JPH0212575A - Information processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To automatically cause a picture to be entirely contained in the printing frame of printing paper by adjusting the size of the picture in corresponding to a stripping margin. CONSTITUTION:When a supplying means 1 supplies a picture, an output means of a printer 9, etc., displays and outputs the picture on storing paper. Then, when the size of the printing paper outputted from the printer 9 is designated by operating the key of a keyboard 101 which acts as an areal information outputting means for outputting stripping area information, the printing area of the visual information of the picture is decided in corresponding to the size of the printing paper and a controlling section 11 adjusts and sets the reducing ratio of the visual information, so that area occupied by the visual information can be contained in the printing area, based on stripping margin information. Therefore, the entire area of the picture can be contained automatically in the prescribed area.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Object of the Invention] (Industrial Application Field) The present invention is directed to displaying and outputting images read by a reading device or images registered in a storage device on recording paper using a printer or the like. The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus, and particularly to an information processing apparatus that automatically fits a displayed image within a predetermined area.

(Prior Art) In recent years, it has become common to sequentially read a large number of printed materials with an image scanner device, store them as image information in a storage device such as an optical disk device, and search and output this stored image information as needed. Various types of so-called information processing devices have been developed.

In such a conventional information processing device, an image read by an image scanner device is stored in a -H page memory, and the image information stored in this page memory is compressed and stored in an optical disk device. There is.

It also searches image information stored in the optical disk device,
The image information read from the optical disk device is expanded and restored to the original image information, and the restored image information is stored in the -H page memory. The image information thus stored in the page memory is displayed on a display device or printed out from a printer.

In addition, the information processing device has an editing processing function, and can edit images read by the image scanner device, or both these images and images obtained by searching from the optical disk device. The edited image is then displayed on a display device or printed out from a printer.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) By the way, when a printer prints out image information onto recording paper, the printing is performed within a predetermined print frame of the recording paper. That is, this is because printout such as printing is restricted outside the print frame of the recording paper.

Display devices cannot display the so-called blackout area, which limits printing.
For example, if the area occupied by the image to be printed out exceeds the area of the print frame, printing of the image that corresponds to the outermost area of these images will be restricted, and the entire image will not be printed. This caused the inconvenience of not being able to exit.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and it is an object of the present invention to provide an information processing device that automatically fits the entire image output as visible information within a predetermined area.

[Structure of the Invention] (Means for Solving the Problem) In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a supply means for supplying an image, an output means for displaying and outputting the image on recording paper,
Area information output means for transmitting information regarding the overlap area related to the output means; and a size of an image supplied from the supply means in response to the information regarding the overlap area sent from the area information output means. and an adjusting means for adjusting.

(Function) In the information processing apparatus according to the present invention, when the supply means supplies an image, the output means such as a printer displays and outputs this image on recording paper. Further, when the area information means sends out information regarding the margin area, the adjustment means adjusts the size of the image supplied from the supply means in accordance with the information regarding the margin area. Therefore, an image that does not overlap the margin can be displayed on, for example, a display device, and can also be automatically printed out from a printer.

(Example) Hereinafter, an example according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

First, the overall configuration of an image information storage and retrieval device as an information processing device to which the present invention is applied will be explained with reference to FIG.

The image scanner device 1 is a device for reading content written on a manuscript, such as a photograph or text 1, as image information from a reading section configured with an image sensor such as a COD. The image scanner device M1 includes an operation section 3 for setting parameters such as the document size, document density, and reading density of the document to be read, a memory (not shown) for storing these set parameters, and the like. A cPU (not shown) that controls the entire image scanner device 1, a display unit 5 that displays input information such as setting conditions and processing time, and a display unit 5 that continuously reads a document placed on a document table (not shown). Automatic document feeder (ADF) that transports documents to the department and reads them.
It is equipped with each of 7.

The control unit (CPIJ) 11 controls the overall operation and data flow of the information processing device.

That is, the control unit 11, the DMA 13 (described later), the main memory 51, the buffer 7 memory 53a, and the 1-page memory 53b.
1 code/image converter 71, display memory 73, IP
U90, C0DE095, etc. are connected via the system bus 20.

Similarly, the control section 11 is connected to a buffer 7 memory 53a, a page memory 53b1, a code/image conversion section 71, a display memory 73, an IPtJ90, a CODEC95, and the like via an image bus 40 for transmitting image information.

Further, an external data input device ffl00 is connected to this control unit 11 via an interface circuit 11a. This data input bag ff1lo○ is used to move the cursor displayed on the screen of the display device 77, for example, when inputting character information when creating a document using a word processing function, or when performing a search or image processing. A keyboard 101 and a mouse 103 are provided for inputting search information, various command information, array formats, etc. for switching various functions.

This keyboard 101 has a function as an area information output means for outputting cross area information as area information regarding an area where visible information to be described later is output, that is, a printing area of recording paper such as print paper. In other words, when the size of the print paper to be output from the printer 9 is designated by a key operation on the keyboard 101, the mark @ area is determined in accordance with the size of the print paper.

The control unit 11 also includes an occupancy information output means for outputting occupancy information regarding an area occupied by image information stored in a display memory 73 to be printed out, that is, visible information, which will be described later, and the overlap area information. and adjusting means for setting and adjusting a reduction ratio of the visible information to fit the occupied area of the visible information within the printing area based on the above.

Specifically, the control unit 11 uses a ROM (Reed ONLY) that stores a reduction rate table in which a predetermined reduction rate is set corresponding to the relative relationship between the area information and the occupancy information described above.
Meiory) and RAM (Raidam) for storing information regarding the reduction ratio transferred from this ROM.
It has a built-in Access Memory).
Information regarding a specific reduction rate is read based on the relative relationship between the area information and the occupancy information, and this read reduction rate is set as the reduction rate necessary to fit the visible information within the print area. do.

DMA (D 1rect Memory Accesses
s) 13 transfers data regardless of the operation of the control unit 11, for example, the buffer memory 5.
Data is transferred between 3a and storage device 30 via interface circuit 13a.

The storage device [30 includes a magnetic disk device 31 that stores information for specifying desired image information from among a large amount of image information, that is, search information, etc., and corresponds to the above-mentioned large number of image information and this individual image information. It is composed of an optical disk device @33 etc. that stores search information and the like.

The main memory 51 stores the operation program of the control section 11 described above.

The buffer memory 53a has a storage capacity of, for example, 128 bytes, and sequentially stores code data whose redundancy has been compressed by the CODEC95.

In addition, the buffer 1 memory 53a is provided with a counter for counting the stored data, and when the amount of stored data based on the count value of this counter reaches, for example, more than half of the storage capacity, that is, 64 When more than 64 bytes of code data is stored in , the data of 64 bytes is sent to the optical disk device 33 via the system bus 20 and the interface circuit 13a in word units.

For example, the page memory 53b stores a number of pages for an A4 size document.
It has a storage capacity that can accommodate 0 pages, and temporarily stores image information input from the image scanner device 1 or image information retrieved from the optical disk device 33.

For example, the code/image converter 71 converts the keyboard 10
It converts the character code data input from 1 into image data and outputs it to the display memory 73, and if necessary, by performing reverse conversion, the characters converted into image data on the screen are corrected, etc. .

The display memory 73 is a memory that temporarily stores image information when the display device 77 displays an image based on the image information from the page memory 53b or the like.

The display control unit 75 controls the drive of a display device 77 such as a CRT, and displays image information stored in the display memory 73.

The CODEC 95 is an encoding/decoding circuit unit that performs compression processing of image information, that is, reduces redundancy, thereby reducing the storage area of a storage medium such as an optical disk used at the time of registration.

Further, the CODEC 95 is a circuit unit that performs decompression processing of the compressed image information, that is, restores the reduced redundancy to the original image information and outputs it as the original image information. .

This C0DEC95 has an IPU (IlaOe pr
cessingUnit ) 90 is connected.

This IPU 90 includes an enlargement/reduction section 91 that enlarges and reduces image information, and an aspect/horizontal conversion section 9 that rotates image information.
It has built-in 3.

Furthermore, output devices such as an image scanner @1 and a printer 9 are connected to the interface circuit 95a.

The printer 9 is a device that prints out image information as visible information such as characters on a recording medium such as printing paper, and is, for example, a laser printer.

Next, we will explain how to operate the image information storage and retrieval device shown in FIG. Explain step by step.

First, when registering the read image information, follow the instructions on the initial information processing screen displayed on the display screen of the display device 77 to read the document and transfer the read image information to the predetermined optical disk device 33. The image information storage and retrieval device is set to the [read registration] mode by inputting a command etc. from the keyboard 101 to perform continuous registration.

Next, a number of original documents are stacked and placed on a predetermined position such as the document mounting table of the image scanner VRW11 constituting this image information storage and retrieval device, and furthermore, a number of original documents are stacked and placed on a predetermined position such as the document table of the image scanner VRW11 that constitutes this image information storage and retrieval device. [After setting the automatic paper feed (ADF) J mode, input information related to initial settings such as the document size, document density, and reading density of this document from the keyboard 101 or the operation unit 3 of the image scanner iai.

Further, after the image information from the image scanner device 1 is temporarily stored in the page memory 53b, the buffer 7 memory 53
a and the interface circuit 13a to the optical disk device 33 so that it can be registered on an optical disk (not shown) that is a storage medium of the optical disk device 33.

Next, use the keyboard 101 to register the front name of the manuscript,
Display device 7 displays search information such as information amount and arrangement format.
Enter according to the format displayed on the screen in step 7.

This format specifies the original to be registered and inputs and sets search key items to facilitate the search process, and the remaining capacity of the storage device 30 when the image scanner device 1 reads the original. etc., a "table" for inputting key items for the above search, and a keyboard 101.
The function of this function key is displayed when inputting using the function key configured in .

When reading the document starts, the image information read from the image scanner mounting 1 is transferred to the interface circuit 95a.
-H page memory 53b via -H page memory 53b. Subsequently, after the image information is compressed by the C0DEC 95, the buffer memory 53a and the interface circuit 13a
Search information through magnetic disk devices! f31, search information and image information are stored in the optical disk device 3.
Registered in 3.

When searching for specific image information from among a large number of image information registered in the optical disk drive N33 and printing out the searched image information, the keyboard 101 is used in the same manner as in the case of reading and registering described above. Enter the search command to set the "Search" mode.

Next, use the keyboard 101 to input search information for specifying desired image information, select the desired search information from a large number of search information recorded in the magnetic disk device 31, and apply the search information to the selected search information. Optical disk device 33 based on
Search for the desired image information registered in . The image information retrieved in this way is transferred from the optical disk device a33 to the interface circuit 13a and the buffer 7 memory 53a.
It is given to CODEC95 via.

The CODEC 95 restores the retrieved image information by processing such as expansion, and displays it on the display device @77 via the display memory 73 or the like.

When making a so-called hard copy of the displayed image information, use the keyboard 101 to specify the image information for which a hard copy is desired, set the number of output sheets, print paper size, etc., and then print the image from the printer 9. Go out.

Next, the operation of an embodiment according to the present invention will be explained with reference to FIG.

In step 301, image information obtained by reading the entire document by the image scanner device 11 is input. This image information is stored in the -H page memory 53b. Further, when the size of the print paper is specified using the keyboard 101, information regarding the print area corresponding to the size of the print paper is inputted.

In step 303, the display device 77 distinguishes and displays a portion corresponding to the print area of the print paper on which visible information is to be output, and a crossed-out area, that is, a mask area. For example, the brightness of the portion of the display W177 corresponding to the darkened area is set low.

Here, if the area occupied by the visible information exceeds the print area, the enlargement/reduction unit 91 is operated and the page memory 53b is
The image information stored in the image information is reduced at a predetermined reduction ratio set by the adjusting means.

As a result, in step 305, the entire visible information is displayed on the display device 77 within the print area. The image information displayed on the display device 77 is printed out by the printer 9 on print paper of a specified size.

As described above, since the brightness of the portion corresponding to the blank area of the print paper identified on the display device 77 is set low, the entire image is displayed in the printing area of the print paper before printing out the image on the print paper. Using the display device 77, it is possible to easily visually check whether or not it fits within the specified range.

[Effects of the Invention] As explained above, according to the present invention, the size of the image is adjusted according to the size of the cross-cut area, so when printing out the entire image, it is not necessary to print the entire image. The image can be automatically placed within the print frame of the paper, that is, within the print area.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of an image information storage and retrieval device to which the present invention is applied, and FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a control flow related to displaying image information in one embodiment of the present invention. 11... Control unit 91... Enlargement/reduction unit 101
···keyboard

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] Supply means for supplying an image; output means for displaying and outputting this image on recording paper; area information output means for sending out information regarding the overlapping area related to this output means; and this area information. An information processing device comprising: an adjustment unit that adjusts the size of the image supplied from the supply unit in accordance with information regarding the overlapping area transmitted from the output unit.