JPH01142861A - Document editing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To insert a three-dimensional object into a document as a photograph at its field by connecting an image pickup means such as a TV camera to a document editing device, displaying a monitor screen on a specified area of a displayed total document and inputting necessary image data. CONSTITUTION:A document obtained by composing of code data such as a sentence, a graphic, a table, and a graph stored in a hard disk 25, a floppy disk 26 or an optical disk 29 or inputted from an image reader 9, a binary image and a many-valued image or plural components is processed. The document is displayed on a CRT 16, the monitor screen based upon the image pickup means such as a TV camera 66 is displayed on the specified area and an object is inputted as a proper image by remotely monitoring the screen. Consequently, a three-dimensional object can be optionally laid out and inputted on the document and various documents can be edited.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Field] The present invention relates to an editing device for comprehensive documents including codes, data such as sentences, figures, tables, graphs, etc. and images, and in particular to a device for editing a comprehensive document including images and codes such as texts, figures, tables, and graphs.
The present invention relates to a document editing device that has a camera input means and that can monitor the input, process it as data, edit it, and print it.

[Prior art]

Conventionally, high-performance document editing devices have been developed to be able to edit each code and data such as documents, figures, tables, graphs, etc., and display and edit a comprehensive document that combines them. - It has become possible to edit images including image data from scanners that read flat images such as photographs.

[Problems to be solved] - However, it is difficult to insert a three-dimensional object into a document as a photograph on the spot, and it is especially difficult to insert a three-dimensional object into a document as a photograph on the screen.
It is difficult to input an object into a designated area of a document while monitoring the object.

〔the purpose〕

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and an object of the present invention is to provide code/data such as sentences, figures, tables, graphs, etc.
An imaging means such as a television camera is connected to an editing device for value image data, multi-value image data, and a document that combines them, and a monitor screen is displayed in a designated area of the displayed comprehensive document, and the other imaging means An object of the present invention is to provide a document editing device that can input necessary image data by controlling the image data.

〔Example〕

Hereinafter, the present invention will be explained in detail using the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a system structural diagram of an image processing system to which the present invention is applied.

Here, 1-1.1-2. ..., 2-1.2-2 is 2
It is a leak station (hereinafter referred to as binary WS) that can edit and display value images, and it is a leak station that can edit and display value images.・・・
- is an image reader that binarizes and reads images (hereinafter referred to as 2)
value RD) and 4-1.4-2. ... is an image printer (hereinafter referred to as a binarized PR) that prints binarized image data. Binary WS2-
1.2-2. . . . are binary RD3-1, respectively.

3-2. ... and binary PRs 4-1 and 4-2 to configure a stand-alone binary image processing system.

Also, binary WSI-1, 1-2, ..., 2-1.2-
2 via a network (hereinafter referred to as LAN) 12,
A reader/printer system (hereinafter referred to as binary RD/2) consisting of a binary image reader and a binary image printer
(referred to as value PR system) 5-1.5-2. ... can send and receive image data. Note that the reader/printer system is a binary RD alone or a binary PR.
It can also be configured as a standalone system.

With this configuration, binary WSI-1, 1-2, ... Bow LA
Binary RD/binary PR system 5-1.5 via N12
-2. Receives image data from one of..., edits the image data by cutting it out, enlarging/reducing the cut part, rotating it, moving it, compositing them, etc. while displaying them on the display, and finally The obtained image data is sent via the LAN 12 to the binary RD/binary PR system 5-1.5-2. ..., and the image data can be transferred to a binary WS external storage device or a file server (hereinafter referred to as FS) via the LAN 12.6-1.6-2.・
...Can be stored in either.

Also, binary WS2-1.2-2... is the network 2
It is possible to send and receive images to and from the value RD/binary PR system, as well as directly connected binary RD3-1.3-2. It is possible to read image data from ..., binary PR4-
1, 4-2, . . . can be used to print image data.

In FIG. 1, further 7-1.7-2. ---. 8-1
゜8-2. . . . is a workstation (referred to as a multivalued WS of 2 or less) that can edit and display multivalued images,
9-1.9-2. ... is an image reader (hereinafter referred to as multi-value RD) that reads images as multi-value digital information.
and 10-1.1072. ... is an image printer (hereinafter referred to as multi-value PR) that can print multi-value image data by reproducing halftones. Multi-value W
S7-1.7-2. ..., 8-1.8-2. ...In the middle, like the binary WS, it is possible to receive image data from one of the multi-value RDs, edit and display it, and transfer the image data to one of the multi-value PRs for printing.
can be accumulated in either.

Here, the multivalued image data can be edited by cutting
Enlarge/reduce the cutout, rotate it, move it.

Furthermore, in addition to compositing them, gradation conversion, edge enhancement,
You can cut out objects, etc.

In addition, multivalue WS3-21.1 is for TV cameras, VTRs, V
One of the TV tuners is connected via the TR.

In order to distinguish between such binary images and multi-valued images and to identify transfer between various devices, data formation on the LAN can be realized as shown in FIG. Here, 47.
48 is an identification number that indicates the transmitting side and the receiving side, respectively, and is added by the transmitting side. In addition, 49 is an identification number indicating the content of the data, and is a binary WS1 connected to a binary RD or a binary RD/
The binary PR system adds a number indicating the binary image,
The multi-value WS1 or the multi-value RD/multi-value PR system to which the multi-value RD is connected adds a number indicating the multi-value image.

According to data 1D49, 50 stores a binary image or a multivalued image.

Figure 2 is a binary WS! -1,1-2...,2-1.2-
2. ... is a block diagram showing the internal configuration of. As a basic workstation component, the CPU 22.
Program memory 23 including MMU, hard disk.

It has an interface 24 for a floppy disk, a disk drive 25, a floppy disk drive 26, a bit map display 16, and a video RAM (hereinafter referred to as binary VRAM) 17 therefor. 18 is a bit manipulation unit (hereinafter referred to as BMU), which stores program memory and video R.
A large amount of data in word units and bit units can be transferred at high speed between AM, input/output equipment, etc. without going through the CPU 22. The BMU 18 further has a logical operation function, a rotation function, and a scaling function for transfer source data and transfer destination data. As for the variable magnification function, it is possible to distinguish between binary data such as line drawings and binary data such as teaser photos and change the magnification.

Waiting for further companding function M M Rl 9, LA
It has N-i/F 20, and when a large-capacity file is required, it has an optical disk (hereinafter referred to as OD) 29 and an interface 28 therefor.

An interface (hereinafter referred to as binary LC-i/F) 27 is provided to directly connect either or both of the binary RD and the binary PR. The internal structure of the LC-i/F27 is not shown because it is well known, but it has a buffer for storing binary images, and also transfers read data from the binary RD directly to the binary PR for local copying. There is a function to achieve this.

Binary wsi-t, i-2, . Transfer the image to the value buffer. Edit this using the BMU function and create a binary VRA
By transferring the data to M17, it can be displayed on CRT16. Also, the edited binary image is converted to HD25.
Can be stored in FD26, 0D29, LAN12
can be transferred to binary PR or FS via .

3 and 4 respectively show binary RD/binary PR system 5-1.5-2.・, FS6-1.6-2.・This is a block showing the internal configuration of. With this configuration, the binary RD/binary PR system 5-1.5-2. • can read binary images and send them to the LAN 12, receive binary images from the LAN 12 and print them, and can also copy them locally. Also, FS6-1.6-2.・Does normal file management and uses HD25. It has a function of storing binary and multivalued image data in the FD26 and 0D29.

5 and 6 are multivalued WS7-1.7-2.・
.

8-1.8-2.・Multi-value RD/Multi-value PR system 11-
1°11-2.・Is a block diagram showing the internal configuration of
The difference between the binary WS, binary RD/binary PR system is the video RAM and L C-i/F. To connect multi-value RD9 and multi-value PRIO, use multi-value LC-i/F34.
is necessary, and in order to display a multivalued image, a multivalued V
RAM32 is required.

The multi-value L Ci/F 34 has a configuration as shown in Fig. 7, and has a function to read multi-value images from the multi-value RD 9 to the multi-value BUF 39, and converts the multi-value image into line drawings, characters, etc. as necessary. It has a function to separate the image area into a binary image and a multivalued image with halftones such as a photograph. This image area separation information is read into the image area BUF 40, and line drawings, characters, etc. are binarized and read into the binary BUF 38. Conversely, the multi-value image of the multi-value BUF 39 is transferred to the multi-value PRIO and printed.

Furthermore, the binary image of the binary BUF 38 can be multi-valued and transferred to the multi-value PRIO, and can also be superimposed with the multi-value image and transferred. The multi-value VRAM 32 has a configuration as shown in FIG. 8, and the multi-value image is stored in the multi-value BUF 53 and
Can be displayed on RT16. Furthermore, binary display is also required, and the binary image data can be stored in the binary BUF 52 and displayed superimposed on the multi-value image.

With such a configuration, the multivalued WS has two values for the multivalued image.
It can realize the same function as value WS, and can include and process binary images if necessary.

Also, a television camera input device 66 or a VTR 67,
When the television tuner 68 is connected via a VTR, the multilevel VRAM 32 has the function of holding the data at that point in time by repeatedly writing and shuttering operations in order to monitor these inputs. Also,
It has the ability to send various monitor commands to TVs and cameras.

33 in Fig. 5 has the function of converting an image from binary to multi-value and from multi-value to binary, and its internal configuration is as shown in Fig. 10. In response to this, the corresponding density pattern is transferred from the binary pattern ROM to the binary BUF.

In addition, if the binary image is data that expresses halftone expression as a density pattern, read the data from the binary BUF,
The multi-value pattern ROM is converted into multi-value data representing the corresponding gradation of one pixel and transferred to the multi-value BUF. As a result, the multi-value WS can combine and edit a binary image and a multi-value image as the same image data.
The result can be transferred to a multilevel PR as well as a binary PR.

Reference numeral 21 in FIG. 2 has a function of converting a multivalued image into a binary image, and converts the multivalued image transferred via the LAN 12 into a binary image and stores it in the binary BUF. Its internal configuration is as shown in FIG. 11, and it transfers the corresponding density pattern from the binary pattern ROM to the binary BUF corresponding to one pixel of the multilevel image. This results in 2
Value WS can combine and edit a binary image and a multivalued image as the same image data, and the result can be
It can be transferred to the value PR.

With the above configuration, the multivalued WS7-1゜7-2 shown in Fig.
．．・, 8-1.8-2. • In , a document such as the one shown in FIG. 12 can be displayed and edited. Here, 5
7 is an integrated document, consisting of 589 sentences and 59 figures. graph 60
9 Table 63. It includes a multivalued image 61 and a binary image 62. 64 is. This is a display area for editing commands that vary depending on the editing status. Here, text 58 degrees, figure 59.
Graph 601 and Table 63 are the 8th data from the code data.
The bits are expanded to the binary BUF52 in the figure, and the binary image 6
2 is thinned out and transferred to the same binary BUF 52 by the scaling function of the BMU 18 shown in FIG. Furthermore, the multivalued image 61 is transferred to the multivalued BUF 53 in FIG. 8 by the function of the BMU 18, and is superimposed from these to the C
It is displayed on RT16. Note that, of course, the display data may be in only one data format.

In such a display state, editing work is performed as shown in FIG. 13-1.

This is done according to the flow shown in Figure 13-2. This is a program flowchart by the CPU 22.

First, in step S1, a binary image from a binary RD, a multivalued image from a multivalued RD or TV tuner, a VTR, a multivalued image from a TV tuner, two sentences stored in the HD, two figures, one table,
A graph, a binary image, a multivalued image, an integrated document thereof, or a blank sheet is selected and displayed.

Next, in step S2, the process branches to the following process depending on the type of these displayed documents and the specified command.

The following processes include print processing S4 and text input editing S6
, figure editing S8, table editing SIO, graph creation S12.2
There are value image editing S15, multi-value image editing S16, data extraction S22, and data composition S24.

If binary or multi-value conversion is specified for a binary image, the binary image is converted into a multi-value image in step S16, and the process moves to multi-value image editing in step S19. Further, if multivalue or binary conversion is designated for a multivalue image, the multivalue image is converted into a binary image in step S20, and the process proceeds to binary image editing in step S15. In binary image editing, the functions of the BMU 18 shown in FIG. 5 allow cutting, enlarging, reducing, rotating, moving, and compositing the cut portion.

In addition to these functions, multilevel image editing can also perform gradation conversion, edge enhancement, and object cropping.

Note that multivalued data is data in which one pixel of digital data is expressed in 8 bits, and is capable of reproducing 64 gradations. Therefore, the multilevel memory requires a capacity of 1 page of pixels x 8 bits.

Furthermore, when an input image from a television camera is frozen in the WS buffer, it is stored in the WS buffer in synchronization with the synchronization signal of one frame (=one page) of the television.

If there is input from the television camera in step S1, the display will be as shown in FIG. 15. That is, for example, when the comprehensive document 57 is displayed, 6
The monitor screen from the camera is displayed as shown in 9. This is realized by repeatedly writing the input image from the television camera in the area corresponding to the monitor screen of the multivalued BUF 53 at predetermined time intervals. In order to remotely operate this television camera in, for example, the multivalued WS 3-2 of the WS having the display shown in FIG. 15, a group of commands is displayed in the area 70 in FIG. The contents are, for example, as shown in Figure 16, including brightness, contrast, focus, zoom,
Aperture, shutter, TV camera tilt stand UP, DO
WN.

LEFT and RIGHT movement commands are displayed. Here, when brightness and contrast are specified, the values are sent to the television camera 66. Regarding focus, zoom, and aperture, the corresponding FAR,
While the NEAR, E, W[)E, 0PEN, and CLOSE portions continue to be specified, the commands are continuously sent to the camera 66 for adjustment. UP, DOWN, LEFT.

The same applies to HIGHT (step S2). When the shutter is designated, the monitor is stopped and the data of the multivalued BUF 53 at that time is determined (frozen) as input data (step 524). Thereafter, the freeze data becomes an object to be edited as a multivalued image as described above.

When the area 70 is specified with a point device in step S2, it is determined (540), and the command shown in FIG. etc. (S42). The control data in the RAM is then sent to the camera side and drives the camera's servo motor to change the size of the input image. Further, the focus can be adjusted by controlling the focus monitor using focus data in the RAM. Note that since the data transmitted from the CPU is digital, it is D/A converted on the camera side and converted into motor voltage or pulse number to control the motor.

Note that the size and position of the monitor area 69 can be varied within the capacity of the multilevel BUF 53. The input image from the camera is input as 64-gradation multi-value data sampled by an A/D converter provided at the camera interface.

When the cutout data is loaded in step S24, if television camera input is possible, television camera input becomes possible here by input designation. That is, the first
69 in Figure 5 is the imaging area specified (block blank), and the monitor screen is displayed at this position and size, and when the input data is confirmed with the freeze command, it remains frozen in the document data at this position and size. The image will be incorporated.

Note that it is also possible to use a WS other than the document displayed in FIG. 15 as the WS that controls the camera.

〔effect〕

As described above, according to the present invention, a document in which code data such as sentences, figures, tables, graphs, etc., and one or more of a binary image and a multivalued image are combined is processed, and the document is displayed in a specified area. By displaying a monitor screen using an imaging device such as a television camera, and remotely monitoring the object and inputting it as an appropriate image, you can freely layout and input three-dimensional objects into documents as photographs, and create a wide variety of documents. can be edited.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Figure 1 is a block diagram of an image processing system to which the present invention is applied. Figure 2 is a block diagram showing the internal configuration of a binary WS. Figure 3 is a block diagram showing the internal configuration of a binary RD/binary PR system. , Fig. 4 is a block diagram showing the internal configuration of the FS, Fig. 5 is a block diagram showing the internal configuration of the multi-value WS, and Fig. 6 is a block diagram showing the internal structure of the multi-value RD.
/Block diagram showing the internal configuration of the multi-level PR system, Figure 7 is a block diagram showing the internal configuration of the multi-level LC-i/F, Figure 8 is a block diagram showing the internal configuration of the multi-level VRAM, Figure 9 is a data format diagram including binary images and multi-value images on the network, Figure 10 is an internal configuration diagram of a binary/multi-value conversion circuit, and Figure 11 is an internal configuration diagram and flowchart of a multi-value/binary conversion circuit. FIG. 14 is an explanatory diagram of the development of a comprehensive document into a print image, FIG. 15 is an exemplary diagram of a screen during television camera monitoring, and FIG. 16 is an exemplary diagram of a command group display for television camera monitoring.

Claims (1)

[Claims] Means for displaying and monitoring an input image from an imaging means and its input data in a device for displaying and editing code data such as text, figures, tables, graphs, binary image data, and multivalue image data has a means for inputting the image as a multivalued image or a binary image, and displays the monitor screen correspondingly in a designated area of the displayed document;
A document editing device characterized in that after inputting and specifying data, it is incorporated into a specified area of a document.