JP2585703Y2 - Image recording device - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[0001]

The present invention relates to an image recording apparatus,
Especially after reading the image with the image reading device and performing image processing,
The present invention relates to an image recording device that outputs from an output device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, this type of image recording apparatus performs color correction on image data read by a scanner and transfers the color data to an image output apparatus in real time to obtain an output image (hard copy).

[0003]

However, the conventional image recording apparatus cannot superimpose "characters, symbols, etc." on the read image data to produce an output image.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problem, and provides an image recording apparatus capable of superimposing characters and symbols on an output image based on read image data. The purpose is to:

[0005]

According to the present invention, there is provided an image recording apparatus for reading an original image by an image reading apparatus, performing image processing on the image, and outputting the image to an output device after the image processing. A storage device for storing image data based on the later original image, an input device for inputting characters and symbols, and a character and a character input by the input device.
A display device that displays a symbol or the like and an index indicating the input position of the character or symbol on the image data, and a character or a character that is input from the input device to the position where the index is displayed.
A character / symbol data generating device for generating data corresponding to a symbol or the like, an address specifying device for moving a display position of the index to specify an address on the storage device, and the storage specified by the address specifying device. A data transfer device for transferring data generated by the character / symbol data generator to an address on the device.

[0006]

According to the present invention, when an image reading device reads a document image, the image data is stored in a storage device. on the other hand,
When the position of the output image corresponding to the document image to be superimposed is designated by moving the display position of the index on the display device from the address designation device, the address on the storage device is designated. Then, when a character / symbol to be superimposed is input from the input device to the input position indicated by the index, the character / symbol data generator generates data corresponding to the input character / symbol. The data transfer device transfers the data generated by the character / symbol data generator to a designated address. By this transfer, superimposition data such as characters and symbols are stored on the storage device in addition to the image data. The output device outputs an image in a state where superimposition data is added to a desired position of the image data.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described below with reference to the illustrated embodiments. Figure 2 shows a digital color copier (digital copier)
1 is a schematic configuration diagram.

As shown in FIG. 2, the digital copier 1
The image forming apparatus includes a scanner 100, an image processing device 40, and an image output device S using a liquid crystal shutter.
(Hereinafter referred to as microcapsule paper) and a developing paper 8 are used. Microcapsules are applied to the surface of the support of the microcapsule paper 7 used in the present embodiment, and the microcapsules contain a dye precursor or the like that reacts with a developer described below. ing. On the surface of the support of the color developing paper 8, a color developing agent is applied, and when the color developing agent reacts with the dye precursor, a color is formed. The details are described in U.S. Pat. The description is omitted in this specification.

The scanner 100 is a contact type color CCD.
30 and a halogen lamp 31 and the like. Light from a halogen lamp 31 is projected onto the document MS, and reflected light from the projection is read by the CCD 30. The read information is converted as analog data into the image processing device 40.
The data is subjected to color correction and the like by this processing device and sent to a liquid crystal display panel (LCD) 6.

Here, the image processing apparatus 40 will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 (A) and 1 (B). As shown in FIG.
The image processing device 40 includes an A / D converter 101 for digitizing analog data from the scanner 100, line memories 101, 102, and 103 for storing data for one line of the color CCD 30, an image processing circuit 105,
LCD drive circuit 106 for driving LCD 6, memory 109 for storing image data read by a scanner, character input / address designation device 110 for character input and address designation, character / symbol data generator 115a and data transfer unit 115b And the like.

The character input / addressing device 110
As shown in FIG. 1B, a joystick 111 for addressing is disposed on the right side. A handwritten character input device 116 is provided above the joystick 111, and a liquid crystal display device 11 is provided below the joystick 111.
Conversion key 112 for converting Hiragana displayed in No. 4 into Kanji
Are arranged.

As shown in FIG. 2, a halogen lamp 3 is used as an exposure light source, and a reflector 2 is disposed above the halogen lamp 3. A condenser lens 4 and an infrared cut filter 5 are sequentially arranged below the halogen lamp 3. Below the infrared cut filter 5,
Color filters 22R, 22G that can be inserted alternately in the optical path,
The liquid crystal display panel (LCD) 6 is provided with a filter unit 22 composed of 22B.

An unexposed microcapsule paper 7 is accommodated in the light-shielding cartridge 18 in a state where the microcapsule paper 7 is wound around the cartridge shaft 15. A feed roller 19 is provided on the right side of the cartridge 18. The microcapsule paper 7 is exposed in a stationary state below the LCD 6, and a latent image is formed. The microcapsule paper 7 is wound around the winding shaft 16 after passing between the pressure rollers 11a and 11b.

A half-moon roller 9 is disposed above a cassette 8a for stacking and storing the color-developed paper 8, and a paper feed roller 1 is on the left.
0 and a paper feed guide 17 are provided. A heat fixing device 12 is disposed below the cassette 8a, a heater 13 is disposed inside the heat fixing device, and a transport belt 14 is disposed below the heat fixing device.

Next, the operation of the digital copier 1 will be described.
First, when a print start key (not shown) is pressed, the halogen lamp 31 of the scanner 100 is turned on,
The original MS is read by the color CCD 30. Each line read by the color CCD 30 is digitized by the A / D converter 101, red data is stored in the line memory 102, green data is stored in the line memory 103, and blue data is stored in the line memory 104. It is stored for each line. When the data for one line is completed, the red, green, and blue data are transferred to the image processing circuit 105 one dot at a time, and the red data that has been image processed first is displayed on the LCD.
The data is transferred to the memory 109 via the drive circuit 106, and then the green and blue data subjected to the image processing is transferred to the memory 109. Next, the scanner 100 moves by one line, and the red, green, and blue data are transferred to the memory 109 in the same manner as described above. Such an operation is repeated for one screen.

Here, the character input / address designation device 40
Will be described. The cursor 114 moves to the position on the liquid crystal display device 113 selected by the joystick 111, and the character (for example, “A”) input from the handwritten character input device 116 is displayed. That is, the joystick 111 has an address designation function. Liquid crystal display device 1
The word displayed in 13 is converted to kanji by the conversion key 112. The above operation is performed before the print key is pressed. At the same time when the image is read by the scanner 100, the corresponding address on the memory 109 is
The data transfer unit 115b transfers the data generated by the character / symbol generation unit 115a, and writes an image in the memory 109. Image data externally input to the LCD 6 and characters and the like displayed on the liquid crystal display device 113 are combined and displayed (see FIGS. 3A and 3B).

When the data for one screen is prepared in this way, the halogen lamp 3 is turned on. Halogen lamp 3
Is efficiently condensed by the reflector 2 and the condensing lens 4, becomes a light having a predetermined spread, and is applied to the LCD 6 via the infrared cut filter 5 and the red filter 22R. The stationary microcapsule paper 7 is exposed by light selected by the LCD 6 controlled according to a red signal of an image to be stored. When the red exposure is completed, the red filter 22R is replaced with the green filter 22G.

Next, the red signal of the LCD 6 is switched to a green signal, and exposure is performed in the same manner as described above. The same applies to the blue color, and the halogen lamp 3 is turned off after the three exposures are completed. As described above, a color latent image is formed on the microcapsule paper 7.

Next, the microcapsule paper 7 is
6 and the pressure roller 11a by the driving force of the feed roller 19,
It is sent in the direction of 11b. On the other hand, the color-developed paper 8 is fed one by one by the half-moon roller 9,
The sheet is fed to the pressure rollers 11a and 11b by the sheet feeding roller 10. The pressure rollers 11a and 11a are placed in a state where the exposure surface of the microcapsule paper 7 and the developer application surface of the developer paper 8 face each other.
b, and the image is transferred to the developing paper 8. The color-developed paper 8 is further conveyed by the conveyance belt 14, the color development is promoted by the heating of the heater 13 of the thermal fixing device 12, and the image is output as an image.

When the characters and the like of the image data are superimposed in this manner, the characters "Mt. Fuji and Yacht" are added to the image data shown in FIG. 3A as shown in FIG. 3B. A superimposed output image (hard copy) is obtained.

The image forming section is not limited to the LCD 6, but may be, for example, a thermal sublimation type printer. In addition to the handwriting, the character input device may be a keyboard or a rotary switch type.

[0022]

As described above, according to the present invention, image data based on a document is stored in a storage device, while characters and the like are generated and superimposed and stored on the image data, and data of superimposed storage is stored. , An output image in which characters and the like are superimposed can be obtained.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1A is a block diagram of an image recording apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 1B is a block diagram of a main part of the image recording apparatus.

FIG. 2 is a side view of the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3A is a diagram showing a conventional output image, and FIG.
FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an output image in which characters and the like are superimposed on a conventional output image.

[Explanation of symbols]

 6 Liquid crystal display panel 7 Photosensitive pressure sensitive paper 8 Developed color paper 30 CCD 40 Image processing device 100 Scanner 106 LCD drive circuit 109 Memory (storage device) 110 Character input / address designation device 111 Joystick ( Address designation device) 113 Liquid crystal display device 115 CPU 115a Character / symbol data generation unit 115b Data transfer unit 116 Handwritten character input device (character / symbol input device) MS Documents S Image output device

Claims (1)

(57) [Scope of request for utility model registration] An image recording apparatus that reads a document image by an image reading device, performs image processing, and outputs the image to an output device after the image processing, a storage device that stores image data based on the document image after the image processing, An input device for inputting characters / symbols, and the characters / symbols input by the input device and the characters
A finger indicating an input position on the image data such as a symbol
Moving a display device for displaying a mark, a character-symbol data generator for generating data corresponding to the character or symbol or the like input to the position where the indicator is displayed from the input device, the display position of the indicator and addressing device to specify an address on the storage device by, in the addressing device addresses on the specified the memory device by a data transfer apparatus for transferring data in which the character or symbol data generator occurs An image recording apparatus, comprising: