JPS62175873A - Picture processing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To facilitate easy corrections with a picture processing system by producing the picture data based on a format selected by a selection means out of plural formats stored in a format memory means independently of the picture data. CONSTITUTION:A work station WS consisting of a display part 38 and a keyboard 50 is set first under a register routine after input of a command for registration of formats. Then those information on the form size, the form setting direction, etc., are inputted. In other words, a plate 6 set within a form 5 is decided with a pointing device (PD)61 by key input of two points shown by marks *, for example. The number of stages (two stages in the figure) is inputted and a * mark point, for example, is designated through the keyboard 50 or the PD61 for decision of the stage width and the space between stages. Then the designation of a text including the type styles of characters, dots, sizes, etc., is carried out after said definition of stages is through.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to an image processing system that collects 1 m of 9 document images, and in particular, creates beautiful presentation including headings, page numbers, columns, etc. based on composition rules. Arrange, shape 9 image 1
It relates to an advanced image processing system for editing different information such as tables and graphs.

[Conventional technology]

Recently, word/guro-nanatsute has become popular, and document input is becoming mechanized and streamlined.
Rationalization of character string input such as maji-kanji conversion VC@rederu. When outputting the input image data, the image data is expanded and output only in the format set in the image data, or in a specific format.

On the other hand, in the world of printing, a vast amount of typesetting know-how is accumulated as knowledge of experts, and the creation of high-quality documents is complicated, as they rely on their manual work to determine how to fill letters, format columns, etc. It requires many steps and is expensive. In particular, the companion documents that were created could only be proofread once they had been printed out in the form of galleys, and revisions had to be made repeatedly.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

For this reason, if you want to develop and output image data into a desired format, you will have to set the format each time. Also, the format that has been set cannot be used when developing other image data. [Means for solving the problem] To solve this problem, multiple formats are stored separately from the image data storage means. A format storage means for this purpose and a selection means for selecting the desired format from among these formats are provided.

[Effect]

It is possible to store a plurality of formats separately from the image data, select the next format from the format storage means using the selection means, and expand and output the image data according to the formula 7t4.

〔Example〕

Figure 1 is a block diagram of an image data processing system.
In this application, image data includes text data. H4 is a VRAM that develops the data to be displayed on the display unit 38 on a bitmap. For example, if it is character data, a character pattern corresponding to the code is developed on the VRAM, and the software control It is possible to generate and display a cursor directly in the display area.

H7, H8, and H9 are disks for data files; for example, H8 is a hard disk (HD), and H7 is a disk for data files.
It is a 5-inch/chi floppy disk (FD).

The H5BMU (Bit Manipulation Unit) transfers words in units of words between devices such as the video ram H4, main memory, disks (H7, H8, H9), and input/output devices such as printers. DMAC (Direct Metnory Acc) performed without going through the MPU
ess Controller) Machine#! Furthermore, the following 16 types of logical operations are possible as functions.

Next KH6 is MPU (Micro Process
or Unit)! is. Also, the MPU section is HD
/FD-IF (interface), and
Disk H7゜H8, H9 and later PMEM, IMEM
control access, etc.

Hlo and Hl3 are printers with different pixel densities, and Hl2 is a reader that reads the original.

Also, Hll! (14 are printers HIO each.

9 interfaces are provided corresponding to the printer H13 and the reader H12. H16 is a program memory (PMEM) which selects and executes a program for editing processing from the hard disk H8. Also, keyboard 5
The data input from 0 is stored as code information in the main memory, which is also a text memory. In addition, data stored in main memory, data stored on disk, and data read from the reader are
It can be expanded into the memory IMEM as bit data, and the data stored in PMEMVc can also be subjected to the DMAC, XY conversion, scaling, etc. via the BMU described above. In addition, PMEM, Hl 5 or H
A simple memory map in P-1 is shown in Figure 2.
is a single image data text section in which image data is stored as code information. P-2 is the image data rose type part, which will be explained later in FIG. 3, and includes character types such as body text, heading part, non-pull, and column.

Line pitch, character pinch, etc. are stored as data.

P-3 is a line information table that performs positioning in memory and display. For example, (x 11 *
．． X13..., y) Data is stored.

Note that P-3 may include P-2iC.

Next, in the system configured as described above, functions relating to formats such as print formats and column formats prepared in advance of the image editing apparatus according to the present invention and calls to image data thereof will be explained.

Regarding the format, it has the following functions.

(1) Registration of the format, (2) Partial correction of the registered format 7.

(3) Formatting the image data; (4) partially correcting the format of the image data.

First, before explaining the above (1) and (4), format data will be explained. FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing part of the data stored in the disk drive ffH-8 and R-7 shown in FIG. 1. 9 is a format file table, which is a table for determining which seven files of the format file IO are to be selected. The image file 11 includes an image section 12 in which image data is actually stored and a format section 13 in which a format corresponding to the image is stored. Decide what to choose.

Next, the format data stored in the format file 10 shown in FIG. 3 will be explained. Note that this data does not need to be stored in a file;
, may be stored in PMEM. The format definition consists of the following three records. That is, <JL> format definition header record section, <b) one body definition record section, and <C> multiple peripheral definition record sections. <a> manages the number of format definitions, but the details are omitted. Also, <C> is a horn (page number) definition, a column (heading outside the margin) definition, etc., but the details are omitted here. <b> has a text definition and a text and column definition, and has a structure as shown in FIG. 4, for example. Note that FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of parameters (terms) regarding the format. Figure 5 shows the 90 RT shown in Figure 1.
Display [38] indicates the position of the printing plate where images, etc. on the paper are input and edited, and if the left side of the page is the binding margin, 1. I[, 1[, VI are ``top (blank area at the top of the page)'' and ``gutter (blank area on the binding margin)''.

/11 (blank area opposite the page binding margin), “ground (
The blank space at the bottom of the page is called "print 1" on paper 15.
6 is determined. The number of columns in FIG. 4 indicates the number of columns, and in the case of FIG. 5, there are two columns.As is clear from the figure, alignment of one column means aligning the lower rows of the columns. Mayu, Yukinaga indicates the length of the row, and is shown in ■.
The number of lines indicates the number of lines in one row. Furthermore, the crotch is
In the case of Figure 5, there are two stages, so the interval between the stages (■
1 or more is data related to the column definition shown in Figure 4, and for the text definition, it is the font of the character.

It has data such as the number of dots, size, character spacing, presence/absence of indentation of two paragraphs, color information, etc.

Next, the functions related to the above-mentioned format will be explained in detail.

(1) Form Registration Figure 6 shows the registration flowchart. When a command to register an I form is entered, the display section 38, keyboard 50, and other functions of the WS (workstation), such as registration, are first executed. enter the routine. Then, in Step 1 of Figure 6, input information such as paper size, paper placement direction, length/horizontal aspect, etc.Next, in Step 2, input information regarding the neat column format shown in Figure 5. This is carried out in accordance with the display flow shown in FIG. 7, for example. That is, as shown in FIG. 7(1), the printing plate 6 on the paper 5 is determined by inputting, for example, two points marked with an X using the pointing device (PD) 61. Then, in (2), enter the number of 1 step (2 steps in the figure), and in (3), L/-1 on the keyboard specifies the PDVc processing, for example, an x mark, and specifies the membrane width and crotch. After defining the columns as above, in step (4), define the main text such as the font, dots, size, etc. of the characters to be used. Therefore, (4) in Figure 7
By looking at the page, you can intuitively understand the approximate number of lines and layout. Next, in step 3Vc of FIG. 6, the non-pull (page number), columns (margin headings), and headings are further defined. This operation can also be input intuitively while looking at the WS drawing, so it is possible to set the format very efficiently.The fixed format is registered in step 4 of Figure 6, and the fixed format is registered in step 4 of Figure 6. A of format file 10 shown in
It is stored in B, C, etc. Multiple formats can be registered using the above method. Even if the settings are made as described above and the numerical data indicating the format is displayed in accordance with the displayed image, the method described in 1-(2) Partial correction of the registered format (1) This section explains how to call up and modify a registered format.

A menu of precise formats that call up registered formats is displayed on a part of the display screen (hereinafter referred to as a window).
is shown in Figure 8. FIG. 8 shows a flowchart for partially modifying a registered format file. First, from step IIIC, %WSVc is set and a menu as shown in FIG. 8 is displayed. For example, [F]) is an "article" and is A4 (paper size), 1obo (font size), and 1 column (number of columns). Next, in step 2VC, the cursor (
In Fig. 8, move the arrow 17)%- and press the PD61 key at the desired format, for example, a prisoner's report.
The format contained in the format file AJm shown in the figure is selected by the format file table 9, and the CRT display fll shown in Figure 1 is displayed.
At a8, the screen is displayed as shown in FIG. Then, in step 3, the numerical value 17t is corrected by intuitively transforming the image with respect to the parameters such as the row arrangement and the like explained in FIG. Then, rewrite the corrected document format in the format file 1o shown in Figure 3, or write it in a new file and register it. (3) To format the image, use %WSyc to When a command for formatting is input, the diagram shown in FIG. 8 is displayed, as in case (2). Note that even if the image is currently being processed on the screen, this screen is displayed superimposed on it. Therefore, to make the image easier to see, you can point the cursor ↑ at the mouth in the lower right corner of FIG. 8 and change the magnification of the window in accordance with the movement of the cursor.

You can also move the entire window by pointing to the "format file" part of the title and moving it. Therefore, if you are not displaying an image, of course, you can move or change the size of the window shown in Figure 8 and display it on the highlighted part of the 4th image while the image is being displayed. You can easily select the desired format of #lc. FIG. 10 shows a formatting 70-chart for images. An image of data n1 of the sentence-Iif portion 12 shown in FIG. 3 is now displayed on the screen. Then, in step 1 of FIG. 10, a key input from the WS calls up a format file list window shown in FIG. 8 at an arbitrary position on the screen. Then, the desired format, for example ω, is selected using the PD 61 and the cursor 17 described in #. Then, format 7 isle A in FIG.
is copied to the part a corresponding to . This deletes the format of the image currently being processed. Since the formatting of the image is done while formatting the text according to the new set in the image, the image being processed above will be output in a completely new format.

(4) Partial modification of image Next, a case will be explained in which part of the format of the added image is modified by the procedure such as (3) "Formatting to image". First, we will explain how to call up an image on the display screen. FIG. 11 shows a flowchart for partially changing the image format. In step 1, the image file 11 consisting of the format section 13 and text section 12 shown in FIG. 3 is read out using the image file table 14, and the image for each format is displayed on the display section 9. Next, in Step 2 in Figure 11, modify the parameters related to the format such as the number of columns, 1 line length, 1 interval, etc., and in Step 3, if you want to register, create the image file 1 in Figure 3.
1! /c May be newly or re-registered. Next, inputting and editing work will be explained in detail using functions such as registration and modification of the above-mentioned formats on the 7 isles, addition of 9 formats to images, and partial modification thereof. The typesetting process referred to here refers to the process of converting image data including image data into format data, displaying it on one screen, or expanding the memory 1 for printing power, for example, the image data text section P-1 shown in Figure 2. This is a process of expanding the data rendered into the image memory while referring to the image data format section P-2. , FIG. 12 shows an image processing system having one or more configuration functions, especially image processing 6.
This is a Mi version-related HiI no Go 70-chart. In step s1, the MPUH6 uses the keyboard 5o or the PD6
Waiting for input from 1st place. If there is an input, it is determined whether it is a command to call up one image (step 82), N
In the case of Q, since there is no relation between the invention KwL and the present invention, it will be omitted here. If YES, proceed to step s3 and I
MEM, HI3. On H2S or PMEM, H2S,
There is no Bunsei data on H2S.

It is determined whether the initial state is a blank page, and if NO, the image data is loaded onto the memory from the disk I-I 8, etc. (step s4), typesetting processing is performed in step S26, and the process proceeds to steps s5 and s6. . Step S3
If YES, the image exists in memory, so
Step 826゜S5 and S61c proceed as it is,
The image data developed on the VRAM and H4 is typesetting processed and an editing menu is displayed on the CRT 38. An example of this displayed state is shown in FIG. Next, in step S7.

It waits for input from the keyboard 50 or I'D 61.

The input described in step S1 is 0. For example, in a part of the menu on the screen, move the cursor using the PD61, etc., and specify the icon (pictogram) indicating the reader, cabinet JP manuscript paper, etc. 101) The input in step S7 is the same as that in step S1, or by moving the cursor on the image 101 displayed on the screen, the position in one image is changed to the line information in FIG. 2. The inputs are as determined by Table P-3. If there is an instruction to move the cursor in step S7, the cursor CR is set to the 0 position cursor and moved in step S9. However, if you specify the start and end points of a character string or image data area using FD and an arrow (referred to as Al'), that area will be specified.The "range specification" key on the keyboard or part of the menu When you specify , the cursor CIL is set as a range cursor. (Step 310. Step 5ll) Next, in step 312, a part of the menu (100
), enter an editing command such as align 9 lines,
In step 313, each incitement cloak is executed. Further, when an instruction to insert a format command is input in step S18, a format command is inserted in step S19, and 1, for example, "beginning of heading" is inserted into one image data.

Insert the code data for the "end of heading" section.

Also, when a layout command is input, step S20.
At 821, a layout command is executed. Print instruction 1 For example, when a printer icon is specified on the PD 61, steps S22 to S28. Moving on to the print process of S23, the designated image/ is printed out by the printer according to the screen format. Step S24. In step 325.

Other applications include image updating, for example. For example, when the mode for creating a new table is designated, in step 525IC, a new image is stored on the disk H8, an 1illi image is called, and one image is updated, and after completion, the process returns to (2). Steps 814 to 317 are display control steps for displaying only a portion of the screen with correction, or for displaying the entire screen with correction, depending on the state of the corrected portion after each command is executed.

Formsetting Process Among the system configuration and image processing flow described above, the change ζ1 typesetting process will be explained in detail below.

The image data text portion P-1 shown in Figure 1452 is “
Heading" l "Nonpur", "Pillar".

It consists of a command that instructs to refer to a set such as "text definition" and code data including a character string into which the command is to be inserted. The typesetting process is described in the image data format section P-2 of Figure 2g2 (described later in Figure J417).

) while referring to the data related to the "Heading" etc. of P- above.
This is a process of developing character code data of 1 into actual bit image data.

Hereinafter, the formatting process will be further explained with reference to the drawings. First, five examples will be described in which image data that does not include any formatting commands is displayed on the screen, and formatting commands are inserted into the image data to format the image.

Figure g14 is image code data that does not include any formatting commands, and is stored in disk memory H8 or PMEM in Figure 6AI-2.
H15 and H16K are stored. This data is typewritten by Jl! ! 1 (826 in FIG. 12), all character strings are considered to be the main text. FIG. 17 is a detailed diagram of the image data format section of FIG. It is developed into bit image data based on information such as the line advance between characters, and is displayed on one screen as shown in FIG. 15 (FIG. 12, 85). Here, everything is considered to be the main text, so of course there are no "headings" or the like. Next, use the pointing device FD or keyboard to operate the range cursor (CR) from within this character string.
When selecting and instructing ``This is the heading section'' using the Bunku medium range specification process (Fig. 12, 510, 811), the 16th
As shown in the figure, the area designated above is marked with diagonal lines for black and white and transgenesis, indicating that the area of shame has been designated ii! li
This will be the i-side.

Next, use the arrow AR to point to the icon (picture) displaying the "Major Heading" command displayed at the bottom of the screen shown in FIG.

The above character string is recognized as having the attribute of "major heading", and the format command insertion execution process of 319 in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 18, on the code data, format commands such as "beginning of major heading" and "end of major heading" are inserted into the image data. and.

Based on the data shown in FIG. 18, the typesetting process (827 in FIG. 12) refers to the heading part P-M in the buttock style definition shown in FIG. 9
Based on information such as 9-line spacing between characters, the character string of the ``major heading'' is actually developed on a memory (for example, IMEM). IjfJ1
FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of the display on the screen when a character larger than that of the "main text definition" is set as the character type of the "main heading" in one or more steps. The above is the "Heading"
We have explained the typesetting process using the example ``Non-pull J (P-+V), r-column J (P-1 [1), etc.'' in the same format definition every time one page of image data is expanded. Refer to the information group that needs to be output every time, and if there is a "non-pull" instruction, the print position that is also set.

Non-pull (page number) may be output depending on the character type, etc. Similarly, if the "column" definition specifies that the main heading character string be used as the column text, the "column" is similarly expanded and output to the set position.

Next, image printing processing will be explained. Regarding the image currently displayed on the screen, step 322 in FIG.
S28. Print output is also possible in the typesetting process and printing process in S23, but here a list of images is displayed and any image can be selected from the list.

Describe how to obtain print output. FIG. 20 shows a flowchart of print processing, and will be explained using this flowchart.

First, in step S1, point the "cabinet" icon in the menu part 100 of FIG. 13 using the pointing device PD6.
If you specify 1, a list of images as shown in Figure 1g21 will be displayed. Next, in step S2, point the icon of the image you want to print using the pointing device PD61, and
When you specify the "printer" icon in a part of the menu shown in Figure 3, the printing process starts, and in step 83 the specified image is transferred to the IME.
M Hl 7 , H18t or PMEMH15, H16
At the same time, a print menu as shown in FIG. 22 is displayed in step S4. In this figure, only the minimum parameters necessary for explaining the present application are illustrated. In step 85, enter the number of copies of the page range to be printed, and if you want to change the style, enter the name of the warrior, etc. from the keyboard 50, and press "Start Printing".
When specifying , if Takename is specified.

Again IMEMH17, H18 or PMEMH15,
The format specified in H16 is read from the format file shown in FIG. 3, 10. (Step S7) Here, if no name is specified, the format accompanying the image data is used.

Thereafter, the above-mentioned typesetting process is performed in step S8 until it is confirmed in step SIO that the specified number of copies of the specified page range have been printed, and when some development is completed, step S
At 9, it is output to the printing machine T (10 or H13).

As detailed above, according to the present invention, even at the time of printing, it is possible to specify another format without overriding the format added to the original image data, and it is extremely easy to modify the output information accordingly. It is possible.

It has become possible to provide an image processing system that can perform image processing at extremely high speed.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a one-image m collection device. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a partial memory map in PMEM. FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing part of the data stored in the disk device H8. The figure is an explanatory diagram of the 11-formula data stored in the format file 10 shown in Figure 3. Figure 5 is an explanatory diagram of terms related to OF2.
70-chart of formula registration Figure 7 shows the flow of display in one-stage format input Figure 8 shows 4! Figure 9 is an explanatory diagram of the menu display of the formula.
A flowchart for partially modifying a registered 6-format file. Fig. 10 is a flowchart for adding a C-format to one image. Fig. 11 is a flowchart for partially modifying the format of one image. Fig. 12 is an image in one image processing system. Process 2 A control flowchart including typesetting processing (Figure 13) is a diagram showing an example of the display of one image data and an editing menu (Figure 14)'! ,,Figure 15 is a diagram showing how text code data that does not contain any I-style commands is stored in memory. Figure 15 is a diagram showing an example of an image display of information developed into bit image data. Figure 16 is a diagram showing how text code data containing no I-style commands is stored on one screen. Figure 17 is a diagram showing data related to typesetting processing on PMEM. Figure 18 is a diagram showing how text code data including 4F-style commands are stored in memory. Figure 19 shows 1Mi
Figure 20 shows an image actually output on the screen based on the σ-style command through plate processing, and Figure 21 is a flowchart of the printing process. The figure shows an example of a print parameter input menu.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] Storage means for storing image data; format storage means for storing a plurality of formats for outputting the image data stored in the storage means; a selection means for selecting one of the formats selected by the selection means; and a display means for displaying the image data stored in the storage means according to the format selected by the selection means. Image processing system.