JPS63244272A - Image editing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To attain the adjustment of an area to be processed on a screen by displaying, in the case of executing an edit work such as a segmenting processing, a masking processing, or synthesis processing, a pattern used in each of said processings on a display in addition to an image, and specifying an area to be moved by discriminating the position of the cursor. CONSTITUTION:The titled device is provided with a display means 1 to display both a first area and a second area existing in the first area, a cursor displaying means 2 to display the cursor on said displaying means 1, and an area moving control means 3 that discriminates the position where the cursor is present and moves both of said areas or the second area only. In such a way, the moving of the two areas is controlled corresponding to the position designated by the cursor, therefore, when a pattern necessary for the masking processing, etc., shifts, its can be easily corrected.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] "Industrial Application Field" The present invention relates to an image editing device that electronically reads an image and edits it. The present invention relates to an image editing device that can perform adjustments.

``Conventional technology'' Municipal offices keep the original certificate of residence, and a copy of the certificate of residence is created from this original. At this time, the original document is not copied or printed out in its entirety, but is copied with inappropriate or unnecessary information removed. This is a measure to prevent invasion of privacy and various inconveniences due to, for example, relationships being easily known to a third party.

To remove inappropriate or unnecessary information, for example, place an overlay on the platen glass of a copier.
Furthermore, this can be done by overlaying the original (original) on top of it.In other words, the transparent part of the overlay allows the original to be seen through, so the image is reproduced as is, while the opaque part of the overlay cannot see the original, making it inappropriate. Alternatively, unnecessary images can be prevented from being reproduced.

``Problems that the invention aims to solve'' Recently, due to the above-mentioned demands for protecting personal privacy, people have started copying and deleting relationship information, domicile, etc. from the original certificate of residence. There is.

For this reason, patterns for deleting original image information using overlays are becoming increasingly complex, and alignment of overlays on copying machines is becoming increasingly difficult.

Therefore, recently, the image information on the original is read electronically,
Devices that automatically perform mask processing are also being developed.

However, with such devices, if the original is not placed accurately in the image reading unit, the original and mask patterns will be mismatched, resulting in inconveniences such as image information outside the area being deleted or image information that should be deleted not being deleted. occured.

Although the above explanation has been given using a resident's card as an example, similar problems have occurred in area processing with devices that extract image information from general forms, perform mask processing, or synthesize images.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide an image editing device that can adjust the processing area of an image on the screen even if it is slightly out of order.

"Means for solving the problem" In the present invention, as shown in principle in FIG. 1, a display means for displaying both a first area and a second area existing within this first area. 1, a cursor display hand &2 that displays a cursor on this display means 1, and a cursor display hand &2 that determines the position where the cursor exists and displays both the first area and the second area or only the second area depending on the position. The image editing apparatus is equipped with area movement control means 3 for performing movement.

Here, it is not necessary that only two types of areas be displayed on the display means 1. For example, there is a third area within the second area mentioned above.
If these areas exist and their relationship corresponds to the first and second areas, the movement control of these areas is also covered by the present invention.

That is, in the present invention, since the movement of the two areas is controlled according to the position indicated by the cursor, for example, if a pattern required for mask processing etc. is shifted, this can be easily corrected.

"Example" The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to Examples.

FIG. 2 shows the circuit configuration of an image editing device in one embodiment of the present invention. This image editing device 11 is
It is equipped with a hard disk 12 as a magnetic storage medium and a RAM (random access memory) 13 as a working memory.

Then, programs such as the image collection stored in the hard disk 12 are transferred to the RAM 13, and the CPU (
central processing unit) or under the control of two D
M A (Direct Memory Accesses)
s) Image reading and editing work is performed through the processing in 15.16. A keyboard 17 is provided for operation by an operator. Also, the mouse 18 is C
It is used for input operations such as selecting menus displayed on the RT 19 and specifying icons.

In this image editing device, the image human power section 20 uses, for example, a CCD (
The image sensor is equipped with a one-dimensional image sensor (Charge Coupled Devices), and is adapted to read image information from an original of a resident card placed on a platen (not shown). The read image information is transferred to the bus 21 and written into the image memory 22 by the DMA 15. Plural pages of image information can be written in the image memory 15 if necessary. Image information for one page for displaying is written in the bitmap memory 23, and is stored in the CR under the control of the display control section 24.
Displayed on T19. The editing result of the image information is output to the image output section 25. The operator can also display this output content on the CRT 19 if necessary.

FIG. 3 shows a part of the format of the original certificate of residence that is input as an image into this image editing device.

A plurality of columns are arranged in the original residence card 31. In this figure, 7132-7 and column 8 32-8 are shown. The numbers shown at the left end of these columns 32-7 and 32-8 indicate the column numbers.

In column 0, which is not shown in this figure, the name and address of the head of the household are written. From 1 onwards, column 7 32- shown in this Figure 3
Columns 7 and 8 are the same as 32-8, but column 1 contains information regarding the head of the household.

As shown in Column 7, 32-7, the columns after Column 1 include the names of household members33, date of birth34, gender 35, continued vi36, and the date they became residents. 37, domicile 38, principal person 39, original address 41, destination 42, fact 43 in case of ex officio entry, and other information 44 are recorded. Here, other information 44 refers to information regarding national health insurance and pensions, and other personal information such as whether or not a person has the right to vote.

Now, referring to FIG. 4, the procedure for creating a copy of a residence card using this image editing device will be explained. In this process of creating a copy, only columns 0 to 2 are extracted, and after editing such as deleting information on relationship and domicile, if necessary, adjust the position of the extracted area to create a copy. It shall be printed out.

First, the operator sets the original copy of the relevant resident card in the image input section 20 shown in FIG. An instruction to start reading the image is given from the keyboard 17 (step ■: Y).

As a result, the CPLll,4 controls the image processing unit 20 to control the reading of the image data of the resident record (step 2). A one-dimensional image sensor is arranged in the image human power unit 20, and this scans the corresponding resident record in a plane.

The DMA 15 writes the binary image data read from the image input unit 20 to the image memory 22 (step
). The image data stored in the image memory 22 is C
The data is transferred to the bitmap memory 23 for display on the RT 19 (step ■).

The display control section 24 displays the data written in the bitmap memory 23 on the CRT 19 (step 2).

Here, not only the image data read by the one-dimensional image sensor but also various additional information described below are written in the bitmap memory 23, and the display control unit 24 displays the combined information. become.

In FIG. 5, some areas are hatched, but the state with these hatches removed corresponds to the screen of the CRT 19 displayed in step (2). here,
An image 51 of a one-page resident record representing columns 0 to 5 32-0 to 32-5 and commands 52 are displayed, and near the right end of the screen 53 are various instruction fields for editing. 54 to 57 are displayed.

Here, the instruction field 54 is a field for instructing when adding an authentication statement to the resident card. The instruction field 55 is a field for instructing the format of the resident card.

The instruction field 56 is a field for selecting the field 32 described above. The instruction field 57 is a field for instructing the portion to be omitted from being printed out.

When the image 51 of the resident's card is displayed on the CRT 19, the operator selects "format 1" for masking suitable for this resident's card (step 2).

This selection operation is performed using the mouse 18 in this embodiment. That is, operate the mouse 18 on the desk and move the cursor to the corresponding format (not shown in the figure, but the instruction field 55
The types of each style are displayed. ) and press the attached button.

When the button of the mouse 18 is pressed in the "Form 2" area, the brightness of that part is inverted as shown in Figure 5 (in Figure 5, hatching is added to display the inverted area). .) It is displayed that "Form 2" has been selected.

When "Form 2" is selected as "Form 1" (step ■; Y), the position data Pi for the cutout data (mask pattern) for printing in this format is read from the hard disk 12, and this is R
Write to AM13 (step ■).

After selecting "Form 1", the operator selects columns 3 and 2 in the instruction column 55, and instructs the parts to be omitted in the other instruction columns 57 (step 2). These selection operations are also performed using the mouse 13.

In this case, the location corresponding to the 0 column 32-0 in the instruction column 55 is first specified (step 2; Y). As a result, the CPU 14 reads out the cutout position P(pi) corresponding to the column 32-0 from the RAM 13 (step (2)). Then, the corresponding area of the bitmap memory 23 is displayed in reverse video (step 2). The relevant areas here are the 0 column 32-0 and the "0 column" of the instruction column 56.

The operator then selects column 1 32-1 and column 2 32-2.
It also specifies (steps ① to 0). As a result, the non-inverted area 51 surrounded by broken lines in FIG. 5 is also displayed inverted as if hatched.

Next, the operator moves on to operating the instruction field 57. As mentioned above, in this embodiment, the "relationship" and "regular domicile" parts are not printed out.Therefore, the operator uses the mouse 18 to sequentially give these instructions (steps
■). As a result, the hatched portion in FIG. 5 is displayed in reverse video. These parts are the parts that are printed out as image information.

After the above operations, when the operator specifies one of the commands 52 as the next instruction, the CPU 14
It is determined that the specification of has been completed (step ■; Y). The operator can check the screen 53 in this state (step @).

As shown as an example in FIG. 6, it is assumed that the area for deleting relationship 36 and domicile 38 is shifted to the right and slightly downward. In this case, the operator determines that the cutting position for copy creation is incorrect (step @; N)
. Thereupon, the operator operates the mouse 18 to input data D representing the direction and amount of movement.

In this example, the entire region to be deleted indicated by hatching may be moved toward the upper left. The operator then uses the mouse 18 to move the cursor outside the hatched area shown in FIG. 5, and then presses the button.

Then, the user moves the cursor by the desired amount in the moving direction and presses the button on the mouse 18 again. When such an operation is performed, the CPU 14 stores the data D input using the mouse 18 in the RAM 13 (step 0).

Then, this data D is converted into the amount of movement D (x, y) in both the X and Y directions, that is, the horizontal and vertical directions in the original resident record, and is added to the cutout position P (pi) indicated by hatching (step 0 ).

The display control section 24 displays a change in the reversal position for the new cutting position obtained in this way (step 0). That is, in this case, both the hatched area and the non-hatched area representing the relationship 36 and the domicile 38 are moved in the specified direction and amount.

If it is necessary to adjust the position of only the deleted portions of relationship 36 and domicile 38 without moving the hatched area itself, the operator should move the cursor into the hatched area. mouse 18
All you have to do is press the button, and then manually enter the direction and amount of movement. The agreement between the movement target and the initial position of the cursor may be other than the above.

The CPU 14 will determine the coordinates of the initial position of the cursor and determine the area to be moved according to predetermined conventions.

Now, as a result of the highlighted display in step ■, the relationship is 36.
If the deleted part of ``Book 1i138'' does not match the area of the original, or if the outer frame of the area from which the image is extracted does not match, the above explanation will be made until these conditions are satisfied. The same operations will be repeated (steps ■ to ■).

On the other hand, when the deleted portion matches the image of the original as shown in FIG. 7, the operator specifies the print command 61 in the commands 52 as the next task.

When the print command 61 is selected as a command for printing, the corresponding position of the image memory 22, that is, the portion shown by hatching in FIG. 5, is cut out (step ■; Y). ). If an authentication statement is attached, an image of this authentication statement is also read out.

Next, the CPU 14 reads the output position data Q from the hard disk 12 (step O).

Here, the output position data is the cut out column 32-〇～
This is data that determines the position when printing out 32-2, etc. For example, O column 32-0, L column 32-1 and 3 column 3
When the three columns 2-3 are output, the printout is performed in such a way that the missing column 32-2 is filled in between them, so the relationship with the specified columns, etc. The optimum output position data Q will be read out.

After the output position data Q is read out, an image is assembled based on this data (step @).

Then, regarding this assembled image, the image output unit 2
Printout will be performed in step 5 (step 0
). The image output section 25 is composed of a laser printer or other printer.

Although not shown in this figure, if the operator wants to check the contents before starting printing, the commands 52
What is necessary is to select the confirmation command 62 in . In this case, the assembled image itself is displayed on the CRT 19. As a result, if the image needs to be reread, the reread command 63 is selected. The next page command 64 is used when selecting a page to display or print out when a plurality of pages exist. Further, the print number command 65 is a command selected when printing a plurality of copies, and when this is selected using the mouse 18, the number of copies can be entered numerically from the keyboard 17.

In addition, in the example described above, the movement of two areas, the hatched area and the area shown in white inside the hatched area, was explained, but no matter how many areas are overlapped, the movement of these areas is not possible. Of course, the present invention can be applied to control.

"Effects of the Invention" As explained above, according to the present invention, when performing editing work such as cutting out processing, masking processing, or compositing processing,
In addition to displaying the patterns used for these on the display together with the images, we decided to determine the position of the cursor and specify the area to be moved when moving the area, so it is not necessary for people who are not familiar with the equipment to move the area. Even if there is a problem, the effect is that movement can be performed quickly and accurately.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the basic configuration of the present invention, and FIGS. 2 to 7 are for explaining one embodiment of the present invention.
Of these, Fig. 2 is a block diagram showing the circuit configuration of the image editing device, Fig. 3 is a plan view showing a part of the original residence certificate, and Fig. 4 is a block diagram showing the circuit configuration of the image editing device.
The figure is a flowchart showing the image editing work, FIG. 5 is a plan view showing an example of the display state of a CRT, FIG. FIG. 7 is a plan view showing a state in which the cutout region has been corrected. 1... display means, 2... cursor display means, 3... area movement control means, 14...
...cpu. 17... Keyboard, 18... Mouse, 19... CRT, 20... Image input section, 22... Image memory, 23. ...Bitmap memory. Applicant: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd. Representative
Person Patent attorney Ume Yamauchi Miscellaneous work 1
Figure 7 Figure 2 Figure 3 Figure 6

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. Display means for displaying both a first area and a second area existing within the first area, and cursor display means for displaying a cursor on the display means; An image characterized by comprising an area movement control means that determines the position where the cursor is present and moves both the first area and the second area or only the second area depending on the position. Editing device. 2. The image editing device according to claim 1, wherein a third region further exists within the second region, and the relationship between these regions corresponds to the first and second regions. .