JPS61121165A - Picture processing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To simplify the editing job by adding an output parameter used for editing through a parameter adding means to the picture information outputted from an output means and editing the picture information outputted from the added output parameter. CONSTITUTION:The data A, B, C... of a document file 10 are selected by a format file table 9 of a device H8 which is controlled by a multiplexer unit of a picture editing device. While a sentence file table 14 selects the sentences and formats of a sentence part 12 and a format part 13 within a document file 11. The part 13 includes a format defining head recorder part (a) corresponding to the sentence of the part 12, a text defining recorder part (b) and a pagination part (c) containing plural page numbers, out-of-column headers, etc. Then the output parameter of the part (c) is added to the picture information delivered from an output means. This output added with the parameter is edited. Thus the editing job is simplified with a simple operation of a keyboard, etc.

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, the present invention relates to an image processing system that inputs and edits document images, and in particular, formatting rules including headings, page numbers, columns, etc., beautiful l,% formatting, and graphics. , related to advanced image processing systems for editing different information such as images, tables, and graphs.

[Prior art]

Recently, word processors have become popular, and document input is being mechanized and streamlined, but it is limited to streamlining character string input, such as kana-kanji conversion and romaji-kanji conversion. Therefore, there is no high-resolution output device for printing or displaying high-quality documents, that is, easy-to-read and beautiful documents, and there are no functions such as devising the arrangement of characters, which is called typesetting rules in the printing world. ．． Therefore, it was difficult to create documents that exceeded a certain level.

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. It was expensive. In particular, a created document can only be proofread once it has been output in the form of a galley or the like, and the problem is that repeated corrections result in a long and repetitive 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.

The present invention also provides an output means for outputting a document or an image, and a document image according to formatting rules using format parameters such as a printing format and column format defined in advance to configure the document output by the output means. A control means for expanding, a display means for displaying a formatted document at the same time as the output, and character image input, movement, copying, and insertion using a keyboard and a pointing device on the document displayed by the display means.

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 character input, movement, copying, insertion, deletion, replacement, etc. of 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 9 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.

Figures ii are external connection diagrams of an image processing system to which the present invention is applied. It goes without saying that the system is not limited to this, and the present invention can be applied even if a part of the system is changed, even if it is a single device. Reference numeral 31 denotes a control unit (referred to as a work station) which includes a microcomputer for system control, an internal memory composed of RAM, ROM, etc., and an external memory composed of a floppy disk, a cartridge disk, etc. Reference numeral 32 denotes an input section of the digital copying machine, which converts the document information of the original placed on the document table into an electrical signal using an image sensor such as a COD, and 33 indicates an output section of the digital copying machine, which converts the document information of the original placed on the document table into an electrical signal. This is a high-speed printer that records images on a recording material based on information converted into electrical signals. 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. 3
Reference numeral 5 is a microfilm file, and includes a microfilm search section and a microfilm league section that converts image information on the microfilm searched 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, and the formed latent image is transferred to a conductive and magnetic toner (developer) held on a toner carrier.
This is a high-resolution soft display that is developed in a process to form a display image. 37 is a printer device such as a laser beam printer similar to the printer 33, but it is smaller and slower than the printer 33, and is installed as necessary. 38
1 is a CRT device that displays image information photoelectrically read by a digital copying machine and a microfilm file input scanner (LEAGUE), system control information, etc., and is a display unit that performs document and image processing according to the present invention. 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 a control unit 31
This keyboard 50 is provided in
By operating the , system operation commands, etc. are issued.

Also, 61 is a point device for instructing processing of image information on the CRT 38, and the cursor on the CRT 3B is
Move in any direction, select a command image on the command menu, and issue the command. 51 is an operation panel for issuing operation commands for the digital copying machine, and the number of copies,
It has setting keys such as copy magnification, 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 () is 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 device. 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 is a VRAM that expands the data to be displayed on the display unit 38 on a bit map.0For example, if it is character data, the character character corresponding to the code is expanded on the VRAM, and the display in the VRAM is performed by software control. It is possible to generate a cursor directly in the area and display one. The memory capacity is 512 KB in this embodiment. Note that 202 is a communication interface, 205 is a transceiver cable, and 20
3 is a transceiver, 204 is a network cable, and the above-mentioned system is VC-integrated via an external device and a network.

BMU H54*BMU (Pit Manipulation Unit)
This transfer is performed in units of words between the video RAM H4, the main memory, devices such as disks (H7, H8, H9), input/output devices such as printers, etc., without going through the MPU. Additionally, the address space on the memory that allows for distorted operations is 16MB, and the transfer length is 8Kwords (MAX) in the horizontal direction (X) and 8K in the vertical direction (Y).
Line (MAX). Further, the transfer speed is 1.7us/word. Furthermore, the following 16 types of logical operations are possible as functions. If the data transfer source is A (source side) and the data transfer destination is B (destination side), then 1 For example, A (inverted), AB, A+B, Logic
(Fill in black), A+B, B, AΦB, A+B,
AB, A■B, B, A+B, LogicO, AB
, AE, A, etc.

BMU further uses DMAC (Direct Memory).
y Access Con1tr.

11 e r) functions, and the details are omitted, but DM
In the A cycle, the read cycle is 609 ns, the write cycle is 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.

Furthermore, 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. In addition, there are 4 types of conversion sizes (16XL6.
32X32, 48X48.

64x64), and the conversion cycle is 1.6us/word for the source read cycle and 1.6us/word for the destination write cycle, and the conversion speed is 52us/word for the above four types, respectively.
They are 8us, 468us, and 832us.

Next, talking about the variable magnification function, in addition to the function of simply enlarging or reducing,
Enlargement in 15 steps, 1/2, 2/3 to 15/16, is possible.

Note that the magnification can be specified independently in the vertical and horizontal directions. The processing cycle is 1.6 us/word for source read cycle and 1°6 us/word for destination write cycle.
For example, the processing speed is 2048 us when converting 64 x 64 to 128 x 128 dots, and 4R for simply thinning 64
In OP mode, it is 1°7us/word.

H7 in Figure 1-2. H8 and H9 are disks for data files, for example, H8 is I\-do 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 (microprocessor)
The CPU in the unit (o r u, n i t) is, for example, a Motorola 68000. Also, the MPU section is HD/
It has an FD-IF (interface) and can be used with the above-mentioned disks H7, H8, and H9, as well as PMEM and IM to be described later.
Controls EM access, etc.

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 HIO, respectively.
, the inputs H15 and H16 provided corresponding to the printer H13 and league H12 are program memories (PMEM).
For example, the capacity is IMB, and an optional 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 Figures 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, and as will be explained later in FIG. 2, the data includes, for example, character types such as body text, heading section, column, line pitch, and character pitch. P-3 is a line information table that performs positioning in memory and display. For example, in line units (X11.X12°X13...
・,y) Data is stored. Note that P-3 is P-2
may be included in

Next, in the system configured as described above, functions relating to formats such as print formats and column formats that are initially prepared in the document editing apparatus 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. 1-1. 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. Note that this data does not need to be stored in a file, but can be stored in the IME as shown in Figure 1-3.
The format definition, which may be stored in PMEM, consists of three primary record sections: <(a)) a format definition header recorder section, (b) one body definition recorder section, <<
C) A plurality of peripheral definition recorder units. (a) is for managing the number of format definitions, but the details are omitted.

(<C>> 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 1, for example, the third
The configuration is as shown in the figure. Note that FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of parameters (terms) regarding the format. In Figure 4, the first
I and II indicate the positions of the printing plates, which are the places for inputting and editing documents on paper displayed on the display unit 38 such as a CRT shown in the figure.

III and VI are called "top (blank area at the top of the page)", "gutter (gutter area)" (opposite side of the edge binding margin), and ground (blank area at the bottom of the page), and are located in the middle of paper 15. printing plate 1
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. Moreover, the president indicates the president of the stage, and is shown in ■, and the number of lines indicates the number of lines in the film. 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 Figure 3.For the main text definition, the font of characters, dots, etc. Contains data such as number, size, character spacing, indentation, 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 steps (2 steps in the figure), and in (3), use the keyboard or P, D to specify, for example, an After the definition, the main text such as font, dot, size, etc. is further defined in (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 (heading outside a)
, 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 an 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, display the menu as shown in Figure 7 (
B) is an "article" and is A4 (paper size), 10 points (font size), 1 column (number of columns).0 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 The CR7 display section 1 shown in the figure 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 or numerically or intuitively using the keys P and D. 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"
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 still displayed, move or scale the window shown in Figure 7 to display it in an empty area on the text screen to fit one text screen. The desired format within the window can be easily selected. FIG. 9 shows a flowchart for formatting a document.Currently, a document with data nl of the document section 12 shown in FIG. 2 is displayed on the screen. Then, in step 1 of FIG. 9, the key from the WS is used to call up the list of format files shown in FIG. Select the desired format, for example (A). Then, the format file A in FIG. 2 is selected, and in step 2, the format A is copied to the portion a corresponding to nl of the format section 3 in the format file 11 in FIG. 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. 10 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. 2 is read out using the document file table 14, and the document is displayed in that format on the display section.

Next, in step 2 in FIG.
It may be newly or re-registered in the document 1 file 11 in the figure.

Next, using functions such as registration e-correction on the file in the above format, formatting of the document, and partial correction,
Regarding input/editing work.

Explain in detail. The typesetting process referred to here refers to the process of converting document data including image data into format data and developing it onto a screen element or memory for print output.
This is a process of expanding the data stored in the document data text section pt shown in Figure 3 into the image memory while referring to the document data format sections P-2 and P-3. FIG. 11 is a control flowchart particularly related to document image processing 9 typesetting of the image processing system having the above configuration functions. Note that the term "document" here includes one 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,0
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 3a.Next, in step 7, input is made using the keys or P and D.

The input explained in step 1 can be done by moving the cursor using P, D, etc. in a part of the menu on the screen to specify the reader, cabinet, manuscript paper, etc.
t) 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. However, by P, D and arrow (referred to as AR), the character string or
Indicating the start and end points of an area of image data specifies that area. When the user instructs the "range designation" key on the keyboard or part of the menu, the cursor CR is set as a range cursor (step to, 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. Print instruction 1 For example, if you specify 1con of the printer with P and D, the print command in step 22, the formatting process in step 28, and the print process in step 23 will be executed, and the specified document will be printed out by the printer according to the format. do. In step 24.25,
Other applications include, for example, updating documents. For example, if you specify the mode to create a new table, you can use Snap 25 to store a new document on disk H8, load the document, update the document, and then
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 In the system configuration and image (document) processing flow described above, typesetting processing will be further explained in detail below. Document data text section P-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 of expanding the character code data of P-1 above into actual bit image data while referring to data related to "headings" etc. .

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 it, 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 what is stored in P H2S, 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 type 9 character spacing 9 defined in
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
(Figure S5), 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 the heading section'' in the document range specification process (Figure 11, 310.5ll), the 12th-
As shown in FIG. 3, the portion where the range has been designated 7 is inverted in black and white or has diagonal lines, resulting in a display screen showing that the range has been designated.

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.

Based on the data shown in Fig. 12-5, in the typesetting process (327 in Fig. 11), the heading part P-1 in the format definition shown in Fig. 12-4 is referred to, and the main text is The character string of the "major heading" is actually developed on a memory (for example, IMEM) using information such as separately defined nine character types and nine line advance. Figure 12-6 shows "
This is a diagram showing an example of the screen display when a character larger than "Main Text Definition" is set as the character type for "Main Heading". Each time the image (document) data of a page is completed in memory, the format definition "Non-Pull J (P-f
f), "Pillar" (P-m), etc., and if there is an instruction for "Non-Pull", the print position, character type, etc. ) may be output.Also, if the "pillar" definition specifies that the main heading character string should be used as social, the "pillar" will be expanded and output in the same way. .

Non-pull The "non-pull" process among the above-mentioned typesetting processes will be explained in more detail. The "non-pull" process includes: (1) While the character code data of the text portion P-1 of the document data is being developed into an image, the 12th . If a "non-pull setting" command similar to the data shown in Figure 5 is detected, "
A process of changing the value of the "non-pull counter" to the value instructed by the "non-pull setting command" (510 in FIG. 13-1). (
2) After the character code data of the document data document section P-1 is partially expanded, a process of adding a non-pull to the same page (
Fig. 13-1 316).

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 described above. Step 1 is to read an 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, it is a character string (including images), so expand it to Nanano Gecko in step 6, and proceed to step 14. If the data is a command in step 5, proceed to step 7, and enter the 12-5 It is determined whether it is a heading command as explained in the figure, and if Yes, the 12th
As explained in FIG.-6, the heading process in step 8 is performed and the process proceeds to step 14.

If the answer is No in step 7, the process proceeds to step 9, where it is determined whether it is a non-pull command (corresponding to (1) above), and if Yes, the process proceeds to step lO.
13-2 to the value specified by the command.
Reset the non-pull counter N-1 shown in the figure. Then, proceed to step 14.0 Next, if No in step 9, proceed to step 11, and determine whether it is a pillar command.If Yes, proceed to step 12, where the social buffer is instructed by the command. Store the data in social storage backup N-2. Then proceed to step 14. Also, if No in step 11, step 1
Proceed to step 3, execute other commands (for example, bullet list creation command), and proceed to step 14;
1 Deaf determines whether processing of 1 page of data has been completed, and selects N.

If Yes, proceed to step 15. If Yes, in order to create part of the data including pillars, non-pull, etc., non-pull is created in step 16, and in order to increase the number of pages for each page, non-pull is created. Increase the pull counter by 1.

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. If No, 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 1
Proceed to step 6.

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 has been given to the flag string therein. It goes without saying that printing, which is terminated if there is no instruction, does not have to be limited to printing on paper, but also includes displaying double-sided output 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 definition section P-IV 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 similar to Fig. 4, but is added to explain double-sided output, and the positions of the throat (2) and small (2) are reversed on the left and right sides. Also, 200 is the pillar seal position,
201 is a non-pull printing position. Furthermore, this position is
It goes without saying that the flags can be placed anywhere on the top, bottom, left or right, and it goes without saying that image information can also be included in columns and non-pulls. (O or 1), printing position (1):
Heaven (0), earth (1), print position (2): throat.

Flag indicating whether it is the (0) side or the fore edge (1) side and the printing format:
There is at least a flag indicating single-sided printing (0) or double-sided printing (1). Then, referring to the above flag, the 13th
- If the answer is Yes in step 2 of Figure 3, that is, the first
If the print format of the flag string shown in FIG. 3-6 is 1, it is determined in step 4 whether or not it is an odd numbered page by referring to the non-pull counter N-1 shown in FIG. 13-2. If it is an odd numbered page, proceed to step 5 and change the print position to 13-6 for odd numbered pages.
The flag in the figure is determined by referring to the data in the non-pull definition section P-% in Figures 12-14. Note that even in the case of an even number, the print position is similarly determined in step 6. Note that the actual data is, for example, on the small end side of the flag string, and is located at position 1/1 of the non-pull definition part.
The position of the end of the non-pull character string is determined by 0 mm.

By processing the value of 0 or more to develop the value of 2 characters (flat side) into an image with the number of 2 character points defined in the non-pull definition part P-■ in the format definition in Figure 12-4, even when printing on both sides, it will print on both sides in a spread. You can print "non-pull" in a symmetrical position, and by modifying the format definition as shown in Figure 10, you can print "non-pull" in any font and size at any position on the output medium. can. In addition, No. 12-4
The beard shown in the non-pull definition in the figure is “(1)”, 1 to l
-” is the thing that is attached to the side of the page.

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

Material 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 has been developed consistently (317 in Figure 13-1). Ru.

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

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

First, in step l, refer to the column definition part Pm of the format definition shown in Figure 12-4, and refer to the column definition part Pm of the format definition shown in FIG.
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 for heading companionship with 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 HETSFU 04, 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 gathering storage buffer N-2 shown in FIG. 13-2 are set as social events (SS).

The content of the social gathering has been determined above, but in the next step 7 and subsequent steps, the position of the pillars will be explained in relation to single-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, it is 7 lag 1, otherwise it is 0. If it is not double-sided printing, the process advances to step 8, and 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 in Figure 3-2, 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 and determine the print position for even-numbered pages.

In the example shown in Figure 13-5 above, the pillar definition part P in Figure 12-4
-I[1 digit M 1 / 10 mm has the 13th -
According to the edge or throat instructions in the flag row shown in Figure 6,
The position of the end of the social character string stored in the social storage buffer N-2 shown in FIG. Column definition part P in the format definition in Figure 12-4
- By processing 0 or more to develop the font 9 character point number defined by
At any position on the output medium, write "
"pillar" can be developed (step 12).

Further, a plurality of social media can be stored in the "column" car 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 flag columns. 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. Also, since the development position of the main text is set at 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 printed output that looks odd when bound. A 70-chart for this double-sided printing is shown in Figure 1li13-7. In step 1 of Figure 13-7, step 4 of Figure 11 described above, step 13-
Similarly to step 1 in FIG. 1, a document (including images) file is read from file H8.

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

As shown in Figure 13-4, in step 4, which performs odd page typesetting processing, 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 printing. If not, proceed to step 6.7, feed paper for odd-numbered pages of a double-sided printer (laser beam printer, etc.), and output data. Furthermore, in step 8, the answer is No as in step 2, so step 2
Next, if there is even page data in step 4, proceed to Yes, perform even page typesetting processing 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 steps 9 and 10, image data of even pages is output.

Ml 3-8 is a sectional view of a double-sided LBP printer.

A photosensitive drum 61 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 transmitted to the laser oscillator 3 via the header.
The first beam 3 of 58 is modulated and deflected by a polygon mirror 359, and the photosensitive drum 361 is beam-scanned by drum rotation and deflection to form an electrostatic latent image on the drum.

The latent image on the drum is developed by a developing device 365, and A3 or A
The image is transferred onto a sheet sent from a four-size cassette 368, and the sheet is discharged onto a tray 37Q 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, and the fused sheet is sent to the intermediate tray 300 and placed on standby without being ejected.Next, data for the back side is output from the memory under the condition of the paper sense of the sensor 302, and when beam scanning of the image begins, 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 101 is lowered and the sheet is ejected. This completes printing on both sides of the sheet.

〔effect〕

As described in detail above, according to the present invention, in a method for editing and displaying document image information and outputting data for printing or transmission, an image for front side printing and an image for back side printing are to be edited and displayed 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, Fig. 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 a part of data stored in the disk device HB, FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of format data stored in the format file 10 shown in FIG. 5 is a flowchart of format registration, and FIG. 6 is a diagram showing the flow of display in projector input. Figure 7 is an explanatory diagram of the format menu display, Figure 8 is a flowchart for partially modifying a registered format file, Figure 9 is a flowchart for formatting a document, and Figure 1O is a part of the document format. Figure 11 is a control flowchart including document processing and formatting processing in the image processing system; Figure 12 is a diagram showing an example of document data and editing menu display; FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating how text code data that does not include text code data is stored in memory. FIG. 12-2 is a diagram showing an example of an image display of information developed into bit image data. Figure 12-3 is a diagram showing how ranges are specified on the screen, Figure 12-4 is a diagram showing data related to typesetting processing on PMEM, and Figure 12-5 is text code data including formatting commands. Figure 12-6 is a diagram showing how the image is actually output on the screen based on formatting commands through typesetting processing, Figure 13-1 is a diagram showing how the image is stored in memory, including headings, non-prints, and columns. Figure 13-2 is a diagram showing the memory map on PMEM, Figure 13-3 is a flowchart for non-pull output, Figure 13-4 is a flowchart for pillar output, and Figure 13-5 is a diagram showing the memory map on PMEM. An explanatory diagram of an output form. Fig. 13-6 is a diagram showing an example of a flag string, Fig. 13-7 is a flowchart of double-sided output, Fig. 13-8 is a diagram showing 11 examples of a double-sided printer, H6 is MPU, H15 and 16 are PMEM ,H17,18
is iMEM, 38 is CRT.

Claims (3)

[Claims] (1) An output means capable of outputting image information including document information, and a parameter addition means for adding output parameters in order to edit the image information outputted by the output means, and the parameter addition means adds output parameters. An image processing system characterized in that the image information outputted by the output means is edited based on the determined parameters. (2) The image processing system according to claim 1, wherein the output means is capable of editing at least a part of the image information as a heading based on the parameters. (3) An image processing system characterized in that the parameters for editing the image information include data such as heading fonts.