JPS6215674A - Catalog editing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To produce a new rough picture from a certain rough picture in a simple way and to attain the output of a high-contrast rough picture, by reading and displaying the contents of a picture information storing means and correcting the contents of said storing means as necessary. CONSTITUTION:A system controller 4 extracts picture information out of a picture information storing means in response to the command given from a picture reading means 1. Then the product picture is displayed on a display means 5 via the controller 4. The picture displayed on the means 5 is corrected as desired via an input means 3 together with monitor given to the display of the means 5. The storage contents of the means 2 are corrected by the controller 4 and an output picture correcting means 6. This corrected picture information is also displayed on the means 5 in the same way. Thus a new rough picture is produced easily from a certain rough picture and delivered with high contrast.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a catalog editing system that freely edits catalog designs.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, this type of system was proposed in Japanese Patent Application No. 58-270.
No. 283 etc. have been proposed.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the mini-rough and rough creation procedures in the conventional design process.

Note that (1) to (11) indicate each step.

First, create a mini-rough, that is, a character type on a display means, such as a display.1) Enter the product number of the product to be posted, output the mini-rough from an image output device, and copy it. Obtain (2). Next, based on the outputted mini-rough, the previously published image information, 9 character information, 1 drawing information, etc. (registered in advance) are read out from a storage means (not shown) 3), and the product image of the new product is displayed blankly. 4) Furthermore, the registered conventional product image is scaled and moved according to the resolution magnification of the camera, and positioned (5), and a rough image is output from the output device (6). Next, a layout designation sheet (manuscript input sheet) with increased dimensional accuracy of ruled line information, for example, hit lines and living rules is created (7), and a block mount is created (8). Here, the square plate area surrounded by the ruled line information is extracted, mask data is created, and the mask material is cut (9).
A block copy is created based on the layout specification sheet created in step (7) (10). Next, the printing plate is photographed in relief and combined with the mask created in step (9) to create a printing plate (11). If the document to be printed is in color, the printing plate is created according to the number of inks used.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a conventional catalog editing system. Reference numeral 11 denotes image reading means for binarizing and reading a series of product image data printed on the catalog.
An optical league (not shown) is used. Reference numeral 12 denotes product image data storage means, which stores the binary image read by the image reading means 11 according to the product number. Reference numeral 13 is an input means consisting of, for example, a keyboard and a tablet, which inputs the product number, composition information (number of columns, number of two divisions, number of two character positions, etc.)
Enter. Reference numeral 14 denotes a display means, for example, a high-resolution bitmap display. Reference numeral 15 denotes a layout information storage means that stores the composition information and product number inputted from the input means 13. 16 represents each of the means 11 to 1
5, the system controller interprets the composition information and product number stored in the layout information storage means 15, and displays a desired series of product image data stored in the product image data storage means 12. 14 has display control means 16a for displaying the image at a desired size. Reference numeral 17 denotes an image output means that scales the layout image (including a rough image) displayed on the display means 14 by the display control means 16a to a desired size according to an output command from the input means 13, and outputs the same.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

However, when creating or modifying a new rough image using a rough image that has been created once (shown in FIG.
After reading it and displaying it again on the display means 14,
The image reading means 1 moves to the correction or creation operation.
After the necessary bit thinning is performed based on the relationship between the resolution of the display means 14 and the resolution of the display means 14, the rough image is displayed on the display means 14 (see FIG. 6(b)). Therefore, the rough image created or modified by the display means 14 is displayed on the image output means 1.
7 directly as a mask image, the reverse operation to the above is performed, and fine print and picture stains that were not noticeable on the display means 14 occur, making it very difficult to see.
There were problems such as a rough image in which the inclined straight line became a jagged straight line was output.

This invention was made in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, and aims to provide a catalog editing system that can easily create a new rough image from a rough image that has been outputted, and can also output a clear rough image. purpose.

[Means for solving problems]

The catalog editing system according to the present invention includes an image reading means for reading a rough sketch image, an image information storage means for storing the rough sketch image read by the image reading means, and a rough sketch image stored in the image information storage means. A display means for displaying the image, a display control means for making necessary image corrections to the rough sketch image displayed on the display means, and a display control means for correcting the product image stored in the image information storage means in accordance with the image correction by the display control means. , an output image correction means for re-storing the image information in the image information storage means, and an image output means for outputting the corrected product image stored in the image information storage means.

[Effect]

In this invention, the rough sketch image read by the image reading means is stored in the image information storage means, the rough sketch image stored in the image information storage means is displayed on the display means, and the displayed rough sketch image is Make any necessary image corrections. In response to this image correction, the output image correction means reads out the rough sketch image displayed on the display means from the image information storage means, performs image correction on this rough sketch image, and stores it again in the image information storage means, In response to the image output command, the rough sketch image corrected by the image output means is read out from the image information storage means and outputted.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a catalog editing system according to an embodiment of the present invention, in which 1 is an image reading means that optically reads rough sketch images and sequentially registers them in the image information storage means 2 together with keywords. do. Reference numeral 3 denotes an input means composed of, for example, a keyboard and a tablet, for issuing input/output commands for rough sketch images, 9 commands for image modification mode, and the like. 4 is a system controller that reads out the rough sketch image stored in the image information storage means 2, performs necessary bit thinning, and displays it on the display means 5.

Reference numeral 4a denotes a display control means which corrects the rough sketch image displayed on the display means 5 in accordance with the image correction mode inputted from the input means 3.

The display means 5 is comprised of a bitmap display or the like having high resolution. Reference numeral 6 denotes an output image correction means, which stores the rough sketch image before correction, that is, the image information storage means 2.
Rough sketch image information (rough sketch image information without bit thinning) corresponding to the rough sketch image displayed on the display means 5 is read out from the display means 5, and similar image corrections are read out in accordance with the image correction made by the display control means 4a. This is performed on the sketch image and stored in the image information storage means 2 again. Reference numeral 7 denotes an image output means, which outputs the rough sketch image after correction, which is re-stored in the one-image information storage means 2 in response to an image output command inputted from the input means 3.

Next, the operation in FIG. 1 will be explained with reference to FIGS. 2(a) to 3(C) and FIG.

FIGS. 2(a) to (C) are schematic diagrams for explaining the state transition of a rough sketch image. FIG. 2(a) shows a part of the input rough sketch image, 11 is a rough image, and 12 is a ruled line. It is. FIG. 2B shows a part of the display screen of the rough sketch image, 13 shows the displayed rough image, and 14 shows the corrected rough image. FIG. 5C shows a part of the output image, and 15 shows the rough image after correction.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart explaining the operation of FIG. 1. Note that (1) to (12) indicate each step. When an image reading command is input from the input means 3, (1)
For example, the rough image 11 shown in FIG. 2(a) is stored as a binary image in the image information storage means 2 (2). Here, when a rough sketch image display command is input from the input means 3, (3) The rough image 11 stored from the image information storage means 2 is read out by the system controller 4,
After thinning out the required bits, it is displayed on the display means 5 as shown in FIG. 5), and if YES, the display control means 4a displays a rough image 14 obtained by scaling the rough image 13 as shown in FIG. 2(b) (6).

Next, the system controller 4 controls the output image correction means 6.
7), the output image modification means 6 outputs the rough image 1 displayed from the image storage means 2.
18), performs image correction on the read rough image (image data corresponding to the reading resolution) 11 according to the image correction performed by the display control means 4a, and stores it in the image storage means 2 again. (8) 0 Next, wait for the output of the rough image 10) When input, the image output means 7
The rough image 15 that has been corrected is outputted onto, for example, recording paper, and the control operation is completed (11).

On the other hand, if the determination in step (5) is NO, other control is executed (12).

In the above embodiment, the case where the image modification mode is scaling modification has been explained, but the output image modification means 6 changes the rough sketch image according to the image modification performed by the display control means 4a, for example, scaling 9 rotations, erasing, etc. Needless to say, it is possible to modify.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, the present invention includes an image reading means for reading a rough sketch image, an image information storage means for storing the rough sketch image read by the image reading means, and a rough sketch image stored in the image information storage means. a display means for displaying a rough sketch image displayed on the display means, a display control means for making necessary image corrections to the rough sketch image displayed on the display means, and a product image stored in an image information storage means being corrected in accordance with the image correction made by the display control means. However, since the output image correction means for re-storing the image information in the image information storage means and the image output means for outputting the corrected product image stored in the image information storage means are provided, the resolution of the output image for correction on the display means is reduced. Since the rough sketch image does not deteriorate, it is possible to easily create a new rough sketch image from the rough sketch image that has been created once, output a clear rough sketch image, and have the excellent advantage of being able to manage rough sketch images with good reproducibility.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a catalog editing system showing an embodiment of the present invention, FIGS. 2(a) to (C) are schematic diagrams illustrating the state transition of a rough sketch image, and FIG. Fig. 1 is a flowchart explaining the operation, Fig. 4 is a flowchart showing the mini-rough and rough creation procedures in the conventional design process, Fig. 5 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the conventional catalog editing system, Fig. 6 (a) , (b) are schematic diagrams showing examples of conventional rough image output. In the figure, 1 is an image reading means, 2 is an image information storage means,
3 is an input means, 4 is a system controller, 4a is a display control means, 5 is a display means, 6 is an output image correction means, and 7 is an image output means. (a) Figure 6 (b)

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) an image reading means for reading a rough sketch image; an image information storage means for storing the rough sketch image read by the image reading means; and a display means for displaying the rough sketch image stored in the image information storage means; a display control means for making necessary image corrections to the rough sketch image displayed on the display means; and a display control means for correcting the product image stored in the image information storage means in accordance with the image correction by the display control means; A catalog editing system comprising: output image correction means for re-storing the output image in the storage means; and image output means for outputting the corrected product image stored in the image information storage means. (2) The catalog editing system according to claim (1), wherein the display control means moves, scales, rotates, and erases the displayed ruled line information and product images.