JP2006178877A - Image processing apparatus, page edit method for image processing apparatus, and page edit program for image processing apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image processing apparatus, a page edit method for an image processing apparatus, and a page edit program for an image processing apparatus that enable the replacement of a specified page by a single page edit processing. <P>SOLUTION: A saved document is selected. A page to be replaced is specified. A document is read in. Image data are created. The created image data are saved temporarily. The image data are counted. The size of the image data is identified. An alert is displayed. The page orientation of the image data is identified. If the identified page orientation is different from the page orientation of the image data to be deleted, the image data are rotated into the same page orientation as the image data to be deleted. The image data are replaced. The temporarily saved image data are deleted. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to an image processing apparatus, a page editing method for the image processing apparatus, and a page editing program for the image processing apparatus, and more particularly to an image processing apparatus for storing read image data as an electronic file, a page editing method for an image processing apparatus, and an image The present invention relates to a page editing program for a processing apparatus.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, image processing apparatuses that store image data read by a scanner or the like as an electronic file have become widespread.

For example, in addition to printing the read image, an image forming apparatus that stores the image and setting information in the apparatus as a document, specifies the stored document, reprints, combines the documents, and the like are provided. There is a recorded recording medium (for example, see Patent Document 1).
JP 2001-322318 A

  However, when replacing an arbitrary page of a stored document, it is necessary to store an image for replacement once as a document and to insert the stored document at that position before and after deleting the page to be replaced. This requires separate document operations for saving, deleting, and inserting documents, and the editing operability is not sufficient.

  Therefore, the present invention provides an image processing apparatus, a page editing method for an image processing apparatus, and a page editing program for an image processing apparatus that enable replacement of a designated page by a single page editing process. Objective.

  In order to achieve the above object, an invention according to claim 1 is provided with a storage unit that stores image data read from a document, and in the image processing apparatus that performs page editing of image data stored in the storage unit. Image data generating means for reading image data to generate image data, processing for storing image data generated by the image data generating means in the storage means, and storage control means for deleting image data stored in the storage means And, when replacing the designated page of the image data stored in the storage means, creation of replacement image data, temporary storage of the created replacement image data, deletion of the designated page, replacement image data temporarily held And a page replacement means for processing the insertion in a coordinated manner.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the invention, when the designated page is replaced by the page replacement unit, a page direction confirmation unit for confirming a page direction of the replacement image data, and the page direction Rotation processing for performing rotation processing for aligning the page orientation of the replacement image data with the page orientation of the designated page when the orientation of the page of the replacement image data confirmed by the confirmation means is different from the orientation of the page of the designated page And a means.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the invention, when the designated page is replaced by the page replacement unit, a size confirmation unit that confirms a size of the replacement image data and a confirmation by the size confirmation unit When the size of the replacement image data is different from the size of the designated page, display control means for displaying a display for confirming the size of the replacement image data on the display device is provided.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the page editing method of the image processing apparatus having a storage unit for storing image data read from a document, the document is read to create image data, and the created image data is stored in the page. When the designated page of the image data saved in the saving means is replaced, creation of replacement image data, temporary storage of the created replacement image data, deletion of the designated page, temporary holding The insertion of the replacement image data thus processed is processed in cooperation.

  Further, in the invention of claim 5, in the invention of claim 4, when the specified page is replaced, the orientation of the page of the replacement image data is confirmed, the page orientation of the confirmed replacement image data, When the page orientation of the designated page is different, a rotation process for adjusting the page orientation of the replacement image data to the page orientation of the designated page is performed.

  The invention of claim 6 is the invention of claim 4, wherein when the designated page is replaced, the size of the replacement image data is confirmed, the size of the confirmed replacement image data, and the size of the designated page are confirmed. When the size is different, a display for confirming the size of the replacement image data is displayed on the display device.

  According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, there is provided a page editing program of an image processing apparatus including a storage unit that stores image data read from a document, a process of generating the image data by reading the document, and the generated image data Are stored in the storage unit, and when the specified page of the image data stored in the storage unit is replaced, creation of replacement image data, temporary storage of the generated replacement image data, deletion of the specified page The image processing apparatus is caused to operate a process for coordinating the insertion of the temporarily held replacement image data.

  The invention according to claim 8 is the invention according to claim 7, wherein when the designated page is replaced, a process for confirming a page orientation of the replacement image data, and a page orientation of the confirmed replacement image data. When the page orientation of the designated page is different, the image processing apparatus is operated to perform a process of performing a rotation process that matches the page orientation of the replacement image data with the page orientation of the designated page. .

  The invention according to claim 9 is the invention according to claim 7, wherein when the designated page is replaced, a process for confirming a size of the replacement image data, a size of the confirmed replacement image data, and the designation When the page size is different, the image processing device is caused to operate a process of displaying a display for confirming the size of the replacement image data on the display device.

  According to the present invention, page replacement of a saved document is performed by a series of editing processes in accordance with a panel guidance display without first saving new image data for replacement in a document. As a result, the operability of page editing is improved.

  In addition, according to the present invention, when the page is replaced, the rotation processing is performed to automatically adjust the page orientation of the read image data to the page orientation to be deleted. There is an effect that it is possible to prevent the mixing of the.

  Further, according to the present invention, when the size of the read image data is different from the image size to be deleted at the time of page replacement, the size of the replacement image data can be confirmed by an alert display. There is an effect that it is possible to prevent the replacement.

  Embodiments of an image processing apparatus, a page editing method of the image processing apparatus, and a page editing program of the image processing apparatus according to the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of an image processing apparatus 1 according to the present invention.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the image processing apparatus 1 includes an image reading control unit 2, an image reading unit 3, an image data creation unit 4, an image data buffer unit 5, an image data processing unit 6, a storage control unit 7, and a storage unit 8. , UI 9 and display control unit 10.

  The image reading control unit 2 performs control processing of each component unit and confirms the number of created image data, the size of the image data, and the page orientation of the image data.

  The image reading unit 3 includes a sensor for reading a document, and performs a process of reading the document and inputting digital data.

  The image data creation unit 4 performs processing for creating image data based on the digital data input by the image reading unit 3.

  The image data buffer unit 5 temporarily holds the image data created by the image data creation unit 4.

  The image data processing unit 6 performs image processing on the image data temporarily stored in the image data buffer unit 4. Specifically, when the page replacement is performed, if the page orientation of the stored image data and the read image data is different by the image reading control unit 2, the read image data is stored after being rotated. This is a process to make the page orientation the same as the image data being stored.

  The storage control unit 7 performs processing to store the image data created by the image data creation unit 5 in the storage unit 8 as a document (image data + setting information), and page replacement processing in the document stored in the storage unit 8. Do. Note that a document storage destination can be selected from a plurality of copy boxes, and the document can be organized and stored in units of users.

  The UI 9 is a touch panel display or the like that can visually display various types of information and can input user instructions. The input unit 11 for the user to input instructions for page replacement instructions, etc. A display unit 12 is provided for the user to check the status of processing, a list of documents stored in the storage unit, and the like.

  The display control unit 10 performs display control processing such as the status of reading processing on the display unit 12 and a list of documents stored in the storage unit 8.

  Note that the present invention can also be applied to a configuration in which an image processing program capable of performing the same operation as that of the image processing apparatus is installed in a general multifunction peripheral or the like.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining the page replacement process performed by the image processing apparatus according to the present invention.

  The page replacement is a process of replacing one page for one page as shown in FIG. 2A, a process of replacing a plurality of pages for one page as shown in FIG. 2B, FIG. There is a process of replacing one page for a plurality of pages as shown in (c), and a process of replacing a plurality of pages for a plurality of pages as shown in FIG.

  Next, an operation procedure of the user when performing page replacement and page insertion in the image processing apparatus according to the present invention will be described.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a document list screen stored in the storage unit displayed on the display unit.

  The user selects a document from the document list screen shown in FIG. 3 ("Document 1" is selected in the figure), and when replacing pages, touches the page replacement button on the document list screen, To insert, touch the page insertion button on the document list screen.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a replacement page designation screen displayed on the display unit when the page replacement button on the document list screen illustrated in FIG. 3 is touched.

  When the user designates a page to be replaced on the replacement page designation screen shown in FIG. 4 and touches the start button, reading of the document is started.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of an alert screen displayed on the display unit when the size of image data read when performing page replacement is different from the size of image data to be deleted.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the alert screen displays a notification that the read image data and the image data to be deleted have different sizes, the size of the read image data, and the size of the image data to be deleted.

  Next, a page editing process procedure performed by the image processing apparatus according to the present invention will be described with reference to a flowchart shown in FIG.

  A saved document is selected (step S601), a page to be replaced is designated (step S602), a document is read (step S603), image data is created (step S604), and the created image data is temporarily saved. (Step S605), the number of image data is confirmed (Step S606), an image data processing loop is started (Step S607), the size of the image data is confirmed (Step S608), and the size and deletion of the confirmed image data are confirmed. If the size of the image data to be processed is different (YES in step S609), the process proceeds to step S610. If the size of the confirmed image data is the same as the size of the image data to be deleted (NO in step S609), the process proceeds to step S611. move on.

  If the size of the confirmed image data is different from the size of the image data to be deleted (YES in step S609), an alert is displayed (step S610), and the process proceeds to step S611.

  Then, the orientation of the page of the image data is confirmed (step S611). If the orientation of the confirmed page is different from the orientation of the page of the image data to be deleted (YES in step S612), the process proceeds to step S613 and confirmed. If the page orientation is the same as the page orientation of the image data to be deleted (NO in step S612), the process advances to step S614.

  If the confirmed page orientation is different from the page orientation of the image data to be deleted (YES in step S612), the image data is rotated to be the same as the page orientation of the image data to be deleted (step S613), and step S614. Proceed to

  If the image data processing loop has ended (YES in step S614), the process proceeds to step S615. If the image data processing loop has not ended (NO in step S614), the process returns to step S608.

  When the image data processing loop ends (YES in step S614), the image data is replaced (step S615), the temporarily stored image data is deleted (step S616), and the processing procedure ends.

  Note that the image processing apparatus according to the present invention can also perform page insertion processing as shown in FIGS. 7A and 7B.

It is a block diagram which shows the functional structure of the image processing apparatus which concerns on this invention. It is a figure explaining the process of page replacement which the image processing apparatus which concerns on this invention performs. It is a figure which shows an example of the document list screen preserve | saved at the preservation | save part displayed on a display part. It is a figure which shows an example of the replacement page designation | designated screen displayed on a display part when the page replacement button on the document list screen shown in FIG. 3 is touched. It is a figure which shows an example of the alert screen displayed on a display part, when the size of the image data read when performing page replacement differs from the image data to delete. It is a flowchart which shows the process sequence of the page edit performed with the image processing apparatus which concerns on this invention. It is a figure explaining the process of page insertion which the image processing apparatus which concerns on this invention performs.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Image processing apparatus 2 Image reading control part 3 Image reading control part 4 Image data creation part 5 Image data buffer part 6 Image data processing part 7 Storage control part 8 Storage part 9 UI part 10 Display control part 11 Input part 12 Display part

Claims (9)

In an image processing apparatus that includes a storage unit that stores image data read from a document, and performs page editing of the image data stored in the storage unit.
Image data creating means for creating image data by reading the original;
Processing for saving the image data created by the image data creation means in the saving means, and storage control means for deleting the image data saved in the saving means;
When replacing a specified page of image data stored in the storage unit, creation of replacement image data, temporary storage of the generated replacement image data, deletion of the specified page, insertion of the temporarily stored replacement image data An image processing apparatus comprising: a page replacement unit that processes the images in cooperation with each other. Page orientation confirmation means for confirming the orientation of the page of the replacement image data when the designated page is replaced by the page replacement means;
When the page orientation of the replacement image data confirmed by the page orientation confirmation unit is different from the page orientation of the designated page, a rotation process is performed to match the page orientation of the replacement image data with the page orientation of the designated page. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: a rotation processing unit that performs the processing. A size confirmation unit for confirming the size of the replacement image data when the specified page is replaced by the page replacement unit;
When the size of the replacement image data confirmed by the size confirmation unit is different from the size of the designated page, the display control unit displays a display for confirming the size of the replacement image data on a display device. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1. In a page editing method of an image processing apparatus including a storage unit that stores image data read from a document,
Read the original to create image data,
The created image data is stored in the storage means,
When replacing a specified page of image data stored in the storage unit, creation of replacement image data, temporary storage of the generated replacement image data, deletion of the specified page, insertion of the temporarily stored replacement image data A page editing method for an image processing apparatus, characterized in that processing is performed in cooperation with each other. When replacing the designated page, check the page orientation of the replacement image data,
If the confirmed page orientation of the replacement image data is different from the page orientation of the designated page, a rotation process is performed to match the page orientation of the replacement image data with the page orientation of the designated page. The page editing method of the image processing apparatus according to claim 4. When replacing the specified page, check the size of the replacement image data,
5. The image processing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein when the size of the confirmed replacement image data is different from the size of the designated page, a display for confirming the size of the replacement image data is displayed on the display device. Page editing method. In a page editing program of an image processing apparatus including a storage unit that stores image data read from a document,
Processing for reading the original and creating image data;
Processing for storing the created image data in the storage means;
When replacing a specified page of image data stored in the storage unit, creation of replacement image data, temporary storage of the generated replacement image data, deletion of the specified page, insertion of the temporarily stored replacement image data A page editing program for an image processing apparatus, which causes the image processing apparatus to perform a process for coordinating the processes. A process of checking the orientation of the page of the replacement image data when replacing the specified page;
When the confirmed page orientation of the replacement image data is different from the page orientation of the designated page, a rotation process is performed to adjust the page orientation of the replacement image data to the page orientation of the designated page. 8. A page editing program for an image processing apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the page editing program is operated by a processing apparatus. A process of checking the size of the replacement image data when replacing the designated page;
When the size of the confirmed replacement image data is different from the size of the designated page, the image processing device is operated to display on the display device a display for confirming the size of the replacement image data. 8. A page editing program for an image processing apparatus according to claim 7.

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