JPH07311831A - Electronic filing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To omit such operations as page turning action, etc., even for a two- sided document for improvement of the processing efficiency and to effectively use the recording medium by calculating the magnification/reduction ratios based on the vertical/horizontal lengths of an original. CONSTITUTION:A reading condition setting window is shown on a display 27 by the input of instructions carried out by the pointing devices 3 and 5, thereby, the instruction on the reading conditions (incl. the original size/direction and the synthesization result original size/direction) is previously performed. Then, the original is read by a scanner 9 and the images of the surface and rear pages of the original are shown on the display 27. Then, the magnification/ reduction ratios are calculated by an arithmetic unit 23 for the images of the surface and rear pages of the original. For instance, these images are reduced by means of an image memory 19 according to the calculated reduction ratio and the surface and rear pages are composited into a single-sided image. Finally results of the composite are written to a recording medium.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an electronic filing apparatus for editing and registering image information of a document or the like, and searching and displaying desired image information when necessary. The present invention relates to an electronic filing device capable of efficiently performing processing by omitting the above work and effectively using a recording medium.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, there is known an electronic filing apparatus which edits and registers image information such as a document and retrieves and displays desired image information when necessary. In such a conventional electronic filing apparatus, In the case of registering a document that has one meaning on both sides (a manuscript on both sides), it is simply registered as a front page and a back page, respectively. Therefore, in order to know the meaning of the above-mentioned document, it is necessary to always perform page turning work, and there is a problem that subsequent processing becomes inefficient. Further, since the documents on both sides are registered as they are, there is a problem that the memory usage efficiency is low.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems, and an object of the present invention is to enable efficient processing by omitting the operations such as page turning even for documents on both sides. Another object of the present invention is to provide an electronic filing device capable of effectively using a recording medium.

[0004]

To achieve the above object, the present invention is an electronic filing apparatus for editing and registering image information of a document or the like of a double-sided document, and searching and displaying desired image information when necessary. Specify the size and orientation of the originals on the front and back pages of, and the size and orientation of the originals resulting from the composition, and calculate the enlargement / reduction ratio from the length and width of the originals.
The front and back pages of the double-sided original are arranged within a specified original size and registered. According to the above-mentioned configuration, it is possible to efficiently perform a process even for a document on both sides without turning pages and the like, and to effectively use the recording medium.

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of an electronic filing apparatus embodying the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the electronic filing apparatus includes an instruction device 3, 5 and an instruction device control unit 7, a scanner 9, a scanner control unit 11, a drive 13 and a drive control unit 15 via a system bus 1. System memory 17 and image memory 19
An image processing unit 21, an arithmetic unit 23, and a display unit 27.
The display device control unit 25 and the system control unit 29 are connected to each other.

Next, the registration operation of the electronic filing apparatus shown in FIG. 1 will be described with reference to the operation flowchart of FIG. First, in step 101, a reading condition setting window as shown in FIG. 3 is displayed on the display device 27 by inputting an instruction with the pointing devices 3 and 5, and the reading conditions (original document size, original document orientation , A combination result document size, and a combination result document direction) are instructed in advance. Here, as shown in FIG. 4, an instruction is given to change an A4 vertical double-sided original into an A4 horizontal single-sided original. Next, in step 103, the document is read by the scanner 9, and in step 105, the images of the front and back pages of the read document are displayed on the display device 27 as shown in FIG. In this case,
Although an example in which they are displayed vertically as described above is described, other display forms such as right and left may be used.

Next, in step 107, the arithmetic unit 23 calculates the enlargement or reduction of the images of the front and back pages. That is, here, A4
The length is 2 sheets, and if it is combined as it is, it will be A3.
It is calculated as 3% reduction (A3 → A4). Next, in step 109, the image memory 19 is used to reduce the image of the front page / back page according to the 73% reduction ratio, and the front page / back page is reduced as shown in FIG. Combined into a single-sided original of A4 size. Then, finally, in step 111, the above-mentioned combination result (A4 horizontal single-sided original) is written in the recording medium (the drive 13).

If the registration operation is performed as described above, the A4 double-sided original becomes an A4 single-sided original, so that the work such as page turning is omitted in the subsequent processing, the processing efficiency is improved, and the capacity of the recording medium is increased. Minimal. The registration operation is performed under the control of the system control unit 29 according to the system program stored in the system memory 17.

Next, a second embodiment of the electronic filing device according to the present invention will be described. The configuration of the electronic filing apparatus of the second embodiment is the same as that of the first embodiment shown in FIG. 1, but the system program for the registration operation is different. Therefore, the registration operation of the electronic filing apparatus of the second embodiment will be described with reference to the operation flowchart of FIG. First, in step 201, a reading condition setting window as shown in FIG. 3 is displayed on the display device 27 by inputting an instruction using the pointing devices 3 and 5, whereby the reading conditions (original document size, original document orientation) are read. , A combination result document size, and a combination result document direction) are instructed in advance. Next, in step 203, the document is read by the scanner 9, and in step 205, the images of the front and back pages of the read document are displayed on the display device 27 as shown in FIG.

Next, in step 207, the image cutting position is designated by the pointing devices 3 and 5. That is, the cutout position is specified by the following two types of methods using the pointing devices (mouse, keyboard) 3 and 5. First, as shown in FIG. 7, the first method is a method of designating a cutout position while shifting the screen by scrolling in a split screen display, and the second method is
As shown in FIG. 8, the front page is displayed to specify the cutout position, and then the back page is displayed to specify the cutout position.

Next, in step 209, the arithmetic unit 23 calculates a magnification for enlarging or reducing the image. That is, here, the magnification is calculated by the following method.

When the cut-out size is the same for the front and back sides and the vertical original is combined with the horizontal original as shown in FIG. 9, x = 2a /
The smaller value of c and y = b / d is used as the calculation result, and
As shown in, when a horizontal document is combined with a vertical document, x = 2b
The smaller value of / d and y = a / c is used as the calculation result. Also, when the sizes of the cutout images are different between the front and back sides,
X = ac and y = bd as shown in (1) x
> 0, a / (b + d), x <0, c / (b +
d) and (2) if y> 0, b / (a + c), and if x <0, d / (a + c) is compared with f / e. If (1) is close, the front and back cutout images are Vertically arranged, a / e (x>
0) or c / e (x <0) (b + d) / f, whichever is smaller, is used as the calculation result. 0) or d / f
The smaller value of (y <0) and (a + c) / e is used as the calculation result. Then, the calculation result obtained by the above method is compared with the magnification that can be actually converted by the image processing unit, and the closest magnification is selected as a specific magnification.

Next, in step 211, the image memory 19 is used to reduce and combine the cut-out images at the calculated magnification, and finally step 213.
At, the composition result is written in the recording medium (the drive 13). Next, a modified example of the second embodiment will be described. In the second embodiment, when the documents of the same format are continuously registered or the pages are continuously registered, the same cutout position must be repeatedly specified. Therefore, in this modified example, the cutout position designated last time is stored in the system as a default value so that the registration operation is performed without the operation of repeatedly designating.

More specifically, in more detail, before the cut-out position is designated in step 207 of FIG. 6 in the operation of the second embodiment, as shown in FIG.
A window for selecting either “cut out with default value” or “specify cutout position” is displayed, and when “specify cutout position” is selected, the same as in the second embodiment described above. The cutout position specified, cutout and magnification are calculated, the image is enlarged / reduced and combined, and if "Cut with default value" is selected, the cutout position stored as the default value And cut out the image with magnification,
Enlargement / reduction and composition are performed.

Next, still another modification of the electronic filing device according to the present invention will be described. This variation is
In the first and second embodiments, a step of displaying and confirming the image of the combined result before registering the combined result in the recording medium is provided to prevent unnecessary registration of the image.

That is, in this modified example, as shown in FIG. 13, after the step 109 (step of enlarging / reducing / combining images) of the first embodiment, the image of the combined result is displayed on the display device 27. A step 113 of displaying and a step 115 of checking the image of the combination result displayed on the display device 27 to determine whether or not an unnecessary image is included.
And when it is determined in step 115 that an unnecessary image is included, the above-mentioned step 103
Then, if it is determined in step 115 that an unnecessary image is not included, the process proceeds to step 111.

Further, in this modification, as shown in FIG.
After step 211 (step of enlarging / reducing / combining images) of the second embodiment, step 215 of displaying the image of the composite result on the display device 27, and the display device 27.
In the case where it is determined that the unnecessary image is included by checking the image of the combined result displayed in step 217 and whether or not the unnecessary image is included, Then, the process returns to the step 203 to redo the process, and if it is determined in the step 217 that an unnecessary image is not included, the process proceeds to the step 213.

Next, still another modification of the electronic filing device according to the present invention will be described. This variation is
In the first and second embodiments, the step of displaying and changing the image of the combined result before registering the combined result in the recording medium is provided so that special arrangement of the image can be performed. . That is, this modification is shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 5, the image of the combination result is displayed on the display device 27 between step 109 (step of enlarging / reducing / composing image) and step 111 (writing of combination result) in the first embodiment. A step 113 for displaying and a step 117 for changing the image of the combined result displayed on the display device 27 are provided to change the combined result.

Here, as a concrete example of the modification of the synthesis result in step 115, the front and back cutout portions are shown in FIG.
When it is desired to reverse the positions of the front side and the back side when arranged as shown in (a), as shown in FIG. 16 (b), the front side is designated by a pointing device such as a mouse and the Move to the position and
As shown in FIG. 6 (c), the back position is also moved. Further, in this modified example, as shown in FIG. 17, between the step 211 (image enlarging / reducing / combining step) and the step 111 (writing of the combining result) of the second embodiment, the above combining result is displayed. The step 215 of displaying the image on the display device 27 and the step 219 of changing the image of the combination result displayed on the display device 27 are provided to change the combination result.

[0020]

According to the present invention, in the electronic filing apparatus, the size and direction of the originals of the front and back pages of the double-sided original, and the size and direction of the original of the composite result are designated,
The enlargement / reduction ratio is calculated from the vertical and horizontal lengths of the original, and the front and back pages of the double-sided original are placed within the specified original size and registered. The work can be omitted and the processing can be performed efficiently, and the recording medium can be effectively used.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of an electronic filing apparatus embodying the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an operation flow chart of the first embodiment of the electronic filing device shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a display example of a reading condition setting window used in the registration operation shown in FIG.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of a combining operation shown in FIG.

5 is an explanatory diagram of a display form in the registration operation shown in FIG.

FIG. 6 is an operation flowchart of the second embodiment of the electronic filing device.

7 is an explanatory diagram showing a method of designating a cutout position in the registration operation shown in FIG.

8 is an explanatory diagram showing a method of designating a cutout position in the registration operation shown in FIG.

9 is an explanatory diagram of a method of calculating a magnification in the registration operation shown in FIG.

10 is an explanatory diagram of a method of calculating a magnification in the registration operation shown in FIG.

11 is an explanatory diagram of a method of calculating a magnification in the registration operation shown in FIG.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a selection window display example in a modification of the second embodiment shown in FIG. 6;

FIG. 13 is an operation flowchart of a modification of the first embodiment shown in FIG.

FIG. 14 is an operation flowchart of a modification of the second embodiment shown in FIG.

FIG. 15 is an operation flowchart of a modification of the first embodiment shown in FIG.

16 (a), (b), and (c) are explanatory views of the operation of changing the combination result shown in FIG.

FIG. 17 is an operation flowchart of a modification of the second embodiment shown in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... System bus, 3, 5 ... Indication device, 7 ... Indication device control unit, 9
... scanner, 11 ... scanner control unit,
13 ... Drive, 15 ... Drive control unit,
17 ... System memory, 19 ... Image memory,
21 ... Image processing unit, 23 ... Arithmetic device, 25 ... Display device control unit, 27 ... Display device, 29 ...
System control units 101 to 117, 201 to 219 ... Each step,

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. An electronic filing device for editing and registering image information of a document such as a double-sided original document, searching for desired image information when necessary, and displaying the original image of the front and back pages of the double-sided original document. Specify the size and direction of the original, the size and direction of the combined original, calculate the enlargement / reduction ratio from the vertical and horizontal lengths of the original, and place the front and back pages of the above double-sided original within the specified original size. An electronic filing device characterized by performing and registering. 2. The electronic filing apparatus calculates the enlargement / reduction ratio from the vertical and horizontal lengths of a part of the read image by designating the cutout positions of the front and back pages of the double-sided original, 2. The electronic filing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a part of the read image is arranged within a designated document size and registered. 3. When successively registering documents of the same format or successively registering pages, a default value of the cutout position is provided, and composition and registration are performed without repeatedly specifying the cutout position. The electronic filing device according to claim 2, wherein 4. The electronic filing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the image of the combined result is displayed and confirmed before registration. 5. The electronic filing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the image of the composite result is displayed and confirmed before registration. 6. The electronic filing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the image of the combination result is displayed and changed before registration. 7. The electronic filing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the image of the combination result is displayed and changed before registration.