KR100263044B1 - Method for setting up pattern information in image processing apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method for setting pattern information in a video processor is provided to prevent pattern information from being removed in case that a power supply of a system is cut off by compounding pattern information setup with video information read from a manuscript video. CONSTITUTION: A control unit(12) controls each unit of a video processor according to a program stored in a ROM(18). A display unit(2) displays all sorts of messages under the control of the control unit(12). An edition panel(4) applies edition information to the control unit(12). A keypad(6) applies key data to the control unit(12). A sensor(8) senses the state of operations of each unit of the video processor. A scanning unit(10) reads a manuscript video and transmits video information to the control unit(12) or a printer(20). An edition memory(14) temporarily pattern information. A pattern memory(16) stores pattern information set by a user. The ROM(18) stores a program for controlling the whole operation of the video processor. The printer(20) records a video in a recording media according to the video information.

Description

How to set pattern information in the image processing device

1 is a block diagram of a control circuit of an image processing apparatus to which the present invention is applied.

2 is a flowchart of a pattern information setting function according to the present invention.

3 is a flowchart of a second pattern information reading function according to the present invention.

4 is an exemplary view of a manuscript containing a pattern information image in the present invention.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method of setting pattern information of an image processing apparatus, and more particularly, to a method of setting pattern information in a digital image processing apparatus for synthesizing preset pattern information with image information read from an original image. .

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002] Digital photocopiers, facsimiles, and the like are presently used as digital image processing apparatuses that read an original image photoelectrically and record or transmit an image on a recording sheet based on the read image information. In such a digital image processing apparatus, an original image is read out electrically, and various image processing is possible. For example, a necessary portion of the original image may be read, and unnecessary portions may be removed. In addition, the digital image processing apparatus also has a function of synthesizing and recording or transmitting various pattern information such as letters, numbers or pictures preset in the original image. However, conventionally, only pattern information determined at a specific position of an original image has been synthesized, and accordingly, there are many limitations on the composition position and content of pattern information.

As one technique for overcoming the above limitation, there is Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 63-214070 published on September 6, 1988 (digestion 63). Korean Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 63-214070 is provided with text editing and haptic position designation to generate pattern information. Accordingly, the pattern information of various sentences can be set using the character keys, and the composition position of the pattern information can be adjusted. It also has the function to register undefined text, picture or pattern as foreign characters. Here, "external" means a user-defined pattern. Looking at the process of foreign capital registration, after registering the foreign number in the foreign registration mode, by using a cursor key (sursor key), etc. draw a foreign capital of the specified size and complete the registration. When combining the set pattern information with the original image, the image information for the character is read from the font ROM, and the image information for the foreign characters is read from the RAM. At this time, the size and composition position of the pattern information are designated each time.

The above-mentioned Patent Publication No. 63-214070 has a text editing, composition position designation, and foreign capital registration function as described above, so that the contents of the pattern information can be set more variously and the composition position of the pattern information can be adjusted. I had the same problem. First of all, the user must input characters by using the character keys. If there is an error, the user must correct and re-enter them. Secondly, as the font ROM should store the fonts for all the characters, there was a problem in that there must be a large amount of font ROMs. Third, because of the limited number of foreign characters, it is difficult to set various characters, pictures, patterns, etc. as pattern information, registration procedures are cumbersome, and complicated patterns are difficult to register. Fourthly, there was an inconvenience to designate the size and composition position of the pattern information every time. As the fifth set pattern information is stored in the RAM, which is a volatile memory, it is erased when the system is powered off.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a pattern information setting method which can easily set pattern information of various contents.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a pattern information setting method that can be specified when setting the size and composition position for the pattern information.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a pattern information setting method which can prevent the pattern information from being erased when the system is powered off.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a control circuit of an image processing apparatus to which the present invention is applied. The pattern memory 16 is added to a known circuit in a general image processing apparatus. In FIG. 1, the control unit 12 controls each part of the image processing apparatus according to a program stored in the ROM 18 to read the original image, set and synthesize pattern information, record the read original image, and read the original image. And recording of an image obtained by synthesizing the pattern information. The control unit 12 uses a central processing unit (CPU) or a microcomputer. The display unit 2 displays various messages or operation information composed of letters, numbers, and the like under the control of the control unit 12. The edit panel 4 is used for various edits to the original image and is operated by the control of the control unit 12, and applies the edit information to the control unit 12. The key pad 6 includes various functional tees, numeric keys, character keys, and the like, and applies the key data according to the key operation to the controller 12. The sensor 8 detects the operation state of each part of the image processing apparatus, the position of the document, and the like, and informs the control unit 12. The scanning unit 10 reads the original image under the control of the control unit 12 and transmits the read image information to the control unit 12 or the printer 20. The scanning unit 10 transmits the read image information to the control unit 12 when editing is required, and to the printer 20 when simple copying. The editing memory 14 is used to edit the original image information inputted from the scanning unit 10 by the control unit 12 and temporarily stores pattern information and image information according to composition. The pattern memory 16 stores pattern information set by a user under the control of the controller 12. The pattern memory 16 uses an electrically programmable nonvolatile memory (EEPROM) or RAM that is backed up by a battery. The ROM 18 stores a program for the control unit 12 to control the overall operation of the image processing apparatus. The printer 20 records an image corresponding to the image information transmitted from the scanning unit 10 or the control unit 12 on the recording medium under the control of the control unit 12.

2 is a flowchart of a pattern information setting function according to the present invention.

3 is a flowchart of a second pattern information reading function according to the present invention.

4 is an exemplary view of a document including a pattern information image in the present invention.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 1 to 4.

First of all, in the present invention, in order to allow a user to more easily register various types of pattern information, all of the letters, numbers, and pictures constituting the pattern information company are treated as the same image information without being separated. Accordingly, the user prepares an original such as a fourth figure in which a pattern information image composed of letters, numbers, pictures, etc. is written or printed, and inserts the original into a document table (not shown) of the scanning unit 10. In Fig. 4, reference numeral 401 denotes an original and reference numeral 402 denotes an area in which a pattern information image is located. The user then selects the pattern information setting mode by using the keys on the keypad 6. In this case, the key for selecting the pattern information setting mode may be used by combining a combination of existing function keys and character keys or numeric keys.

When the pattern information setting mode is selected, the controller 12 checks whether the document is prepared on the platen of the scanning unit 10 by checking the detection state of the sensor 8 in step 201 of FIG. When the original is prepared, the read position input request message is displayed on the display unit 2 in step 202. The read position input request message is to input the position coordinates SP _X , SP _y of the starting point and the position coordinates EP _X , EPy of the end point of the area 402 of the pattern information under the pattern 401 as shown in FIG. 4. Say the message you are requesting. Here, the subscript _X is the position coordinate in the main scanning direction, and the unit is the number of pixels to be sampled in the horizontal direction when the scanning image is read by the scanning unit 12, and the subscript _Y is the position coordinate in the sub scanning direction, and the unit is the scanning unit. In (12), the number of lines used when reading the original image. The user inputs the reading position coordinates using the numeric keys on the keypad 6. At this time, it can also be input by stamping the coordinates as a stylus using the edit panel (4). When the user inputs the position coordinates, the control unit 12 temporarily stores the position coordinates input in steps 203 to 204 in an internal storage area. Next, in step 205, the pattern information image is read in step 206 in response to the user's start key input.

Reading the pattern information image in step 206 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. The control unit 12 initializes the line count value LCNT to 0 in step 301, and then controls the scanning unit 10 in steps 302 to 304 to move to the sub-scan position coordinate SP _Y of the starting point. The line count value LCNT is increased by 1 while moving the original line by 1 line. When the line count value LCNT becomes the same as the sub-scan position coordinate SP _Y , that is, when the movement to the sub-scan position coordinate SP _Y of the starting point is completed, the original image of the current one line is scanned in step (305). To the line buffer. 306 - 307, the image information between the main scanning direction and the main scanning direction _X position coordinate SP position coordinates of the end point EP in the _X start point in the stage that is, to compress the image data and the pattern information stored in the pattern memory 16. Next, in step 308, it is checked whether the line count value LCNT is equal to the sub-scan direction coordinate EP _y of the end point. If the line count value LCNT is not equal to the sub-scan position coordinate EP _y of the end point, increase the line count value LCNT by 1 while moving one line with respect to the original in steps 309 and 310, and then proceed to step 305 above. Looping repeats the above operation. When the line count value LCNT has the end point equal to the sub-scan direction position coordinate EP _y , that is, reading of the pattern information image is finished, the process proceeds to step 207. Therefore, the pattern information is set by reading only the pattern information image from the original image and storing it as pattern information.

In step 207, the display unit 2 is controlled to display the recording position designation inquiry message. The recording request message is a message for inquiring whether to designate a position to record the pattern information read and stored as described above. The user may or may not specify the recording position. If the recording position is not specified, the start position coordinate of the reading is set as the recording position coordinate among the stored position coordinates input in step 204. If the recording position is designated, the position coordinate input by the user is set as the recording position information. . When the user inputs an unspecified key, the control unit 12 recognizes this in steps 208 and 209, and in step 210, the read start position coordinates SP _X and SP _y as the recording position coordinates of the read position coordinates. (16) is stored together with the pattern information. When the user inputs the designated key, the control unit 12 recognizes this in step 208 and controls the display unit 2 in step 211 to display the recording position input request message. The recording position input request message refers to a message requesting the input of the position coordinates of the starting point for the recording position. The user inputs recording position coordinates using the numeric keys on the keypad 6. At this time, it can also be input by stamping the coordinates as a stylus using the edit panel (4). When the user inputs the positional coordinates, the control unit 12 stores the positional coordinates input in step 213 together with the pattern information in the pattern memory 16 as the recording positional coordinates. Accordingly, when the pattern information set as described above is combined with other original images or recorded alone, it is possible to record the position information according to the recording position coordinates. Therefore, there is no need to specify the composition position each time.

In the above description of the present invention, specific embodiments have been described, but various modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the scope of the invention should not be defined by the described embodiments, but should be defined by the equivalents of the claims and the claims.

As described above, the present invention can easily set the pattern information of various contents and has the advantage of not specifying every time by specifying the size and composition position of the pattern information at the time of setting. Also, by storing the pattern information in an electrically erasable nonvolatile memory or a memory backed up by a battery, the pattern information can be prevented from being erased when the system is powered off.

Claims (5)

A method of setting the pattern information in an image processing apparatus which synthesizes preset pattern information into image information read from an original to be image-processed, Reading position setting for inputting reading position information for the area of the pattern information image to be read from the original on which the pattern information image is recorded when the document in which the pattern information image is recorded is selected in the pattern information setting mode. Process, Pattern information for reading the pattern information image at a position corresponding to the input read position information from the document in which the pattern information image is recorded and storing the pattern information image as the pattern information to be combined with the image information read from the document to be processed. Pattern information setting method comprising a reading process. The method of claim 1, further comprising: a recording position setting process of setting a recording position of the read pattern information after storing the pattern information reading process and storing the pattern position together with the pattern information as recording position information. How to set up. The method of claim 1, wherein the reading of the pattern information comprises compressing and storing the read pattern information. The method of claim 2, wherein the recording position setting process is performed. In response to the recording position designation mode being selected, inputting recording position information and storing it together with the pattern information; And storing the pattern information read position information as the recording position information together with the pattern information in response to the recording position unspecified mode being selected. The method of claim 2, wherein the pattern information and the recording position information are stored in an electrically erasable nonvolatile memory when the pattern information and the recording position information are stored.