JP2000137826A - Image production device and storage medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To simplify the inputting and editing jobs of the image data for a user and also to improve his/her working efficiency of these jobs in regard to an image production device that produces the image data which are desired by the user. SOLUTION: A CPU 2 displays an 8-divided area screen based on an image editing processing program, and a user designates the colors on this screen in each of 8 divided areas and carries out the image editing processes including the on/off, paint-out and other operations. Thus, the paint-out state of the image data edited by the user in each of 8 divided areas is copied to reflect the paint- out state in each of 16 divided areas. Then the CPU 2 displays the completed image data on a display device 5 after the copying operation is carried out and while the user is sequentially performing corrections until a block is divided into (256×256) pieces and cannot be divided into more pieces.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to an image creating apparatus for editing input image data to correct image data by modifying the image data, and a storage medium storing the image editing program.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Recently, on a computer such as a personal computer,
When a monochrome bit image such as color image data such as a graphic or a character character such as an external character is created, the image creation work is often performed exclusively using a dedicated editor provided with an image editing function.

[0003] In the case of creating a color image, this image creation operation is performed with respect to the dots constituting the work area.
A method has been adopted in which a color is designated in units of t, and when a monochrome image is created, ON (black) / off (white) is designated in units of dots.

Further, there is a method in which a work area is subdivided into a predetermined number without using dots, and a color or ON / OFF is specified in subdivided area units while enlarging the subdivided area. Sometimes it is done.

[0005]

However, in such a conventional image creating operation, editing can be performed only in units of dots or subdivision areas, and therefore, the dots or subdivision areas of the work area are (256.times.). In the case of such a configuration as (256), it is necessary to edit (256 × 256) dots, which requires enormous labor.

In the initial stage of creation, it has often been difficult to work while accurately grasping the image intended by the creator.

Further, when an arbitrary area in the work area is to be painted with a certain color, the number of work times corresponding to the number of dots or sub-divided areas constituting the area is required. There was a problem.

An object of the present invention is to provide an image creating apparatus for creating image data desired by a user, in which the user can easily input and edit image data and improve the work efficiency.

[0009]

According to the first aspect of the present invention,
Subdivided areas divided into multiple parts for image creation,
In an image creating apparatus that creates a desired image by appropriately filling in the subdivision area unit,
An input unit for inputting an image by appropriately filling in a block division area unit obtained by dividing the subdivision area unit into a predetermined number, and setting the division number of the block division area when inputting an image by the input unit Setting means to edit the image so that the image input to the block divided area by the input means is reflected in the block divided area or the subdivided area obtained by subdividing the block divided area by a predetermined number. It is characterized by comprising editing means and display means for displaying an image edited by the editing means.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an image creating apparatus for creating a desired image by appropriately filling a plurality of subdivided regions for image creation in units of the subdivided regions. Input means for inputting an image by appropriately filling in the block division area unit obtained by dividing the subdivision area unit into a predetermined number, and setting means for setting the block division when inputting the image by the input means. The number of areas divided is set, and the editing means reflects the image input to the block divided area by the input means on the block divided area or the subdivided area obtained by subdividing the block divided area by a predetermined number. Edit the image as follows, and display means:
The image edited by the editing means is displayed.

Therefore, the user edits the divided area unit on the divided area screen with the division number set by the user himself, determines a rough outline, and then reduces the division number to perform more detailed editing. Thus, it is possible to provide an image creating apparatus capable of performing image data editing / creating work with high work efficiency while checking the overall balance.

[0012]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. 1 to 3 are diagrams showing an embodiment of a creation apparatus to which the present invention is applied. First, the configuration will be described. FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a main configuration of a control system of the image creating apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment.

In FIG. 1, an image forming apparatus 1
Is composed of a CPU 2, an input device 3, a RAM 4, a display device 5, a storage device 6, and a storage medium 7, and each part except the storage medium 7 is connected by a bus 8.

CPU (Central Processing Unit) 2
Executes an image editing process described later according to an image editing process program stored in the storage medium 7,
An eight-segment area screen serving as a work area in the image editing process is displayed on the display device 5.

Then, the CPU 2 allows the user to
On the divided area, specify the color in units of 8 divided areas,
When image editing processing such as off or filling is performed,
The state is copied so as to reflect the filled state of the image data edited by the user in units of 8 divided areas in units of 16 divided areas.

Thereafter, the CPU 2 determines that the subdivision area is (25)
6 × 256) until no further subdivision is possible.
This copy processing is performed while the correction by the user is sequentially performed. Finally, the CPU 2 displays the completed image data on the display device 5.

The input device 3 is composed of a keyboard having a cursor key, numeric input keys, and various color input keys for designating and inputting various colors, and outputs to the CPU 2 a pressing signal of a key pressed on the keyboard. .

A RAM (Random Access Memory) 4 is a semiconductor memory having a memory area for temporarily storing programs and image data.

The display device 5 is constituted by a liquid crystal panel or the like, and displays a subdivision area, a block division area, image data, various instructions at the time of executing a program, and the like input from the CPU 2.

The storage device 6 has a storage medium 7 in which programs, data, and the like are stored in advance, and the storage medium 7 is constituted by a magnetic or optical recording medium or a semiconductor memory. The storage medium 7 is fixedly provided in the storage device 6 or is detachably mounted. The storage medium 7 is processed by various application programs corresponding to the above-mentioned editing processing program and processing programs. The stored data is stored.

The program, data, and the like stored in the storage medium 7 may be configured to be received and stored from another device connected via a communication line or the like. A storage device having the storage medium may be provided on the other connected device side, and the program and data stored in the storage medium 7 may be used via a communication line.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described. FIG. 2 shows the CP of the image creating apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment.
13 is a flowchart illustrating an image editing process performed by U2.

In FIG. 2, the CPU 2 expands the image editing processing program read from the storage device 6 in a memory area in the RAM 4 and becomes a work area in the image editing processing according to the program (256).
× 256) is displayed on the display device 5 (step S1).

Next, the CPU 2 urges the user to give an instruction as to whether or not to change the subdivided area into a simplified divided area screen which is a block divided area (specifically, an eight divided area) obtained by dividing the subdivided area into a predetermined number. It is determined whether or not there is an instruction (step S2). If there is an instruction from the user, the process proceeds to step S3; otherwise, the process proceeds to step S10.

In step S3, the CPU 2 displays an eight-segment area screen, which is a simple-segment area screen, on the display device 5 in response to an input by the user instructing a simple division in step S2.

In step S4, the user performs an image editing process such as specifying a color, turning it on / off, and filling the color in units of eight divided areas on the eight divided area screen.

In step S5, the CPU 2 prompts the user for an instruction as to whether or not to change each divided area unit of the eight divided areas edited by the user into block divided area units subdivided by (2 × 2). It is determined whether there is this instruction. If there is an instruction from the user, the process proceeds to step S6; otherwise, the process proceeds to step S8.

In step S6, the CPU 2 divides the 8-part area unit into (2 × 2) sub-divisions by the user's input instructing sub-division in step S5.
Change in units of divided areas.

In step S7, the CPU 2 copies the state of the image data edited by the user in the unit of eight divided regions so as to reflect the filled state in the unit of eight divided regions. Is displayed on the display device 5, and the process returns to step S4.

In step S4, the user checks in the copy processing executed by the CPU 2 in step S7 whether the image data on the 16-segment area screen is correct as compared with the image intended by the user, and If there is, edit in units of 16 divided areas.

In step S5, CPU 2
The user is instructed whether or not to change the 6-segment area screen into a block-segment screen displaying a block-segment area obtained by subdivision of each of the 16-segment areas by (2 × 2) by the user. Prompts and determines whether there is this instruction. If there is an instruction from the user, the process proceeds to step S6; otherwise, the process proceeds to step S8.

Here, the CPU 2 receives the instruction from the user in step S5 to change the screen to the block division area screen which has been further subdivided, and receives the above-mentioned step S5.
6, the processing of step S7, step S4, and step S5 is sequentially executed again. Further, the CPU 2 determines in step S
5, there is no input by the user for further subdivision, or the block division area is (256 × 25)
6), and the processes of step S6, step S7, step S4, and step S5 are sequentially and repeatedly executed until no further subdivision is possible.

In step S8, the CPU 2 determines whether or not the number of divisions of the block divided area is 256, that is, whether or not the block divided area is (256.times.256). Proceed,
If not 256, the process proceeds to step S9.

In step S9, the state is copied in units of 256 divided areas so as to reflect the painted state of the image in units of block divided areas in step S8.

In step S10, if there is no input by the user in step S2 to display the simplified divided area screen, the CPU 2 specifies the color in units of 256 divided areas on the 256 subdivided area screen and turns on / off. An image editing process such as turning off and filling is performed to create completed image data.

In step S11, the CPU 2 stores the image data created on the 256 divided areas in step S9 or step S10 in the memory area in the RAM 4, and ends the processing.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an image editing process executed by the CPU 2 when creating image data in the form of a "turtle child". FIG. 3A shows 256 dots.
In the form of a (256 × 256) “turtle cub”
FIG. 7 is a diagram showing completed image data to be used when an it image is created.

In FIG. 3B, the CPU 2 displays an eight-segment area screen on the display device 5 in response to an input by the user for editing on the eight-segment area screen, which is a simple divided area screen. This figure shows a state where the user inputs image data in the form of “Kameko” on the eight-segment area screen, and the CPU 2 displays the image data on the display device 5.

In FIG. 3C, the CPU 2 receives an instruction from the user to change each divided area unit of the eight divided areas into a block divided area screen obtained by subdividing (2 × 2) the divided eight divided areas. The unit is subdivided into (2 × 2)
The state is changed to 6 divided areas, and the state is copied so that the filled state of the image data edited by the user in the unit of 8 divided areas is reflected in the unit of 16 divided areas.

FIG. 4 shows a state in which the CPU 2 performs a copy process and displays the resulting image data on the display device 5. In addition, the user
In the copy processing executed by the PU2, it is checked whether the image data on the 16-segment area screen is correct as compared with the image intended by the user.
Edit in divided area units.

In FIG. 3D, the CPU 2 instructs the user to change to a block division area screen for displaying a block division area obtained by further subdividing each division area unit of the 16 division areas in FIG. 3C. By input, the 1
Each divisional area unit of the six divisional areas is further subdivided, and the user modifies the image data according to the situation each time. This figure shows a completed form in which the CPU 2 finally copies the state in units of 256 divided areas so as to reflect the painted state of the image data in units of the block divided areas.

As described above, according to the image creating apparatus 1 of the present embodiment, the CPU 2 allows the user to specify a color in units of eight divided areas on the eight divided area screen.
When the image editing process such as ON / OFF and filling is performed, the image data edited by the user in units of 16 divided regions and in units of 8 divided regions in accordance with the image editing processing program stored in the storage device 6. Copy that state to reflect the fill state.

Then, the CPU 2 performs this copy process while the user sequentially adds corrections until the block division area becomes (256 × 256) and cannot be further subdivided. Finally, the CPU 2 displays the completed image data on the display device 5.

Therefore, the user performs editing in units of the divided area on the divided area screen with the division number set by the user, determines a rough outline, and then reduces the number of divisions to perform more detailed editing. This makes it possible to edit and create image data with high work efficiency while checking the overall balance.

As a result, the use value of the image creating apparatus 1 as a dedicated image creating apparatus for creating color or monochrome image data can be enhanced.

The detailed part of the present embodiment is not limited to the above-mentioned contents, but can be changed as appropriate. For example, in the above-described embodiment, the image editing program at the beginning of execution is executed. The number of divisions of the simple divided area screen was 8, but this is 16 or 32,
The setting can be changed to any number according to the work environment of the user.

[0047]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the user edits a divided area unit on the divided area screen with the division number set by the user, determines a rough outline, and then performs division. The number can be reduced and more detailed editing can be performed, so that image data can be edited and created with high work efficiency while checking the overall balance.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a main configuration of a control system of an image creating apparatus 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating an image editing process executed by a CPU 2 of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of the editing process of an image created by the image editing process of FIG. 2;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Image creation device 2 CPU 3 Input device 4 RAM 5 Display device 6 Storage device 7 Storage medium 8 Bus

Claims (2)

[Claims] An image creating apparatus for creating a desired image by appropriately painting a plurality of subdivided areas for image creation in units of the subdivided areas, wherein the subdivided area unit is set to a predetermined number. Input means for inputting an image by appropriately painting in block divided area units divided into blocks for each number; setting means for setting the number of divisions of the block divided area when inputting an image by the input means; Editing means for editing the image input by the means into the block division area so as to reflect the image in the block division area or the subdivision area obtained by subdividing the block division area by a predetermined number; A display means for displaying an image edited by: (a), an image creating apparatus comprising: 2. A storage for storing a computer-executable program for creating a desired image by appropriately painting a plurality of subdivided areas for image creation in units of the subdivided areas. A medium, a computer-executable program code for inputting an image by appropriately filling in a block division area unit obtained by dividing the subdivision area unit into a predetermined number, and A computer-executable program code for setting a division number of the block division region; and an image input to the block division region, the block division region obtained by subdividing the block division region by a predetermined number or the subdivision A computer-executable program for editing the image to reflect the area. Mukodo a storage medium for program code the computer that is executable to display the edited image, characterized by storing a program including a.