JP2004005122A - Newspaper page editing system, and method for provisional laying out of material for the same - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To grasp a material provisionally laid out, and to enable altered content to be reflected, by modifying a provisional layout plan drawing, even if the layout plan is altered, thus improving newspaper page editing efficiency. <P>SOLUTION: According to the editing system for newspaper page, the system which lays out material information on two or more pieces of materials composed of at least an article, an image and a photograph which are included in a newspaper page constituting a newspaper is provided with a provisional layout frame area setting part 51, which sets up a provisional layout frame area for laying out provisionally a material, allocated to a page, on the page data corresponding to the page; and a material management part 52, which associates the provisional layout frame area set with the provisional layout frame area setting part 51, with identification information for identifying the material to be laid out provisionally in the provisional layout frame area for management. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a newspaper production system mainly used by newspaper companies and printing companies, and a method of temporarily arranging materials on a newspaper for temporarily arranging the materials when planning the allocation of the materials to the paper.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Newspapers are created by placing materials such as articles, images, or photographs on paper. Such newspaper production has been conventionally performed using a newspaper production system having a system configuration as shown in FIG.
[0003]
This newspaper page production system includes an article input / proofreading terminal 1, an article server 2, an image input / processing terminal 3, an image server 4, a typesetting terminal 5, a typesetting editing server 6, a page data storage unit 7, , An output server 8 and a printer / plotter 9.
[0004]
The article input / proofreading terminal 1 is a terminal for inputting and proofreading an article. When article information is input by a reporter, the input article information is sent to the article server 2 by the article input / proofreading terminal 1. Is output. The article information stored in the article server 2 is acquired by the article input / proofreading terminal 1. The acquired article information is proofread by an operator operation performed via the article input / proofreading terminal 1, and the corrected article information is output from the article input / proofreading terminal 1 to the article server 2 again.
[0005]
In the article server 2, in addition to the article information input from the article input / proofreading terminal 1, article information transmitted from a communication company or the like via a communication line (not shown) is also input. This article information is also stored in the article server 2. Further, based on the proofreading request from the article input / proofreading terminal 1, the requested article information from the stored article information is output from the article server 2 to the article input / proofreading terminal 1. Further, the article information stored in the article server 2 is output to the typesetting editing server 6 based on an operator's instruction.
[0006]
In the image input / processing terminal 3 provided with a scanner, a display, and the like, input of image data and processing of image data are performed. The input image data is output from the image input / processing terminal 3 to the image server 4. The image data is processed based on the image data processing operation input from the operator, and the processed image data is output from the image input / processing terminal 3 to the image server 4.
[0007]
Image data output from the image input / processing terminal 3 is stored in the image server 4. The image data stored in the image server 4 is output to the image input / processing terminal 3 when requested by the image input / processing terminal 3. Also, when an instruction is given from the operator, it is output to the typesetting editing server 6.
[0008]
The typesetting terminal 5 is a terminal in which an operator performs an operation input for editing the layout of articles, images, and headings, and one terminal is provided for each operator. Each operator performs a layout editing operation by operating the typesetting terminal 5 in charge of the operation. FIG. 22 typically shows only one typesetting terminal 5, but is not limited to one. Operation information created by operation input to the typesetting terminal 5 is output to the typesetting editing server 6.
[0009]
The typesetting editing server 6 edits the page data 71 based on the operation information output from the typesetting terminal 5. The page data 71 that has been edited by the typesetting editing server 6 is stored in the page data storage unit 7. Further, it is also possible that the page space data 71 once stored is read out to the typesetting editing server 6 again, and is again stored in the page space data storage unit 7 after the editing operation is performed.
[0010]
In the output server 8, the page data 71 output from the typesetting editing server 6 is developed into dot data in accordance with a large-size printing / composition output instruction from the typesetting terminal 5. Based on the dot data developed in this way, the printer / plotter 9 outputs a large print or block copy.
[0011]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, such a conventional newspaper production system has the following problems.
[0012]
That is, since the production of newsprint requires immediacy, the article is stored in the article input / proofreading terminal 1 and the image input / editing terminal 3 is processed even when only a part of the material to be published is available. When images and photographs are transported to some extent, they are selected by the operator and provisionally arranged, so that which material is to be arranged at which position on the paper is checked, and the balance and appearance of the entire paper are checked. Has been confirmed. As an initial operation for performing such provisional arrangement, a provisional arrangement plan such as that disclosed in, for example, JP-A-11-154239 has been created.
[0013]
Since this temporary arrangement plan is also created in a state where all the materials are not prepared, it is rare that the materials are arranged in this way. For example, materials that deal with events that change from moment to moment, such as highly newsworthy articles, will not be brought into the newspaper production system until immediately before the deadline, so from the initial temporary placement plan However, the actual arrangement may be significantly changed.
[0014]
However, the temporary layout plan is created by handwriting on a dedicated sheet, and once created, is not corrected and is not used thereafter. In other words, the temporary layout plan is only used to obtain an initial paper layout image of the temporary layout work performed by the operator using the typesetting terminal 5. As described above, the layout of the page is almost always changed from the initial state planned as the temporary layout plan, but once the layout operation of the page by the typesetting terminal 5 is started, there is a change thereafter. Also, the material information is arranged on the paper by operating the typesetting terminal 5 by the operator.
[0015]
Such an arrangement is not so difficult if the arrangement of the materials has been changed only slightly from what was planned based on the temporary arrangement plan, but if the arrangement has changed significantly, As a result, the arrangement work becomes complicated, so that the load on the operator increases, and there is a problem that the production efficiency of newspapers is reduced.
[0016]
The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and has a function of creating and correcting a provisional placement plan, a function of managing materials to be placed based on the provisional placement plan, and a method of providing material information in the provisional placement plan. By adding the function of arranging the material information on the page data by arranging the, it is possible to grasp the tentatively arranged material, and even if the arrangement plan is changed, Provided is a newspaper production system and a method for temporarily arranging materials in a newspaper, which can reflect the change by modifying the temporary placement plan and thereby improve the production efficiency of the newspaper. The purpose is to:
[0017]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to achieve the above object, the present invention takes the following measures.
[0018]
That is, the invention of claim 1 is a system for producing a newspaper by arranging material information of at least articles, images, and a plurality of materials composed of photographs on the paper data constituting the newspaper, A temporary layout frame area setting means for temporarily setting a temporary layout frame area for temporarily allocating the material allocated to the paper on the paper data corresponding to the paper, and the temporary layout frame area setting means for setting the temporary layout frame area in the paper data. And a management means for managing the temporary placement frame area and the identification information of the material temporarily placed in the temporary placement frame area.
[0019]
Therefore, in the newspaper production system according to the first aspect of the present invention, by taking the above-described means, the temporary layout plan is created on the paper data, so that even if the layout plan is changed, The work of arranging the material information on the paper data accompanying the change can be easily performed.
[0020]
According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the newspaper production system according to the first aspect of the present invention, the material information of the material corresponding to the identification information associated with the temporary layout frame area by the management means is assigned to the temporary layout frame area. An assignment means and a material arrangement means for arranging the material information of the material assigned to the temporary arrangement frame area by the material assignment means in the temporary arrangement frame area are added.
[0021]
Therefore, in the newsprint production system according to the second aspect of the present invention, by taking the above measures, when the material to be arranged in the temporary arrangement frame area is carried in, the correspondence between the temporary arrangement frame area and the material is determined. By attaching, it is possible to easily grasp the state of loading of the material in the temporary placement frame area. In addition, by arranging the material information of the allocated material in the temporary arrangement frame area, the material information can be arranged on the paper data, so that the production efficiency of newspaper paper can be improved.
[0022]
According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the newspaper production system according to the second aspect of the present invention, the amount of material information of the material allocated to the temporary layout frame area by the material layout means and the layoutable material information of the temporary layout frame area A difference amount calculating means for calculating a difference amount from the amount and a difference amount displaying means for displaying the difference amount calculated by the difference amount calculating means are added.
[0023]
Therefore, in the newsprint production system according to the third aspect of the present invention, by taking the above-described means, the amount of material information that can be arranged in the temporary arrangement frame area and the amount of material information allocated to this temporary arrangement frame area The amount of difference between the amount of material information and the amount of material can be grasped.
[0024]
According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the newspaper production system according to the third aspect of the present invention, based on the difference amount calculated by the difference amount calculating means, the material information provisionally arranged in the temporary arrangement frame area includes the temporary arrangement frame. Size adjusting means for adjusting the size of the temporary arrangement frame area is added so that the arrangement is performed without protruding from the area.
[0025]
Therefore, in the newspaper production system according to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the size of the temporary placement frame area can be adjusted according to the amount of the material information of the allocated materials by taking the above-described means. Therefore, the production efficiency of newsprint can be improved.
[0026]
According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for temporarily arranging a material on a newspaper page, wherein a material to be published on a newspaper page is allocated to each page by using a computer system, and the material information of the allocated material is converted to page data constituting a newspaper page. It is applied to a system for producing newspaper paper by arranging it on the top, and a temporary layout frame area for temporarily arranging the material allocated to the paper on the paper data corresponding to this paper is set on the paper data. A setting step; a management step of managing the identification information of the material provisionally arranged in the temporary arrangement frame area set on the sheet data in association with the corresponding temporary arrangement frame area; and a temporary arrangement frame associated with the identification information. It comprises an allocation step of allocating the material corresponding to the identification information to the area, and a provisional arrangement step of allocating the material information of the allocated material in the corresponding provisional arrangement frame area.
[0027]
Therefore, in the method of provisionally arranging material on newspaper according to the invention of claim 5, the provision of the provisional arrangement plan on the paper data by taking the above-described means enables the provisional arrangement plan to be changed even if the arrangement plan is changed. In addition, the work of arranging the material information on the page data according to the change can be easily performed.
[0028]
In addition, when a material to be placed in the temporary placement frame area is carried in, by associating the material with the temporary placement frame area, the loading status of the material in the temporary placement frame area can be easily grasped. . Further, by arranging the material information of the allocated materials in the temporary arrangement frame area, the material information can be arranged on the paper data, so that the production efficiency of the newspaper can be improved.
[0029]
According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the method for temporarily arranging material on a newspaper page according to the fifth aspect of the present invention, the amount of material information of the material allocated in the allocating step and the allocable material in the tentative layout frame area to which the material is allocated A difference amount calculating step of calculating a difference amount from the information amount; and material information temporarily arranged in the temporary arrangement frame area based on the difference amount calculated in the difference amount calculation step, protruding from the temporary arrangement frame area. And a size adjusting step of adjusting the size of the temporary arrangement frame area so that the temporary arrangement frame area is arranged without any information. In the temporary arrangement step, the corresponding material information is arranged in the temporary arrangement frame area whose size has been adjusted in the size adjustment step. .
[0030]
Therefore, in the method of provisionally arranging material on newspaper according to the sixth aspect of the present invention, by taking the above-described measures, the amount of material information that can be arranged in the tentative arrangement frame area and the amount of information allocated to this tentative arrangement frame area The amount of difference between the amount of material information of the obtained material and the amount of material information can be grasped. Further, since the size of the provisionally arranged frame area can be adjusted in accordance with the amount of material information of the allocated materials, it is possible to improve the production efficiency of newsprint.
[0031]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
[0032]
Note that the same reference numerals in the drawings used in the following description of the embodiments of the present invention denote the same parts as in FIG.
[0033]
An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.
[0034]
FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram showing a configuration example of a newsprint production system to which a method of temporarily arranging materials on a newsprint according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied.
[0035]
That is, the newsprint production system to which the newsprint editing status display method according to the embodiment of the present invention is applied is similar to the prior art newsprint production system shown in FIG. 2, an image input / processing terminal 3, an image server 4, a typesetting terminal 5, a typesetting editing server 6, a page data storage unit 7, an output server 8, and a printer / plotter 9. Further, the typesetting terminal 5 includes a temporary arrangement frame area setting unit 51, a material management unit 52, a difference amount calculation unit 54, a difference amount display unit 55, a size adjustment unit 56, and a material arrangement unit 57, The typesetting editing server 6 includes a material allocating unit 61.
[0036]
Therefore, the same portions as those in FIG. 22 are denoted by the same reference numerals, and the description thereof will be omitted.
[0037]
The provisional placement frame area setting unit 51 operates as shown in the flowchart of FIG. 2, and assigns a material to each sheet of paper, and associates each of the materials assigned to the sheet of paper with a temporary placement frame area for provisionally arranging the sheet data on the sheet data. The frame area designation information 58, which is data, is created. That is, as shown in the data configuration example of FIG. 3, the frame area instruction information 58 includes a frame area number 58CN for each sheet, a frame area diagonal coordinate 58WDn corresponding to the area number 58CN, and a provisional headline 58KM. And a matching mark 58AS.
[0038]
The material management unit 52 is a part that creates the material configuration information 59 to be arranged in any of such framed areas and manages it in association with the framed area instruction information 58. As shown in FIG. 4, the material composition information 59 includes a material publication date 59KN, a material import destination name 59MN, a material import destination version name 59HN, a material ID number 59ID, It is composed of a material type 59SB, a provisional headline 59KM, a matching mark 59AS, and material substance data 59JT. Specifically, the material management unit 52 determines that the provisional heading 59KM and the alignment mark 59AS of the material configuration information 59 match the provisional heading 58KM and the alignment mark 58AS of the frame area designation information 58 with the material configuration information 59. It is managed in association with the area instruction information 58.
[0039]
The material allocating unit 61 operates as shown in the flowchart of FIG. 5, and fetches and writes the frame area designation information 58 and the material configuration information 59 managed by the material management unit 52 as frame information 71WJ in the sheet data 71. .
[0040]
The paper space data 71 has a data configuration example as shown in FIGS. 6 to 11, and includes management information 71KJ as shown in FIG. 6, frame information 71WJ as shown in FIG. The material information 71SJ shown in FIG. 11 and the material entity 71JT shown in FIG.
[0041]
The management information 71KJ is composed of a publication date 71KN, a surface name 71MN, a version name 71HN, a format information 71TS, a paper surface X-direction size 71PX, and a paper surface Y-direction size 71PY. Note that the format information 71TS is definition information such as the set direction, the number of columns, the character filling, the character size, the column spacing, and the line spacing.
[0042]
The frame information 71WJ includes a frame information number 71EN1 corresponding to each material information 71SJ, a frame area number 71CN corresponding to the frame area number 58CN of the frame area instruction information 58, and a frame area #p diagonal coordinate. A frame area diagonal coordinate 71WDp corresponding to 58WDp, an assigned material ID number 71ID corresponding to the material ID number 59ID, a provisional heading 58KM or a provisional heading 71KM corresponding to the provisional heading 59KM, a matching mark 58AS or a matching mark corresponding to the matching mark 59AS. 71AS.
[0043]
The material information 71SJ (#n) is data defined for each material (#n), for example, as shown in FIGS. 8 to 10, and FIG. 8 shows “headline article a” and FIG. FIG. 10 corresponds to “Photo c”. Such material information 71SJ includes material ID number 71IDS, material type 71SBS, arrangement information 71FLS, material dimension 71SZS, arrangement position information 71LMS, vertical and horizontal dimensions 71TZS, provisional heading 71KMS, cross mark 71ASS, It consists of text storage address information ADS and laid-out text storage address information BDS.
[0044]
The material ID number 71IDS, the material type 71SBS, the provisional headline 71KMS, and the matching mark 71ASS of the data constituting the material information 71SJ have the same publication date, face name, and version name. The corresponding data (the material ID number 59ID, the material type 59SB, the temporary headline 59KM, and the matching mark 59AS) of the configuration information 59 are copied and written.
[0045]
The material entity 71JT is data actually posted on the paper, and corresponds to text data for an article and image data for a photograph. These store the respective data written in the material composition information 59 in association with the respective material information 71SJ registered in the page data 71. That is, the data of “headline article a” as # 1 material information is text 71TX (# 1) and 71LX (# 1), and the data of “headline article b” as # 2 material information is text 71TX (# 2). , 71LX (# 2), the data of “image c” is stored as display image data 71HI (# 3) and real image data 71RI (# 3).
[0046]
The difference amount calculation unit 54 operates as shown in the flowcharts of FIGS. 12 and 13, and calculates the area obtained from the material size 71SZS of the material information 71SJ allocated to the paper surface data 71 by the material allocation unit 61 and the corresponding frame. The difference amount with the area of the area is calculated, and the difference amount display unit 55 converts the difference amount calculated by the difference amount calculation unit 54 into, for example, the number of lines and displays it as illustrated in FIGS. 14 and 15.
[0047]
In FIG. 14, each framed area 12 surrounded by a rectangle in the paper 10 has a provisional heading 71KMS indicated by a mark in the figure, a matching mark 71ASS indicated by a mark in the figure, and a material indicated by a mark □ in the figure. When the same material is arranged over a plurality of frame areas 12, an ID number 71 IDS and a fraction display indicating the order in the whole are displayed. In the figure, the material ID number 71IDS indicated by the symbol □ in the figure is not displayed, indicating that the material information 71SJ of this material has not been imported and has not yet been registered in the paper surface data 71.
[0048]
Further, the difference amount is displayed below the box by surrounding it with a square frame as shown in the figure. For example, in the case of “+10 lines”, it indicates that there is a shortage of 10 lines to arrange all the assigned material information in the frame area 12. Conversely, “−3 lines” indicates that three lines are left when all the allocated material information is arranged in the frame area 12.
[0049]
FIG. 15 is an example in which the difference amount is visually displayed instead of the display by the square frame as shown in FIG. 14, and “−5 rows” is displayed as shown in FIG. In this case, when all the allocated material information is arranged in the frame area 12, it indicates that five lines are left. On the other hand, when “+3 lines” is displayed as shown in FIG. 15B, three lines are insufficient when all the assigned material information is arranged in the frame area 12. Is shown.
[0050]
As shown in the flowcharts of FIGS. 16 and 17, the size adjustment unit 56 arranges the frame based on the difference amount calculated by the difference amount calculation unit 54 so that the material information 71SJ is arranged in the frame area. Adjust the size of the area. Then, based on the adjustment result, the value of the frame area diagonal coordinates 71WDp of the corresponding frame information 71WJ is changed.
[0051]
The material placement unit 57 places the material information 71SJ of the material allocated by the material allocation unit 61 in the corresponding framed area, as shown in the flowcharts of FIGS. When the size of the frame area is adjusted by the size adjustment unit 56, the material information 71SJ of the corresponding material is arranged in the adjusted frame area.
[0052]
Next, the operation of the newspaper production system to which the method of provisionally arranging materials on the newspaper according to the embodiment of the present invention configured as described above is applied will be described.
[0053]
When a material is provisionally arranged by a newspaper production system to which the method for temporarily arranging a material on a newspaper according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied, first, an operator designates a frame area as shown in FIG. The frame area diagonal coordinates 58WDp of the information 58 are determined. Then, it is checked whether or not the determined frame area diagonal coordinates 58WDp overlap the frame area diagonal coordinates 71WDp of the frame information 71WJ of the paper surface data 71 (S1). If they overlap (S2: Yes), a warning message is displayed from a display screen (not shown) of the typesetting terminal 5 (S3), and a reset of the frame area diagonal coordinates 58WDp is prompted.
[0054]
On the other hand, if they do not overlap (S2: No), the material information 71SJ is newly added to the sheet data 71, and the number of framed areas 58CN, the provisional heading 58KM, The mark 58AS is set (S4).
[0055]
Then, the set number of framed areas 58CN, the framed area diagonal coordinates 58WD, the temporary heading 58KM, and the matching mark 58AS are laid out on a display screen (not shown) (S5). As a result, the contents of the created frame area instruction information 58 are confirmed by the operator.
[0056]
Next, the material management unit 52 creates material configuration information 59 as shown in the data configuration example in FIG. 4 by an operator operation, and the frame management area instruction information 58 and the material configuration information 59 are generated by the material management unit 52. Be associated.
[0057]
The framing area instruction information 58 and the material composition information 59 associated with each other by the material management unit 52 are written into the framing information 71WJ by the material allocating unit 61. This operation will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.
[0058]
In this case, first, the sheet layout data 61 corresponding to the publication date 59KN, the page name 59MN, and the version name 59HN written in the material configuration information 59 are acquired from the page data storage section 7 by the material allocation section 61. (S11). Next, a material that matches the provisional heading 59KM and the matching mark 59AS of the material composition information 59 is searched for from the frame information 71WJ of the acquired paper surface data 71 (S12).
[0059]
If there is a material that matches the provisional heading 59KM and the matching mark 59AS (S13: Yes), the material ID number 59ID of the material composition information 59 corresponding to the assigned ID number 71ID of the framed information 71WJ. Data is written (S14), and the process proceeds to step S15.
[0060]
On the other hand, when there is no material that matches the provisional heading 59KM and the matching mark 59AS of the material composition information 59 (S13: No), new material information 71SJ is added to the sheet data 71, and the added material information 71SJ is added. The material ID number 71IDS, the material type 71SBS, the provisional headline 71KMS, and the matching mark 71ASS are written by being copied from the material ID number 59ID, the material type 59SB, the provisional heading 59KM, and the matching mark 59AS of the material composition information 59 (S15). The process proceeds to step S16.
[0061]
In step S16, entity data such as text data or image data is written to the material entity 71JT of the page data 71. Further, the storage address information in which the entity data is written is written to the storage address information 71AD, 71BD of the corresponding material information 71SJ (S16). In this way, the contents of the frame area designation information 58 and the material composition information 59 are written in the page data 71.
[0062]
Further, as shown in the flowcharts of FIGS. 12 and 13, the difference between the area based on the material size 71SZS of the material written in the sheet data 71 and the area of the corresponding framed area is calculated as the difference amount. It is calculated by the calculation unit 54.
[0063]
First, of the frame information 71WJ of the paper surface data 71, the first material is targeted (S21). Next, it is confirmed whether or not the assigned material ID number 71ID of the target material exists (S22). If there is any (S22: Yes), the material information 71SJ corresponding to the assigned material ID number 71ID of the corresponding material is searched (S23), and the process proceeds to step S24. On the other hand, if it does not exist (S22: No), the process proceeds to step S28 described later.
[0064]
In step S24, based on the material dimensions 71SZS of the material information 71SJ searched in step S23, the number of converted lines of the material itself is calculated by the following equation (1) (S24). Further, vertical and horizontal dimensions are calculated based on the corresponding frame area diagonal coordinates 71WDp of the frame information 71WJ, and the calculated results are substituted into the following equation (2) to convert the frame area. The number of rows is calculated (S25).
[0065]
Ks = St × (Sy + Gy) / ((My + Gy) × Dt) (1)
Kw = Wt × (Wy + Gy) / ((My + Gy) × Dt) (2)
here,
Ks: Conversion factor of the material itself
Kw: conversion factor of framed area
St: vertical dimension of the material
Wt: vertical dimension of framed area
Sy: lateral dimension of the material
Wy: horizontal dimension of framed area
Gy: horizontal dimension between rows for one row
My: horizontal dimension of character for one line
Dt: vertical dimension for one step
It is.
[0066]
Then, the difference line number is obtained by subtracting the conversion line number of the material itself calculated in step S24 from the conversion line number of the frame area calculated in step S25 (S26), and FIG. 14 or FIG. As shown in (2), the difference line number is displayed on the layout screen so as to be understood (S27).
[0067]
Then, it is confirmed whether or not the processing has been performed on all the materials of the frame information 71WJ (S28). If the processing has been performed on all the materials of the frame information 71WJ (S28: Yes), the processing is ended. Otherwise (S28: No), the next material of the frame information 71WJ is targeted (S29), and the process proceeds to step S22.
[0068]
In this way, the difference number of lines between the converted line number of the framed area and the converted line number of the material itself is obtained for all the materials of the outline information 71WJ, and further shown in FIG. 14 or FIG. Thus, the difference line number is displayed on the layout screen so as to be understood.
[0069]
Based on the number of difference lines determined in this way, the size adjustment unit 56 adjusts the size of the framed area so that the material information is arranged in the framed area. This adjustment method will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS.
[0070]
When adjusting the size so that the material information is arranged in the frame area, first, the operator specifies a position for adjusting the size to the size adjusting unit 56. When the position is designated, the material of the frame information 71WJ of the paper surface data 71 corresponding to this position is searched by the size adjusting unit 56 (S31).
[0071]
If there is no corresponding material (S32: No), a warning message is displayed on a display screen (not shown) of the typesetting terminal 5 (S33), and the process ends. On the other hand, if the corresponding material exists (S32: Yes), the material information 71SJ corresponding to the assigned material ID number 71ID of the corresponding material is searched (S34).
[0072]
Then, the area S of the material is calculated based on the material size 71SZS of the corresponding material in the retrieved material information 71SJ (S35). Furthermore, the total area T of the framed area is calculated by summing the areas calculated based on one framed area diagonal coordinate 71WDp in the framed information 71WJ (S36).
[0073]
Further, the area difference Z is calculated by subtracting the area S calculated in step S35 from the total area T calculated in step S36 (S37). Then, if there is no area difference Z calculated in step S37 (Z = 0) (S38: Yes)), the process is terminated, while if there is an area difference Z (Z ≠ 0) (S38: No). , The area difference Z is divided by the number of framed areas 71CN of the corresponding material (S39).
[0074]
If the divided result df is df> 0 (S40: Yes), the frame area diagonal coordinates 71WDp of the corresponding material are changed, and the area of one frame area is df. Is performed on all the framed area diagonal coordinates 71WDp of this material (S41).
[0075]
Further, for all the framed areas adjacent to the framed area processed in step S41, the framed area diagonal line is set to have a longer horizontal dimension so as to absorb the blank generated by the processing in step S41. The value of the coordinates 71WDp is adjusted (S42).
[0076]
On the other hand, if df obtained in step S39 is df ≦ 0 (S40: No), the frame area diagonal coordinates 71WDp of the corresponding material are changed, and the area of one frame area is df. Is performed on all the framed area diagonal coordinates 71WDp of this material (S43).
[0077]
Further, all the framed areas adjacent to the framed area processed in step S43 are diagonalized so that the horizontal dimension is shortened so as to avoid the overlap generated by the processing in step S41. The value of the coordinates 71WDp is adjusted (S44).
[0078]
In this way, the size adjusting section 56 adjusts the size of the frame area so that the material information is arranged in the frame area.
[0079]
The material information of the materials allocated by the material allocating unit 61 is arranged by the material arranging unit 57 in the corresponding framed area as shown in the flowcharts of FIGS. When the size of the frame area is adjusted by the size adjustment unit 56, the material information is arranged in the adjusted frame area.
[0080]
First, of the frame information 71WJ of the page space data 71, the first material is targeted (S51). Next, it is confirmed whether or not the assigned material ID number 71ID of the target material exists (S52). If there is any (S52: Yes), the material information 71SJ corresponding to the assigned material ID number 71ID of the corresponding material is searched (S53), and the process proceeds to step S54. On the other hand, if it does not exist (S52: No), the process proceeds to step S55 described later.
[0081]
In step S54, the material type 71SBS of the material information 71SJ searched in step S53 is confirmed. If the material type 71SBS is “article” (S54: Yes), the process proceeds to step S55. On the other hand, if the material type 71SBS is not “article” (S54: No), the process proceeds to step S60.
[0082]
In step S55, the text of the "article" is read out and arranged in the framed area to create the laid-out text 71LX. Further, the created laid-out text 71LX is registered in the material entity 71JT of the page data 71, and the storage address information 71BDS of the laid-out text of the material information 71SJ is set (S55).
[0083]
Furthermore, the layout information 71FLS, the layout position information 71LMS, and the vertical and horizontal dimensions 71TZS of the material information 71SJ of the corresponding material are set (S56), and a layout screen based on the settings is displayed (S57). FIG. 21 shows an example of the layout screen displayed in this manner. In each framed area 12 surrounded by a rectangle in the paper surface 10, a temporary heading 71KMS indicated by ◎ in the figure, In the case where the same material is arranged over a plurality of framed areas 12, when the same material is arranged over a plurality of frame areas 12, a fraction display indicating the order of the whole material is displayed. Is displayed. In the figure, the material ID number 71IDS indicated by the symbol □ in the figure is not displayed, indicating that the material information 71SJ of this material has not been imported and has not yet been registered in the paper surface data 71.
[0084]
Then, it is confirmed whether or not the processing has been performed on all the materials of the frame information 71WJ (S58). If the processing has been performed on all the materials of the frame information 71WJ (S58: Yes), the processing is ended. Otherwise (S58: No), the next material in the frame information 71WJ is targeted (S59), and the process proceeds to step S52.
[0085]
In step S60, the layout information 71FLS, the layout position information 71LMS, and the vertical and horizontal dimensions 71TZS of the material information 71SJ of the corresponding material of the paper surface data 71 are set (S60). Then, based on the paper surface data 71 set in step S60, a layout screen as shown in FIG. 21 is displayed (S61), and thereafter, the process proceeds to step S58. In this way, a state in which each material is arranged in the frame area 12 is displayed.
[0086]
As described above, in the newsprint production system to which the method of provisionally arranging the material in the newsprint according to the embodiment of the present invention is applied, the above-described operation corresponds to a tentative placement plan diagram conventionally created by hand. Not only can the creation work be done on the screen to improve the efficiency of the creation work, but also by modifying the data, even if the temporary placement plan is changed, Since the work of arranging the material information can be performed in the first place, the efficiency of the work of arranging the material can be improved.
[0087]
Further, when the corresponding material is carried into the frame area, the allocation state of the material can be easily grasped by associating the frame area with the material. Furthermore, not only can the difference between the amount of material information that can be arranged in the framed area and the amount of material information of the material allocated to this framed area be recognized, but also the frame Since the size of the region can be adjusted, it is possible to improve the production efficiency of newsprint.
[0088]
Although the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described with reference to the accompanying drawings, the present invention is not limited to such configurations. Within the scope of the invented technical concept of the claims, those skilled in the art will be able to conceive various changes and modifications, and those changes and modifications will be described in the technical scope of the present invention. It is understood that it belongs to.
[0089]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the present invention, a function of creating and modifying a temporary placement plan, a function of managing a material to be placed based on a temporary placement plan, and placing material information in the temporary placement plan And a function of arranging material information on paper data.
[0090]
With these functions, it is possible to grasp the temporarily placed materials, and even if there is a change in the placement plan, it is possible to reflect the change by modifying the temporary placement plan drawing Thus, a newspaper production system capable of improving the production efficiency of a newspaper and a method of temporarily arranging materials on the newspaper can be realized.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram showing a configuration example of a newspaper production system to which a method of temporarily arranging materials on newspaper according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied;
FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of a temporary arrangement frame area setting unit;
FIG. 3 is a data configuration diagram showing an example of frame area designation information;
FIG. 4 is a data configuration diagram showing an example of material information.
FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the operation of a material allocating unit;
FIG. 6 is a data configuration diagram showing an example of management information of space data.
FIG. 7 is a data configuration diagram showing an example of frame information of sheet data.
FIG. 8 is a data configuration diagram showing an example of material information of page data (headline article a)
FIG. 9 is a data configuration diagram showing an example of material information of page data (text article b);
FIG. 10 is a data configuration diagram showing an example of material information of space data (photo c)
FIG. 11 is a data configuration diagram showing an example of a material entity of space data.
FIG. 12 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of a difference amount calculation unit (part 1);
FIG. 13 is a flowchart illustrating the operation of the difference amount calculation unit (part 2);
FIG. 14 is a schematic diagram illustrating a display example of a difference amount displayed by a difference amount display unit.
FIG. 15 is a schematic diagram showing another display example of the difference amount displayed by the difference amount display unit.
FIG. 16 is a flowchart showing the operation of the size adjustment unit (part 1).
FIG. 17 is a flowchart showing the operation of the size adjustment unit (part 2).
FIG. 18 is a flowchart showing the operation of the material placement unit (part 1).
FIG. 19 is a flowchart showing the operation of the material placement unit (part 2)
FIG. 20 is a flowchart illustrating the operation of the material placement unit (part 3);
FIG. 21 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a layout screen arranged by a material arrangement unit.
FIG. 22 is a functional block diagram showing a newspaper production system according to the related art.
[Explanation of symbols]
1: Article entry / proofreading terminal
2 ... Article server
3. Image input / processing terminal
4: Image server
5 ... Typesetting terminal
6. Typesetting editing server
7 Paper space data storage
8. Output server
9 ... Printer / Plotter
10 ... space
12 ... framed area
51: provisional arrangement frame area setting unit
52: Material Management Department
53: Material placement section
54: Difference amount calculation unit
55... Difference amount display section
56… Size adjustment part
57 Material placement section
58 ... frame area instruction information
59 ... Material composition information
61 ... Material allocation section
71 ... space data

Claims (6)

In a system for producing a newspaper by placing the material information of the material to be published on the newspaper on the paper data constituting the newspaper, the material allocated to the paper is placed on the paper data corresponding to the paper. A temporary layout frame area setting means for setting a temporary layout frame area for temporary layout in the paper space data;
A newsprint production system comprising: a temporary placement frame area set by the temporary placement frame area setting means; and management means for managing the temporary placement frame area in association with identification information of a material temporarily placed in the temporary placement frame area. The newspaper production system according to claim 1,
Material allocation means for allocating material information of a material corresponding to the identification information associated with the temporary placement frame area by the management means to the temporary placement frame area,
A newsprint production system to which material information of a material allocated to a temporary layout frame area by the material layout means is added to a material layout means for arranging the material information in the temporary layout frame area. The newspaper production system according to claim 2,
A difference amount calculating unit that calculates a difference amount between the amount of material information of the material allocated to the temporary placement frame area by the material allocation unit and the amount of allocable material information of the temporary placement frame area,
A newspaper production system to which a difference amount display means for displaying the difference amount calculated by the difference amount calculation means is added. The newspaper production system according to claim 3,
Based on the difference amount calculated by the difference amount calculating means, the size of the temporary placement frame area is set such that material information temporarily placed in the temporary placement frame area is arranged without protruding from the temporary placement frame area. Newspaper production system with size adjustment means for adjusting the size of the newspaper. Using a computer system, a system for producing a newspaper page by allocating a material to be published on a newspaper page to each page, and allocating the material information of the allocated material on the page data constituting the newspaper page. Applied,
A setting step of setting a temporary layout frame area for temporarily arranging the material allocated to the paper surface on the paper data corresponding to the paper surface on the paper data;
A management step of managing the identification information of the material temporarily arranged in the temporary arrangement frame area set on the paper space data in association with the corresponding temporary arrangement frame area,
An allocating step of allocating a material corresponding to the identification information to the temporary placement frame area associated with the identification information;
Temporarily arranging the material information of the allocated materials in a corresponding tentative arrangement frame area. The method for temporarily arranging a material on a newspaper according to claim 5,
A difference amount calculating step of calculating a difference amount between the amount of the material information of the material allocated in the allocating step and the allocable material information amount of the temporary layout frame area to which the material is allocated,
Based on the difference amount calculated in the difference amount calculation step, the material information provisionally arranged in the temporary arrangement frame area is arranged so as to be arranged without protruding from the temporary arrangement frame area. With a size adjustment stage to adjust the size,
In the temporary placement step, a material temporary placement method in a newspaper sheet, wherein corresponding material information is placed in the temporary placement frame area whose size has been adjusted in the size adjustment step.

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