JPH05145846A - Picture editing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a picture editing device preventing the generation of an erroneous copy by easily confirming the state of a trimming picture and easily changing the state when it is just as the state desired by an editor at the time of setting the trimming area. CONSTITUTION:The picture editing device is provided with an input picture display control part A1 displaying the input picture on the screen HG of a display device E, a trimming area setting part C setting and changing the trimming area for the picture, a frame display control part A2 superposing and displaying the trimming frame indicating the trimming area on the display HG, a confirmation input part D1 outputting a signal confirming the trimming picture, and a confirmation screen display control part A3 displaying the trimming picture on the display HG as a confirmation screen by a signal. The picture and trimming frame are displayed on the display HG by a change input part D2 after the display of the confirmation screen, and the trimming area by the trimming area setting part C can be changed.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an image editing apparatus used as a film scanner for reading an image on a photographic film and outputting an image signal.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A film scanner is a device for optically reading an original image (hereinafter referred to as "film image") from a photographic film (hereinafter referred to as "film") and outputting it as an image signal. Image editing such as trimming (extraction of a part of an image), enlargement, or reduction is possible.

Generally, such a film scanner is used in combination with a color printer, and a hard copy image corresponding to the film image is formed based on an image signal output from the film scanner.

In the conventional film scanner, the procedure for trimming is as follows. That is, first, in order to set the trimming area, the operator presses the trimming key on the operation panel while the film image is displayed on the screen of the display device. Then, the trimming mode is set, and a frame line (hereinafter referred to as “trimming frame”) indicating the contour of the trimming area is displayed in the center of the screen so as to be superimposed on the film image.

Next, the operator appropriately uses the keys for instructing the expansion or reduction of the trimming area and the four keys for moving the trimming area in the up, down, left and right directions, as necessary. The setting is changed so that the trimming area has a desired size and position while watching.

After that, when the operator presses a key for instructing the output of the image signal, the image signal for the trimming image is output, and the hard copy image is formed based on this.

As described above, in the conventional film scanner, since the trimming edit screen including the film image and the trimming frame is displayed on the screen of the display device during the trimming operation, the trimming area is displayed on this screen. decide.

[0008]

Therefore, in the prior art, even if it is attempted to confirm whether or not the set trimming area is as desired by the operator,
There was no confirmation screen for displaying only the trimmed image, and the entire film image and the trimming frame had to be displayed. Therefore, it is difficult to confirm the state of the image especially in the peripheral portion of the trimming frame, because the trimmed image is generally small.

Therefore, even if an unnecessary image remains in the trimming frame, the operator does not notice it on the screen. Therefore, after making a hard copy, the operator notices the existence of the unnecessary image, which is a miscopy. There was a risk that something would happen.

In view of the above-mentioned problems, the present invention makes it possible to easily check the state of the trimming image when setting the trimming area, and to easily change the trimming image if it is not as desired. It is an object of the present invention to provide an image editing apparatus that can prevent the occurrence of erroneous copying.

[0011]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, an apparatus according to the invention of claim 1 is, as shown in FIG.
A trimming edit screen including an input image and a trimming area display for the input image is displayed on the screen HG of the display device E, and the trimming area can be changed while the trimming edit screen is displayed. In the image editing apparatus 1, a confirmation screen display control means A3 for displaying a trimming image which is an image in the trimming area as a confirmation screen on the screen HG of the display device E, the trimming editing screen and the confirmation screen. To switch the screen H of the display device E.
And one or more input means D for displaying on G.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, the input image display control means A1 for displaying the input image on the screen HG of the display device E, and the trimming for setting or changing the trimming area for the image. The area setting means C, the frame display control means A2 for displaying the trimming frame indicating the trimming area on the screen HG of the display device E so as to be superimposed on the image, and the trimming image which is the image in the trimming area are confirmed. And a confirmation screen display control unit A3 for displaying the trimming image as a confirmation screen on the screen HG of the display device E by a signal from the confirmation input unit D1. Then, after displaying the confirmation screen, the image and the screen are displayed by a signal from the change inputting means D2. The timing frame the display device E
Displayed on the screen HG of the trimming area setting means C
The trimming area can be changed by.

[0013]

When the trimming area is set by the trimming area setting means C while the input image is displayed on the screen HG of the display device E, the trimming area display, which is a trimming area display, and the input image are overlapped with each other. Is displayed on the screen HG.

Therefore, when a signal for confirming the trimming image is output from the confirmation input means D1, the confirmation screen display control means A3 replaces the trimming editing screen with the trimming image as a confirmation screen of the display device E. It is displayed on the screen HG.

When the operator looks at the confirmation screen and changes the trimming area because the trimming image is not the desired one, the change input means D2 is operated to output a signal. Since the screen is displayed on the screen HG, the trimming area setting means C enlarges, reduces, moves, or cancels the trimming frame.

As the input image, an image signal read from a film or other original document, an image signal transferred from a host computer or the like is used. As the confirmation input means D1 and the change input means D2, a key switch,
Various things such as a mouse, operation buttons displayed on the screen HG, or a combination thereof are used. Further, the confirmation inputting means D1 and the change inputting means D2 may be combined, or the inputting means having another function may be combined.

[0017]

FIG. 2 is a front view showing an outline of a film scanner 1 according to the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a main body 11 of the film scanner 1.
4 is a front view of various film carriers FC, FIG. 5 is a front view of the operation panel OP, FIG. 6 is a front view of the internal panel IP, and FIG. 7 is a screen HG.
It is a figure which shows the example of a display of.

The film scanner 1 includes a main body 11 in which an optical system for reading a film image and a control unit for processing image data are arranged, and a display device 12 for displaying the read image on a screen HG. Consists of. An operation panel OP is provided on the upper surface of the main body 11.

A dolly 22 is movably arranged left and right in a film mounting portion 21 provided on the main body 11, and a film carrier FC having a film F mounted therein is inserted into the dolly 22. There is.

As shown in FIG. 3, the truck 22 is provided with a carrier detection sensor 51 for detecting the presence / absence of the film carrier FC, and type detection sensors 52a, 52b for detecting the type of the film carrier FC. There is. Further, the main body 11 is provided with a position detection sensor 53 for detecting the position of the film carrier FC through a hole provided in the truck 22. For these sensors, for example, a transmissive photo sensor is used.

As shown in FIGS. 4A to 4D, the film carrier FC includes a film F of 4 × 5 inch size.
1 for film carrier FC1, 6 cm size film F2 for film carrier FC2, 35 mm size continuous film F3 for film carrier FC3, and 35 mm size mount film F4 for film carrier FC4. There are four types, each of which has a type detection hole 55 for detecting the type, a position detection hole 56 for positioning each film F, and the like.

As shown in FIG. 5, the operation panel OP has a trackball 71 for moving a cursor displayed on the screen HG, an enter key 72 for inputting a button Z designated by the cursor, and a film image. An image input key 73 for reading and displaying on the screen HG, a print key 74 for instructing printout by an external color printer, and a stop key 75 for stopping image reading and printout are arranged. ing.

Inside the main body 11, an internal panel IP that can be operated by opening a cover (not shown) is provided. As shown in FIG. 6, the internal panel IP includes a user choice key 81 for instructing the user choice mode setting, a serviceman key 82 for instructing the serviceman mode setting, a total check key 83 for instructing the display of the total number of prints, Trouble reset key 84 for canceling the trouble state, initial key 85 for initial setting, CPU reset key 8 for resetting the CPU
6 and a destination code key 87 indicating the destination.

Various buttons Z for operation are also displayed on the screen HG of the display device 12. The screen HG is shown in FIG.
As shown in (a), it basically consists of a central image display area E1 and an operation display area E2 around it.

In the image display area E1, a blank is displayed in the initial state after the power is turned on, and after the film image is read by pressing (turning on) the image input key 73, the film image or the edited image is displayed. To be done. Various buttons Z and a display unit Y are displayed in the operation display area E2. Functions of the button Z and the display unit Y shown in FIG. 7A are as follows.

That is, a sub menu is displayed by the image adjustment button Z1 and image adjustment such as color balance can be set. The trimming mode is set by the trimming button Z2. The enlargement continuous shooting button Z3 sets the enlargement continuous shooting mode, and the output size can be set by the submenu. Reduction continuous shooting mode is set by the reduction continuous shooting button Z4. The output confirmation button Z5 displays a confirmation screen for confirming the relationship between the image to be printed out and the paper. The output size button Z6 displays a sub-menu for setting the paper size of the printer. The reset button Z7 cancels the set mode and initializes it. The number of prints (number of copies) is set by the number of sheets setting button Z8.

In the enlarged continuous shooting mode, one film image is enlarged and divided into a plurality of sheets to be printed out, and in the reduced continuous shooting mode, the same plurality of film images or a trimmed image thereof is made into one sheet. Print out side by side.

Further, the message display section Y1 displays the type of the film F loaded, the size of the printout paper, and other messages. The number of prints is displayed on the number display section Y2.

Further, in the empty portion on the right side of the operation display area E2, a button Z by a submenu as shown in FIG. 7B may be displayed. Button Z11
~ Z14 will be described later.

On the screen HG, a cursor CU is displayed together with an image, a button Z and the like. The operator moves the cursor CU to an arbitrary position on the screen HG by using the trackball 71 on the operation panel OP and turns on the enter key 72 to specify the position, thereby inputting the button Z or specifying the area for the image. It can be carried out.

Although illustration is omitted, the optical system built in the main body 11 includes a lamp unit having a halogen lamp, a plurality of mirrors for moving by scanning in the sub-scanning direction, a fixed mirror, a lens, an optical filter, and , CCD for reading the film image by separating it into three colors of R, G, B
It is composed of a one-dimensional image sensor IS, which is an array.

FIG. 8 shows the control unit 200 of the film scanner 1.
3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of FIG. The control unit 200 includes a CPU 201 that controls the entire film scanner 1 and a display controller (AGDC) 231 that controls the image displayed by the display device 12.

The CPU 201 has a CPU data bus 20.
Program R storing a control program via 4
The OM 202, the RAM 203 for temporarily storing variables and other data necessary for executing the program, the input / output interface 210 for inputting / outputting signals, the communication port 211 for communicating with the printer, the image sensor I
An image input unit 221 for inputting the image signal read in S, an input image memory 212 for storing the image data input and processed by the image input unit 221, and editing of image data for printout. An image output unit 222 for performing processing is connected.

The input / output interface 210 is connected to an operation panel OP, an internal panel IP, various sensors 50, drive circuits for a motor, a filter, a lens, and a mirror, a lamp control circuit, and other circuits. ..

The display controller 231 is provided with a Kanji ROM 232 and a VRAM via the AGDC data bus 205.
A display output unit 250 for performing an editing process for displaying the image data stored in the (video RAM) 240 and the VRAM 240 on the display device 12 is connected.

The VRAM 240 is composed of color separated R, G,
Three image planes for image data of each color of B, and two character planes C1 and C2 for fixed display elements such as button Z and moving display elements such as a cursor and a trimming frame, for a total of five. It has a plane.

The image data stored in the input image memory 212 is transferred and stored under the control of the display controller 231 in each of the R, G, and B image planes of the VRAM 240. According to the command, a part of the image data is cut out, enlarged, or reduced.

FIG. 9 shows the image processing unit 3 of the control unit 200.
It is the block diagram which showed 00 along the flow of data.
The image processing unit 300 includes the image input unit 221, the image output unit 222, the display output unit 250, and the memory 307 described above.

The image input unit 221 includes an amplification conversion unit 301 and a position correction unit 30 for the image signal of each color of R, G and B.
2, lookup table 303, gamma correction unit 304
have.

The amplification conversion unit 301 includes a video amplifier 321 having an amplification factor set by a voltage signal output from the DA converter 323, an AD converter 322 for performing quantization and converting into image data, and an AD converter 322. It has a DA converter 325 for giving a reference voltage, and a correction memory 324 for outputting data for shading correction to the DA converter 325 in synchronization with a pixel clock.

Data relating to the amplification factor is input from the CPU 201 to the DA converter 323 via the CPU data bus 204. As this data, the maximum value and the minimum value for each of the R, G, and B color components are extracted in advance based on a predetermined number of image data read by the preliminary scanning while the amplification factor is set to a predetermined value. , From its maximum value,
An amplification factor is obtained such that the maximum value becomes a predetermined value, and the obtained amplification factor is set. The video amplifier 321 can correct the difference in the sensitivity and the exposure condition among the colors R, G, B due to the difference in the type of the film F.

The position correction unit 302 includes an image sensor I
Correct the position difference between R, G, and B of S. That is, in the image sensor IS, the pixel lines for one line of each color of R, G, B are arranged in parallel with each other at a predetermined interval, so that the image data is delayed by delaying the image data by an amount corresponding to the interval. Make a match.

The lookup table 303 includes a CPU
Data is written from the CPU 201 via the data bus 204, and normalization processing is performed to make the amplitude of output data constant with respect to input data. By combining with the operation of the video amplifier 321, the difference in the type of the film F and the exposure condition can be corrected without requiring a special memory. It should be noted that these corrections are not performed in the case of a positive film, and are not performed even in the case of a negative film when the balance of the maximum value and the minimum value of R, G, B exceeds a predetermined range. , CPU 201.

The gamma correction unit 304 performs data correction processing, gamma correction processing, negative / positive reversal processing, etc., depending on the difference in negative / positive of the film F. The image data VD4 output from the gamma correction unit 304 is input to the image output unit 222 and the memory 307.

In the image output section 222, the color adjusting section 3
By 05, the feedback of the color adjustment processing using the color CRT and the correction processing for adjusting the output image data to the printer are performed.
6, the image data is electrically scaled in the main scanning direction and moved.

The memory 307 is a combination of the input image memory 212 shown in FIG. 8, a VRAM 240, and a display controller 231 for transferring data between them. That is, the image data VD4 output from the image input unit 221 is first directly input to the input image memory 2 as it is.
Stored in 12. The image data stored in the input image memory 212 is held as it is until the next new image is read by the image sensor IS. Then, depending on the contents of the editing process such as trimming, scaling, and moving,
Part or all of the image data stored in the input image memory 212 is enlarged or reduced to an appropriate magnification and then VRAM 2
The transferred data is read out as needed, and the transferred data is read out as necessary and output to the display output unit 250 as image data VD7.

In the display output unit 250, the color adjusting unit 3
By 08, the feedback of the color adjustment processing using the color CRT and the correction processing for adjusting the output image data to the display device 12 are performed.
Processing for synthesizing image data of each plane of the VRAM 240 is performed by 09, converted into an analog signal by the DA converter 310, and a video signal of each color of R, G, B is output to the display device 12.

FIG. 10 shows the scaling unit 3 of the image processing unit 300.
11 is a diagram showing an example of a circuit of No. 06, and FIG.
Timing diagram showing the signal state during enlargement processing by
2 is a timing chart showing a signal state at the time of reduction processing by the scaling moving unit 306.

The scaling moving unit 306 has a memory 335 for writing the image data VD5 and a read operation for the image data VD6, a write address counter 332 for generating an address for writing to the memory 335, and a read address from the memory 335. A read address counter 333 that generates an address, a comparison unit 334, and a clock control unit 33.
It consists of 1. The image data VD6 is read from the memory 335 in synchronization with the pixel clock SYNC.

The clock controller 331 uses the reference clock S
A write clock WCK and a read clock RCK are generated based on CLK and magnification data (Mag Data) input from the CPU 201.

At the time of writing, the write address counter 332 sets the clock W for writing with "0" as an initial value.
CK is counted and the count value is output as an address. At the time of reading, the read address counter 333 counts the clock RCK for reading with the value of the moving data (Mov.Data) as an initial value, and outputs the count value as an address.

At the time of enlargement, as shown in FIG. 11, the cycle of the read clock RCK becomes longer in accordance with the magnification (enlargement magnification), which delays the change of the address value at the time of reading, and the memory 335 stores pixels. Clock SYN
The same data is read a plurality of times by C, and enlargement processing is performed. In the example of FIG. 11, the size is doubled.

At the time of reduction, as shown in FIG. 12, the cycle of the write clock WCK becomes longer in accordance with the magnification (reduction magnification), which delays the change of the address value at the time of writing and thins out the image data. It is written and written in the memory 335. The thinned image data is the pixel clock S
Since it is read by the YNC, the reduction processing is performed. In the example of FIG. 12, the size is reduced to half.

Since the read address output from the read address counter 333 starts from the value of the moving data input thereto, the image moves left and right according to the value of the moving data. In addition, when the read address counter 333 performs the subtraction operation by the clock RCK, a mirror image of the original image is obtained.

Repeat data (Repeat Dat)
When a) is input, when the count value reaches the value of the repeat data, the recount signal (Load) is output from the comparison unit 334 and the movement data is set as the initial value of the read address counter 333. , Restart the count from that value. As a result, the address from the value of the moving data to the value of the repeat data is repeatedly output, and the data stored at that address is repeatedly read from the memory 335. This operation is performed during reduced continuous shooting.

As a basic operation of the film scanner 1 configured as described above, when simply printing out a film image, the print key 74 is turned on after the film F is mounted. As a result, the film image is read and the image information corresponding to the film image is output to the external printer. In this case, the read image is not displayed.

When the output image is monitored prior to printout, or when image editing such as trimming, enlargement, reduction, or color tone adjustment is performed, the image input key 73 is pressed after the film F is mounted. Turn on. As a result, the film image is read and the read image is displayed on the screen HG of the display device 12.
When the print key 74 is turned on after performing the image editing setting operation while observing the displayed image, the film image is read again, and the set editing process is performed on the read image data. Will be printed out.

In the film scanner 1 of this embodiment, when the cursor CU is in the image display area E1, the trimming mode is set with the same effect as when the trimming button Z2 is pressed. That is, simply by moving the cursor CU into the image display area E1, the trimming mode is automatically set and the trimming area can be designated, and the cursor CU is moved to the image display area E1.
When the button Z is moved to outside (i.e., the operation display area E2), the trimming mode is canceled and each button Z can be selected.

Further, the cursor CU indicates the image display area E1.
When it is inside, it is displayed in a shape for trimming mode such as a cross shape, and when it is in the operation display area E2, it is displayed in an arrow shape for mode selection. by this,
The operator can easily recognize whether or not the trimming mode is set.

Here, the procedure of the operation related to the trimming mode will be described. When the operator wants to trim a film image, the operator displays the film image in the image display area E1 on the screen HG as described above, and then uses the trackball 71 and the enter key 72 to select two points. By specifying the trimming area.

That is, first, as shown in FIG. 13A, the cursor CU is moved to a point P1 which is one apex of the trimming area, and the enter key 72 is turned on. After that, when the cursor CU is moved, as shown in FIG. 13B, a rectangular trimming frame TF having a diagonal point between the point P1 and the cursor position is displayed. The trimming frame TF is deformed according to the movement of the cursor CU.

Therefore, the enter key 72 is turned on in a state where the trimming frame TF matches the area to be trimmed. As a result, the area surrounded by the trimming frame TF is designated as the trimming area.

After that, when it is desired to change the position of the trimming area, the enter key 72 is turned on with the cursor CU displayed in the trimming frame TF. Then, the trimming frame TF can be moved. Therefore, by operating the trackball 71 in this state, the trimming frame TF moves without being deformed in conjunction with the cursor CU. The operator appropriately moves the trimming frame TF to set the trimming area to an arbitrary position.

When the trimming area is determined, in order to confirm the trimmed image (trimmed image), the output confirmation button Z5 is pressed to enter the output confirmation mode.
Then, of the image data stored in the input image memory 212, the data of the portion corresponding to the trimming area is transferred to the VRAM 240 and displayed on the screen HG.

At this time, for example, when the normal copy image is displayed, the designated output paper is displayed in white in the image display area E1 of the screen HG, and the trimming image is arranged and displayed in the center of the paper. When the paper is a standard paper, the trimmed image is automatically scaled and displayed so that the trimmed image is maximized in the paper. Therefore,
When the size of the trimming area is changed, the magnification (magnification) M is automatically changed. Further, when the paper size is changed, the magnification M and the size of the trimming image are automatically changed in association with it. When the output size or the magnification M of the trimming image is designated, the trimming image is displayed in a size corresponding to that.

In the film scanner 1 of this embodiment,
The film image read by the image sensor IS is vertically (main scanning direction) 4 regardless of the type of film.
It has pixels of 096 dots and horizontal (sub scanning direction) 6144 dots, and its aspect ratio is 1: 1.5. On the other hand, the aspect ratio of standard paper is 1: 1.41, so
Only the portion corresponding to 5792 dots in the horizontal center of the film image is printed, and 172 dots in the horizontal direction at both ends are deleted.

The magnification M at the time of printing out is such that one pixel of the film image is set to one pixel of the printer without electrically varying the pixel of the read film image.
The same size is used when printing out corresponding to dots. Therefore, for example, when a film image is printed out at the same size by a printer of 400 dpi, an image of about 25 × 36 cm is obtained regardless of the kind (size) of film. The magnification of the optical system can be changed according to the type of film.

On the other hand, the magnification for display on the screen HG (magnification for display: Mdisp) is the size on the paper (m
It is represented by the ratio (dot / mm) of the number of pixels (dots) on the screen HG to m).

That is, as shown in FIG. 14, the pixel configuration of the image display area E1 of the screen HG is 297 dots vertically and 4 pixels horizontally.
The display magnification is Mdi based on the assumption that 20 dots are set and one pixel on the screen HG corresponds to 1 mm on the paper.
sp is defined. Therefore, the display magnification Mdisp
Is 1: 1 in the image display area E1,
420 mm wide paper will be displayed. This is A
Standard paper of 3T (where T is arranged in the vertical direction, that is, the longitudinal direction of the paper coincides with the sub-scanning direction, in which case the longitudinal direction of the paper coincides with the lateral direction of the screen HG). This means that the image is fully displayed in the image display area E1.

Therefore, when the output paper size is A3T, that is, when the display magnification Mdisp is the same size, the film image read with 4096 × 6144 dots is displayed on the screen HG with 297 × 420 dots. Therefore, from the input image memory 212 to the VRAM 240
When transferring image data to
To 297 minutes.

For vertical papers other than A3T, the display magnification Mdisp = (A3T paper size / selected paper size). For example, when displaying A1T paper in the image display area E1, the display magnification Mdisp
Becomes "1/2".

When the output sheets are arranged in the horizontal direction, the standard size sheet of A4Y (Y indicates that the sheets are arranged in the horizontal direction) is used as a reference. Therefore, the display magnification Mdisp
Is the same size, the vertical portion 297 of the central portion of the image display area E1 is
Dot, 210 dots wide, 297 mm long, 210 m wide
The m4 A4Y standard paper is displayed. A4Y
For other papers in the horizontal direction, the display magnification Mdisp
= (A4Y paper size / selected paper size)

Next, the control unit 2 when trimming is performed
An example of the processing of 00 will be described. FIG. 15 is a diagram showing a trimming editing screen G0 and confirmation screens G1, G2. The coordinates in the image display area E1 on the screen HG are set to 1 in the downward direction (main scanning direction) and the left direction (sub scanning direction) with the origin (0, 0) at the upper right end of the image display area E1. It increases by "1" per dot. That is, the coordinates of the lower left corner of the image display area E1 are (296, 419).

Trimming / editing screen G0 of FIG. 15 (a)
As shown in FIG. 7, in the film image FI having a size of A3T that is displayed in the image display area E1, the trimming frame TF is changed to the points TP1 (6, 133) and TP2.
It is assumed that the trimming image TI is determined by designating two points (212, 311). At this time, the number of dots on the screen HG of the trimming image TI is 20.
It is 6 × 178 dots. A3T standard size paper is designated as the output paper size.

When the output confirmation mode is entered by pressing the output confirmation button Z5, a confirmation screen G1 as shown in FIG. 15B is displayed.
Is displayed. On the confirmation screen G1, the trimmed image TI0 is 1.44 in both vertical and horizontal directions (= 297/206).
The image is enlarged twice and is displayed as a trimmed image TI1 in the vertical direction of the image display area E1 so that the trimmed image TI1 is displayed as white paper on both sides of the image display area E1 other than the trimmed image TI1.

The state displayed on the confirmation screen G1 faithfully represents the actual relationship between the paper and the image when the print key 74 is turned on and printed out. It is possible to easily confirm whether or not the hard copy image can be obtained, and misprinting can be prevented.

When the size of the trimming image TI1 to be printed out is directly designated, the trimming image TI1 of the designated size is displayed in the center of the image display area E1 on the confirmation screen G1 and Printing of the displayed state is performed.

When it is desired to change the size or position of the trimming image TI1 while the confirmation screen G1 is displayed, the enter key 72 is turned on to enter the re-trimming processing mode, and the original trimming mode shown in FIG. The image is displayed on the screen HG, and the trimming frame TF0 can be moved and changed on the screen HG. After that, the confirmation screen G1 is displayed again as the output confirmation mode, and by repeating these, the trimming as desired by the operator can be easily performed without mistake.

By the way, as shown in FIG. 15A, the two points TP1 (6, 6, which are initially designated on the screen HG.
133) and the point TP2 (212, 311) are taken into consideration in consideration of the fact that 172 dots in the horizontal direction at both ends are deleted on the film image FI0 at the time of reading from the film. 6 x 4096/29
7), 2006 (= 172 + 133 × 4096/29)
7)] and the point [2924 (= 212 × 4096/29
7), 4461 (= 172 + 311 × 4096/29)
7)]. Also, 1 dot on the screen HG is 4
About 1 for a printer of 00 dpi (about 16 dots / mm)
Equivalent to 6 dots. Therefore, the two points (0, 82) (296, 338) of the trimming image TI1 on the confirmation screen G1 shown in FIG. 15B are the points (0, 1312) when represented by dots on the A3T paper. (47
52, 5408).

Therefore, such a trimmed image T
In order to print out I1 on A3T paper, the scaling moving unit 306 of the image output unit 222 performs the following processing. That is, the first 1311 lines (one line is one pixel row in the vertical direction of the film image) outputs "white" data, and the 1312th line data is the 2006th line of the image data VD5 of the read film image. The data of 83-2924 dots is electrically scaled to 1.67 [= 4752 / (2924-83)] times in the vertical direction (main scanning direction) and output, and the data of the 1313th to 5408th lines is vertically output. And 1.67 in the horizontal direction (main / sub scanning direction)
The data is scaled to double and output, and "white" data is output from the 5409th line onward.

Further, when the trimming image TI0 is determined as shown in FIG. 15A and the standard paper of A4Y is designated as the output paper size, as shown in FIG. 15C on the confirmation screen G2, Enlarged trimmed image T
I2 is displayed in the center of the A4Y paper area in the image display area E1.

Further, in the film scanner 1 of this embodiment, the trimmed image TI0 can be freely moved within the range of the output paper, and can be laid out at any position on the paper and printed out. The state of the layout can be displayed on the screen HG.

For example, after determining the trimming image TI0 as shown in FIG. 15A, the trimming image TI0 is determined.
To arrange 0 on the upper right side of the output paper, for example, specify the output size of the trimming image TI0 and
When the cursor CU is moved to the desired position in the output confirmation mode and the enter key 72 is turned on, the trimming image TI3 is displayed at that position as shown in the confirmation screen G3 in FIG. In the confirmation screen G3, the image display area E1 is equal to the standard size sheet of A3T, and the trimming image TI3 is displayed on the upper right side.

Further, in the confirmation screen G3, the position of the cursor CU when the enter key 72 is turned on is displayed as a window WD in the empty space on the right side of the operation display area E2. At this time, in the window WD, the position of the cursor CU is converted into a coordinate position on the output paper and displayed as a numerical value.

Therefore, since the position of the trimming image TI3 can be known not only by the sense but also by the numerical value, the position of the trimming image TI3 can be precisely adjusted, and the occurrence of miscopy can be further improved. It can be surely prevented. In addition, in displaying the moved image and displaying the position of the cursor CU, the display magnification Md
Correction is performed in consideration of isp.

Next, based on the flow chart, the CPU 2
The control operation by 01 will be described. Figure 17 is CPU
20 is a main flowchart showing a schematic operation of 201.

When the power is turned on and the program is started, first, the initial setting for initializing the state of the memory etc. is performed (step # 1), and the screen H of the display device 12 is displayed.
The initial screen is displayed on G (step # 2), and the process for shading correction in the image input unit 221 is performed (step # 3).

Next, it is checked whether or not the film image is being read (step # 4).
An image reading process (step # 5) for controlling signal processing by the image input unit 221, a sub-scanning process for scanning and reading a film image by the image sensor IS (step # 6), and a color correction process (step # 7). )
Are sequentially executed.

Subsequently, it is checked whether or not the current reading is for printout (step # 8).
That is, it is checked whether or not the reading is in response to the print key 74 being turned on.

If YES in step # 8, the image data transfer process for outputting the image information to the printer is executed (step # 9). If NO in step # 8, the read image is displayed. The image display process is executed (step # 10).

Then, the stop key 75 is checked for on (step # 11), and if the stop key 75 is turned on, read stop processing is executed (step # 11).
12). Then, communication processing with the printer is performed (step # 13), and the process returns to step # 4.

If the answer is NO in step # 4, the film carrier process for detecting the presence / absence of the film F and the type of film (step # 14), the cursor input process related to the position designation by the cursor CU (step #
15) and a panel key input process (step # 16) for accepting a key operation on the operation panel OP are sequentially executed, and then the process proceeds to step # 13.

18 and 19 are flowcharts of cursor input processing. First, cursor position detection processing is performed (step # 20). In the cursor position detection process,
The coordinate position of the cursor CU on the screen HG at that time is detected. Based on the detection result, it is checked whether or not the position of the cursor CU is within the image display area E1 (step # 21).

If YES in step # 21, the trimming mode is set (set), and the cursor CU has a shape for trimming mode (steps # 22 and # 23). If the answer is NO in step # 21, the trimming mode is released (reset), and the cursor CU is set to the shape for mode selection (steps # 24 and #).
25).

Next, an on-check of the enter key 72 is performed (step # 26). When the enter key 72 is turned on, the coordinate value (cursor pointer) corresponding to the position of the cursor CU at that time is loaded (step # 2).
7).

By checking the output confirmation flag, it is determined whether or not the output confirmation button Z5 has been turned on, that is, whether or not after the output confirmation (step # 2).
8). If the output has not been confirmed (Yes in step # 28), it is checked whether or not the trimming mode is set (step # 29). If the trimming mode is set, trimming area setting processing is executed (step # 30).
If it is not the trimming mode, the mode setting process for setting the operation mode corresponding to the selection of each button Z is executed (step # 31).

After confirming the output (NO in step # 28), it is checked whether or not the trimming mode is set (step # 32), and in the trimming mode, re-trimming for resetting the trimming area. The process is executed (step # 33).

If it is not the trimming mode, it is determined whether or not the position of the cursor CU when the enter key 72 is turned on, that is, the value of the fetched cursor pointer is within the image display area E1 (step # 34). Image display area E
If it is within 1, the cursor position display processing is performed (step # 35), and the image movement processing is performed (step # 36). If it is outside the image display area E1, mode setting processing is performed (step # 37).

20 and 21 are flowcharts showing the mode setting process. It is determined which button Z is the input by discriminating the area of the cursor pointer (steps # 41 and 42), and the mode corresponding to each button Z is set and necessary processing is performed (step # 43). ~ 72).

In the image adjustment submenu process (step # 44), image density setting or color balance adjustment is performed. In the trimming frame default setting process (step # 47), the default value of the trimming frame is set,
In the trimming area setting process (step # 48), the trimming area is set. The other mode incompatible with the reduced continuous shooting mode reset process (step # 52) is reset, and the enlarged continuous shooting sub-menu process (step # 53).
Specifies the size of enlarged continuous shooting. The enlarged continuous shooting mode reset process (step # 56) resets the other incompatible mode, and the reduced continuous shooting submenu process (step # 57) specifies the output mode.

In the output confirmation mode process (step # 62), the relationship between the image to be printed out and the paper is displayed on the screen H.
Display on G. In the output size submenu process (step # 65), the size of the paper to be output is set. In the all flag reset process (step # 69), all currently set modes are reset, and in the initial screen display process (step # 70), the initial screen is displayed. In the user setting process (step # 72), the user sets a work environment such as an initial mode at reset or a mode memory. When the button Z is not input, the process is not performed and the process returns.

FIG. 22 is a flowchart of the trimming area setting process. First, it is checked whether the area setting flag is set (step # 81). In the case of YES in step # 81, the trimming area has already been set, and in this case, the following processing relating to the movement of the trimming area is executed.

That is, the area of the cursor pointer is determined (step # 82), and when the cursor pointer corresponds to the inside of the trimming area, the trimming frame TF is moved on the screen HG according to the operation of the trackball 71. The trimming frame moving process is repeatedly executed until the enter key 72 is turned on (steps # 83 to 85).

When the enter key 72 is turned on, the operation for moving the trimming frame is completed. Therefore, the process proceeds to step # 86, and the magnification M is set according to the size of the trimming area and the paper size. Continued Step # 87
Then, the amount of movement of the image for printing out at a predetermined position on the sheet is set according to the position of the trimming area.

If the answer is NO in step # 81, the following processing relating to the new setting of the trimming area is executed. First, a process of displaying a quadrangle having the designated first point in the image display area E1 and the second point at the cursor position as a diagonal point as a trimming frame TF (step # 88).
At this time, the trimming frame TF is deformed corresponding to the movement of the second point accompanying the cursor movement operation as described above.

After that, when the enter key 72 is turned on to confirm the second point, the area setting flag is set,
The pointers at the four corners of the trimming frame at that time are fetched (steps # 89-91).

FIG. 23 is a flowchart of the trimming frame moving process. First, the amount of movement of the cursor CU in the X direction (horizontal direction of the screen) and the Y direction (vertical direction of the screen) is calculated as the amount of movement of the trimming frame TF based on the cursor pointer captured last time and the current cursor pointer. (Step # 101).

Next, by comparing the coordinate values of the left, right, upper, and lower edges of the trimming frame TF at the present time with the movement amount and the coordinate values of the left, right, upper, and lower edges of the image display area E1. When the trimming frame TF is moved by the movement amount, it is checked whether or not the trimming frame TF protrudes from the image display area E1 (step # 102).

If the trimming frame TF extends, the amount of movement is corrected so that the trimming frame TF fits within the image display area E1 (step # 103). Subsequently, the coordinate values of the four corners of the trimming frame TF after the movement are calculated by adding the movement amount corrected as necessary to the coordinate value of the trimming frame TF at the present time (step # 104).

Then, the processing for displaying the trimming frame TF after the movement (step # 105), and the trimming frame T
Cursor selection processing (step # 106) for displaying a cursor CU having a shape having an arrow in a predetermined direction according to the position of F is executed.

FIG. 24 is a flowchart of the output confirmation mode process. Set the output confirmation flag (step # 1
11), depending on the mode at that time, normal copy image display (step # 113), enlarged continuous image display (step # 114), reduced continuous image display (step # 11)
Perform 5).

FIG. 25 is a flowchart of the re-trimming process. The re-trimming process is performed when the trimming area is changed after confirming the output. First, the output confirmation flag is reset (step # 121), the entire film image is displayed (step # 122), and the trimming frame TF previously set is displayed overlaid on it (step # 122).
123).

Trimming frame correction processing is performed based on the displayed trimming frame TF (step # 12).
4). The trimming frame correction flag is checked, and the trimming frame correction process is repeated until the trimming frame correction process is completed (step # 125). While the trimming frame is being modified, the trimming menu MT shown in FIG. 7B is displayed on the screen HG.

FIG. 26 is a flowchart of the trimming frame correction processing. First, a trimming frame correction flag indicating that the trimming frame is being modified is set (step #
131). The area of the cursor pointer is determined, and the position of the cursor CU when the enter key 72 is turned on is determined (step # 132).

If the cursor pointer is at the position of the buttons Z11 to Z14, the processing corresponding to the type is performed. That is, if it is the enlargement button Z11, the process of enlarging the trimming frame TF is performed (step # 135), and the reduction button Z1.
If it is 2, the trimming frame TF is reduced (step # 136), and if it is the cancel button Z13, the trimming frame TF is hidden (step # 1).
37), if the end button is Z14, the trimming frame correction flag is reset (step # 138). When the processing for changing the trimming frame is performed, the magnification M is changed, so that the magnification setting processing for calculating the magnification M is performed (step # 139).

If the cursor pointer is not the buttons Z11 to Z14, it is judged whether or not it is within the trimming frame TF (step # 141), and if it is within the trimming frame TF, trimming frame moving processing is performed (step # 142).

FIG. 27 is a flowchart of the image moving process. First, the position of the currently displayed image is obtained (step # 151). Next, the currently set mode is determined (step # 152), and if it is the normal copy mode, the movable range in the normal copy mode, that is, the value of the currently selected paper size is set (step # 153). ), If it is in the enlarged continuous shooting mode, the movable range during the enlarged continuous shooting, that is, the value for the number of output sheets of the currently selected paper size is set (step # 154). A movable range at the time of copying, that is, a value determined by the currently selected paper size and the number of paper divisions is set (step # 155).

Next, based on the previously fetched cursor pointer and the current cursor pointer, the cursor C
The amount of movement of U in the X and Y directions is calculated as the amount of movement of the image (step # 156).

Subsequently, a value obtained by adding the movement amount to the coordinate values of the left, right, top, and bottom edges of the current image, and step # 153-.
By comparing with the coordinate values of the left, right, upper, and lower edges of the movable range set by any of 155, it is checked whether the image moves out of the movable range when the image is moved by the moving amount. (Step # 157).

When the image is projected, the movement amount is corrected so that the image is within the movable range (step # 1).
58). Then, the corrected moving amount is added to the coordinate value of the image at the present time to calculate the coordinate values of the four corners of the moved image, and the frame representing the position is displayed (step # 159).

These processes are repeated until the enter key 72 is turned on, and a frame indicating the destination of the image is displayed as the cursor CU moves. After that, when the enter key 72 is turned on (Yes in step # 160), the frame of the image is erased and the image is displayed instead of this (step # 161).

FIG. 28 is a flowchart of the cursor position display processing. The cursor position display processing is for converting the position of the cursor CU when the enter key 72 is turned on into a position (length) on the paper and displaying the numerical value.

If it is not in the enlarged continuous shooting mode (NO in step # 171), since one dot on the screen HG corresponds to 1 mm on the paper, the coordinate value of the cursor CU (screen H
The number of dots on G) is directly displayed as the position on the paper (step # 173).

In the case of the enlarged continuous shooting mode (YES in step # 171), correction is performed by multiplying the coordinate value of the cursor CU by the reciprocal of the display magnification Mdisp (step # 1).
72) and display it (step # 173).

For example, two sheets of A0 size paper (168
When 0 × 1188 mm) is displayed on the screen HG (420 × 297 dots), it is 4 mm for one pixel on the screen HG, so the display magnification Mdisp is “1”.
/ 4 ”. Therefore, in this case, for example, in the lower left corner (420, 297) of the image display area E1, each coordinate value is multiplied by 4, and X = 1680 (mm), Y =
It is displayed as 1188 (mm).

In the above embodiment, the output confirmation button Z
5 is the trimming button Z on the confirmation input means D1 of the present invention.
2 and the cursor CU in the image display area E1, the enter key 72 is stored in the change input means D2 of the present invention, the control unit 200 is stored in the display control means A and the trimming area setting means C in the input image memory 212. The input image data corresponds to the input image data.

In the above embodiment, the confirmation screen G1,
Although the trimmed image is enlarged in 2, the trimmed image may be deleted and only the trimmed image may be displayed. Configuration of the control unit 200, operation timing, processing content,
The contents and order of the flowchart, the configuration of the screen HG, the configuration of the film scanner 1 and the like can be variously changed other than those described above.

[0128]

According to the present invention, when setting the trimming area, the state of the trimmed image can be easily confirmed, and the trimmed image can be easily changed if it is not as desired. Therefore, when trimming is performed, it is possible to prevent the occurrence of miscopy due to the trimmed image not being the desired one.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view showing an overview of a film scanner according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a front view of a truck provided on the main body of the film scanner.

FIG. 4 is a front view of various film carriers.

FIG. 5 is a front view of an operation panel.

FIG. 6 is a front view of an internal panel.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a display example of a screen.

FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a control unit of the film scanner.

FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing an image processing unit of the control unit along a data flow.

FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of a circuit of a scaling moving unit of the image processing unit.

FIG. 11 is a timing chart showing a signal state at the time of enlargement processing by the variable power moving unit.

FIG. 12 is a timing diagram showing a signal state at the time of reduction processing by the variable power moving unit.

FIG. 13 is a diagram showing a procedure for designating a trimming frame.

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing a pixel configuration of an image display area on a screen.

FIG. 15 is a diagram showing a trimming editing screen and a confirmation screen.

FIG. 16 is a diagram showing another example of the confirmation screen.

FIG. 17 is a main flowchart showing a schematic operation of the CPU.

FIG. 18 is a flowchart of cursor input processing.

FIG. 19 is a flowchart of cursor input processing.

FIG. 20 is a flowchart showing a mode setting process.

FIG. 21 is a flowchart showing a mode setting process.

FIG. 22 is a flowchart of a trimming area setting process.

FIG. 23 is a flowchart of a trimming frame moving process.

FIG. 24 is a flowchart of output confirmation mode processing.

FIG. 25 is a flowchart of re-trimming processing.

FIG. 26 is a flowchart of trimming frame correction processing.

FIG. 27 is a flowchart of image movement processing.

FIG. 28 is a flowchart of cursor position display processing.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 film scanner (image editing device) 12 display device 200 control unit (input image display control means, frame display control means, confirmation screen display control means, trimming area setting means) Z2 trimming button (change input means) Z5 output confirmation button ( Confirmation input means) HG screen G0 Trimming edit screen G1, G2, G3 confirmation screen

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Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A trimming edit screen including an input image and a trimming region display for the input image is displayed on a screen of a display device, and the trimming region can be changed while the trimming edit screen is displayed. In the configured image editing device, a confirmation screen display control means for displaying a trimming image which is an image in the trimming area on the screen of the display device as a confirmation screen, the trimming editing screen and the confirmation screen. An image editing apparatus comprising one or a plurality of input means for switching and displaying on a screen of the display device. 2. An input image display control means for displaying an input image on a screen of a display device, a trimming area setting means for setting or changing a trimming area for the image, and a trimming frame showing the trimming area. Frame display control means for displaying the image on the screen of the display device so as to be superimposed on the image, confirmation input means for outputting a signal for confirming the trimming image which is the image in the trimming area, and the confirmation input means A confirmation screen display control means for displaying the trimmed image as a confirmation screen on the screen of the display device in response to a signal from the display device. The image and the trimming frame are displayed on the screen of the display device, and the trimming area is displayed. Image editing apparatus characterized by being configured to be able to change the trimming region by setting means.