KR20010044248A - Digital web paper service system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A digital web paper service system is provided to enhance productivity by automating printing process and maintaining layout form of off-line print matter. CONSTITUTION: A scanner(2) has an automatic paper supply unit(1). An image processing server(3) transforms existing print media(off-line publications) into digital image files through the scanner(2). The image processing server(3) transforms each of the generated digital image files into an image format that is able to use on an internet web browser. A database server(4) divides the transformed image into several sections and records that. A web server(5) serves the image recorded in each database on a user's web browser.

Description

Digital Web Paper Service System

The present invention is a hardware and software required for a system for automatically generating and supplying an offline publishing medium to enable online publishing via the Internet. Currently, in order to provide Internet service, a web page (HTML document) capable of providing a web service is provided by a provider to provide a service. Therefore, when the content of the web page is added, the programmers modify and produce each page. Therefore, the layout of the offline publishing media is difficult to be preserved as it is. Therefore, in order to improve this, the present invention automates the process of converting an offline publication medium into a digital medium capable of web service using a scanner equipped with an automatic paper feeder, and then dividing it into several pieces and storing them in a data server. It was. In addition, a series of processes were automated so that the imaged web document is automatically assembled and delivered to the user's PC when the user requests the web service information.

In the case of supplying a lot of web documents at present, since the supplier manufactures and supplies them one by one, there is a problem that the efficiency of production work is reduced and the layout of offline media cannot be delivered as it is.

The technique of the present invention uses a scanner (2) equipped with the current automatic feeder (1) to obtain the layout of the offline print media without scattering and to digital services to efficiently service through the Internet We have improved the system to enable automatic web service by systemizing the configuration of existing hardware and system for efficient conversion and automatic web service. Existing suppliers and developers can adjust and set all the layouts one by one, but it is good to do this. However, in this case, productivity is inefficient and the competitiveness in the web service industry is weakened. Therefore, we wanted to increase productivity by dividing these processes into systems for each processing characteristic and automating a series of processes, and preserving the excellent layout editing form of offline print media as it is to be delivered to users through the web.

In addition, when the user makes a request through the web browser, the images divided into several pieces are loaded and displayed in the user's web browser.

1 is a diagram illustrating a process of generating and servicing an automated digital web paper used in the present invention.

2 is a block diagram showing a process of processing digital web paper according to the present invention.

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1. Automatic paper feeder 2. Scanner

3. Image Processing Server with Image Processing Processor

4. Distributed database to store fragmented images

5. Web service server that combines fragmented images to provide web services

Hereinafter, the configuration of the present invention will be described. As shown in Fig. 1, an automatic paper feeder 1 is attached to a scanner 2, which is widely used as an optical input device, and connected to a server 3 having an image processing processor. It is connected to the database server 4. In addition, the database server is connected to a web server 5 in which the web service processor developed in the present invention is embedded, and the web server is provided to the user through the web server.

Hereinafter will be described the operation of the present invention. As shown in the block diagram illustrated in FIG. 2, the developer inserts an existing offline print medium to be input into the scanner 2 to which the automatic paper feeder 1 is attached, and then operates the image input processor of the image processing server 3. Let's do it. When the image input processor is activated, an operation command is transmitted to the scanner 2 connected to the image processing server 3, and the scanner 2 receiving the command receives an image through the automatic paper feeder 1 and processes the image. To the server (3). At this time, the image read by the scanner 2 has a resolution of 150 dpi. Since the resolution of a monitor that delivers documents on the Internet shows a performance of 75 dpi, the image is input at a resolution of 150 dpi to ensure the original image as much as possible. After the image is acquired on the image processing server 3, the image processing processor built in the image processing server is automatically operated, and the image processing processor converts the input image into JPEG format, which is a file format that can be used by Internet web services. do. Of course, you can also convert the file format of the image to GIF, depending on the provider's options. Once converted to JPEG file format, the image is then subjected to image state correction. This is a process to correct the condition that appears during the conversion of the image file format.In the process of converting the JPEG file of the image, the size of the image is compressed and reduced, while processing to make the image appear more clearly on the screen by reinforcing the sharpness or deterioration of the image. do. As the method of image interpolation, edge processing method based on histogram method is used. Only the edge processing technique used in the present invention could obtain a clearer image. After the correction process is performed, the image processing processor divides the image into n pieces. This process is designed to increase the efficiency of the network in dividing the original image into several pieces and storing them in different database servers for later delivery to the user via the Internet. At this time, the standard for dividing an image into n pieces is n> = 10, and each divided piece is less than 10KB. In other words, the image fragment n is an integer greater than 10 and is defined to find n that satisfies the condition of having a size of 10 KB or less. After the number of pieces of the image is determined as described above, the images are fragmented based on the number of pieces of the determined image, and the fragmented images are transmitted to the network storage server 4 connected to the network and stored in different areas. Up to this point, the automatic generation process of the existing offline print media into the digital print media is performed. These automatically generated digital images are delivered from the Internet through web browsing. For the web service of the Internet, a web server 5 capable of providing an internet web service is required. Therefore, the database server 4 is connected to the Internet web server 5 by a network and supplies the data. At this time, the web server 5 calls and combines the pieces of the image distributed and stored in the database 4 in order. The passing process is built in. Therefore, when the user selects the service list through the web browser, the image combining process inside the web server 5 is activated, and the activated image processor accesses the database to find the media of the requested list and locate the fragmented images. Will return. When the location of the image is returned, each image fragment is transmitted to the user's web browser through the web server (5). Since this image is a small size image of 10KB or less, it is not affected by the speed of the network. Naturally, an image is delivered to the user's PC as if it were delivered.

Effects of the present invention is that the developer or supplier to manually create and modify the web page to provide the current Internet web page service, not only decreases productivity, but also provides the user with the excellent layout of the existing offline print media through the web. The disadvantage is that it is difficult to convey. However, the digital web paper system of the present invention automates the process of generating and supplying a web document, and develops a system capable of serving the layout of an offline print medium using a scanner as a web document, thereby making online printing of an offline print medium online. Not only is it easy to switch to the media, but it can be expected to improve the competitiveness of web service companies by improving productivity for web document services. In particular, since the offline print media having excellent layout format can be preserved as it is without scattering the layout, it can be easily transmitted through the Internet, such as books, e-books, catalogs, e-catalogues, etc. There is an advantage that can be used in a variety of services, such as web comics, web galleries without re-editing and processing.

Claims (1)

In producing and supplying web documents through the Internet, scanners with automatic paper feeders, image processing servers with built-in image processing processors, database servers for storing and supplying images, and web services are obtained by retrieving and restoring images. It is a digital system featuring the production of digital media using scanning images and the supply via the Internet to build a complete automation system of a web server with a built-in processor and to produce and supply offline print media to online web digital media without scattering the layout. Digital Web Paper Service System.