JPH0533580B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to an image processing method for outputting electronically read image information.

[Conventional technology]

When outputting an electronically read image using a printer or the like, it may be necessary to divide and output part of the image information.

For example, when the contents of family registers and resident records are electronically read and stored, when outputting a family register extract or resident record that requires only the head of the household and the person to be copied, rather than all members. .

In such cases, conventionally, electronically read image information is stored in the image memory with an index for each section of information, and when the information is divided and output, the boundaries of the divided sections are Areas near the line may be included in only one part, and the output image may be incomplete.

Figure 4 shows an example of this. If a continuous table as shown in a is stored in the image memory and part A is to be divided and output, the contents of A are output as they are. However, when outputting parts B and C, the boundary line is in another memory area, so the output is without a boundary line,
The output image will be incomplete (Fig. 4 b -
(see d).

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

The present invention aims to solve the problem of incomplete image output with conventional methods, and provides a method that can obtain a more complete image even if the image is divided and output. The purpose is to

[Means for solving problems]

The image processing device of the present invention includes a document reading section that reads image information of a document, an image memory that stores the image information read by the document reading section, and a designated area based on the image information stored in the image memory. An image processing device comprising a processing unit that reads out image information of the document, and an image output device that outputs the image information read by the processing unit as an image, the image processing device including a boundary that divides the image information of the document into a plurality of sections. The processor includes boundary data storage means for storing data, and partition designation means for designating one partition to be outputted from the plurality of partitions, and the processing section stores the boundary data of the boundary data storage means and the partition specification means. The present invention is characterized in that image information of an area consisting of a designated division and a minute width of a division adjacent to the designated division is read out based on the division information.

Further, in the image processing method of the present invention, the image information of the document is read by the document reading section, the image information read by the document reading section is stored in an image memory, and the image information of the document is divided into a plurality of sections. Boundary data is stored in a boundary data storage means, one partition to be outputted from the plurality of partitions is specified by a partition designation unit, and a processing unit combines the boundary data in the boundary data storage unit and the partition information in the partition designation unit. The present invention is characterized in that image information of an area consisting of a designated section based on the designated section and a minute width portion of a section adjacent to the designated section is read out from the image memory and output as an image by an image output device.

[Effect]

In the present invention, image information of a document such as a family register or a residence card is read by a document reading section and stored in an image memory. Further, the image information of the document is stored in a boundary data storage means that divides the image information into a plurality of sections. When one section to be output from a plurality of sections is specified by the section specifying means, the processing unit selects the specified section and this specification based on the boundary data in the boundary data storage means and the section information in the section specifying means. The image information of the area consisting of the divided section and the minute width portion of the adjacent section is read out from the image memory and output as an image by the image output device.

〔Example〕

The present invention will be explained below based on specific examples. Figure 1 is an explanatory diagram schematically representing the contents of the image memory.
Continuous image information is stored up to the ME column. In the MB column and the MC column, delimiters (for example, partition lines) of image information are stored, respectively. From MA to MB, the content of image information A is displayed, from the MB+1 column to the MC column, the content of image information B is displayed, and from MC+
The contents of image information C are recorded in columns 1 to ME.

In the present invention, for example, when outputting the contents of image information B, the last part of information A and the first part of information C are simultaneously output before and after the output image, so that the contents of information B are completely This is to ensure that it is output to . Specifically, when outputting part A is specified, the contents from (MA) to (MB+W) (W is the minute width of the column) are output, and when outputting part B is specified, (MB-W). The contents of ~(MC+W) are output, and when the output of part C is specified, the contents of (MC-W) ~(ME) are output.

As a result, the output of parts A and B is
The parts from (MB-W) to (MB+W) are output in duplicate. In other words, the image of this portion (boundary portion) is included in both outputs A and B, and there will be no missing portion of the boundary portion.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the hardware configuration for implementing the present invention, in which 1 is a document reading unit;
Reference numeral 2 is a CPU, 3 is a full memory section for the original, 4 is a partial memory section, 5 is an image output device such as a printer, 6 is an operation section, and 7 is the original.

When reading an image, the CPU 2 optically reads the original image using the reading unit 1, decomposes it into pixels, converts it into digital signals of "0" and "1", and stores the image in the memory 3. Write to area. At this time, the identification data indicating the boundary in the image signal can be input manually using the operation unit 6, or if the position of the boundary is known in advance, the column address can be stored in a ROM, etc. Let them make their own decisions.

Or, if the data in a certain column in the image memory is all "1" (black in the image), it can be determined and automatically display which column in the memory area is the border line. Make it.

When outputting an image, by specifying the range of the image to be output using the operation unit 6, it is possible to check whether the specified area is the first of the continuous images (portion A in Figure 1). If it is the first one, that part is partially read into the memory 4.
When that part is finished, a minute width part (width W in FIG. 1) of the next area is also read. When reading is completed, the image is output to the image output device 5.
If the specified output area is not the first of a series of images, a part of the small width part of the area before the first is read into the memory 4, then the image of the specified area is read, and finally the next small width part is read. It is read and output to the image output device 5 when it is completed.

FIG. 3 shows an example of output according to the present invention, and when an image as shown in a is divided and output, outputs as shown in b to d will be obtained.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As described above, according to the present invention, when a part of a continuous image is divided and output, the information of the small width parts before and after is also outputted redundantly, so that each output image is made more complete. This has the effect of being able to

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a memory area in an image memory according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating an overview of the configuration of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of an output image according to the present invention. FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of divided images according to the conventional method. 1: Reading section, 2: CPU, 3: Full memory,
4: Partial memory, 5: Image output device, 6: Operation unit, 7: Original.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. A document reading unit that reads image information of a document, an image memory that stores image information read by the document reading unit, and an area that is designated from the image information stored in the image memory. An image processing device comprising a processing unit that reads image information and an image output device that outputs the image information read by the processing unit as an image, the image processing device including boundary data that divides the image information of the document into a plurality of sections. boundary data storage means for storing, and partition designation means for specifying one partition to be output from the plurality of partitions,
The processing unit generates an image of an area consisting of a specified section and a minute width portion of a section adjacent to the specified section, based on the boundary data of the boundary data storage means and the section information of the section specifying means. An image processing device characterized by reading information. 2. Reading the image information of the document by the document reading section, storing the image information read by the document reading section in an image memory, and storing boundary data for dividing the image information of the document into a plurality of sections in the boundary data storage means. The partition specifying means specifies one partition to be outputted from the plurality of partitions, and the processing unit selects the specified partition and this partition based on the boundary data in the boundary data storage means and the partition information in the partition specification means. An image processing method, comprising: reading out image information of an area consisting of a designated section and a minute width portion of an adjacent section from the image memory and outputting the readout image as an image by an image output device.