JPH02231867A - Picture processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To attain adhesion processing of a synthesized picture by displaying the picture, which is cut by a cutting means, as it is when the picture is single, synthesizing the pictures when there are the plural pictures and displaying the synthesized picture by a cut picture display means. CONSTITUTION:An original picture display window 21 and a synthesized picture display window 23 are displayed on a display screen 20 and the picture read by an image scanner 3 or the picture read from an external storage device is displayed in the original picture display window 21. Then, an arrow cursor 22 is displayed in the prescribed position, for example, in the center of the original picture display window 21. Information are inputted from a pointing device 6 and according to the inputted information, a cut area display frame 24 is displayed on the original picture. When the key input of a cutting start instruction is executed from a keyboard 5, the picture in the cutting display frame is cut and OR arithmetic is executed between the cut picture data and the picture data displayed in the synthesized picture window 23. Then, based on the data obtained by the arithmetic, the picture is displayed in the synthesized picture display window 23.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to an image processing apparatus, and particularly to an image processing apparatus having an editing function for pasting cut out display images.

[Prior Art] Conventionally, in this type of image processing apparatus, when a part of document information is cut out, a mark (hereinafter referred to as this mark) indicating that there is one piece of cut data in one-to-one correspondence is used. An icon (called an icon) was created in the box that stores the cut data. If cutting was performed multiple times, icons for the number of cuts were created.

When pasting is performed, one icon is selected from a plurality of icons, and an image corresponding to the selected icon is pasted.

[Problem to be solved by the invention] However, in order to paste each image cut from another image in the same position, it is necessary to select the icon and paste it repeatedly, and also to match the pasting positions. There is a problem in that it is complicated because it does not work, and that any editing can only be done after pasting.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide an image processing apparatus that can solve these problems, combine separately cut images at the time of cutting, and paste the combined images.

[A Thousand Steps to Solve the Problem] In order to achieve such an object, the invention includes an image display means for displaying an image, a range setting means for setting a cropping range of the image displayed by the image display means, A cropping means for cropping an image within a cropping range set by a range setting means, and a cropped image for displaying the image cropped by the cropping means as it is if it is a single image, or by combining them if there are multiple images. The present invention is characterized by comprising a display means and a pasting means for attaching the image displayed by the cut image display means to a predetermined position of the image displayed by the image display means.

[Function] In the present invention, an image is displayed by an image display means, a cropping range of the image displayed by the image display means is set by a range setting means, and the image within the cropping range set by the range setting means is cropped. If the image is a single image, the image cut out by the cutting means is displayed as is, or if there are multiple images, they are combined and displayed by the cut image display means, and the image displayed by the cut image display means is displayed as an image. The pasting means pastes the image at a predetermined position on the image displayed by the display means.

[Example] Hereinafter, an example of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of the invention.

This is an example of an image editing device.

(Explanation of configuration) (Figures 1 and 2) In Figure 1, 1 is the main body of the processing device, and its configuration is shown in Figure 2.
As shown in the figure. 2 is a display, which mainly displays images to be edited. 3 is an image scanner that reads images to be edited. 4 is a printer for printing out editing results and the like. A keyboard 5 is used to input commands, characters, etc. related to various operations. A pointing device 6 moves the arrow cursor 22 on the display 2 screen.

Reference numeral 7 denotes a floppy disk device for storing image files, document files, etc., and for reading and writing personal files. 8 is an optical disk device, 9
is a heart disk device that stores common information such as character fonts, common image files, personal files, etc.

FIG. 2 shows the configuration of the first illustrated processing apparatus main body 1. As shown in FIG.

In the figure, reference numeral 10 denotes a CPU, which controls the processing device main body 1 and peripheral devices of the image editing device via a bus 18. CPU 10, display 2 VI'lA
The M 14 constitutes an image display means and a cut image display means, and the CPU 10, the pointing device 6, and the keyboard 5 constitute a range setting means, a cutting means, and a pasting means. 1l is ROM,
It stores programs related to image editing processing by the CPU 10. A program related to the flowchart shown in FIG. 4 is stored. 12 is RA as a buffer
M is used to temporarily store data manually inputted from the work area of the CPU 10 and the image scanner.

13 is a memory management unit that manages each memory, and 14 is a V that stores image information of an image to be displayed on the display 2.
RAM 15 is a LAN interface for exchanging data with other terminal devices. l6 is a companding circuit,
It compresses or expands image data. The compressed data is output to the outside via the LAN interface, and the received data is expanded. Note that similar processing is performed when the data is stored in an external storage device.

17 is the image displayed on display 2 (VRAM
This is a rask operation unit that controls the rotation, movement, etc. of the image (images stored in 14).

FIG. 3 shows the display screen 20 of the display 2. As shown in FIG.

In the figure, 2l is an original image display window that displays the original image, 22 is an arrow cursor that indicates the position of the cutting area display frame 24, and 23 is a composite image window that displays the composite image.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an example of a control procedure by the CPU 10.

In step Sl, as shown in FIG.
The original image display window 2l and the composite image window 23
The image read by the image scanner 3 or the image read from the external storage device is displayed on the original image display window 2l, and in step S2, the image is displayed at a predetermined position of the original image display window 21, for example, in the center. , move the arrow cursor 22. Then, in step S3, information is input from the pointing device 6, and in accordance with the manually inputted information, in step S4, the cutting area display frame 24 is displayed on the original image.

When an instruction to start cutting is entered from the keyboard 5, the image within the cutting display frame is cut out and the data of the cut image is combined with the image synthesis window 23 in step S5.
Performs an OR operation with the data of the image displayed in , and displays the image based on the data obtained by the
Display on 3. The display example of the image composition window 23 is shown in the fourth example.
Figure (a). Shown in (b). Figure 4(a) shows an example of a single cropped image displayed as is, and Figure 4(b)
shows a composite image of the first cropped image and the second cropped image.

In step S6, it is determined whether a pasting instruction has been input from the keyboard 5 or a key has been input manually. If the result of the determination is that there is no pasting instruction, the process returns to step s3; if there is a pasting instruction, step s7 , exits the cutting process, and moves on to the pasting process. Then, in step S7, when the pasting position information is manually entered from the pointing device 6, in step S8, the data of the image displayed in the original image display window 21 and the data displayed in the image composition window 23 are combined. The image is displayed in the original image display window 21 based on the data obtained by the calculation. As a result, the image displayed in the image synthesis window 23 is pasted at the pasting position.

Then, in step S9, it is determined whether or not pasting is completed, that is, whether the pasting process is to be repeated or ended.As a result of the determination, if the pasting numbering process is to be repeated, the process returns to step S7. If you want to finish, just complete the process.

In addition, in this embodiment, the data of the image displayed in the image composition window 23 and the data of the image displayed in the image composition window 23,
The image is displayed based on the data obtained by performing an OR operation with the data of the cropped image, and the original image display window 2 is displayed.
1, an image is displayed based on the data obtained by calculating the image data displayed in the original image display window 21 and the image data displayed in the image synthesis window 23 using the overwrite mode. As described above, an image is displayed in the image synthesis window 23 based on the data obtained by calculating the EXORfI of the data of the image displayed in the image synthesis window 23 and the data of the cropped image. , an image is displayed on the original image display window 21 based on data obtained by performing an AND operation on the image data displayed on the original image display window 21 and the image data displayed on the image synthesis window 23. You can do it like this.

An example of an image displayed based on such calculations is shown in FIG. FIG. 6(a) is an example in which the original image is displayed in the original image display window 21, and the first cropped image is displayed in the image synthesis window 23. FIG. 6(b) is an example in which the original image is displayed in the original image display window 2l, and a composite image of the first cropped image and the second cropped image is displayed in the image synthesis window 23. FIG. 6 (Cl displays a composite image of the original image and the image displayed in the image composition window 23 in the original image display window 21, and displays the first cropped image and the second cropped image in the image composition window 23. This is an example of displaying a composite image of .

In this way, you can easily create pasted images while compositing various images while visually viewing them, and the pasting process is also simple.
Since it only takes a few degrees, alignment and pasting can be done easily.

(Other Embodiments) In the embodiment, the size of the cropping area display 24 and the size of the image synthesis window 23 are the same, but in this embodiment,
The size of the cutout area display frame 24 can be enlarged or reduced, and the display position of the cutout image on the image synthesis window 23 can be arbitrarily set.

Next, a control procedure by the CPU 10 will be explained.

(1) When the cutting area display frame 24 is displayed by the pointing device 6 and a cutting instruction is given, the arrow cursor 22 is switched to a box cursor of the same size as the cutting area display frame 24. An example of the image obtained at this time is shown in FIG. 7(a).

(2) Move the box cursor to a predetermined position in the image synthesis window 23 using the pointing device 6, for example, to a position where the upper left corner of the image synthesis window 23 and the upper left corner of the box cursor match.

An example of the image obtained at this time is shown in FIG. 7(b).

(3) When a cutting start instruction is input using a button (not shown) of the pointing device 6, the cut image is displayed within the box cursor, and the box curl is switched to an arrow cursor. An example of the image obtained at this time is shown in FIG. 7(C).

(4) When the cutting area display frame 24 is displayed by the pointing device 6 and a cutting instruction is given, the arrow cursor 22 is switched to a box cursor of the same size as the cutting area display frame 24. An example of the image obtained at this time is shown in FIG. 7(d).

(5) The box cursor is moved by the pointing device 6 to a predetermined position in the image composition window 23, for example, to a position where the lower right corner of the image composition window 23 and the lower right corner of the box cursor match.

An example of the image obtained at this time is shown in FIG. 7(e).

(6) When an instruction to start cutting is input using a button (not shown) on the pointing device 6, the data of the overlapped part of the previous cropped image and the currently cropped image are ORed, and the image is hoxed based on the data obtained by the operation. Display within the cursor and at the same time switch the box cursor to an arrow cursor. An example of the image obtained at this time is shown in FIG. 7(f).

Since the procedure at the time of pasting is the same as that of the first embodiment, the explanation will be omitted.

[Effects of the Invention] As explained above, according to the present invention, since it is configured as above, it is possible to combine separately cut images at the time of cutting and paste the combined images. .

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an image processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the processing apparatus main body 1 shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of display on the display 2. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of an image displayed on the display 2 in one embodiment, FIG. 5 is a flow chart showing an example of a control procedure by CPυ10, and FIG. 6 is an image displayed on the display 2 in one embodiment. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of an image displayed on the display 2 in another embodiment. 2... Display, 5... Keyboard, 6... Pointing device, 10... CPU, 14. VRAM. Procedural amendment (method) June 26, 1999

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1) Image display means for displaying an image; range setting means for setting a cropping range of the image displayed by the image display means; and an image within the cropping range set by the range setting means. a cutting means for cutting out the image; a cut image display means for displaying the image cut by the cutting means as is if the image is a single image; and pasting means for pasting the image displayed by the image display means at a predetermined position of the image displayed by the image display means.