JP6581709B2 - Image processing method - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an image processing method for forming an image on a sheet-like recording medium based on a display image displayed on a display unit.

  2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, electronic devices that receive a predetermined instruction by superimposing a transparent touch panel, for example, on a display unit and detecting a touch operation on a display image displayed on the display unit have been widely spread.

  For example, in Patent Document 1, a display image such as a map is displayed on a display unit, and a user touches two fingers on the display image via a transparent touch panel, and the two fingers There has been disclosed a portable information device capable of enlarging / reducing the display image by performing a so-called pinch-in or pinch-out operation for changing the interval.

JP 2000-163031 A

  On the other hand, in editing the display image displayed on the display unit, there is a demand for partial editing for editing a part of the display image. However, for such partial editing, a complicated operation of selecting a target portion every time such editing is required. In the portable information device of Patent Document 1 described above, no contrivance or disclosure is disclosed regarding a solution to such a problem.

  The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and the object of the present invention is to detect two contact positions on the display screen of the display unit, and based on the detected two positions, An image processing method capable of editing any one of an object image representing an object related to image formation and a medium image representing a recording medium included in a display image, and reducing a user's trouble. Is to provide.

  An image forming apparatus according to the present invention includes a display unit and a position detection unit that detects a contact position of the display unit on a display screen, and based on the display image displayed on the display unit, a sheet-like recording medium The image forming apparatus for forming an image has a plurality of types of recording media having different sizes, and the recording medium for image formation is based on the expansion and contraction of the distance between the two points detected by the position detection unit. A medium determining means for determining is provided.

  In the present invention, when two points on the display screen are detected by the position detection unit, the display image displayed on the display unit should be imaged based on the expansion and contraction of the distance between the two points. A target recording medium is determined, and image formation is performed on the determined recording medium.

  The image forming apparatus according to the present invention includes means for displaying information on the recording medium determined by the medium determining means on the display unit.

  In the present invention, when a predetermined recording medium is determined by the medium determining means, information relating to the determined recording medium is displayed on the display unit.

  The recording medium determination method according to the present invention includes a display unit and a position detection unit that detects a contact position of the display unit on the display screen, and the sizes are different based on the display image displayed on the display unit. In an image forming apparatus for forming an image on a plurality of types of sheet-like recording media, in the recording medium determination method for determining the recording medium, based on the expansion and contraction of the distance between the two points detected by the position detection unit, The method includes a step of determining a recording medium for image formation.

  A computer program according to the present invention includes a display unit and a position detection unit that detects a contact position of the display unit on the display screen, and a plurality of types having different sizes based on a display image displayed on the display unit. In a computer program for causing a computer constituting an image forming apparatus that forms an image on a sheet-like recording medium to edit the display image, the computer causes the distance between the two points detected by the position detection unit to be expanded or contracted. Based on the above, a step of determining a recording medium for image formation is executed.

  In the present invention, when two points on the display screen are detected by the position detection unit, the display image displayed on the display unit is to be imaged based on the expansion and contraction of the distance between the two. The recording medium is determined, and image formation is performed on the determined recording medium.

  A recording medium according to the present invention records the computer program of the above-described invention.

In the present invention, the aforementioned computer program is recorded on the recording medium. The computer reads the computer program from the recording medium, and the above-described image forming apparatus and recording medium determination method are realized by the computer.
In addition, an image processing method according to the present invention includes a display unit and a position detection unit that detects a contact position between the display unit and a display screen. Based on the display image displayed on the display unit, a recording medium is provided. An image processing method for processing the display image by using an image forming apparatus that performs image formation, and displaying a display image having an object image indicating a target for the image formation and a medium image indicating the recording medium And a step of changing to the edit mode when the position detection unit detects two-point contact, and changing the magnification of the object image with respect to the medium image based on the detected two-point contact position; Displaying a region occupied by the changed object image in the medium image, and selecting from a plurality of selectable recording media based on the detected two contact positions A step of determining one recording medium, and a step of ending the editing mode based on a detection result by the position detection unit.
An image processing method according to the present invention is an image processing method for processing an image using an image forming apparatus including a display unit and a position detection unit that detects a contact position between the display unit and a display screen of the display unit. A step of displaying an image having an object image indicating a target for image formation and a medium image indicating a recording medium on which the object image is recorded, and when the contact of two points is detected by the position detection unit Changing to the edit mode, changing the magnification of the object image with respect to the medium image based on the detected contact position of the two points, and displaying the area occupied by the changed object image in the medium image And determining the recording medium based on the detected contact positions of the two points, and based on a detection result by the position detection unit. Characterized in that it comprises the step of terminating the editing mode.
The image processing method according to the present invention is characterized in that the magnification is changed based on a change in the distance between the two points detected by the position detector.

  According to the present invention, one of an object image representing an object related to image formation and a medium image representing the recording medium included in the display image based on the positions of the two points detected by the position detection unit. On the other hand, editing can be performed, and the labor of the user can be reduced.

1 is a block diagram illustrating a main configuration of a multifunction machine according to a first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram illustrating a main configuration of a control unit in the multifunction machine according to the first embodiment of the present invention. 6 is a flowchart for explaining image editing processing in the multifunction peripheral according to the first embodiment of the present invention. 6 is a flowchart for explaining image editing processing in the multifunction peripheral according to the first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram for explaining preview image rotation processing in the multifunction peripheral according to the first embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram for explaining editing of an object image in the multifunction machine according to the first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram illustrating editing of a paper image in the multifunction machine according to the first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram illustrating editing of a paper image in the multifunction machine according to the first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 6 is an exemplary diagram illustrating an example of a correspondence table stored in a storage unit in a multifunction peripheral according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention. 7 is a flowchart for explaining image editing processing in a multifunction peripheral according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention. 7 is a flowchart for explaining image editing processing in a multifunction peripheral according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention. 7 is a flowchart for explaining image editing processing in a multifunction peripheral according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention. It is explanatory drawing explaining the edit of an object image in the multi-function device which concerns on Embodiment 2 of this invention. FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram for explaining enlargement editing of a paper image in a multifunction peripheral according to a second embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a case where both a paper image and an object image are edited in a multifunction machine according to a second embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a case where both a paper image and an object image are edited in a multifunction machine according to a second embodiment of the present invention. It is a block diagram which shows the principal part structure of the multifunctional device of Embodiment 3 of this invention.

  Hereinafter, an example in which the image forming apparatus and the image processing method according to the embodiment of the present invention are applied to a multifunction device 100 having a so-called touch panel function will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

(Embodiment 1)
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a main configuration of a multifunction machine 100 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. The multifunction device 100 includes a control unit 1, a CPU 2, a ROM 3, a RAM 4, a storage unit 5, a display unit 6, a display control unit 7, a position detection unit 8, an image input unit 9, and an image output unit. 10, an image processing unit 11, an operation panel 12, and a tray unit 13.

  The ROM 3 stores various types of control programs, basically fixed data among parameters for calculation, and the like. The RAM 4 temporarily stores the data and reads it regardless of the storage order, storage position, etc. Is possible. The RAM 4 stores, for example, a program read from the ROM 3, various data generated by executing the program, parameters that change as appropriate during the execution, and the like.

  The CPU 2 loads the control program stored in advance in the ROM 3 onto the RAM 4 and executes it, thereby controlling the various hardware described above and operating the entire apparatus as the multifunction peripheral 100 of the present invention. In addition, the CPU 2 receives an instruction for predetermined processing from the user via the position detection unit 8.

  The storage unit 5 is configured by a nonvolatile storage medium such as flash memory, EEPROM, HDD, MRAM (magnetoresistance memory), FeRAM (ferroelectric memory), or OUM.

  The display unit 6 includes, for example, an LCD or an EL (Electroluminescence) panel, and displays an image (display image) to be output (printed) on a predetermined recording sheet via the image output unit 10. The display unit 6 displays information to be notified to the user, such as the status of the multifunction peripheral 100, the job processing status, the image of the original read by the image input unit 9 and the operation content of the operation panel 12. To do. Further, the display screen of the display unit 6 is covered with a position detection unit 8.

  The display control unit 7 is configured by a processor such as a DSP (Digital Signal Processor), and controls image display on the display unit 6. For example, image data of an image to be displayed on the display unit 6 is generated in accordance with an instruction from the CPU 2.

  The position detection unit 8 includes a touch panel 81, and the touch panel 81 is provided so as to cover the display screen of the display unit 6. Therefore, the position detection unit 8 can detect a predetermined position on the display screen of the display unit 6 by a user's touch operation. The position detection unit 8 detects a change in pressure due to the touch operation of the user's fingertip or detects an electric signal due to static electricity, and obtains coordinates on the display screen of the display unit 6 corresponding to the contact position of the user's fingertip. A signal for detecting and specifying the coordinates is generated. The position detection unit 8 is not limited to this, and may be configured to use a pointing device (for example, a stylus pen).

  The image input unit 9 includes a light source that irradiates light to a reading document, an image sensor such as a CCD (Charge Coupled Device), and the like, and optically reads image data of the document. The image input unit 9 forms a reflected light image from a document placed at a predetermined reading position on the image sensor, and generates RGB (R: Red, G: Green, B: Blue) analog data. Output.

  The image output unit 10 prints an image based on the image data output from the image processing unit 11 on a recording medium such as recording paper or an OHP film. The image output unit 10 generates a electrostatic latent image on the photosensitive drum by emitting a laser beam in accordance with the photosensitive drum, a charger for charging the photosensitive drum to a predetermined potential, and image data received from the outside. A laser writing device, a developing device for supplying toner to the electrostatic latent image formed on the surface of the photosensitive drum for development, a transfer device for transferring the toner image formed on the surface of the photosensitive drum onto a recording medium, etc. For example, an image is output onto a recording medium by electrophotography.

  For example, the image processing unit 11 generates digital image data based on the analog data input from the image input unit 9 or reads out the image data stored in the storage unit 5 and sets each image type. After performing the corresponding processing, image data to be output (printed) is generated. The output image data generated by the image processing unit 11 is output to the image output unit 10.

  Further, the operation panel 12 is a function button for switching functions such as “fax”, “copy”, “print”, “mail”, etc. in the multi-function device 100, a numeric keypad, a start key, a cancel key, and a command for confirming the received instruction. An enter key, an “output” key, a “copy” key, and the like are provided for forming an image of a document read via the image input unit 9 on a sheet-like recording medium.

  The tray unit 13 includes a plurality of trays (not shown), and each tray stores a plurality of types of recording paper. Specifically, a plurality of types of regular sheets having regular sizes such as A4, A3, B4, and B5 are stored in corresponding trays. Each tray is provided with a tray sensor (not shown). The tray sensor is a known sensor that detects whether or not a sheet is stored in the tray.

  Using the configuration described above, multifunction device 100 according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention receives a touch operation on display unit 6 from a user and edits an image displayed on display unit 6.

  For example, when the user touches the display screen (position detection unit 8) of the display unit 6 with a fingertip, the position detection unit 8 receives a touch operation. In this case, the position detection unit 8 detects the position of the touched point and sends a signal specifying the coordinates of this point to the CPU 2.

  The CPU 2 acquires the signal (coordinates) from the position detection unit 8 and recognizes that the soft key at the position corresponding to the coordinates among the soft keys displayed on the display unit 6 has been operated.

  On the other hand, for example, when the user touches both the fingers on the display screen (position detection unit 8) of the display unit 6 using the thumb and the forefinger, the position detection unit 8 accepts two touch operations. In this case, the position detection unit 8 detects the position of the first point touched with the thumb and the second point touched with the thumb, and sends a signal specifying the coordinates of these two points to the control unit 1 and the CPU 2. To send.

  Subsequently, when the user performs a so-called pinch-in or pinch-out operation, a signal for specifying the coordinates of these two points is further sent from the position detection unit 8 to the control unit 1 and the CPU 2 in accordance with the operation. The At this time, the control unit 1 and the CPU 2 display the image displayed on the display unit 6 based on the positional relationship between the two points and the position change by such an operation, that is, the distance change between the first point and the second point. The editing instruction is accepted.

  For example, based on the signal from the position detection unit 8, the control unit 1 and the CPU 2 determine the target of editing related to the image editing instruction according to the direction of a straight line connecting two points detected by the position detection unit 8. Accept selection. Further, the control unit 1 and the CPU 2 receive an instruction to edit such image enlargement or reduction based on a change in the distance between the first point and the second point.

  FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram showing a main configuration of the control unit 1 in the multifunction machine 100 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. The control unit 1 includes a selection receiving unit 14, a paper determination unit 15 (medium determination unit), an information display unit 16, and an editing unit 17.

  When the selection receiving unit 14 receives a two-point touch operation from the user, the selection receiving unit 14 displays on the display unit 6 according to the direction of the straight line connecting the two points based on the signal generated by the position detection unit 8. Selection of an editing target for the displayed image (display image) is accepted. For example, the selection receiving unit 14 can edit the line depending on which direction the two directions intersect in the center of the image displayed on the display unit 6. Accept the selection.

  For example, an object image such as a picture, a figure, or a character that should be output via the image output unit 10 and the object image are written on the display unit 6 and are used when the object image is output. An image (display image) composed of a paper image (medium image) representing the recording paper to be printed is displayed.

  At this time, if there is a two-point touch operation from the user, the selection receiving unit 14 performs an operation on an image (display image) displayed on the display unit 6 based on the direction of a straight line connecting the two points. Selection of the object image and / or the paper image is accepted as an editing target.

  The paper determination unit 15 determines a recording paper to be used when the object image is actually output via the image output unit 10 when the selection reception unit 14 receives a selection of a paper image as an editing target.

  Specifically, in the multi-function device 100 according to the first embodiment of the present invention, as described above, a plurality of types of regular sheets having a regular size such as A4, A3, B4, and B5 are respectively stored in the corresponding trays. Thus, the sheet determination unit 15 selects a standard sheet stored in one of the trays based on the change in the distance between the two points. In the following description, the standard sheets having sizes A4, A3, B4, and B5 are referred to as A4 sheets, A3 sheets, B4 sheets, and B5 sheets, respectively.

  For example, when the distance between the two points increases or decreases, and the editing unit 17 edits the size of the paper image, as will be described later, the paper determination unit 15 determines that A3 for every 1 cm of the distance. The paper is determined in the order of paper, B4 paper, A4 paper, and B5 paper. For example, when the distance between the two points increases, if the increase value is 1 cm, 2 cm, 3 cm, or 4 cm or more, the sheet determination unit 15 sets the B5 sheet. , A4 paper, B4 paper, and A3 paper are selected in this order. On the other hand, when the distance between the two points decreases, the decrease value is 1 cm, 2 cm, 3 cm, 4 cm or more, the sheet determining unit 15 determines that the A3 sheet, The recording paper is selected in the order of B4 paper, A4 paper, and B5 paper.

  The information display unit 16 displays information on the paper determined by the paper determination unit 15 on the display unit 6 via the display control unit 7. For example, the information display unit 16 displays text such as “A3 paper”, “B4 paper”, “A4 paper” on the display unit 6, or “297 mm × 420 mm”, “ Text such as “257 mm × 364 mm” and “210 mm × 297 mm” is displayed on the display unit 6.

  The information display unit 16 also displays the magnification / reduction magnification of the object image on the display unit 6 even when the editing unit 17 performs editing for enlarging / reducing the object image.

  The editing unit 17 partially or entirely edits the image displayed on the display unit 6 based on the direction of the straight line connecting the two points and the change in the distance between the two points. Specifically, as described above, in the image composed of the object image and the paper image, the editing unit 17 performs partial editing for editing one of the object image and the paper image, or overall editing for editing both of them. Do.

  For example, the editing unit 17 expands / reduces an object to be edited according to the selection received by the selection receiving unit 14 based on the direction of a straight line connecting the two points based on a change in the distance between the two points. Partial editing of

  For example, when the distance between the two points increases, the object image or the paper image is enlarged by 1% for every 1 mm increase, and when the distance between the two points decreases, for every 1 mm decrease. The editing unit 17 performs editing for reducing the object image or the paper image by 1%.

  Further, when the user moves either one or both of the two points, the CPU 2 is displayed on the display unit 6 when the direction of the straight line connecting them changes. This is accepted as a rotation instruction to rotate the orientation of the existing image. The editing unit 17 performs editing by rotating the orientation of the image displayed on the display unit 6 based on the change (overall editing). For example, when the direction of the straight line is rotated in the clockwise direction, editing is performed to rotate the image in the clockwise direction.

  As described above, based on the data related to the image edited by the editing unit 17, the display control unit 7 causes the display unit 6 to display the edited object image or paper image.

  Note that the selection receiving unit 14, the paper determination unit 15, the information display unit 16, and the editing unit 17 described above may be configured by hardware logic, or may be realized by software using a CPU.

  Hereinafter, an image editing process in the multifunction peripheral 100 according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described. 3 and 4 are flowcharts for explaining image editing processing in the multi-function device 100 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. For convenience of explanation, a case where a user performs the pinch-in or pinch-out operation using a thumb and a forefinger will be described as an example. In the following description, A4 paper, A3 paper, B4 paper, and B5 paper are stored in each tray of the tray unit 13, and the image displayed on the display unit 6 is rectangular, and It is assumed that the selection accepting unit 14 accepts selection of an object image or a paper image by a pinch-in or pinch-out operation along the diagonal direction.

  The CPU 2 determines whether or not a document is placed at the reading position of the image input unit 9 (step S101). Such a determination is made based on, for example, an image obtained by pre-scanning the reading position.

  If the CPU 2 determines that the document is not placed (step S101: NO), the CPU 2 repeats such determination until the document is placed.

  On the other hand, when the CPU 2 determines that the document is placed (step S101: YES), the CPU 2 detects the size of the placed document (step S102). Such detection may be, for example, a configuration using a so-called reflection type size detection sensor for detecting the size of the document, or may be configured to perform pre-scan to acquire an image for document size detection.

  Next, the CPU 2 checks the sheet status (step S103). That is, the CPU 2 checks whether or not A4 paper, A3 paper, B4 paper, and B5 paper are stored in each tray based on the detection result of the tray sensor provided in each tray of the tray unit 13.

  The CPU 2 determines whether or not there is a recording paper of an appropriate size based on the document size detected in step S102 and the result of checking the paper status (step S104). If the CPU 2 determines that there is no appropriate size recording sheet (step S104: NO), the CPU 2 requests an appropriate size recording sheet (step S108). For example, the CPU 2 instructs the display control unit 7 to display on the display unit 6 text that prompts the user to fill the tray with recording paper or to supply paper of an appropriate size to the manual feed tray. Thereafter, the process returns to step S104.

  When the CPU 2 determines that there is a recording sheet of an appropriate size (step S104: YES), the CPU 2 selects such a recording sheet as an appropriate sheet (step S105), and stores the selection result in the RAM 4. In the present embodiment, it is assumed that A4 paper is selected as the appropriate paper.

  Next, the CPU 2 determines whether or not a copy instruction has been accepted by monitoring the operation panel 12 (step S106).

  For example, when the user operates the “copy” key on the operation panel 12, the CPU 2 determines that a copy instruction has been received (step S 106: YES), and instructs the image input unit 9 and the image output unit 10 regarding copying. . That is, the image data of the document placed at the reading position of the image input unit 9 is read by the image input unit 9, and the image output unit 10 prints on the recording paper based on the image data of the document ( Step S107).

  On the other hand, if the CPU 2 determines that a copy instruction has not been received (step S106: NO), it determines whether a scan instruction has been received (step S109). If the CPU 2 determines that the scan instruction has not been received (step S109: NO), the process returns to step S106.

  When the CPU 2 determines that the scan instruction has been received (step S109: YES), the CPU 2 instructs the image input unit 9 to read the document placed at the reading position of the image input unit 9. In response to an instruction from the CPU 2, the image input unit 9 reads the original (step S110). The document image data read by the image input unit 9 is stored in the RAM 4.

  The display control unit 7 displays a preview image on the display unit 6 based on the document image data stored in the RAM 4 (step S111). The preview image is a rectangular image.

  The preview image displayed on the display unit 6 includes an object image representing the content of the original document such as a picture, a figure, and a character, and a sheet image representing a recording sheet used when the object image is output. A user who desires printing based on the preview image operates the start key on the operation panel 12 to instruct printing.

  On the other hand, a user who desires to edit the preview image edits the object image or the paper image by touching two points as described above.

  Based on the signal from the position detection unit 8, the CPU 2 determines whether or not there are two touches on the display screen of the display unit 6 (step S112).

  When it is determined that there is no touch at two points (step S112: NO), the CPU 2 determines whether an instruction to start printing has been received (step S119). Such a determination is made by the CPU 2 monitoring the operation of the start key on the operation panel 12.

  If the CPU 2 determines that an instruction to start printing has been received (step S119: YES), it moves the process to step S107, and printing by the image output unit 10 is performed.

  On the other hand, if the CPU 2 determines that an instruction to start printing has not been received (step S119: NO), the CPU 2 determines whether an instruction to cancel such document processing has been received (step S120). Such a determination is made by the CPU 2 monitoring the operation of the cancel key on the operation panel 12.

  If the CPU 2 determines that an instruction to cancel document processing has been received (step S120: YES), the process is terminated.

  If the CPU 2 determines that an instruction to cancel the document processing is not received (step S120: NO), the process returns to step S112.

  On the other hand, if the CPU 2 determines in step S112 that two touches have been made on the display screen of the display unit 6 (step S112: YES), the CPU 2 has received an instruction to rotate such a preview image. Is further determined (step S113).

  Specifically, based on the signal from the position detection unit 8, the CPU 2 monitors whether any one or both of the two points move and the direction of the straight line connecting them has changed, If the change has occurred, it is determined that an instruction to rotate the preview image has been received.

  FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram for explaining the preview image rotation process in the multifunction peripheral 100 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 5, the object image is given a reference number f, and the paper image is given a reference number p. In the following, the object image f and the paper image p before editing by the editing unit 17 are displayed by dotted lines, and the object image f and the paper image p after editing by the editing unit 17 are solid lines. indicate.

  For example, in a state where the user touches the display screen 61 of the display unit 6 using the left thumb and the forefinger, as shown in FIG. 5, the left hand is twisted in the counterclockwise direction (the arrow direction in the figure). When both the thumb and the forefinger move, a change occurs in which the direction of the straight line connecting them moves. At this time, the CPU 2 receives a rotation instruction for rotating the orientation of the preview image displayed on the display unit 6, and the editing unit 17 is displayed on the display unit 6 in accordance with the rotation amount in the counterclockwise direction. Editing is performed by rotating the direction of the preview image in the counterclockwise direction.

  When the CPU 2 determines that an instruction to rotate the preview image has been received (step S113: YES), the CPU 2 instructs the editing unit 17 to edit the preview image. In response to the instruction from the CPU 2, the editing unit 17 performs an editing process for rotating the orientation of the preview image as shown in FIG. 5 (step S121). Thereafter, the process returns to step S111.

  If the CPU 2 determines that an instruction to rotate the preview image has not been received (step S113: NO), the CPU 2 determines these two points based on the signal from the position detection unit 8 and the preview image (coordinates). It is determined whether the direction of the connecting straight line is a direction along one of the diagonal lines of the preview image (hereinafter referred to as the first direction) (step S114).

  FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram for explaining editing of the object image f in the multi-function device 100 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 6, among the diagonal lines of the rectangular preview image displayed on the display unit 6, one (first direction) is given a reference number L1, and the other (second direction) is given a reference number L2. ing. In the present embodiment, when the direction of the straight line connecting the two points is along the first direction, the object image f is edited. If the direction of the straight line is along the second direction, the paper image p is edited.

  When the CPU 2 determines that the direction of the straight line connecting the two points is the direction along the first direction (step S114: YES), the selection receiving unit 14 receives the selection of the object image f (step S115). . At this time, in order to make the user visually recognize such a fact, the object image f may be configured to have a predetermined color or blink.

  Thereafter, the user performs a pinch-in or pinch-out operation, and instructs to reduce or enlarge the object image f.

  The CPU 2 determines whether or not an instruction for enlarging the object image f has been received based on the signal from the position detection unit 8 (step S116). In other words, the CPU 2 determines whether or not a pinch-out operation has been performed based on a signal from the position detection unit 8.

  When it is determined that the CPU 2 has received an instruction to enlarge the object image f (step S116: YES), that is, when a pinch-out operation is performed by the user, the editing unit 17 performs a process between two points in the pinch-out operation. Editing processing for enlarging the object image f is performed according to the change in distance (step S117). Since enlargement editing by the editing unit 17 has already been described, detailed description thereof will be omitted.

  When the CPU 2 determines that an instruction to enlarge the object image f has not been received (step S116: NO), that is, when a pinch-in operation is performed by the user, the editing unit 17 performs a point-to-point operation in the pinch-in operation. Editing processing for reducing the object image f in accordance with the change in the distance (step S127). Since the reduction editing by the editing unit 17 has already been described, detailed description thereof will be omitted.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 6, when the user performs a pinch-in operation by moving the thumb and the forefinger in the direction of the arrow in the figure, the size of the paper image p does not change, only the size of the object image f. Reduced.

  At this time, the information display unit 16 displays the magnification change of the size of the object image f by the pinch-in operation, as shown in FIG.

  Thereafter, the user who has completed the operation for editing the preview image releases his / her finger from the display screen 61 of the display unit 6. On the other hand, a user who continues an operation for editing the object image f performs a finger rotation, a pinch-in operation, or a pinch-out operation again.

  The CPU 2 determines whether or not the user's finger has left the display screen 61 of the display unit 6 based on the signal from the position detection unit 8 (step S118).

  CPU2 complete | finishes a process, when it determines with a user's finger having left | separated from the display screen 61 of the display part 6 (step S118: YES). If the CPU 2 determines that the user's finger is not away from the display screen 61 of the display unit 6 (step S118: NO), the process returns to step S113 again.

  On the other hand, when the CPU 2 determines in step S114 that the direction of the straight line connecting the two points is not the direction along the first direction (step S114: NO), that is, the direction of the straight line connecting the two points is the above-described direction. In the case of the second direction (L2 in FIG. 6), the selection receiving unit 14 receives the selection of the paper image p (step S122). At this time, in order to make the user visually recognize such a fact, a predetermined color may be given to the paper image p, or the paper image p may be blinked.

  Thereafter, the user performs a pinch-in or pinch-out operation, and instructs the reduction or enlargement of the paper image p.

  The CPU 2 determines whether or not an instruction for enlarging the paper image p has been received based on the signal from the position detection unit 8 (step S123). In other words, the CPU 2 determines whether or not a pinch-out operation has been performed based on a signal from the position detection unit 8.

  When it is determined that the CPU 2 has received an instruction to enlarge the paper image p (step S123: YES), that is, when a pinch-out operation is performed by the user, the editing unit 17 performs a process between two points in the pinch-out operation. An editing process for enlarging the paper image p is performed according to the change in distance (step S124). Since enlargement editing by the editing unit 17 has already been described, detailed description thereof will be omitted.

  When the CPU 2 determines that an instruction to enlarge the paper image p is not received (step S123: NO), that is, when a pinch-in operation is performed by the user, the editing unit 17 performs a point-to-point operation in the pinch-in operation. In response to the change in the distance, an editing process for reducing the paper image p is performed (step S125). Since the reduction editing by the editing unit 17 has already been described, detailed description thereof will be omitted.

  When editing for enlarging the paper image p is performed in step S124, or when editing for reducing the paper image p is performed in step S125, the information display unit 16 displays information on the recording paper changed by such editing. Is displayed on the display unit 6 (step S126). That is, when the editing unit 17 edits the size of the paper image p, the paper determination unit 15 determines the recording paper to be output, and information regarding the determined recording paper is displayed by the information display unit 16.

  7 and 8 are explanatory diagrams for explaining the editing of the paper image p in the multifunction machine 100 according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 7, when the user performs a pinch-in operation by moving the thumb and the forefinger in the direction of the arrow in the figure, the size of the object image f does not change, but only the size of the paper image p. Reduced. At this time, as shown in FIG. 7, the information display unit 16 displays on the display unit 6 information regarding the recording paper that has been changed by the pinch-in operation, that is, determined by the paper determination unit 15. FIG. 7 shows an example in which the text “B5 paper”, which is a recording paper of a smaller size, is displayed as the information instead of the A4 paper selected in step S105.

  As shown in FIG. 8, when the user performs a pinch-out operation by moving the thumb and the forefinger in the direction of the arrow in the figure, the size of the object image f does not change, only the size of the paper image p. Is enlarged. At this time, as shown in FIG. 8, the information display unit 16 displays on the display unit 6 information on the recording paper that has been changed by the pinch-out operation, that is, determined by the paper determination unit 15. FIG. 8 shows an example in which the text “B4 paper”, which is a recording paper of a larger size, is displayed as the information instead of the A4 paper selected in step S105.

  Thereafter, the object image f edited by the editing unit 17 is printed on the recording paper determined by the paper determining unit 15.

  In the MFP 100 according to the present invention, as described above, when partial editing is performed by the editing unit 17, both the selection instruction and the editing instruction for the target of partial editing can be received, and the user's Time and effort can be reduced.

  In the above description, the case where the image displayed on the display unit 6 has content such as an object image and a paper image and partial editing is performed for each content has been described as an example. Not. For example, the partial editing may be performed for each type of content such as photographs and characters, or may be performed for each color.

  In other words, different types of content may be selected and content of different colors may be selected based on the direction of a straight line connecting two points detected by the position detection unit 8.

  For example, when editing such as enlarging / reducing the object image displayed on the display unit 6 is performed, it is necessary to appropriately change the recording paper to be printed in accordance with the size change of the object image due to such editing. Occurs. Therefore, the user is forced to perform a cumbersome operation of starting another screen and selecting an appropriate size recording sheet in order to select the recording sheet. However, in the MFP 100 according to the present invention, as described above, since image editing and recording sheet selection are performed on the same screen, complicated operations can be omitted.

(Embodiment 2)
The multi-function device 100 according to the second embodiment of the present invention has substantially the same configuration as that of the multi-function device 100 according to the first embodiment, but differs in the configuration and operation of the storage unit 5 and the control unit 1.

  The storage unit 5 is configured by a nonvolatile storage medium such as flash memory, EEPROM, HDD, MRAM, FeRAM, or OUM, for example. In addition, the storage unit 5 stores a correspondence table in which the change of the recording paper to be output is associated with the magnification of the size of the object image f.

  FIG. 9 is an exemplary diagram illustrating an example of a correspondence table stored in the storage unit 5 in the multifunction peripheral 100 according to the second embodiment of the present invention. In the correspondence table, for example, when the size of the output object and the recording paper are both enlarged or reduced, in other words, the correspondence relationship when the sizes of the object image f and the paper image p are both edited. It is shown. Specifically, when the paper image p is enlarged from the size related to “A4 paper” to the size related to “A3 paper”, the magnification of the corresponding object image f is “141%”, and the paper image p Is reduced from the size related to “A4 paper” to the size related to “B5 paper”, the fact that the magnification of the corresponding object image f is “86%” is shown in the correspondence table. ing.

  When the selection receiving unit 14 of the control unit 1 receives a touch operation of two points from the user, the selection receiving unit 14 displays the signal on the display unit 6 according to the direction of the straight line connecting the two points based on the signal generated by the position detection unit 8. Selection of an object image f or a paper image p is accepted as an object for editing the displayed image.

  For example, the selection receiving unit 14 determines whether the direction of the straight line is the object image f according to which of the two directions intersecting at the center of the image displayed on the display unit 6. Alternatively, selection of the paper image p is accepted.

  On the other hand, when the direction of the straight line is not along any of the two directions, the selection receiving unit 14 receives selection of the object image f and the paper image p. That is, both the object image f and the paper image p are selected.

  As described above, when the selection receiving unit 14 receives the selection of the object image f and the paper image p, the editing of the image by the editing unit 17 is performed based on the correspondence table.

  That is, when the selection receiving unit 14 receives selection of the object image f and the paper image p, and the user performs a pinch-in or pinch-out operation, the magnification of the object image f by the operation corresponds to 122%. In this case, the editing unit 17 performs both editing for enlarging the paper image p that was “A4 paper” to the paper image p of “B4 paper”. When the user performs a pinch-in or pinch-out operation and the magnification of the object image f by the operation corresponds to 81%, the editing unit 17 changes the paper image p that was “B4 paper” to “A4 paper”. Editing to reduce the paper image p.

  Hereinafter, an image editing process in the multifunction peripheral 100 according to the second embodiment of the present invention will be described. 10 to 12 are flowcharts for explaining image editing processing in the multi-function device 100 according to the second embodiment of the present invention. For convenience of explanation, a case where a user performs the pinch-in or pinch-out operation using a thumb and a forefinger will be described as an example. In the following description, A4 paper, A3 paper, B4 paper, and B5 paper are stored in each tray of the tray unit 13, and the image displayed on the display unit 6 is rectangular, and It is assumed that the selection receiving unit 14 receives selection of the object image f or the paper image p by a pinch-in or pinch-out operation along the vertical and horizontal directions.

  The CPU 2 determines whether or not a document is placed at the reading position of the image input unit 9 (step S201). When the CPU 2 determines that the document is not placed (step S201: NO), the CPU 2 repeatedly performs such determination until the document is placed.

  On the other hand, when the CPU 2 determines that the document is placed (step S201: YES), the CPU 2 detects the size of the placed document (step S202).

  Next, the CPU 2 checks the sheet status (step S203). That is, the CPU 2 checks whether or not A4 paper, A3 paper, B4 paper, and B5 paper are stored in each tray based on the detection result of the tray sensor provided in each tray of the tray unit 13.

  The CPU 2 determines whether there is a recording paper of an appropriate size based on the size of the original detected in step S202 and the result of checking the paper status (step S204). If the CPU 2 determines that there is no appropriate size recording sheet (step S204: NO), the CPU 2 requests an appropriate size recording sheet (step S208). Thereafter, the process returns to step S204.

  When the CPU 2 determines that there is a recording paper of an appropriate size (step S204: YES), the CPU 2 selects such a recording paper as an appropriate paper (step S205) and stores the selection result in the RAM 4. In the present embodiment, it is assumed that A4 paper is selected as the appropriate paper.

  Next, the CPU 2 determines whether a copy instruction has been accepted by monitoring the operation panel 12 (step S206).

  For example, when the user operates the “copy” key on the operation panel 12, the CPU 2 determines that a copy instruction has been accepted (step S 206: YES), and the image input unit 9 places the image at the reading position of the image input unit 9. The image data of the original document read is read, and the image output unit 10 prints on the recording paper based on the image data of the original document (step S207).

  On the other hand, if the CPU 2 determines that a copy instruction has not been received (step S206: NO), it determines whether a scan instruction has been received (step S209). If the CPU 2 determines that a scan instruction has not been received (step S209: NO), the process returns to step S206.

  If the CPU 2 determines that the scan instruction has been received (step S209: YES), the image input unit 9 is instructed to read the document placed at the reading position of the image input unit 9, and the image input unit 9 is informed of such document. Is read (step S210). The document image data read by the image input unit 9 is stored in the RAM 4.

  The display control unit 7 displays a preview image on the display unit 6 based on the document image data stored in the RAM 4 (step S211). The preview image is a rectangular image, and includes an object image f and a paper image p as in the first embodiment.

  A user who desires printing based on the preview image operates the start key on the operation panel 12 to instruct printing. On the other hand, a user who desires to edit the preview image edits the object image f or the paper image p by touching two points as described above.

  Based on the signal from the position detection unit 8, the CPU 2 determines whether or not there are two touches on the display screen of the display unit 6 (step S212). When it is determined that there is no touch at two points (step S212: NO), the CPU 2 determines whether an instruction to start printing has been received (step S219).

  If the CPU 2 determines that an instruction to start printing has been received (step S219: YES), the process moves to step S207, and printing by the image output unit 10 is performed.

  On the other hand, if the CPU 2 determines that an instruction to start printing has not been received (step S219: NO), the CPU 2 determines whether an instruction to cancel such document processing has been received (step S220).

  If the CPU 2 determines that an instruction to cancel document processing has been received (step S220: YES), the CPU 2 ends the processing. If the CPU 2 determines that an instruction to cancel the document processing is not received (step S220: NO), the process returns to step S212.

  On the other hand, if the CPU 2 determines in step S212 that there are two touches on the display screen of the display unit 6 (step S212: YES), the CPU 2 has received an instruction to rotate such a preview image. Is further determined (step S213).

  When the CPU 2 determines that an instruction to rotate the preview image has been received (step S213: YES), the CPU 2 instructs the editing unit 17 to edit the preview image, and the editing unit 17 determines the orientation of the preview image. Edit processing for rotation is performed (step S221).

  When the CPU 2 determines that an instruction to rotate the preview image has not been received (step S213: NO), the CPU 2 determines these two points based on the signal from the position detection unit 8 and the preview image (coordinates). It is determined whether or not the direction of the connecting straight line is a direction along a vertical line direction (hereinafter referred to as a first direction) among vertical and horizontal lines intersecting at the center of the preview image (step S214).

  FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram for explaining editing of the object image f in the multi-function device 100 according to the second embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 13, a reference number L1 is attached to the vertical line direction (first direction) of the rectangular preview image displayed on the display unit 6, and a reference number L2 is attached to the horizontal line direction (second direction). Yes. In the present embodiment, when the direction of the straight line connecting the two points is along the first direction, the object image f is edited. If the direction of the straight line is along the second direction, the paper image p is edited.

  When the CPU 2 determines that the direction of the straight line connecting the two points is the direction along the first direction (step S214: YES), the selection receiving unit 14 receives the selection of the object image f (step S215). . At this time, in order to make the user visually recognize such a fact, the object image f may be configured to have a predetermined color or blink. Thereafter, the user performs a pinch-in or pinch-out operation, and instructs to reduce or enlarge the object image f.

  The CPU 2 determines whether or not an instruction for enlarging the object image f has been received based on the signal from the position detection unit 8 (step S216). When it is determined that the CPU 2 has received an instruction to enlarge the object image f (step S216: YES), that is, when a pinch-out operation is performed by the user, the editing unit 17 performs a process between two points in the pinch-out operation. An editing process for enlarging the object image f is performed according to the change in distance (step S217). Since enlargement editing by the editing unit 17 has already been described, detailed description thereof will be omitted.

  When the CPU 2 determines that an instruction to enlarge the object image f has not been received (step S216: NO), that is, when a pinch-in operation is performed by the user, the editing unit 17 performs a point-to-point operation in the pinch-in operation. In accordance with the change in the distance, an editing process for reducing the object image f is performed (step S228). Since the reduction editing by the editing unit 17 has already been described, detailed description thereof will be omitted.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 13, when the user performs a pinch-in operation by moving the thumb and the forefinger in the direction of the arrow in the figure, the size of the paper image p does not change, only the size of the object image f. Reduced. At this time, the information display unit 16 displays a change in magnification of the size of the object image f by the pinch-in operation, as shown in FIG.

  Thereafter, the user who has completed the operation for editing the preview image releases his / her finger from the display screen 61 of the display unit 6. On the other hand, a user who continues an operation for editing the object image f performs a finger rotation, a pinch-in operation, or a pinch-out operation again.

  Based on the signal from the position detection unit 8, the CPU 2 determines whether or not the user's finger has left the display screen 61 of the display unit 6 (step S218). CPU2 complete | finishes a process, when it determines with a user's finger having left | separated from the display screen 61 of the display part 6 (step S218: YES). If the CPU 2 determines that the user's finger is not away from the display screen 61 of the display unit 6 (step S218: NO), the process returns to step S213 again.

  On the other hand, if the CPU 2 determines in step S214 that the direction of the straight line connecting the two points is not the direction along the first direction (step S214: NO), based on the signal from the position detection unit 8, the straight line Is determined to be a direction along the second direction (L2 in FIG. 13) (step S222).

  When the CPU 2 determines that the direction of the straight line is the direction along the second direction (step S222: YES), the selection receiving unit 14 receives the selection of the paper image p (step S223). At this time, in order to make the user visually recognize such a fact, a predetermined color may be given to the paper image p, or the paper image p may be blinked. Thereafter, the user performs a pinch-in or pinch-out operation, and instructs the reduction or enlargement of the paper image p.

  The CPU 2 determines whether an instruction for enlarging the paper image p has been received based on the signal from the position detection unit 8 (step S224). When it is determined that the CPU 2 has received an instruction to enlarge the paper image p (step S224: YES), that is, when a pinch-out operation is performed by the user, the editing unit 17 performs a process between two points in the pinch-out operation. An editing process for enlarging the paper image p is performed according to the change in distance (step S225). Since enlargement editing by the editing unit 17 has already been described, detailed description thereof will be omitted.

  When the CPU 2 determines that an instruction to enlarge the paper image p is not received (step S224: NO), that is, when a pinch-in operation is performed by the user, the editing unit 17 performs a point-to-point operation in the pinch-in operation. In response to the change in the distance, an editing process for reducing the paper image p is performed (step S226). Since the reduction editing by the editing unit 17 has already been described, detailed description thereof will be omitted.

  When editing for enlarging the paper image p is performed in step S225, or when editing for reducing the paper image p is performed in step S226, the information display unit 16 displays information on the recording paper changed by such editing. Is displayed on the display unit 6 (step S227).

  FIG. 14 is an explanatory view for explaining enlargement editing of the paper image p in the multi-function device 100 according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 14, when the user performs a pinch-out operation by moving the thumb and the forefinger in the direction of the arrow in the figure, the size of the object image f does not change, only the size of the paper image p. Is enlarged. At this time, as shown in FIG. 14, the information display unit 16 displays on the display unit 6 information on the recording paper that has been changed by the pinch-out operation, that is, determined by the paper determination unit 15. FIG. 14 shows an example in which the text “B4 paper”, which is a recording paper of a larger size, is displayed as the information instead of the A4 paper selected in step S205.

  On the other hand, when the CPU 2 determines in step S222 that the direction of the straight line is not the direction along the second direction (step S222: NO), in other words, the direction of the straight line connecting the two points is the first direction. If it is neither the second direction nor the second direction, the selection receiving unit 14 receives the selection of the paper image p and the object image f (step S229).

  In the present embodiment, the direction of the straight line connecting the two points related to the user's thumb and the forefinger is assumed to be the diagonal direction of the rectangular image displayed on the display unit 6, and thereafter, the user pinches in or out. It is assumed that an operation is performed to instruct to reduce or enlarge the paper image p and the object image f.

  The CPU 2 determines whether or not an instruction for enlarging the paper image p and the object image f has been received based on the signal from the position detection unit 8 (step S230). When the CPU 2 determines that an instruction to enlarge the paper image p and the object image f has been received (step S230: YES), that is, when a pinch-out operation is performed by the user, the editing unit 17 performs the pinch-out operation. An editing process for enlarging the paper image p is performed according to a change in the distance between the two points (step S231).

  The editing unit 17 performs an editing process for enlarging the object image f by the magnification of the object image f corresponding to the above-described editing of enlarging the paper image p based on the correspondence table stored in the storage unit 5 ( Step S232).

  Subsequently, the paper determination unit 15 determines the paper by the above-described method, and the information display unit 16 displays information on the paper determined by the paper determination unit 15 on the display unit 6 (step S235).

  On the other hand, when the CPU 2 determines that an instruction to enlarge the paper image p and the object image f is not received (step S230: NO), that is, when a pinch-in operation is performed by the user, the editing unit 17 performs the pinch-in operation. An editing process for reducing the paper image p is performed in accordance with the change in the distance between the two points in the operation (step S233).

  Further, the editing unit 17 performs an editing process for reducing the object image f by the magnification of the object image f corresponding to the reduction editing of the paper image p described above based on the correspondence table stored in the storage unit 5 ( Step S234).

  Subsequently, the paper determination unit 15 determines the paper by the above-described method, and the information display unit 16 displays information on the paper determined by the paper determination unit 15 on the display unit 6 (step S235). At this time, the information display unit 16 may be configured to display the magnification for editing the object image f.

  15 and 16 are explanatory diagrams for explaining a case where both the paper image p and the object image f are edited in the multi-function device 100 according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 15, when the user performs a pinch-in operation by moving the thumb and the forefinger in the direction of the arrow in the figure, the size of the object image f is reduced together with the paper image p. At this time, as shown in FIG. 15, the information display unit 16 displays information regarding the recording paper changed by the pinch-in operation, that is, the information determined by the paper determination unit 15 and the magnification for editing the object image f. Displayed in part 6. In FIG. 15, instead of the A4 paper selected in step S205, the text “B5 paper”, which is a recording paper of a smaller size, is displayed as the information. Further, “86%” which is the magnification of the object image f corresponding to the case where the paper image p is reduced from the size related to “A4 paper” to the size related to “B5 paper” is also displayed (FIG. 9).

  Also, as shown in FIG. 16, when the user performs a pinch-out operation by moving the thumb and the forefinger in the direction of the arrow in the figure, the size of the object image f is enlarged together with the paper image p. At this time, as shown in FIG. 16, the information display unit 16 displays the information regarding the recording paper changed by the pinch-out operation, that is, the recording paper determined by the paper determination unit 15, and the magnification for editing the object image f. It is displayed on the display unit 6. In FIG. 16, instead of the A4 paper selected in step S205, the text “B4 paper”, which is a larger recording paper, is displayed as the information. Also, “122%”, which is the magnification of the object image f corresponding to the case where the paper image p is enlarged from the size related to “A4 paper” to the size related to “B4 paper”, is displayed (FIG. 9).

  In the above description of the second embodiment, the case where the object image f is edited after the enlargement / reduction editing of the paper image p has been described as an example. However, the present invention is not limited to this. Not. First, the object image f may be edited for enlargement / reduction, and then the paper image p may be edited in accordance with the editing.

  Note that the configuration of the MFP 100 according to the present invention is not limited to the above description. In the above description, when the selection accepting unit 14 accepts the selection of the object image f and the object image f is edited based on the user's pinch-in or pinch-out operation, the selection accepting unit 14 relates to the user's two fingers. Although the case where the magnification of the object image f is sequentially changed according to the change in the distance between the two points has been described as an example, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the magnification of the object image f is changed in the order of 141%, 122%,..., 81%, 70% (or reverse order) as shown in the correspondence table of FIG. You may do it.

  The same parts as those in the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and detailed description thereof is omitted.

(Embodiment 3)
FIG. 17 is a block diagram showing a main configuration of the multifunction machine 100 according to the third embodiment of the present invention. The multifunction machine 100 according to the third embodiment is configured such that a computer program for performing the operation can be provided on the portable recording medium A such as a CD-ROM via the I / F 20. Furthermore, the multi-function device 100 according to the third embodiment is configured such that the computer program can be downloaded from an external device (not shown) via the communication unit 30. The contents will be described below.

  The multifunction machine 100 according to the third embodiment includes an exterior (or interior) recording medium reading device (not shown), and a linear line connecting the two points detected by the position detection unit 8 to the recording medium reading device. Based on the direction, the portable recording medium A in which a program for editing an image (display image) displayed on the display unit 6 is inserted is inserted, and for example, the CPU 2 installs the program in the ROM 3. Such a program is loaded into the RAM 4 and executed. As a result, it functions as the MFP 100 of the present invention according to the third embodiment.

  The recording medium may be a so-called program medium, a tape system such as a magnetic tape and a cassette tape, a magnetic disk such as a flexible disk and a hard disk, and a disk system of an optical disk such as a CD-ROM / MO / MD / DVD, It may be a medium carrying a fixed program code including a card system such as an IC card (including a memory card) / optical card or a semiconductor memory such as a mask ROM, EPROM, EEPROM, flash ROM or the like.

  It may be a medium that fluidly carries the program code so as to download the program code from the network via the communication unit 30. When the program is downloaded from the communication network in this way, the download program may be stored in the main device in advance or may be installed from another recording medium. The present invention can also be realized in the form of a computer data signal embedded in a carrier wave in which the program code is embodied by electronic transmission.

  The same parts as those in the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and detailed description thereof is omitted.

In the above description, a case where an instruction for editing a paper size conversion instruction, an image size conversion instruction, or an image rotation instruction is operated with two fingers for one document image has been described as an example. However, the present invention is not limited to this.
For example, when a document image related to a plurality of pages of a document in a document bundle is read, an editing result related to an editing instruction for a predetermined document image may be reflected in all document images. Alternatively, it may be configured to be reflected only on the original image of the selected specific page. Moreover, you may comprise so that a user can select either of these.

  In this case, the multifunction apparatus according to the present invention can be realized by providing a key for accepting, from the user, an instruction to reflect an editing instruction for the selected original page original image on other original images.

  The multifunction peripheral according to the present invention is not limited to the above description, and can be used in combination with conventional operation keys such as enlargement / reduction, paper size selection, rotation, and other editing functions. .

1 Control unit 2 CPU
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 5 Memory | storage part 6 Display part 61 Display screen 8 Position detection part 14 Selection reception part 15 Paper determination part 16 Information display part 17 Editing part 100 MFP A Recording medium p Paper image f Object image

Claims (3)

A display unit; and a position detection unit that detects a contact position between the display unit and a display screen of the display unit, and an image forming apparatus that forms an image on a recording medium based on a display image displayed on the display unit. An image processing method for processing a display image,
Displaying an object image indicating a target for image formation and a display image having a medium image indicating the recording medium;
When two contact points are detected by the position detection unit, the mode is changed to an edit mode, and the magnification of the object image with respect to the medium image is changed based on the detected two contact point points;
Displaying an area occupied by the changed object image in the medium image;
Determining one recording medium from a plurality of selectable recording media based on the detected two contact positions;
An image processing method comprising: ending the editing mode based on a detection result by the position detection unit. An image processing method for processing an image using an image forming apparatus including a display unit and a position detection unit that detects a contact position between the display unit and a display screen of the display unit,
Displaying an object image indicating a target for image formation, and an image having a medium image indicating a recording medium for recording the object image;
When two contact points are detected by the position detection unit, the mode is changed to an edit mode, and the magnification of the object image with respect to the medium image is changed based on the detected two contact point points;
Displaying an area occupied by the changed object image in the medium image;
Determining the recording medium based on the detected two contact positions;
An image processing method comprising: ending the editing mode based on a detection result by the position detection unit.   The image processing method according to claim 1, wherein the magnification is changed based on a change in the distance between the two points detected by the position detection unit.

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