JPH01316861A - Document image processing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To perform the synthesis of facsimile reception information and telex reception information by changing the arranging position of character information by telex reception according to the inserting position of image information by facsimile reception. CONSTITUTION:Document information received by telex and the image information received by facsimile are stored in a disk device 17. An operator sets an area where the image information is developed on a CRT 15 by operating a mouse 16. A residual area is divided into plural rectangular areas, and targeted document information is developed sequentially starting from the forefront of the rectangular area nearest to a left upper part setting it as reference. And the image information is developed by fitting size in the set developing area of the image information.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Field of Application in Business A] The present invention relates to a document image processing device, particularly a document capable of receiving document information consisting of character code data and image information consisting of encoded image data via a line. The present invention relates to an image processing device.

[Prior Art] In recent years, there has been an increasing demand for multifunctional communication terminals that employ various communication methods and perform communication processing. In particular, by providing both teletex and facsimile communication methods,
It is desired to process these different data in an integrated manner.

However, with such a device, if you try to expand an image received by facsimile into a document received by teletex, the document received by teletex, that is,
Currently, the code information does not include a format control code, so it is currently not possible to flexibly handle re-editing.

[Problem I to Solve by the Invention] Therefore, when attempting to insert image data into document information in such a fixed format, at present, it is necessary to do so without editing the document within the page. I have no choice but to insert the image data as a separate page.

The present invention has been made in view of such problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a document image processing device that makes it possible to synthesize and display document information received by teletex and an image received by facsimile, thereby improving work efficiency. It is something.

[Means for resolving the problem] In order to solve this problem, the present invention includes the configuration shown below.

document information receiving means by teletex reception; image information receiving means by facsimile reception; display means for displaying the received document information; area setting means for setting a desired area in the displayed document information; The document information processing apparatus includes character arrangement position changing means for changing the arrangement position of characters constituting the document information outside the area set by the document information, and development means for developing the image information within the area set by the area setting means.

[Operations] In the configuration of the present invention, after displaying the document information received by the document information receiving means on the display means, the character arrangement position of the character in the document information is set outside the area set by the area setting means. Change using the change means. Thereafter, the image information received by the image information receiving means is expanded into the set area by the expansion means.

[Embodiments] Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Description of Configuration (Fig. 1)> Fig. 1 is a block diagram of the document processing apparatus in this embodiment.

In the figure, 1 is a communication control unit, and a communication protocol control section 3 controls the protocol when receiving from line 2.
, a teletex data reception processing section 4 , and a facsimile data reception processing section 5 .

Reference numeral 7 denotes a document processing section which processes I and A data such as documents or images input via the data bus 6, and includes the following components inside.

A control section 100 controls the entire apparatus including the communication control unit 1 and the document processing section 7, and controls operations according to a program stored in an internal program area. Incidentally, programs related to reception processing via the line 2, various editing processing, and the flowchart shown in FIG. 4 are stored in this program area. 8
9 is a character data editing processing section that edits document information (that is, character code information received by teletex), and 9 is an image data processing section that edits image data (image data received by facsimile). In these editing processes, visualization processing and re-editing processing are performed by using the document processing memory 10. 11 combines the teletex received document and the facsimile received image,
This is a document format formation processing unit that creates a new document. New document information (a document mixed with images) created through this process is displayed in the document display processing section 12. Note that this document display processing section 12 includes a VRAM that corresponds one-to-one to the display screen. A character pattern corresponding to the character code developed in the F processing memory 10 is generated in the character pattern generation section 13 and is developed in this VRAM, and the image data is developed in the VRAM as it is or after being thinned out. indicate.

Further, 14 is a keyboard for manually inputting instruction information or characters in various editions and processes, and 15 is a CRT for displaying images (including character patterns) developed in the VRAM in the document display processing section 12. A mouse 16 is a pointing device used to set a desired area on the display screen of the CRT 15, and a disk device 17 stores and holds various document information and images. The editing process using these various input devices (keyboard 14, mouse 16, etc.) is performed sequentially using C.
This is what is displayed on RT15.

Description of Processing Contents (FIGS. 2 to 4)> An example of processing in the document processing apparatus of the embodiment having the above-described configuration will be described below.

In the following explanation, it is assumed that the document information received by teletex and the image information received by facsimile are individually stored in the disk device 17.

First, the operator reads target document information from the disk device 17 into the document processing memory 10, sequentially generates corresponding character patterns, and develops (displays) them in the VRAM in the document display processing section 12. This state is shown in FIG. 2(a). In the figure, 20 is the display screen of the CRT 15, and the dots represent characters.

Next, the operator operates the mouse 16 to set an image development area in which the image data will be incorporated.

To set this area, specify two points on the display screen 20 with the graphic cursor that moves with the mouse 16,
The inside of the rectangular area with the two points as diagonals is defined as the image development area. In FIG. 2(b), 21 is a graphic cursor, and 22 is a set image development area. In the illustrated case, the first fish in the image development area is at the upper left end. The second point is set by moving the graphic cursor 21 and pressing a predetermined button on the mouse 16, and the rectangular area between them is also updated and displayed in real time. This makes it possible for the operator to grasp the positional relationship of the rectangular area with respect to the display screen 20 at present.

Now, when the image development area is set in this way, characters are developed (displayed) in other areas and 1. Second
The display image shown in Figure (C) is obtained.

Note that once the image development area is determined, the position and size information of the rectangular area is temporarily stored, and then page division processing is performed for areas other than the rectangular area 22 on the display screen 20. For example, as shown in FIG. 3, when an image development area 30 shown by diagonal lines is set, the other area is a rectangular area (hereinafter referred to as character development area) 31.3 in which characters are developed.
Divide as shown in 2. At this time, the number of character development areas should be minimized. This makes the flow of the document natural and makes it possible to create a layout that is easy to sell. After this process, starting from the beginning of the character development area closest to the top left of the display screen,
Develop the characters before setting the image development area. In this way, character expansion (
When the display) process is completed, the same process is performed on the next character development area, and thereafter the same process is repeated on all characters.

Thereafter, one of the images already stored in the disk drive u17 is selected in the set image development area, and the image data is developed in the image development area. At this time, if the size of the selected image data and the size of the set image development area are different, it can be easily developed by thinning out or interpolating the image data. becomes possible. Furthermore, as a matter of course, the received facsimile data is encoded, so here the image that has been subjected to the decoding process is targeted.

The outline of the above processing can be summarized and explained as shown in the flowchart shown in FIG.

First, in step S1, the document information read from the disk device 17 is displayed on the display screen. Then, in the next step S2, an input related to the image development area is waited for, and when the input is made, the position and size of the set area are stored in the next step S3. After this, step S
Step 4 divides the character development area within the page into rectangular units.

When individual character development areas are generated in this way, in step S5, one character development area is selected (the selection criteria are as described above), and in step S6, the selected character development area is selected. Memorize location and size. below,
The characters are developed in the character development area selected in step S7, and the processing in step S7 is continued until the character pattern cannot be developed (-gap) in the character development area of interest in the next step S8. Repeat.

Also, if it becomes impossible to expand into the character expansion area you are looking at,
Proceeding to the next step S9, it is determined whether or not there are any characters that have not been developed yet. If it is determined that there are undeveloped characters, the process advances to step S5 and the next character expansion area is selected. , the same process is performed thereafter 1. When the redeployment process for all characters is thus completed, the process proceeds to step 510, where the desired image data is developed in the previously set image development area, and a series of documents is created. The image data development process for information ends.

As described above, according to this embodiment, an image is generated in which document information in a fixed format received by teletex and an image received by facsimile are mixed together.

[Effects of the Invention] As described above, according to the present invention, an image is generated in which document information in a fixed format received by teletex and an image received by facsimile are mixed.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block configuration diagram of a document processing device according to an embodiment, and FIGS. 2(a) to (C) are diagrams showing the projection of a display screen when an image is developed in document information according to an embodiment. , FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of how to set a character development area for an image development area in the embodiment, and FIG. 4 is a flowchart relating to the layout of a document and an image in the embodiment. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Communication control unit, 2... Line, 3... Communication protocol control section, 4... Teletex data reception processing section, 5... Facsimile data reception processing section, 6.
...Data bus, 7...Document processing unit, 8...Character data edition #, processing unit, 9...Image data processing unit, 1
0... Memory for document processing, 11... Document format formation processing section, 12... Document display processing section, 13...
Character pattern generation section, 14...Keyboard, 15...
- CRT, 16...mouse, 17...disk device, 100...control unit. (a) (b) Figure 2

Claims (1)

[Claims] Document information receiving means by teletext reception, image information receiving means by facsimile reception, display means for displaying received document information, and area for setting a desired area in the displayed document information. a setting means; a character arrangement position changing means for changing the arrangement position of characters constituting the document information outside the set area; and a developing means for developing the image information within the area set by the area setting means. A document image processing device comprising: