JPS6299888A - Format conversion processing method between input and output forms - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To designate accurately an area to be segmented by detecting the position of a correction mark, and deciding the area to be segmented based on the detected mark position. CONSTITUTION:When a gift application form 1 is set to an input device 9 and an input action is indicated, the shape information written on each column are read and stored in an input buffer 10. Each area to be segmented is designated through an input position designating part 11 and the output position of each area is designated by an output position designating part 12. Then the position of each correction mark is detected, then the address of each area to be segmented is decided. These decided addresses are set to an input/output position control part 14 together with the shape information and printed out to each prescribed position by an output device 15.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] The present invention cuts out only a specified area of figurative information such as characters displayed on an input sheet, and outputs the position of the cut out area by specifying one point. The present invention relates to a format conversion processing method between input and output sheets, thereby creating an output sheet having a different formant from the input sheet.

For example, when sending gifts to multiple people from a department store, one request column and multiple notifications are sent from an application form (input form) that has a light surface, product name column, function mark column, etc. The present invention relates to a format conversion processing method between input and output forms for creating a delivery slip (output form).

Conventionally, as a method for format conversion processing between input and output paper, the invention disclosed in Japanese Patent Publication No. 58-3256 is known. Normally, necessary information is entered in the form of an input form used in this type of method using handwritten characters, and the handwritten characters are converted into a dot pattern L2#1 by a character CCD sensor.

On the other hand, to edit the format, logical coordinates are provided on the input paper, and by specifying a range on these coordinates, a certain area in which the handwritten characters are written can be visualized.
Processing is performed to extract and import the data as lJ.

During this importing process, if the input paper is not at a predetermined position, a situation may occur in which the image 1n to be imported is also imported at a position shifted from its normal position. This kind of situation occurs when a misalignment occurs during the feeding operation of the input paper, but since the input paper tends to be sucked roughly, it often bends or tears. It is extremely difficult to accurately feed the paper by a machine, and it is impossible to prevent the above-mentioned situation from occurring.

Therefore, conventional methods have the drawback that morphological information is misaligned, leading to missing parts of characters or misreading function marks, resulting in incorrect editing work. Was.

The present invention aims to eliminate such drawbacks.

Detect the position of a correction mark, which is made of two line segments extending parallel to each of the vertical and horizontal edges of the input paper, which is pre-prepared on the input paper for printing the first part, and use this detected position as a reference. This determines the area to be cut out.

Stop-1 ■ Even if the input paper is fed out of alignment, the area to be cut out can always be accurately specified by detecting the position of the correction mark.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Preferred embodiments of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Figure 1 is a schematic plan view of a gift application form which is an input form used in the present invention, Figure 2 is a schematic plan view of a delivery slip which is an output form created from a gift application form, and Figure 3 is a booklet. A block diagram of a processing device used in the invention, FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an outline of the entire processing method, FIG. 5 is an enlarged view of a correction mark, FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a method of horizontally drawing a correction mark, and FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing another embodiment of the correction mark detection method.

As shown in Figure 1, the gift application form 1 is a vertically long sheet of paper with one recipient 41i112 and the notification destination (leap 3).
, a function mark field 4, a product name field 5, and an amount field 6 are provided. In the function mark field 4, there is a check system for ``same as above'', ``deletion'', and ``end'' from the top. No function, end is gift application! Each has a function to end the human output of + up to each column of its corresponding set. And, request column 2 and notification are 11i first! 13 and the left edge of the gift application form 1, a piece-shaped correction mark 7 is provided corresponding to each column.

Figure 2 shows a delivery slip 8 created in a format different from that of the gift application form 1, with the details entered in the above request field 2, notification 3, item name field 5, and amount field 6, respectively. Copied, 4M 2 a, Notification is preemptive 3a, Product name @
5a, an amount column 6a is provided.

Next, a format conversion processing method for creating the delivery slip 8 from the gift application form 1 will be explained based on FIGS. 3 to 6.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, when the gift application form l is set in the input device 11f9 and input is instructed, the characters written in each column are read by the optical reading means provided in the input device 9. The image 1n information is successively taken and stored in the input buffer IO. Then, each area to be cut out is specified by the input position specifying section 11 according to the format type inputted in advance, and the output position of each of these areas is specified by the output position specifying section 12.

Subsequently, the position of each correction mark 7 is detected.

To explain this based on FIGS. 5 and 6, (11
The positive mark 7 is divided into an X-direction component 7a and a Y-direction component 7b. First, the origin X of the X-direction component 7a is specified, and then the length in both the vertical and horizontal directions from the origin X is specified, and a rectangular shape is formed. The search range is determined. Subsequently, a search is made to see if there is a black dot constituting the X-direction component 7a at each coordinate position within this search range. If there is a dot, its coordinate position is X coordinate, Y! Calculate by target. When the computation in the search range of the same component 7a in the X direction is completed, the origin y of the component 7b in the Y direction is designated in the same way, and the coordinate positions of the dots within the search range are computed. After completing these calculations, find the line on the coordinates with the highest average value in each of the X-direction component 7a and Y-direction component 7b, and use this line as the center line of both components 7a and 7b to determine the position of the correction mark 7. To detect. In this way, when each position of each correction mark 7 is detected, the origin 2° of each area to be cut out is determined by a predetermined distance in both vertical and horizontal directions from the reference point O of each correction mark 7. 3°, 5°, and 6° are determined (see Figure 1).

Then, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, each origin 2o
, 3°, 5o, and 6o in both the vertical and horizontal directions, the address of each area to be cut out is determined, and sent to the input/output position control unit 14 together with its shape information.

Note that if there is a discrepancy between the address of each area to be extracted determined as described above and the regular address set in advance, and this discrepancy exceeds the allowable range, it will be treated as an error. , the work is stopped.

On the other hand, if the address of each area to be extracted determined as described above and the regular address set in advance are matched, or if there is a discrepancy within the allowable range, an output instruction is issued. The shape information of each area to be cut out, which is sent to the input/output position control unit 14, is sent to the output device 1.
1'15, the delivery slip 8 is printed in a predetermined position and has a different formant from the gift application form 1.

In addition, when an instruction to reduce is given when inputting the gift application form 1, the data thinning specification unit 16 thins out each door of the input figure according to the reduction rate. If the ratio is 1/2, every other dot in the horizontal direction is thinned out, and every other dot in the vertical direction is thinned out in every other row.

Next, another embodiment of a method for detecting the position of each correction mark 7 will be described based on FIG. On the wood flow side, the shape (+
This is to detect the position of the correction mark 7 while looking at the '1 report.

The reading of the gift application form 1 is carried out line by line. When reading each line, a search is made to see if a black dot exists, and if it exists, its position is marked with a correction mark. 7. Determine whether or not the specified position is reached. Here, if it exists at the specified position, its coordinate position is
Calculate by coordinate and X coordinate. After this totalization, the shape information of the l line is read and stored in the input buffer IO. Then, the next line is read in the same way. When the aggregation in the preset search range is completed, the coordinate positions of the dots within that search range are aggregated, and the line on the coordinate with the highest average value is is determined, and the position of the correction mark 7 is detected using this line as the center line.

When the reading of the gift application form l is completed in this way, the position of the figure 1 report to be cut out and its address is determined based on the position of the correction mark 7, in the same manner as in the first embodiment described above. Moreover, it is edited into a predetermined format different from that of the ml gift application form 1.

Furthermore, in each of the embodiments described above, by comparing the horizontal coordinate positions of the reference points 0 of the uppermost correction mark 7 and the lowermost correction mark 7 of the gift application w1,
A skew (diagonal shift) of the gift application Bl can be detected. In other words, if the coordinate position is lost, it means that there is no deviation, and if it does not match, it means that there is a deviation, and the larger the absolute value of the difference, the larger the deviation. do.

Note that the present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiments; for example, the shape of the correction mark 7 is not limited to a hook shape,
Any shape is sufficient as long as it includes a direction component and a Y direction component, and it is not necessary that these two components are continuous. Furthermore, it is sufficient to have one correction mark 7 on the input sheet. Furthermore, the input form is Gift Application Form 1, and the output form is Delivery Slip 8.
Needless to say, these formats are not limited to , and in addition, their formats can be changed as appropriate.

Layer 1 As is clear from the above explanation, according to the present invention, even if the input paper is fed out of alignment, by detecting the position of the correction mark, the area of figural information to be cut out can always be accurately determined. Since it can be set at a suitable position, it is possible to achieve the effect that a part of the shape information is not outputted or a function mark is misread and an incorrect editing process is not performed.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

The figures show preferred embodiments of the present invention, with Figure 1 being a schematic plan view of a gift application form used in the present invention, and Figure 2 being a schematic plan view of a delivery slip created from the gift application form. , FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a processing device used in the present invention, FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an outline of the entire processing method, FIG. 5 is an enlarged view of a correction mark, and FIG. 6 shows a method of detecting a correction mark. Flowchart FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing another embodiment of the correction mark detection method. 1...Gift application form 2, 2a...Recipient column
3,3a...notification is pre-emptive 4.--mnō+lj
l 5+5””Product name 11i11 6゜6a・
...Amount column 7...Correction mark 8...Delivery slip 9...Input device 10...Input buffer
13... Input position designation section 14... Input/output position control section I5... Output device patent applicant Tophpan Moore Co., Ltd., representative patent attorney Chiba University -' 1, M'lda No. 4m No. 7 Field

Claims (1)

[Claims] By reading and storing figurative information such as characters displayed on input paper using optical means, cutting out only a designated area of this stored content, and outputting and printing by specifying the output position of this cut out area. , is a method of creating an output paper having a format different from that of the input paper, and involves detecting the position of a correction mark provided in advance on the input paper, and determining the area to be cut out based on this detected position. Features a format conversion processing method between input and output paper.