JP2904829B2 - Synthetic image forming device - Google Patents

Description

Description: BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an improvement of a synthetic image forming apparatus such as a copying machine having an image synthesizing function, and more particularly, to a synthetic image forming apparatus capable of improving the operability of a synthesizing process. About.

(Prior art)

Normally, such a composite image forming apparatus as described above has a tablet 51 as shown in FIG. 6, for example, as an input section for designating respective designated areas of the first document and the second document to be combined.

In this composite image forming apparatus, the following operations are generally performed to perform a composite image forming process.

That is, for example, when the doublet 51 is A3 size, the first document 52 and the second document 53 of A4 size, for example, are placed on the tabut 51 as shown in FIG. ₁ point, A ₂ point and B ₁ point,
B _Two points are specified, and respective insertion areas (that is, a hatched portion X and a broken line frame inside Y) of the first document 52 and the second document 53 are specified.

Thereafter, when the first document 52 and the second document 53 are sequentially subjected to a composite image forming process such as a composite copy, the respective document information is read in accordance with the designation, and the second document is inserted into the insertion region X of the first document. The image information a in the insertion area Y of the original is inserted into the copy paper 54 as shown in FIG.
Thus, a composite image is formed.

Generally, the image information of the first document 52, the insertion area X, and the like are temporarily stored in a memory or the like during the synthesis processing. However, when the synthesis processing ends and the processing mode is switched to another processing mode or the like. The contents of the memory are erased.

[Problems to be solved by the invention]

FIG. 8 shows a case where the first document 52 is a frequently used form or report.

In general, as shown in the figure, the format of the form is fixed, and the fort mat is frequently used.

In the above-described conventional synthetic image forming method, even when the form or the like is repeatedly used as the first original, the memory contents such as the image information of the first original and the insertion area thereof are erased as described above. So for example shown in this figure
It took time and effort to re-designate A ₂ , A ₃ points, etc. each time and read the first original again, resulting in poor operability.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a composite image forming apparatus capable of improving the operability of the composite image forming process.

[Means for solving the problem]

In order to achieve the above object, according to the present invention, image information in a designated area of a second document is set in a designated area of a first document, and the first document and the second document are combined to form an image. A document reading unit for reading a document; a first document storage unit for storing image information of the first document read by the document reading unit;
Display means for reading image information of a document from the first document storage means and displaying it on a screen; first area input means for designating at least one area of the first document displayed on the screen; A second area input means for designating at least one area of the two originals, and an area designated by the second area input means of the second original within an area of the first original designated by the first area input means. Combined image forming means for reading and fitting image information in an area by the document reading means, combining the first document stored in the first document storage means with the read second document, and forming an image. And a composite image forming apparatus characterized by comprising the following.

[Action]

In this composite image forming apparatus, when a first document is set on, for example, a document table and a predetermined operation is performed, image information of the first document is read by document reading means such as a CCD and stored by the first document storage means. Is done. Then, image information of the first document is read from the first document storage means by the display means and displayed on the screen, and at least one of the first documents displayed on the screen is displayed by the first area input means. An area is specified.

Further, at least one area of the second document is designated by the second area input means.

Here, when the second document is set on the document table and a predetermined operation is performed to activate the composite image forming means, the second document is stored in at least one area of the first document specified by the first area input means. Image information in at least one area of the second document specified by the area input means is read and fitted by the document reading means, and the first document stored by the first document storage means and the read first The two originals are combined and subjected to image forming processing.

Since the first document is stored in the first storage means,
When the first original is used repeatedly, it can be immediately read out from the first storage means each time, and the trouble of setting and reading the first original again can be omitted. Therefore, the operability is greatly improved.

〔Example〕

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings to provide an understanding of the present invention. The following embodiments are mere examples embodying the present invention, and do not limit the technical scope of the present invention.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a composite image forming apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIGS. 2 (a) and 2 (b) are flowcharts showing an example of composite image forming processing of the composite image forming apparatus. FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of a first document displayed on a screen of a display unit of the combined image forming apparatus. FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a first document area designation process of the combined image forming apparatus. FIG. 5 is an explanatory schematic diagram of the area designation processing of the second document of the composite image forming apparatus.

As shown in FIG. 1, a composite image forming apparatus 1 such as a copying machine is mainly composed of a control unit 2 composed of a microcomputer CPU and the like.
A first selector 4 for switching the path of the image information signal converted into a digital signal by the first selector 4, and the output image information of the first selector 4 is compressed by a compression circuit 5 and temporarily stored.
RAM 6, a zoom unit 7 for enlarging or reducing the image information from the first selector 4, and storing the image information of the first document
A card memory 8 such as an IC card, a display unit 9 such as an LCD for displaying image information of the first document, and a touch panel 1 for setting a designated area of the first document displayed on the display unit 9
0, the tablet 11 for setting the designated region of the second document, the composite image forming apparatus mode switch 12 _a such as the operation section 12 made of specifying a read mode or the like of the first document 1, is designated by the mode switch 12 _a A second selector 13 for switching the path of the image information signal according to the processing mode is connected.

The input side of the A / D conversion circuit 3 has a CC for reading a document (not shown) set on a document table and converting the document into image information.
D14 is connected.

The CCD 14 for reading the document is an example of a document reading unit.

The output side of the zoom unit 7 and the output side of the second selector 13 are connected to the input side of a synthesizing unit 15 for synthesizing image information as described later.

Further, the output side of the synthesizing unit 15 is connected to a printing unit 16 that prints out the image information subjected to the synthesizing process.

The ordinary image forming processing such as the simple image processing of the composite image forming apparatus 1 is known, and the description is omitted.

Next, referring to FIGS. 2 (a) and 2 (b), a composite image forming process of the composite image forming apparatus 1 will be described in step S.
Description will be made in the order of 1, S2,.

The power of the composite image forming apparatus 1 is turned on, and the card memory 8 is inserted into the composite image forming apparatus 1.

Further, when the mode switch _12a is operated (S1), the first
The selector 4 is switched, and the composite image forming apparatus 1 is set to the first original reading mode.

The first document such as a form set on the platen is CC
The image information is read by D14 and converted into image information (S2). The image information is further processed through the A / D conversion circuit 3, the first selector 4, and the compression circuit 5, and is temporarily stored in the RAM 6.
The compression circuit 5 also performs data simplification processing such as binary of color information and shade information as needed.

The image information temporarily stored in the RAM 6 is written and stored in the card memory 8 based on a command from the control unit 2 (S3).

Since the card memory 8 is detachable as described above, the card memory 8 can be sorted and arranged according to the type of the stored first document.

The card memory 8 that realizes the function of storing the image information of the first document read by the CCD 14 is an example of a first document storage unit.

Then, the first data written in the card memory 8 is read.
When the second original is combined with the original, the processing shown in step S6 and subsequent steps in FIG. 2B is continuously performed. However, when another form is used as the first original, the following processing is performed. Step S4 and subsequent steps are performed.

That is, the card memory 8 in which the other form or the like has already been written as the first document is selected and mounted on the composite image forming apparatus 1 (S4).

Then, the image information of the first document is read out from the card memory 8 to the RAM 6 according to a command from the control unit 2 (S5), and further displayed on the display unit 9 via the second selector 13 (S5).
6).

FIG. 3 schematically shows an example of the first document 17 displayed on the screen of the display unit 9.

As described above, in the composite image forming apparatus 1, the first document is written and stored in the card memory 8, so that it is not necessary to reset and read another first document as in the conventional method. After the desired card memory 8 is mounted on the composite image forming apparatus 1, the image information of the first document can be immediately read out to the RAM 6 simply by performing a predetermined operation.

Therefore, the time required to read a document using a CCD or the like is omitted, and
Operability is greatly improved.

A display unit 9 for realizing a function of reading the image information of the first document from the card memory 8 and displaying the image information on a screen
Are examples of the display means.

Further, for example, one point α on the touch panel 10 attached to the display unit 9 is touched (S7). Then, the fourth is the y-axis + direction of the line segment from the coordinate point on the touch panel 10 alpha as shown in FIG retrieved (P1, P2, P3, Fig. 3 arrow e _1), for example, the line segment a ₁ is determined (P4).

Similarly, a line segment in the y-axis direction is searched (P5, P6, P7, arrow
e ₂ ) A line segment a ₂ is obtained (P8).

Moreover, x-axis + and - segments similarly the direction is searched respectively (P9, P10, P11, arrows e ₃ and P13, P14, P1
5, arrow e ₄ ), and line segments a ₃ and a ₄ respectively are obtained (P12
And P16).

Then, two points, for example, α ₁ and α ₂ are obtained from the intersections of the line segments a ₁ , a ₂ , a ₃ , and a ₄ (P17), and one area of the first document ( hatched portions X ₁₎ is designated.

As described above, in the composite image forming apparatus 1, the area X1 can be designated with _one touch, and the operability is better than that of the conventional method.

At this time, rather than the specification of only the one region X _1, sequentially according to a predetermined promise, for example, the touch panel 10
Touch a point on beta, it may be added specify an area X _2.

The touch panel 10 or the like that realizes the function of designating at least one area (the shaded area X ₁ ) of the first document 17 displayed on the screen of the display unit 9 is an example of the first area input unit.

Then, as shown in FIG.
Placed on the top, for example, with a stylus pen or the like, two points γ
_1, gamma ₂ is touched, the two-point gamma _1, the position coordinates of the gamma ₂ is to read areas Y ₁ (the broken line frame) is designated by the control unit 2 (S8).

At this time, for example, two points γ ₃ and γ ₄ are sequentially specified according to a predetermined rule, and the area Y ₂ (within the dashed-dotted line frame) is additionally specified in accordance with a predetermined rule, instead of specifying only the one area Y _1. You may.

Like a tablet 11 to realize the function of specifying at least one region Y ₁ of the second document 18 described above is an example of a second region input means.

Then, the second original 18 is set on the original platen,
When a predetermined operation is performed on 12, the first selector 4 and the second selector 13 are switched to the composite image forming processing mode (S9).

Then, the image information of the first document stored in the card memory 8 is transmitted to the synthesizing unit 1 via the RAM 6 and the second selector 13.
Entered in 5.

On the other hand, at least the region Y ₂ of the second document 18 is converted to be the image information read by the CCD 14, A / D conversion circuit 3
, And input to the zoom unit 7 via the first selector 4. Then, the first document region X ₁ and region X ₂ designated by the touch panel 10 or the like, so as to fit the image information of the Tabutto 11 second document in the area Y ₁ and region Y ₂ designated by like The data is enlarged or reduced by the zoom unit 7 according to a predetermined rule, and input to the synthesizing unit 15.

Then, the image information of the first document and the image information of the second document input to the synthesizing unit 15 are synthesized by the synthesizing unit 15, and the synthesized image is copied via a printing unit 16 to a copy sheet (not shown). Etc. (S10).

The second document is located within the area X ₁ (and the area X ₂ ) of the first document described above.
The image information in the area Y ₁ (and the area Y ₂ ) of the original is fitted,
Means for realizing the function of synthesizing the first document and the second document and performing image forming processing is an example of the synthesized image forming means.

Further, the card memory 8 may be something other than an IC card, for example, a small floppy disk.

〔The invention's effect〕

According to the present invention, in a combined image forming apparatus that fits image information in a designated area of a second document into a designated area of a first document, combines the first document and the second document, and performs image forming processing, Document reading means for reading the first document, first document storage means for storing image information of the first document read by the document reading means, and reading the image information of the first document from the first document storage means to display on the screen A first area input means for specifying at least one area of the first document displayed on the screen; and a second area input means for specifying at least one area of the second document. Reading the image information in the area of the first document specified by the second area input means in the area specified by the first area input means by the document reading means; And a combined image forming means for combining the first document stored in the first document storage means and the read second document to form an image. A forming device is provided.

Therefore, the operability of the composite image forming process is greatly improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a composite image forming apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention, and FIGS. 2 (a) and 2 (b) are flowcharts showing an example of a composite image forming process of the composite image forming apparatus.
FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of a first document displayed on a screen of a display unit of the composite image forming apparatus, and FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating an example of an area specifying process of the first document of the composite image forming apparatus. FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram for explaining the area designation processing of the second original of the composite image forming apparatus, FIG. 6 is a schematic plan view showing an example of a tab of the conventional composite image forming apparatus, and FIG. FIG. 8 is a schematic plan view showing an example of a printed sheet, and FIG. 8 is a schematic plan view showing an example of a first document. [Explanation of Symbols] 1 ... Synthesized image forming apparatus 2 ... Control unit 3 ... A / D conversion circuit 4 ... First selector 6 ... RAM 7 ... Zoom unit 8 ... Card memory (first document storage unit) 9 ... Display unit ( display means) 10 ... panel (first region input means) 11 ... tablet (second region input means) 12 ... operating portion 12 _a ... mode switch 13 ... second selector 14 ... CCD (original reading means) 15 ... combining portion

──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Akira Shimatani 1-2-2, Tamazo, Chuo-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka Mita Kogyo Co., Ltd. (58) Field surveyed (Int.Cl. ⁶ , DB name) H04N 1 / 387 H04N 1/21

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A combined image forming apparatus which fits image information in a designated area of a second document into a designated area of a first document, combines the first document with the second document, and performs image forming processing. Document reading means for reading a document; first document storage means for storing image information of the first document read by the document reading means; image information of the first document read from the first document storage means and displayed on a screen A first area input means for designating at least one area of the first document displayed on the screen; and a second area input means for designating at least one area of the second document. Reading image information in the area of the second document specified by the second area input means in the area of the second document specified by the first area input means by the document reading means; And a combined image forming means for combining the first document stored in the first document storage means and the read first document to form an image. Forming equipment.