JP2007150422A - Image-forming system and image-forming device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image-forming system and an image-forming device capable of executing the processing of a spelling at an appropriate position without letting a user input the position of the spelling. <P>SOLUTION: The image-forming system has a read means for reading an original, and an image formation means for forming the image of the read original. The image-forming system and the image-forming device comprise a spelling detection means for detecting whether the original is a spelled one based on a picture image, where a plurality of originals are read by the reading means; and a means for generating image data having spelling information, where the spelling information indicating that the original is a spelled one is related to the picture image generated by reading the original by the read means for storage, when the spelling detection means detects that the original is a spelled one. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an image forming system and an image forming apparatus.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there is an image forming apparatus that forms an image on a medium such as a plurality of sheets and then binds and discharges the plurality of sheets on which the image is formed. As a binding method, there are binding using a stapler, discharging after making a hole in a paper using a two-hole punch, and the like.

  In such an image forming apparatus, a spelling process is performed when a user inputs and sets in advance on the operation panel. For example, in the case of a copying machine, before the original is read, after the user inputs that the staple processing is executed in advance, the original is read for all the originals to generate image images, and the image images are formed on paper. Is done. A stapling unit included in the copying machine executes a staple process on a plurality of sheets on which the image is formed based on a user input, and the bound sheets are discharged. Alternatively, when the user inputs in advance to execute processing by two-hole punching, the plurality of sheets of paper are ejected after executing processing of making a spell hole in the plurality of sheets of paper on which the image image is formed. The

  By the way, when performing a binding process using staples or the like, if the position of the binding on the paper and the position where the image image of the document is formed overlap, a part of the formed image image is hidden by the spelling. , It happens that it cannot be read if it is bound. In order to prevent the occurrence of hiding by spelling, the user has to grasp and input an appropriate spelling position in advance, which requires troublesome work.

  Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 11-225232 (Patent Document 1) discloses an image in which staple processing can be performed on any of four sides or four corners of a sheet by rotating an image image of a document every 90 degrees. An example of a forming device is disclosed.

  Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2004-112273 (Patent Document 2) discloses an example of an image forming apparatus that sets a position on a sheet on which a stapling process is performed by searching for a blank position common to each document. Has been.

Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 10-290309 (Patent Document 3) calculates, based on an image image generated by reading a document, that the document is bound by staples and the position of the staple processing. An example of an image forming apparatus that performs stapling processing at the same position as stapling processing of a document on a paper surface on which the image image is formed is disclosed.
JP-A-11-225232 JP 2004-112273 A Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-290309

  However, since the technique disclosed in Patent Document 1 performs stapling by setting the execution of stapling by the user regardless of whether the original document to be copied is bound or not, appropriate stapling is performed. It is necessary for the user to grasp the processing position and the like prior to setting.

  In addition, the technique disclosed in Patent Document 2 has a problem in which a part of the formed image overlaps the spelling position when there is no common blank position throughout the entire document.

  Further, the technique disclosed in Patent Document 3 is stapled when binding a plurality of sheets of paper on which a plurality of images are formed based on reading a stapled original and a non-staple original. There was a problem that the position of forming an image based on an undocumented overlapped with the spelling position.

  The present invention has been invented in order to solve these problems in view of the above points, and allows the user to execute a spelling process at an appropriate position without inputting the spelling position. An object of the present invention is to provide a forming system and an image forming apparatus.

  In order to achieve the above object, the image forming system and the image forming apparatus of the present invention employ the following configurations.

  An image forming system of the present invention is an image forming system having a reading unit that reads a document and an image forming unit that forms an image of the read document, and the reading unit reads an image image obtained by reading a plurality of documents. A spelling detection means for detecting whether the document is a spelled document, spelling information indicating that the booklet is spelled when the spelling detection means detects a spelled document, and the reading means. The image data generated by reading the document can be associated with image data generating means with spelling information for generating image data with spelling information stored in association with each other.

  As a result, when the document is spelled, the user performs the spelling process at an appropriate position on the plurality of sheets of paper on which the image image of the document is formed without inputting the spelling position and discharges the image. A forming system can be provided.

  In order to achieve the above object, the image forming system according to the present invention includes a spelling information storage setting unit that sets whether or not the spelling information is stored in association with the image image by a user selection. can do.

  As a result, when a document is spelled, the user can input the spelling process to an appropriate position on a plurality of sheets of paper on which an image image of the document has been formed without discharging the spelling position. Can be provided by a user input.

  In order to achieve the above object, the spelling detection unit includes a staple detection unit that detects a staple indicating the first document among the plurality of documents, and two sheets of the plurality of documents. A staple-bound page determination unit that determines that the page is bound by detecting a line indicating that the document is bound after the eye can be configured.

  Accordingly, it is possible to provide an image forming system capable of detecting that a document is bound by staples.

  In order to achieve the above object, the spelling detection unit may include a spelling hole detection unit that detects a spelling hole in the document.

  Accordingly, it is possible to provide an image forming system capable of detecting that a document has a binding hole for binding.

  In order to achieve the above object, the image forming system according to the present invention is configured such that, after reading the plurality of documents, when an unbound document is read and an additional image image is generated, An image image adding means for storing the additional image image as one file in association with the image data with spelling information can be employed.

  As a result, an image forming system capable of executing a spelling process on a plurality of sheets of paper on which image images are formed over all the image images of a document that has been spelled and the image images of a document that has not been spelled is provided. be able to.

  In order to achieve the above object, the image forming system of the present invention generates an image image obtained by moving the image image of the unbound document so as not to overlap the position of the spelling based on the spelling information. An image image position moving means can be provided.

  As a result, the image formation that can execute the spelling process at an appropriate position on a plurality of sheets of paper on which the image image is formed over all of the image image of the document that has been spelled and the image image of the document that has not been spelled. A system can be provided.

  According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided an image forming apparatus having an image forming unit that forms characters and images based on image data from image data with spelling information in which spelling information is stored. A spelling setting input means for a user to set the spelling of the recorded medium, a setting input from the spelling setting input means, a spelling setting means for setting the spelling of the medium based on the spelling information, and the spelling setting Based on the setting of the means, it can be configured to have a binding means for binding the medium.

  Accordingly, when an image is formed on a medium from image data including an image image based on the spelled document, the user can set to execute the spelling process.

  Further, in order to achieve the above object, the spelling setting input means can be configured so that it can be input every time an image is formed or when all images are formed in advance.

  Accordingly, it is possible for the user to easily set the spelling process.

  In order to achieve the above object, the binding method of the binding means can be configured to use staples.

  In order to achieve the above object, the binding method of the binding means can be configured to open a binding hole.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to provide an image forming system and an image forming apparatus that allow a user to execute a spelling process at an appropriate position without inputting a spelling position.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 shows a flow of processing of an image forming system according to an embodiment of the present invention, which includes a reading process (A) and a printing process (B).

  The reading process (A) is a process in which the image data 30 with spelling information generated by processing the spelled document 10 by the image reading device 200 is stored in the storage device 410 controlled by the computer 400. It is a flow.

  The spelled original 10 is a plurality of media on which characters or images are formed, and is bound by staples 19. The image reading apparatus 200 detects that the spelled document 10 is bound by staples based on the image image 31 obtained by reading the spelled document 10, and associates the stapler flag 32 indicating this with the image image 31. The stored file 30 is generated. The stapler flag 32 is spelling information indicating that the spelled original 10 is bound by staples, and the file 30 is image data with spelling information for storing the spelling information and the image image 31 in association with each other. The computer 400 controls the storage device 410 and causes the storage device 410 to store the file 30.

  In the printing process (B), the file 30 that is image data with spelling information is processed in the image forming apparatus 500, whereby a plurality of sheets of paper 60 on which images are formed are bound and discharged. It is.

  The file 30 stored in the storage device 410 controlled by the computer 400 is input to the image forming apparatus 500. The image forming apparatus 500 is an image forming apparatus having, for example, a stapler as a binding unit. The image forming apparatus 500 forms a plurality of image images 31 stored in the file 30 on a plurality of paper surfaces, and then stores them in the file 30. Based on the stapler flag 32, the staple processing is executed on the plurality of sheets. The image 60 is an image in which the image image 31 is formed on a plurality of paper surfaces, and the plurality of papers are bound by staples 61.

  FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of an image forming apparatus that is an embodiment of the present invention. 2A shows a configuration in which the spelled document 10 is read by the image reading apparatus 200 and image data 30 with spelling information is output. FIG. 2B shows the image data 30 with spelling information as an image. In this configuration, a spelled image 60 is input to the forming apparatus 500.

  In FIG. 2A, an image reading device 200 is a device that generates image data 30 with spelling information based on an input document 10 and document 11, and includes a reading unit 210, a spelling detection unit 220, and spelling information. The image data generating unit 230, the spelling information storage setting unit 231, the document position moving unit 240, and the image data adding unit 250 are configured.

  The reading unit 210 reads the spelled document 10 to generate a plurality of image images, and the spelling detection unit 220 detects that the document 10 is bound with staples from the plurality of image images, and includes the spelling information. The image data generation unit 230 generates the image data 30 with spelling information in which the plurality of image images and the spelling information are stored in association with each other when the spelling detection unit 220 detects the spelling.

  Here, the spelling information storage setting unit 231 is a unit for the user to set whether or not to store the spelling information in association with the image image. The spelling information storage setting unit 230 is set by the spelling information storage setting unit 231. When the user sets to store spelling information, the spelling information is stored in association with the image image.

  When the undocumented document 11 is read by the reading unit 210 after the spelled document 10 and one or more image images are generated, the spelling detection unit 220 is based on the one or more image images. Then, it is detected that the unbound document 11 is not bound. The document position moving means 240 determines whether or not the position of the spelling included in the spelling information based on the spelled document 10 and the position of the image image based on the document 11 overlap. A new image is generated by moving the position on the paper. The image data adding unit 250 generates an image image based on the document 10, a new image image generated by the document position moving unit 240, and new image data 30 with spelling information stored in association with the spelling information.

  In FIG. 2B, the image forming apparatus 500 forms an image based on the image image stored in the image data 30 with the spelling information on the paper surface, and performs a spelling process on the plurality of paper surfaces on which the image is formed. Execute and output.

  The image forming apparatus 500 includes an image forming unit 510, a spelling setting unit 520, a spelling setting input unit 521, and a spelling unit 530.

  The image forming unit 510 forms images on a plurality of papers based on the plurality of image images stored in the input image data 30 with spelling information. The spelling setting unit 520 sets whether or not to perform spelling based on the spelling information stored in the image data 30 with spelling information. The binding unit 530 executes a process of binding the plurality of sheets when it is set to perform the binding based on the setting of the spelling setting unit 520.

  Here, the spelling setting input unit 521 is a unit for the user to input whether or not to perform the spelling process, and the spelling setting unit 520 inputs that the user performs the spelling process using the spelling setting input unit 521. And, when the spelling information indicates that the plurality of papers are to be bound, it is set to perform the spelling process. In addition, when there are a plurality of pieces of image data 30 with spelling information, the spelling setting input unit 521 previously processes each image data 30 with spelling information or when processing all the image data 30 with spelling information. The user can input.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining a method of detecting that a document is bound from an original document that has been stapled. The image images 101, 102 a, and 102 b are image images based on the spelled document 10.

  The image image 101 obtained by reading the first sheet of the spelled document 10 includes a staple image 190. The image images 102a and 102b obtained by reading the second and subsequent sheets of the spelled document 10 include A line indicating that the spelled document 10 is spelled is included. When the bound document 10 is read, the document may be opened and read at the binding position, or the document may be folded and read at the binding position. The image image 102a is an image image obtained by opening and reading a document at a spelling position, and includes an oblique line 103a indicating the spelling position and an image image 104a on a paper surface in which the spelling order is close. By detecting the hatched line 103a from the image image 102a, it can be determined that the document on which the image image 102a is generated is spelled.

  The image image 102b is an image image obtained by folding and reading a document at a spelling position, and includes an oblique line 103b indicating the spelling position. By detecting the oblique line 103b, it can be determined that the document on which the image image 102b is generated is spelled.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining an image image of an unbound document in the case where an unbound document is bound to a bound document, and an image image 110 obtained by reading an image of the unbound document 11. FIG. 8 is a diagram for explaining processing for moving the image image 110 so as not to overlap the spelling position 190 when the spelled document 10 image is stored in association with the read image image.

  FIG. 4A is a diagram illustrating a paper surface 100 on which an image is formed by the image forming apparatus 500. The image image 110 includes an image 111 and a character string 112, and the image 111 overlaps the spelling position. A shaded portion 113 on the paper surface 100 is a blank portion where the image image 110 is not formed, and a hatched line 119 corresponds to a fold when it is bound.

  In FIG. 4A, when the image is bound at the spelling position based on the document 10, the image 111 is inside the spelling from the oblique line 119. Therefore, when the image image 110 is formed on the paper surface and bound at the spelling position 119, the image 111 disappears by spelling. Therefore, the image image 110s is moved in the right direction in the figure. The amount of movement may be the minimum value at which the image 111 is outside the spelling from the oblique line 119, and is the distance SH in FIG. Further, the distance SH is compared with the width BH of the margin 113 on the right edge of the document in order to avoid the position where each element of the image image 110 is formed outside the paper surface 100 by moving the image image 110. , BH is moved to the right by the distance SH only when BH is a value greater than or equal to SH. When the value of BH is smaller than the value of SH, the portion of the image image 110 included inside the spelling can be minimized by moving the image image 110 to the right by the distance BH.

  FIG. 4B is a diagram illustrating an image formed on the paper surface 100 after the image image 110 is moved rightward by the distance SH. The image 111 and the character string 112 which are elements of the image image 110 are formed outside the spelling with respect to the oblique line 119.

  FIG. 5 is an example of a method for determining the distance SH.

  Here, assuming that the sub-scanning direction of the image forming apparatus is the x-axis, the main scanning direction is the y-axis, and two arbitrary points on the oblique line 119 are (x1, y1) and (x2, y2), the oblique line 119 is It is expressed by the following formula.

Y = (y2-y1) (X-x1) / (x2-x1) + y1 (1)
The units of x and y are a line and a pixel when the image forming apparatus forms an image, respectively.
here,
Y> (y2-y1) (X-x1) / (x2-x1) + y1
It is detected whether or not an element of the image 110 is included in the area. In order to detect that the element is included, for example, the determination is made based on whether or not there are a predetermined number or more of pixels having a value different from the background of the document 11. When the number of the pixels is equal to or greater than a certain value, the coordinates of the pixel 1 existing at the minimum position in the sub-scanning direction among the pixels are (xm1, ym1), and the coordinates of the pixel 2 existing at the maximum position in the main scanning direction Is set to (xm2, ym2), the distances between the pixel 1 and the pixel 2 and the oblique line 119 are calculated, and the distance with the larger value is set as the distance value for moving the image image 110.
For example, when the distance SH1 from the pixel 1 to the oblique line 119 is larger than the distance SH2 from the pixel 2 to the oblique line 119, the value of the moving distance is
SH1 = (ym1-y1) (x2-x1) / (y2-y1) + x1-xm1
It becomes.
(Changes in spelling)
In the present embodiment, the case where one place on the paper surface is bound with staples has been described. However, the present invention is also applicable to the case where two places on the paper surface are bound with staples and the case where binding is performed by opening a binding hole. Can do.

Although the best mode for carrying out the invention has been described above, the present invention is not limited to the embodiment described in the best mode. Modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

4 is a processing flow according to the present invention. 1 is a configuration diagram of an image forming apparatus of the present invention. It is a figure of the image image of the original document spelled by the staple. It is a figure explaining the process when the position of an image and the position of spelling overlap. It is a figure explaining the calculation method of the distance in the case of moving an image.

Explanation of symbols

200 Image reading apparatus 500 Image forming apparatus 210 Reading means 220 Spelling detection means 230 Image data generation means 231 with spelling information Spelling information storage setting means 240 Document position moving means 250 Image data adding means 110 Image image 119 When folded Corresponding line

Claims (10)

In an image forming system having a reading unit that reads a document and an image forming unit that forms an image of the read document,
A spelling detection means for detecting whether the reading means is a spelled document based on an image image obtained by reading a plurality of documents;
When the spelling detection unit detects that the document is a spelled document, the spelling information indicating that the document is spelled and the image information generated by reading the document by the reading unit are stored in association with each other. Image data generating means with spelling information for generating attached image data;
An image forming system comprising:   The image forming system according to claim 1, further comprising: a spelling information storage setting unit configured to set whether to store the spelling information in association with the image image by a user selection. The spelling detection means includes a staple detection means for detecting a staple indicating the first original of the plurality of originals;
A staple-bound page determination unit that determines that the page is bound by detecting a line indicating that the document is spelled after the second of the plurality of documents;
The image forming system according to claim 1, wherein the image forming system comprises:   The image forming system according to claim 1, wherein the spelling detection unit includes a spelling hole detection unit that detects a spelling hole of the document.   Following the reading of the plurality of documents, when an unbound document is scanned and an additional image image is generated, the additional image image is associated with the image data with the spelling information as one file. 5. The image forming system according to claim 1, further comprising image image adding means for storing.   6. The image according to claim 5, further comprising image image position moving means for generating an image image obtained by moving an image image of the unbound document so as not to overlap a position of the spell based on the spelling information. Forming system. In an image forming apparatus having image forming means for forming characters and images based on image data from image data with spelling information in which spelling information is stored.
A spelling setting input means for the user to set the spelling of the medium on which the image is formed;
A setting input from the spelling setting input means, and a spelling setting means for setting the spelling of the medium based on the spelling information;
A spelling means for spelling the medium based on the setting of the spelling setting means;
An image forming apparatus comprising:   9. The image forming apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the spelling setting input means can input each time an image is formed or when all images are formed in advance.   9. The image forming apparatus according to claim 7, wherein a binding method of the binding unit is a staple.   9. The image forming apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the binding method of the binding means is to make a binding hole.

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