JP5303967B2 - Typesetting device, typesetting method, and typesetting processing program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a technical field such as a system for creating and editing DTP (Desk Top Publishing) data based on data on a database.

  When an image is laid out at the time of creating DTP data, the image size and the size of the layout area do not always match, and it is often the case that the size of the image is adjusted or where the image is laid out in the layout area.

For example, in the technique disclosed in Patent Document 1, the size of an image is adjusted according to the layout area, and the layout position is determined so that the center point of the image data matches the center point of the layout area. We are trying to improve efficiency.
Japanese Patent No. 2687755

  However, in automatic typesetting, the number of images to be processed is often several tens to several hundreds, and it takes time and effort to select the processing target image, resulting in a high workload after automatic typesetting. Furthermore, there is a very high possibility that the selection of the processing target image will occur, causing a problem.

  Accordingly, the present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems and the like, and can achieve a great work efficiency after automatic composition, and can prevent the occurrence of selection omission of a processing target image. It is an object to provide a typesetting method and a typesetting processing program.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the invention according to claim 1 is a typesetting device that generates typesetting data to which a plurality of pieces of small set data having at least image frames are allocated by typesetting execution, and each image frame in each of the small set data Image frame search means for associating landmark information with an image frame to be processed, and searching for an image frame associated with the landmark information when performing composition using the plurality of small set data; and An image that displays the typesetting data generated by the typesetting execution, and displays a plurality of points that can be visually recognized by the operator on the frame of the searched image frame , so that the image frame is selected on the typesetting data. And a frame selection means.

  The invention according to claim 2 is the typesetting device according to claim 1, wherein the image frame to be processed includes an image frame to be subjected to size adjustment processing or layout position adjustment processing. To do.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the typesetting device according to the first aspect, the image frame to be processed includes an image frame in which an image to be subjected to size adjustment processing or layout position adjustment processing is laid out. It is characterized by that.

The invention according to claim 4 is a composition method in a composition apparatus that generates composition data to which a plurality of composition data having at least image frames are allocated by composition execution, and is a processing target among the image frames in each of the composition data. Mark information is associated with an image frame, and a process of searching for an image frame with which the mark information is associated when executing the composition using the plurality of small data sets, and the composition data generated by the composition execution And displaying a plurality of points that can be visually recognized by an operator on the frame of the searched image frame, thereby selecting the image frame on the typesetting data. To do.

The invention of a composition processing program according to claim 5 is a computer that generates composition data by composition execution to which a plurality of small composition data having at least image frames are allocated, and is an image to be processed among each image frame in each of the small composition data. Mark information is associated with the frame, and when performing the composition using the plurality of small set data, the image frame retrieval means for retrieving the image frame associated with the landmark information, and generated by the composition execution Display the formatted data and display a plurality of points that can be visually recognized by the operator on the frame of the searched image frame to function as an image frame selecting means for selecting the image frame on the formatted data. It is characterized by that.

  According to the present invention, mark information is associated with an image frame to be processed among the image frames in each piece data, and the image information is associated with the mark information when performing composition using a plurality of pieces. Is displayed, the formatted data generated by the execution of the formatting is displayed, and the searched image frame is selected on the formatted data, so that the work efficiency after the automatic formatting is greatly improved. It is possible to prevent the occurrence of selection omission of the processing target image.

  DESCRIPTION OF EXEMPLARY EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, the best mode for carrying out the invention will be described with reference to the drawings. The embodiment described below is an embodiment when the present invention is applied to a DTP editing system.

  First, the configuration and function of the DTP editing system according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an example of a schematic configuration of a DTP editing system according to the present embodiment, and FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a schematic configuration of a typesetting terminal.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the DTP editing system S includes a database server 1 and a typesetting terminal 2 as an example of a typesetting device. The database server 1 and the typesetting terminal 2 are connected to a LAN (Local Area Network). ) Or the like.

  The database server 1 is composed of, for example, a server computer, and a storage unit (for example, composed of a hard disk drive or the like) has a product (a product published on paper such as a catalog) as a basis of DTP data such as a catalog, a flyer, or a magazine ) A database for registering information on) has been established. The database includes a text database 11, an image database 12, and a built-in appearance database 13.

  In the text database 11, information such as the product name of each product, the price of the product, and the image file name is registered in association with the product number uniquely assigned to each product.

  In the image database 12, image data of each product is registered in association with the product number.

  In the built-in appearance database 13, for example, a plurality of small set data (small set files) serving as templates for defining the embedded appearance (in other words, layout) of the text and images of each product to be published on the paper such as a catalog are provided for each page. It is registered.

  Note that a plurality of small set data having at least one image frame is allocated to DTP data (format data) constituting one sheet by a typesetting process described later.

  The database server 1 acquires data registered in the text database 11, the image database 12, and the built-in appearance database 13 in response to a request from the typesetting terminal 2, and transmits the data to the typesetting terminal 2 via the network 3. It has become.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the typesetting terminal 2 includes a processing unit 21 including a CPU, RAM, ROM for storing data and programs, a storage unit 22 including a hard disk drive, a display unit 23 including a liquid crystal display, a mouse, An operation unit 24 including a keyboard and a communication unit 25 for communicating with the database server 1 via the network 3 are configured.

  The processing unit 21 reads and executes a DTP editing application program (including the composition processing program of the present invention) stored in the storage unit 22 by the CPU, for example. At the same time, it functions as an image frame search unit, an image frame selection unit, and the like of the present invention, and performs processing to be described later.

  Here, among the image frames in each small data set, for example, an XML (eXtensible Markup Language) tag (an example of mark information) is previously provided by an operator or the like to an image frame to be processed such as size adjustment or layout position adjustment. It is related. Note that the tag associated with the image frame may not be XML. Further, the processing objects such as the size adjustment and the layout position adjustment here include not only the image but also the image frame (the image size can be changed without changing the image size).

  Then, in accordance with an instruction from the operator (by operation of the operation unit 24), the processing unit 21 transmits information on the product that is the basis of the DTP data via the database server 1 and the network 3, the text database 11, the image database 12, and Information (text data, image data, and small set data (small set file)) acquired from the built-in appearance database 13 and stored in the product is stored in a display area of DTP data set in advance in the RAM.

  Then, the processing unit 21 performs automatic typesetting (that is, typesetting using a plurality of small group data and images and texts flowed therein) based on the acquired text data, image data, and small group data, The DTP data obtained by the composition is displayed on a display (display screen) in the display unit 23. During the automatic typesetting execution, the processing unit 21 searches for an image frame associated with the XML tag, displays the DTP data generated by the automatic typesetting execution on the display in the display unit 23, and The searched image frame is selected on the DTP data.

  Next, the image frame selection process of the processing unit 21 of the typesetting terminal 2 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.

  FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an image frame selection process in the processing unit 21 of the typesetting terminal 2. As a premise of such image frame selection processing, it is assumed that information related to a product that is the basis of DTP data is acquired from the database server 1 via the network 3.

  The process of FIG. 3 is started during execution of automatic typesetting. First, the processing unit 21 searches for an image frame to which an XML tag or the like as a mark for selecting an image frame is attached (step S1).

  Next, the processing unit 21 selects (that is, collectively selects) all the searched image frames (step S2). That is, when automatic typesetting is executed, an image corresponding to a product is laid out in each image frame, and at the same time, all image frames associated with XML tags are selected.

  FIG. 4 is a conceptual diagram showing a state in which the searched image frame is selected. In the example of FIG. 4, the display of eight points on the image frame (on the frame) indicates a selected state. All the image frames selected in this way are subject to processing such as size adjustment and layout position adjustment. Therefore, if processing such as size adjustment and layout position adjustment is executed as it is, the processing is completed in a lump, and the work efficiency after automatic composition can be greatly improved. Further, no omission of selection of the processing target image frame occurs, and trouble prevention can be expected.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a menu of DTP layout software. As shown in FIG. 5, when the operator cancels the selection of the image frame by allowing the operation unit 24 to select and instruct the image frame to be processed from the menu of the DTP layout software. However, the image frames to be processed can be collectively selected again. This leads to efficiency and trouble prevention during DTP data correction work.

  As described above, according to the above embodiment, mark information such as an XML tag is associated with an image frame to be processed among the image frames in each piece of data, and the composition using a plurality of pieces of data is used. Since the image frame associated with the landmark information is searched at the time of execution, the DTP data generated by the typesetting execution is displayed, and the searched image frame is selected on the DTP data. Even when the number of images to be processed increases to several tens to several hundreds, it is possible to achieve a significant increase in work efficiency after automatic composition, and to prevent the selection of images to be processed from being omitted.

It is a figure which shows an example of schematic structure of the DTP editing system which concerns on this embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of schematic structure of a typesetting terminal. 5 is a flowchart showing image frame selection processing in the processing unit 21 of the typesetting terminal 2. It is a conceptual diagram which shows a mode that the searched image frame was made into the selection state. It is a figure which shows an example of the menu of DTP layout software.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Database server 2 Formatting terminal 3 Network 11 Text database 12 Image database 13 Built-in appearance database 21 Processing part 22 Storage part 23 Display part 24 Operation part 25 Communication part S DTP editing system

Claims (5)

A typesetting device that generates typesetting data by assigning a plurality of small group data having at least an image frame by typesetting execution,
Mark information is associated with the image frame to be processed among the image frames in each of the small set data,
Image frame search means for searching for an image frame associated with the landmark information at the time of typesetting using the plurality of small group data;
The typesetting data generated by the typesetting execution is displayed, and the image frame is selected on the typesetting data by displaying a plurality of points that can be visually recognized by the operator on the frame of the searched image frame. Image frame selection means;
A typesetting device comprising: In the typesetting device according to claim 1,
The typesetting apparatus, wherein the image frame to be processed includes an image frame to be subjected to size adjustment processing or layout position adjustment processing. In the typesetting device according to claim 1,
The typesetting apparatus, wherein the image frame to be processed includes an image frame in which an image to be subjected to size adjustment processing or layout position adjustment processing is laid out. A composition method in a composition apparatus that generates composition data by assigning a plurality of small composition data having at least an image frame by composition execution,
Mark information is associated with the image frame to be processed among the image frames in each of the small set data,
Searching for an image frame associated with the landmark information at the time of typesetting using the plurality of small group data; and
The typesetting data generated by the typesetting execution is displayed, and the image frame is selected on the typesetting data by displaying a plurality of points that can be visually recognized by the operator on the frame of the searched image frame. Process,
A typesetting method comprising: A computer for generating composition data by composition execution in which a plurality of composition data having at least an image frame is allocated;
Mark information is associated with the image frame to be processed among the image frames in each of the small set data,
An image frame search means for searching for an image frame associated with the landmark information at the time of typesetting using the plurality of small group data; and
The typesetting data generated by the typesetting execution is displayed, and the image frame is selected on the typesetting data by displaying a plurality of points that can be visually recognized by the operator on the frame of the searched image frame. A typesetting processing program which functions as an image frame selection means.

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