KR20010087798A - Method of copying and pasting the text materials contained in the image files on the internet web pages - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method for copying and pasting the text data included in the image on the web page of the Internet is provided to maximize the convenience of a user by linking the text information included in the image file with the usable text data. CONSTITUTION: A user creates an image file by scanning the original text, and stores the image file to a web server. Characters included in the image file are segmented into each character. A data file corresponding to the image file is created by inputting the character corresponding to each segment. The data file is stored to the web server. A professional program is transferred according to the selection of the user. The image and data file are transferred according to the request of the user. The image is displayed on a screen, and the selected text information is automatically copied and pasted.

Description

Method of copying and pasting the text materials contained in the image files on the internet web pages}

The present invention relates to a method for copying and pasting text contained in an image on an internet web page, and more particularly, instead of directly inputting text information included in an image file on an internet web page. The present invention relates to a method for automatically copying and pasting a text information by simply selecting the desired text information.

With the spread of computers and the Internet, Internet users are exploding. The World Wide Web refers to a multimedia information retrieval system of the Internet, and refers to an information retrieval system for retrieving a large number of information distributed on the Internet using hypermedia technology. The World Wide Web uses a client-server model, in which the holder of the information provides the information by building a server, and the client accesses the server through a browser and uses the information. The web browser generally receives the source code in a text form, converts it into a specific form in the web browser, and displays it. The web browsers are mainly used on the web because they can easily display images, text, and videos. The source code is a textual file whose extension is created by grammar by htm or html.

Numerous materials in various forms are digitized and serviced on the web, many of which are text and image forms. Among them, especially in the form of an image, in addition to a pure picture or photograph, the document includes an ancient document. For example, as the old document, various forms of original images, including documents, murals, clay tablets, and inscriptions, are targeted for web services, and their characteristics may include characters that can be referred to as text information. to be.

However, since the characters as text information are included in an image file rather than a text file, their utilization is not high unlike a general text file. This is because of the limitation that even when text information such as characters included in the image file needs to be utilized, these text information can only be treated as a relatively large image file. In particular, extracting the necessary text information from the image file requires considerable expertise when the image file contains, for example, Chinese characters or Korean ancient words, except for text information that can be easily identified or recognized, such as Korean or English. Of course, this is a time-consuming and very difficult task.

Therefore, as a method for solving such a problem, in computerizing image data, a method of simultaneously or separately displaying on a web page by inputting corresponding text information has been adopted. However, even in such a method, it was inevitable that the user had to explicitly execute a method of copying and pasting the corresponding text information included in the image file. In other words, even with this method, there is a usage limitation in that the user must know where the text information required in the image exists in the textized document.

Therefore, if the material in the form of image contains text information with high utilization value, it is automatically generated by simply selecting the text information on the image file without the trouble of creating a separate text file and searching separately. It would be highly desirable to have a way to make it work.

An object of the present invention is to provide a method for easily utilizing text information such as characters included in an image file.

1 is a schematic flowchart illustrating a method of copying and pasting characters included in an image according to the present invention.

2 is a screen shot of a program showing a task of segmenting characters in an image file.

3 is a screenshot of a program showing a task of inputting a character while viewing an image of the segmented character.

4 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a service structure according to an embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a screenshot of a web page illustrating a process of selecting text information included in a displayed image.

FIG. 6 is a screenshot of a web page indicating that a specific character selected in FIG. 5 is input to a text window of the web page.

7 is a screen shot of a web page showing that a user selects a plurality of characters on an image.

FIG. 8 is a screenshot of a web page showing that a plurality of characters selected in FIG. 7 are input into a text window of a web page.

In order to achieve the above technical problem, the present invention, (a) generating an image file by scanning the original, and storing it in a web server; (b) segmenting characters contained in the stored image file into respective characters; (c) generating a data file corresponding to the image file by inputting appropriate characters corresponding to each segment; (d) storing the data file on a web server; (e) transmitting a dedicated program according to a user's selection; (f) transmitting the image file and the data file at the user's request; And (g) displaying the image on the screen, and automatically copying and pasting the selected text information, thereby copying and pasting characters contained in the image on the Internet web page.

In the method of the present invention, the data file comprises the position of the character segment and the code information in the image file.

In the method of the present invention, step (e) is characterized in that it is implemented through a Java applet program.

In the method of the present invention, step (g) is characterized in that it is implemented by the interworking of a Java applet program and a JavaScript function.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the drawings.

1 is a schematic flowchart illustrating a method of copying and pasting text data contained in an image on an Internet web page according to the present invention.

According to the present invention, first, an image file is generated by scanning original material. In general, after photographing and scanning using a digital camera, it is stored in a web server by applying a conventional storage technology.

Next, segmentation is performed on the generated image file. A segment is the smallest rectangular area in the image containing a single letter. After setting the rectangular areas for the characters in the image, respectively, the data file corresponding to the image file is generated in the segment operation by inputting the appropriate characters corresponding to the segments. In the present invention, the data file stores the position and size of the segment corresponding to the character information and the character value of the character in the segment.

In an embodiment of the present invention, a dedicated program called "Youngin" was used to facilitate segment work. In Youngin program, (1) reads an image file and (2) automatically recognizes a rectangular area for the characters in the image to create a segment, and (3) creates, deletes, divides, divides, merges, and merges a segment. (4) It provides the function to input the letter corresponding to the segment. Through this process, a data file corresponding to an image file is generated, and the file is stored in a web server by applying a conventional storage technique.

2 illustrates a task of segmenting characters in an image file. According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the segmentation operation is performed by loading an image to be segmented through a zero-in program.

3 illustrates an operation of inputting a character while viewing an image of the segmented character. Through this work, we can know the code information of the character to extract when the user selects the character on the image. In particular, according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the file transfer speed can be increased by including the data file storing the position and size of the character information in the segment and the character information corresponding to the segment in one file.

The transfer of image files and data files stored on the web server is done through a dedicated program. According to the present invention, it is preferable to implement such a task through a Java applet program. The present invention is serviced by embedding JavaScript source code in a Java applet program and a web page written in the Java programming language, so that the user is not limited to the user's computer environment and saves users the trouble of installing a separate program. can do.

Next, a dedicated program is transmitted according to a user's selection or request, and when the dedicated program starts to operate, it requests and transmits necessary image files and data files to the web server. 4 is a screenshot of storing a web page showing a state in which an image designated by a user is being downloaded.

In an embodiment of the present invention, a Java applet program called "PMViewer" and a Javascript function called "listCharCode" are created and implemented. This program called PMViewer (1) requests and receives image files and data files specified by the user, (2) displays images, and (3) coordinates of the user's mouse cursor to the Java programming language. After retrieving using the built-in function, it finds a segment of the segment in the data file that includes the coordinates and displays a rectangular area within the image to inform the user that the character is selected. (5) When the user clicks or drags the mouse, finds the corresponding segment, creates a string, and provides the string information to the Javascript function embedded in the web page. This function uses the function embedded in the web browser. Is implemented.

A JavaScript function called listCharCode takes the string information provided by the PMViewer program and displays it in a text window within the web page.

4 is a diagram schematically illustrating a service structure of an embodiment of the present invention.

5 to 8 show practical use cases in which the method according to the invention is implemented. FIG. 5 illustrates a process of selecting text information included in an image, and indicates that the corresponding character is selected by placing the cursor on the specific character information desired on the displayed image. Meanwhile, FIG. 6 shows that the specific character selected as described above is input to the text window of the web page. 7 illustrates an example in which the user selects a plurality of characters on an image, and FIG. 8 shows a screen in which the selected plurality of characters are input in a text window of a web page.

In the present invention, the display form of the image, the form of selecting the text information on the image, and the display form of the text information can all take an appropriate interface for convenience.

According to the present invention, it is possible to easily extract and utilize text information contained in various image data being serviced on the Internet web. The present invention can maximize the user's ease of use by linking the text information contained in the image file with the easy-to-use text data.

Claims (3)

(a) generating an image file by scanning the original, and storing the image file in a web server; (b) segmenting characters contained in the stored image file into respective characters; (c) generating a data file corresponding to the image file by inputting appropriate characters corresponding to each segment; (d) storing the data file on a web server; (e) transmitting a dedicated program according to a user's selection; (f) transmitting the image file and the data file at the user's request; And (g) A method of copying and pasting characters contained in an image on an Internet web page, the method comprising displaying an image on the screen and automatically copying and pasting the selected text information. 2. The method of claim 1, wherein the data file includes the location and code information of a character segment in the image file. The method of claim 1, wherein step (g) is implemented through a Java applet program and a JavaScript function.