JPH06162093A - Image processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily find required parts in a page. CONSTITUTION:Picture data in the unit of page is registered in a document information storage section 30. A marker coordinate decision section 15 decides the coordinate data at a position to give the picture data a marker. A document retrieval section 11 retrieves picture data registered in the storage section 30 and displays them on a display device 3. A marker mark display section 17 synthesizes and displays the marker stored in a marker mark data storage section 16 at the position corresponding to the coordinate data based on the coordinate data of the coordinate data storage section 43 for the marker added in the retrieved picture data.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an image processing apparatus such as an electronic filing apparatus or a document file apparatus for retrievably registering image data page by page.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, an image processing apparatus such as an electronic filing apparatus or a document file apparatus for registering document information such as a document as image data page by page and searching the registered image data for display or printing. The following devices have been used conventionally.

(1) Image information of a document consisting of a plurality of pages is stored, the image information of an arbitrary page is stored in association with a specific code corresponding to a bookmark, and the corresponding image information is searched by the specific code. A document image filing device for outputting (see, for example, JP-A-59-36867).

(2) An image information storage / retrieval device (for example, a storage position of the selected image information in the storage device is stored as identification information, and image information corresponding to the identification information designated at the time of image information retrieval is retrieved and read out. JP-A-59-83
455). With such a device, required image information can be easily read out any number of times.

(3) Electronic filing apparatus for storing a plurality of stored information and management information corresponding to the stored information and selectively reading and editing the management information (see, for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 63-173162). . With such a device, the situation of the document to be processed can be grasped.

(4) A text editing device that stores memo data for each page of an edited text and displays a list of predetermined parts of the memo data of each page (for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2-300).
965). With such a device, the outline of the memo data of all pages of a sentence can be quickly grasped.

(5) A document creating apparatus that stores a created document and position information indicating a desired position in the document, and reads out and displays the position of the document indicated by the position information (for example, Japanese Laid-Open Patent Publication No. Hei 3- (See Japanese Patent No. 11463). With such a device, a desired page portion in a document can be easily called.

(6) A bookmarking function of registering the storage position of the book data displayed at the time of interruption of reading as bookmark information and reading and displaying the book data after the memory position of the bookmark information when reading is resumed next time. E-book device (see, for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 3-154167). With such a device, it is possible to quickly resume reading from the middle of the book data.

(7) In the index page set for each page in the document, arbitrary elements such as sentences, figures, graphs and photographs in each page are registered as keywords, and the page number of the page associated with the keyword is registered. register. Then, a document retrieval method for retrieving a page having a page number associated with the keyword by designating the keyword (see, for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2-21363). With such a device, a page associated with a keyword can be quickly searched.

[0010]

However, the above-mentioned conventional device has the following problems. (A) In the device of (1), only the page in which the specific code corresponding to the bookmark is set is displayed, and the operator has to search for the necessary part on the page by himself. It took a lot of time and effort to find the location.

(B) Further, since the specific code corresponding to the bookmark cannot be set only on a page-by-page basis, all the contents of the page on which the bookmark is set are displayed at the time of searching for the bookmark, and a necessary area within the page is displayed. It was not possible to display only.

(C) In the devices or methods of (2) to (7), even if the information can be quickly searched in document units or page units, a required portion in the document or page cannot be quickly found. Therefore, the operability is poor and the work efficiency is reduced.

(D) Further, when a document is managed as filing data, since the minimum unit of the management information is a page unit, the process for an arbitrary area in the page extends to that page or other areas in the document. It will affect you.
For example, in order to prevent disclosure of confidential information in a page, it is necessary to prohibit the reference of the entire page or the entire document, and information other than the confidential information cannot be used.

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and it is an object of the present invention to make it easy to find a necessary portion in a page. It is also an object to be able to perform processing only on a desired portion of the page.

[0015]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, an image processing apparatus according to the present invention searches for image registration means for registering image data in page units as a document and image data registered in the means. And an image output means for outputting the image data searched by the means.

Further, a bookmark coordinate registration means for registering coordinate data of a position where a bookmark is added to the image data as bookmark information, a bookmark pattern data storage means for storing bookmark pattern data, and an image retrieval means. The bookmark pattern display means for synthesizing and displaying the bookmark pattern stored in the bookmark pattern data storage means is provided at a position corresponding to the coordinate data registered as the bookmark information on the image searched by.

The bookmark pattern may be a bookmark mark. Alternatively, the bookmark pattern may be a bookmark polygon that surrounds any area of the image. further,
Image data cutout means for cutting out only the image data included in the bookmark polygon may be provided. Furthermore, it is preferable to provide means for selecting one or more required bookmark polygons from a plurality of bookmark polygons added to the same page of the same document.

Further, in the image processing apparatus having the image registration means, the image search means, and the image output means, means for storing and managing the storage position information regarding the designated area of the image data in correspondence with the bookmark of the specific code. And designated area searching means for searching the designated area by the bookmark of the specific code.

Further, a means for giving the image processing information to the specific code of the bookmark, and a means for performing image processing based on the image processing information of the specific code only in the area to which the bookmark of the specific code is added at the time of image output. Should be provided. Furthermore, a means for giving the size information of the designated area to the specific code of the bookmark, and means for automatically enlarging or reducing to the optimum size in the area for displaying the area to which the bookmark of the specific code is added at the time of image display Should be provided.

When the image data of the designated area to which the bookmark of the specific code is added is copied to another page, the storage location information of the copy destination is automatically added to the bookmark information of the specific code as history information. It is advisable to provide a means to register.

[0021]

The image processing apparatus according to the present invention registers image data page by page as a document, registers coordinate data of a position where a bookmark is added to the image data as bookmark information, and stores the registered image data. When searching and outputting, the bookmark pattern stored in the position corresponding to the coordinate data registered as the bookmark information on the searched image is combined and displayed. It is possible to display a bookmark pattern indicating the position of.

If the bookmark pattern is used as a bookmark mark, it is possible to display a bookmark mark indicating an arbitrary place in a page when displaying an image. Alternatively, if the bookmark pattern is formed as a bookmark polygon that surrounds an arbitrary area of an image, a bookmark polygon indicating an arbitrary area within a page can be displayed when an image is displayed.

Further, by cutting out only the image data included in the bookmark polygon, it is possible to display only the image data in an arbitrary area within the page when displaying the image. Furthermore, if one or more desired bookmark polygons are selected from a plurality of bookmark polygons added to the same page of the same document, any one of the bookmark polygons can be displayed when displaying an image. Only image data within one or more areas can be displayed.

Further, if the storage position information relating to the designated area of the image data is stored and managed in association with the bookmark of the specific code, and the designated area is searched by the bookmark of the specific code, the designated area within the page can be searched. You can search.

Further, if the specific code of the bookmark is provided with image processing information, and when the image is output, only the area to which the bookmark of the specific code is added is subjected to the image processing based on the image processing information of the specific code. , Any image processing can be applied to a designated area in a page.

Furthermore, the specific code of the bookmark is provided with size information of the designated area so that when the image is displayed, the area to which the bookmark of the specific code is added is automatically enlarged or reduced to the optimum size in the area to be displayed. By doing so, the designated area in the page can be scaled to an optimum size for the display area.

Then, when the image data of the designated area to which the bookmark of the specific code is added is copied to another page, the storage position information of the copy destination is automatically registered in the bookmark information of the specific code as history information. By doing so, the copy destination of the image data in the designated area in the page can be automatically recorded.

[0028]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT An embodiment of the present invention will be specifically described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 2 is a view showing the outer appearance of the image processing apparatus according to the present invention. This image processing device includes a keyboard device 1, a mouse 2, a display device 3, a printing device 4,
The storage device 5, the scanner device 6, and the control device 7 are provided.

The keyboard device 1 is an input device having various keys, and the mouse 2 is an input device for inputting position information by a mouse cursor. With these input devices, the image data of the document is registered or searched, and the operation input is carried out at the time of various processing for the image data according to the present invention.

The display device 3 is a display device such as a CRT or LCD, and displays an image of a document to be registered or an image of a searched document, various work screens and the like. The printing device 4 is a printer such as a dot printer or a laser printer, and prints image data of a document on paper.

The storage device 5 is a memory such as an optical disk device or a floppy disk device for readablely storing various data such as image data of a document and data relating to processing of the image data, and the scanner device 6 is described on a document. The image reading device optically reads an image of the recorded information.

The control device 7 is a main body device which incorporates a microcomputer such as a CPU, a ROM and a RAM, and executes the control process of the entire image processing device and various processes according to the present invention.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the functional arrangement of a first embodiment of the image processing apparatus shown in FIG. The control device 7 of this image processing device includes an input control unit 10, a document search unit 11, an image management unit 12, a bookmark search unit 13, and an output control unit 1.
4, bookmarker coordinate determination unit 15, bookmarked mark data storage unit 16, bookmarked mark display unit 17, bookmarked polygon drawing unit 18, bookmarked polygon image extraction unit 19, bookmarked page selection function unit 20, and control unit 21. I have it.

Further, the storage device 5 comprises a document information storage section 30 for storing information of registered documents and a bookmark information storage section 40 for storing information of bookmarks (bookmarks) added to the registered documents. The document information storage unit 30 includes an image data storage unit 31 and a search data storage unit 32, and the bookmark information storage unit 40 includes a document data storage unit 41, a page data storage unit 42, and a coordinate data storage unit 43. I have it.

The input control section 10 controls the keyboard device 1, the mouse 2, and the scanner device 6 for inputting data. The document search unit 11 is a search data storage unit 3
The image data stored in the image data storage unit 31 is searched based on the second search data. This corresponds to the image search means for searching the registered image data.

The image management unit 12 registers and manages the image data read and input from the scanner device 6 as a document in the image data storage unit 31. This corresponds to an image registration means for registering image data in page units as a document. Bookmark Search Unit 1
3 retrieves the corresponding image data from the image data storage unit 31 based on the data stored in the bookmark information storage unit 40.

The output controller 14 controls the data output to the display device 3 and the printing device 4.
This corresponds to image output means for outputting the searched image data. The bookmark coordinate determination unit 15 determines the coordinates of the position to which the bookmark (or bookmark) of the image data input via the input control unit 10 is added, and the coordinate data is stored in the coordinate data storage unit 4.
Register to 3. This corresponds to a bookmark coordinate registration unit that registers coordinate data of a position where a bookmark is added to image data as bookmark information.

Bookmark mark data storage unit 16 is a bookmark (Bookmark)
It is a memory for storing mark pattern data. The bookmark mark display unit 17 is based on the bookmark (mark) mark data of the bookmark mark data storage unit 16 at a position corresponding to the coordinate data of the coordinate data storage unit 43 in the image data retrieved from the image data storage unit 31. A bookmark (or bookmark) mark is combined and displayed.

The bookmark polygon drawing unit 18 is the image data storage unit 3.
Coordinate data storage unit 43 in the image data retrieved from 1
Bookmark that surrounds the area corresponding to the coordinate data of
The polygon is compositely drawn and displayed.

That is, the bookmark mark data storage unit 16 and the bookmark polygon drawing unit 18 have bookmark bookmark pattern data storage means for storing bookmark (bookmark) pattern data, and the bookmark mark display unit 17 and bookmark polygon drawing unit 18 are included in the bookmark pattern data storage unit. Corresponds to the bookmark pattern display means for combining and displaying the bookmark mark and the bookmark pattern of the bookmark polygon at the position corresponding to the coordinate data registered as the bookmark information on the searched image.

The in-polygon image cutting-out unit 19 cuts out image data in an area surrounded by a bookmark (or bookmark) polygon. This corresponds to an image data cutout unit that cuts out only the image data included in the bookmark polygon. The in-page bookmark selection function unit 20 selects one or a plurality of bookmarks from a plurality of bookmarks (bookmarks) added to the same document and the same page. this is,
It corresponds to a means for selecting a desired one or a plurality of bookmark polygons from a plurality of bookmark polygons added in the same page of the same document.

The image data storage unit 31 is a memory for storing the image data of the document read by the scanner device 6 in page units. The search data storage unit 32 is a memory that stores document search data when searching each image data stored in the image data storage unit 31.

The document data storage unit 41 is a memory for registering and storing the document data indicating the image data to which the bookmark (bookmark) is added. The page data storage unit 42 is a memory for registering and storing page data indicating pages to which bookmarks have been added. The coordinate data storage unit 43 is a memory that stores coordinate data of a position where a bookmark (or bookmark) mark or a bookmark (or bookmark) polygon in image data is displayed. That is, the coordinate data storage unit 4
Reference numeral 3 stores coordinate data of a position where a bookmark is added to the image data as bookmark information.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a format when the coordinate data indicating the position where the bookmark mark of the image data is combined is stored in the coordinate data storage section 43. The X and Y coordinate values in the page at the position where the mark is added are stored for each bookmark.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a format when the coordinate data indicating the position where the bookmark polygon of the image data is combined is stored in the coordinate data storage unit 43. The X and Y coordinate values in the page representing the area to which the bookmark polygon is added are stored for each bookmark polygon.

Next, the processing in the bookmark mark addition mode for adding bookmark marks in image data in page units will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. First, when the bookmark mark addition mode is selected, as shown in FIG. 5, it is determined whether or not the bookmark mark addition position in the displayed image data is designated.

When the bookmark mark addition position is designated, the position is detected, the coordinate data of the position is determined, and the coordinate data is registered as bookmark information. afterwards,
It is determined whether or not the next position is designated, and if there is, the process returns to the position detection process to repeat the above process, and if not, this process is ended.

Next, the processing in the bookmark polygon addition mode for adding bookmark polygons to the image data in page units will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. First, when the bookmark polygon adding mode is selected, as shown in FIG. 6, it is determined whether or not the area to which the bookmark polygon is added in the displayed image data is designated.

When the area to which the bookmark is added is specified, the bookmark type is specified, the area is detected, the coordinate data indicating the area is determined, and the coordinate data corresponds to the specified bookmark type. Register as bookmark information. After that, it is determined whether or not the next area is designated, and if there is, the procedure returns to the bookmark type designation processing to repeat the above processing, and if not, this processing ends.

Next, the bookmark mark display processing will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. When the image data is searched for and read out based on the search data, the document data, page data, corresponding to the read image data,
And a bookmark mark addition position in the image data is detected based on the coordinate data, and a bookmark mark based on the bookmark mark data is combined at the detected position. Then, the image data and the bookmark mark in the image data are displayed, and this processing ends.

Next, the bookmark polygon display processing will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. When the image data is searched for and read out based on the search data, the document data, page data, corresponding to the read image data,
Based on the coordinate data, the area to which the bookmark polygon is added in the image data is detected, and the bookmark polygon is combined with the detected area. Then, the image data and the bookmark polygon in the image data are displayed, and this processing ends.

Next, the image data cutting process will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. When the image data cutout mode is designated, as shown in FIG. 9, the image data is searched and read based on the search data, and the document data, page data, and coordinate data corresponding to the read image data are read. Based on, the area to which the bookmarked polygon is added in the image data is detected, only the image data contained in the detected area (bookmarked polygon) is cut out, and the cut out image data is displayed and displayed. The process ends.

Next, the process of selecting and displaying the bookmark polygon will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. When you search and read image data based on the search data,
Based on the document data, page data, and coordinate data corresponding to the read image data, the area to which the bookmark polygon is added in the image data is detected, and the bookmark polygon is combined with the detected area. , Image data and a bookmark polygon in the image data are displayed.

After that, it is judged whether or not one or a plurality of required bookmark polygons are selected from the plurality of bookmark polygons in the image data, and if not selected, the processing is terminated as it is. When selected, only the image data included in the selected bookmarked polygon is cut out, the cut out image data is displayed, and this processing ends.

Further, with reference to the flow chart shown in FIG. 11, the overall processing relating to the above-mentioned bookmark polygon will be described. First, a bookmark search for image data is performed based on bookmark information registered by the user, and the image data corresponding to the search result is read and displayed.

When one or more bookmarks are selected from the bookmarks added to the image data of the displayed page,
It is judged whether the bookmark information of the selected bookmark is the last one, and if it is not the last, the bookmark polygon is drawn at the coordinate specified by the bookmark information of the selected bookmark and the bookmark information of the next selected bookmark is displayed. Move,
Display the bookmark polygon corresponding to all selected bookmarks.

Then, after displaying the bookmark polygons corresponding to all the selected bookmarks, if the bookmark information is the last, it is determined whether or not only the image within the selected (bookmark) polygon is displayed. If NO, this process is ended, but if YES (Shiori)
Only the image within the polygon is cut out, the cut-out image is displayed, and this processing ends.

Next, an operation example and a display example when a bookmark mark is added to page-by-page image data in this image processing apparatus will be described. 12 to 14 are views showing an example of the work screen at the time of the operation.

On the work screen shown in FIG. 12, an image 50 of a certain page of the document retrieved from the registered document is displayed. After selecting the bookmark mark key 52 in the work menu column 51 of this screen, the screen shown in FIG. As shown in, when the mouse cursor MC is moved to the position in the image 50 where the bookmark mark is to be added and the mouse button is clicked, the bookmark mark M is displayed at that position as shown in FIG. Then, when this document is registered, the bookmark information of the bookmark mark M is registered.

Next, an operation example and a display example when a bookmark polygon is added to image data in page units in this image processing apparatus will be described. 15 to 17 are views showing an example of the work screen at the time of the operation. On the work screen shown in FIG. 15, an image 50 of a certain page of the document retrieved from the registered document is displayed.
Is displayed and the bookmark polygon key 53 in the work menu field 51 of this screen is selected.

After that, as shown in FIG. 16, vertices P1 to P of the region (frame indicated by a broken line in the drawing) to which the bookmark polygon is to be added.
When the mouse cursor MC is sequentially moved to 6 and the mouse button is clicked to specify the execution key 54, the bookmark polygon S and the bookmark 55 corresponding to the bookmark polygon S are displayed as shown in FIG. When this document is registered, the bookmark polygon S and bookmark information of bookmarks 55 for the bookmark polygon S are registered.

A plurality of bookmarking polygons can be added to the image data of the same page, and in this case, each bookmarking polygon is given a different bookmark. Further, the operator may be allowed to arbitrarily select and specify the bookmark.

Next, an operation example and a display example when retrieving and displaying the image data to which the bookmark mark is added in this image processing apparatus will be described. 18 and 19 are diagrams showing an example of a work screen during the operation. The work screen shown in FIG. 18 is an initial screen, and the work menu field 5 of this screen is displayed.
When the bookmark search key 56 of No. 1 is selected and, for example, the image 50 to which the bookmark mark M is added is called, the bookmark mark M added to the image 50 is displayed together with the image 50 as shown in FIG. .

Next, an operation example and a display example when searching and displaying the image data to which the bookmark polygon is added in this image processing apparatus will be described. FIG. 20 is a diagram showing an example of a work screen during the operation. When the bookmark search key 56 in the work menu field 51 of the screen shown in FIG. 18 is selected and the image 50 to which the bookmark polygon S is added is called, as shown in FIG. 20, it is added to the image 50 together with the image 50. The bookmarked polygon S and the bookmarked 55 are displayed.

Next, an operation example and a display example for cutting out and displaying an image in a bookmark polygon in this image processing apparatus will be described. 21 and 22 are diagrams showing an example of a work screen at the time of the operation. On the work screen shown in FIG. 21, an image 50 of a certain page of the document retrieved from the registered document and a bookmark polygon S added to the image 50 are displayed.

When the image cutout key 57 in the work menu field 51 of this screen is selected and the bookmark 55 is designated, only the image 58 within the bookmark polygon S is displayed on the work screen as shown in FIG. In addition, there is one bookmark polygon in the searched page image.
When only one image is added, when the image cutout key 57 is designated, only the image in the bookmark polygon may be displayed.

Next, an operation example and a display example for cutting out and displaying an image in a bookmark polygon selected from a plurality of bookmark polygons in this image processing apparatus will be described. FIG. 23
25 to 25 are diagrams showing an example of the work screen at the time of the operation. FIG. 23 shows a work screen when an image 59 to which a plurality of bookmark polygons S have been added is searched and displayed. In the image 59, three bookmark polygons S are displayed. Also, image 59
In the upper part of the bookmark, the bookmarks 55a, 55 for each bookmark polygon S are
b and 55c are also displayed.

When the image cutout key 57 in the work menu field 51 of this screen is selected and, for example, the bookmark 55a displayed on the upper part of the image 59 is designated, as shown in FIG. 24, the bookmark corresponding to the bookmark 55a is selected. Only the image inside the polygon S is displayed. Further, for example, when the bookmarks 55a and 55c are designated, only the images in the two bookmark polygons S corresponding to the bookmarks 55a and 55c are displayed as shown in FIG.

In this way, the bookmark corresponding to the bookmark polygon added in the page is displayed at one place, and by selecting and instructing any one of the bookmarks, the bookmark polygon to be cut out of the image can be specified. It is convenient if you do. In the above example, a case has been described in which a plurality of bookmark polygons in a page are selected and cut out, but a bookmark polygon in each page in the same document that is retrieved and called can also be selected. it can.

Next, the effects of the image processing apparatus of the first embodiment will be listed. (1) Since the bookmark mark can be added and displayed at an arbitrary position in each page in which the document is registered, it is possible to quickly find a necessary portion in the page to which the bookmark mark is added.

(2) Since it is possible to add and display a bookmark polygon showing an arbitrary area within each page registered as a document,
It is possible to quickly find a necessary portion in the page to which the bookmarked polygon is added.

(3) Since only the image in the bookmarked polygon added on the page is cut out and displayed, it is possible to refer to only the image of an arbitrary portion on the page and print only the image of that portion. It can be edited easily.

(4) Since one or more can be selected from the plurality of bookmark polygons added in the document or page, the image of the portion to be displayed in the document or page can be easily selected. can do.

Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described. The external appearance of the image processing apparatus of this embodiment is the same as that of the image processing apparatus shown in FIG. 2, but the internal configuration of the control device 7 is different and has another function. In other words, this image processing apparatus searches for a designated area for image data, performs image processing for image data in the designated area, enlarges / reduces the size of image data in the designated area, and stores history information for image data in the designated area. Perform registration processing, etc.

FIG. 26 is a block diagram showing the functional arrangement of a second embodiment of the image processing apparatus shown in FIG. The control device 7 of this image processing device includes a control unit 60, an image data information management unit 61, a program memory 62, a data buffer 63, a video memory 64, and an image editing function unit 65.

The control unit 60 controls the entire apparatus, controls the data input from the keyboard device 1 or the mouse 2, and stores the image data in page units stored in the data buffer 63 in the storage device 5. Image registration processing for document registration, image search processing for searching image data registered in the storage device 5, image output processing for outputting the searched image data to the data buffer 63, and the like are performed.

The image data information management unit 61 stores and manages the storage position information regarding the designated area of the image data in correspondence with the bookmark of the specific code, and the image registered in the storage device 5 by the bookmark of the specific code. A designated area search process for searching a designated area of data is performed.

Further, the process of giving the bookmark specific code image processing information, the process of giving the bookmark specific code size information of the designated area, and the copy destination of the image data of the designated area to which the bookmark of the specific code is added. A process of automatically registering the storage position information in the bookmark information of the specific code as history information is performed.

The program memory 62 is a memory for storing various processing programs for the control unit 60, the image data information management unit 61, and the image editing function unit 65 to execute various processes.

The data buffer 63 is the image data of the document read and input from the scanner device 6 or the storage device 5.
This is a memory for temporarily storing the image data and the like of the document retrieved from. The video memory 64 is the data buffer 6
3 is a memory for temporarily storing the image data stored in the display device 3 in order to display the image data on the display device 3.

The image editing function section 65 includes a data buffer 6
Various types of processing are performed on the image data stored in No. 3. Further, at the time of outputting the image data, the image processing based on the image processing information of the specific code is performed only on the image of the area to which the bookmark of the specific code of the image data is added.

Further, when the image is displayed, the image in the area to which the bookmark of the specific code of the image data is added is automatically enlarged or reduced to the optimum size in the area to be displayed. Furthermore, the process of copying the image data of the designated area to which the bookmark of the specific code is added to another page is performed.

FIG. 27 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of an arbitrary area designated in the image data. When an arbitrary area is designated on the display screen, the coordinate data in the image data corresponding to the area is detected.

That is, based on the X and Y coordinates set in advance in the system of this apparatus, the coordinate data of two designated vertices (diagonal points) representing the area are detected, and the coordinate data of the two vertices is detected. Is stored as storage location information of the designated area. For example, two vertices A (Xa, Ya) and B (Xb, Yb) are detected, and the coordinate data of the rectangle 66 represented by the two vertices is extracted and stored.

Next, the process of registering the storage position information of the designated area of the image data will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. In this process, when an arbitrary area in the image data is designated, as shown in FIG. 28, the designated area is detected, the storage position information regarding the designated area is extracted, and the storage location information is marked with a specific code. It is stored in association with, and this processing ends.

Next, the processing for searching the designated area of the image data will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. In this process, when a bookmark is specified, the storage location information regarding the specified area stored for that bookmark is referred to,
The image data in the designated area is searched based on the storage position information, the corresponding image data is output, and this processing is ended.

Next, the process of registering the image processing information in the designated area will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. In this process, when an arbitrary area in the image data is designated, as shown in FIG. 30, the designated area is detected, the storage position information on the designated area is extracted, and the storage location information is marked with a specific code. In addition, the bookmark is provided with image processing information and stored, and this processing ends.

Next, with reference to the flow chart shown in FIG. 31, the process of performing the image processing on the image data of the designated area will be described. This process searches the image data, detects bookmarks in the designated area registered for the image data, extracts the image processing information possessed by the bookmark, and based on the image processing information Image processing is performed on the image data of, and this processing ends.

Next, the process of registering size information in the designated area will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. In this processing, when an arbitrary area in the image data is designated, as shown in FIG. 32, the designated area is detected, the storage position information on the designated area is extracted, and the storage location information is marked with a specific code. And the size information is added to the bookmark and stored, and this processing is ended.

Next, the processing for enlarging / reducing the size of the image data in the designated area will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. This process searches the image data,
The bookmark of the designated area registered for the image data is detected, the size information possessed by the bookmark is extracted, and the size of the image data in the designated area is expanded or reduced based on the size information. This process ends.

Next, the process of registering history information for bookmarks will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. In this processing, the image data of the bookmark area to which the bookmark is added is copied to another page, the storage location information of the copy destination is extracted, and the storage location information is registered as history information in the bookmark of the bookmark area of the copy source. Then, this process ends.

Next, referring to the flow chart shown in FIG. 35, the process of retrieving the copy destination image data based on the bookmark history information will be described. In this process, the bookmark is specified, the storage position information is selected from the history information of the bookmark, the image data of the copy destination corresponding to the selected storage position information is searched and output, and this process is ended.

Next, the registration processing of the image processing apparatus shown in FIG. 26 will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. First, when an arbitrary area (designated area) to be registered is designated and coordinate information (storage position information) of the arbitrary area is extracted, the coordinate information is registered together with the search character string information. After that, determine whether to create a new bookmark with a specific code, and if not, use the existing bookmark,
Bookmark information (processing information for a designated area) for the bookmark is registered as area information.

If a new bookmark is to be created, a new registration character, symbol, or character string for creating new processing information is set and registered, the processing content is confirmed, and if not good (NG) Then again register characters, symbols,
Alternatively, the process returns to the character string setting process, but if it is good (OK), the bookmark information (processing information for the designated region) for the bookmark is registered as the region information.

After that, the registered contents are confirmed, and if not good, the process returns to the process of resetting the (NG) area information and determining whether to create a bookmark of a new specific code.
K) This process ends. If it is cancelled, the above registration is canceled (invalidated), and this processing ends.

Therefore, by designating an arbitrary area to be registered with a mouse or the like, the coordinate information of that area (area) (coordinate values based on the X and Y coordinate system preset in the system) is extracted, It is registered in the image data information management unit by adding it to the search character string. After that, in the bookmark of the specific code added to the designated area, the content of the image processing performed in that area is registered as area information having processing information. Then, the registered contents are confirmed, and if there is a defect, resetting is performed.

When the operator operates the bookmark, it is preferable to add a character symbol or a character string to the designated area as if adding a post-it. Further, if the bookmark is added only for searching, it is not necessary to have the processing information as the image processing content. Furthermore, it is possible to add processing information to a bookmark that has already been registered and register it.

Next, the search / copy processing of the image processing apparatus shown in FIG. 26 will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. First, when a list of bookmarks of a specific code is displayed and a bookmark to be searched is selected, it is determined whether or not to search by the search character symbol or character string.

By this determination, the search character symbol for search,
If the search is performed using a character string, a list of character symbols / character strings is displayed. If not, the image is read and displayed (list / page turning) to determine the presence or absence of the target image. If there is no target image, the process returns to the selection process of the bookmark to be searched, but if there is a target image, the target image is designated and displayed, and the work content is selected.

When the work contents are selected, the process shifts to other processes except copying. When copying, the copy destination area is specified and the coordinate information is extracted, and the copy destination size information is stored. After that, the size of the copy source image is determined by comparing the size of the copy source image with the size of the copy area, the copy source image is enlarged / reduced, the image is copied, and the storage location information of the copy destination is registered. Then, the presence / absence of another copy destination is judged, and if there is another copy destination, the process returns to the copy destination area designation process, and if not, this process is terminated.

Therefore, a list of bookmarks of character symbols or character strings set at the time of registration is displayed on the display device, and the bookmark to be searched is selected from the list.
At this time, if the search target can be specified without displaying an image, a list of search character strings is displayed to specify the target.

After that, the image is read out based on the bookmark information, and the read image is displayed on the display device. As a display method at this time, it is preferable to be able to select a plurality of displays of only the target area or a display by page turning to display the entire page having the area. Then, an area image is specified by performing a search for any registered specified area.

Next, in order to copy the retrieved area image to a different document page, an area is designated on the copy destination page, and its coordinate information is extracted and stored in the image editing function section as copy destination information.

Further, the copy image data and the size information thereof are also stored in the image editing function section, the optimum size of the copy image is determined by these information and the image is enlarged or reduced, and then the image data is transferred to the copy destination. Make a copy. Then, the storage location information of the copy destination is automatically set / registered as the history information bookmark in the copy source image, and the copy destination image is searched by the history information bookmark.

Next, an operation example and a display example when registering a bookmark in a designated area of page-by-page image data in this image processing apparatus will be described. 38 to 40 are diagrams showing an example of the work screen at the time of the operation.

On the work screen shown in FIG. 38, an image 70 of a certain page of the document retrieved from the registered document is displayed. After selecting the bookmark area key 72 in the work menu column 71 of this screen, Diagonal point P1 indicating the designated area 73 indicated by the broken line
0 or P11 is clicked with a mouse to specify, for example, a bookmark 73a among bookmarks 74a, 74b, and 74c having a specific code displayed at the top of the image 70, as shown in FIG. And the corresponding bookmark 74a
Is displayed.

When the process setting key 75 in the work menu column 71 is selected on the work screen shown in FIG. 39, an input area 76 for setting process information for an image in the bookmark area 73 is displayed as shown in FIG. It In this work screen, as an example of the processing information, in order to protect confidentiality so that the image in the designated area cannot be displayed or printed, it is possible to select whether to apply black painting processing or hatching processing when outputting the image. Show.

In the work screen shown in FIG. 40, select Set security processing for input area 76, and press the end key 7
When the mouse 7 is clicked, the security processing for the image in the bookmark area 73 is set, and the input area 76 is erased.

Next, an operation example and a display example at the time of the bookmark search of image data in page units in this image processing apparatus will be described. 41 to 44 are diagrams showing an example of the work screen at the time of the operation. The work screen shown in FIG. 41 is an initial screen, and the bookmark search key 7 in the work menu column 71 of this screen is displayed.
When 8 is specified, a bookmark list area 79 is displayed on the screen as shown in FIG.

When the desired bookmark, for example, the bookmark of A, is selected from the bookmark list area 79, the image 70 of the page in which the designated area 73 corresponding to the bookmark 74a of A is registered is displayed as shown in FIG. To be done. Alternatively, as described above, if the security processing information is set in the designated area 73, only the image in the designated area 73 is displayed in black, as shown in FIG.

FIG. 45 is a diagram showing an example of an image in page units, and FIG. 46 is a diagram showing an image after the confidential processing is applied to the designated area of each image shown in FIG. For example, in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 5, designated areas 81a, 81b, 81c are set for the page images 80a, 80b, 80c, respectively, and processing information for security protection is set for each designated area 81a, 81b, 81c. Then, as shown in FIG. 46, when searching and displaying or printing, the images in the designated areas 81a, 81b, and 81c are hatched and output.

It is convenient for the method of displaying the image at the time of the bookmark to select whether to display only a plurality of designated areas or to display the entire page having the designated area by turning the pages.

Next, an operation example and a display example when copying an image in a designated area in this image processing apparatus to another page will be described. 47 to 55 are diagrams showing an example of a work screen at the time of the operation. An image 70 of a certain page of the document retrieved from the registered document is displayed on the work screen shown in FIG. 47. For example, the image data in the designated area 73 to which the bookmark 74a of A is added is displayed on another page. The case of copying to is shown below.

When the copy key 82 in the work menu column 71 on this screen is selected and the bookmark 74a of A is designated, the screen shown in FIG.
As shown in, a page designation area 83 for designating a copy destination page is displayed on the screen. At this time, it is preferable to specify the document name so that copying can be performed on other documents. After that, when the page "P.11" of the copy destination is entered in the page designation area 83, as shown in FIG. 1
One image 70 'is displayed.

Next, as shown in FIG. Two vertices P indicating the copy area 84 in the image 70 'of 11
20, P21 mouse click, work menu field 71
51, the image in the designated area 73 of FIG. 47 is copied and displayed in the copy area 84, and the copy destination P.A. The storage position information in 11 is automatically registered as history information.

Therefore, after the above-mentioned copying, when the bookmark search work is selected, the bookmark list P. A of the copy destination is added to the bookmark 74a of A as a bookmark list. 11 information is also displayed, and by selecting the information, P.11. The image data in the copy area 84 in 11 can be searched and displayed.

Further, as shown in FIG. 52, when a copy area 86 having a size smaller than the specified area 73 is designated as the copy destination, size information representing the copy area 86 is extracted and added to the bookmark 74a of A. It Then, as shown in FIG. 53, the image data in the designated area 73 is automatically reduced to the optimum size based on the size information, and the copy area 86 is displayed.
Is displayed in the area that displays.

Alternatively, as shown in FIG. 54, when a copy area 87 having a size larger than the specified area 73 is designated as the copy destination, the size information of the copy area 87 is A 74.
a is added to a. Then, as shown in FIG. 55, the image data in the designated area 73 is automatically enlarged to the optimum size based on the size information and displayed in the area for displaying the copy area 87.

The image data in the designated area may be scaled in the vertical and horizontal directions at the same magnification within a range that can be accommodated in the copy area, or at different magnifications so as to match the size of the copy area. You may change the magnification with.

Next, the effects of the image processing apparatus of the second embodiment will be listed. (1) With respect to image data for each page for which document registration (filing) is performed, storage position information regarding an arbitrary designated area is stored in association with a bookmark of a specific code. The search can be performed efficiently and accurately.

(2) Since the image processing information can be added to the bookmark added to correspond to the designated area in the page, it affects the document in which the designated area exists and other areas in the page. The specified processing can be performed without any trouble, and the image editing can be efficiently performed.

(3) The size information of the designated area is given to the bookmark added corresponding to the designated area in the page, and the size information of the area for displaying the image in the designated area and the copy destination area is stored. Since the images can be compared and automatically enlarged or reduced to the optimum size and displayed, the image editing work can be performed efficiently.

(4) When registering a page by copying / editing and using the image data in the designated area with the bookmark added to another page or a new page, the image data in the designated area of the original (copy source) Since the storage location information of these new areas can be automatically registered as history information in the bookmark information added to, the related images by copying can be searched and managed without special registration operations. can do.

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As described above, according to the image processing apparatus of the present invention, since the bookmark pattern is synthesized and displayed at the position registered in the image data, the bookmark pattern can be displayed at the required position in the page of the registered document. It is possible to display a bookmark pattern that serves as a mark when searching. In addition, if the bookmark pattern is used as a bookmark mark, it is possible to quickly find a necessary portion on the page where the bookmark mark is displayed. Alternatively, if the bookmark pattern is a bookmark polygon that surrounds an arbitrary area of an image, a necessary portion within a page surrounded by the bookmark polygon can be quickly found.

Further, since only the image data included in the bookmark polygon is cut out, it is possible to refer to only the image of the necessary portion within the page of the registered document. Furthermore, since one or more bookmark polygons can be selected from a plurality of bookmark polygons added on the same page of the same document, any number of bookmark polygons in the registered document can be selected. Only images can be referenced.

Further, the storage position information regarding the designated area of the image data is stored and managed in association with the bookmark, and the image of the designated area is searched by the bookmark of the specific code.
You can quickly search for the image in the specified area on the page of the registered document. Further, since the image processing based on the image processing information of the bookmark is performed only on the image data of the area to which the bookmark is added at the time of outputting the image, only the image of the area specified in the page of the registered document is desired. It can be treated.

Further, according to the size information of the designated area provided in the bookmark, the image is automatically enlarged or reduced to the optimum size in the area for displaying the image of the area added with the bookmark when the image is displayed. Only the image of the designated area in the page of the document can be enlarged or reduced.

When the image data in the designated area to which the bookmark is added is copied to another page, the storage position information of the copy destination is automatically registered as the history information in the bookmark information of the specific code. It is also possible to search the copy destination of the image data in the area.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of a first embodiment of the image processing apparatus shown in FIG.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an appearance of an image processing apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a format for storing coordinate data indicating a position where a bookmark mark of image data is to be synthesized, in the coordinate data storage unit 43 shown in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a format for storing coordinate data indicating a position where a bookmark polygon of image data is to be combined, in the coordinate data storage unit 43 shown in FIG.

5 is a flowchart showing processing in a bookmark mark addition mode for adding a bookmark to page-by-page image data in the image processing apparatus shown in FIG. 1. FIG.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing processing in a bookmark polygon adding mode for adding bookmark polygons to image data in page units in the image processing apparatus shown in FIG. 1;

7 is a flowchart showing bookmark mark display processing in the image processing apparatus shown in FIG.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing processing of bookmarked polygonal display in the image processing apparatus shown in FIG.

9 is a flowchart showing image data cutout processing in the image processing apparatus shown in FIG.

10 is a flowchart showing a process of selecting and displaying bookmarked polygons in the image processing apparatus shown in FIG.

11 is a flowchart showing the overall processing relating to a bookmark polygon in the image processing apparatus shown in FIG.

12 is a diagram showing a display screen when a bookmark mark is added to page-by-page image data in the image processing apparatus shown in FIG.

FIG. 13 is a diagram showing a display screen when a bookmark mark is added to the image data for each page.

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing a display screen when a bookmark mark is added to the image data for each page.

FIG. 15 is a diagram showing a display screen when a bookmark polygon is added to image data in page units in the image processing apparatus shown in FIG.

FIG. 16 is a diagram showing a display screen when a bookmark polygon is added to the image data for each page.

FIG. 17 is a diagram showing a display screen when a bookmark polygon is added to the image data for each page.

18 is a diagram showing a display screen when the image data to which the bookmark mark is added is retrieved and displayed in the image processing apparatus shown in FIG.

FIG. 19 is a diagram showing a display screen when the image data to which the bookmark mark is added is searched and displayed.

20 is a diagram showing a display screen when the image data to which the bookmark polygon is added is retrieved and displayed in the image processing apparatus shown in FIG.

21 is a diagram showing a display screen when an image in a bookmark polygon is cut out and displayed in the image processing apparatus shown in FIG.

FIG. 22 is a diagram showing a display screen when an image in the bookmarked polygon is cut out and displayed.

23 is a diagram showing a display screen when an image in a bookmark polygon selected from a plurality of bookmark polygons is cut out and displayed in the image processing apparatus shown in FIG.

FIG. 24 is a diagram showing a display screen when an image in a bookmark polygon selected from the plurality of bookmark polygons is cut out and displayed.

FIG. 25 is a diagram showing a display screen when an image in a bookmark polygon selected from the plurality of bookmark polygons is cut out and displayed.

FIG. 26 is a block diagram showing the functional configuration of a second embodiment of the image processing apparatus shown in FIG.

FIG. 27 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of an arbitrary area in image data.

28 is a flowchart showing a process of registering storage position information of a designated area of image data in the image processing apparatus shown in FIG.

29 is a flowchart showing a process of searching a designated area of image data in the image processing apparatus shown in FIG.

30 is a flowchart showing a process of registering image processing information in a designated area in the image processing apparatus shown in FIG.

31 is a flowchart showing a process of performing image processing on image data in a designated area in the image processing apparatus shown in FIG.

32 is a flowchart showing a process of registering size information in a designated area in the image processing apparatus shown in FIG.

FIG. 33 is a flowchart showing a process of enlarging / reducing the size of image data in a designated area in the image processing apparatus shown in FIG. 26.

34 is a flowchart showing a process of registering history information for bookmarks in the image processing apparatus shown in FIG.

FIG. 35 is a flow chart showing a copy destination image data search process based on bookmark history information in the image processing apparatus shown in FIG. 26;

FIG. 36 is a flowchart showing a registration process in the image processing apparatus shown in FIG.

37 is a flowchart showing a search / copy process in the image processing apparatus shown in FIG.

38 is a diagram showing a work screen when a bookmark is registered in a designated area of image data in page units in the image processing apparatus shown in FIG. 26.

FIG. 39 is a diagram showing a work screen when the bookmark is registered in the designated area of the image data for each page.

FIG. 40 is a diagram showing a work screen when the bookmark is registered in the designated area of the image data for each page.

41 is a diagram showing a display screen at the time of bookmark search of image data in page units in the image processing apparatus shown in FIG. 26.

FIG. 42 is also a diagram showing a display screen at the time of bookmark search of image data for each page.

FIG. 43 is a diagram showing a display screen in the bookmark search of image data in page units.

FIG. 44 is a diagram showing a display screen in the bookmark search for image data in page units.

FIG. 45 is a diagram showing an example of an image in page units.

FIG. 46 is a diagram showing an image after the confidential processing is applied to the designated area of each image shown in FIG. 45.

47 is a diagram showing a display screen when the image in the designated area is copied to another page in the image processing apparatus shown in FIG. 26.

FIG. 48 is a diagram showing a display screen when an image in the designated area is copied to another page.

FIG. 49 is a diagram showing a display screen when an image in the designated area is copied to another page.

FIG. 50 is a diagram showing a display screen when an image in the designated area is copied to another page.

FIG. 51 is a diagram showing a display screen when an image in the designated area is copied to another page.

FIG. 52 is a diagram showing a display screen when an image in the designated area is copied to another page.

FIG. 53 is a diagram showing a display screen when an image in the designated area is copied to another page.

FIG. 54 is a diagram showing a display screen when an image in the designated area is copied to another page.

FIG. 55 is a diagram showing a display screen when an image in the designated area is copied to another page.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 keyboard device 2 mouse 3 display device 4 printing device 5 storage device 6 scanner device 7 control device 10 input control unit 11 document search unit 12 image management unit 13 bookmark search unit 14 output control unit 15 bookmark coordinate determination unit 16 bookmark mark data storage Part 17 Bookmark mark display unit 18 Bookmark polygon drawing unit 19 Bookmark polygon image cutout unit 20 Page bookmarker selection function unit 21, 60 Control unit 30 Document information storage unit 31 Image data storage unit 32 Search data storage unit 40 Bookmark Information storage unit 41 Document data storage unit 42 Page data storage unit 43 Coordinate data storage unit 50, 58, 59, 70, 71 ', 80a, 80b, 8
0c image 51,71 work menu field 52 bookmark mark key 53 bookmark polygon key 54,85
Execution key 55, 55a, 55b, 55c Bookmark 56 Bookmark search key 57 Image cutout key 61 Image data information management unit 62 Program memory 63 Data buffer 64 Video memory 65 Image editing function unit 66 Rectangle 73, 81a, 81b, 81c Designated area 74a , 74b, 74c bookmark setting 75 processing setting key 76 input area 77 end key 78 bookmark search key 79 bookmark list area 82 copy key 83 page designation area 84, 86, 87 copy area 72 bookmark area key S bookmark polygon MC mouse cursor M bookmark Mark P10, P1
1 Diagonal points P1, P2, P3, P4, P5, P6, P20, P21
vertex

Claims (9)

[Claims] 1. An image registration unit for document-registering image data in page units, an image search unit for searching image data registered in the unit, and an image output unit for outputting the image data searched by the unit. An image processing apparatus including: a bookmark coordinate registration unit that registers coordinate data of a position where a bookmark is added to the image data as bookmark information; and a bookmark pattern data storage unit that stores bookmark pattern data. Bookmark pattern display means for combining and displaying the bookmark pattern stored in the bookmark pattern data storage means at a position corresponding to the coordinate data registered as the bookmark information on the image searched by the image search means. An image processing apparatus comprising: 2. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the bookmark pattern is a bookmark mark. 3. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the bookmark pattern is a bookmark polygon that surrounds an arbitrary area of the image. 4. The image processing device according to claim 3,
An image processing apparatus comprising an image data cutting-out unit that cuts out only the image data included in the bookmark polygon. 5. The image processing apparatus according to claim 4,
An image processing apparatus comprising means for selecting a desired one or a plurality of bookmark polygons from a plurality of bookmark polygons added in the same page of the same document. 6. An image registration means for document-registering image data page by page, an image search means for searching image data registered in the means, and an image output means for outputting the image data searched by the means. In the image processing apparatus including: a means for storing and managing storage position information relating to a designated area of the image data in association with a bookmark of a specific code; and a designated area searching means for searching the designated area by the bookmark of the specific code. An image processing apparatus comprising: 7. The image processing apparatus according to claim 6,
And a means for giving image processing information to the specific code of the bookmark and a means for performing image processing based on the image processing information of the specific code only on the area to which the bookmark of the specific code is added at the time of image output. An image processing device characterized by: 8. The image processing apparatus according to claim 6,
A means for giving the specific code of the bookmark the size information of the designated area, and means for automatically enlarging or reducing to the optimum size in the area for displaying the area to which the bookmark of the specific code is added are displayed. An image processing device characterized by the above. 9. The image processing apparatus according to claim 6, wherein when the image data of the designated area to which the bookmark of the specific code is added is copied to another page,
An image processing apparatus comprising means for automatically registering the storage location information of the copy destination in the bookmark information of the specific code as history information.