JPH1173062A - Function setting sheet and image processor using the same - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily set an ordinary function by providing a region designating part for designating a region where to execute a desired function and a function setting part for setting a function to be executed for a document. SOLUTION: A function setting sheet 50 is set to the same or the substantially same size as that of a document by semi-transparent or transparent synthetic resin or the like. A discrimination mark 56 for discriminating the function setting sheet 50 from the document is provided on the left lower end part of the function setting sheet 50. A region designating part 52 for designating a region where to execute a desired function for a document is provided extending over the substantially whole surface of the function setting sheet 50. A function setting part 51 for setting a function to be executed for a document is provided to be elongated with a designated width on the left end edge of the function setting sheet 50. The function setting part 51 comprises an area type column of designating an area, a function designating column for designating an editing function, and a designated color column for designating a color.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention is used for an image processing apparatus such as an electrophotographic copying machine, a printer, or an electrophotographic application device such as a facsimile, and a function setting sheet for setting an editing function and the like. The present invention relates to an image processing apparatus used.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, in the electrophotographic copying machines, printers, and electrophotographic applied devices such as facsimile machines, in view of the sophistication and complexity of office work, not only automatic paper selection and automatic magnification selection functions, of course, have been employed. In addition, in double-sided copy and continuous page copying functions, and in digital color copiers, etc., deletion, extraction, inversion, emphasis,
A wide variety of functions have been realized, such as a function of color conversion, color removal, filling, or copying a designated area with a designated color.

When the above-mentioned various editing functions and the like are set in the above-described electrophotographic copying machine, printer, or electrophotographic application equipment such as a facsimile machine, an operation panel and an editing pad of the copying machine are used. This is done by setting the input of coordinates to be edited and the function, or using a marked document placed on an operation panel and a panel for coordinate detection using a marker editing function.

[0004]

However, the prior art described above has the following problems. That is, in the above-described conventional image forming apparatus such as an electrophotographic copying machine, a printer, or an electrophotographic application device such as a facsimile, deletion, extraction, inversion, emphasis, color conversion, color removal, and color filling by specifying a specific area. When setting editing functions such as copying a specified area with a specified color, etc., use the operation panel and editing pad of a copier to set the input of coordinates to be edited and the function Must be set on the operation panel and the coordinate detection panel using the marker editing function and set using the marked document, even if the user is familiar with the operation of such equipment. However, there is a problem that a very troublesome operation is required. Such a problem becomes remarkable in the electrophotographic copying machine, the printer, or an electrophotographic application device such as a facsimile, particularly an image forming apparatus such as a digital color copying machine.

[0005] Therefore, a setting method is set up so that even a person who is unfamiliar with the above-mentioned electrophotographic copying machine or printer, or an electrophotographic application device such as a facsimile, particularly an image forming apparatus such as a digital color copying machine can easily use the editing function. It is required to be provided.

As a technique to meet such a demand, the present applicant attaches a mark sheet reading means to a copying machine as disclosed in, for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. There has been proposed a copier control system in which corresponding contents are written on a mark sheet and read by the mark sheet reading device, and each function unit of the copier executes an operation corresponding to the read contents.

It is already known that a mark sheet or a check sheet made into an icon is checked and read to set a function of a copier or a facsimile.

However, in the case of the techniques according to these proposals, although various functions can be easily set using a mark sheet or the like, deletion, extraction, and inversion by designating a specific area are performed. However, there is a problem in that editing functions such as emphasis, color conversion, color removal, filling, and a function of copying a specified area with a specified color cannot be set. That is, in an image forming apparatus such as a copying machine or a facsimile, there is a problem that the area designation of the editing function cannot be set using the function setting sheet together with the normal function setting.

Therefore, the present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, and the purpose of the present invention is, of course, to make it easy to perform normal function setting. It is another object of the present invention to provide a function setting sheet capable of easily specifying an editing function area and an image forming apparatus using the same.

[0010]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a function setting sheet for setting functions to be executed on a document, wherein the function setting sheet is stacked on the document. And a function setting unit for setting a function to be performed on the document, the region specifying unit being made of a material through which the image can be seen, and specifying a region in which a desired function is to be performed. Is a function setting sheet.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, the function setting sheet and the document are read, and an image processing operation is performed on the read image of the document in accordance with the function set in the function setting sheet. In the image processing apparatus, an area designating unit that is made of a material that allows the image of the original to be seen in a state of being stacked on the original and specifies an area in which a desired function is to be performed; Image reading means for reading a function setting sheet and a document having a function setting unit for setting a function to be set, and identifying the function setting sheet and the document read by the image reading means, If read,
Identification means for identifying a function setting area and a function set in the function setting sheet, and image processing for executing an image processing operation on an image of a document according to the function setting area and the function identified by the identification means And an image processing apparatus.

The function setting sheet is made of, for example, a sheet-like member made of a translucent material, and is configured so that an editing area can be specified by superimposing it on a document.

Further, the function setting sheet is provided with, for example, a mark for identifying the original, and by using a plurality of function setting sheets for one document, On the other hand, a plurality of functions can be set.

Further, the function setting sheet is provided with, for example, a mark for discriminating the document, and one function setting is performed by using a plurality of documents for one function setting sheet. It is configured to be executable for a plurality of documents.

[0015]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described below based on an embodiment shown in the drawings.

FIG. 3 shows an embodiment of a digital color copying apparatus to which the function setting sheet according to the present invention can be applied.

In FIG. 3, reference numeral 1 denotes a main body of the digital color copying apparatus.
age Input Terminal (hereinafter referred to as “II
T ". 3) are arranged. This IIT3 is
While the original 2 placed on the platen glass 4 is pressed by the platen cover 5, the image of the original 2 placed on the platen glass 4 is illuminated by the light source 6 and the reflected light image of the original 2 is changed. The CCD sensor 10 scans and exposes the original 2 through the first and second scanning mirrors 7 and 8 and the imaging lens 9, and the original 2 is scanned by the CCD sensor 10.
Is read at a predetermined dot density (for example, 16 dots / mm).

Original 2 read by IIT 3
The color material reflected light image is, for example, Image Processing System (hereinafter, referred to as “IPS”) 12 as document reflectance data of three colors of red (R), green (G), and blue (B) (8 bits each). Is sent to this IPS1
In 2, the reflectance data of the document 2 is subjected to predetermined image processing such as shading correction, positional deviation correction, brightness / color space conversion, gamma correction, frame erasure, color / movement editing, and the like.

The image data subjected to the predetermined image processing by the IPS 12 as described above includes black (K), yellow (Y), magenta (M), and cyan (C) (each 8 bits).
Is converted into three-color original color material gradation data, and is configured as follows.
1 (hereinafter, referred to as “IOT”) 13 as a color image. The image data subjected to the predetermined image processing in the IPS 12 includes black (K), yellow (Y),
Original color material gradation data of three colors of magenta (M) and cyan (C) (each 8 bits) are converted to Ras of IOT13.
ter Output Scanner (hereinafter referred to as “RO
S ". The ROS 15 performs image exposure using laser light according to the original color material gradation data.

As shown in FIG. 3, the ROS 15 modulates the semiconductor laser 16 according to the original color material gradation data, and emits a laser beam LB from the semiconductor laser 16 according to the gradation data. The laser beam LB emitted from the semiconductor laser 16 is deflected and scanned by the rotary polygon mirror 17 and is reflected by the photosensitive drum 2 via the reflection mirror 18.
Scanning exposure is performed on 0.

The photosensitive drum 20 on which the laser light LB is scanned and exposed by the ROS 15 is driven to rotate at a predetermined speed in a direction indicated by an arrow by driving means (not shown). The surface of the photosensitive drum 20 is
After being charged to a predetermined potential by the charging corotron 21 in advance, an electrostatic latent image is formed by scanning and exposing a laser beam LB in accordance with document color material gradation data. The electrostatic latent images formed on the photoreceptor drum 20 include four color developing units 22K, 22Y, 22M, 22C of black (K), yellow (Y), magenta (M), and cyan (C).
Are sequentially developed by a rotary type developing device 22 provided with a toner image having a predetermined color.

The toner image formed on the photosensitive drum 20 is transferred onto a transfer material 24 such as a transfer sheet held on a transfer drum 23 disposed adjacent to the photosensitive drum 20 by a transfer corotron. The images are sequentially transferred by the charging of 25. As shown in FIG. 2, the transfer material 24 includes a plurality of paper feed cassettes 2 stored in a lower portion of the copying apparatus main body 1.
8, 29, 30, or a manual feed tray 38 disposed on a side surface outside the copying apparatus main body 1. The material 24 is conveyed to the surface of the transfer drum 23 by the conveying roller 32 and the registration roller 33 at a predetermined timing. The transfer material 24 is held on the surface of the transfer drum 23 in a state where the transfer material 24 is electrostatically attracted to the surface of the transfer drum 23 by charging of the transfer corotron 25 which also serves as a charger for electrostatic attraction. In addition, from the manual feed tray 38, a transparent OH for an overhead projector other than a non-standard-size transfer paper such as a postcard is provided.
A P sheet or the like can be fed, and an image can be formed on an OHP sheet or the like. From the manual feed tray 38, the transfer material 24 on which an image is formed on one side is fed upside down, so that double-sided copying is possible.

The transfer material 24 onto which the toner image of a predetermined number of colors has been transferred from the photoreceptor drum 20 is separated from the surface of the transfer drum 23 by discharging the corotron 34 for separation, and then the fixing device 35 The toner image is transferred to the transfer material 24 by heat and pressure by the fixing device 35.
The color image is fixed on the sheet and discharged onto the sheet discharge tray 36, thereby completing the color image forming process.

In FIG. 3, reference numeral 37 denotes a charge removing corotron pair for removing charge from the transfer drum 23.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the image forming unit of the digital color copying apparatus of the multiple transfer system.

In FIG. 4, reference numeral 20 denotes the photosensitive drum, and a transfer drum 23 as a transfer material carrier is provided so as to be in contact with the surface of the photosensitive drum 20 with a small gap therebetween. I have. The transfer drum 23 is driven to rotate at the same speed as the peripheral speed of the photosensitive drum 20 by a drive mechanism (not shown). As shown in FIG. 5, the transfer drum 23 includes a pair of ring members 40, 4 as annular members disposed at both ends in the axial direction.
And a tie bar plate 41 as a connecting member for connecting the ring members 40 and 40 to each other. The tie bar plate 41 is made of a dielectric film such as polyethylene terephthalate or polyvinylidene fluoride. A circumferential front end portion 42a of the transfer film 42 is fixed, and both side ends are wound around a frame along the outer peripheral surfaces of the ring members 40, 40, and a circumferential rear end portion of the transfer film 42 is formed. 42b is fixed to the tie bar plate 41 and formed in a hollow cylindrical shape.

As described above, the transfer material 24 is supplied to the transfer drum 23 from any one of the plurality of paper feed cassettes 28, 29, and 30. The transfer material 24 is adsorbed from the back side of the transfer drum 23. It is charged by the transfer corotron 25, which also functions as a charging device, and is electrostatically attracted onto the transfer film 42 of the transfer drum 23. This transfer drum 23
On the transfer material 24 adsorbed thereon, black (K), yellow (Y), magenta (M), and cyan (C) toner images sequentially formed on the photosensitive drum 20 are transferred.
5 is transferred by charging.

The transfer material 24 to which the toner image of a predetermined number of colors has been transferred from the photosensitive drum 20 is discharged by a peeling corotron 34 and peeled off from the surface of the transfer drum 23 by a peeling device 44. The toner image is conveyed to the fixing device 35 via the conveyance guide 45, the toner image is fixed on the transfer material 24 by heat and pressure by the fixing roller 35 a and the pressure roller 35 b of the fixing device 35, and the outside of the device is fixed by the fuser outlet roll 46. Is discharged onto the discharge tray 36 of the.

The editing function setting sheet according to this embodiment is an editing function setting sheet for setting an editing function to be performed on a document. It is made of a material that can see through the image, and is configured to have an area designating unit that designates an area in which an editing function is to be performed, and a function setting unit for setting an editing function to be performed on the document. ing.

The image processing apparatus using the editing function setting sheet reads the editing function setting sheet and the document, and edits the image of the read document with the editing function set on the editing function setting sheet. In an image processing apparatus that performs an image processing operation according to, an area designating unit that is made of a material that can see through the image of the original in a state of being stacked on the original, and that specifies an area where an editing function is to be performed, An editing function setting sheet having a function setting unit for setting an editing function to be performed on the document and image reading means for reading the document; and an editing function setting sheet and document read by the image reading means. When the editing function setting sheet is read, the identification area and the editing function set in the editing function setting sheet are identified. And stage is configured to include an image processing means for executing an image processing operation on the image of the document in accordance with the identified editing area and editing functions in the identification means.

FIG. 1 shows a function setting sheet according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, the function setting sheet 50 is made of translucent or transparent paper or synthetic resin.
The size is set to be the same as or substantially the same as the size of the document 2, such as a 4 size or a B5 size. The function setting sheet 50 is provided with an area specifying section 52 for specifying an area in which a desired function is to be performed on the document 2 over substantially the entire surface of the function setting sheet 50. On the left edge of the function setting sheet 50, a function setting unit 51 for setting a function to be executed on the document 2 is set.
Are provided to be elongated with a predetermined width. As shown in FIG. 2, the function setting section 51 includes an area type field 5 for designating areas such as the entire surface, a rectangle, a free form, a trace, and a point.
3, a function designation field 54 for designating editing functions such as deletion, extraction, inversion, emphasis, color conversion, color removal, and filling;
And a designated color column 55 for designating colors such as green, blue, yellow, magenta, and cyan. These function setting sections 51 can specify each function by filling or checking a desired mark column. It is needless to say that the designated color column 55 may be capable of designating a color other than the above. In this case, when the number of colors that can be designated is increased, a part of the color column is colored. May be displayed so that the colors that can be specified are displayed in a manner that is easy for the user to understand. Further, an identification mark 56 for identifying the function setting sheet 50 and the document 2 is provided at the lower left end of the function setting sheet 50.

On the other hand, as described above, the digital color copying apparatus has an IIT 3 as an image reading means for reading the image of the original 2 and the function setting sheet 50, and the IIT 3 is mounted on the platen glass 4. The images of the placed document 2 and the function setting sheet 50 are read,
For example, red (R), green (G), blue (B) (each 8 bits)
, And is configured to output original reflectance data of three colors.

The image processing circuit of the digital color copying apparatus is configured as shown in FIG.

In FIG. 6, reference numeral 60 denotes a CCD reading unit comprising the CCD sensor 10 provided in the IIT 3, and 61 denotes a CCD reading unit.
Is an identification mark recognizing unit for recognizing the identification mark 56 of the function setting sheet 50 read by the CCD reading unit 60, 62 is a pre-reduction / enlargement processing unit for performing a pre-process of the reduction / enlargement process, and 63 is a rotating image. A rotation processing unit for performing a rotation process for performing processing; 64, a memory for temporarily storing image data for performing the rotation process in the rotation processing unit 63; 65, a reduction / enlargement processing unit for performing a reduction / enlargement process; An editing execution unit for executing an editing function, and 67 is a function setting sheet 50
An editing area / function storage unit for storing the editing area and the editing function set in the step 68; a hard disk storage unit 68 for storing image data on the hard disk 69 for executing the editing function; and 70 for adjusting the image quality of the edited image The image quality adjustment unit 71 is a ROS output unit that outputs edited image data.

In the above configuration, in the image forming apparatus according to this embodiment, not only the normal function setting can be easily performed as described below, but also the area for the editing function can be easily specified at the same time. It is possible to do it.

That is, in the image forming apparatus according to this embodiment, as shown in FIG.
A function setting sheet 50 is superimposed on the above, and a desired area 57 for setting a function is marked with a writing implement such as a felt-tip pen, a pencil, a colored pencil, or the like. At this time, the editing function setting sheet 50 uses a plurality of editing function setting sheets 50 for one document 2 so that a plurality of editing functions can be set for one document 2. Is also good. Further, the editing function setting sheet 50 uses a plurality of originals 2 for one editing function setting sheet 50,
One editing function setting may be made executable for a plurality of originals 2.

As shown in FIG. 7, the above-mentioned area can be specified by specifying a free-form area in which an arbitrary area surrounded by a writing instrument can be freely specified, or a line-shaped area in addition to the entire surface, a rectangle, or the like. Trace, a point specifying a region including the point, and the like. As shown in FIG. 8, the editing function to be executed for the area of the original 2 designated as described above is to delete or designate the designated area in the function setting field 51 of the function setting sheet 50. The area 54 is extracted by marking the designated area with black and white inversion of the designated area, highlighting of the designated area, color conversion, color removal, and filling. Further, when a function such as color conversion is performed, the color to be converted is set by marking a column 55 of red, green, blue, yellow, magenta, cyan, etc. with a writing implement in the column of the designated color. It has become.

Thereafter, the function setting sheet 50 and the original 2
Is placed on the platen glass 4 of the image forming apparatus, and II
The document is sequentially read by T3 or automatically read by an automatic document reading device (ADF). When reading the function setting sheet 50 and the document 2, the function setting sheet 50 is placed on the platen glass 4 of the image forming apparatus, and after reading the function setting sheet 50, the image of the document 2 is read. May be read, or the image of the function setting sheet 50 and the image of the document 2 may be continuously read according to the page continuous shooting function. In this way, the function setting sheet 50 and the document 2 are read, and as shown in step 1 of FIG. When it is determined that the function setting sheet 50 has been read,
The stored editing area / function is cleared (step 2). Next, an editing area corresponding to the area type of the function setting sheet 50 is stored (step 3), and an editing function for the area and a designated color as necessary are stored (step 4).

If it is determined that the document 2 has been read, the stored editing function is executed for the stored editing area (step 5), and the edited image is output by the image forming apparatus. I do.

Thereafter, it is determined whether or not there is the next original 2 (step 6). If there is the next original 2, reading of the next original / function setting sheet 50 is executed (step 7). As described above, the operations from step 1 to step 7 are repeated.

On the other hand, if there is no next original 2, the original /
The reading operation of the function setting sheet 50 ends (step 9).

As described above, in the above-described embodiment, it goes without saying that normal function setting can be easily performed.
At the same time, the area of the editing function can be easily specified, and even a person who is unfamiliar with the operation can easily use a complicated editing function in an image processing apparatus such as a sophisticated copying machine or a facsimile.

[0044]

As described above, according to the present invention, not only the normal function setting can be easily performed, but also the editing function area can be easily specified at the same time. Sheet and an image forming apparatus using the same.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view showing an embodiment of a function setting sheet according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a main part plan view showing an embodiment of a function setting sheet according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram showing a digital color image forming apparatus as an embodiment of the image processing apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a configuration diagram illustrating an image forming unit of the digital color image forming apparatus.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a transfer drum.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram illustrating an image processing unit.

FIG. 7 is a plan view showing a use state of the function setting sheet.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing a setting state of a function.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing an image processing operation.

[Explanation of symbols]

50 Function setting sheet, 51 Function setting mark sheet column, 52 area designation area.

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A function setting sheet for setting a function to be executed on a document, wherein the function setting sheet is made of a material capable of seeing through an image of the document in a state of being stacked on the document,
A function setting sheet comprising: an area designating section for designating an area in which a desired function is to be performed; and a function setting section for setting a function to be executed on the document. 2. A function setting sheet and a document are read,
In an image processing apparatus that performs an image processing operation according to a function set on a function setting sheet on an image of a read original, a material capable of seeing through the image of the original in a state of being stacked on the original And a function setting sheet for setting a function to be executed on the document, and a function setting sheet and an image reading device for reading the document. Means, and the function setting sheet and the document read by the image reading means are identified, and when the function setting sheet is read, the function setting area and the function set by the function setting sheet are identified. And an image processing means for performing an image processing operation on an image of a document according to the function setting area and the function identified by the identification means. The image processing apparatus according to symptoms.