JP2006099400A - Document processing system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve the problem that since a text object recognized as the object to be edited is likely to be recognized as one object in the middle of words, and text data located at a remote position on an original is likely to be recognized as one object when text data are edited, the edit operation takes a time and effort. <P>SOLUTION: In this system where display and printing and bookbinding are instructed to two types pages of page constituted of an image read from a scanner and page constituted of electronic originals, an original editting means for correcting each plotting data in an original taken in this system recognizes text data plotted on the original according to predetermined conditions. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a document processing method for editing electronic data generated from an information processing apparatus such as a personal computer, a scanner and a printer.

  Conventionally, it has been generally performed that a paper document is read by a scanner, the read image data is corrected by an image editing unit, and processing instructions such as double-sided, stapling, and punch holes are added and output from a printing apparatus. Yes.

  Also, document data created by application software on a PC is converted into electronic data that does not depend on the created application, and processing instructions such as double-sided, stapling, and punch holes are added and output from the printing apparatus. Has been done.

  Further, a page of image data and a page of electronic data are combined and stored as an electronic document, and processing instructions such as double-sided, stapling, and punch holes are added and output from a printing apparatus.

A technique for converting document data created by a plurality of application softwares into a unique electronic format and editing the rendered data is generally performed.
JP2002-279353

  However, in the above-described conventional technology, a text object recognized as an editing target when editing text data is recognized as one object in the middle of a word or text data existing at a distant position on a document as one object. It was difficult for the user to edit, and it took time and effort to edit.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems, and is a system for instructing display, printing, and bookbinding for two types of pages: an image page read from a scanner and an electronic document page. Thus, a document editing means capable of correcting each drawing data in the document captured in the system, a document editing means capable of newly creating drawing data in the document editing means, and the means In the document processing system having the document editing means that can be activated for the page selected by the user, the document editing means recognizes text data drawn on the document according to a predetermined condition. Document management system characterized by having

  As described above, by using the present invention, text data on a document can be recognized as an edit object in a form that is easy for a user to edit.

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

<System overview>
First, an outline of a document processing system according to the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. The document processing system includes an electronic manuscript writer that converts a data file created by a general application into an electronic manuscript file, and a bookbinding application that provides a function for editing the electronic manuscript file. It is possible to create and edit a document in which the above are integrated, improve the operability thereof, and efficiently edit the document.

<System configuration and operation>
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a software configuration of the document processing system according to the present embodiment. The document processing system is realized by a digital computer 101 (hereinafter also referred to as a host computer) which is a preferred embodiment of the information processing apparatus of the present invention. A general application 101 shown in FIG. 1 is an application program that provides functions such as word processing, spreadsheet, photo retouching, drawing, painting, presentation, and text editing, and has a printing function for the OS. These applications use a predetermined interface (generally called GDI) provided by an operating system (OS) when printing application data such as created document data and image data. That is, the application 101 transmits an OS-dependent output command (referred to as a GDI function) to the OS output module that provides the above-described interface in order to print the created data. . On the other hand, the output module that has received the output command converts the output command into a format that can be processed by an output device such as a printer, and outputs the converted command (referred to as a DDI function). Since the format that can be processed by the output device varies depending on the device type, manufacturer, model, etc., a device driver is provided for each device, and the OS uses that device driver to convert commands and generate print data. A print job is generated by enclosing with JL (Job Language). When using Microsoft Windows (registered trademark) as the OS, a module called GDI (Graphic Device Interface) corresponds to the output module described above.

  The electronic manuscript writer 102 is an improvement of the above-described device driver and is a software module provided for realizing the document processing system. However, the electronic document writer 102 is not intended for a specific output device, and converts the output command into a format that can be processed by the bookbinding application 104 and the printer driver 106 described later in detail. The format after conversion by the electronic document writer 102 (hereinafter referred to as an electronic document format) is not particularly limited as long as a document in units of pages can be expressed in a detailed format. Of substantial standard formats, for example, PDF format or SVG format by Adobe Systems can be adopted as the electronic document format.

  When using the electronic document writer 102 from the general application 101, the electronic document writer 102 is designated as a device driver used for output, and printing is executed. However, the electronic document file as created by the electronic document writer 102 does not have a complete format as an electronic document file. Therefore, the bookbinding application 104 designates the electronic document writer 102 as a device driver, and conversion of application data into an electronic document file is executed under the management of the bookbinding application 104. Then, the bookbinding application 104 completes the new incomplete electronic document file generated by the electronic document writer 102 as an electronic document file having a format described later. Hereinafter, when it is necessary to clearly identify this point, a file created by the electronic manuscript writer 102 is called an “electronic manuscript file”, and an electronic manuscript file given a structure by the bookbinding application 104 is called a “book file”. Call. If there is no need to distinguish between them, a document file, an electronic manuscript file, and a book file generated by an application are all referred to as a document file (or document data).

  In this way, by specifying the electronic document writer 102 as a device driver and printing data by the general application 101, the application data is electronic in units of pages (hereinafter referred to as logical pages or document pages) defined by the application 101. It is converted into a document format and stored as an electronic document file 103 in a storage medium such as a hard disk. The hard disk may be a local drive included in a computer that implements the document processing system of the present embodiment, or may be a drive provided on the network when connected to the network.

  The bookbinding application 104 reads an electronic original file (or book file) 103 and provides a user with a function for editing the electronic original file (or book file) 103. However, the bookbinding application 104 does not provide a function for editing the contents of each page, but provides a function for editing the structure of a chapter or book, which will be described later, configured with a page as a minimum unit.

  When the book file 103 edited by the bookbinding application 104 is printed, the bookbinding application 104 activates the electronic document despooler 105. The electronic document despooler 105 is a program module installed in the computer together with the bookbinding application, and is a module used to output drawing data to the printer driver when printing a document (book file) used in the bookbinding application. It is. The electronic manuscript despooler 105 reads out a designated book file from the hard disk and generates an output command suitable for the OS output module described above to print each page in the format described in the book file. Output to the output module. At that time, the printer driver 106 for the printer 107 used as the output device is designated as the device driver. The above-described output module converts the received output command into a device command and outputs the device command to the designated printer driver 106 for the printer 107. Convert. The converted command is transmitted from the printer driver 106 to the printer 107 via a system spooler (not shown), and the printer 107 prints an image corresponding to the command.

  FIG. 2 is a hardware block diagram of the computer 100. 2, a CPU 201 executes programs such as an OS, a general application, and a bookbinding application that are stored in a program ROM of the ROM 203 or loaded from the hard disk 211 to the RAM 202, and the software configuration in FIG. Realize the procedure. The RAM 202 functions as a main memory, work area, and the like for the CPU 201. A keyboard controller (KBC) 205 controls key input from a keyboard 209 or a pointing device (not shown). A CRT controller (CRTC) 206 controls display on the CRT display 210. A disk controller (DKC) 207 controls access to a hard disk (HD) 211, a floppy (registered trademark) disk (FD), and the like that store a boot program, various applications, font data, user files, edit files (to be described later), and the like. To do. The PRTC 208 controls the exchange of signals with the connected printer 107. The NC 212 is connected to the network and executes communication control processing with other devices connected to the network.

<Electronic manuscript data format>
Before referring to details of the editing application 104, the data format of the book file will be described. The book file has a three-layer structure that mimics a paper medium book. First, the upper layer is called a “book”, imitating one book, and attributes related to the book in general are defined. The middle layer below it corresponds to the chapter in the book and is also called “chapter”. For each chapter, attributes for each chapter can be defined. The lower layer is “page”, which corresponds to each page defined by the application program. For each page, attributes for each page can be defined. Further, one book may include a plurality of chapters, and one chapter may include a plurality of pages.

  FIG. 3A is a diagram schematically illustrating an example of a book file format. As shown in the figure, in this example, the book, chapter, and page in the book file are indicated by corresponding nodes. One book file contains one book. Since the book and chapter are concepts for defining the structure of the book, they include defined attribute values and links to lower layers as entities. The page has data for each page output by the application program as an entity. Therefore, a page includes a document page entity (document page data) and a link to each document page data in addition to the attribute value.

  Note that a print page when outputting to a paper medium or the like may include a plurality of document pages. This structure is not displayed by a link, but is displayed as an attribute in each hierarchy of a book, chapter, and page.

  In FIG. 3, a book 301 has a book attribute defined therein and two chapters 302A and 302B are linked. By this link, it is displayed that chapters 302A and 302B are included in book 301. The chapter 302A is linked to pages 303A and 303B, indicating that these pages are included. Each page 303A, 303B has an attribute value defined, and includes links to the original document page data (1), (2). These links indicate the data (1) and (2) of the original page data 304 as shown in (B) of FIG. 3, and the entities of the pages 303A and 303B are the original page data (1) and (2). Is displayed.

  FIG. 4 is a list of book attributes. For items that can be defined overlapping with the lower layer, the attribute value of the lower layer is preferentially adopted. Therefore, for items included only in the book attribute, the value defined in the book attribute becomes a valid value throughout the book. However, items that overlap the lower layer have meanings as default values when they are not defined in the lower layer. Each illustrated item does not specifically correspond to one item, but may include a plurality of related items.

  5 is a list of chapter attributes, and FIG. 6 is a list of page attributes. The relationship between chapter attributes and page attributes is the same as the relationship between book attributes and lower layer attributes.

  As is apparent from FIGS. 4 to 6, items unique to the book attributes are six items: printing method, bookbinding details, front / back cover, index paper, slip sheet, and chapter break. These are items defined throughout the book. As printing method attributes, three values of single-sided printing, double-sided printing, and bookbinding printing can be designated. Here, bookbinding printing is a method of printing in a format that allows bookbinding by bundling a separately designated number of sheets into two and folding the bundle. As the bookbinding details attribute, when bookbinding printing is designated, the spread direction, the number of sheets to be bundled, and the like can be designated.

  The front cover / back cover attribute includes designation of adding sheets as a front cover and a back cover when printing an electronic document file to be collected as a book, and designation of print contents on the added sheet. The index sheet attribute includes designation of insertion of index sheets with ears separately prepared in the printing apparatus as chapter breaks and designation of print contents in the index (ear) portion. This attribute can be used when a printing device used by an inserter having an insert function for inserting a sheet prepared separately from the printing sheet into a desired position, or a plurality of paper cassettes can be used. Effective in some cases. The same applies to the slip sheet attribute.

  The slip sheet attribute includes designation of insertion of a sheet supplied from an inserter or a sheet feed cassette as a chapter break, and designation of a sheet feed source when a slip sheet is inserted.

  The chapter break attribute includes designation of whether to use a new sheet, use a new print page, or do nothing in particular at the chapter break. During single-sided printing, the use of a new paper and the use of a new print page have the same meaning. In double-sided printing, if “use new paper” is specified, consecutive chapters will not be printed on one sheet, but if “use new print page” is specified, consecutive chapters will be 1 It may be printed on the front and back of a sheet of paper.

  As for chapter attributes, there are no items unique to chapters, and all items overlap with book attributes. Therefore, if the definition in the chapter attribute is different from the definition in the book attribute, the value defined in the chapter attribute has priority. Items common to only the book attribute and chapter attribute are five items: paper size, paper orientation, N-up printing designation, enlargement / reduction, and paper discharge method. Among these, the N-up print designation attribute is an item for designating the number of document pages included in one print page. Examples of arrangements that can be specified include 1 × 1, 1 × 2, 2 × 2, 3 × 3, and 4 × 4. The paper discharge method attribute is an item for designating whether or not to staple the discharged paper, and the validity of this attribute depends on whether or not the printing apparatus to be used has a stapling function.

  Items unique to the page attribute include a page rotation attribute, zoom, layout designation, annotation, and page division. The page rotation attribute is an item for designating a rotation angle when placing an original page on a print page. The zoom attribute is an item for designating the scaling factor of the original page. The scaling factor is specified with the size of the virtual logical page area as 100%. The virtual logical page area is an area occupied by one original page when the original page is arranged in accordance with designation of Nup or the like. For example, if it is 1 × 1, the virtual logical page area is an area corresponding to one print page, and if it is 1 × 2, each side of one print page is an area reduced to about 70%.

  Attributes common to the book, chapter, and page include a watermark attribute and a header / footer attribute. Here, the watermark is a separately designated image or character string that is printed over data created by an application. The header / footer is a watermark printed on the upper margin and the lower margin of each page. However, items that can be specified by variables such as page numbers and date / time are prepared in the header / footer. The contents that can be specified in the watermark attribute and the header / footer attribute are common to the chapter and the page, but the book is different from them. In the book, the contents of the watermark and header / footer can be set, and how the watermark, header and footer are printed throughout the book can be specified. On the other hand, for a chapter or page, whether or not to print a watermark or header / footer set in the book can be specified for the chapter or page.

<Book file generation procedure>
The book file has the structure and contents as described above. Next, a book file creation procedure by the bookbinding application 104 and the electronic document writer 102 will be described. The book file creation procedure is realized as part of the book file editing operation by the bookbinding application 104.

  FIG. 7 shows a procedure when the bookbinding application 104 opens a book file. First, it is determined whether the book file to be opened is to be newly created or is an existing one (step S701). In the case of new creation, a new book file not including a chapter is created (step S702). In the example of FIG. 3, the newly created book file is a book node that has only the book node 301 and does not have a link to the chapter node. As the book attribute, a set of attributes prepared in advance for new creation is applied. Then, a user interface (UI) screen for editing the new book file is displayed (step S703). FIG. 11 shows an example of a UI screen when a book file is newly created. In this case, since the book file has no substantial content, nothing is displayed on the UI screen 1100.

  On the other hand, if there is an existing book file, the designated book file is opened (step S703), and a user interface (UI) screen is displayed according to the structure, attributes, and contents of the book file. FIG. 10 is an example of a UI screen that displays a book file designated from an existing book file. The UI screen 1100 includes a tree portion 1101 that shows a book structure, and a preview portion 1102 that displays a printed state. The tree portion 1101 displays chapters included in the book and pages included in each chapter in a tree structure as shown in FIG. A page displayed in the tree portion 1101 is a manuscript page. In the preview area 1102, the contents of the print page are reduced and displayed. The display order reflects the book structure.

  In the opened book file, application data converted into an electronic manuscript file by the electronic manuscript writer 102 can be added as a new chapter. This function is called an electronic document import function. By importing an electronic document into a newly created book file by the procedure shown in FIG. 7, an entity is given to the book file. This function is activated by dragging and dropping application data on the screen of FIG.

  FIG. 8 shows an electronic document import procedure. First, the application program that generated the specified application data is activated, the electronic document writer 102 is specified as a device driver, and the application data is printed out to be converted into electronic document data (step S801). When the conversion is completed, it is determined whether or not the converted data is image data (step S802). This determination is made based on the file extension of the application data under the Windows OS. For example, if the extension is “bmp”, it is determined to be Windows bitmap data, if “jpg”, it is determined to be jpg compressed image data, and if “tiff”, it is determined to be image data in the tif format. In the case of such image data, since it is possible to generate an electronic document file directly from the image data without starting an application as in S8010, the processing in S8010 can be omitted.

  If it is not image data, the electronic document file generated in step S801 is added as a new chapter to the book of the book file that is currently open (step S803). As the chapter attribute, the value of the book attribute is copied for those that are common to the book attribute, and for those that are not, the preset value is set in advance.

  In the case of image data in step S802, a new chapter is not added in principle, and each original page included in the electronic original file generated in step S801 is added to the designated chapter ( Step S804). However, if the book file is a newly created file, a new chapter is created, and each page of the electronic document file is added as a page belonging to the chapter. As for the page attribute, an attribute value is given to an attribute common to the upper layer attribute, and a value is given to an attribute that inherits the attribute defined in the application data in the electronic document file. For example, when Nup designation or the like is designated in the application data, the attribute value is inherited. In this way, a new book file is created or a new chapter is added.

  FIG. 9 is a flowchart of a procedure for generating an electronic document file by the electronic document writer 102 in step S801 shown in FIG. First, a new electronic document file is created and opened (step S901). An application corresponding to the designated application data is started, and an output command is transmitted to the output module of the OS using the electronic document writer as a device driver. The output module converts the received output command into electronic document format data by the electronic document writer 102 and outputs the converted data (step S902). The output destination is the electronic document file opened in step S901. It is determined whether the conversion has been completed for all the designated data (step S903). If the conversion has been completed, the electronic document file is closed (step S904). The electronic manuscript file generated by the electronic manuscript writer 102 is a file including the manuscript page data entity shown in FIG.

<Edit book file>
As described above, a book file can be created from application data. With respect to the generated book file, the following editing operations are possible for chapters and pages.
(1) New addition (2) Delete (3) Copy (4) Cut (5) Paste (6) Move (7) Rename chapter (8) Rename page number (9) Insert cover (10) Insert paper Insert (11) Insert index paper (12) Page layout for each document page.

  In addition, an operation for canceling an editing operation once performed, and an operation for redoing the canceled operation are possible. With these editing functions, for example, integration of multiple book files, rearrangement of chapters and pages in the book file, deletion of chapters and pages in the book file, layout change of manuscript pages, insertion of slip sheets and index sheets Operation becomes possible. When these operations are performed, the operation results are reflected in the attributes shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, or in the book file structure. For example, if a blank page new addition operation is performed, a blank page is inserted at a designated location. This blank page is treated as a manuscript page. If the layout of the original page is changed, the changed content is reflected in attributes such as a printing method, N-up printing, front / back cover, index paper, slip sheet, and chapter break.

<Output book file>
The book file created and edited as described above has a final purpose of print output. Here, when the user selects a file menu from the UI screen 1100 of the bookbinding application shown in FIG. 10 and selects print from there, the output is printed by the designated output device. At this time, the bookbinding application 104 first creates a job ticket from the currently opened book file, and passes the job ticket to the electronic document despooler 105. On the other hand, the electronic document despooler 105 converts the job ticket into an OS output command, for example, a Windows GDI function, and transmits it to an output module, for example, GDI. The output module generates a command suitable for the device by the designated printer driver 106 and transmits the command to the device.

  Here, the job ticket is data having a structure in which the original page is a minimum unit. The structure in the job ticket defines the layout of the manuscript page on the paper. One job ticket is issued per job. For this reason, there is a document node at the top, and attributes of the entire document, such as double-sided printing / single-sided printing, are defined. Below that, a paper node belongs, and includes attributes such as an identifier of a paper to be used and designation of a paper feed port in the printer. Each paper node includes a node of a sheet printed on the paper. One sheet corresponds to one sheet. A print page (physical page) belongs to each sheet. For single-sided printing, one physical page belongs to one sheet, and for double-sided printing, two physical pages belong to one sheet. Each physical page has an original page arranged thereon. The physical page attribute includes the layout of the original page.

  The electronic document despooler 105 converts the above-described job ticket into an output command to the output module.

<Other system configurations>
The outline of the document processing system of this embodiment is as described above. Although this is a stand-alone system, a book file can be created and edited with almost the same configuration and procedure even on a server client system that is an expanded system. However, book files and print processing are managed by the server.

  FIG. 12 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the server client type document processing system. The client document processing system has a configuration in which a DOMS (Document Output Management Service: Document Output Management Service) driver 109, a DOMS print service module 110, and a DS (Document Service) client module 108 are added to a stand-alone system. . A document management server 1201, a print central management server 1202, and a print server 1203 are connected to the client document processing system 1200. These servers are normally connected to the client document processing system via a network, but are connected by inter-process communication that simulates communication between networks when the server also functions as a client at the same time.

  In the example shown in FIG. 12, both the document management server 1201 and the print central management server 1202 are connected to the client, but only one of them may exist on the network. For example, if the connected server is a document management server, the document management server client system 1201SC including the client module 108 is used. If the connected server is the print central management server 1202, the print management server client system 1202SC including the client module is used. Will be added to the stand-alone document management system.

  The document management server 1201 is a server that stores book files created and edited by the bookbinding application 104. When a book file is managed by the document management server 1201, the book file is stored in the database 1211 of the document management server 1201 instead of or in addition to the local HD of the client PC. Saving and reading of book files between the bookbinding application 104 and the document management server 1201 are performed via the DS client 108 and the DS core 1212.

  The print central management server 1202 is a server that manages printing of book files stored in the client document management system 1200 or stored in the document management server 1201. The print request in the client is transmitted to the DOMSWG server module 1221 of the print central management server 1202 via the DOMS driver 109 and the DOMS print service module 110. The centralized print management server 1202 passes the electronic document data to the electronic document despooler 105 via the client's DOMS print service module 110 when printing with the client printer, and when printing with the print server 1203, the print server 1203. To the DOMS print service module 1203. For example, the centralized print management server performs a security check on the qualification of the user who issued the print request to the saved book file, and saves a print processing log. As described above, the document processing system can be realized as a stand-alone or a client-server system.

<Contents of preview display>
As described above, when the book file is opened by the bookbinding application, the user interface screen 1100 shown in FIG. 10 is displayed. The tree portion 1101 displays a tree indicating the structure of an open book (hereinafter referred to as “target book”). In the preview section, three display methods are prepared according to the user's designation. First, a mode called a document view that displays a document page as it is. In this document view mode, the content of the document page belonging to the book of interest is reduced and displayed. Note that the layout is not reflected in the display of the preview unit 1102. Next, the second is a print view mode. In the print view mode, the document page is displayed on the preview unit 1102 in a form that reflects the layout of the document page. The third is a simple print view mode. In this simple print view mode, the contents of each original page are not reflected in the display of the preview portion, but only the layout is reflected.

<Stapling control>
Next, stapling control performed by the bookbinding application 104 of the computer 100 connected to a printer having a stapling function will be described.

  FIG. 13 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the staple control system. As shown in the figure, the staple control system includes the host computer 100 shown in FIG. 2 and a printer 107 having a staple function.

  Hereinafter, the configuration of the printer 107 will be described. If the function of the present invention is realized, a single device or a system composed of a plurality of devices can be connected and processed via a network such as a LAN or WAN. The present invention can be applied even to a system.

  As shown in the figure, in the printer 107, reference numeral 1301 denotes a printer CPU, which is connected to a system bus 1304 based on a control program stored in a program ROM in a ROM 1302 or a control program stored in an external memory 1303. An image signal as output information is output to the printing unit (printer engine) 1306 via the printing unit I / F 1305. In addition, the program ROM in the ROM 1302 stores a control program of the CPU 1301, and the font ROM in the ROM 1302 stores font data used for generating output information. The ROM stores information used on the host computer 100 in the case of a printer that does not have an external memory 1303 such as a hard disk.

  The CPU 1301 can perform communication processing with the host computer 100 via the input unit 1307 and can notify the host computer 100 of information in the printer 107 and the like. The RAM 1308 is a RAM that functions as a main memory, a work area, or the like of the CPU 1301 and is configured so that the memory capacity can be expanded by an optional RAM connected to an expansion port (not shown).

  The RAM 1308 is used as an output information expansion area, environment data storage area, NVRAM, and the like. Access to the above-described external memory 1303 such as a hard disk (HD) or IC card is controlled by a memory controller (MC) 1309. The external memory 1303 is connected as an option and stores font data, an emulation program, form data, and the like. In addition, the operation panel 1311 includes switches for operation, LED indicators, and the like.

  The external memory 1303 described above is not limited to one, and a plurality of external memories 1303 are provided. In addition to the built-in font, a plurality of external memories storing option cards and programs for interpreting printer control languages with different language systems can be connected. May be. Furthermore, an NVRAM (not shown) may be provided, and printer mode setting information from the operation panel 1311 may be stored.

<Book file editing function>
A manuscript editor is provided that allows text / image editing to be performed on the book file generated by the bookbinding application 104. The manuscript editor is activated from a bookbinding application and can edit a book file for each logical page. FIG. 15 shows the startup flow of the editor. First, in the bookbinding application, a menu is displayed for the selected document file (1501). It is recognized that “Original Editor” has been selected from the menu (1502). The manuscript editor is activated and the main screen is displayed (1503). FIG. 14 shows an example of a UI for starting the document editor from the bookbinding application. 1401 is a bookbinding application, and 1402 is an imported document file. Reference numeral 1403 denotes a pop-up menu when the original file is selected, and reference numeral 1404 denotes a mouse pointer. The manuscript editor is activated by selecting an imported manuscript file with a mouse pointer, displaying a pop-up menu, and selecting “document editor” in the menu. Here, the activation is performed from the pop-up menu, but other activation methods (for example, tool buttons, menu items) may be used.

  Next, editing functions that can be performed by the manuscript editor will be described. FIG. 16 shows the entire UI of the document editor. 1601 is a manuscript editor, 1602 is a menu bar, 1603 is a tool button, 1604 is a page movement button, 1605 is a zoom designation box, 1606 is a manuscript file to be edited, 1607 is a text object, 1608 and 1609 are graphic objects, and 1610 is a straight line. Indicates an object. Based on these, each editing function will be described.

[Text editing function]
FIG. 17 shows an example of selection of a text object. The document file 1606 shown in FIG. 16 is shown in detail. Reference numeral 1701 denotes a text object, 1702 denotes an object control handle, and 1703 denotes a mouse pointer. When the text on the document file is selected with the mouse pointer, the selected text is matched as an object and is in a selected state. A control handle indicated by 1702 is displayed on the selected object to indicate to the user that it has been selected. In this example, the control handle is displayed, but a circumscribed rectangle of the text object may be displayed. A text object can be selected and operated such as moving, deleting, changing text attributes, adding or deleting text.

  FIG. 18 shows a text editing flow. First, the text in the document file selected with the mouse pointer is extracted as a text object (1801). The extracted text object is subjected to editing such as addition of text, deletion of text, change of text attribute, movement / deletion of text object (1802-1806), and ends when editing is completed. FIG. 19 shows an example of adding text. Text is added to the text object 1701 in FIG. When the selected text object is selected again with the mouse pointer 1903, the text object is surrounded by a rectangle 1901 and an edit cursor 1902 is displayed. When the cursor is moved to the position where the text is to be added and characters are input, the input characters are added to the text object. FIG. 19 shows an example in which “test” is added before the “Japanese test” test.

  FIG. 20 shows an example of text deletion. The text is deleted from the text object 1701 in FIG. The text object is surrounded by a rectangle and the edit cursor 2001 is displayed in the same manner as the text addition. If the backspace key or delete is executed in this state, the character before the edit cursor is deleted. FIG. 20 shows an example when “test” of “Japanese test” is deleted.

  Regarding editing of text attributes, the text in each text object has an attribute, and the attribute can also be edited. Text attributes include font, style, size, color, character decoration, character spacing, horizontal scaling rate, word spacing, and the like. Since the meaning and setting method of each are well known, description thereof will be omitted.

[Text box editing function]
Although the text object described above is editing limited to one line, the manuscript editor has a function of newly creating a plurality of lines of text. Use text boxes when creating multi-line text. FIG. 22 shows a text box editing flow. First, a transition is made to the text box creation mode (2201), and a text box is generated with a mouse drag rectangle (2202). Next, the created text box is edited by editing a text object (this editing is the same as the one-line text editing operation described above), editing a text box attribute, moving / deleting a text box, and the like (2203). -2206), the process ends when the editing is completed. FIG. 21 shows an example of creating a text box. When a rectangle is drawn on the document file 1606 using the mouse pointer 1903 in the text box creation mode, a text box 2101 is created. In the created text box, a control handle 2102 is displayed when a new box is created and when the box is selected. The box can be resized by dragging the control handle with the mouse pointer.

  FIG. 23 shows an example of adding text in the text box described above. When the selected text box is selected again with the mouse pointer, an editing cursor is displayed in the box as in the text object editing. In this state, it is possible to add text to the text box by inputting text. In addition, the text can be deleted by the same method as that for the text object. FIG. 23 shows an example in which the text “text box test, multiple lines” is added to the text box 2101. As mentioned earlier, text boxes support multiple lines of text. Text that does not fit to the right end is displayed with a line feed (2301).

  The attributes of the text box and the text in the text box can be edited similarly to the text object. Text box attributes include line type, line width, line color, fill, and opacity. The attribute of the text in the text box is the same as that of the hand text object. Since the meaning and setting method of each are well known, description thereof will be omitted.

[Image editing function]
Next, an image editing function in the manuscript editor will be described. Image editing functions include “insert image” and “export image”.

  The image insertion will be described. FIG. 27 shows the overall flow of image insertion and rotation / movement / deletion. First, a transition is made to the image insertion mode and an image selection dialog is displayed (2701). The image selected in the dialog is displayed on the editor (2702). Editing such as rotation, movement, and deletion is performed on the displayed image (2703-2705), and the process ends when editing is completed. FIG. 24 shows an example UI for transitioning to the image insertion mode. Reference numeral 2401 denotes an original editor, 2402 denotes a menu, and 2403 denotes an image insertion mode menu. When insert image is selected from the menu bar of the manuscript editor, an insert image dialog is displayed. By selecting an image file to be inserted in the image insertion dialog, it is inserted as an image object on the original. FIG. 25 shows an example in which image insertion is inserted. When an image is inserted by the method described above, an image 2501 is inserted into the document file 1606. The position where the image is inserted is the center of the document file. However, the position may be changed in consideration of usability such as the upper left reference and the lower left reference of the document file without being limited to the center. Also, the insertion method may be performed not only from the menu but also by a tool button.

  Editing such as rotation, movement, and deletion can be performed on the inserted image or the image object arranged in the document file. FIG. 26 shows an example in which the image is rotated. Reference numeral 2601 denotes an image rotated 90 degrees clockwise. Since the movement / deletion is publicly known, a description thereof will be omitted.

  Next, image writing will be described. FIG. 29 shows the overall flow of image writing. First, extraction is performed by selecting an image to be written (2901). Next, an image export dialog is displayed from a pop-up menu or the like (2902). Then, by inputting the export destination (location), the file name of the image to be written, etc., and confirming the input, the image is saved in the designated location (2903-2904). FIG. 28 shows an example of image writing. An image to be written is selected, a pop-up menu 2801 is displayed, and image writing is designated. When image export is specified, the image export dialog is displayed. Apply the export location and image file name set in the displayed dialog to export the image.

[Object editing function]
Next, an object editing function in the manuscript editor will be described. The types of objects include a rectangle, an ellipse, a rounded rectangle, a straight line, an auto shape, and other arbitrary figures. These objects can be newly created and edited. It is also possible to select and edit an object on which an original file is drawn. Since the new creation and editing operations are known techniques such as movement / deletion and change of each attribute (color, line type, etc.), individual descriptions are omitted. FIG. 32 shows an object editing flow. First, the process proceeds to an object creation flow (3201), and an object is created with a rectangle drawn by mouse dragging (3202). Object editing (attribute editing, movement / deletion, etc.) is performed (3203-3205), and the process ends when editing is completed. Next, the creation of a new ellipse will be described as an example.

  FIG. 30 shows an example of a UI for transitioning to an ellipse object new creation mode. Reference numeral 3001 denotes a manuscript editor, 3002 denotes a menu, and 3003 denotes an ellipse creation mode transition menu. An ellipse object can be created by selecting an ellipse creation mode transition menu 3003 and drawing a mouse rectangle on the document editor. FIG. 31 shows an example in which an ellipse object is created. When the created ellipse object 3101 is selected, a control handle 3102 is displayed to allow the user to recognize that it has been selected.

  Examples of the present invention will be described. FIG. 33 shows an overall flow of pattern matching processing for text objects in the present invention. Each process will be described. First, a position on the document is selected using a mouse pointer or the like, and the position is recognized (3301). It is determined whether there is text data at the position on the document recognized in the previous step (3302). If it is determined that there is no text data in all steps, the pattern matching process ends. On the other hand, if it is determined that there is text data, the process proceeds to the pattern matching process of the present invention (3303). Details of the pattern matching process will be described later. Finally, the text object recognized by the pattern matching process is displayed (3304). The displayed text object can be edited by the method described above.

  FIG. 34 is a flowchart showing details of step 3303 described above. Each step will be described. First, text information at a specified location on the document is acquired (3401). The acquired text information includes drawing position information and font information of text data drawn on the document. Next, the acquired text information is set as text information for pattern matching (3402). Then, it is determined whether or not text information having the same Y coordinate as the text information to be matched exists on the currently edited document page (3403). If it is determined that it does not exist, the text information to be matched is finally matched as a text object (3408). If it is determined that it exists, the text information is set as matching candidate text information (3404). From here on, the text information that was selected as a matching candidate in the previous step is a step that uses several conditions to determine whether it should be matched with the text information that was targeted for matching. Become. First, it is determined whether there is an object other than text between the text information to be matched and the text information to be matched (3405). An object other than text refers to a graphic object or an image object. If such an object is drawn between text information, the text objects set as matching candidates are not grouped, and the text information to be matched is finally matched as a text object (3408). If no object other than text exists, the process proceeds to matching exception processing (3406). Details of the exception processing will be described later. After the matching exception process is completed, the text information set as a matching candidate is added to the text information to be matched (3407). Finally, the text information to be matched is matched (3408).

  FIG. 35 is a flowchart showing details of the pattern matching exception process in step 3406 described above. First, text information of matching candidates is acquired (3501). The text information to be acquired includes drawing position information and font information of text data drawn on the original as described above. Matching exception processing is performed from the text information acquired in the previous step. First, it is determined whether or not the coordinates are different from the text information set as a matching target (3502). The coordinates indicated here are rotation / distortion of coordinates. If the text coordinates of the matching candidate are different from the text coordinates to be matched, matching is performed without performing grouping. Therefore, the text information set as a matching candidate is deleted (3505). Next, it is determined whether or not the horizontal scaling takes a negative value for the matching candidate text information (3503). This determination is to determine whether the horizontal scaling of the text is reversed between positive and negative in the text information to be matched and the text information of the matching candidate, because the text information to be matched has a negative value. If there is, the determination is YES even if the matching candidate text is a positive value. If it is determined that the horizontal scaling value is reversed, matching is performed without grouping. Therefore, the text information set as a matching candidate is deleted (3505). Finally, it is determined whether or not the matching candidate text information is different from the text information to be matched with the text rendering mode. The text rendering mode is a parameter for setting a character drawing method, and is for obtaining a special effect such as white color or different colors for outline and paint. If it is determined that the text rendering mode is different, matching is performed without performing grouping. Therefore, the text information set as a matching candidate is deleted (3505). After the above exception processing is performed, only text information that does not apply to all is stored as matching candidate text information. After exiting this flowchart, the process proceeds to step 3407 in the flowchart of FIG. 34 to perform processing. As a result, as a result of processing the matching condition flowchart of FIG. 34 and the matching exception processing flowchart of FIG. And matched as one text object.

  FIG. 36 shows an example of the text pattern matching UI described above. A character string (3601-3607) is drawn on the document page (1606). A position on the document is designated using the mouse pointer 1903. FIG. 37 shows an example in which pattern matching is performed on the character string 3601 in FIG. When the above-described pattern matching processing is performed, “Aiueo” is matched as an edit target as one text object as in 3701. FIG. 38 shows an example in which pattern matching is performed on the character string 3602 of FIG. The character string 3602 is different from other characters in the font attribute of “U” (3802). When the pattern matching process is performed, “aiueo” is matched as an edit target as one text object as in 3801. FIG. 39 shows an example in which pattern matching is performed on the character string 3603 in FIG. In the character string 3603, the coordinates of “U” (3902) are rotated. When pattern matching is performed, “Ai” (3901) is matched as one text object, “U” (3903) with different coordinates is matched as one text object, and the remaining “Eo” (3904) is one text object. As matched. FIG. 40 shows an example in which pattern matching is performed on the character string 3604 of FIG. The character string 3604 is different from the horizontal scaling of other characters in “U” (4001). However, both scaling values are positive. When pattern matching is performed, “Aiueo” (4002) is matched as one text object. FIG. 41 shows an example in which pattern matching is performed on the character string 3605 of FIG. The character string 3605 is different from other characters in the Y coordinate of “U” (4102). When pattern matching is performed, “Ai” (4101) is matched as one text object, “Y” (4103) having a different Y coordinate is matched as one text object, and the remaining “Eo” (4104) is one text. Matched as an object. FIG. 42 shows an example in which pattern matching is performed on the character string 3606 of FIG. The character string 3606 is different from other characters in the text rendering mode of “U” (4202). When pattern matching is performed, “Ai” (4201) is matched as one text object, “U” (4203) with different rendering modes is matched as one text object, and the remaining “Eo” is matched as one text object. Is done.

  FIG. 43 shows an example of pattern matching in sample data of an actual document file. By performing the above-described pattern matching process on document data, the document data is grouped and matched as an editing target. If the pattern matching condition is satisfied, it is matched as one line of text data as indicated by reference numeral 4301 so that the user can easily perform editing work.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a software configuration example of a stand-alone document processing system according to the present exemplary embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the hardware structural example which implement | achieves the document processing system of this embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the structure of a book file. It is a figure which shows the list of book attributes. It is a figure which shows the list of chapter attributes. It is a figure which shows the list of page attributes. It is a flowchart which shows the example of a procedure which opens a book file. It is a flowchart which shows the example of a procedure which imports an electronic manuscript file into a book file. FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating an exemplary procedure for converting application data shown in Step 801 of FIG. 8 into an electronic document file. FIG. It is a UI screen of a bookbinding application. It is a UI screen when a book file is newly created. FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a software configuration example of a client server type document processing system. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of a staple control system. It is a UI screen showing an example of activation of the manuscript editor of the present invention. It is a flowchart which shows the starting procedure of a manuscript editor. The main UI screen of the manuscript editor is shown. It is a figure which shows selection of the text object in text editing. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure which performs a text edit. It is a figure which shows the addition of the text in text editing. It is a figure which shows the deletion of the text in text editing. It is a figure which shows the text box creation in text editing. It is a flowchart which shows the edit procedure of a text box. It is a figure which shows the text addition to a text box. It is a figure which shows the example of the image insertion menu in image editing. It is a figure which shows the example of the insertion of the image in image editing. It is a figure which shows the example of the rotation of the image in image editing. It is a flowchart which shows the insertion procedure of an image. It is a figure which shows the example of the image export menu in image editing. It is a flowchart which shows the writing-out procedure of an image. It is a figure which shows the example of the ellipse creation menu in object editing. It is a figure which shows the example of ellipse creation in object editing. It is a flowchart which shows the new creation order in object edit. It is a flowchart which shows the whole procedure of the pattern matching in the Example of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of pattern matching condition determination in the whole procedure of pattern matching. It is a flowchart which shows the pattern matching exception process procedure in the procedure of pattern matching condition determination. It is a figure which shows the example of the text data in original data. It is the figure which showed the example of the pattern matching with respect to general text data. It is the figure which showed the example of the pattern matching with respect to the text data from which a font attribute differs. It is the figure which showed the example of the pattern matching with respect to the text data from which a character direction differs. It is the figure which showed the example of the pattern matching with respect to the text data from which horizontal scaling differs. It is the figure which showed the example of the pattern matching with respect to the text data from which a Y coordinate differs. It is the figure which showed the example of the pattern matching with respect to the text data from which a text rendering mode differs. It is the figure which showed the example of the text pattern matching in a manuscript file.

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100 Host computer 107 Printer 201 CUP
202 RAM
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204 System bus 207 Disk controller

Claims (8)

  A system that provides display, printing, and bookbinding instructions for two types of pages: images consisting of images read from a scanner and pages consisting of electronic manuscripts. Each drawing data contained in the system can be modified. The original editing means, the original editing means includes original editing means that can newly create drawing data, and the means includes original editing means that can be activated for a user-selected page. A document management system comprising: a text object recognizing unit for recognizing text data drawn on a manuscript in accordance with a predetermined condition.   2. The document management system according to claim 1, wherein the text object recognition means recognizes only continuous text information for text data drawn on a document.   The document management system according to claim 1, wherein the text object recognition unit recognizes only text data having the same Y coordinate with respect to text data drawn on a document.   4. The text object recognizing means recognizes text data drawn on a document only when no object other than text exists between the text data. Document management system.   5. The text object recognizing unit controls the text data drawn on the original so as not to be recognized as a text object under a predetermined condition. Document management system.   6. The document according to claim 5, wherein the text object recognizing means does not recognize the text data drawn on the document as a text object when the coordinates of the text data are rotated or distorted. Management system.   7. The text object recognition unit according to claim 5, wherein the text object recognition unit does not recognize the text data when the horizontal scaling of the text data takes a negative value with respect to the text data drawn on the document. Document management system described.   8. The document management system according to claim 5, wherein the text object recognition unit does not recognize the text data drawn on the document as a text object when the text rendering mode is different. .

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