JPS6330975A - Catalog editing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To effectively perform the digital input of drawing information on a sheet of allocation designating paper, by outputting an allocation image which instructs and displays the drawing information on the sheet of allocation designating paper placed on a transparent film on which plotting line information that becomes the reference of a position on a transparent tablet, is drawn. CONSTITUTION:The transparent tablet 1 is constituted of a light source 1a, and a transparent glass 1b, etc., and inputs a point coordinate picked by a stylus pen 1c which becomes an instruction member, to a system controller 13. On the transparent tablet 1, the transparent film 2 consisting of, for example, an OHP film, is placed, and the plotting line is printed in black on the transparent film 2 in advance. Also, the drawing information such as a ruled mark, etc., is drawn on the sheet of allocation designating paper. And by instructing an arbitrary position coordinate on the sheet of allocation designating paper 3 placed while setting he transparent film 2 placed on the transparent tablet 1 as reference by the instruction member, a drawing means draws an allocation image on a display unit 14. In such way, a drawing output means draws the allocation image displayed on the display unit 14 on a sheet of translucent paper.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a catalog editing system that creates catalog layout information as a CAD image.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, this type of device has been disclosed in Japanese Patent Application No. 80-078285.
No. etc. have been proposed.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a conventional catalog editing system. Reference numeral 11 denotes input means, which is composed of, for example, a board and a tablet.

12 is an image information storage means, which stores product image information (
(Photo 1 character 9 drawings), ruled line information (hit ruled line, live ruled line)
and the decomposition magnification of the product image. Reference numeral 13 denotes a system controller, which includes display control means 13a and mask data creation means 13b.

It has ruled line information extraction means 13c. Reference numeral 14 denotes a display means, for example, a high-resolution bitmap display. Reference numeral 15 denotes a mask creating means, which is composed of a diamond cutter or the like for cutting a mask material, for example, beer film, and cuts the beer film with high precision according to the mask data sent from the mask data creating means 13b. Reference numeral 16 denotes a block mount drawing means composed of, for example, a pen plotter, which plots live ruled lines and colored bands on the block mount of a desired size as blanks and doubles according to the ruled line information extracted by the ruled line information extraction means 13c. Draw hit lines. Note that the ruled line information may be registered once in a storage device, such as a floppy disk, and then provided to the mask creation means 15 from the floppy disk. ] 7 is an image output means consisting of, for example, a laser beam printer that outputs image data as a dot image. The image output means outputs the layout image displayed on the display means 14 by the display control means 13a as a binary image onto recording paper.

Next, the control operation of the catalog editing system shown in FIG. 5 will be explained with reference to FIGS. 6(a), (b) and FIG. 7.

6(a) and 6(b) show the display means 14 shown in FIG.
2 is a schematic diagram illustrating the display state of the screen. In FIG. 2(a), reference numeral 21 is an initial screen in which product image information and ruled line information instructed by the input means 11 have been read out from the image information storage means 12.

Reference numeral 22 denotes live ruled lines that are actually visible when outputted by the 1st edition lower mount drawing stage f 16 or the image output means 17. 23 is a photo area, which is surrounded by hit ruled lines 23a. The photo area 23 is a position where a photo of the new product is printed. 24 is product image information, which is composed of a photo area 24a, two character areas 24b, and a drawing area 24c, and each area is surrounded by hit ruled lines 25.

In the same figure (b), 31 shows the layout screen, and the same figure (a
) is displayed in a state in which the display control means 13a moves and displays the information at variable magnification according to the decomposition magnification inputted from the input means 11.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart explaining the control operation of the conventional catalog editing system. Note that (1) to (19) indicate each step.

When the system has finished starting up, it is determined whether the command input from the input means 11 is an image read command or not.
), if YES, it waits for the readout image specification from the input means 11. 2) When input, the display control means 13a refers to the image information storage means 12 and registers the desired product image information and ruled line information in advance. An initial screen 21 shown in FIG. 6(a) is displayed on the display means 14 according to the decomposition magnification (3). Next, it is determined whether or not a request for changing the magnification of the initial screen 21 displayed from input means 1 has been input.
), if NO, the process proceeds to step (6); if YES, the display control means 13a causes the display to be displayed in the desired size and position as shown in Figure i6 (b) (5). On the other hand, step (
If the determination in 1) is NO, it is further determined whether the command input from the input means 11 is a ruled line information extraction command 6), and if YES, the 'M line information extraction f means 3c displays the display means 14. Live "E ruled line 2. Hit ruled line 23 displayed on
a.

25 (7), waits for the block output command input from the input means 11 (8), and when it is input, extracts the extracted live 'M ruled line 2. Convert the ruled lines 23a and 25 into vector data (9) and output to the block mount drawing means 16 (l
O). In response to this, the block mount drawing means 16 draws ruled lines on the block mount and ends the control (11).

On the other hand, if the judgment in step (6) is NO, further
It is determined whether the command inputted from the input means 1] is a mask creation command 12), and if YES, the mask data creation means 13b extracts the photo areas 23 and 24a from the layout screen 31 displayed on the display means 14. Then, mask data is created 13) and delivered to the mask creation means 15 (1
4). In response to this, the mask creating means 15 cuts the mask material and ends the control (15). On the other hand, step (
If the judgment in step 12) is NO, further input means 11
16 to determine whether an image output command has been input from
), if YES, the image data of the layout screen 31 displayed on the display means 14 is outputted to the image output means 17 in accordance with the image output command issued by the input means 11 (17), and the binary image (allocation designated paper ) is output on the recording paper (18
), exit control.

On the other hand, if the determination in step (16) is NO, it is further determined whether the command input from the input means 11 is a command to read the next product image from the image information storage means 12 (19), and if YES Returning to step (6), if No, the system operation ends.

However, conventionally, when inputting the created drawing data on the designated layout paper into the above-mentioned catalog editing system, the operator directly inputs the numerical value measured by the created drawing data with a measuring means, for example, a scale, from the input means 11. Alternatively, a sheet of designated layout paper was placed on a tablet, a transparent film on which grid lines were drawn was placed on top of the designated sheet of layout paper, and the drawing data drawn on the designated sheet of layout was input.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

For this reason, when the drawing data becomes complex, numerical input becomes complicated and accuracy decreases due to reading errors. If the transparent film is drawn diagonally, the position of the transparent film must be corrected along its corner plate, which poses problems such as the correction becoming complicated.

This invention was made in order to solve the above problem, and a transparent film on which grid lines are drawn is placed on a transparent tablet h, and a designated layout sheet is placed on top of the transparent film, and the drawn information on the designated layout sheet is placed on a transparent tablet h. The present invention aims to provide a catalog editing system that can digitally input positional information of drawing information on layout designated paper by inputting positional information on a tablet.

[Means for solving problems]

The catalog collection system according to the present invention includes a transparent taglet for inputting the coordinates of an arbitrary point on a transparent glass, a transparent film on which grid line information serving as a position reference on the transparent tablet is drawn, and a transparent taglet placed on the transparent tablet. an instruction member for instructing the drawing information on the designated layout paper placed on the basis of the grid line information drawn on the transparent film; A drawing output means for outputting the displayed layout image onto semi-transparent paper is provided.

[Effect]

In this invention, it is a transparent tablet! ! When arbitrary positional coordinates on the layout designation paper placed on the transparent film are designated by the pointing member, the drawing means draws the layout image on the display. The drawing output means draws the layout image displayed on the display in this way on semi-transparent paper.

[Embodiment] FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating the configuration of a catalog editing system showing an embodiment of the present invention, and the same components as in FIG. 5 are given the same reference numerals.

In this figure, reference numeral 1 denotes a transparent tablet, which is composed of a light source 1d, a transparent glass 1b, etc., and inputs point coordinates picked by a stylus pen 1c, which serves as a pointing member, to the system controller 13. A transparent film 2 made of, for example, an OHP film, as shown in FIG. 2, is placed on the transparent tablet 1. The transparent film 2 has grid lines printed in black in advance. 3 is a designated layout sheet on which drawing information such as ruled lines is drawn. Note that the block copy mount drawing means 16 also serves as a drawing output means of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating the placement state of the transparent film 2 and the layout designation paper 3 placed on the transparent tablet 1 shown in FIG. 1.

FIGS. 3(a) and 3(b) are schematic diagrams for explaining the layout designation information fetching operation according to the present invention, and the same parts as in FIG. 2 are given the same reference numerals.

In these figures, E is a layerer small area displayed on the display means 14. M is the edit menu, ruled lines,
This shows a state in which a specified command such as outputting Shinhan 9th edition is displayed.

After inputting the plate size to be created using the input means 11 and positioning the transparent film 2 on the transparent tablet 1, the layout designation paper 3 is overlaid based on the grid lines drawn on it, and then the stylus pen 1c, the reference points PI and P2 corresponding to the layout specification sheet 3 and the layout area E are set.
When input, the layout area E is displayed on the display means 14 as shown in FIG. 3(a). Here, point Q1 on the layout designation sheet 3. When the user instructs Q2 with the stylus pen 1c and further picks a ruled line in the edit menu M, the display control means 73a draws a ruled line L1 in the layout area E. Furthermore, pick the diagonal coordinates R1 and R2 of the corner board with the stylus pen 1C, and then pick the layout area M.
When the corner board L2 is picked, the 1 display control means 13a- draws the corner board L2 in the layout area E. When this operation is performed on the drawing information on the layout designation paper 3, the line information drawn on the layout designation paper 3 is drawn and displayed in the layout area E, as shown in FIG. 3(b). . Here, if you specify version output in the edit menu M using the stylus pen 1c,
The drawing information displayed in the layout area E of the display means 14 is converted into vector data and delivered to the block mount drawing means]6. In response to this, the line information displayed in the layout area E is drawn on a predetermined plate transparent paper (for example, paraffin paper) on which the plate mount drawing means 16 is positioned. Superimpose this on the designated layout paper 3, check for any misalignment between the two, and edit the drawing information displayed on the display means 14, such as the position of the ruled line L1 or the corner plate L2, using the edit menu so that the two overlap completely. The position is corrected by instructing the correction or movement of M.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating the layout designation information input control operation according to the present invention. In addition, (1) to (10)
indicates each step.

The transparent film 2 is placed on the transparent tablet 1 at an arbitrary angle, and the layout designation paper 3 is placed on top of the transparent film 2.
It is assumed that .

First, wait for the reference point of the layout designation sheet 3 to be picked (1), and once the reference point is picked, wait for the coordinate point of the layout area E to be input (2), then wait for the coordinate point of the layout area E to be input. When input, the layout area E is displayed on the display means 14 (3). Next, the drawing information on the designated layout sheet 37 is picked (4), and the picked drawing information is edited using the square board or ruled line specified on the editing menu M.
The display control means 13a is displayed in the layout area E of the display means 14.
draws a ruled line or corner board (5). Next, it is determined whether all the drawing information has been picked 8), and if YES, the process returns to step (4), and if YES, the process waits for the stylus pen 1C to output the draft 7).
When instructed, the block mount drawing means 16 draws the drawing information displayed in the layout area E on the placed translucent paper (8). Next, the layout image drawn on the translucent paper is superimposed on the layout designation paper 3, and it is determined whether there is a positional shift between the two (9). If this judgment is NO, the control is terminated, and if YES, the position of the drawing information is corrected by the correction or movement displayed in the layout area E displayed on the display means 14.
Return to 9).

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, the present invention includes a transparent tablet for manually determining the coordinates of an arbitrary point on a transparent glass, a transparent film on which grid line information serving as a position reference for the transparent tablet is drawn, and a transparent tablet placed on the transparent tablet. An instruction member that instructs the drawing information of the designated layout sheet to be placed based on the grid line information drawn on the transparent film sheet, and a display device that displays the drawing means based on the position information input from this instruction member. Since the system is equipped with a drawing output means for outputting the layout image displayed on semi-transparent paper, the drawing information on the manually created layout designation paper can be efficiently digitally inputted with simple operations.
It has the excellent advantage of being able to be handed over to the plate-making process as editing data.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is a block diagram illustrating the configuration of a catalog editing system showing an embodiment of the present invention, and Fig. 2 shows the state in which the transparent film and layout designated paper placed on the transparent tablet shown in Fig. 1 are placed. FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram illustrating the layout designation information input operation according to the present invention, FIG. 4 is a flowchart explaining the layout designation information input control operation according to the present invention, and FIG. 5 is a conventional catalog editing system. 6 is a schematic diagram illustrating the display state of the display means shown in FIG. 5, and FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating the control operation of the conventional catalog editing system. In the figure, 1 is a transparent tablet, 2 is a transparent film, 3 is a layout designation sheet, 11 is an input means, 13 is a system controller, 14 is a display means,] 6 is a block drawing means, and 17 is an image output means. . 7=)-2゛. Figure 2 Figure 3 (a) Figure 3 (b) Figure 4 Figure 5 Figure 1 Figure 6 Figure 7

Claims (1)

[Claims] In a catalog editing system that has a drawing means that draws the square version and character type of a catalog on a display while selecting a layout menu created in advance, there is a transparent tablet that inputs the coordinates of an arbitrary point on transparent glass, and this transparent tablet. A transparent film on which grid line information is drawn as a reference position on the transparent film, and drawing information on a designated layout sheet placed on the transparent tablet based on the grid line information drawn on the transparent film placed on the transparent tablet. A catalog comprising: an instruction member for instructing, and a drawing output means for outputting the layout image displayed on a display by the drawing means on a semi-transparent paper based on the positional information input from the instruction member. Editing system.