JPS6193467A - Method for assigning edit position - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To assign surely and easily an edit position by providing a position assigning means which assigns the position of an original in proximity to an original imposing plate and displaying the position on a display for editing original in accordance with the signal from the position assigning means. CONSTITUTION:The position of a position assigning slider SL2 as the position assigning means provided to the side edge of the original plate is converted to an electrical signal and is transmitted to a CRT display device 21 where the position is displayed as a cursor on a display surface 21a when the operator sets manually said slider SL2. The position (region) information to be changed in the stage of edition such as masking position or trimming position in the original imposed on the original plate can be displayed on the display device. The original imposing operation and masking operation is thus made easy and the original position or masking position is exactly determined.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to an editing position designation method for editing that facilitates editing operations such as masking and trimming of manuscript information.

In order to obtain necessary image information, editing work is performed to combine manuscript information with other information, delete part of the manuscript information, and convert part of it by enlarging, reducing, rotating, etc. FIG. 1 shows a schematic configuration of an example of the location of an information composite recording device that combines document information with information supplied from the outside in the form of electrical signals, as an example of document information editing. A reciprocating document table 2 is provided, and an exposure lamp 3 for irradiating the document M that has been irradiated onto the document table 2, and the reflected light from the document M is reflected by a first mirror 4, a lens 5, and a second mirror. The light is guided onto the photosensitive drum 7 by an optical system consisting of a mirror 6, and an image is formed on the photosensitive member 7a on the circumferential surface thereof. A mechanical shutter 8 for blocking reflected light is provided in the optical path of the optical system, and the optical path is opened or blocked by an actuator 9 including a solenoid. On the other hand, around the photosensitive drum 7, there is a charger 10, a developing device 11. Transfer electrode 12, separation electrode 13
, a static elimination electrode 14, and a cleaning device 15 are arranged in this order, and upstream of the developing device 11 when viewed from the direction of rotation of the photosensitive drum 7, external information supplied in the form of an electric signal is converted into an optical image and a photosensitive A scanning and reproducing device 16 is arranged for imaging onto the body 7a. As the scanning and reproducing device 16, for example, an optical fiber tube, a thin window recording tube, a laser beam scanning device, etc. are used. 17 is a paper feeder for recording paper, 1
8 is a conveying device for conveying the recording paper K after transfer; 19 is a fixing device for fixing the composite image developed on the recording paper;
Reference numeral 20 denotes a paper discharge plate that receives the fixed recording paper K.

When forming a composite image using such an information composite recording device, when external information to be combined with document information is input from an input device such as a word processor or keyboard, image editing must be performed in advance using an editing display device. 0 image editing is performed using a display device 2 as shown in Figure 2.
1 and the keyboard 22, an operator operates the operation buttons 22a of the keyboard 22 to input external information signals such as characters and symbols, and this input information is displayed on the display device 2.
1, line by line is displayed on the display surface 21-a. At this time, a bright dot mark (usually called a cursor) M is displayed at one end of the display surface 21a to indicate the position of the information to be input next. Ru. Information A that is currently being input from the keyboard 22
To edit the image when forming a composite image by inserting document information ffJB between , C, and C, first operate the keyboard 22 to input information A, and then input information ffJB between information ffJB and C. The cursor M (PI) located at the end point position P1 of A is moved downward by the number of lines corresponding to the height of the document information B and placed at position 172P2, and the keyboard 22 is operated again to input information C. Instead, input information A and CIm, and input information A and information 117.
You may place the cursor M (Pl) between C and C and move the input information C downward by the insertion line.In this way, the text of one composite image will be displayed on display 9rt21.
is created on the display surface 21a of. This editing text is convenient for image recording because it allows you to know the composite image in advance, but when it comes to specifying the position of manuscript information, there is no difference between the position of the cursor displayed on the text and the actual manuscript position specification work. There is no relation, that is, in conventional information composite recording devices, The method used was to calculate the x line spacing and manually set the position designation sliders SL1 and SL2 at the boundary of the assumed document information.

Therefore, the present invention associates the editing text with the actual manuscript position designation work, and specifically, uses a position designation means provided close to the manuscript table to identify the target of editing of the manuscript, for example, the position (area) to be trimmed. By specifying the specified position and displaying the specified position on the editing display using the position specifying signal from the position specifying means, the editing position can be specified reliably and easily when editing the manuscript information. .

An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4.

In the present invention, as shown in FIG.
3 will be provided. The document position indicator 23 is configured by arranging display elements such as a large number of light emitting diodes or liquid crystal display segments, and each display element emits light independently or changes its reflection or transmittance to provide visual information. It is configured to display The number of display elements constituting the document position indicator 23 is the same as that of the display surface 2 of the editing display device 21.
It is preferable to make the number n of lines of information displayed in 1a. FIG. 4 shows a drive circuit for the document position indicator 23.
It is assumed that the display 23 is composed of n light emitting elements. The operator operates the keyboard 22 to input recorded information (
For example, when information A) is input, this information is displayed on the display surface 21a of the CRT display device 21, encoded by the encoder 21b, and sent to the data bus 2 via the input/output communication interface (USART) 21C.
4, the data is sent to the microcomputer controller 100 built into the recording device l. In the microcomputer controller 100,
Input information is input/output communication interface (USART)
Central processing unit with memory through 100A CCPU
) is given to and stored in t o b. When the operator presses the document insertion position designation button 22b on the keyboard 22 at the end of the input information, the document insertion position designation signal Sl is sent to the central processing unit 10 in exactly the same manner as the transmission of the information.
0b. This document insertion position designation signal S1 is further sent to the decoder 25 via the data bus 24 via the human output port (I10 port) 100c. The encoded position designation signal Sl is decoded by the decoder 25, passes through the inverter 26 and the driver 27, and causes the corresponding light emitting element of the display 23 to emit light. In this way, one of the document insertion positions is displayed on the display 23 provided along the side edge of the document table.Next, the operator monitors the display surface 21a of the CRT display device 121 and displays the line of document information B to be inserted. When the cursor is moved downward by an amount corresponding to the number and the document insertion position designation button 22b on the keyboard 22 is pressed again, the corresponding light emitting element on the display 23 emits light in exactly the same manner as before.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing arithmetic processing performed by the central processing unit 100b for displaying two document insertion positions on the display 23 from input information input to the microcomputer controller 100. In this flowchart, "Cursor 1" is the insertion start position of document information B, "Cursor 2"
"rLF" means a cursor at the insertion end position of document information B, "rLF" means a line feed, and "rCR1" means a carriage return, each of which means an operation on the keyboard 22.

The light emitting element is the display surface 21a of the CRT display device 21.
The light will continue to emit light as long as the editing text is displayed. Thereafter, when the operator operates the keyboard 22 again to input external information C, an editing text for the composite image of information A, B, and C is created. In this way, it is only necessary to place the image original to be composited between the original insertion positions indicated by light emission on the display 23 provided on the side edge of the original platen 2 of the recording device, making the work of specifying the original position extremely easy. . If the size of the document exceeds the document insertion position displayed in this way, only the information between the two specified positions of the document information is combined with external information A and C as document information B. It turns out.

In the above embodiment, the document insertion position is displayed by emitting light from two light-emitting elements, but instead of displaying only the boundary of the document insertion position, all the light-emitting elements corresponding to the document insertion position are emitted to display continuous light. The border between external information A and external information C of the document insertion position may be displayed in a bar shape.The operator can manually set the position designation slider SL2 as a position designation means provided on the side edge of the document table. In this case, it is convenient to convert the position of the slider SL2 into an electrical signal, transmit it to the CRT display device 21, and display it as a cursor on the display surface 21a. Since the cursor M displayed on the CRT display device when a collection of text m is moved also in the X direction, that is, in the horizontal direction of the display surface 21a, a display device is also provided in the width direction of the document table.
The cursor position on the editing text can also be displayed correspondingly on the display. In this case, the position indicated by the light emission on the display is the position where unnecessary portions on the document in the X direction (FIGS. 2 and 3) should be covered or masked, making the masking work easier.

As described above, according to the present invention, information on the position (area) to be changed during editing, such as the masking position or trimming position, on the original placed on the original table can be displayed on the display device, so that the original placing work can be simplified. In addition, the masking work is facilitated and the document position or masking position is accurately determined. In this embodiment, an example has been described in which there are two cursors, Ml and M2, but the number of cursors used in the present invention is limited to two. Three or more may be used.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 of the accompanying drawings is a schematic diagram of the information composite recording device, FIG. 2 is a diagram explaining the editing operation when recording a composite image, and FIG. 3 is a diagram of the one-document position specifying means used in the present invention. FIG. 4 shows a driving circuit for a document insertion position display device, and FIG. 5 shows a flowchart of an original insertion position display operation C). 1... Recording device, 2... A manuscript table, 3... Exposure lamp. 4.6...Mirror, 7...Photosensitive drum, 7a...
Photoreceptor, 8... Shutter, 10... Charger, 11
Developing device, 12 Transfer electrode, 15 Cleaning device, 16 Scanning and reproducing device, 17 Paper feeding type, 19 Fixing device, 20 Paper discharge tray , 21・
...Display device, 21a...Display surface, 22...
・Keyboard, 22a...operation button, 22b-...
Original insertion position designation button, 23... Original position indicator,
25...Decoder, 26...Inverter, 27...
・Driver, 100...Central processing unit Patent applicant: Konishi Roku Photo Industry Co., Ltd. Agent, Patent attorney: Hiroshi Suzuki (Male) Figure 1, Figure 2

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) A position specifying means for specifying the position of the document is provided in the vicinity of the document placing table, and a display corresponding to the specified position is displayed on the document editing display based on a position specifying signal from the position specifying means. An editing position specification method characterized by the following. (2) The editing position specifying method according to claim 1, wherein the position specifying means is a position specifying slider provided on a side edge of the document mounting table.