JPH0212068B2 - - Google Patents

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[Detailed description of the invention]

[Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to an image editing device that edits and records one image from several types of images, and in particular, from an image in which a large number of individual information such as nameless information is arranged, each individual information is edited and recorded on a slip, etc. The present invention relates to an image editing device capable of extracting, repositioning, and compositing multiple areas of an image, such as editing an independent image by moving the image into an individual frame. [Prior art] For invoices, address slips, etc., names, addresses, postal codes, etc. are traditionally transferred by hand or typed onto the required slips, but the transcription process is difficult. It's bothersome. Also, transcription errors may occur. Transcription errors in address slips for shipping parcels can cause problems such as incorrect delivery or non-delivery. JP-A-52-23227 discloses a technique for synthesizing and displaying patterns generated by a pattern generator on a CRT display. Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 138332/1983 describes translation, or image synthesis, of moving one area of two images to one area of the other, orientation, or changing the position of a designated area on the image, and magnification. An electrical circuit block is presented to handle the changes, etc. [Problem to be solved by the invention] For example, in the case of central delivery at a department store, the customer is asked to create a destination name card 1 as shown in Figure 1a, and based on that, a shipping slip 2 is created for each address. However, this shipping document 2 is handwritten, which makes transcription work cumbersome and transcription errors may occur. Therefore, it is desirable to edit the shipping document image using an image processing device, but the above-mentioned Japanese Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 52 −
The image processing in Publication No. 23227 is limited to images generated by a pattern generator, and the operator is not required to perform image processing.
Since only the display screen of a CRT display is provided, it is not possible to perform image modification such as extracting a part of an image of a name card or the like and combining it with a line image of a slip or the like. According to the image processing device disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-open No. 51-138332, a document image is read by a scanner, and the address and name parts of the read document image are extracted and combined with the K-line image. It might be possible to create an image of the shipping document. However, JP-A-51-138332 merely presents the basic electric circuit block for image editing, and does not allow multiple areas (each person's address, Practical image processing that increases operator processing efficiency when editing multiple areas, such as extracting images (names) and inserting them one by one into multiple areas (individual frames of the form) in another image (shipping form page) equipment is desired. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide an image processing apparatus that allows an operator to efficiently extract multiple parts of an image and write and combine other images at multiple positions through key operations. [Means for Solving the Problems] The image editing device of the present invention includes an image reading device 4 that reads a document IP and outputs its image information; a first and a second image reading device that stores image information of the image reading device 4; Storage devices 8 ₁ , 8 ₂ ; designation means (7, 9 ₁ ) for designating the extraction area and the writing position of the image information in the second storage device 8 ₂ to the image information in the first storage device 8 ₁ ; designation means The second storage device 8 ₂ specified by (7,9 ₁ )
Counting means (10) for counting the number of image information extraction areas and the number of image information writing positions in the first storage device; memory means (10) for storing the information specified by the specifying means (9 ₁ ); 6); In response to the transfer instruction,
Display means (10,
9); Based on the information stored in the memory means (6), the specified extraction area of the image information in the second storage device ₈₂ is selected from the specified position in the first storage device ₈₁ of the image information. Write control means (7,1
0); a recording device 5 for visibly recording image information on the recording paper RP; and a recording control means (7, 10) for giving the image information in the first storage device ₈₁ to the recording device 5 and visually recording it on the recording paper RP ); [Operation] The image reading device 4 reads the first and second images and their image information is stored in the first and second storage devices 8 ₁ and 8 ₂ , and the specifying means (7, 9 ₁ ) By specifying the extraction area of the second image information of the second storage device ₈₂ and the writing position for the first image information of the first recording device ₈₁ , the memory means (6) ₁ ), and based on the information stored in the memory means (6), the write control means (7, 10) writes the information to the second storage device 8.
The image information of the specified extraction area of the second image information of No. ₂ is written to the specified position of the first image information of the first storage device ₈₁ . As a result, the first storage device 8 ₁
Then, the image of the edited image is written in which the image information of the extraction area of the second image specified by the specifying means (7, 9 ₁ ) is written at the writing position of the first image specified by the specifying means (7, 9 ₁ ). Information is formed. The recording control means (7, 10) then provides the image information in the first storage device ₈₁ to the recording device 5, and the recording device 5 visually records the edited image on the recording paper RP. Therefore, for example, a slip with name and address information can be obtained by extracting a part from an image (second image) such as a list and adding it to an image (first image) such as a blank slip. The operator reads an image of a list, etc. (second image) and an image of a blank slip, etc. (first image) with the image reading device 4, and uses the specifying means (7, 9 ₁ ) to
By specifying the extraction area of the image such as a list (second image) and the writing position on the image such as a blank form slip (first image), it is automatically possible to extract a document with name and address information (edited image). copy) is obtained. The specifying means (7, 9 ₁ ) extracts the second image information extraction area of the second storage device 8 ₂ and the first storage device 8 _{1 .}
By freely specifying the writing position for the first image information, it is possible to obtain a composite image with a free layout, making it easy to edit the image information as desired, and eliminating the transfer effort. Transfer errors are never a problem. As described above, when writing images of a plurality of parts of a certain image into respective plural positions of another image, the counting means (10) writes the images to the second storage device ₈ 2 specified by the specifying means (7, 9 ₁ ). The number of image information extraction areas in the first storage device ₈₂ and the number of writing positions for the image information in the first storage device 82 are respectively counted, and when a transfer instruction is given, the display means (10, 9) displays a message indicating that the numbers do not match. If there is one, it will be displayed, so if there is an input error in at least one of the specified number of image extraction and the specified number of writing positions, the corresponding display will be automatically displayed, so the operator can avoid input errors. This information can be used to perform appropriate processing in response to this display. Other objects and features of the present invention will become apparent from the following description of embodiments with reference to the drawings. [Embodiment] FIG. 2 shows the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention. Second
In the figure, numeral 4 indicates an image reading device that reads an image and obtains an image signal for each pixel. The main elements of this image reading device 4 are a paper feeding mechanism that sends the document IP, a halogen lamp 4 ₁ that illuminates the document, reflecting mirrors 4 ₂ , 4 ₃ , an imaging lens 4 ₄ and a CCD element 4 ₅ , and a facsimile device. This is a well-known image reading device such as . From this image reading device 4, for example, white:
A binary signal (hereinafter referred to as an image signal) corresponding to an image such as "0" and black "1" is obtained. 5 is a recording device that records images pixel by pixel. The main element of this recording device 5 is the paper feed mechanism that feeds the recording paper RP,
They are a cutter 5 ₁ , a multi-stylus 5 ₂ for forming an electrostatic latent image, a developing device 5 ₃ , and a fixing device 5 ₄ , which are known as a recording device such as a facsimile device. 6 is a semiconductor read/write memory (RAM) that temporarily stores a designated position on an image. 7
is a keyboard provided with keys 7 ₁ to 7 ₁₁ for inputting editing information. Reference numeral 10 denotes an image selection device, which in this example includes a semiconductor central processing unit (CPU) 10 ₁ , a semiconductor read-only memory (ROM) 10 ₂ , input/output ports 10 ₃ and 10 ₄ including interfaces, and a clock pulse oscillator 10 _{5 .} It is made up of. mentioned above
The RAM 6 and the image selection device 10 constitute a microcomputer. Connected to the image selection device 10 is a floppy disk recording device 8 for storing image signals, which operates two floppy disks 8 ₁ and 8 ₂ simultaneously and independently. Note that if an external memory capable of storing both signals for two pages is available, this recording device 8 can be omitted. 9 is
It is a cathode ray tube display that has a built-in memory for storing one page and can store the position indicated by the stylus pen ₉₁ as a code, and is also connected to the image selection device 10. The tip of the touch pen ₉₁ is equipped with a switch circuit that detects the pressure of the pen tip on the glass of the cathode ray tube, and a light receiving element that detects light emission.When the switch circuit is on, the light emitting element detects light emission. The scanning position (X, Y address) of the one-page image at the current position is temporarily held in the internal memory of the display 9. The ROM 10 ₂ of the image selection device 10 has input/output ports 10 ₃ , 10 ₄ in response to turning on the power switch.
The interface includes program data for turning on power to the image reading device 4, recording device 5, floppy disk recording device 8, and display 9 in a predetermined sequence, as well as the closing operation of the key switches ₇₁ to ₇₁₁ , which will be described later. Program data for controlling various responding operations and operations 4, 5, 9, etc. is stored in memory. The operation of each part based on those program data is shown below in Figures 3 to 9.
This will be explained with reference to the flowchart shown in the figure. Note that these flows are not necessarily written to correspond to all of the program data; some of them are detailed, but some of them are generally used in equipment control by microcomputers, so they are roughly developed. has been done. The main focus is on the operations performed by the program rather than a detailed explanation of the program itself. And for ease of understanding, RAM6 and/or CPU10 ₁
The memory addresses or areas of the internal RAM are called registers and tables. The main registers and tables are shown in Table 1 below.

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[Table] See Figure 3. When the power switch is turned on, power is turned on to each part based on the power-on program data in _ROM102 , and RAM6 and CPU
All registers and tables (Table 1) in the internal RAM of ₁₀₁ are cleared. Then, it becomes a key-in standby. When the reading key 7 ₁ is pressed momentarily, "1" is stored in the reading register and the recording register is cleared. When the image 1 key 7 ₂ is pressed, "1" is memorized in the image 1 register and the image 2 register is cleared, and when the image 2 key 7 ₃ is pressed, "1" is memorized in the image 2 register and image 1 is Clear registers. When the copy key ₇₄ is pressed, "1" is stored in the copy register. When the display key ₇₅ is pressed, in the flow from D onward shown in _FIG . A memory image signal is applied to a display 9, and an image represented by the image signal is applied to a storage memory of the display 9. This causes the display 9 to display the image. When the memory of the image 2 register is "1", the memory image signal of the floppy disk ₈₂ is applied to the display 9 to display the image represented by the image signal. If "1" is not stored in any of the image registers, priority is given to the floppy disk ₈₁ , and the image signal from the floppy disk ₈₁ is applied to the display 9, so that the image represented by the image signal is displayed on the display 9. The operations when the extract key 7 ₆ , erase key 7 ₇ and transfer key 7 ₈ are pressed are shown in FIG. 6, respectively.
This will be described later with reference to FIGS. 7, 8, and 9. When the record key ₇₉ is pressed, "1" is stored in the record register and the read register is cleared. When clear keys 7 _{to 10} are pressed, the system returns to the initial setting of clearing all registers and tables. When the start key 7 ₁₁ is pressed, the message “Is the reading register “1”? ”, “Record register is “1”
teeth? ” and “Is the copy register “1”? ” is determined. This is to see what action should be started. If the reading register is "1", "reading start" is specified, so select "Image 1 register "1?" to determine which floppy disk the image signal should be stored in. ” and “Image 2 register “1”? ”, and if the memory of the image 1 register is “1”, it is sent to the floppy disk 8 ₁ ,
If the memory of the image 2 register is "1", writing is specified to the floppy disk ₈₂ , and if both memories are "0", writing is specified to the floppy disk ₈₁ , and the image reading device 4
, and write the image signal obtained from it. When the writing is completed, the designated floppy image signal is given to the display 9 for display. If the recording register is "1", in the flow from C shown in FIG. specified, the image signal is read out from the floppy disk, and the recording device 5
give to If the copy register memory is "1", the image reading device 4 is designated to read the image and the recording device 5 is designated to record, and the image signal outputted by the former is given to the latter to perform copying. When the extraction key 7 ₆ is momentarily closed, E in Fig. 6 is pressed.
In the following flow, the extraction start address Xb, Yb and the extraction end address Xe of the extraction image (part of the 1-page image),
Reading of Ye and writing to the extraction start end address table and the extraction end address table are performed.
In this process, first, it waits for the arrival of a pen signal from the pen 9 ₁ indicating the pressing of the pen 9 ₁ on the display surface, and when the pen signal arrives, the number 1 is added to the count register 0 and stored. and count register 0
If the memory of is data indicating the number 1, this means that the extraction start end is indicated by the pen 9, so any floppy disk (8 ₁ : image 1,
8 ₂ : Check whether the image signal of image 2) is extracted,
Data representing the specified floppy disk (image number)
Then, data indicating the touch positions Xb and Yb of the pen ₉₁ detected by the display 9 is written into the extraction start end address table. Then, the number 1 is added to the address counter 1 representing the write address of the table and the write address is advanced. When the pen signal arrives again, the memory of counter register 0 contains data representing 2, so this time data representing the specified floppy disk and data representing the touch positions Xe and Ye of pen ₉₁ detected by display 9 are extracted. Write to the end address table.
Then, the number 1 is added to the address counter register 2 representing the write address of the table, the write address is advanced, the counter register 0 is cleared, and the process returns to key-in standby B. When the extraction key ₇₆ is momentarily closed again, the pen position codes Xb, Yb, Xe, and
Yes is written. When the erase key 7 ₇ is momentarily closed, F in Fig.
In the following flow, erase start address Xs, Ys of erase image (part of one page image), erase end address Xf,
Yf is read and written to the erase start address table and erase end address table.
In this case, first, a pen signal from the pen 9 ₁ indicating the pressing of the pen 9 ₁ on the display surface is waited for, and when the pen signal arrives, the number 1 is added to the counter register 0 and stored in memory. and count register 0
If the memory of is data indicating the number 1, this means that the erase start point is indicated by the pen 9, so any floppy disk (8 ₁ : image 1,
8 ₂ : Check whether the image signal of image 2) is extracted,
Data representing the specified floppy disk (image number)
Then, data indicating the touch positions Xs and Ys of the pen ₉₁ detected by the display 9 is written into the erase end address table. Then, the number 1 is added to the address counter register 3 representing the write address of the table and the write address is advanced. When the pen signal arrives again, the counter register becomes 0.
Since the memory of is the data representing 2, this time the data representing the specified floppy disk and the touch position Xf, Yf of the pen ₉₁ detected by the display 9.
Write data indicating this to the erase end address table. Then, the number 1 is added to the address counter register 4 representing the write address of the table, the write address is advanced, the counter register 0 is cleared, and the process returns to key-in standby B. When the erase key ₇₆ is momentarily closed again, the pen position codes Xs, Ys and
Xf and Yf are written. When transfer key _7-8 is momentarily closed, G in Fig.
From the erase start address to the erase end of the image (Image No. 1 = floppy disk 8 ₁ , image No. 2 = floppy disk 8 ₂ ) represented by the image data of the erase start end and end address table in the flow below and after H in FIG. The image signal at the address is erased, and the image signals from the extraction start address to the extraction end address of the image represented by the image data in the extraction start and end address table are written below the erasure start address. In this case, first, it is checked whether the memory data in address counter registers 3 and 1 are the same (FIG. 8). That is, it is checked whether the number of erase start edges written in the erase start edge address table is the same as the number of extraction start edges (number of extraction areas) written in the extraction start edge address table. If they are not the same, an error will be displayed. From this error display, the operator knows that the number of protruding starting edges of one image (the number of extraction areas) and the number of erasing starting edges of the image in which they are written (writing positions) do not match. In this embodiment, this processing routine is commonly executed even in the case of only a partial deletion operation (when erasing only a part of an image).
Since editing processing that replaces and writes each area of one image to each position of another image and erasing processing that only erases images such as erasing noise parts are performed in common, the number of starting fractions to be erased and the number of starting fractions to be extracted Even if they do not match, each of the data in address counter registers 1 to 4 is transferred to each of position number registers 1 to 4, and address counter registers 1 to 4 are cleared, in the same way as when they match. First, the erase start address table and image number data are read from the 0th address of the erase start address table and stored in the erase start address register and image number register, respectively. Read the erase end address data from the address and store it in the erase end address register, and read the image number data to
Compare with memory data of No. register. If the two do not match, the image for which the erase start end is specified and the image for which the erase end is specified are different, and this is an input error, so an error is displayed and the process returns to A of the flow. If they match, look at the image number register memory. In other words, check whether the erasure is floppy disk 8 ₁ or 8 ₂ .
If it is the ₈₁ side, that is, image No. 1, the image signal of the floppy 81 is erased from addresses Xs and Ys indicated by the memory data of the erase start address register to addresses Xf and Yf indicated by the memory data of the erase _end address register. 8 ₂ side, that is, image No. 2
If so, the image signals of the floppy disk ₈₂ from Xs, Ys to Xf, Yf are similarly erased. Then, it is checked whether the number represented by the data in the address counter register 3 (erasure number) is greater than or equal to the number represented by the data in the position number register 3 (planned number of erasures). Next (next) erase start address readout The following flow is repeated. When the two become equal, the address counter registers 3 and 4, which determine the read addresses of the erase start and end address tables, are cleared, the erase completion is displayed (latched), and the process moves to the flow from H shown in FIG. 9. In the flow from H onward in Figure 9, first read data number 0 in the extraction start address table, store the extraction start addresses Xb and Yb in the extraction start address register, and store the image number data in the image number register. to memory. Next, data No. 0 of the extraction start end address table is read, the extraction end addresses Xe and Ye are stored in the extraction end address register, and the image number data is read and compared with the memory data of the image number register. If they do not match, the image specifying the extraction start end is different from the image specifying the extraction end, and this is an input error, so an error is displayed and the process returns to the beginning A of the flow. When the two match, data number 0 in the erase start address table is read and the erase start address lines Xs and Ys are stored in the erase start address register. Then, looking at the data in the image number register, if the data indicates the floppy disk ₈₁ , the image signal of the floppy disk ₈₁ in the range from Xb, Yb to Xe, Ye is transferred to the floppy disk _82.
Write below Xs and Ys. If the data in the image number register indicates floppy disk ₈₂ , Xb,
The image signal of the floppy disk ₈₂ in the range from Yb to Xe, Ye is written below Xs, Ys of the floppy disk ₈₁ . When this writing is completed, check whether the number represented by the memory data of address counter register 1, that is, the number of extracted items, has reached the number represented by the memory data of position number register 1, that is, the number of scheduled extractions. (next) from the extraction start end address table of
Repeat the flow for reading data. When the two become equal, address counter registers 1 to 3
is cleared, a transfer completion display (latches) is performed, and the process returns to key-in standby B. The program data that performs the above operations is
Since it is stored in _RAM102 , the operator can erase part of the image by operating keys ₇₁ to ₇₁₀ .
Many image edits such as partial replacement of two images and shifting of image positions can be performed. As an example, an example will be described in which information of each part of the list 1 shown in FIG. 1a is distributed to each part of the slip 2 shown in FIG. 1b. First, when creating the image 3 shown in FIG. 1c from the slip 2 shown in FIG. , press the read key 7 ₁ momentarily, and then press the start key 7 ₁₁ momentarily. As a result, slip 2
The image signal is written to the floppy disk ₈₁ , and the image of the slip 2 is displayed on the display 9. The operator looks at the display 9 and erases the noise image as necessary. To erase this, first press the image 1 key 7.
Press ₂ for a moment to memorize "1" in the image 1 register, then press the erase key ₇ for a moment, then press the pen 9 ₁ on the upper left part of the noise image, then press the lower right part of the noise image. This is done by pressing the pen ₉₁ against the When there are several noise images, press the erase key 7 ₇ momentarily and press the pen 9 _1.
This process is performed twice for each noise image.
After completing this, press the transfer key _7-8 momentarily.
In response to this press, the image signal of the slip 2 from which the noise image has been removed remains on the floppy disk ₈₁ in the flow chart GH in FIG. If a copy is desired, the record key ₇₉ can be pressed. Next, press the image 2 key _7-8 and the display key _7-5 to display the image signal of the floppy disk _8-2 (all white because there is no record of this: " ₀ " on the display 9. If the image signal of the image remains, erase all the images in the same way as in the case of noise erasure described above.Then, press the erase key 7 ₇ to erase the start and end addresses of the recorded part of one slip. is inputted using the pen ₉₁ , and in accordance with the number of required slips, the recording portion of the same slip is similarly indicated using the pen ₉₁ .
Next, press the image 1 key 7 ₂ and set "1" to the image 1 register.
memory, press the display key ₇₅ to once again display the slip image on the floppy disk ₈₁ on the display 9, press the pick-up key ₇₆ , and press the pen ₉₁ sequentially to the upper left and lower right positions of the slip. The extraction key ₇₆ is pressed and the pen ₉₁ is pressed at least a number of times corresponding to the number of erasure position designations for the floppy disk ₈₂ (the number of slips for one page). When this is finished, press the transfer key 7 _{or 8} momentarily. As a result, the image signal of the image 3 representing one or several slips is stored in the floppy disk ₈₂ as shown in FIG. 1c. If necessary, press the image 2 key 7 ₂ ,
Press the display key ₇₅ to display the image on the floppy disk ₈₂ (3 in FIG. 1c) on the display 9 for confirmation. As described above, the image signal of the image 3 of the slip is stored in the floppy disk ₈₂ . Note that initially, a document having an image such as 3 shown in FIG. 1c is set in the image reading device 4, and the image 2 key 7 ₂ is pressed.
When the read key ₇₁ is pressed and then the start key ₇₁₁ is pressed, the image signal of the image 3 of the slip shown in FIG. 1c is stored in the floppy disk ₈₂ without performing the above-mentioned operations. Next, press the image 1 key ₇₂ to set destination list 1 on the image reading device 4,
Press the read key 7 ₁ and then press the start key 7 ₁₁ . As a result, the image signal of the list 1 is written to the floppy disk ₈₁ and displayed on the display 9. If there is a noise image, perform the noise removal operation as described above. As a result of the above, the image signal of the write frame is stored in the floppy disk ₈₂ , and the image signal of the write information is stored in the floppy disk ₈₁ . Next, the image 2 key ₇₃ is momentarily pressed to set the memory of the image 2 register to "1", the erase key ₇₇ is pressed, and the desired writing section of the image 3 is designated with the pen ₉₁ of the display 9. This specification may be made for only one slip in image 3 (case 1), or may be made for all slips (case 2). When processing the images shown in Figures 1a to 1c, erase the required writing area (specify the writing position).
For example, this is performed in the order of sender's address position, name position and TEL position, destination address position, name position, TEL position, and product name position for each slip section. Next, the user presses the image 1 key ₇₂ to set the memory of the image 1 register to ``1'', presses the extraction key ₇₆ , and specifies the record information of the list 1 with the pen ₉₁ on the display 9. This designation is
In case 1, the process is performed for only one column of list 1, and in case 2, the process is performed for the number of columns corresponding to the number of slips in image 3. After completing this, press the transfer key _7-8 . By pressing this,
Write name list 1 in the required writing section specified in pen 9 ₁ of the slip.
The image signal of the image written with the required information designated by the pen ₉₁ is stored in the floppy disk ₈₂ .
Press the image 2 key 7 ₃ , and if necessary press the display key 7 ₅ to check the memory image of the floppy disk 8 ₂ on the display 9, then press the record key 7 ₉ and the start key 7 _11.
Press to give the image signal from the floppy disk ₈₂ to the recording device 5 and obtain a record. In this way, a record containing the required information can be obtained without manual writing. In the above embodiment, the erasure position and extraction position are input manually using the display 9, but it is also possible to add marks, codes, or characters to the document in advance and read them with the reading device 4. What is necessary is to automatically set the erasure position and extraction position. When doing so, for example, the image signal of the CCD element ₄₅ is processed by an image reading device for data decoding such as that disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 55-151679 and Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 55-165067 to obtain processed data. Just set it in a register or table. In this case, the program data for data reading is stored in the ROM.
10 ₂ , the image selection device can be shared as an image reading device for data decoding, and the display 9 can be omitted. Further, in the above embodiment, the floppy disk recording device 8 is used as the required storage device, but when connecting to a computer system or other cases where an external large capacity memory can be used,
The recording device 8 can be omitted. [Effects of the Invention] In any case, according to the present invention, image editing recording in which images of a plurality of parts of a certain image are written to respective positions of a plurality of other images is performed based only on the operator's key operations. In this image editing,
The counting means (10) calculates the number of extraction areas of the image information in the second storage device 8 ₂ and the number of writing positions for the image information in the first storage device 8 ₂ specified by the designation means (7, 9 ₁ ). are counted, and when there is a transfer instruction, the display means (10, 9) displays it if the numbers do not match, so it is possible to detect an input error in at least one of the designated number of image extraction and the designated number of writing positions. If there is an input error, a corresponding display is automatically displayed, allowing the operator to know the input error and take appropriate processing in response to this display.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Figure 1a is a plan view showing the list of recipients;
The figure is a plan view showing a shipping slip, and FIG. 1c is a plan view showing images of a plurality of shipping slips. Figure 2 is a block diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention, Figures 3 and 4.
Figures 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9
Each figure is a flowchart showing each step of the operational flow of the embodiment shown in FIG. 1: Name list (first draft), 2: Slip (second draft),
3: Image, 4: Image reading device (image reading device),
5: Recording device (recording device), 7: Keyboard,
8: Floppy disk recording device, 8 ₁ : Floppy disk recording device (first storage device), 8
₂ : Floppy disk recording device (second storage device), 9: Cathode ray tube display (10, 9: display means), 10: Image selection device (image selection device,
counting means).

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An image reading device that reads a document and outputs its image information; First and second storage devices that store image information of the image reading device; Image information of the second storage device is extracted. area and first
a specifying means for specifying a writing position of the image information in the second storage device; a specifying means for specifying the number of extraction areas of the image information in the second storage device and the writing position of the image information in the first storage device; counting means for counting the number; memory means for storing the information specified by the specifying means; in response to the transfer instruction, displaying a discrepancy between the number of excised areas and the number of positions counted by the counting means; display means; based on the information stored in the memory means;
a writing control means for writing image information of a designated extraction area of the image information of the second storage device into a designated position of the first storage device; a recording device that visibly records the image information on recording paper; An image editing device for recording an edited image on recording paper, comprising: a recording control means for giving image information in one storage device to the recording device and visually recording it on recording paper.