KR102317666B1 - Electronic document editing method for book binding and electronic device performing the same - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed are a method for editing an electronic document for book binding and an electronic device for performing the same. The disclosed method for editing an electronic document is a method of editing an electronic document for book binding performed by a device including a processor, the method comprising: a step of generating matching contents corresponding to cover contents included in a cover electronic document; a step of changing the size of the matching content based on the size of the content included in the electronic document; and a step of editing the electronic document by including the matching content in the electronic document. An objective of the present invention is to provide the method for editing an electronic document that can reduce the time required for book binding, and an electronic device for performing the same.

Description

An electronic document editing method for book binding and an electronic device performing the same

Embodiments of the present invention relate to a method of editing an electronic document for book binding and an electronic device for performing the same.

Binding refers to the process of decorating a single book by combining single-sheet manuscripts and printed materials through adhesives and rings. The bookbinding structure is classified into wireless binding, poly urethane reactive (PUR) binding, hardcover binding, semi-hardcover binding, ring binding, and the like, depending on how the papers printed with the contents of the book are combined.

Bookbinding is performed based on an electronic document such as a PDF file or the like.

The general bookbinding process includes the steps of printing a cover electronic document related to a cover on paper, printing an electronic document related to inner paper on paper, and the printed cover paper and the printed paper document. bonding the paper with an adhesive, a ring, or the like. That is, the printing step of the cover electronic document and the printing step of the inner electronic document are performed separately, and the user binding the book finds a cover sheet matching the inner paper, and then binds the book by combining the cover paper and inner paper. do.

However, when a plurality of books are bound at the same time, various problems occur.

Specifically, it is assumed that ten types of books are bound at the same time. In this case, 10 types of cover paper and 10 types of inner paper are printed, respectively, and the binder must find a cover paper corresponding to any one of the inner papers for binding the book. However, since there are 10 types of cover paper, there is a problem in that a lot of time is consumed to find a cover paper corresponding to the inner paper. In addition, an accident in which a user erroneously combines a cover sheet that does not correspond to the inner paper sheet may occur, which causes inconvenience to the customer.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a method for editing an electronic document that can reduce the time required for book binding, and an electronic device for performing the same.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a method for editing an electronic document and an electronic device for performing the same, which can reduce a case where a cover sheet and a paper sheet do not match during book binding.

The objects of the present invention are not limited to the above-mentioned objects, and other objects and advantages of the present invention not mentioned may be understood by the following description, and will be more clearly understood by the examples of the present invention. It will also be readily apparent that the objects and advantages of the present invention may be realized by means of the instrumentalities and combinations thereof indicated in the claims.

In order to achieve the above object, an electronic document editing method according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention is performed by an apparatus including a processor, and is included in the cover electronic document as an electronic document editing method for book binding. generating matching content corresponding to the covered cover content; changing the size of the matching content based on the size of the or content included in the electronic document; and editing the through-electronic document by including the matching content in the through-electronic document.

In this case, the cover electronic document and the electronic document including the matching content may be separately printed on paper, and the paper on which the matching content is printed may be removed when the book is bound.

In addition, the cover content is content in which a front cover and a back cover are composed of a single image, the in-contents are composed of a plurality of pages, the size of the cover content is larger than the size of the in-contents, and the size of the matching content is It is the same as the size, and the changing the size may reduce the size of the matching content based on the size of the content.

Also, the size may correspond to the print size.

In addition, in the editing of the to-electronic document, the matching content may be included in the to-electronic document prior to the first page of the to-contents.

Also, the matching content may have the same content and color as the cover content.

Further, the method of editing an electronic document further includes the step of marking an index number on the first portion of the cover content, wherein the generating of the matching content includes matching content corresponding to the cover content on which the index number is marked. can create

The method of editing an electronic document may further include changing the document name of each of the cover electronic document and the through electronic document to include the index number.

In addition, the changing of the document name may include changing the document name of each of the cover electronic document and the through electronic document to further include a plurality of pieces of information for printing.

And, according to another embodiment of the present invention, an electronic device for bookbinding includes: a memory for storing computer-readable instructions; and a processor implemented to execute the command, wherein the processor generates matching content corresponding to the cover content included in the cover electronic document, and based on the size of the or content included in the electronic document or the electronic document. The size of the matching content is changed, and the thru electronic document is edited by including the matching content in the thru/or electronic document.

According to the present invention, it is possible to easily find a corresponding cover sheet and a paper sheet, thereby reducing the time required for book binding.

In addition, according to the present invention, it is possible to reduce a case where the cover paper and the paper do not match when binding a book, thereby reducing customer claims.

In addition, the effects of the present invention are not limited to the above-described effects, and it should be understood to include all effects that can be inferred from the configuration of the invention described in the detailed description or claims of the present invention.

1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a book binding system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a user interface.
3 is a block diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a diagram illustrating a flowchart of a book binding method according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a view showing the structure of a general book.
6 is a diagram illustrating an example of cover contents of a book.
7 is a diagram illustrating an example of the contents of a book.
8 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment in which an index number is marked on the cover content of FIG. 6 .
FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of changing the size of matching content based on the cover content of FIG. 8 .
FIG. 10 is a diagram for explaining an arrangement order of matching contents and contents in an edited or electronic document according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Since the present invention can have various changes and can have various embodiments, specific embodiments are illustrated in the drawings and described in detail. However, this is not intended to limit the present invention to specific embodiments, and it should be understood to include all modifications, equivalents and substitutes included in the spirit and scope of the present invention. In describing each figure, like reference numerals have been used for like elements.

Terms such as “first” and “second” may be used to describe various elements, but the elements should not be limited by the terms. The above terms are used only for the purpose of distinguishing one component from another.

The terms used in the present application are only used to describe specific embodiments, and are not intended to limit the present invention. The singular expression includes the plural expression unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. In the present application, terms such as “comprise” or “have” are intended to designate that a feature, number, step, operation, component, part, or combination thereof described in the specification exists, but one or more other features It should be understood that this does not preclude the existence or addition of numbers, steps, operations, components, parts, or combinations thereof.

Unless defined otherwise, all terms used herein, including technical and scientific terms, have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs. Terms such as those defined in commonly used dictionaries should be interpreted as having a meaning consistent with the meaning in the context of the related art, and should not be interpreted in an ideal or excessively formal meaning unless explicitly defined in the present application. does not

Hereinafter, embodiments according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a block diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of a book binding system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1 , the book binding system 100 includes a server 110 , a user terminal device 120 , an electronic device 130 , a printing device 140 , and a bookbinding device 150 . Hereinafter, the function of each component will be described.

The server 110 is communicatively connected to the user terminal device 120 and the electronic device 130 . The server 110 receives the cover electronic document and through electronic document for book binding from the user terminal device 120 , and transmits the received cover electronic document and through electronic document to the electronic device 130 . Meanwhile, the electronic document may be a PDF file. However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and all types of electronic documents may be used in the present invention.

To this end, the server 110 may execute a user interface for requesting book binding. The user may access the server 110 through the user terminal device 120 , upload the cover electronic document and/or electronic document to the executed user interface, and input various information for book binding. The server 110 provides the electronic documents uploaded to the user interface and input information to the electronic device 130 .

2 shows an example of a user interface. Referring to FIG. 2 , the user interface may include a text input area for inputting various information for book binding and an upload area for uploading an electronic document. Here, the text input area includes the binding type input area (production), the title input area of the book, the book sub-title input area, the cover color input area (cover color), the imitation paper type input area (imitation paper), and the color input area (the main text). color), a page count input area and a book binding number input area (number of copies). The upload area includes a cover electronic document upload area (cover file) and an electronic document upload area (body file).

In addition, the user terminal device 120 is a terminal device possessed by a user, and is a concept that collectively refers to microprocessor-based devices such as a desktop computer, a mobile terminal (eg, a smart phone), a PDA, a notebook computer, and a tablet PC. The electronic device 130 executes a cover electronic document and/or an electronic document, and is communicatively connected to the printing device 140 . The electronic device 130 transmits a print command of the cover electronic document and/or the electronic document to the printing device 140 . The printing apparatus 140 prints the cover electronic document and/or the electronic document based on the print command. The bookbinding device 150 is a device for combining printed cover electronic documents and/or electronic documents, and includes, for example, a wireless bookbinding machine, a ring binding machine, and the like.

Hereinafter, the configuration of the electronic device 130 will be described in more detail with reference to FIG. 3 .

3 is a block diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of an electronic device 130 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3 , the electronic device 130 may include a communication unit 131 , a memory unit 132 , a processor unit 133 , and a display unit 134 .

The communication unit 131 may include a first communication unit that communicates with the server 110 and a second communication unit that communicates with the printing apparatus 140 . Electronic documents and various types of information may be received through the first communication unit, and a print command may be transmitted through the second communication unit.

The memory unit 132 may be a volatile and/or non-volatile memory, and stores commands or data related to at least one other component of the electronic device 130 . In particular, the memory unit 132 may store instructions or data related to a computer program for executing an electronic document or a recording medium.

The processor unit 133 may include one or more of a central processing unit, an application processor, and a communication processor. The processor unit 133 may execute an operation or data processing related to control and/or communication of at least one other component of the electronic device 130 . In particular, the processor unit 133 may execute instructions related to the execution of the computer program.

The display unit 134 may include a liquid crystal display (LCD), a light emitting diode display (LED), an organic light emitting diode display (OLED), and the like, and is a device capable of displaying an electronic document to a user. In particular, the display unit 134 may output an execution screen of a computer program executed by the processor unit 133 .

Hereinafter, a book binding method according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 4 .

4 is a diagram illustrating a flowchart of a book binding method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The book binding method shown in FIG. 4 may be performed by the book binding system shown in FIG. 1 . In this case, the steps shown in the first column are steps performed by the user terminal device 120 , the steps shown in the second column are steps performed by the server 110 , and the steps shown in the third column are performed by the electronic device 130 . and the steps shown in the fourth column are steps performed by the printing apparatus 140 . In addition, it is assumed that the server 110 is communicatively connected to each of the user terminal device 120 and the electronic device 130 , and the electronic device 130 is communicatively connected to the printing apparatus 140 .

Meanwhile, FIG. 5 shows the structure of a general book.

Referring to FIG. 5 , the cover 50 of the book may include a front cover 51 , a back 52 , and a back cover 53 . In addition, a plurality of pages, ie, through ( 60 ) are inserted between the front cover ( 51 ) and the back cover ( 53 ). The size of the label 50 is larger than the size of the to 60, for example, it may be two or more times larger.

Hereinafter, a book binding method will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5 .

In step S10 , the server 110 transmits the user interface to the user terminal device 120 .

In step S20 , the user terminal device 120 displays the transmitted user interface through the display unit provided in the user terminal device 120 .

In step S30 , the user terminal device 120 inputs and uploads information to areas included in the user interface.

Here, the user terminal device 120 uploads electronic documents to the upload area according to the user's event, and inputs various information for book binding into the text input area.

Meanwhile, as mentioned above, electronic documents include cover electronic documents and/or electronic documents. The electronic documents may be files in PDF format. The cover electronic document includes cover contents related to the cover 50 of the book, and the to electronic document includes contents related to the to 60 of the book.

The cover content may be image-based content. to content may be text-based content or image-based content.

6 shows an example of the cover content 500, and FIG. 7 shows an example of the to content 600, and FIG.

Referring to FIG. 6 , the cover content 500 may be divided into three areas 510 , 520 , and 530 . The first area 510 is an area corresponding to the front cover 51 of FIG. 5 , the second area 520 is an area corresponding to the spine 52 of FIG. 5 , and the third area 530 is FIG. 5 . It may be an area corresponding to the back cover 53 of That is, the cover content 500 may correspond to one image including the first, second, and third regions 510 , 520 , and 530 .

Meanwhile, FIG. 6 shows the cover content 500 for left binding, and the third area 530 , the second area 520 , and the first area 510 are sequentially positioned from the left to the right. Meanwhile, when the cover content 500 is cover content for right binding, the first area 510 , the second area 520 , and the third area 530 are sequentially positioned from the left to the right.

Referring to FIG. 7 , the to content 600 is composed of a plurality of pages and includes the actual contents of the book.

On the other hand, the size of the cover content 500 is larger than the size of the content 600 . Here, the size may correspond to a print size or a print paper size of the content.

Referring back to FIG. 4 , in step S40 , the user terminal device 120 transmits input various information and uploaded electronic documents to the server 110 .

In step S50 , the server 110 transmits the transmitted various information and electronic documents to the electronic device 130 .

In step S60, the electronic device 130 changes the document names of the electronic documents by using the transmitted various information. That is, the electronic device 130 may change the document name of each of the cover electronic document and through the electronic document. In this case, the electronic device 130 may change the document name so that an arbitrary index number is additionally included. Table 1 is a table summarizing an example of document names of electronic documents received from the server 110 and document names of electronic documents changed by the electronic device 130 .

In this case, "17311" is an index number, "C2021051011505970441" is a receipt number, "R" corresponds to wire binding, "M" corresponds to black and white cover/inner color, and "80 off-white" is for imitation paper. It corresponds to 80g off-white imitation paper, "300" corresponds to the number of pages, and "5" corresponds to the number of book binding copies.

In step S70 , the electronic device 130 marks the index number on the first part of the cover content 500 included in the cover electronic document.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the index number marked on the first part of the cover content 500 may be the same as the index number included in the changed document name. However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and the index number indicated on the first part of the cover content 500 may be different from the index number included in the changed document name.

8 is a diagram illustrating an example of cover content 500 in which an index number 540 is marked according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 8 , the index number 540 may be marked on a specific portion of the third area 530 of the cover content 500 . Accordingly, the index number 540 may be marked without damaging the aesthetics of the book.

Referring back to FIG. 4 , in step S80 , the electronic device 130 generates matching content corresponding to the cover content 500 .

The matching content 700 is defined as forcedly generated content used to combine the cover content 500 printed on the paper and the content 600 printed on the paper in the bookbinding process. Preferably, the matching content 700 may be the same content as the cover content 500 . That is, the content, size, and color of the matching content 700 may be the same as the content, size, and color of the cover content 500 .

In this case, since the index number 540 is marked on the cover content 500 , the electronic device 130 may generate matching content corresponding to the cover content 500 marked with the index number 540 .

In step S90 , the electronic device 130 changes the size of the matching content based on the size of the content 600 .

FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of changing the size of the matching content 700 based on the cover content 500 of FIG. 8 .

Referring to FIG. 9 , the electronic device 130 may reduce the horizontal length of the matching content 700 . In this case, the electronic device 130 may reduce the size of the matching content 700 based on the size of the content 600 . For example, the electronic device 130 may reduce the size of the matching content to the same size as the size of the content 600 . In this case, the index number 540 may be reduced and displayed on the matching content 700 .

Meanwhile, the present invention is not limited thereto, or the size of the matching content 700 may be reduced to a size smaller than the size of the content 600 .

Referring back to FIG. 4 , in step S100 , the electronic device 130 includes the reduced size matching content 700 in the electronic document. That is, the electronic device 130 may edit the to-electronic document including only the to-content 600 into the reduced-sized matching content 700 and to the electronic document including both the to-content 600 .

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the electronic device 130 may include the matching content in the to or electronic document prior to the first page among a plurality of pages constituting the to content 600 . That is, in the edited or electronic document, the or pages may be configured in the order of the matching content and the to content 600 . This is as shown in FIG. 10 .

Meanwhile, steps S60 to S100 are steps performed by the electronic device 130 and correspond to the electronic document editing method of the electronic device 130 .

In step S110 , the electronic device 130 transmits a print command of electronic documents to the printing device 140 . That is, the electronic device 130 transmits the first print command of the cover electronic document and the second print command of the edited or edited electronic document to the printing device 140 .

In step S120 , the printing apparatus 140 prints the electronic documents based on the transmitted print command. That is, the printing apparatus 140 prints the cover electronic document, that is, the cover content 500 on paper, and prints the edited or electronic document, that is, the reduced size matching content 700 and the content 600 on the paper. can do. At this time, the cover electronic document and the edited or electronic document are printed on paper through a separate process. In particular, when the edited or electronic document is printed, as shown in FIG. 10 , the reduced-size matching content 700 is first printed, and then the to content 600 is printed later.

Thereafter, the binder performs a binding operation between the printed cover content 500 and the printed or printed content 600 , that is, a bookbinding operation.

The bookbinding operation will be described in more detail as follows. In this case, it is assumed that the printing process for a plurality of types of books is performed simultaneously or within a short time. And, for convenience of description, the term “printed” is omitted.

The binder selects one or more electronic documents from among the plurality of or electronic documents. In this case, one to electronic document includes the reduced in size matching content 700 and to content 600 , and the reduced in size matching content 700 is disposed on top of the to content 600 .

Next, the binder searches for a cover electronic document corresponding to one or more electronic documents, that is, the cover content 500 . In this case, the bookbinder searches for a corresponding cover electronic document based on the reduced size of the matching content 700 . Since the cover content 500 has the same content and color as the reduced size matching content 700 , the bookbinder can easily find the corresponding cover content 500 .

Subsequently, the bookbinder compares the index number 540 indicated on the found cover content 500 with the index number 540 indicated on the reduced size matching content 700 . When the index number 540 indicated in the found cover content 500 and the index number 540 indicated in the reduced matching content 700 are the same, the found cover content 500 to the content 600 is matched. confirmed to be That is, the cover content 500 is double determined through comparison of the index number 540 .

Thereafter, the bookbinder removes the reduced matching content 700 and combines only the cover content 500 and the content 600 . In this case, various binding methods such as wireless binding and ring binding may be used. By removing the reduced matching content 700 , unnecessary pages are not included in the book.

In short, in the book binding method according to an embodiment of the present invention, in the process of combining the contents after printing the cover content 500 and the contents 600 separately, the cover contents corresponding to the contents 600 ( 500), the matching content 700 may be inserted into the or electronic document in order to find it simply and efficiently. In addition, the same index number 540 may be indicated on the cover content 500 and the matching content 700 . Accordingly, it is possible to reduce the time required in the book binding process, and it is possible to reduce the cases in which the covers 50 and 60 do not match.

In addition, the embodiments of the present invention may be implemented in the form of program instructions that can be executed through various computer means and recorded in a computer-readable medium. The computer-readable medium may include program instructions, data files, data structures, etc. alone or in combination. The program instructions recorded on the medium may be specially designed and configured for the present invention, or may be known and available to those skilled in the art of computer software. Examples of the computer-readable recording medium include magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks and magnetic tapes, optical media such as CD-ROMs and DVDs, and magnetic such as floppy disks. - includes magneto-optical, and hardware devices specially configured to store and execute program instructions, such as ROM, RAM, flash memory, and the like. Examples of program instructions include not only machine language codes such as those generated by a compiler, but also high-level language codes that can be executed by a computer using an interpreter or the like. The hardware device described above may be configured to operate as one or more software modules to perform the operations of the embodiments of the present invention, and vice versa.

As described above, the present invention has been described with specific matters such as specific components and limited embodiments and drawings, but these are provided to help the overall understanding of the present invention, and the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, Various modifications and variations are possible from these descriptions by those of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention pertains. Therefore, the spirit of the present invention should not be limited to the described embodiments, and not only the claims to be described later, but also all those with equivalent or equivalent modifications to the claims will be said to belong to the scope of the spirit of the present invention. .

Claims (10)

As a method of editing an electronic document for book binding performed by a device including a processor, the method comprising:
generating matching contents corresponding to cover contents included in the cover electronic document;
changing the size of the matching content based on the size of the or content included in the electronic document; and
Editing the to-electronic document by including the matching content in the to-electronic document; including,
The cover electronic document and the electronic document including the matching content are separately printed on paper,
The paper on which the matching content is printed is removed when the book is bound.
delete According to claim 1,
The cover content is content in which the front cover and the back cover are composed of one image,
The or contents are composed of a plurality of pages,
The size of the cover content is larger than the size of the content and is the same as the size of the matching content,
The changing of the size of the matching content includes reducing the size of the matching content based on the size of the or the content.
delete 4. The method of claim 3,
The step of editing the to-electronic document includes including the matching content in the to-electronic document in advance of the first page of the to-contents, an electronic document editing method.
According to claim 1,
wherein the matching content has the same content and color as the cover content.
According to claim 1,
Marking an index number on the first part of the cover content; further comprising,
The generating of the matching content includes generating matching content corresponding to the cover content on which the index number is marked.
8. The method of claim 7,
Changing the document name of each of the cover electronic document and the through electronic document so that the index number is included; further comprising, the editing method of an electronic document.
9. The method of claim 8,
The step of changing the document name of each of the cover electronic document and the through electronic document includes changing the document name of each of the cover electronic document and the through electronic document to further include a plurality of information for printing.
a memory storing computer readable instructions; and
a processor implemented to execute the instructions, comprising:
The processor is
create matching content corresponding to the cover content included in the cover electronic document,
to change the size of the matching content based on the size of the to content included in the electronic document,
Editing the thru electronic document by including the matching content in the thru electronic document,
The cover electronic document and the electronic document including the matching content are separately printed on paper,
The electronic device for book binding, wherein the paper on which the matching content is printed is removed when the book is bound.

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