JP2661031B2 - Image editing device - Google Patents

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an image editing apparatus that electronically reads an image and edits the image. The present invention relates to an image editing device capable of performing adjustment of the image. "Conventional technology" The municipal office keeps the original resident's card, and a copy of the resident's card is created from this original. At this time, the original is not copied or printed out as it is, but is copied in a form in which information on inappropriate or unnecessary portions is removed. This is a measure for preventing privacy infringement and various inconveniences, for example, due to the fact that the relationship is easily known to a third party. The work of removing inappropriate or unnecessary information can be performed, for example, by placing an overlay on a platen glass of a copying machine and further stacking an original (document) thereon. In other words, in the transparent part of the overlay, the original can be seen through, so the image is reproduced as it is,
Since the document is not visible in the opaque portion of the overlay, it is possible to prevent an inappropriate or unnecessary image from being reproduced. "Problems to be Solved by the Invention" Recently, due to the above-mentioned request for the protection of personal privacy, etc., it has been common to frequently delete and copy the relationship or the place of residence from the original resident's card. I have. For this reason, the pattern for deleting the original image information by the overlay is becoming more and more complicated, and the work of positioning the overlay on the copying machine is becoming more and more difficult. Therefore, recently, an apparatus for electronically reading image information on an original and automatically performing a mask process has been developed. However, in such an apparatus, if the document is not accurately set on the image reading unit, the pattern for the document and the mask are inconsistent, and the image information other than the area is deleted or the image information to be deleted is not deleted. occured. As described above, the resident's card has been described as an example. However, a similar problem occurs in the area processing for an apparatus that extracts image information from a general form, performs mask processing, or synthesizes an image. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide an image editing apparatus which can adjust a processing area of an image on a screen even if the processing area is slightly out of order. "Means for Solving the Problems" The image editing apparatus of the present invention includes, as shown in FIG. 1, a display means 1 for displaying a mask pattern superimposed on pit map data of an image to be processed, for example. , A cursor used as a means for performing relative movement between the bitmap data and the mask pattern is displayed on the display means 1.
It is configured as a device including a cursor display means 2 displayed on the top and an area movement control means 3 for relatively moving an area where bitmap data or a mask pattern is represented. Such an image editing apparatus of the present invention stores (a) an image input means for reading an image to be processed and inputting it as bitmap data, and (b) storing the bitmap data input by the image input means. A bit map memory; (c) mask pattern generating means for generating a mask pattern for masking data at a designated position in the bit map memory; and (d) masking the bit map data stored in the bit map memory. Display means for displaying a masked state by the mask pattern generated by the pattern generation means; and (e) a movement direction and movement for adjusting a relative position of the mask pattern with respect to the bitmap data stored in the bitmap memory. Moving information input means for inputting an amount, and (f) inputting the movement information input means. Display content editing means for relatively moving the masked position of the bitmap data displayed on the display means, (g) editing end instruction means for instructing the end of editing, and (h) editing end instruction. There is provided recording means for recording the bitmap data masked by the mask pattern on the display contents of the display means when the means instructs the end of the editing. Then, the bitmap data of the image input from the image input means is stored in a bitmap memory for display and recording, and a mask pattern is generated in a form positioned with respect to the data in the bitmap memory to generate a bitmap. The data is displayed on the display means with the data masked.
If the image input from the image input means is stored in the bitmap memory in a form deviated from the normal position in the bitmap memory due to an irregular reading position of the image or the like, the mask pattern should be originally masked. The position of the image will be shifted. In such a case, using a cursor or the like, input the moving direction and the moving amount for adjusting the relative position of the mask pattern with respect to the bitmap data stored in the bitmap memo using the moving information input means. become. The recording means performs recording in a state where the adjustment is completed, so that an image in which the mask position with respect to the bitmap data is not disordered can be printed out. "Example" Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to examples. FIG. 2 shows a circuit configuration of an image editing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. This image editing device 11
A hard disk 12 as a magnetic storage medium and a RAM (random access memory) 13 as a working memory are provided. Then, a program for image editing and the like stored in the hard disk 12 is transferred to the RAM 13 and controlled under the control of a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 14 or two DMAs (D
irect Memory Access) 15 and 16 are used to read and edit images. keyboard
Reference numeral 17 is provided for operator operation. The mouse 18 is used for input operations such as selecting a menu displayed on the CRT 19 and specifying an icon. In this image editing apparatus, the image input unit 20 is, for example, a CCD (Chain).
A one-dimensional image sensor made up of a Rge Coupled Device) is provided to read image information from an original resident's card placed on a platen (not shown). The read image information is transferred to the bus 21 and written to the image memory 22 by the DMA 15. A plurality of pages of image information can be written into the image memory 15 as needed. One page of image information for display is written to the pit map memory 23 and displayed on the CRT 19 under the control of the display control unit 24. The editing result of the image information is output to the image output unit 25. If necessary, the operator can display the output contents on the CRT 19. FIG. 3 shows a part of the format of the original resident's card input to the image editing apparatus. Original resident card
31 includes a plurality of columns. In this figure, column 7 32
Columns -7 and 8 32-8 are shown. These columns
The numbers shown at the left end of 7, 32-8 indicate the column numbers. In the column 0 not shown in this figure, the name and address of the head of the household are described. The first and subsequent columns are the same as those shown in FIG.
Columns 32-7 and 8 are the same as columns 32-8, but column 1 contains information about the head of the household. In the first and subsequent columns, the names of household members 33, date of birth 34, gender 35, relationship 36, and date of inhabitation, as shown in column 7 32-7 37, permanent residence 38, first 39, original address 41, destination
42, facts when stated ex officio 43 and other information 44
Is written. Here, the other information 44 refers to information on the National Health Insurance and pensions, and other personal information such as whether or not there is a right to vote. Next, a procedure for creating a copy of a resident's card by this image editing apparatus will be described with reference to FIG. In this copy creation work, only the columns 0 to 2 are extracted, and edits are made to delete the information related to the relationship and the domicile, and then, if necessary, the position of the extracted area is adjusted and copied. Print out shall be performed. First, the operator sets the original of the relevant resident card in the image input unit 20 shown in FIG. The start of image reading is instructed from the keyboard 17 (step; Y). Thereby, the CPU 14 controls the image input unit 20 to control the reading of the image data of the resident's card (step). The image input unit 20 is provided with a one-dimensional image sensor, which scans the corresponding resident's card in a plane. The DMA 15 writes binary image data read from the image input unit 20 into the image memory 22 (step). The image data stored in the image memory 22 is transferred to the bitmap memory 23 for display on the CRT 19 (step).
The display control unit 24 displays the data written in the bitmap memory 23 on the CRT 19 (Step). Here, not only the image data read by the one-dimensional image sensor but also various additional information described below are written in the bitmap memory 23, and the display control unit 24 displays them in a combined form. become. In FIG. 5, a part of the area is hatched, and the state in which the hatching is removed matches the screen of the CRT 19 displayed in the step. Here, 0
A one-page resident's card image 51 representing five columns 32-0 to 32-5 and commands 52 are displayed, and a screen 53 is displayed.
Various instruction fields 54 to 57 for editing are displayed in the vicinity of the right end. Here, the instruction column 54 is a column for instructing an authentication statement to be added to the resident's card. The instruction column 55 is a column for instructing the format (format) of the resident card. The instruction column 56 is the column 32 described above.
Is a column for selecting. The instruction column 57 is a column for designating a place where the printout is to be omitted. When the image 51 of the resident's card is displayed on the CRT 19, the operator can perform a “form i” for performing a mask suitable for the resident's card.
Select (step). This selection operation is performed using the mouse 18 in this embodiment. That is, the mouse 18 is operated on the desk to move the cursor to the corresponding style (not shown, but the type of each style is displayed in the instruction column 55), and the attached button is pressed. . “Form 2”
When the button of the mouse 18 is depressed at the point (2), the brightness of that part is inverted as shown in FIG. 5 (in FIG. 5, hatched areas are displayed to indicate the inverted area).
The display indicates that "Form 2" was selected. If "Form 2" was selected as "Form i" (step
; Y), position data on cutout data (mask pattern) for printing out in this style
The Pi is read from the hard disk 12 and written to the RAM 13 (step). After selecting “Form i”, the operator enters a
32 is selected, and an instruction of a portion to be omitted in another instruction column 57 is performed (step). These selection operations are also performed using the mouse 13. In this case, designation of a portion corresponding to the 0 column 32-0 in the instruction column 55 is first performed (step; Y). This
The CPU 14 determines the cutout position P (pi) corresponding to the column 32-0.
Is read from the RAM 13 (step). Then, the corresponding area of the bitmap memory 23 is displayed in reverse (step). Here, the corresponding area is the 0-column 32-
0 and the “column 0” of the instruction column 56. Thereafter, the operator also designates the first column 32-1 and the second column 32-2 (steps to). As a result, the non-inverted area 51 surrounded by the broken line in FIG. 5 is also displayed as if it were hatched. Next, the operator proceeds to the operation of the instruction column 57. As described above, in this embodiment, the "responsibility" and "registration" portions are not printed out. So the operator is a mouse
These instructions are performed sequentially using the steps 18 (steps to
). As a result, the hatched portion is highlighted in FIG. These parts are parts that are printed out as image information. When the operator designates any of the commands 52 as the next instruction after the above operation, the CPU 14 determines that the designation in the instruction column 56 has been completed (step; Y). The operator can check the screen 53 in this state (step). As shown in FIG. 6 as an example, it is assumed that the area for deleting the relationship 36 and the permanent register 38 is shifted to the right and slightly below. In this case, the operator determines that the cutout position for creating the copy is not correct (step; N). Then, the operator operates the mouse 18 to input data D representing the moving direction and the moving amount. In the case of this example, the area to be deleted indicated by hatching may be entirely moved in the upper left direction. The operator then uses the mouse 18 to move the cursor out of the hatched area shown in FIG. 5, and presses the button here.
Then, the cursor is moved by an amount to be moved in the moving direction, and the button of the mouse 18 is pressed again. When such an operation is performed, the CPU 14 stores the data D input by the mouse 18 in the RAM 13 (step). Then, the data D is converted into the movement amount D (x, y) in both the X and Y directions, that is, in the horizontal and vertical directions in the original resident's card, and added to the cutout position P (pi) indicated by hatching (step). . The display control unit 24 performs the change display of the reversal position with respect to the new cutout position thus obtained (step). That is, in this case, both the hatched area and the non-hatched area represented by the relationship 36 and the permanent register 38 move by the designated direction and amount. If the area indicated by hatching does not move and it is necessary to adjust the position of the area only for the deleted portion of the relationship 36 and the main register 38, the operator moves the cursor to the hatched area. Then, the user presses the button of the mouse 18 and then inputs the moving direction and the moving amount. Such a promise between the moving object and the initial position of the cursor may be something other than this. CP
U14 determines the coordinates of the initial position of the cursor, and determines an area to be moved according to a predetermined rule. Now, the relationship 36
If the deleted part of the main register 38 does not match that area of the original, or if the outer frame of the area from which the image is extracted does not match, it will be explained above until these are satisfied. The operation as described above is repeated (steps-). On the other hand, when the deleted portion matches the image of the original as shown in FIG. 7, the operator specifies the print command 61 in the commands 52 as the next operation. If the print command 61 as a command for performing printing is selected (step; Y), the image memory
The corresponding positions of 22, that is, the portions indicated by hatching in FIG. 5 are cut out (step). In the case where an authentication text is added, the image of the authentication text is also read. Next, the CPU 14 outputs the output position data Q from the hard disk 12.
Is read (step). Here, the output position data is data for determining a position at which the cut-out columns 32-0 to 32-2 and the like are printed out. For example, column 0 32
In the case where three columns, −0, 1 column 32-1 and 3 column 32-3, are output, the printout is performed in such a manner that the missing column 32-2 between them is packed. Therefore, the optimum output position data Q is read in relation to the designated column and the like. When the output position data Q is read, an image is assembled based on the output position data Q (step). Then, the image output unit 25 prints out the assembled image (step). The image output unit 25 is configured by a laser printer or other printer. Although not shown in this figure, if the operator wants to check the contents before starting printing, the commands 52
In this case, the confirmation command 62 may be selected. In this case, the assembled image itself is displayed on the CRT 19. As a result, if the image needs to be reread, a reread command 63 is selected. The next page command 64 is used to select a page to be displayed or printed out when a plurality of pages exist. The print copy command 65 is a command to be selected when printing a plurality of sheets. When this command is selected by the mouse 18, the number of copies can be input as a numerical value from the keyboard 17. In the above-described embodiment, the movement of the two regions, that is, the hatched region and the region indicated by white outline inside the hatched region, has been described. Of course, the present invention can be applied to control. As described above, according to the present invention, when an image to be processed is read and stored in a bitmap memory as bitmap data, the storage position of the bitmap data is shifted from the position of the mask pattern. Even if there is anything, the two are superimposed and displayed by the display means, so that the deviation can be easily confirmed before recording, and useless recording can be avoided. In addition, when the displacement of the masking position is confirmed on the display unit, the relative position of the mask pattern with respect to the bitmap data stored in the bitmap memory is adjusted using the movement information input unit, and this adjustment state is changed. Since the confirmation can be made on the display means, there is an effect that the adjustment can be performed quickly and accurately even by a person who is not skilled in the apparatus.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the basic configuration of the present invention, and FIGS. 2 to 7 are for explaining one embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a block diagram showing a circuit configuration of the image editing apparatus, FIG. 3 is a plan view showing a part of the original resident card, and FIG.
FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an image editing operation, FIG. 5 is a plan view showing an example of a display state of a CRT, FIG. 6 is a plan view showing an example of a case where a cutout area is set excessively, and FIG. It is a top view showing the state where the cut-out area was corrected. 1 ... display means, 2 ... cursor display means, 3 ... area movement control means, 14 ... CPU, 17 ... keyboard, 18 ... mouse, 19 ... CRT, 20 ... image input unit, 22 ... ... Image memory, 23 ... Bitmap memory.

   ────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of front page    (72) Inventor Masatoshi Tagawa               1275 Iwatsuki, Iwatsuki-shi Fuji Xeroc               Co., Ltd. Iwatsuki Office (72) Inventor Isao Suzuki               1275 Iwatsuki, Iwatsuki-shi Fuji Xeroc               Co., Ltd. Iwatsuki Office                (56) References JP-A-61-284794 (JP, A)

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] Image input means for reading an image to be processed and inputting it as bitmap data; bitmap memory for storing bitmap data input by the image input means; and data at a designated position in the bitmap memory. Mask pattern generating means for generating a mask pattern for masking; display means for displaying bitmap data stored in the bitmap memory in a state of being masked by the mask pattern generated by the mask pattern generating means; Moving information input means for inputting a moving direction and a moving amount for adjusting a relative position of the mask pattern with respect to the bitmap data stored in the map memory; and the display means according to the input of the moving information input means. The mass of the displayed bitmap data Display edit means for relatively moving the position to be edited, edit end instructing means for instructing the end of editing, and the mask with the display contents of the display means when the edit end instructing means instructs the end of editing Recording means for recording bitmap data masked by a pattern.