JPH11213172A - Image editing device, image editing method and storage medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image editing device capable of easily searching for an image matching with an image read by a reading means from a storage means. SOLUTION: In an image selection system constructed by a program stored in a ROM 103, image data read by a scanner head 7 is compared with the one stored in a storage device 9, either one piece of the image data is selected from among the image data read by the scanner head 7 and the one stored in the storage device 9 according to a comparison result, the selected image data is displayed on a display part 2 and the image data is simultaneously held to be edited and processed.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an image reading apparatus for reading a document image and outputting image data of the read document image, and a storage means for storing a plurality of image data in a readable manner. The present invention relates to an editing device, an image editing method used for the editing device, and a storage medium.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, a document processing apparatus such as a word processor, which has an image reading means and a so-called scanner, and has an image editing function for pasting an image read by the scanner into a created document has appeared. In an apparatus having such an image editing function, a process of pasting an image read by a scanner into a created document is usually performed, and a plurality of image data prepared in advance are stored in an HDD (hard disk device) or an FD (floppy disk). It is possible to store the image data stored in the storage medium and paste the image data stored in the storage medium into the created document.

[0003] When an image is pasted into a created document, the image to be pasted is selected from the original image or from prestored image data. If the document image is a document image, a process of reading the document image with a scanner and pasting the read image into the created document is performed. On the other hand, if the selected image is a previously stored image,
This image is read from the storage medium, and the read image is pasted into the created document.

[0004]

When the image selected as the object to be pasted is a document image, the document image must be read by a scanner. In some cases, an image desired by the user cannot be obtained, and it is necessary to perform an image editing process on an image read from the document image and perform a reproduction process to an image desired by the user. As described above, if there is a stain or the like in a document image selected as a target to be pasted, the above-described reproduction processing is troublesome. In particular, if there are many stains, scratches, and the like in the selected document image, the reproduction process for repairing the stains and scratches requires extra labor.

[0005] Omission of such processing can be achieved by searching for and using an image corresponding to the original image selected as a target to be pasted from the storage medium. When searching from the image data, the corresponding image data is read out from the storage medium using the file name as a clue and displayed on the display, and whether or not the displayed image matches the original image is confirmed with the user's own eyes, and the displayed image is displayed. If it is confirmed that the image does not match the original image, the operation of reading and displaying the image from the next file must be repeated until an image that matches the original image is found, and the user needs to perform very complicated work. There is.

As described above, in the above-described conventional apparatus, when searching for an image from a storage medium that matches a document image that needs to be reproduced to repair dirt and scratches, the task of searching for this image is extremely troublesome. Hang.

An object of the present invention is to provide an image editing apparatus, an image editing method, and a storage medium that can easily search for an image that matches an image read by a reading unit from a storage unit.

[0008]

According to the first aspect of the present invention,
An image editing apparatus that includes a reading unit that reads a document image and outputs image data of the read document image and a storage unit that stores a plurality of image data in a readable manner; Comparing means for comparing the image data with the image data stored in the storage means, wherein the image data output from the reading means and the image data stored in the storage means according to the comparison result of the comparison means; And selecting one of the image data from the above.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the image editing apparatus according to the first aspect, the image data selected by the selection means is displayed on a display means, and the image data is held so as to be editable. Features.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the image editing apparatus according to the second aspect, a comparison result indicating that the image data of the reading unit matches the image data stored in the storage unit from the comparing unit. Is output, the image data stored in the storage unit that matches the image data of the reading unit is selected.

[0011] The invention according to claim 4 is the invention according to claims 1 to 3.
The image editing apparatus according to any one of the above, further comprising a comparison area setting means for setting a comparison area to be compared by the comparison means.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an image processing apparatus comprising: reading means for reading a document image and outputting image data of the read document image; and storage means for storing a plurality of image data in a readable manner. In an image editing method used in an editing apparatus, a step of comparing image data output from the reading unit with image data stored in the storage unit, and an image output from the reading unit according to the comparison result. Selecting one of the image data from the data and the image data stored in the storage means.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the image editing method of the fifth aspect, the selected image data is displayed on a display means, and the image data is held so as to be editable. .

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in the image editing method according to the sixth aspect, when a comparison result indicating that the image data of the reading unit matches the image data stored in the storage unit is output. And selecting the image data stored in the storage unit that matches the image data of the reading unit.

[0015] The invention according to claim 8 provides the invention according to claims 5 to 7.
The image editing method according to any one of the above, further comprising the step of setting the comparison area to be compared.

According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an image processing apparatus comprising: reading means for reading a document image and outputting image data of the read document image; In a storage medium storing a program for constructing an image data selection system on an editing device, the program is a comparison module for comparing image data output from the reading unit with image data stored in the storage unit. And a selection module for selecting any one of image data output from the reading unit and image data stored in the storage unit according to a comparison result of the comparison module. Features.

According to a tenth aspect of the present invention, in the storage medium according to the ninth aspect, the program can further display the image data selected by the selection module on a display means and edit the image data. And a pre-editing processing module stored in the memory.

According to an eleventh aspect of the present invention, in the storage medium according to the tenth aspect, the comparison module outputs a comparison result indicating that the image data of the reading unit matches the image data stored in the storage unit. When issued, the selection module selects the image data stored in the storage unit that matches the image data of the reading unit.

According to a twelfth aspect of the present invention, in the storage medium according to any one of the ninth to eleventh aspects, the program further includes a comparison area setting module for setting a comparison area to be compared by the comparison module. It is characterized by having.

[0020]

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

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the appearance of an image editing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the image editing apparatus shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram of a scanner head. In the present embodiment,
A word processor will be described as an example of an image editing device.

The word processor, as shown in FIG.
A keyboard 1 for inputting document information and for inputting function setting information relating to document processing; a display 2 comprising a liquid crystal display device for displaying the information of the input document; 3 is provided. The reading / recording unit 3 includes a recording unit that records the document information created on the recording paper 5a by a recording head while transporting the recording paper 5a from the insertion slot 4 in the direction of arrow A in the drawing,
And a scanner unit that reads the image of the original 5b with a scanner head while conveying the original 5b in the direction of arrow A in the figure.

Keyboard 1, display 2, recording unit 3
Is performed by the control unit 10 as shown in FIG. The control unit 10 controls the entire apparatus and performs calculations and processes relating to each function according to a control program stored in the ROM 103 or a program read from the storage device 9; a timer unit 102;
And an EEPROM 105. Calculation of the CPU 101,
The result of the processing is temporarily stored in the RAM 104 and also stored in the EEPROM 105 as necessary. R
The AM 104 includes a buffer area 104 a for storing data input from the keyboard 1 and a buffer area 104 for storing image data read from the storage device 9.
b, a buffer area 104c for storing image data read by the scanner unit, a VRAM area 104d for storing display data to be displayed on the display 2,
A bitmap area (work area) 104e and a buffer area 1 for storing data to be recorded by the recording unit
04f and a comparison area 104g used as an area for comparing image data.

The control unit 10 controls the scanner unit of the reading and recording unit 3, the control signal for the recording unit, the recording paper or A control signal for controlling conveyance of the document is generated. The sensor 14 includes a recording paper,
A sensor is provided on each conveyance path of the document and detects the position of the recording paper and the document on these conveyance paths.

A control signal for the scanner section of the reading / recording section 3 is input to a scanner driver 7a, and the scanner driver 7a receives a control signal based on the input control signal.
Drive. The scanner driver 7a includes an A / D converter, a D / A converter, a RAM, an oscillation circuit, and the like. The image data of the document read by the scanner head 7 is temporarily stored in the RAM of the scanner driver 7a,
The image data is output to the control unit 10 as serial data corresponding to each of the R, G, and B color data in synchronization with the clock signal. The control unit 10 performs various processes such as color recognition and light color density conversion on the serial data from the scanner driver 7a, and converts the serial data into density information. As shown in FIG. 3, the scanner head 7 has a light source 71 for irradiating the reading surface of the original 5b with light. Light reflected from the original 5b by the light source 71 is incident on a lens 73 via a plurality of mirrors 72, and the lens 73 converts the incident reflected light into CC light.
An image is formed as an optical image on the imaging surface of D74. The CCD 74 converts the optical image formed on the imaging surface into an electric signal by photoelectric conversion and outputs the electric signal.

A control signal for the printing section is inputted to the ejection heater driver 6a, and the ejection heater driver 6a drives the recording head 6 based on the inputted control signal. The recording head 6 is composed of an ink jet type head.

The control signal for controlling the conveyance of the recording paper or the original includes a control signal for the carrier motor driver 11a and a control signal for the conveyance motor driver 12a. By driving, the conveyance of the original to be read and the recording paper during the reading of the original by the scanner head 7 or the printing process by the recording head 6 are controlled.

The above-described ROM 103 stores a program for constructing an image selection system. This program is a program for comparing image data read by the scanner head 7 with image data stored in the storage device 9. A selection module for selecting one of the image data read by the scanner head 7 and the image data stored in the storage device 9 according to the comparison result of the comparison module; A pre-editing module for displaying the selected image data on the display 2 and holding the image data in an editable state. Specifically, the comparison module stores the image data read by the scanner 7 in the RAM 10
4 is stored in the buffer area 104c, and the image data read from the storage device 9 is stored in the buffer area 104b. Performs comparison by pattern matching and outputs the comparison result. In the selection module, when a comparison result indicating that the image data read by the scanner 7 matches the image data read from the storage device 9 is output, the result is stored in the storage device 9 that matches the image data read by the scanner 7. The selected image data.

Next, an image reading process in the present apparatus will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an operation procedure of the scanner head 7 in the image editing apparatus of FIG. 1, and FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an image reading process in the image editing apparatus of FIG.

First, the operation procedure of the scanner head 7 when reading an image will be described. In the scanner head 7, as shown in FIG.
In step S502, the light source 71 is turned on to irradiate the reading surface of the original 5b with light.
The reflected light from the camera is formed as an optical image on the imaging surface of the CCD 74 via a plurality of mirrors 72 and lenses 73. Next, the process proceeds to step S503, in which the light amount of the optical image formed on the imaging surface by the CCD 74 is read, and the subsequent step S503 is performed.
At 504, the light quantity read is converted into an electric signal by photoelectric conversion and output, and at step S505, the electric signal output from the CCD 74 is converted into a digital signal by A / D conversion. This digital signal is output to the control unit 10 and stored as image data in the buffer area 104c.

When reading a document image, as shown in FIG. 5, first, an image reading mode is selected in step S601, and in step S602, whether or not the document 5b is set in a predetermined state based on the sensor 14 is determined. Is determined, and if the document 5b is set in a predetermined state, the process proceeds to step S603.

In step S603, the original 5b is conveyed by a predetermined amount, and in step S604, the carrier on which the scanner head 7 is mounted is driven by one scan, and in step S605, one line of image data is obtained. Next, the process proceeds to step S605, where it is determined whether the reading of the image of the original 5b is completed. If the reading of the image of the original 5b is not completed, the process returns to step S603, and the processing from this step is performed. Repeat until reading is complete. The read image data is displayed on the display 2.

When the reading of the image of the original 5b is completed, the process proceeds to step 607, where the original 5b is discharged, and this processing ends.

Next, an image selection system in the present apparatus will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a procedure of the image selection system in the image editing apparatus of FIG.

The image selection system is started when a document image is selected and read as an image to be pasted in a process of pasting image data into a created document. In the image selection system, as shown in FIG. 6, first, in step S201, the image data read by the above-described procedure is stored in the buffer area 104c of the RAM 104. In a succeeding step S202, the image data stored in the storage device 202 is read, and the read image data is stored in the buffer area 10.
4b.

Next, the process proceeds to step S203, where the image data stored in the buffer area 104c (read image data) and the image data stored in the buffer area 104b (image data read from the storage device 9) are compared using the comparison area 104g. And compare the buffer area 104
If the image data stored in the buffer area 104b does not match the image data stored in the buffer area 104b, the process proceeds to step S
In step 204, it is determined whether or not reading of all image data stored in the storage device 202 has been completed. If reading of all image data stored in the storage device 202 has not been completed, Returning to step S202, the next image data is read from the storage device 202.

If it is determined in step S203 that the image data stored in the buffer area 104c matches the image data stored in the buffer area 104b, the process proceeds to step S206, and the process proceeds to step S206.
It is determined whether use of the image data stored in the storage device 9, that is, the image data read from the storage device 9 is permitted. In this determination, first, a message such as “Image data that matches the read image data exists in the storage device 9. Do you want to use the image data in the storage device 9” is displayed on the display 2, and this reading is performed. The use of the image data of the storage device 9 that matches the read image data based on the key input from the keyboard 1 for selecting whether or not to use the image data of the storage device 9 that matches the read image data is permitted. It is determined whether or not it has been performed.

When the use of the image data in the storage device 9 that matches the read image data is permitted, the process proceeds to step S20.
In step 7, the image data stored in the buffer area 104b, that is, the image data read from the storage device 9 is moved to the bitmap area 104e, and is stored in the VRAM area 104d and displayed on the display 2. That is, the image data read from the storage device 9 is held so as to be editable. Then, the present process ends. On the other hand, when the use of the image data in the storage device 9 that matches the read image data is not permitted, the process proceeds to step S20.
In step 5, the image data stored in the buffer area 104c, that is, the read image data is moved to the bitmap area 104e, and is stored in the VRAM area 104d and displayed on the display 2. That is, the read image data is held so as to be editable. Then, the present process ends.

If it is determined in step S204 that reading of all the image data from the storage device 9 has been completed without finding any image data that matches the read image data from the storage device 9, the process proceeds to step S205. Then, the image data stored in the buffer area 104c, that is, the read image data is moved to the bitmap area 104e, and is stored in the VRAM area 104d and displayed on the display 2. That is, the read image data is held so as to be editable, and the process ends.

As described above, it is possible to automatically search the storage device 9 for an image that matches the original image selected as the object to be pasted. It is not necessary to perform the regeneration process to repair the dirt and scratches necessary when
In addition, it is possible to easily search for an image that matches the image read by the scanner 7 from the storage device 9 in advance. Further, since the image data permitted to be used is held so as to be editable, the editing process for the image data permitted to be used can be executed immediately.

In this embodiment, the image data stored in each of the buffer areas 104b and 104c is compared by pattern matching for each bit using the comparison area 104g, and the image data read by the comparison is compared. Is configured to search the storage device 9 for image data that matches the image data. However, the comparison region to be compared is set, and the image data that matches only the set comparison region is extracted from the storage device 9. Can also. In the case of this configuration, the keyboard 1 or the like can be used as a means for setting a comparison area to be compared, and the comparison area can be set based on a key input from the keyboard 1.

[0042]

As described above, according to the image editing apparatus of the first aspect, there is provided the comparing means for comparing the image data output from the reading means with the image data stored in the storage means. And selecting one of the image data output from the reading unit and the image data stored in the storage unit according to the comparison result of the comparison unit, so that the selected image data matches the image read by the reading unit. It is easy to search for the image from the storage means.

According to the image editing apparatus of the present invention, the image data selected by the selection means is displayed on the display means, and the image data is held so as to be editable. Can be executed immediately.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, when the comparison unit outputs a comparison result indicating that the image data of the reading unit matches the image data stored in the storage unit, the image of the reading unit is output. Since the image data stored in the storage unit that matches the data is selected, an image that matches the image read by the reading unit can be easily extracted.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, since the image editing apparatus further includes comparison area setting means for setting a comparison area to be compared by the comparison means, an image in which only the set comparison area matches is extracted from the storage means. It becomes possible to do.

According to the image editing method of the present invention, the image data outputted from the reading means is compared with the image data stored in the storage means, and the image data outputted from the reading means according to the comparison result. A step of selecting one of the image data from the image data and the image data stored in the storage means, so that it is possible to easily search the storage means for an image that matches the image read by the reading means. be able to.

According to the image editing method of the present invention, the selected image data is displayed on the display means and the image data is held so as to be editable. Can be performed.

According to the image editing method of the present invention, when a comparison result indicating that the image data of the reading unit matches the image data stored in the storage unit is output, the image data of the reading unit matches the image data. Since the image data stored in the storage means to be selected is selected, it is possible to easily extract an image that matches the image read by the reading means.

According to the image editing method of the eighth aspect, the method further comprises the step of setting a comparison area to be compared.
An image in which only the set comparison area matches can be extracted from the storage unit.

According to the storage medium of the ninth aspect, the program causes the comparison module to compare the image data output from the reading unit with the image data stored in the storage unit, and the comparison module according to a comparison result of the comparison module. A selection module for selecting any one of the image data output from the reading unit and the image data stored in the storage unit, so that an image matching the image read by the reading unit is stored. You can easily find out from.

According to the storage medium of the tenth aspect, the program further displays an image data selected by the selection module on the display means, and further includes an editing preprocessing module for holding the image data in an editable state. Therefore, an image that matches the image read by the reading unit can be easily extracted.

According to the storage medium of the present invention, when the comparison module outputs a comparison result indicating that the image data of the reading means matches the image data stored in the storage means, the selection module reads the image data. Since the image data stored in the storage unit that matches the image data of the unit is selected, an image that matches the image read by the reading unit can be easily extracted.

According to the twelfth aspect of the present invention, since the program further has a comparison area setting module for setting a comparison area to be compared by the comparison module, an image in which only the set comparison area matches is stored. It becomes possible to extract from.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view illustrating an appearance of an embodiment of an image editing apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of the image editing device of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram of a scanner head of the image editing apparatus of FIG. 1;

4 shows a scanner head 7 in the image editing apparatus of FIG.
6 is a flowchart showing the operation procedure of FIG.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of an image reading process in the image editing apparatus of FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of an image selection system in the image editing apparatus of FIG. 1;

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 1 keyboard 2 display 3 reading and recording unit 4 insertion slot 5b document 7 scanner head 7a scanner driver 9 storage device 101 CPU 103 ROM 104 RAM

Claims (12)

[Claims] 1. An image editing apparatus comprising: a reading unit that reads a document image and outputs image data of the read document image; and a storage unit that stores a plurality of image data in a readable manner. Means for comparing the image data output from the means with the image data stored in the storage means, and the image data output from the reading means and the storage means in accordance with the comparison result of the comparison means. An image editing apparatus for selecting one of image data from stored image data. 2. The image editing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the image data selected by the selection unit is displayed on a display unit, and the image data is held so as to be editable. 3. When the comparison unit outputs a comparison result indicating that the image data of the reading unit matches the image data stored in the storage unit, the storage unit that matches the image data of the reading unit. 3. The image editing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the image data stored in the means is selected. 4. The image editing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising comparison area setting means for setting a comparison area to be compared by said comparison means. 5. An image used in an image editing apparatus provided with reading means for reading a document image and outputting image data of the read document image, and storage means for storing a plurality of image data in a readable manner. In the editing method, a step of comparing the image data output from the reading unit with the image data stored in the storage unit, and a step of comparing the image data output from the reading unit with the storage unit according to the comparison result. Selecting any one of the stored image data from among the stored image data. 6. The image editing method according to claim 5, wherein the selected image data is displayed on a display unit, and the image data is held so as to be editable. 7. When a comparison result indicating that the image data of the reading unit matches the image data stored in the storage unit is output, the image data stored in the storage unit that matches the image data of the reading unit is output. 7. The image editing method according to claim 6, wherein the selected image data is selected. 8. The image editing method according to claim 5, further comprising the step of setting a comparison area to be compared. 9. An image editing apparatus, comprising: a reading unit for reading a document image and outputting image data of the read document image; and a storage unit for storing a plurality of image data in a readable manner. In a storage medium storing a program for constructing a selection system, the program includes: a comparison module that compares image data output from the reading unit with image data stored in the storage unit; A storage medium comprising: a selection module that selects one of image data output from the reading unit and image data stored in the storage unit in accordance with a comparison result. 10. The program further includes an editing pre-processing module that displays image data selected by the selection module on a display unit and holds the image data in an editable state. Item 10. The storage medium according to Item 9. 11. When the comparison module outputs a comparison result indicating that the image data of the reading unit matches the image data stored in the storage unit, the selection module outputs the image data of the reading unit. 11. The storage medium according to claim 10, wherein the image data stored in the storage unit that matches the image data is selected. 12. The storage medium according to claim 9, wherein the program further includes a comparison area setting module for setting a comparison area to be compared by the comparison module.