JPS63173155A - Document processing method - Google Patents

Abstract

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Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention reads the image data of a manuscript, and converts the sold image data as it is into the image data.
Alternatively, the present invention relates to a document processing device that can recognize and distinguish the white part (the part where nothing is written) and the black part (the frame of the document paper, the part where figures, characters, etc. are printed).

[Prior Art] In a conventional document processing device, when inputting a document to be printed out on a sheet of paper with a frame line, characters in a heading, etc., characters are input using a keyboard or the like while looking at the document. The device was used to display a frame line that matched the original on the screen of the display device, and the frame line was edited. In addition, characters for headings and items are edited on the screen of the display device using a character input device as necessary.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, if the format of frames, headings, items, etc. It is not possible with the above-mentioned conventional document processing devices to input characters when it is desired to print out partially colored documents.

Alternatively, when it is desired to edit a complicated format, the conventional apparatus described above is not efficient in terms of time and places a heavy burden on the operator.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Therefore, an object of the present invention is to eliminate the drawbacks of the conventional example described above, and to print out edited characters, etc. on paper on which frames, figures, headings, item characters, etc. are already printed. This eliminates the wasted time required to edit complicated pre-printed borders and headings just to input text, and allows you to create manuscripts of higher quality than traditional manuscripts. An object of the present invention is to provide a document processing device.

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to achieve such an object, the present invention provides an input means for reading format information of a paper sheet and inputting it into the apparatus, and an input means for representing the format information input by the input means. A display means for displaying image data, a character input means for inputting character information into a blank space of the image data displayed by the display means, and a character input means for inputting format information input by the input means and a form compatible with the format. The present invention is characterized by comprising display control means for controlling the display means so as to display character information input by the means.

[Function] In such a document processing apparatus of the present invention, the image data input means reads the image data regarding the format of the frame line, etc. of the paper on which the format of the frame line, etc. has already been printed or colored. The image data input by the input means is displayed as image data on a display means such as a bitmap display.

The image data of the paper is displayed by this display means, and a character code is input into the blank part, for example, a part other than the frame line 1 figure, characters, etc., by an input operation from a character input means such as a keyboard, and edited.

Further, it is possible to set a sheet of paper on which the format is printed in a printer, and print out the characters, etc. edited in this way by inputting 9, onto the sheet of paper.

In another embodiment of the document processing apparatus of the present invention, image data input regarding the paper format is converted into a specific character code. Thereby, the presence or absence of data in the input image data is recognized, and a certain character symbol pattern, for example, an X, is displayed on the display means at the position of the recognized format of frame lines, figures, characters, etc. .

Editing is performed by inputting characters or the like from a character input means such as a keyboard into a blank area displayed as an area without an X on the display means, for example.

A sheet of paper on which the format has been printed can be set in the printer, and characters etc. edited in this manner can be printed out on the sheet of paper.

[Embodiments] Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of the document processing apparatus of the present invention.

In Figure 1, 1 is a frame line 1 An image scanner (image reader) that reads a document such as a printed paper formatted with headings and items including figures and characters.
It is an image data input means having an IA and reading such a format as image data.

Reference numeral 2 denotes a buffer memory capable of storing one line of image data inputted by the input means 1. 3
is a video RAM that stores image data from the buffer memory 2;

4 is character font R in which character symbol patterns are stored
OM, and from this character font ll0M4, a display pattern of a character code indicated by a code input by operating the character input means 5 such as a keyboard is read out and stored in the VRAM3.

6 is a display means 7 for displaying the image data stored in the heel AM3.
This is a video circuit for displaying on.

Reference numeral 8 denotes a printer as an output means for printing out only code data.

9 is a CPU that controls the entire device, and inside it,
It has a ROM 9A that stores the operating procedures (programs) of the CPII 9, that is, a character processing program and a program for image data display control shown in FIG. 3, and a ROM 9B that stores document information and is used as a work area for the CPU 9. .

The PU9 processes and edits the characters input from the character input means 5, and also controls the VRAM3.
Together with the RAM 3, it also constitutes image data display control means.

FIG. 2 shows an example of the external appearance of the character processing device of this embodiment having the above configuration.

In FIG. 2, an image reader IA of image data input means 1 is provided in a printer 9 serving as an output means. 1
0 is a host computer with parts 2, 3, 4.6 and 9. Reference numeral 11 denotes a sheet of paper with a format for printing out by the printer 9, an example of which is shown in FIG.

The display means 7 is in the form of a bitmap display.

FIG. 3 shows an example of a flowchart of a program for controlling the operating procedure of this embodiment having the above configuration. This program is stored in advance in r (0M9A) in FIG.

First, in step S1, as shown in FIG.
is read by the image reader 18 of the input means 1 and stored in the buffer memory 2.

In the next step S2, the image data stored in the buffer memory 2 is displayed on the bitmap display 7 in the fifth column.
Display as shown. That is, the bitmap display 7 has an image reader IA as shown in FIG.
The original entered from is displayed.

Next, in step S3, characters are input from the keyboard 5 and the input characters are edited by operating the keyboard 5.

In the next step S4, as shown in FIG. 6(C), the printer 8 with an image reader prints the paper ll of FIG.
Above, depending on the border and items according to that format,
The input characters are printed out in the blank area 11A.

FIGS. 6(A) to 6(C) show a printer 8 with an image reader.
The operating procedure is shown below.

FIG. 6 (8) shows the operating procedure for inputting image data. First, the paper 11 to be input is set on the platen 8A with its back side facing forward. As the platen 11 rotates, the image reader IA reads formatted image data on the paper 11.

When the image reading in this format is completed, the platen 8A rotates in the opposite direction, and the image shown in FIG. 6(B) is rotated.
Transport the paper in the opposite direction to the first printing position as shown in .

If you want to print out after editing the characters in the format read in this way, as shown in Fig. 6(C), carry out the same transportation as in Fig. 6(A),
After checking the starting edge of the frame line of the paper 11 by the print head 8B, the printing position is confirmed and the printout is performed. By performing such an operating procedure, it is possible to prevent misalignment during printout.

FIG. 7 shows another embodiment of the document processing apparatus of the present invention.

In this embodiment, portions 1 to 9 are the same as the corresponding portions in FIG. 1, and a description thereof will be omitted.

Reference numeral 12 denotes means for converting character symbols in the image data stored in the buffer memory 2 into specific character codes one by one, thereby functioning as a recognition processing section for recognizing the image data. When the recognition processing unit 12 recognizes the existence of a character symbol (two lines, one character, etc.), a specific character pattern (for example, X) is extracted from the character font RO old each time it is recognized. It is displayed on display means 7 which functions as a character display.

In this embodiment, I'10M98 in the CPt19 that controls the entire apparatus stores a program for operating procedures for character processing by the CPU 9 and a program for image data processing shown in FIG. RAM 9B stores document information and is used as a work area for [:PI3.

An external view of this embodiment having the above configuration is shown in FIG.

FIG. 8 shows an example of a flowchart of a program for controlling the operating procedure of this embodiment having the above configuration. This program is stored in advance in the ROM 9A shown in FIG.

First, the paper 11 is set in the printer 8 with an image reader as shown in FIG. 6(A). Then, in step Sll, as shown in FIG. 4, the image reader IA of the input means 1 reads one line of the paper 11 on which formats such as frame lines are printed in advance, and
Store in buffer memory 2.

In the next step 512 and S13, the image data stored in the buffer memory 2 is divided into line pitches (the distance between the upper and lower character strings, that is, the distance from the center of one line to the center of the next line), as shown in FIG. Character pitch (10 in one line)
(number of characters that fit in cm), horizontal r mm, vertical r'mm
Determine the area size, and add data (black dots) to that area.
If it exists, the process proceeds to step 514, and here, corresponding to the existence of the data (black dot), the character font stored in the character font ROM 4 is checked.
Convert to the code of the character corresponding to the ``++X'' character.

Next, in step 515, the display pattern of the character code indicated by the code is read out from the character font ROM 4 and displayed on the display means 7.

When the image reader 18 finishes reading the formatted image data on the paper 11, the platen 88 rotates in the opposite direction to transport the paper 11 to the first printing position, as shown in FIG. 6(B).

At this time, in the display means 7, as shown in FIG.
is displayed.

Next, in step 5lli, characters etc. are input by operating the keyboard 5, and the 11th
Edit the text in the blank areas as shown in the image. FIG. 11 shows a state in which "The content of the proposal is..." has been input.

After character input and editing are completed in this way, in the next step S17, as shown in FIG. 6(C), the input characters are printed on the paper 11 in FIG. 4 using the printer 8 with an image reader. Output. At this time, character 1 in Figure 11
1" is not printed and only the edited characters etc. are printed out, so as shown in Fig. 6 (C), the edited characters etc. are printed out in the blank area 11A of paper 11 in Fig. 4. be done.

[Effects of the Invention] As explained above, according to the present invention, the following effects can be achieved.

(1) Even if the format of the paper is complex or partially colored, the format can be input without using the keyboard each time when processing characters, regardless of the paper type. It is possible to input and edit data easily and quickly according to the format.

(2) Simplify format image data processing by displaying input image data as it is without performing character recognition processing, or by only determining the existence of image data regarding the format. By doing so, processing time can be shortened.

(3) Since paper on which the format has already been printed is used, it is possible to create a base paper that is of higher quality and more aesthetically pleasing than MA collection frames etc. by inputting keywords.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

□Figure 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention; ゛Figure 2 is an external view showing an embodiment of the present invention; Figure 3 is an example of a control procedure for the embodiment of Figure 1. Flowchart, FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of formatted paper used in the present invention, FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of the display means in the present invention, and FIG. 6 (A
) to (C) are explanatory diagrams of the operating procedure of the printer with an image reader according to the present invention, FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing another embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 8 is a diagram of the control procedure of the embodiment of FIG. A flowchart showing an example, FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram of formatted paper used in the present invention, and FIGS. 10 and 11 are explanatory diagrams of display means in the present invention. 1... Image data input means, IA... Image reader, 2... Buffer memory, 3 - VRAM. 4... Character font 10M1 5... Character input means (keyboard), 6... Video circuit, 7... Display means, 8... Output unit (printer with image reader), 88... Platen, 8B...Print head, 9...CPU. 9A...ROM. 9B...RAM. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10... Host computer, 11... Paper, 11A... Blank area, 12... Image data character code conversion means (recognition processing unit). Figure 1 of the professional diagram of the nekomei tsukatatoni line. J concave Figure 2 Flowchart of the 岑光明郎 Friendtuni column Figure 3 M unassigned position Ming concave Figure 4 Indicator history/') Saji Ming Figure 5, t-invention point 7 Column θ block diagram Figure 7

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1) Input means for reading paper format information and inputting it into the device; Display means for displaying image data representing the format information input by the input means; a character input means for inputting character information into a blank space of image data; and a character input means for displaying format information input by the input means and character information input by the character input means in a form compatible with the format. A document processing apparatus comprising: display control means for controlling the display means. 2) The image data representing the format information is
2. The document processing device according to claim 1, wherein the document processing device is a character symbol or mark corresponding to specific code information.