JP2009239408A - Image forming apparatus, and image processing method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily combine additional information such as a photographing place and the name of a figure. <P>SOLUTION: On a print instruction sheet, a check box for the composition instruction and selection of the presence/absence of the composition of a photographing date, event information and the name of the figure of an object and a photographing place column divided for each sorting of the photographing place are recorded for each image. Also, on the print instruction sheet, an event information correspondence table 25 and an object figure name correspondence table 26 indicating the check box to be marked when selecting respective event names, logo marks and respective object figure names registered in an information memory 16 are recorded. The print instruction sheet is optically read, and information inside the information memory 16 is specified in accordance with an identified mark position and is combined with the image. The photographing place set in the photographing place column is collated with a character string registered beforehand in a dictionary memory 33 corresponding to the sorting. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an image forming apparatus that outputs an image and an image processing method.

  In recent years, a digital camera is connected directly to a printer, or a storage medium in which an image photographed by the digital camera is stored, for example, a memory card is inserted into a card slot of the printer, so that it can be connected via a PC (personal computer). There are commercially available printers that can print images without using a printer.

  Even when an image is printed only by a printer as described above, it is desirable that a print condition such as designation of a print image or designation of the number of prints can be designated by a simple operation or input. For example, in the image processing system of Patent Document 1, for each image stored in the memory card, an order sheet in which a reduced image of the image and a check area for instructing print conditions for the image are recorded for each image is output by a printer. .

The order sheet is read by a scanner provided in the printer after the entry, and an image is printed under the entered printing conditions. The printing conditions include the size of the printing paper, the presence / absence of printing, the number of prints, and the like, and these can be instructed by marking (filling) the check areas provided for each. It is also possible to acquire a handwritten character image and instruct to synthesize it.
Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 20007-336428

  By the way, in the image processing system of Patent Document 1, it is possible to instruct the synthesis of a handwritten character image by an order sheet, but the synthesis of information such as a shooting location and a person name using a character (font) prepared in advance. I couldn't tell you. Although it is conceivable to directly input characters into the printer using a keyboard or the like, such a procedure requires a complicated input operation, and printing cannot be performed with a simple operation. It is also possible to perform automatic character recognition processing on the handwritten character image entered on the order sheet and synthesize the characters obtained by the recognition processing, but when the user enters handwritten characters suitable for automatic recognition processing However, there is a problem in that there are cases where erroneous recognition or recognition failure occurs. Furthermore, it has been desired that various decorative images and the like can be simply instructed to be combined.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and provides an image forming apparatus and an image processing method capable of easily obtaining an image obtained by combining characters such as a shooting location and a person name and a decorative image. Objective.

  In order to achieve the above object, in the image forming apparatus according to claim 1, a reading unit that reads an image stored in a storage medium, a reduced image of each image read by the reading unit, and each reduced image On the other hand, a first output means for outputting a print instruction sheet in which an additional information entry field is recorded, a reading means for optically reading the print instruction sheet entered in the additional information entry field, and a plurality of characters or decorative images Additional information storage means for storing additional information in advance, specification means for specifying each additional information stored in the additional information storage means based on the reading result of the additional information entry field, and additional information specified by the specification means A second output means for generating a composite image in which the image is combined with a blank portion formed in or around the corresponding image and outputting a print of the generated composite image It is those with a.

  In the image forming apparatus according to claim 2, the first output means includes an additional information entry field having a plurality of check areas associated with the additional information stored in the additional information storage means, and an additional information storage means. The stored additional information and a correspondence table indicating the correspondence relationship between the plurality of check areas are recorded on the print instruction sheet, and the specifying unit adds the corresponding check area to the marked check area. Information is specified.

  The image forming apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the first output unit records a correspondence table in which different symbols stored in the additional information storage unit are attached with different symbols, and also in a plurality of check areas. On the other hand, the corresponding additional information symbol is added and recorded.

  5. The image forming apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the additional information storage unit stores a large number of character strings divided into a plurality of classifications, and the first output unit stores characters for each classification in which handwritten characters are written. The additional information entry field having an entry field is recorded on the print instruction sheet, and the identifying means discriminates the classification of the character entry field in which the handwritten characters are entered and recognizes the handwritten character image obtained from the character entry field. The character string obtained by the character recognition is collated with each character string of the additional information storage means divided into the determined classification, and if there is a match, the character string is specified as additional information and matched. When there is nothing to do, a warning is displayed.

  6. The image processing method according to claim 5, wherein a first output step of outputting a print instruction sheet in which an additional information entry field is recorded for each reduced image together with a reduced image of each image stored in the storage medium. And reading step for optically reading the print instruction sheet entered in the additional information entry field, and identifying each additional information stored in advance based on the reading result of the additional information entry field by the reading step And a second output step of generating a composite image obtained by combining the additional information with the corresponding image and outputting a print of the generated composite image.

  According to the present invention, a print instruction sheet in which an additional information entry field is recorded for each of the reduced images is output, and stored in advance based on the result of optically reading the contents entered on the print instruction sheet. Since each additional information is identified and the identified additional information is combined with an image and output, it can be easily instructed to synthesize additional information such as characters and images, Additional information that does not deteriorate due to reading can be synthesized.

  FIG. 1 shows a configuration of an image forming apparatus 10 embodying the present invention. The image forming apparatus 10 includes a plurality of functions such as a scanner function in addition to a print function, and includes a control unit 11, a media controller 12, a scanner unit 13, an information specifying unit 14, a memo processing unit 15, an information memory 16, and an output. It is composed of unit 17 and the like.

  Further, the image forming apparatus 10 is provided with a card slot, and a memory card 18 as a storage medium for storing an image is mounted in the card slot. An image file including image data stored in the attached memory card 18 is accessed via the media controller 12, and data is read or written.

  The storage medium is not limited to the memory card 18 and may be, for example, a built-in memory of a digital camera connected to the image forming apparatus 10 or a memory card attached to the digital camera. Further, an optical disk or a magnetic disk may be used as the storage medium. Alternatively, a memory built in the image forming apparatus 10 may be used.

  The control unit 11 controls each unit of the image forming apparatus 10 based on various operation signals from the operation input unit 21. The operation input unit 21 includes various input keys, and by operating the input keys, various instructions and inputs can be made to the image forming apparatus 10. In addition, a display unit 22 is connected to the control unit 11, and the display unit 22 includes, for example, an LCD and a drive circuit that drives the LCD, and displays various types of information to the user.

  When the operation input unit 21 is operated, an image stored in the memory card 18 is printed from the output unit 17, a print mode in which the image read by the scanner unit 13 is printed from the output unit 17, and the scanner unit 13 reads the image. In the print mode, various print instructions can be selected using the print instruction sheet S (see FIG. 2) output from the output unit 17. The instruction sheet mode for performing the operation can be selected.

  FIG. 2 shows the print instruction sheet S, and FIG. 3 shows the instruction entry part W recorded in each image part P of the print instruction sheet S. In this print instruction sheet S, an instruction for the number of prints including the presence / absence of a print instruction, a shooting date as additional information, event information, a subject person name, a compositing instruction for a memo image, and an instruction for contents to be composited Corresponding to this, each instruction entry section W includes a print instruction column W1, a shooting date column W2, an event information column W3, a subject person name column W4, and a memo column W6. Recorded by.

  The print instruction sheet S is obtained by recording an event information correspondence table 25, a subject person name correspondence table 26, and an image portion P on, for example, A4 size recording paper. The event information correspondence table 25 and the subject person name correspondence table 26 are recorded one by one on the print instruction sheet S based on the contents registered in the information memory 16, and the image portion P is recorded on the memory card 18. Each image is recorded.

  The event information correspondence table 25 shows each event information registered in the information memory 16 and the position of a check box (check area) CB to be marked when selecting the event information. The symbols given to the check boxes CB in the event information field W3 of the instruction entry part W are recorded.

  In this example, “entrance ceremony”, “athletic meet”, “presentation”, and “wedding” are registered in advance as events, and event information (character string) for each event or corresponding to the event as event information There are two types of created logo marks (images), and these are recorded in the event information correspondence table 25.

  In the event information correspondence table 25, for example, if the check box CB in the event information column W3 with the symbol “b” is marked, the corresponding event name 27 or logo mark 28 of “athletic meet” is selected. User can know.

  The same applies to the subject person name correspondence table 26, and shows the correspondence between the subject person name 29 registered in the information memory 16 and the position of the check box CB to be marked in the subject person name column W4 when selecting it. The symbol assigned to each check box CB in the subject person name column W4 is recorded in each subject person name 29.

  Note that the method of indicating the correspondence between the check box CB and each additional information is not limited to this. Further, as the character string, one or more characters or symbols, pictograms, etc. can be adopted.

  The image part P includes an index image PT and an instruction entry part W. The index commission image PT is generated and recorded as a reduced image using the image data read from the memory card 18 by the output unit 17. Also, the instruction entry unit W is generated and recorded for each thumbnail image by the output unit 17 based on data stored in a ROM or the like built therein.

  In the print instruction column W1, four check boxes CB are provided, and characters “1” to “4” indicating the number of prints to be instructed are attached. By marking any one of the check boxes CB in the print instruction column W1 with a mark, the information specifying unit 14 determines the marked check box CB, that is, the mark position, thereby specifying the number of prints. Note that if each check box CB in the print instruction column W1 is not marked, it is determined that there is no print instruction for the corresponding image.

  In the photographing date column W2, one check box CB for designating whether or not to synthesize the photographing date and the photographing date of the corresponding image are recorded. This shooting date is recorded by being acquired from the corresponding image file in the memory card 18 by the output unit 17. The presence / absence of a shooting date compositing instruction is determined based on the presence / absence of a mark in the check box CB in the shooting date column W2, and if it is marked, the shooting date is combined.

  In the event information column W3, a type selection column W3a and an event selection column W3b are recorded. In the type selection column W3a, two event names for selecting one of an event name as a character string and a logo mark as an image are stored. The check box CB is recorded, and in the event selection field W3b, four check boxes CB corresponding to each event are recorded.

  It is discriminated as an event information compositing instruction by one of the check boxes CB in the type selection field W3a. Further, the event name by characters is to be synthesized by the mark on the check box CB on the event name side, and the logo mark which is an image is to be synthesized by the mark on the check box CB on the logo mark side.

  The four check boxes CB in the event selection field W3b are marked with characters “a” to “d” written in the event information correspondence table 25, and the contents of the corresponding event information in each check box CB are displayed. So that you can know. By marking any of these check boxes CB, the corresponding event name 27 or logo mark 28 is combined with the image. Therefore, for example, by combining the check box CB corresponding to the logo mark and the mark of each check box CB of the symbol “c”, the composition of the logo mark 28 of “presentation” can be instructed.

  In the subject person name column W4, four check boxes CB corresponding to each subject person name are recorded. Each check box CB is provided with characters “a” to “d” written in the subject person name correspondence table 26 so that the subject person name 29 corresponding to each check box CB can be known. It is. By marking any of these check boxes CB, it is determined as a subject person name compositing instruction, and a subject person name 29 corresponding to the marked check box CB is composited with an image.

  The shooting location column W5 is divided into a plurality of classifications, in this example, “shrines / temples”, “theme parks”, and “others”, and the handwritten entries W5a to W5c corresponding to each classification. Is recorded. When combining shooting locations (character strings), the shooting location to be combined is entered in any one of the handwritten entry sections of the corresponding classification. This entry becomes an instruction for combining the shooting location information, and the character string of the entry contents is recognized and combined.

  In the memo field W6, a memo entry portion W6a in which handwritten characters and the like are entered is recorded. A handwritten character or the like entered in the memo entry portion W6a is cut out as a memo image and combined with the image.

  In FIG. 1, a scanner unit 13 optically reads a document image recorded on a document and outputs document image data. The scanner unit 13 reads, for example, a document placed on a transparent stage surface. The scanner 13 is a line sensor in which a large number of light receiving elements are arranged in a line in the width direction of the document, and the licensor is moved in the longitudinal direction of the document. A sensor moving mechanism, a light for illuminating the document, an A / D converter for converting a reading result from the line sensor into digital data, and the like.

  The scanner unit 13 is a reading unit that optically reads the print instruction sheet S. In the instruction sheet mode, the scanner unit 13 reads the print instruction sheet S and outputs document image data corresponding thereto. Document image data obtained by the scanner unit 13 is sent to the output unit 17 for processing in the copy mode and the save mode, and is processed by the information specifying unit 14 and the memory processing unit 15 in the instruction sheet mode. The

  The configuration for reading the document including the print instruction sheet S is not limited to the above-described configuration. For example, instead of moving the licensor, the document is detected by a fixed line sensor while the document is conveyed by an ADF (automatic paper feeding mechanism) or the like. An image may be read, or an original image may be read by an image sensor in which light receiving elements are arranged in a matrix.

  The information specifying unit 14 includes a mark identifying unit 31 and an OCR converting unit 32 as specifying units. The information specifying unit 14 is operated in the instruction sheet mode, performs image recognition processing on the original image obtained from the print instruction sheet S, and determines and specifies instruction contents recorded on the print instruction sheet S.

  The mark identifying unit 31 determines the presence / absence of a mark in the check box CB recorded on the print instruction sheet S and the position of the marked check box CB, that is, the mark position for each image part P, and issues a print instruction. Determination of the number of prints including presence / absence, shooting date as additional information, event information, determination of the presence / absence of an instruction to synthesize a subject person name image, and specification of specified additional information to be combined are performed.

  For an image with a print instruction, the mark identifying unit 31 sends an image instruction for instructing the image and an instruction for the number of prints corresponding to the designated number of prints to the output unit 17. If there is a shooting date composition instruction, the shooting date composition instruction is sent to the output unit 17.

  As described above, event names and logo marks corresponding to a plurality of types of events are registered in the information memory 16, and these are associated with the four check boxes CB in the event selection field W3b. The event name and the logo mark are written in the information memory 16 at the time of manufacturing, for example, but the user may be able to write an arbitrary name.

  The mark identifying unit 31 determines the presence / absence of a combination instruction of event information based on the presence / absence of a mark in the check box CB of the type selection field W3a. If there is a combination instruction, the mark position and event selection in the type selection field W3a An event name or logo mark corresponding to the mark position in the field W3b is specified in the information memory 16, and the specified event name or logo mark is sent to the output unit 17.

  Further, a plurality of person names (character strings) are registered in the information memory 16 in association with the check boxes CB in the subject person name column W4. This person name is registered in the information memory 16 by the operation of the operation input unit 21 by the user, for example, but may be registered by connecting a PC (personal computer) or the like to the image forming apparatus 10. When the person name registered in the information memory 16 is changed, the person name recorded in the subject person name column W4 is changed accordingly.

  The mark identifying unit 31 determines the presence / absence of a subject person name composition instruction based on the presence / absence of a mark in the check box CB of the subject person name field W4. If there is a composition instruction, the mark identification unit 31 selects the person name corresponding to the mark position. The data is identified and read by the information memory 16 and sent to the output unit 17.

  The OCR conversion unit 32 specifies shooting location information as additional information, and specifies a character string written in any of the handwritten writing units W5a to W5c in the shooting location column W5. A dictionary memory 33 is connected to the OCR conversion unit 32, and the dictionary memory 33 stores a number of names of shooting locations in each category of the shooting location column W5.

  Based on the position of the character image obtained by reading the shooting location field W5, the OCR conversion unit 32 determines the written classification according to which of the handwritten entry units W5a to W5c has been entered, and from the character image The column is determined by automatic character recognition processing. The OCR conversion unit 32 collates the character string obtained by this determination with the character or character string in the dictionary memory 33 of the entered classification. If there is a match in this collation, the character or character string is recognized as being correctly recognized, and is specified as a character string to be synthesized, and sent to the output unit 17, and if there is no match, A warning is displayed on the display unit 22 via the control unit 11.

  The memo processing unit 15 takes out a memo image such as a handwritten character written in the memo input unit W6a from the document image, and sends the memo image to the output unit 17. Note that in such a memo field W6, a character obtained by OCR conversion may be combined with an image. In this case, the recognized character may be displayed on the display unit 22 so that the character can be corrected.

  The output unit 17 includes an image generation unit 37 and a print unit 38. In the print mode, the image generation unit 37 reads an image to be printed from the memory card 18 via the media controller 12, performs various image processing, and sends the image to the printing unit 38, thereby printing the image on recording paper. The printing unit 38 includes, for example, an inkjet recording head that records an image on recording paper, a transport mechanism that transports the recording paper, and the like. Note that the print unit 38 may have any configuration, for example, a thermal method.

  In the instruction sheet mode, the image generation unit 37 prints the above-described print instruction sheet S based on each event name and each logo mark registered in the information memory 16 and each image read from the memory card 18. Data is generated, and the printing unit 38 records on the recording paper based on the data. In addition, the image generation unit 37 reads an image instructed by an image instruction from the mark identification unit 31 from the memory card 18 and synthesizes additional information corresponding to the input from the information specifying unit 14 with respect to this image. The composite image data is sent to the printing unit 38. The print unit 38 prints a composite image based on the composite image data with the number corresponding to the print number instruction.

  The additional information is synthesized by the image generation unit 37 so that, for example, a shooting date, an event name or logo mark, a person name, a shooting location, and a memo image instructed to be synthesized are synthesized in a margin formed around the image. However, they may be combined in the image.

  Next, the operation of the above configuration will be described with reference to FIG. When printing is to be performed using the print instruction sheet S, the memory card 18 storing the image is inserted, and then the operation input unit 21 is operated to enter the instruction sheet mode to instruct the output of the print instruction sheet S. To do.

  When an instruction to output the print instruction sheet S is issued, each event name, each logo mark, and each subject person name registered in the information memory 16 is read out by the image generation unit 37, and the event information correspondence table 25, A subject person name correspondence table 26 is generated.

  Next, the memory card 18 is accessed, the image and the shooting date are read from each image file, and the index image PT is generated using the image. Then, data of the print instruction sheet S having the event information correspondence table 25, the subject person name correspondence table 26, and each image portion P including the index image PT and the instruction entry portion W for each image is generated. At this time, the shooting date column W2 of each instruction entry unit W is set with the shooting date of the corresponding image. The print instruction sheet data generated in this way is sent to the printing unit 38 and printed on recording paper, whereby a print instruction sheet S as shown in FIG. 2 is output.

  When the print instruction sheet S is output, the user marks the check box CB for the desired number of prints in the print instruction column W1 of the image to be printed. Further, when combining the shooting date, the check box CB in the shooting date column W2 is marked. When it is desired to synthesize an event name or its logo mark, mark any check box CB in the type selection field W3a and mark a check box CB corresponding to the event in the event selection field W3b. Further, when combining the subject person names in the photographed image, the check box CB corresponding to the subject person name in the subject person name column W4 is marked.

  As described above, when marking the check box CB in the event selection field W3b and the subject person name field W4, the event information correspondence table 25 and the subject person name correspondence table 26 are recorded in the print instruction sheet S. Thus, the user can easily know which check box CB should be marked.

  Further, when combining the shooting locations, the user enters the characters of the shooting locations in the shooting location column W5 by handwriting. At this time, the information is entered in any of the handwritten entry portions W5a to W5c classified according to the shooting location to be entered.

  Furthermore, when combining arbitrary information other than the above, it fills in the memo entry part W6a of the memo column W6. The entry in the memo entry portion W6a is not limited to characters, and may be an illustration, for example.

  As described above, when the instruction entry section W has been filled in for each image to be printed, the print instruction sheet S is set in the scanner section 13 and the reading of the print instruction sheet S is instructed. By this instruction, the original image on the print instruction sheet S is read, and the data is sent to the information specifying unit 14 and the memo processing unit 15.

  When document image data is sent to the information specifying unit 14, the mark identifying unit 31 first determines the presence or absence of a mark in the print instruction column W1 corresponding to the first image and the mark position. For example, if there is a mark in any of the check boxes CB from “1” to “4”, the number of prints is determined by checking the mark position. If there is no mark in the print instruction column W1, it is determined that there is no print instruction for the first image, and the process proceeds to processing of the second image.

  After the determination of the number of prints, if there is a mark, the mark identifying unit 31 sends an image instruction for instructing the first image to the image generating unit 37. In response to this image instruction, the image generation unit 37 accesses the memory card 18, acquires the first image, and generates print image data having a margin around the image.

  Next, photographing date processing is performed, and as shown in FIG. 5, first, the mark identifying unit 31 checks whether or not there is a mark in the photographing date column W2, and if there is a mark, a photographing date composition instruction is sent to the image generation 37. . Then, the image generation 37 accesses the memory card 18 by inputting this shooting date combining instruction, reads the shooting date from the image file corresponding to the first image, and combines the shooting date with the blank portion of the print image.

  After the shooting date processing, event information processing shown in FIG. 6 is performed. In this event information processing, the presence / absence and mark position of the type selection field W3a is determined. If there is a mark, the mark position of the event selection field W3b is determined. Then, an event specified according to the mark position in the event selection field W3b and one of the event name and logo mark specified according to the mark position in the type selection field W3a is read from the information memory 16, and this is used to generate an image. 37 and is combined with the margin of the print image.

  Further, the subject person name processing shown in FIG. 7 is performed, the presence / absence of the mark in the subject person name field W4 and the mark position are determined, and if there is a mark, the subject person name specified according to the mark position is stored in the information memory. 16 is sent to the image generator 37 where it is combined with the margin of the print image.

  After the subject person name processing is completed, the OCR conversion unit 32 performs shooting location processing. As shown in FIG. 7, it is first checked whether or not there is an entry in any of the handwritten entry portions W5a to W5c. If there is no entry, this process is terminated, but if there is entry, it is determined in which column of the handwritten entry portions W5a to W5c the entry is specified, the classification is specified, and there is entry. A character string is determined from the character image in the handwritten entry portion by automatic character recognition processing.

  Next, the character string obtained by the determination is collated with each character string in the specified category dictionary memory 33. If there is a match in this collation, the matched character string in the dictionary memory 33 is identified as the designated character string, which is sent to the image generation 37 and synthesized with the margin portion of the print image. Is done.

  On the other hand, if there is no match in the above collation, for example, a reading error warning is displayed on the display unit 22 together with the recognized character string. In addition, a display for confirming the presence / absence of composition of shooting locations is performed for the user. When the operation input unit 21 is instructed not to synthesize, the shooting location process ends.

  On the other hand, when an instruction to synthesize is given, a display for confirming the necessity of re-input of the shooting location is displayed on the display unit 22. When re-input is performed, for example, the user operates the operation input unit 21. The entered character string is taken as the character string of the shooting location. When re-input is not performed, the character string recognized by the OCR conversion unit 32 is used as the character string of the shooting location. Then, the character string determined in this way is sent to the image generation 37 and is combined with the margin portion of the print image as a shooting location. In the case of re-input, it is preferable to adopt a simple input method such as pen input to the image forming apparatus 10, for example. Moreover, you may make it read a handwritten character again. Further, a similar character string may be displayed and selected.

  When the shooting location process is completed, the memo field process is performed by the memo processing unit 15, and the memo image in the memo entry unit W 6 a is cut out from the document image and sent to the image generation unit 37. Then, the memo image is synthesized with the margin portion of the print image. Note that the shooting date, event name or logo mark, subject person name, and memo image to be combined with the print image are combined so as not to overlap each other.

  When the image composition process is completed as described above, a print number instruction corresponding to the determined number of prints is sent from the mark identifying unit 31 to the image generating unit 37. As a result, the first combined image of the number of prints designated by marking the first image is printed.

  When the composite image printing is completed for the first image, the composite image of the second and subsequent images is printed in the same manner.

  The composite image output as described above is a composite of the instructed shooting date, event information, subject person name, written shooting location, memo, and the like. The shooting date, the event information, and the subject person name are specified by specifying the contents to be combined with the mark on the check box CB, so that they can be easily specified, and are not based on character recognition. There is no such thing. In addition, regarding the shooting location, the character string obtained by recognizing the written handwritten character is matched with each character string registered in the written classification and identified as a match, so that recognition errors are identified. Can be reduced.

  In the above embodiment, the shooting date, the event name, the logo mark, the subject person name, the shooting location, and the like have been described as examples of the additional information. However, the additional information is not limited to these, and various information characters, Images and the like can be adopted.

1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of an image forming apparatus embodying the present invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows a print instruction sheet. It is explanatory drawing which shows the content of the check column. It is a flowchart which shows the outline of the process sequence in instruction | indication sheet mode. It is a flowchart which shows the photography date process which performs the process with respect to the synthesis | combination of a photography date. It is a flowchart which shows the event information processing which performs the process with respect to the synthesis | combination of event information. It is a flowchart which shows the subject person name process which performs the process with respect to the synthesis | combination of a subject's person name. It is a flowchart which shows the imaging | photography place process which performs the process with respect to composition of an imaging | photography place.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Image forming apparatus 13 Scanner part 14 Information specific unit 16 Information memory 17 Output unit 18 Memory card 25 Event information correspondence table 26 Subject person name correspondence table W Instruction entry part

Claims (5)

Reading means for reading an image stored in the storage medium;
First output means for outputting a print instruction sheet in which an additional information entry field is recorded for each reduced image together with a reduced image of each image read by the reading means;
Reading means for optically reading the print instruction sheet entered in the additional information entry column;
Additional information storage means for storing a plurality of additional information consisting of characters or decorative images in advance;
A specifying means for specifying each additional information stored in the additional information storage means based on the reading result of the additional information entry field;
Second output means for generating a composite image in which the additional information specified by the specifying means is combined with a blank portion formed in or around the corresponding image, and outputting a print of the generated composite image. An image forming apparatus. The first output means includes the additional information entry field having a plurality of check areas associated with the additional information stored in the additional information storage means, and each additional information stored in the additional information storage means. A correspondence table showing a correspondence relationship with the plurality of check areas is recorded on the print instruction sheet;
The image forming apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the specifying unit specifies additional information associated with the check area for the marked check area.   The first output means records a correspondence table in which different symbols stored in the additional information storage means are given different symbols, and corresponding additional information for the plurality of check areas. The image forming apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the image is recorded with the symbol. The additional information storage means stores a number of character strings divided into a plurality of classifications,
The first output means records the additional information entry field having a character entry field for each classification into which handwritten characters are entered on the print instruction sheet,
The identifying means determines the classification of the character entry field in which handwritten characters are entered, recognizes the handwritten character image obtained from the character entry field, and determines the character string obtained by the character recognition to the determined classification. Each character string in the divided additional information storage means is collated, and if there is a match, the character string is specified as additional information, and if there is no match, a warning is displayed. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1. A first output step of outputting a print instruction sheet in which an additional information entry field is recorded for each reduced image together with a reduced image of each image stored in the storage medium;
A reading step for optically reading the print instruction sheet entered in the additional information entry field;
Based on the reading result of the additional information entry column by the reading step, each additional information stored in advance is identified, a synthesized image is generated by synthesizing the identified additional information with the corresponding image, and the generated synthesis And a second output step for outputting a print of the image.

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