JPS63163972A - Image processing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To attain the high speed processing of image information by lowering the large quantity of image information to the level of an area and mutually linking. CONSTITUTION:The image information 6 is read to an image processing processor 1, according to a necessity, divided to the areas 9-1, 9-2 to form picture information. When the image information is displayed on a display device, processing operation instructions to the image information 6, and the areas 9-1 or 9-2 are displayed in the forms of visible images on an auxiliary display device 11 disposed on a portable input device 10. When an operator presses down the position of a display, the processing to the image information 6 or the area 9-1 are executed.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Summary] An information system that processes image information, for example, by building a man-machine interface using images such as video, and building an intellectual environment support system for humans. In an image processing device for high-speed image processing, control information is prepared for each image information and for each area extracted from the image information with an arbitrary size and shape, and in the control information, the It is disclosed that instruction information 6 for displaying image information and/or processing operation instructions for an area as a visible image is written.

[Industrial application field]

The present invention relates to an image processing device.

In particular, 2) control information for each image information and an area extracted from the image information with an arbitrary size and shape is provided, and processing operation instructions for the image information and area are included in a visible image. An image process in which instruction information to be displayed is written.

The present invention relates to a processing device.

[Conventional technology]

For example, OA systems have been known for a long time.

For example, a computer is used as an office tool, such as a typewriter, a table, a sheet of paper, a pencil, a file, etc. There is. However, in these conventional cases,
It aimed at easy-to-use data processing, mainly from the viewpoint of how to process code and data at high speed.

However, recently, fields in which it is necessary to handle image information are expanding.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

As mentioned above, considering that the fields in which image information must be handled are expanding, conventional computers are only capable of handling individual image information, and are not capable of organically combining large amounts of image information. Integrated. In other words, this is not necessarily sufficient for the problem of high-speed processing of image information systems.

[Means for solving problems]

The present invention solves the above-mentioned problems and provides a support system for creating an intellectual environment for three people from the perspective of being able to use a computer like a video and processing image information at high speed. It is something.

FIG. 1 shows a basic configuration diagram of the present invention. Reference numeral 1 in the figure is an image processing device.

Reference numeral 2 denotes an input processing unit which performs input processing on a large amount of given image information. 3 is an output processing section,
Performs processing related to man-machine interface. 4
is an image data base composed of, for example, an optical disk memory. 5 is high-speed image data
It's the base.

Works as frame file memory. The image processing device 1 has the function of constructing an image database 4 that is easy to use and handle, and also has a function of easily constructing a high-speed image database 5 according to the purpose.・It has an architecture that enables image handling and high-level image processing.

The input processing unit 2 (i) easily inputs image information (including voice information), (ii) converts the image information into an information format that can be used for intellectual environment support, and (iii) Organize image information and information organically.
It has the ability to combine, integrate, and process.

(iv) It has the function of generating a new intellectual image information system using these.

The output processing unit 3 (i) outputs and presents image information at high speed, (ii) provides a comfortable and conversational image man-machine interface, and (iii) outputs image information in a format suitable for the purpose. (iv) It has a function that facilitates reorganization of output information and re-inputting it into the system.

The image processing device shown is.

In other words, a group of picture information that has been programmed and combined and integrated is sequentially provided to the main display that outputs video and audio, and in the meantime, if necessary, a desired one is provided. Alternatively, multiple picture information can be stacked and processed.

For this reason, when there is image information 6 that corresponds to the screen on one display device as shown in FIG.
l16 is held in the picture information 7 as image data 8-1. In addition, regarding the images constituting the image information 6, areas 9-1 and 9-2 may be
Area ring with any size and shape, such as.

Area information regarding areas 9-1 and 9-2 that have been aread is mask information! [18-2 is retained in the picture information 7. Furthermore, corresponding to the image information 6, (+) control information regarding the image information 6 itself and (ii) control information regarding the aread (extracted) area are included in the picture information 7 as control information 8.
-3.

For example, 9 is the control information 8-3 regarding the image information itself.

(1) Title 1 Date 5 Author.

(2) Focused binary image data 8-1
storage address.

(3) Storage addresses (including link information) of other image information and areas related to the image information.

(4) Search keyword information.

(5) Protection information.

(6) An instruction m-report is prepared that provides processing operation instructions for image information in the form of an image. For example, the control information regarding the area is 1.

(7) Area number.

(8) Storage address of mask information 8-2 regarding the area.

(9) Category information (text) of the information content of the area.

identification information such as charts, text, pictures).

Q (It area protection information.

0υ Storage address for other image information and areas related to the area (including link information).

Operation/control information for the hitting area.

Instruction information and the like are prepared that give an image of processing operation instructions for the zero-contest area.

[Effect]

Image information 6 is image processing device 1
The picture information 7 is then read in and subjected to area ringing as required, such as areas 9-1 and 9-2, to generate picture information 7. Then, as necessary (depending on the purpose), links are created such as (i) area and image information, (11) area and other areas, and (iii) image information and image information, forming a picture information system. be done.

1, for example, when image information 6 is displayed on the display device, 1, for example, the portal input device 1 shown in FIG.
On the auxiliary display device 11 provided at 0, the image information 6 and/or processing operation instructions for areas 9-1 and 9-2 are displayed in the form of a visible image. That is, in FIG. 1, for example, "next screen" is displayed in the auxiliary display device 11.

Characters such as "Go back", "Speak J", and "rHELPJ" appear, and when the operator presses the position of each character, processing for image information 6, area 9-1, etc. is executed. Note that the display of the "next screen" and the like is executed based on the above-mentioned "instruction information that gives processing operation instructions as an image" described in the control information 8-3. That is, the instruction information is 9, for example (i)
Address in memory that stores the character to be displayed.

(11) Information on the coordinate position of the character to be displayed on the auxiliary display device 11; (iii) checking the coordinate position of the character on the auxiliary display device 11 when the character is pressed; based on the check results; image information and/or area to perform processing operations on the image information and/or area.
It consists of information that instructs the processing device.

In order to perform such processing, the image processing processing bag W1 is used.

(b) A function to extract (area ring) an area of any shape from image information.

(b) A function to embed semantic information (such as what kind of information the area is) into the area, that is, a function to add identification information such as text or a chart.

(c) A function to embed control information in the area, that is, a function to add information such as blink, reverse, protect, etc.

(d) A function to link the area with image information and other areas. (e) A function to edit and process the area, such as enlarging, reducing, rotating, moving, reversing, calculating, copying, erasing, etc. function.

(f) A function to embed semantic information, etc. in image information, that is, a function to add, for example, a title, date, created note name, etc.

(g) A function to embed control information in image information.

That is, for example, a function to add link information with other image information or areas, protection information, keywords, etc.

(h) It provides functions such as linking area and image information with other programs.

〔Example〕

FIG. 2 shows the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention.

Reference numerals 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10, and 11 in the figure correspond to those in FIG. Further, 21 is a processor for controlling the entire system. 22 is a control memory that stores programs that control the entire system. 23 is an image scanner for reading image information, and 24 is an image printer for printing out image information. 5 is a cache disk for storing image information read from the image data base (optical disk) 4; 27 is a high-speed bus for transferring a large amount of image information at high speed; 28
29 is a processor for controlling the display system in the output processing section 3; 29 is a 77-bit memory for processing image information in bit units; 30 is a video memory for displaying on a display device. 31 is a memory for controlling the display system; 32 is a display device, and 33 is a touch panel that is set on the screen of the display device and is used for inputting positional information by touching the displayed image information with a fingertip, for example. 34 is a memory for storing image information transferred from the cache disk 25, when the information is to be displayed.

The image information of the frame to be displayed is video memo IJ3
0 and displayed on the 9 display device 32.

Image information 6 as shown in FIG.
It is kept as 1. On the one hand, it is transferred to a video memory 30 via a bus 27 and displayed on a display device 32.

At the same time, the above-mentioned instruction information in the control information 18-3 generates a display such as the above-mentioned "next screen" on the portable input device 10.A touch panel 33 is arranged on the screen of the zero display device 32 and the auxiliary display device 11. ing. The operator can define a specific area in the image information as a meaningful area for the processing device 1 by tracing a finger or the like around a part of the image information on the display device 32 . This operation is called area ring or sampling. 9-i shown in FIG. 1 is an area. The positional information of the area ↑ information is detected by the touch panel 33, and the information is stored in the bit map memory 29.
Area h■ area information is created above. This information is called area mask information because it is also used when processing image data within the area.
The information is held as mask information 8-2, but at this time, appropriate thinning processing is performed to reduce the amount of information.

After the area is defined in this way, when the operator touches one point on the display screen, the position information detected on the touch panel 33 and the mask information in the picture information 7 existing on the frame memory 34 are displayed. 8-2 is compared,
It becomes possible to specify the accessed area. Further, by pressing an instruction on the auxiliary display 'Atl l, processing for image information or an area is executed.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing the flow of picture information in the image processing device of the present invention. The illustrated gate IM DISr'LAY corresponds to the screen of the display device 32 shown in FIG. Also, the illustrated PICTURE D
ATA is a picture information system that is linked, combined, and integrated, and the individual images that make up the system are displayed on the screen of the display device 32 as appropriate. Further, the illustrated SOB DISPLAY corresponds to the auxiliary display device 11 illustrated in FIG. 1, and the above-mentioned instructions are displayed in characters. The illustrated KEY is the portable input device 10
This is the key placed on top. Furthermore, the DISPLA shown in the diagram
Y5TACK is a place to temporarily stack individual picture information required when stacking is performed and processing is performed individually within the picture information system being displayed on the display device 32. 1Illustrated 5LEEP 5T
ACK is also a similar stack section, and both are held in the frame memory 34 shown in FIG.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram illustrating how data is used in the image processing device of the present invention.

The image data 10 is captured by the image scanner 23.
1 is created. Image operations such as enlargement and rotation can be performed on the image data 101. This point is similar to image processing in conventional data processing devices. Picture information 7 shown in FIG. 1 is generated by performing a picture ringing process 102 in which audio information and the like are added to the image data 101. The picture information 7 is subjected to the filing process 104 after the above-mentioned area-to-area, area-to-image information, and image information-to-image information linking is performed. At this time, the 9 individual areas and individual image information are
It is combined and integrated with other areas and image information (it may be integrated multiple times as necessary), and is held as an electronic file 105.

Programmed picture information 107 corresponding to the three individual applications is generated by a picture programming process 106 that combines and integrates the contents of these electronic files 105 and picture information 103 as necessary. The programmed picture information 107 is the MAIN DISPL shown in FIG.
It will be staged on AY. Note that the picture ring processing 102 and picture information 103 shown in FIG. Filing process 104. electronic file 10
5. 9 for picture programming process 106
Image processing according to the present invention is possible.

In addition, although it was shown above that displays such as "next screen" and "return" are displayed on the auxiliary display device 11, MA
It may also be displayed on the IN DISPLAY, that is, on the screen of the display device 32.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, according to the present invention, it is possible to form a picture information system by linking a large amount of image information down to the area level, and it is possible to create a picture information system by linking a large amount of image information to the area level. can be appropriately displayed on a display device, making it possible to construct a so-called image-based intellectual environment support system. Then, it becomes possible to issue processing operation instructions for image information and areas, for example, using the Menier method.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Figure 1 is a diagram showing the principle of the present invention, Figure 2 is a diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 3 is an explanatory diagram showing the flow of picture information in the image processing process of the present invention, and Figure 4 is the same. An explanatory diagram illustrating how data is used is shown. In the figure, 51 is an image processing device. 2 is an input processing unit, 3 is an output processing unit, 4 is an image data base, 5 is a high-speed image data base, 6 is image information, and 7 is picture information. 8-1 is image data, 8-2 is mask information. 8-3 is control information, 9-1 is an area, 10 is a baud pull input device, 11 is an auxiliary display device, 29 is a bit map memory, and 30 is a video memory. 32 is a display device, 33 is a touch panel, and 34 is a frame memory. Patent applicant Panafacom Corporation. Agent Patent Attorney Mori 1) Hiroshi (and 1 other person) Principles and structure of the present invention 1. Execution example configuration diagram. 2. Picture information flow. 3.

Claims (1)

[Claims] An input processing unit (2) that performs input processing on a plurality of given image information; an output processing unit (3) that performs processing related to a man-machine interface; an image database (4) that holds information as a result of processing image information; and a high-speed image database (5) that is capable of processing at a higher speed than the image database (4). The image processing device for processing image information includes at least the output processing section (
3), information regarding the displayed image information and/or information regarding the area (9-1) aread in the image information, and control information regarding the image information and/or area. A processing mechanism (4, 5, 21, 34) that holds, manages, and processes the picture information (7), and a processing mechanism (4, 5, 21, 34) that is prepared in the control information and that processes the picture information (7). At least instruction information for displaying image information and/or processing operation instructions to be performed on the area as a visible image; 1. An image processing device, characterized in that a visible image of the image is displayed on the display device or on a separate auxiliary display device.