JPH07175906A - Drawing management system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a drawing management system capable of remarkably improving the preparation efficiency of a synthesized drawing since a display is performed by the display control information for every synthesized image information. CONSTITUTION:Plural image information is stored in a memory 3 by means of a scanner 5. The display control information of the synthesized image by an arbitrary combination of the plural of image information is inputted from a keyboard 4 and is stored in a memory 3. In response to the display instruction of the synthesized image from the keyboard 4, a central control unit 6 reads display control information from the memory 3, reads correspond image information in accordance with this from the memory 3 and stores the information in the order corresponding to the location corresponding to the memory 2. A display device 1 displays the image information in the memory 2.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a drawing management system for handling image information such as design drawings, maps and other drawings, and more particularly to a drawing management system capable of displaying a plurality of drawings as one large drawing.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, this type of system stores image information in a storage device in units of image information input from a scanner device, and the image information desired to be displayed is displayed on a display device via a display memory according to a user's instruction. The image information was displayed in units of.

In this case, when the input image is larger than the inputtable size of the scanner device, the image is input by reducing the size, or a scanner device matching the input size must be provided to handle the input / display of image information. In that case, I was restricted.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION As a method for solving the above-mentioned restriction that occurs in the conventional drawing management system, Japanese Patent Laid-Open Nos. 60-54078 and 2-181875.
There is a technology disclosed in Japanese Patent Publication.

The method disclosed in JP-A-60-54078 is as follows.
The control information of which position the information input next from the image information first input from the scanner device corresponds to,
It is possible to register and display a plurality of pieces of image information as one piece of image information by designating and sequentially registering using a pointing device and chaining the pieces of information.

However, in this case, as shown in FIG. 4, when three pieces of image information a, b and c are input and one piece of image information A is created, the connection relationship between the image information a and the image information c is established. Therefore, the input order of image information is a, b, c, or
Ordering such as c, b, and a is required, and the input is restricted. Further, when displaying the image information, since the plurality of image information is not individually stored in the memory, the image information a,
There is a drawback that it is restricted that b and c cannot be overlapped.

The method disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2-181875 is
The drawings of the standardized size to be input are sequentially combined and accumulated by inputting in accordance with the designated drawing division size and the input order.

However, since the input order of the divided drawings is fixed, the operation becomes complicated when the number of input divided drawings increases. In addition, the drawings to be handled are limited to a standardized size, and there is a drawback that it is not possible to combine non-standard drawings to create one non-standard drawing.

An object of the present invention is to provide a drawing management system which can display a plurality of pieces of image information as if they were one piece of image information without being subject to such restrictions.

[0010]

A drawing management system according to a first aspect of the present invention comprises a first storage means for storing image information to be displayed, and a display means for displaying the image information stored in the first storage means. An image information input means for inputting image information, a second storage means for storing a plurality of the input image information, and an arbitrary combination of a plurality of image information stored in the second storage means. Display control information input means for inputting display control information consisting of identifiers of the generated composite image and image information forming the composite image, display position information, and display order information, and the display control information. The third storage means for storing, and the corresponding display control information is read from the third storage means according to the identifier of the composite image supplied from the outside and the display instruction thereof, and the second display control information is read accordingly. It is configured to include a control means for storing the order corresponding to the corresponding display positions of the first storing means reads out image information corresponding the accommodated section.

The drawing management system of the second invention is
In the drawing management system of the first invention, the second storage means and the third storage means are integrated to store a plurality of input image information and display control information of a composite image in the same storage means. Is characterized by.

[0012]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a drawing management system of the present invention.

The drawing management system of this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 1, is a scanner device 5 for inputting image information.
And a keyboard (KB) for inputting display control information
4 and a display device (CRT) for displaying image information
1, a display memory (M1) 2, an image / display control information storage memory (M2) 3 for storing image information and display control information, and a central controller (C) for controlling each of the above devices.
PU) 6 and stores the image information in the image / display control information storage memory 3 in accordance with the display control information consisting of the display position information and the display order information input from the keyboard 4 for each image information.
The image information is further taken out and stored in the display memory 2, and a plurality of pieces of image information are displayed on the display device 1 as if they were one piece of image information.

The control of the system of the present invention is shown in FIG.
Central control unit 6 controls it.

Drawing A in FIG. 4 is a display drawing in the description of the embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a flow chart showing the operation of the embodiment.

Next, a specific processing flow will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2 by taking the case of FIG. 4 as an example.

Prior to the registration of image information, the operator first determines a coordinate base point for clearly indicating the display position on the display screen (step 21), and then, for each of the image information a, b and c forming the drawing A, respectively. The relative position from the base point of and the display order are determined in advance (steps 22 and 2).
3).

When there is an overlap in any of the image information a, b, and c in the case of constructing the drawing A, the display order is decided depending on which image information is displayed first. For example, when there is an overlap between the image information a and b and it is desired to give priority to b (when the image information b is displayed in the overlapping portion), the display order of b is after a.

The base point may be set anywhere.

Next, the image information a, b is output from the scanner device 5.
And c are input in an arbitrary order (step 24).
The input image information is sequentially stored in the image / display control information storage memory 3 by the central controller 6 (step 2).
6).

Next, with respect to the image information a, b and c as the display control information of the drawing A, the relative position and the display order previously determined are inputted from the keyboard 4 (step 25). The information entered is the central control unit 6
Is stored in the image / display control information storage memory 3 (step 27). FIG. 3 is a format of the display control information of the drawing A stored in the image / display control information storage memory 3. The display control information is composed of the identifier of the composite drawing and the display order information, the identifier, and the display position information for each of the constituent image information constituting the composite drawing.

This completes the registration work of the image information of the drawing A.

The subsequent processes are the processes performed when the drawing A is displayed.

When displaying the drawing A, the operator designates the drawing A from the keyboard 4 and gives an instruction to display the drawing A (step 28). This display instruction is notified to the central control unit 6, and the central control unit 6 reads the display control information for the drawing A from the image / display control information storage memory 3 (step 29) and according to the display order information of the read display control information. The image information a, b, and c are read from the image / display control information storage memory 3 (step 30), and further the display memory 2 is displayed in accordance with the display position information of the display control information.
(Step 3)
1).

In this case, the display memory 2 requires at least a capacity for storing the drawing A.

When the above processing is completed, the central controller 6
Displays the information stored in the display memory 2 on the display device 1.

As described above, in this embodiment, a plurality of pieces of image information are combined and displayed as a single drawing by inputting the constituent image information that constitutes the combined drawing and the display control information of the constituent image information. You can

In the above embodiment, the display control information and the constituent image information are stored in the same memory, but the present invention is not limited to this, and it is obvious that they may be stored in different memories. Is.

[0031]

As described above, the drawing management system of the present invention can display a drawing larger than the size that can be input by the scanner device without being restricted by the inputtable size of the scanner, and the input order is restricted. This has the effect of reducing the operator load because it is not affected.

Further, since the display is performed according to the display control information for each composite image information, once the constituent image information is input, various composition based on the input constituent image information can be performed only by inputting new display control information. This has the effect that the drawings can be easily displayed and the efficiency of creating the combined drawings can be greatly improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a drawing management system of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flow chart showing an example of an operation in the drawing management system of the present exemplary embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a data format diagram of display control information.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of constituent image information and a composite drawing.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Display Device 2 Display Memory 3 Image / Display Control Information Storage Memory 4 Keyboard 5 Scanner Device 6 Central Control Units 21 to 33 Flow Chart Steps

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Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A first storage unit for storing image information to be displayed, a display unit for displaying the image information stored in the first storage unit, an image information input unit for inputting the image information, and A second storage unit that stores a plurality of input image information, and an identifier of a composite image generated by an arbitrary combination of the plurality of image information stored in the second storage unit and the composite image are configured. Display control information input means for inputting display control information including an identifier for each piece of image information, display position information, and display order information, third storage means for storing the display control information, and externally supplied information. The corresponding display control information is read from the third storage means according to the identifier of the composite image and its display instruction, and corresponding image information is read from the second storage means according to the read control information. A drawing management system comprising: control means for storing in a sequence corresponding to a display position corresponding to the storage means. 2. The second storage means and the third storage means are integrated to store a plurality of input image information and display control information of a composite image in the same storage means. The drawing management system according to item 1.