JPH0384678A - Picture editing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To simplify the extraction of pictures when a routine picture is repetitively transcribed by selecting plural transcribed pictures out of a register table where these pictures are previously registered. CONSTITUTION:A register picture selecting part 103 instructs the identification information on a desired picture to be extracted from a registered picture storage part 109 to the register table 104. The identification information on the picture pointed by the part 103 is registered into a selection part 105. These identification information registered into the table 105 are sorted by a retrieving means 106 in the prescribed arraying order. The registered pictures are read out of the part 109 in the arraying order and inputted to a transcription control part 107. At the part 107 the registered picture is transcribed onto a 2nd picture designated by a transcribing goal designating part 111. Then a 3rd picture produced with transcription of a 1st picture is transferred to a picture output part 2 and printed there. Thus the picture editing efficiency is improved.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Industrial Application Field) The present invention relates to an image editing device, and in particular to an image editing device that can improve image editing processing speed and transmit edited images. It is related to.

(Prior Art) Conventionally, there has been an image editing device that can transfer a part of first image information to second image information to obtain new third image information. When transcribing image information (hereinafter simply referred to as an image) using this image editing device, specify the desired transcription area of the first image that is the transcription source and the area of the second image that is the transcription destination, and then An image was being transferred from the source area to the destination area.

When transcribing images in multiple areas on a first image to a second image using a conventional device, the area designation operation is repeated for the number of areas including the images to be transcribed. It had become.

Furthermore, the edited image, which has been transcribed and subsequently corrected, may be transmitted to a desired recipient for use by facsimile transmission.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) As described above, in the conventional apparatus described above, the number of input operations by the operator increases when transcribing images of multiple areas, resulting in a significant decrease in processing efficiency. was there.

In addition, when transmitting multiple images after making corrections, it takes time and effort to correct the input images each time.
It takes time to set each image on the transmission device. In order to eliminate such problems, it is possible to make necessary corrections to a plurality of input images, store them in a storage means, and read and transmit them at the time of transmission. However, with this method, if it is necessary to save the original image, a storage device with a large capacity is required to store each of the original image and the corrected image for multiple images. There was a problem.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide an image editing device that can solve the above-mentioned problems, improve image editing processing efficiency, and perform necessary editing in a short time even when transmitting multiple images. It is in.

(Means and effects for solving the problem) In order to solve the above-mentioned problems and achieve the object, the present invention adds identification information to each of a plurality of transcription images extracted from a first image. means for storing transcribed images; means for selecting identification information of desired transcribed images from a registration table in which such identification information is registered; and means for arranging desired transcribed images in a predetermined order; The first feature is that the apparatus includes means for transcribing a transcribed image corresponding to the identification information on the image.

Furthermore, the present invention provides an image storage means for storing an input image, a means for storing a modification procedure such as transcription, a modification means for performing a scheduled image modification in the modification procedure, and a scheduled time set as transmission information. The second feature is that it includes a transmission means for correcting the schedule and transmitting the corrected image to the line.

According to the present invention having the above-mentioned first feature, it is possible to set a plurality of transcribed images in advance, and when transcribing, the identification information set in the registration table is specified to extract any plural transcribed images. can be transferred to the destination image in the planned arrangement order, so the instruction operation for extracting images can be simplified when transcribing a plurality of regular images.

Furthermore, according to the present invention having the second feature, when transmitting an image, only manual input is required to input the image, and the planned image correction is then automatically performed based on the correction procedure that is set. , the image is transmitted at the scheduled time.

(Example) The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings. Third
The figure is a block diagram of the hardware configuration of an image editing device showing a first embodiment of the present invention.

In the figure, an image input unit 1 has a reading device such as a CCD sensor, and has a transcription source image (
The first image) and the transfer destination image (second image) are read by this reading device.

The image memory 9 stores images read by the reading device.

The image stored in the image memory 9 is transferred to the bitmap memory 3 and displayed on the display 5 under the control of the display control section 4. The displayed image is corrected and edited as necessary according to instructions input from an instruction device 8 such as a mouse operated by an operator. The edited image is stored on the magnetic disk 10, and the image output section 2 outputs the image on the image memory 9 and the magnetic disk 10 as a hard copy.

A DMA controller (DMAC) 7 is a control device for efficiently transferring images to the image memory 9. Commands and information are input from the keyboard 14 by the operator. The entire image editing apparatus having the above configuration is controlled by the CPU 6.

Next, the operation of the image editing apparatus having the above configuration will be explained.

FIGS. 4 and 5 are flowcharts for explaining the operation.

First, the operation of extracting an arbitrary image from a transcription source image (first image) and registering this extracted image as a transcription image in a registration table to be described later will be described.

In FIG. 4, in step S1, a first image to be a transcription source is read from the image input section 1 into the image memory 9. In this case, as the first image, the magnetic disk 10
When using an image stored in the image memory 9, read it into the image memory 9.

In step S2, the first
The image is transferred to the bitmap memory 3 and displayed on the display 5.

In step S3, it is determined whether or not to modify the first image displayed on the display 5. If modification is necessary, the process moves to step S4 and modification processing is performed. If there is no need for correction, or after the correction processing in step S4 has been completed, the process proceeds to step S5, where a region is specified for extracting a transcription image from the first image. Area designation is performed by moving a cursor displayed on the display 5 between the first image and the tool using the pointing device 8.

In step S6, an area on the image memory 9 corresponding to the area specified by the pointing device 8 is calculated based on the amount of movement of the cursor moved by the pointing device 8, and a transcription image is created.

When the transcribed image is created, a registration name and a registration number are added to the transcribed image based on information input by the operator from the keyboard 14 (step S7), and the image is stored on the magnetic disk 10 (step S8). .

Through the above processing, one transcription image is registered. Step S
In step 9, it is determined whether the image desired to be registered as a transcription image still exists on the same first image.

The determination in step S9 is made based on information input from the keyboard 14 by the operator. If there is an area to be registered on the same first image, step S
The process returns to step 5 and is repeated.

If there is no area that you would like to further register as a transcription image on the same first image in which a part of the image has been registered as a transcription image in the above process, proceed to step S10, and this time, proceed to step S10 to register a part of the transcription image. It is determined whether there is another image to be the first image. If another image is input as the first image from the image input unit 1, the processing from step S1 is repeated. If another image to be the first image for registering the transcription image is not input, this registration process ends.

FIG. 6 shows an example of a registration table in which necessary transcription images are registered. As shown in the figure, the registration number and registered name are recorded in the registration table. One registration table may be created for each first image, or transcribed images cut from a plurality of first images may be registered in one registration table.

Next, the operation of extracting an arbitrary image from the registered images registered in the registration table and transcribing it to the second image, which is the transcription destination, will be explained.

In FIG. 5, in step S51, the second
The image is read into the image memory 9. This second image may be an image read by the image input unit 1 like the first image, or may be an image stored in advance on the magnetic disk 10.

In step S52, the second image read into the image memory 9 is transferred to the bitmap memory 3 and displayed on the display 5. The operator confirms that the second image displayed on the display 5 is the desired image,
Information for displaying the registration table is input from the keyboard 14.

In step S53, a registration table is displayed on the display 5 in response to input from the keyboard.

When the registration table is displayed on the display 5, the operator indicates the image to be selected by moving the cursor over the registration table using the pointing device 8. Prior to this image instruction, in step S54, a selection table that stores which image has been selected from among the registered images is initialized, and an order counter value np indicating the selection order is cleared to "O". FIG. 7 shows an example of the structure of the selection table.

In step S55, it is determined whether to confirm the selection of the image on which the cursor is placed on the registration table displayed on the display 5, cancel the selection, or end the selection from the registration table.

If it is determined based on the input from the pointing device 8 that the image on which the cursor is placed is to be selected, the registration number and registration name are stored in the selection table in step 356.

In step S57, the order counter value np is incremented.

In step 858, the display in the corresponding registration name column of the registration table is inverted in black and white to indicate which image has been registered.

After selecting one image in this way, step S55
Return to and repeat the selection as many times as necessary. Note that when an instruction is given to cancel the selection of the image selected -, step S55
Then, the process moves to step S59, where a numerical value "-1" representing cancellation is stored as the order counter value np corresponding to the corresponding registration name in the selection table, and then the process proceeds to step S58, where the corresponding registration name column of the registration table is stored. Invert the display again to return to its original state.

Further, when all desired images are selected, step S55
The process then proceeds to step S60 (Fig. 5, Part 2). In step S60, the selection table is rearranged (sorted) based on the scheduled search key. Here, the ordinal counter value n
Sorting is performed using p as a search key. During sorting, data in columns where the order counter value np is "-1" is removed, and the remaining data is sorted using the order counter value np as a search key. As a result, in the example selection table shown in Figure 7,
The order counter values np are rearranged in the order of (1, 2, 4, . . . ).

Note that, as a result of the sorting, if there is no selected image stored in the selection table, the determination in step S61 becomes affirmative and the process ends.

If the determination in step S61 is negative, step S62
In the sorted order, the transcribed images corresponding to the registered name are read from the magnetic disk 10 and transferred to the image memory 9.

In step S63, it is determined whether all the corresponding images have been transferred to the image memory 9, and if all the images have been transferred, the process advances to step S64. In step S64, the registration table displayed on the display 5 is erased, the transcribed image stored in the image memory 9 is transferred to the picture map memory 3, and the second image to be transcribed is displayed on the display 5. Display above.

Here, the transferred images are placed in the second order in the order sorted in the selection table.
The images are listed from the top.

In step S65, the input transcription position information is read by aligning the cursor with the pointing device 8 to the desired transcription position.

In step S66, the position on the image memory 9 is calculated from the read position information signal, and in step 867, the transferred image is transferred to the second image on the image memory 9.

When the transcription is completed, the image after transcription, that is, the third image, is transferred from the image memory 9 to the bitmap memory 3 and displayed on the display 5 in step 368.

When the above processing is completed, step 553 (Fig. 5 Part 1)
) and the next posting process is performed.

Note that, if necessary, after step 568, processing for finely adjusting and correcting the positional relationship between the plurality of images transcribed in a row can be performed.

In this way, a plurality of arbitrary images are selected from the images registered in the registration table, and they are placed in the second order in the order of the order counter value np.
You can enumerate them from the top and transcribe them all at once at a specified position on the image.

In this embodiment, the selection table is sorted by the value of the order counter, but the search key is not limited to this, and for example, the alphabet of the registered name may be used as the search key for sorting. By changing the search key in this way, images can be transcribed in various positional relationships.

Next, functions for executing the above embodiment will be explained with reference to block diagrams.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the functions of the above embodiment.

In the figure, a first image that is a transcription source input from an image input unit 1 is stored in a first image storage unit 100, and a second image that is a transcription destination is stored in a second image storage unit 101. Ru. In the image modification section 15, the first image is modified according to the procedure input from the modification procedure input section 108, if necessary. Images in the range specified by the area specifying section 102 are extracted from the images in the first image storage section 100 and stored in the registered image storage section 109. This registered image storage unit 109
can store a plurality of transcribed images to which transcribed image identification information such as a registration number and registered name inputted from the registration information setting section 110 is added. The identification information of the stored transcription image is stored in the registration table 104.

The registered image selection unit 103 selects the registration table 104 as follows:
The identification information of the desired image to be extracted from the registered image storage section 109 is specified. The identification information of the image designated by the registered image selection unit 103 is registered in the selection table 105.

The identification information registered in the selection table 105 is sorted in a predetermined arrangement order by the search means 106, and registered images are read from the registered image storage section 109 in accordance with this arrangement order and input to the transcription control section 107.

The transcription control unit 107 transcribes the registered image onto the second image designated by the transcription destination designation unit 111. A third image newly created by transferring the first image is transferred to the image output section 2 and printed.

Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described.

FIG. 8 is a block diagram of the hardware configuration of an image editing apparatus showing a second embodiment of the present invention. In this figure, the same reference numerals as in FIG. 3 indicate the same or equivalent parts.

In FIG. 8, the edited image is transmitted from the image transmission section 11 to a desired destination. The time at which the image transmission unit 11 starts transmitting images is set.

timer means 13 for generating an interrupt signal after a predetermined time;
determined by A program for making necessary corrections to images is temporarily stored in the RAM 12.

Next, the operation of the image editing apparatus having the above configuration will be explained.

9 and 10 are flowcharts for explaining the operation.

First, in step 8200 in FIG. 9, it is determined whether the image correction content is a standard process stored on the magnetic disk 10. This determination is based on input from the keyboard 14. If it is not a fixed form, step 5200
The process moves to step 5201, and the image to be transmitted is read from the image input section 2 into the image memory 9. If the image to be read is previously stored in the magnetic disk drive 0, the image is transferred to the image memory 9.

In step 5202, the image in the image memory 9 is transferred to the bitmap memory 3 and displayed on the display 5.

In step 5203, desired correction processing is performed. The content of the correction processing includes, for example, transcription processing within the same image. The procedure for transcription processing is as follows: First, the instruction device 8 moves a cursor on the image displayed on the display 5 to designate an area containing the image to be transcribed, and then specifies the destination to which the image is to be transcribed. Then, the instruction information based on the amount of movement of the cursor is converted into position information on the image memory 9, and the image is transferred based on the position information.

When the transcription process is completed, the corrected image is transferred from the image memory 9 to the bitmap memory 3 and displayed on the display 5. The procedure according to the above modification example and the location information of the modification area (in this example, the transcription area) etc. are stored in the RAM 12.
is temporarily stored.

In step 5204, the modification ' stored in the RAM 12 is
It is determined whether or not information such as procedures is to be registered. If this information is not to be registered, the process proceeds to step 5207, and if it is to be registered, steps S205 and 5206 are executed, and the process proceeds to step 5207.

In step 5205, the operator selects the keyboard 14.
The corrective action name and number entered from are read.

In step 5206, this modification process name and number are stored in the magnetic disk 10 together with the storage contents of the RAM 12 as one of the routine processes.

In step 5207, it is determined whether or not to specify the image transmission time. If no transmission time is specified, the image transmission section 11 is immediately initialized, the image is transferred from the image memory 9 to the image transmission section 11, and transmission is started (steps 8208 to 210).

On the other hand, when specifying the transmission start time, step 52
At step 11, the time and address entered from the keyboard 14 are read.

In step 5212, the corrected image is stored from the image memory 9 onto the magnetic disk 10.

In step 5213, the time, address, processing number, transmission image number, etc. read in step 5211 are stored in the transmission information table.

An example of the transmission information table is shown in FIG. In the figure, the process number is the number of a standardized correction process stored on the magnetic disk 10. If no modification is necessary, the processing number "-1" is stored. Therefore, since no correction is made to the transmission image that has been corrected as the non-standard process, the process number -1'' is stored.

Also, for the transmission completed image, the transmission end flag is “1”.
”, and if the transmission is not completed, the end flag is “0”.
It is indicated by.

When performing a modification process according to the contents stored on the magnetic disk 10 as a standard modification process, the process moves from step 5200 to 5214.

In step 5214, the input sheet number counter value n is cleared.

In step 5215, the image to be transmitted is read into the image memory 9 as in the case of non-standard processing.

In the case of standard processing, image correction processing is performed at the time of transmission, so
The images in the image memory 9 are given a file name and temporarily stored on the magnetic disk 10, and the input image counter value n is incremented (steps 5216, 5217).

In step 5218, it is determined whether or not image input has ended, and if there are still images to input, the process returns to step 5215 to continue inputting.

When inputting the image is completed, a desired correction process is selected from among the standard processes stored on the magnetic disk 10 in step 5219. At step 5220, the transmission time and address input from the keyboard 14 are read, and the timer means 13 is set based on the transmission time.

The transmission time, addressee, and processing number are registered in the transmission information table as transmission information (step 5221).

In step 5222, it is determined whether transmission information has been registered for the number of input images, and the processes of steps 8218 to 5222 are repeated until all transmission information is stored.

Next, an explanation will be given of the operation when the timer means 13 times up, an interrupt occurs, and the image stored in the transmission information is transmitted.

In FIG. 10, in step 5100, the transmission information table is transferred from the magnetic disk 10 to the RAM 12.

In step 5IOI, the transmission information table is searched for images whose transmission time is before the current time and whose transmission end flag is "0", and if a corresponding image is found, the image is transferred from the magnetic disk 10 to the image memory 9 in step 5102. Forward.

In step 8103, it is determined whether image correction processing is necessary based on the processing number in the transmission information table.

If correction processing is necessary, the correction corresponding to the processing number is performed in step 5104. If no correction is necessary, step 5104 is skipped and the image transmission unit 11 is initialized in step 5105.

In step 5106, the image is transferred from the image memory 9 to the image transmission unit 11, and transmission is started (step S107).

When the transmission is completed, the transmission end flag is set to "1" in step 8108, and the process returns to step 5101. If there is an image to be transmitted, the above process is repeated; if there is no image to be transmitted, the process is ended.

As described above, according to the second embodiment, if the image correction is a routine process, the correction process can be performed at the time of transmission based on the scheduled procedure and the image can be automatically transmitted. Does not require manpower.

Next, functions for carrying out the above second embodiment will be explained with reference to a block diagram.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the functions of the second embodiment.

In the figure, an image input from the image input section 1 is input into the image storage section 10a, or the image is The image is input to the image correction section 15 without going through the storage section 10a.

When the modification content is a standard type, the switching unit 140 is switched to the direction shown in the figure, and when the modification content is atypical, it is switched to the direction opposite to that shown in the figure.

That is, in the case of a fixed format, it is stored in the image storage unit 10a on the day of the transmission so that it can be corrected and transmitted at the scheduled transmission time. On the other hand, if the content of the modification is atypical, the input image is immediately modified and output, so the input image is directly taken into the image modification section 15.

The transmission information setting unit 141 sets the transmission time and address so that the image can be automatically transmitted at the scheduled transmission time. This setting content is registered in the transmission information table of the transmission information storage section 142. In addition to the transmission time and address, a necessary processing number is selected from among the procedures stored in the correction procedure storage section 143 and registered in the French sending information table.

The timer means 13 can generate an interrupt at the set transmission time. In response to the occurrence of the interrupt of the timer means 13, the image in the image storage section 10a is changed to the image correction section 1.
Transferred to 5.

If the content of the image modification is a standard one, the image is modified according to the scheduled processing procedure stored in the modification procedure storage section 143, and the modified image is transferred to the image transmission section 11 and sent to the line. be done.

The modification procedure storage section 143 includes a modification procedure setting section 144.
The procedure set in is memorized. When transmitting an image after making an atypical correction, the correction procedure is input directly from the correction procedure setting section 144 to the image correction section 15, and the image is corrected. The non-standard image modification procedure performed here can also be stored in the modification procedure storage unit 143 if necessary.

Further, the corrected image can be stored in the image storage section 10a and transmitted after the scheduled time set in the transmission information setting section 141.

(Effects of the Invention) As is clear from the above description, according to the present invention, the following effects can be achieved.

(1) Since a plurality of transcribed images can be selected from a registration table in which these images are registered in advance, it is easy to extract images when transcribing fixed-form images repeatedly.

(2) Since the plurality of transcription images can be selected in succession, image extraction and transcription can be performed efficiently.

(3) Since the image correction procedure can be stored, the image can be automatically corrected and transmitted according to the correction procedure at the scheduled time. As a result, a corrected image can be created without the need for human intervention, and it can be transmitted automatically.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram of the first embodiment of the present invention;
The figure is a functional block diagram of the second embodiment, Figure 3 is a block diagram showing the hardware configuration of the first embodiment, and Figures 4 and 5 are the functional block diagram of the first embodiment.
A flowchart showing the operation of the embodiment, FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a transcription image registration table, FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of a transcription image selection table, and FIG. 8 is a diagram showing the hardware configuration of the second embodiment. 9 and 10 are flowcharts showing the operation of the second embodiment, and FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of a transmission information table. 1... Image input section, 2... Image output section, 6... C
P.U. 8... Instructing device, 9... Image memory, 10...
・Magnetic disk, 10a... Image storage unit, 11...
Image transmission section, 12...RAM, 13...Timer device, 14...Standard/non-standard setting section, 15...Image correction section, 100...First image storage section, 101... 2nd image storage section, 102... Area specification section, 103... Registered image selection section, 104... Registration table, 105... Selection table, 106... Search means, 107... Transcription control Part 1
08... Correction procedure input section, 109... Registered image storage section, 110... Registration information setting section, 111... Transcription destination specification section, 140... Switching section, 141... Transmission information setting 142...Transmission information storage section, 143...Modification procedure storage section, 144...Modification procedure setting section

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) an image storage means that adds identification information to each of a plurality of transcribed images extracted from a first image that is a transcription source and stores these transcribed images; a registration means that stores the identification information; and a registration means that stores the identification information; a selection means for selecting and storing a plurality of identification information of transcribed images to be transcribed from a registration means storing information; a means for collectively extracting transcribed images corresponding to the identification information from the image storage means; a transcription destination; An image editing device comprising: means for transcribing the transcribed images extracted all at once onto a second image. (2) Image storage means for storing input images, correction procedure storage means for storing correction procedures, image correction means for correcting schedules according to the stored correction procedures, and information such as scheduled transmission times and addresses. An image editing device comprising: a transmission information storage means for storing; and an image transmission means for correcting a schedule at the scheduled time stored as the transmission information and transmitting the corrected image to a line.