JP3493420B2 - Program and apparatus for image editing - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a process of editing image data representing an image taken by a digital camera or the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In digital cameras, video cameras, image scanners and the like, light is converted into an electric signal to photograph an image, and image data representing the photographed image is generated. The image data is recorded and saved as a file on a recording medium, and subjected to various editing processes such as enlargement, reduction, partial erasure, composition, rotation, and intensity adjustment according to the preference of the user. Editing of image data is performed not only on an image pickup device such as a digital camera that has taken an image, but also on another device such as a personal computer.

Conventionally, after editing, the edited image data is saved regardless of what kind of editing processing is performed. However, with this method, once the unedited data is erased, it is difficult or impossible to reproduce the unedited image data from the edited image data. Even if possible, the unedited image data can be reproduced. The data could not be reproduced accurately. Therefore, it is often the case that not only the edited image data but also the unedited image data is stored so that the edited image data can be subjected to another editing process. However, when the image data before editing and the image data after editing are saved, the recording capacity of the recording medium required to record the file increases in proportion to the number of image data, making management of the recording medium difficult. Become.

In order to avoid such an inconvenience, instead of saving the edited image data, the contents of the process used for editing, that is, the instruction given by the user at the time of editing is stored together with the image data before editing. It has been proposed to record in a file (for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 7-85237). With this method, it is possible to perform the recorded processing on the image data before editing at any time,
The edited image data can be obtained at any time. Since instructions for editing processing are expressed by short codes, the recording capacity required for recording instructions is much larger than the recording capacity required for recording the image data itself, even when many processing operations are performed in one editing operation. Less. Therefore, even if the same image data is edited many times, it is possible to effectively suppress an increase in the required recording capacity.

Instructions for editing processing are recorded in the order given by the user, and in actual editing for generating image data, the instructions are referred to in the order in which they are recorded, and the image data before editing is sequentially processed. Therefore, although the edited image data can be obtained at any time, it takes some time to obtain the image data.

[0006]

When the user gives an editing instruction, the user gives an instruction to cancel the instruction if the given instruction is inappropriate. However, conventionally, both the canceled instruction and the cancel instruction are recorded, and in the actual editing, the processing indicated by the canceled instruction is executed, and then the processing for canceling the processing is executed. Therefore, wasteful processing is performed, and the time required to obtain the image data becomes longer than necessary. For example, when displaying the image represented by the edited image data, compared to when the canceled instruction or the instruction to cancel is not given,
There is a problem that the start of display is delayed. Recording canceled or canceled instructions also wastes recording capacity.

Conventionally, no consideration has been given to recording of a series of instructions for editing processing up to the middle of the instruction, batch cancellation of all instructions already given, etc., and there is room for improvement in terms of operation for giving instructions. There is.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and a program for efficiently recording an instruction for image data editing processing in a file and an image data efficiently using the instruction recorded in the file. It is an object of the present invention to provide a program for editing and a device for efficiently editing or preparing image data using these programs.

[0009]

In order to achieve the above object, according to the present invention, an image editing instruction processing program for reading a series of instructions for editing image data and recording the instructions in a file in the order of reading is When the cancellation instruction indicating cancellation of the instruction is first read, the instruction immediately before the cancellation instruction and the cancellation instruction are excluded from the instructions to be recorded in the file. By not recording the cancel instruction and the instruction immediately before it, even if the program that edits the image data by using the instructions recorded in the file in order executes the instruction regardless of whether or not there is a cancel instruction,
You can edit efficiently. In addition, it is possible to avoid wasting recording capacity.

Here, when the cancellation instruction is read from the second time onward, the last instruction which is prior to the cancellation instruction and which has not been excluded and the cancellation instruction are recorded in the file. It should be excluded. Even when the read instruction includes a plurality of cancellation instructions, the cancellation instructions and the targeted instructions to be canceled can be left unrecorded.

According to the present invention, an image editing instruction processing program that reads a series of instructions concerning image data editing and records the instructions in a file in the order in which they are read stores the read instructions in a predetermined storage area. When the user reads that the recording instruction that indicates to record is input, the stored instruction is the image data to be edited.
Image editing of image data to be edited is possible with
And information indicating the relationship with the image data so that
It shall be recorded in a file. By doing so, the number of accesses to the recording medium for creating the file can be minimized, and the processing speed is improved.

According to the present invention, an image editing instruction processing program that reads a series of instructions relating to the editing of image data and records the instructions in a file in the order of reading, when an execution instruction indicating execution of the instructions is read, It is assumed that the image data is edited by sequentially using the instructions before the execution instruction to generate new image data, and the generated image data and the instructions after the execution instruction are recorded in the file. Image data is recorded according to a halfway instruction in the series of instructions, and even when there are many halfway instructions, final image data can be promptly obtained in image editing. .

According to the present invention, an image editing instruction processing program that reads a series of instructions relating to the editing of image data and records the instructions in a file in the order in which they are read, when an unrecorded instruction indicating that the instruction is not recorded is read. , All instructions prior to the non-recording instruction and the non-recording instruction are excluded from the instructions to be recorded in the file.
By doing so, it is not necessary to individually give a cancellation instruction, and operability is improved. In addition, the efficiency of the actual editing process is improved, and the waste of recording capacity can be avoided.

Each of the programs described above may add information indicating the relation with the image data to be edited to the file in which the instruction is recorded. The relationship between the file in which the instruction is recorded and the image data targeted by the file is clarified, and the file management becomes easy.

According to the present invention, an image editing program that reads a series of instructions for editing image data and edits the image data using the instructions in the order in which they are read first reads a cancel instruction that indicates canceling the immediately preceding instruction. When you do, the instruction immediately before the cancellation instruction and the cancellation instruction,
It should be excluded from the instructions used for editing. By not executing the canceled instruction, it is possible to efficiently edit even if the program for recording the instruction in the file records the canceled instruction and the instruction to be the target.

Here, when the cancellation instruction is read from the second time onward, the last instruction which is prior to the cancellation instruction and which has not been excluded and the cancellation instruction are excluded from the instructions used for editing. You should do it. Even when the read instruction includes a plurality of cancellation instructions, the efficiency of editing is surely improved by not executing the instruction targeted by the cancellation instructions.

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention further includes an operation section operated for inputting a series of instructions relating to image data editing, and a series of instructions input from the operation section to be read into a file. In the image edit instruction processing device including a recording processing unit, the processing unit reads an instruction and records the instruction in a file by any of the above image editing instruction processing programs. It is an efficient device that makes the most of the features of each program.

Further, according to the present invention, an image having an image reading unit for reading the image data and an editing unit for reading a series of instructions for editing the image data from a file and editing the read image data using the read instruction In the editing device, the editing unit reads an instruction and edits image data by using any of the above image editing programs. It becomes an efficient device that does not execute useless processing.

Here, a display unit for displaying an image represented by the image data edited by the editing unit may be provided. The image display device displays the edited image.

[0020]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An external view of a personal computer 1 which is an embodiment of the present invention and serves as both an image editing instruction processing device and an image editing device is shown in FIG. The function as the image edit instruction processing device is to receive an instruction of processing to be applied to the image data and record the given instruction in a file. The function of the image editing apparatus is to perform a process according to an instruction on image data to generate new image data.

The personal computer 1 includes a main body 11 having a CPU for performing arithmetic processing, a ROM and a RAM for storing information, a display section 12 for displaying an image, a keyboard 13 and a mouse 1 operated by a user.
It consists of four. 2 for attaching a recording medium to the main body 11
Two insertion ports 15 and 16 are provided. A recording medium M1 in which the image editing instruction processing program and the image editing program are recorded is inserted into the insertion opening 15, and a recording medium M2 in which the image data and the instruction to be given to the image data are recorded is inserted into the insertion opening 16. It The CPU performs image editing instruction processing and image editing according to the image editing instruction processing program and the image editing program of the recording medium M1. In the image editing instruction process, in order to facilitate the user's operation, the image is also edited and the image represented by the image data being edited is displayed.

2 to 9 show examples of display screens displayed on the display unit 12 in the image editing instruction process. The display unit 12 is divided into a plurality of areas for use. In the area A1, the file name of the image data recorded on the recording medium M2 is displayed. An image represented by the image data before editing read from the recording medium is displayed in the area A2, and an image represented by the image data being edited is displayed in the area A3. Area A
4 and A5, a menu showing items selected by the user for inputting an editing instruction is displayed. The selection of items is performed by operating the keyboard 13 or the mouse 14.

FIG. 2 shows a display screen before the user inputs an instruction regarding editing, and the file name recorded in the recording medium M2, "process", "cancel", and "save".
Some items such as are displayed. FIG. 3 is a display screen when one file is designated, in which the designated file name is displayed in a size different from the other, and the image represented by the image data of the file is displayed in the area A2. Has been done.

FIG. 4 is a display screen when an instruction to extend the image in the vertical direction is given. In the area A3, the image represented by the image data after the extension processing is performed on the image data before the processing is displayed. Has been done. FIG. 5 is a display screen when an instruction to reduce the brightness to 1/2 is given, and the area A3 has
An image represented by image data whose intensity is halved is displayed. In FIG. 6, canceling the instruction to reduce the brightness to 1/2,
Further, it is a display screen when an instruction to rotate the image by 45 ° is given, and the image represented by the image data after the rotation processing is performed on the image data before the intensity is reduced to 1/2 is displayed in the area A3. Has been done.

Note that the file of the recording medium M2 has the instructions given previously together with the image data written therein, and the image to be displayed in the area A2 is obtained by editing the image data according to the written instructions. This is what the subsequent image data represents.

FIG. 10 shows a series of instructions corresponding to the image of the area A3 in FIG. In FIG. 10, numbers "1-1" to
The instruction of "1-4" is the instruction recorded in the file together with the image data, and the instructions of the numbers "2-1" to "2-4" are given by the above operation. Number "2-
By adding and recording the instructions "1" to "2-4" to the file, the image in the area A3 can be reproduced at any time.

Here, the instruction of the number "2-3" is a cancellation instruction indicating that the instruction of the number "2-2" immediately before that is canceled, and similarly, the instruction of the number "1-3" is the number ". 1-
It is a cancellation instruction for the instruction of "2". A series of instructions excluding these four instructions is shown in FIG.

The image can be edited without recording the cancel instruction and the instruction of the object, and it is preferable not to record the image in terms of effective use of the recording capacity of the recording medium M2 and efficiency of the image editing process. Therefore, when recording instructions,
The cancellation instruction and the instruction to be canceled are excluded from the instructions to be recorded. However, since there are users who want to leave all the given instructions, it is possible to record the cancellation instruction and the instruction which is the target thereof.

The process relating to the recording of instructions will be described below. Figure 1 shows the flow of processing when recording all instructions.
It is shown in the flowchart of FIG. First, it is determined whether or not any instruction regarding image data editing has been given, and if not given, the instruction is awaited (step # 1).
05). When the instruction is given, the instruction is stored in a predetermined area of the RAM (# 110). Then, image editing is performed by applying the processing indicated by the instruction to the image data (# 1
15) Display the image represented by the generated image data (#
120).

The image data representing the image being displayed is R
The image data is stored in another area of the AM, and the image data is processed in the image editing in step # 115. However, when the instruction is a cancel instruction, the instruction written in the file and the RAM are added to the image data read from the file.
Of the instructions stored in, the cancellation instruction and all instructions not subject to the cancellation instruction are processed.

Next, it is determined whether or not "save", that is, the recording of the instruction has been selected (# 125). When the save is selected, the instruction stored in the RAM is recorded after the already written instruction of the file of the recording medium M2 (# 130). At this time, even if the save is selected again, the same instruction is not recorded twice in the RAM.
A recorded flag indicating that the instruction has been recorded has been set in advance.

After recording the instruction and when the save is not selected, it is determined whether or not "end" is selected (# 135). When the end is selected, all the processes are finished. If not selected, step # 105
Return to and repeat the process.

FIG. 14 is a flow chart showing the flow of processing when the instruction is recorded by excluding the cancel instruction and the instruction to be canceled. First, it is determined whether or not any instruction relating to image data editing has been given, and if not given, waiting is given (step # 205). When the instruction is given, it is determined whether the instruction is a cancellation instruction (# 210). If it is not a cancellation instruction, that instruction is sent to RAM
Is stored in a predetermined area (# 215), the image indicated by the instruction is processed on the image data (# 220),
The image represented by the generated image data is displayed (# 22
5). This image editing is performed on the image data of the RAM representing the image being displayed.

When the cancellation instruction is given in the determination of step # 210, the latest instruction stored in the RAM is erased (# 230). The cancellation instruction is not stored in the RAM. Next, image editing is performed to reproduce the image data before the processing of the deleted instruction (# 235),
The image represented by the reproduced image data is displayed (# 24
0). In the image editing at this time, all the instructions written in the file except the cancellation instruction and the instruction targeted by the instruction and the processing indicated by all the instructions stored in the RAM are read from the file. Applied to the image data.

Then, it is judged whether or not "save" is selected (# 245), and when the save is selected, the instruction stored in the RAM is changed to the instruction already written in the file of the recording medium M2. It records after (# 250). even here,
A recorded flag is set in the instruction recorded in the RAM so that the same instruction is not recorded in duplicate even if saving is selected again. After recording the instruction, and when the save is not selected, it is determined whether or not "end" is selected (# 255), and when the end is selected, all the processes are ended and not selected. Step # 20
Return to 5.

Although the instructions are individually canceled here, it is also possible to cancel all the given instructions at once. For example, when a predetermined key of the keyboard 13 is operated, a message for prompting the user to select whether or not to collectively cancel is displayed as shown in FIG. Then, when the collective cancel is selected, all the instructions stored in the RAM are deleted.

Although the image data representing the image displayed in the area A3, that is, the image data being processed is not recorded here, it may be recorded. For example, when a predetermined key on the keyboard is operated, a message for prompting the user to select whether to record the image data being processed is displayed as shown in FIG. When the recording is selected, the image data representing the image being displayed in the area A3 is recorded as a file in the recording medium M2, and all the instructions stored in the RAM are erased as shown in FIG. , The area for displaying the image is changed from the area A3 to the area A2. When recording the image data, the instruction is not recorded. The image data may be recorded in the original file or may be recorded in a new file.

FIG. 15 shows the flow of image editing processing for applying the processing indicated by the instruction written in the file to the image data read from the file on the recording medium M2. First,
Read the image data and all instructions from the file and
It is stored in a predetermined area of AM (step # 305). Then, it is determined whether or not the read instruction includes a cancel instruction (# 310).

When a cancel instruction is included,
Of the instructions stored in the RAM, a deletion flag indicating that the instruction should be deleted is set for the cancellation instruction and the instruction targeted for the cancellation instruction (# 315). Specifically, it is determined whether or not it is a cancellation instruction in order from the beginning of the stored series of instructions, and if it is a cancellation instruction, a deletion flag is set for that instruction and the cancellation instruction is preceded. Of the instructions that have not been set with the deletion flag, the deletion flag is set to the instruction closest to the cancellation decision.

Next, in the image data stored in the RAM,
The processing of the instructions for which the deletion flag is not set is sequentially performed (# 320). This completes the editing of the image data.
According to this image editing process, even if all the instructions including the cancellation instruction and the target instruction are recorded in the file as shown in the flowchart of FIG. 13, the processing of the canceled instruction can be excluded. Efficient.

The process of FIG. 14 for excluding the cancel instruction and the instruction of the object from the instruction to record the instruction can also be used to read and re-record the instruction already written in the file. In other words, it can also be used to delete a cancellation instruction and its target instruction from the instructions included in the original file. By using this function, it is possible to prevent a decrease in the efficiency of image editing even in a device that conventionally performs all the processing in the order of recorded instructions regardless of the presence or absence of a cancel instruction.

In this embodiment, the instruction for editing the image data is recorded in the same file as the image data, but the image data and the instruction may be recorded in different files. In that case, information indicating the relation with the image data is added to the file in which the instruction is recorded. For example, the file name of the file in which the image data is recorded is recorded in the file in which the instruction is recorded. By doing so, it becomes possible to edit the image only by designating the file in which the instruction is recorded, and the operability is improved.
Also, file management becomes easy.

Further, although the example in which the image editing instruction processing program and the image editing program are used in the personal computer is shown here, the personal computer can also be used in other devices. For example, a device such as a digital camera that captures an image to generate image data can also be used directly.

[0044]

[Effects of the Invention] When the cancel instruction indicating canceling the immediately preceding instruction is first read, the instruction immediately before the cancel instruction and the cancel instruction are excluded from the instructions to be recorded in the file. With the instruction processing program, the efficiency of the image editing program can be improved even if the image editing program for processing the image data executes the instruction regardless of whether or not there is a cancel instruction.
Further, it is possible to avoid recording an instruction that is wasted, and it is possible to effectively use the recording capacity of the recording medium.

In particular, when the cancellation instruction is read from the second time onward, the last instruction which is prior to the cancellation instruction and which has not been excluded and the cancellation instruction are excluded from the instructions to be recorded in the file. By doing so, the above-mentioned effect is surely exhibited.

The read instruction is stored in a predetermined storage area, and when the user inputs the recording instruction indicating that the instruction is to be recorded, the stored instruction is stored.
Image to be edited or image to be edited
With the image data, it becomes possible to edit the image of the data.
In the image editing instruction processing program of the present invention which records in a file together with the information indicating the relation of, it is possible to minimize the number of times of access to the recording medium for creating the file, and the processing speed is improved.

When the execution instruction indicating execution of the instruction is read, the image data is edited by sequentially using the instructions prior to the execution instruction to generate new image data, and the generated image data and its With the image editing instruction processing program of the present invention for recording an instruction after the execution instruction in a file, it becomes possible to promptly obtain final image data in image editing even when there are many instructions up to the middle. .

When the non-recording instruction indicating that the instruction is not recorded is read, all the instructions before the non-recording instruction and the non-recording instruction are excluded from the instruction to be recorded in the file. In the edit instruction processing program, it is not necessary to give a cancel instruction individually, and the operability is improved. The efficiency of the actual editing process is improved, and the waste of recording capacity can be avoided.

Furthermore, by adding information indicating the relationship with the image data to be edited to the file in which the instruction is recorded, the relationship between the file in which the instruction is recorded and the image data to which the file is recorded is added. Clarity makes file management easier.

In the image editing program of the present invention, when the cancel instruction indicating canceling the immediately preceding instruction is first read, the instruction immediately before the cancel instruction and the cancel instruction are excluded from the instructions used for editing. Even if the image editing instruction processing program for recording the instruction in the file records the cancel instruction and the instruction to be the target, the editing can be efficiently performed.

In particular, when the cancellation instruction is read from the second time onward, the last instruction prior to the cancellation instruction and not yet excluded and the cancellation instruction are excluded from the instructions used for editing. By doing so, the above-mentioned effect is surely exhibited.

An operation unit operated for inputting an instruction,
An image editing instruction of the present invention, which comprises a processing unit for reading an instruction input from the operation unit and recording the same in a file, and the processing unit reads the instruction and records it in the file by any of the image editing instruction processing programs described above. In the processor,
By utilizing the characteristics of each program, the processing efficiency of another image editing apparatus, the usage efficiency of the recording capacity of the recording medium, or the processing efficiency of the image editing instruction processing apparatus itself is improved.

An image reading unit for reading image data,
An image editing apparatus according to the present invention that includes an editing unit that reads an instruction from a file and edits image data using the read instruction, and the editing unit reads the instruction and edits the image data by any of the image editing programs described above. The device is an efficient device that does not perform useless processing. Further, in the configuration including the display unit as the image display device, the image can be displayed promptly.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram schematically showing an external appearance of a personal computer that serves as an image editing instruction processing device and an image editing device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a screen displayed in one step of image editing instruction processing.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a screen displayed in another step of the image editing instruction process.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a screen displayed in another step of the image editing instruction process.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a screen displayed in another step of the image editing instruction process.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a screen displayed in another step of the image edit instruction process.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of a screen displayed in another step of the image edit instruction process.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of a screen displayed in another step of the image editing instruction process.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of a screen displayed in another step of the image edit instruction process.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of instructions stored in one step of image editing instruction processing.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of instructions stored in another step of the image editing instruction process.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing an example of instructions stored in another step of the image edit instruction processing.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing an outline of a first flow of image editing instruction processing.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing an outline of a second flow of image editing instruction processing.

FIG. 15 is a flowchart showing the outline of the flow of image editing.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 personal computer 11 body 12 Display 13 keyboard 14 mice 15, 16 Recording medium insertion slot M1 program recording medium M2 image data recording medium

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Claims (12)

(57) [Claims] 1. An image editing instruction processing program for reading a series of instructions for editing image data and recording the instructions in a read order in a file, when a cancellation instruction indicating cancellation of the immediately preceding instruction is first read, An image editing instruction processing program, characterized in that the instruction immediately before the cancellation instruction and the cancellation instruction are excluded from the instructions to be recorded in the file. 2. When the cancellation instruction is read after the second time, the last instruction which is prior to the cancellation instruction and which has not been excluded yet and the cancellation instruction are excluded from the instructions to be recorded in the file. The image editing instruction processing program according to claim 1, wherein 3. An image editing instruction processing program for reading a series of instructions for editing image data and recording the instructions in a file in the order in which they are read. The read instructions are stored in a predetermined storage area and the instructions are recorded. when I read that the user has entered the record indication that, image edited instructions stored
An image editing instruction processing program characterized by being recorded in a file together with image data . 4. An image editing instruction processing program for reading a series of instructions for editing image data and recording the instructions in a file in the order of reading, stores the read instructions in a predetermined storage area, and stores the instructions.
The user has entered a recording instruction that indicates to record
When you read the,
To enable image editing of image data,
An image editing instruction processing program, which is recorded in a file together with information indicating a relationship with the data . 5. An execution instruction when an execution instruction indicating execution of an instruction is read in an image editing instruction processing program that reads a series of instructions for editing image data and records the instructions in a read order in a file. An image editing instruction process characterized in that image data is edited by sequentially using instructions before the new image data to generate new image data, and the generated image data and instructions after the execution instruction are recorded in a file. program. 6. An image editing instruction processing program for reading a series of instructions relating to image data editing and recording the instructions in a file in the order of reading, when a non-recording instruction indicating that no instruction is recorded is read, An image editing instruction processing program, characterized in that all instructions prior to a recording instruction and their non-recording instructions are excluded from the instructions for recording in a file. 7. The method of claim 1, characterized in that the additional information indicating the association between the image data to be edited in a file for recording instructions, according to any one of 2, 3, 5 and 6 Image editing instruction processing program. 8. An image editing program for reading a series of instructions for editing image data and editing the image data using the instructions in the order in which they are read, when a cancel instruction indicating cancellation of the immediately preceding instruction is read first. An image editing program, characterized in that the instruction immediately before the cancellation instruction and the cancellation instruction are excluded from the instructions used for editing. 9. When the cancellation instruction is read from the second time onward, the last instruction which is prior to the cancellation instruction and which has not been excluded and the cancellation instruction are excluded from the instructions used for editing. The image editing program according to claim 8 , wherein 10. An image editing instruction process, comprising: an operation unit operated for inputting a series of instructions relating to image data editing; and a processing unit for reading a series of instructions input from the operation unit and recording the file in a file. In the apparatus, the processing section reads the instruction and records it in a file by the image editing instruction processing program according to any one of claims 1 to 7 . 11. An image editing apparatus comprising: an image reading unit for reading image data; and an editing unit for reading a series of instructions for editing image data from a file and editing the read image data using the read instructions. image editing apparatus characterized by the editing unit edits the instruction of the read image data by an image editing program according to claim 8 or claim 9. 12. The image editing apparatus according to claim 11 , further comprising a display unit that displays an image represented by the image data edited by the editing unit.