JP2006318079A - Image creation device and image provision method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide environment allowing reduction of a burden on a worker, reduction of a human error, and rapid response to a specifications change, about work for creating a WEB/portable terminal displaying image from page space layout data. <P>SOLUTION: This image creation device has: an image addition means arranging a designated image to the page space layout data; a single page image creation means creating a single page image from the page space layout data; a double-page image creation means creating a double-page image from the single page image; and an image creation means creating the WEB/portable terminal displaying image from the double-page image. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an image creation apparatus for creating a WEB / portable terminal display image from magazine layout data, and an image providing method for providing this image.

  WEB / portable terminal display image creation from magazine layout data goes through the steps of pasting an image into magazine layout data, creating a single page image, creating a spread image, creating a web / portable terminal display image. However, since all the processes have been performed manually, there is a high possibility that a mistake such as a slight shift in processing results occurs for each magazine layout data. In addition, each process step takes time and is inefficient.

  When the specifications change in the resolution, image size, etc. of the image to be pasted, the WEB / portable terminal display image, each process of creating the WEB / portable terminal display image from the magazine layout data is processed separately. In this state, all workers need to be notified and explained the changes, and even a minor change takes time.

  In order to provide a WEB / portable terminal with the same service as actually viewing a magazine page, there is a request to create an image in the same spread page as the magazine page.

  The layout of the magazine layout data does not have regularity regarding the number of pages, and varies according to each magazine layout data, such as a case where the pages are grouped in a spread unit or a case where each page is divided. The configuration method also varies depending on the type of layout software for creating magazine layout data. In order to be able to process whatever magazine layout data is received, a process is required in which all pages are once output as a single page image and then a spread image is created using them.

Some conventional image creation methods extract page information and image information from original data, and create an image as content such as WEB based on the information (see, for example, Patent Document 1). However, these technologies are suitable when content is created in a completely new format. However, when the magazine layout is used as it is as content, it is configured as a spread on the original magazine layout data even if it is spread on the magazine. In many cases, the appearance of the magazine and the actual data structure are not unified, such as the same image straddling between pages, and in this case, the original data must be manually created before creating the image. There was a problem that it had to be shaped.
JP 2003-208419 A

  An object of the present invention is to solve at least one of the following problems.

  First, it is an object of the present invention to provide an environment that can reduce the burden on an operator, reduce human error, and quickly respond to a specification change for an operation of creating a web / portable terminal display image from magazine layout data. It is another object of the present invention to create an image after pasting not only information extracted from the original data but also a new image that did not exist in the original data. It is another object of the present invention to make it possible to create an image similar to that on a magazine even from magazine layout data created with a configuration different from the spread on the magazine.

The invention according to claim 1
Image adding means for pasting the designated image into the magazine layout data;
Single page image creation means for creating a single page image from magazine layout data;
A spread page image creating means for creating a spread page image from a single page image;
Image creating means for creating a web / portable terminal display image from a spread page image;
An image creating apparatus comprising:

The invention according to claim 2
The image creating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the image adding unit has a function of analyzing information read from the magazine layout data and pasting a designated image at an appropriate coordinate.

The invention according to claim 3
3. The image creating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the single page image creating unit has a function of dividing and outputting the magazine layout data added by the image adding unit in units of single pages. .

The invention according to claim 4
The spread page image creating means has a function of analyzing a plurality of single page images created by the single page image creating means, searching for an adjacent single page image on an actual magazine, and outputting it as a single spread page image. The image creating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the image creating apparatus is provided.

The invention according to claim 5
2. The image creating means has a function of adjusting the resolution and image size of a spread page image created by the spread page image creating means for WEB / portable terminal display, and displaying the result. The image creating apparatus according to any one of?

The invention according to claim 6
Storing an image created by the image creating apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 5 in a server;
Providing the image by the server receiving a display request from a user;
An image providing method characterized by including

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, it is possible to automatically create a WEB / portable terminal display image by only inputting information on the magazine layout data first by the operator, and change the description of the setting file when the specification is changed. This has the effect of being able to respond flexibly. Therefore, there is an effect that it is possible to provide an environment that can reduce the burden on the operator, reduce human error, and respond quickly when the specification is changed in the operation of creating the WEB / portable terminal display image from the magazine layout data. According to the first aspect of the present invention, it is possible to create an image after pasting not only information extracted from the original data but also a new image that did not exist in the original data. There is an effect of doing.

  According to the invention of claim 2, the image adding means analyzes the information read from the magazine layout data, and has a function of pasting the designated image at an appropriate coordinate, so that the image paste coordinates for each magazine layout data can be obtained. There is an effect that it is possible to calculate and paste.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, the single page image creating means is created from the magazine layout data by having a function of dividing and outputting the magazine layout data added with the image by the image adding means into single page units. There is an effect that it is possible to associate a single page image with the number of pages on the magazine.

  According to the invention of claim 4, the spread page image creating means analyzes a plurality of single page images created by the single page image creating means, finds adjacent single page images on an actual magazine, By having the function to output as two spread page images, it is possible to create the same image as on the magazine even from magazine layout data created with a configuration different from the spread on the magazine, and the required single page There is an effect that only image data can be selected and processed.

  According to the invention of claim 5, the image creating means has a function of adjusting the resolution and image size of the spread page image created by the spread page image creating means for WEB / portable terminal display, outputting the result, and displaying the result. By having this, there is an effect that it is possible to quickly and accurately cope with a change in the specification when displaying on the WEB, and the operator can confirm the work result at a glance.

  According to the invention of claim 6, there is an effect that an image created by the image creating device can be provided by receiving a display request from the user.

  Hereinafter, the best embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of an image creation apparatus. In the image creating apparatus shown in FIG. 1, a CPU (central processing unit) controls the entire apparatus. The storage unit includes a storage device such as a memory or a hard disk, and stores programs executed by the CPU and various data. The operation unit includes input devices such as a keyboard and a mouse, and passes data input by the worker to the CPU. The display unit includes a display device such as a liquid crystal display device and a display control circuit, and outputs display data received from the CPU on the screen of the display device. The input / output interface has a function of transmitting and receiving data via a communication line, and thus can exchange data via a communication network such as the Internet. The above configuration is the same as that of a general-purpose computer system such as a personal computer.

  In the storage unit of FIG. 1, an image creation program is stored together with the OS and various application programs. When this image creation program is executed by the CPU, the computer system of FIG. 1 functions as an image creation apparatus.

  Hereinafter, operations related to the image creation processing of the above-described image creation apparatus will be described. FIG. 2 shows a flowchart of the flow of the image creation process, and the progress position on the flowchart is indicated by the numbers S1 to S17 described in FIG. In the following description, the image creation processing is performed by the CPU of the image creation apparatus executing an image creation program stored in the storage unit. In addition, a display for confirming the created display image is output to the display unit. In addition, input in image creation is performed by the operation unit.

  First, it is confirmed whether or not the environment of the computer system for processing is appropriate for executing the image creating program (S1). The required application program is not stored in the storage unit, the computer system itself has enough performance to execute the image creation program, or there is a setting file required to execute the image creation program Is the main confirmation item.

The setting file of the image creation program described above exists so that the operator can freely customize the processing contents, specify the image to be pasted, adjust the coordinates to be pasted, and display the web / portable terminal display image to be created The image size, resolution, etc. can be set.

  Next, the image creation program is started (S2). First, the processing folder selection screen of FIG. 3 is displayed on the display unit. By changing the P01 pull-down menu of FIG. 3, the folder hierarchy in which the processing target folder exists is designated (S3). All folders under the hierarchy selected in the P01 pull-down menu are displayed in the H01 table, and a folder to be selected is selected from among them. The B01 button has a function of creating a new folder below the currently displayed hierarchy. The B02 button has a function of displaying the internal structure of the folder currently selected in order to confirm the processing target folder. The B03 button has a function of interrupting processing. The B04 button has a function of determining the currently selected folder as a processing target and proceeding to the next step.

  Next, information on the magazine layout data existing in the processing target folder selected on the processing folder selection screen of FIG. 3 is input on the magazine layout data information input screen of FIG. 4 (S4). In the F01 input field, a prefix character to be added to the file name of the WEB / portable terminal display image to be created is input. By specifying the prefix character by the operator himself, it is easy to distinguish the processing result file, and later data management becomes easy. The actual file name is “prefix + unique serial number”. In the F02 input field, a noble on the magazine page of the magazine page layout data to be processed is input. The page number to be processed can be acquired by comparing the page configuration of the noble and the magazine layout data input in the F02 input field (S5). The C01 check box checks the binding position of the published magazine. The input information is a component of a file name when a single page image is created and output, and is data for coordinate calculation performed when the image is pasted at the same time. The B01 button has a function of interrupting processing. The B02 button has a function of storing input information in the storage unit and proceeding to the next step.

  Next, appropriate coordinates for pasting the image are calculated from the information entered on the magazine layout data information input screen of FIG. 4 (S7). The coordinates differ depending on whether the page is the left page or the right page, and also vary depending on the nature of the page content, so analysis and coordinate calculation for the number of pages of the magazine layout data is required. The image is pasted into the coordinates obtained by calculation.

  In the calculation of the above-described image paste coordinates, the paste may be performed according to a rule different from that of other pages due to the nature of the magazine. The magazine layout data constituting the magazine may include a plurality of magazine layout data combined to form a complete magazine, or a cover page that is not originally spread. The coordinate calculation method when an image is pasted on such magazine layout data is slightly different from usual.

The coordinates to paste the image are calculated based on the page size of the magazine layout data, the size of the image to be pasted, the binding position, the nature of the corresponding page, and the contents of the setting file. The designation of the image to be pasted and the coordinates to be pasted can be set by the operator. Here, the calculation method will be described with an example of “text start page is“ 3 ”, and images are pasted on the upper left and lower right in a two-page spread”. In this case, the image is pasted at the upper left for the left page and at the lower right for the right page. First, it is determined whether the corresponding page is a left page or a right page. This is closely related to the bookbinding method of magazines. Since the body start page is “3”, even pages are right pages and odd pages are left pages if right-bound, and even pages are left pages and odd pages are right pages if left-bound. In addition, due to the nature of the magazine, there are cases where images are pasted in units of single pages instead of spread pages. In this case, images are pasted in both the upper left and lower right of the single page image (see FIG. 6). The image is pasted with a margin of about 10 mm from the upper left and lower right. This margin is appropriately changed in the image creating program so that the size of the coordinates to be pasted is larger and smaller if it is smaller. For this reason, the coordinates of the upper left corner of the image are spread left page: (<margin>, <margin>)
Double-page spread: (<magazine layout data size X>-<margin>-<image size X>, <magazine layout data size Y>-<margin>-<image size Y>)
Single page: (margin, margin)
: (<Magazine layout data size X> / 2- <margin>-<image size X>, <magazine layout data size Y>-<margin>-<image size Y>)
It becomes.

  As soon as the pasting of the image is completed, the magazine layout data is output as an image in single page units (S8).

  Next, a spread image is created and output. When creating a spread image, it is necessary that the pair of single-page images forming the spread on the magazine surface already exist. If not, the process is skipped (S11, 12). In the spread image creation method, whether the single page image to be processed is the left or right side on the magazine is analyzed from the file information, and arranged as a single image so as to have the same appearance as on the magazine (S13). In addition, for a single page image that does not spread on a magazine such as a cover page, the spread image creation process is skipped. This process is performed until there is no single page image in which the counter image exists.

  The spread image created in the spread image creation process is customized for WEB / portable terminal display and output as a WEB / portable terminal display image (S14). Detailed settings such as resolution and image size can be appropriately changed by the operator.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the WEB / portable terminal display image is displayed on the display unit, and the operator visually confirms the processing result (S16). Since the display is automatically performed, the worker always looks, so that the created WEB / portable terminal display image can be confirmed each time. Further, when other display images already exist, all the images are displayed in one window as shown in FIG. 6, so that the operator can surely confirm without taking time.

  Note that the WEB / portable terminal display image is sent to a server from the input / output interface via a communication network such as the Internet after confirmation, and stored in this server. This server receives a display request from the user from a WEB / mobile terminal via a communication network such as the Internet for the stored WEB / mobile terminal display image, thereby causing the WEB / The mobile terminal display image is provided to the WEB / mobile terminal via a communication network such as the Internet and displayed on the WEB / mobile terminal.

It is a block diagram which shows the structural example of the image production apparatus of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the example of the flow of an image creation process. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the screen which displays and selects the list of object folders for image creation. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the screen which inputs the information of magazine surface layout data. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the screen which displays the process result of an image creation. It is a figure which shows the example of an image paste position.

Claims (6)

Image adding means for pasting the designated image into the magazine layout data;
Single page image creation means for creating a single page image from magazine layout data;
A spread page image creating means for creating a spread page image from a single page image;
Image creating means for creating a web / portable terminal display image from a spread page image;
An image creating apparatus comprising:   The image creating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the image adding unit has a function of analyzing information read from magazine layout data and pasting a designated image at an appropriate coordinate.   The image creating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the single page image creating unit has a function of dividing and outputting the magazine layout data added by the image adding unit in units of single pages.   The spread page image creating means has a function of analyzing a plurality of single page images created by the single page image creating means, finding adjacent single page images on an actual magazine, and outputting them as a single spread page image. The image creating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the image creating apparatus is provided.   2. The image creating means has a function of adjusting the resolution and image size of a spread page image created by the spread page image creating means for WEB / portable terminal display, and displaying the result. The image creating apparatus according to any one of -4. Storing an image created by the image creating apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 5 in a server;
Providing the image by the server receiving a display request from a user;
An image providing method comprising: