, in step 7, input is made using the keys or P and D.

The input explained in step 1 can be performed by moving the cursor using P, D, etc. in a part of the menu on the screen to specify the league, cabinet, manuscript paper, etc.
1) The input in step 7 is the same as in step 1, or the position in the document can be changed by moving the cursor over the document 101 displayed on the screen as shown in Figures 1-3. This is the input determined by the row information table P-3. In step 7, the cursor (
When there is an instruction to move the cursor CR, the cursor CR is moved as a position cursor in step 9. but.

When the start and end points of a character string or image data area are indicated by P, D and an arrow (referred to as AR), that area is designated. When the "range designation" key on the keyboard or part of the menu is pressed, the cursor CR is set as a range cursor (step 10.11).

Next, in step 12, in the menu part 100,
When you enter an editing command such as line alignment, step 13
, execute each editing command. Also, step 1
When an instruction to insert a format command is input in step 8, the format command is inserted in step 19, and code data such as "beginning of heading" is inserted into the document data. When a layout command is input, the layout command is executed in step 20.21. Sprint instructions, e.g. printer 1con@
When instructed by P and D, the process moves to the print command in step 22, the formatting process in step 28, and the print process in step 23, and the specified document is printed out by the printer according to the format.In step 24.25,
Other applications include, for example, updating documents.0 For example, if you specify a mode to create a new table, you can store a new document on disk H8 in Snap 25, call up a document, update the document, and after finishing -
Return to ■.

Further, steps 14 to 17 are display control steps when displaying only a portion of the screen is corrected or when displaying the entire screen is corrected depending on the state of the corrected portion after each command is executed.

Typesetting Processing Among the system configuration and image (document) processing flow described above, typesetting processing will be further explained in detail below. Document data text section F-1 shown in Figure 1-3
consists of code data including commands for inserting formats such as "heading", "non-pull", "column", "text definition", etc., and character strings into which the commands are to be inserted. In the typesetting process, the document data format section P in Figure 1-3 is
-2 (explained in Figure 12-4 below)
This is a process in which character code data of P-1 is expanded into actual bit image data while referring to data related to "headings" and the like.

Hereinafter, the formatting process will be further explained with reference to the drawings.

First, an example will be described in which document data that does not include any formatting commands is displayed on the screen, formatting commands are inserted into the document data, and the document is formatted.

Figure 12-1 shows the code data of a sentence that does not include any formatting commands, and it is written in the disk memory H8 and PME of Figure 1-2.
This is stored in PHI3,16. When this data is subjected to typesetting processing (526 in FIG. 11), all character strings (text) are regarded as main text. Figure 12-4 is a detailed diagram of the document data format section in Figure 1-3.The character strings that are considered to be the text are determined by referring to the text definition part P-1 in Figure 12-4. Character types defined in 9 character spacing 1
It is developed into bit image data using information such as line leading, and displayed on the screen as shown in Figure 12-2 (11th
(Fig. 55), here, everything is considered to be the main text, so of course there are no "headings" or the like.

Next, operate the range cursor (CR) from within this string,
When selecting and instructing ``This is a heading section'' in the document range specification process (Figure 11, 510.5ll), the 12th-
As shown in FIG. 3, the portion where the range has been specified is inverted in black and white or has diagonal lines, resulting in a display screen showing that the range has been specified.

Next, by pointing with the arrow AR at the icon (picture) displaying the "Main Heading" command displayed at the bottom of the screen shown in Figure 12-2, the above character string can be changed to "Main Heading". 319 in Figure 11.
As a result of the format command insertion execution process, the format commands ``beginning of major heading'' and ``end of major heading'' are inserted into the text data on the code data, as shown in FIG. 12-5.

Then, in one typesetting process (527 in FIG. 11) based on the data shown in FIG. 12-5, the heading part P-II in the format definition shown in FIG. Based on information such as 9-line spacing between each character of the defined character type,
The character string of "Main Heading" is actually developed in memory (for example, IMEM). Figure 12-6 is a diagram showing an example of the screen display when a character larger than the text definition is set as the character type for the main heading in the above steps. We have explained the formatting process as an example, but each time the image (document) data of -page has been expanded into memory, the same
Refer to the information group that requires output for each page such as "P-IV), r column" (P-m), and if there is an instruction for "non-pull", select the non-pull ( Similarly, if the "pillar" definition specifies that the main heading character string should be used as social text, the "pillar" can be expanded to the specified position. Output.

Non-pull The "non-pull" process among the above-mentioned typesetting processes will be explained in more detail. "Non-pull" processing requires (1) "Non-pull setting" command similar to the data shown in Figure 12-5 in one character code data while character code data of text part pt of document data is being developed into an image. If detected,
The process of changing the value of the "non-pull counter" in the memory map on the PMEM shown in FIG. 13-2 to the value specified by the "non-pull setting command" (510 in FIG. 13-1), (2
) Document data After the character code data of the document portion P-1 is partially expanded, the process is broadly divided into a process of adding a non-pull to the same page (516 in Fig. 13-1).

Since (1) is similar to the heading processing described above, the details will be omitted.

FIG. 13-1 is an explanatory diagram of the non-pull and pillar processing mentioned above. Step l reads one image (including document data) from file H8 in the same way as step 4 in FIG.
Initialize the non-pull counter N-1, social storage buffer N-2, and text buffer pointer N-3 in the memory map on M.Next, in step 3, one code data is transferred from the document buffer pointer N-3 to the document buffer. The data in N-4 is retrieved by pointing to it, and in step 4, if the data is complete, the process goes to step 16, but if not, the process goes to step 5, where the pointer N is
Determine whether the data specified by -3 is a command.

If it is not a command, if the data is a command in sentence block 5, proceed to step 7, determine whether it is a heading command as explained in Figure 12-5, and select Yes.
If so, step 8 as explained in Figure 12-6.
Perform heading processing in step.

Proceed to step 14.

If the answer is NO in step 7, the process proceeds to step 9, where it is determined whether the command is a non-pull command (corresponding to (1) above).

If Yes, in step 10, the non-pull counter N-1 shown in FIG. 13-2 is reset to the value specified by the command. Then proceed to step 140
Next, if No in step 9, proceed to step 11 to determine whether it is a pillar command; if Yes, proceed to step 12, and store the data specified by the command in the social/couple. Nokutsufa N-2
Store in. Then proceed to step 14. Also step 1
If NO in 1, proceed to step 13, execute other commands (for example, bullet list creation command), and proceed to step 14. At step 14, 6% indicates whether processing of data for °ll pegs has been completed. If it is NO, proceed to step 15. If YES, in order to create part of the data including pillars, non-pull, etc., in step 16, non-pull is created, and each page is To increase the number of pages, add 1 to the non-pull counter. Also, in step 17, pillars are created based on the data stored in the social buffer.In step 18, it is determined whether all pages have been completed, and if YES, the process ends. No again
If so, the document buffer pointer is incremented by 1 in step 15, the next one code data is extracted in step 3, and if a code indicating completion is detected in step 4, the code extraction is completed and the process proceeds to step 16. move on.

Next, the above-mentioned case (2) in non-pull will be explained in more detail with reference to FIG. 13-3.

Note that this process is also performed with reference to the format definition, like the other typesetting processes described above. First, in step 1 in Figure 13-3, refer to the non-pull definition part P-■ of the format definition in Figure 12-4, and check whether an output (print) instruction is given to the flag string therein. It goes without saying that the printing that is referred to as terminating if there is no instruction does not have to be limited to printing on paper, and also includes displaying a double-sided output format on the screen.If NO in step 2, In step 3, the non-pull printing position for single-sided printing is determined, and the process proceeds to step 7. If YES in step 2, the process proceeds to step 4. Here, the flag string of the non-pull fixed asp-r'i will be explained. FIG. 13-5 is an explanatory diagram of the page output format, and FIG. 13-6 is a diagram showing an example of the flag string. Fig. 13-5 is the same as Fig. 4, but is added to explain double-sided output, and the positions of the throat (2) and edge (2) are reversed on the left and right sides. Further, 200 is a column printing position, and 201 is a non-pull printing position. It goes without saying that this position may be located anywhere on the top, bottom, left or right, and it goes without saying that image information may also be included in columns and non-pulls, as shown in Figure 13-6. The flag is whether or not to print: (O or l), print position (1):
Top (0) or bottom (1), print position (2): Flag indicating throat (0) or fore edge (1) side, print format: single-sided printing (0) or double-sided printing (1). There is at least a flag to indicate. Then, referring to the above flags, if the answer is Yes in step 2 of FIG. 13-3, that is, if the print format of the flag string shown in FIG. 13-6 is 1, step 4
It is determined whether the page is an odd numbered page or not by referring to the non-pull counter N-1 shown in FIG. 13-2. If the page is an odd number, the process proceeds to step 5, and the page is decided as an odd page. Note that even in the case of an even number, the print position is similarly determined in step 6. In addition,
The actual data is, for example, the fore-edge side of the flag string, and the position of the end of the non-pull character string is determined by the position 1/fOmm of the non-pull definition part. Star map) number 12-4
By processing 0 or more to develop into an image with the font and number of character points defined in the non-pull definition part P-■ in the diagram format definition, the "
It is possible to print "non-pull" and the format definition can be set to 10th.
By modifying according to the procedure shown in the figure, it is possible to develop a non-pull in any 9 character size in any position on the output medium. Note that the whiskers shown in the non-pull definition in FIG. 12-4 are those attached to the side of pages such as "(1)" and "~1~".

Next, pillar processing in the typesetting process will be explained in detail.

Pillar processing can also be roughly divided into two types of processing. (1) While developing the character code data of the text part of the document data in Figure 1-3 into an image, the "Social Definition Start" command and "Social Definition End" command were found in the character code data.
When the command is detected, the character string code data sandwiched between the above two commands is stored in the social storage buffer N-2 shown in Fig. 13-2 (311, 3 in Fig. 13-1).
12) and (2) the process of creating and adding a "pillar" to the same page after the character code data of the text part P-1 of the document data is partially expanded (517 in Figure 13-1). .

Here, mainly the case (2) will be explained.

FIG. 13-4 is a flowchart of pillar processing. This process is also performed while referring to the format definition as described above.

First, in step 1, the column definition part P-m of the format definition shown in Figure 12-4 is referred to, and its flag string (for example, the first
Check whether the column (print) output instruction is given in Figure 3-5). If there is an instruction, the process proceeds to step 2 in FIG. 13-4, and it is checked whether there is an instruction to use the header wheel of the same flag. That is, if there is a heading, it will automatically use that heading and use it as a social. Then, in step 3, the presence or absence of a heading is determined, and if there is no heading, the process ends.

If there was a heading in step 3, the step In NEP 4, the heading is social.

In step 2, if the heading sentence is not used as a pillar, the process proceeds to step 5, where it is checked whether the social definition P-■ is fulfilled. In the case of the definition part, the process proceeds to step 6, and the contents of the social interaction storage buffer N-2 shown in FIG. 13-2 are set as social interaction (S6).

The content of the social gathering has been determined above, but from the next step 7 onwards, the position of the pillars will be explained in relation to double-sided printing.

In step 7, the printing type of the flag shown in FIG. 13-6 is checked. That is, if it is double-sided printing, the flag is 1, otherwise it is O. If not double-sided printing, the process proceeds to step 8, where the print position for single-sided printing is determined. Also, if Yes in step 7, proceed to step 9, and perform the first
Referring to the non-pull counter 9N-1 of 3-211, if it is an odd numbered page, proceed to step 10 and determine the print position for the odd numbered page, and if NO in step 9, proceed to step 11. Proceed to determine the print position for even-numbered pages. In the example shown in Fig. 13-5, the position 1/10 mm of the column defining portion P-m in Fig. 12-4 is marked with either the edge or the throat in the flag row shown in Fig. 13-6. Social storage Bazza N shown in Figure 13-2 at a distance.
-2 The end position of the social character string stored in 0 is determined.Next, in step 12, the contents of the social storage buffer are defined by the pillar definition part P-m in the format definition of Figure 12-4. By processing 0 or more characters to develop into an image with 2 character points, even when printing on both sides, by correcting the procedure shown in the left-right symmetrical position on a double-sided spread, you can print any 9 character size in any position on the output medium. The "pillar" can be expanded with (step 12).

Furthermore, a plurality of social relationships can be stored in the "column" sentence storage buffer N-2 shown in FIG. 13-2, and different columns can be developed for odd-numbered pages and even-numbered pages by specifying the flag string. Also, using similar logic, either odd or even pages can be left blank.

Double Sided Next, although detailed in the previous description, both sides will be explained in more detail. The aforementioned nonpur.

As you can see from the explanation of the pillars, when performing typesetting processing, this image processing system uses the front and back sides of the recording medium during double-sided printing, the binding margin during bookbinding, the non-pull position during double-page spread during bookbinding, and the pillar position in relation to the binding margin. , it is possible to place it on the target.

Furthermore, since the unfolding position of the main text is set by the distance from the gutter in the format definition, it is possible to similarly arrange the main text symmetrically with respect to the binding margin during bookbinding.

Therefore, by outputting to a double-sided printing machine so that the binding margins on the front and back sides match, it is possible to obtain a beautifully finished printed output when bound. A flowchart for this double-sided printing is shown in FIG. 13-7. In step 1 of FIG. Load files (including images).

Next, in step 2, the document buffer 7 pointer N-3 in PMEM shown in FIG.
4, the beginning of the page is detected. If the data exists in PMEM for even one page, Step 2 will be Yes. Next, in Step 3, assuming that the first page is an odd numbered page, first, for the general first page, see Figure 13-3. .

As shown in Figure 13-4, in step 4, which performs odd page typesetting, it is determined by the pointer whether there is a second page, that is, an even numbered page, and if there is no even numbered page, that is, double-sided If it is not printing, the process proceeds to step 6.7, where paper for odd pages of a double-sided printing printer (laser beam printer, etc.) is fed and data is output. Furthermore, since step 8 is NO like step 2, step 2
Next, if there is even page data in step 4, proceed to Yes, perform even page typesetting in step 5, and output odd pages in the same manner as described above in step 6.7.
Next, in step 8, Yes as in step 4.
In step 9.10, image data of even pages is output.

FIG. 13-8 is a sectional view of a double-sided LBP printer. 6
The photosensitive drum 1 is charged by a charger 62 and rotates. Data is read from the memory in response to the print command signal, and the data is sent to the laser oscillator 358 via the reparator.
The beam 381 is modulated and deflected by the polygon mirror 359, and the photosensitive drum 3 is
61 is beam scanned to form an electrostatic latent image on the drum.

The latent image on the drum is developed by a developing device 365.

The image is transferred onto a sheet sent from an A3 or A4 size cassette 368, and the sheet is discharged onto a tray 370 where it is fixed by a roller 369. The drum is cleaned with a cleaner 371 and reused.

For double-sided copying, data for the front side of the memory is first output by a printer command, and a latent image is created and transferred to the front side of the paper. After the fixing is completed, raise the claw 301 and release the discharge roller 3.
02 is rotated in the reverse direction to send the fixed sheet to the intermediate tray 300 and wait therefor without ejecting it.Next, data for the back side is outputted from the memory based on the paper sense of the sensor 302, and when the beam scan of the image starts, at a predetermined timing. When the sheet is sent out from the intermediate tray 300 and transferred to the back side of the paper, the claw lot is lowered and the sheet is ejected. This completes printing on both sides of the sheet.

〔effect〕

As detailed above, according to the present invention, in a method for editing and displaying document image information and outputting data for printing or transmission, in order to edit and display an image for front side printing and an image for back side printing in relation to each other, It was possible to provide an image processing system capable of processing data corresponding to each image in a dependent manner.

In addition, the main text takes into account symmetry regarding the binding margins of both left and right pages,
Pillars, non-pulls, etc. can now be placed automatically.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1-1 is an external connection diagram of an image processing system using the present invention. 1-2 is a block diagram of one image editing device, and FIG. 1-3 is a diagram showing a simple memory map in PMEM. FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing part of the data stored in the disk device H8, FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of format data stored in the format file 1° shown in FIG. 2, and FIG. is an explanatory diagram of terms related to formatting. Figure 5 is a flowchart of format registration, Figure 6 is a diagram showing the display flow for inputting role descriptions, Figure 7 is an explanatory diagram of format menu display, and Figure 8 is an example of a registered format file. Figure 9 is a flowchart for formatting a document. FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing a partial change in the format of a document, and FIG. 11 is a control flowchart including a document processing typesetting procedure in an image processing system. Figure 12 is a diagram showing an example of the display of document data and an editing menu; Figure 12-1 is a diagram showing how text code data containing no formatting commands is stored in memory; Figure 12-2 Figure 12-3 is a diagram showing an example of displaying an image of information developed into bit image data, Figure 12-3 is a diagram showing how a range is specified on the screen, and Figure 12-4 is a diagram showing data related to typesetting processing on PMEM. Figure 12-5 is a diagram showing how text code data including formatting commands are stored in memory, and Figure 12-6 is how an image is actually displayed on the screen based on formatting commands through typesetting processing. Figure 13-1 is a flowchart of typesetting processing including headings, non-pull, and pillars; Figure 13-2 is a diagram showing the memory map on PMEM; Figure 13-3 is a flowchart of non-pull output; Figure -4 is a flowchart of column output. Fig. 13-5 is an explanatory diagram of the duplex output format, Fig. 13-6 is a diagram showing an example of a flag string, Fig. 13-7 is a flowchart of duplex output, and Fig. 13-8 is a diagram of a duplex printer. Diagram showing an example, H6 is MPU, H15, 16 is PMEM, H17, 18
is iMEM, 38 is CRT.

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) An output means capable of outputting image information including document information, and a storage means for storing parameters for determining an output form of the image information outputted by the output means, the parameters being stored in the storage means. An image processing system characterized in that the output form of at least part of the image information is made different for each predetermined area based on a parameter. (2) The image processing system according to item 1, wherein the predetermined area is one page of image information output by the output means.