JPH0447465A - Image editing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To indicate an editing area without staining a document by reading the editing area entered on an editing area indicating form and registering its coordinates in a table and reading in document information to subject contents of the editing area to editing processing. CONSTITUTION:Read of the editing area indicating form set on a scanner 2 is executed, and read data is sent to a marker position detecting part 4, and coordinates of a marker position are detected. These coordinates are registered in a marker table 5. When a document is set on the scanner 2, second scanning is performed to successively sent document information to an editing function executing part 6. At this time, a control part 8 compares the read position of the document and marker coordinates with each other, and editing of, for example, smudging is indicated to the editing function executing part 6 when the read position enters to the closed area of the marker. As the result, the editing area of the document is subjected to editing of smudging. Thus, the editing area is indicated without staining the document.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] (Industrial Application Field) This invention relates to an image editing device, and in particular, to an image editing device that allows you to specify an area to be edited on a manuscript without directly indicating the area with a marker pen or the like. The present invention relates to an image editing device.

(Prior Art) In conventional image editing devices such as copying machines and facsimile machines, it is desired to perform editing such as extraction and deletion on desired areas without cutting and pasting the original.

In response to this demand, conventional image editing apparatuses have been proposed in which an editing area is designated directly on a document using a marker pen or the like, and editing content is designated using keys on a control panel.

When the document is read with a scanner by this image editing device, an editing area designated by the marker ben or the like is detected, and then editing of the designated contents is added to the editing area. As a result, editing can be easily performed without having to perform troublesome operations such as cutting and pasting the manuscript.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) However, in the conventional image editing apparatus, since the editing area is directly indicated on the manuscript using a marker pen or the like, there is a problem in that the manuscript becomes dirty.

Furthermore, when it is desired to perform an editing function on the same area of a plurality of original documents, there is a problem in that it is not easy to specify exactly the same position using a marker pen or the like.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide an image editing apparatus that eliminates the problems of the conventional apparatus and allows an editing area to be specified without staining the original.

Another object of the present invention is to provide an image editing device that can easily and accurately specify the same editing position for a plurality of originals.

(Means and Effects for Solving the Problems) In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a table for registering the position data of the editing area read from the editing area instruction sheet, and a table for registering the position data registered in the table. means for determining whether or not the position of the manuscript information read from the manuscript exists within the editing area based on the editing area, and instructing the manuscript information in the editing area to edit; and executing the instructed editing. It is characterized in that it has a means to do so.

In the present invention, an editing area designation sheet is first read by the operator. Then, the edit area written on the edit area instruction sheet is read, and its coordinates, which are its position data, are registered in the table.

Next, when the operator sets a document on the scanner, the document is read. At this time, it is checked whether the position of the document data being read is within the editing area, and if it is determined that the position is within the editing area, a predetermined editing process is executed on the document data.

The edited manuscript data is sent to a printer and printed.

(Example) The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a functional block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, 1 is a panel on which a numeric keypad, function keys for instructing functions, a display section, etc. are arranged. Reference numeral 2 denotes a scanner, which is composed of a line sensor such as a CCD or the like.

3 is a switching section. This switching unit 3 is a functional block provided to make the operation explanation easier to understand. Reference numeral 4 denotes a marker position detection unit, which detects the marker position from the manuscript in which the editing area has been written. 5 is a marker table,
This is a table in which coordinates of marker positions are registered.

6 is an editing function execution section. This editing function execution unit 6 is
It performs a function of editing the manuscript information read from the scanner 2 in the editing area indicated by the marker.

7 is a printer.

Reference numeral 8 denotes a control unit (CPU), which sends the read data to the marker position detection unit 4 during the first reading of the scanner 2, and sends the read data to the editing function execution unit 6 during the second and subsequent readings. , and controls the editing function execution unit 6 so as to perform the editing instructed from the panel 1 on the closed area of the marker.

Next, the operation of one embodiment of the present invention will be explained with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3. FIG. 2 shows an example of the display displayed on the display of the panel 1, and FIG. 3 shows a flowchart of the operation of this embodiment.

First, the message "Please select an editing function" is displayed on the display section of the panel 1, as shown in FIG. Then, when the operator presses a desired edit key (for example, shaded 1) on the panel 1, the display changes to "Please enter the number of originals." When the number of original sheets is input from the numeric keypad, the display changes to "Please enter the number of output copies." Similarly, if you enter the number of copies per document manually using the numeric keypad, the display will change to "
Please read the paper specified by the marker.''

When the operator proceeds with the operation according to the display, steps 81 to S3 in FIG. 3 become affirmative in sequence, and step S4
Proceed to. In step S4, the editing area designation sheet set by the operator on the scanner 2 is read. For example, an editing area instruction sheet 11 with an editing area indicated by a marker 11a as shown in FIG.
The operation of loading is performed.

Then, the data read by the scanner 2 is sent to the marker position detection section 4, and the coordinates of the marker position are detected. These coordinates are registered in the marker table 5 (steps S5, S6).

That is, the coordinates of the editing area written on the editing area instruction sheet 11 are registered in the marker table 5. The coordinates of the marker position can be determined by counting the bit synchronization signal in the main scanning direction and the line synchronization signal in the sub-scanning direction using a counter or the like.

When the reading of the editing area instruction sheet 11 is completed (step S7 is affirmative), the display on the panel 1 changes to "Please read the original." In steps S8 and S9, m-0 and n-0 are placed.

Next, the operator selects the document 1 as shown in FIG.
2 is set on the scanner 2, a second scan is performed (step 5IO), and the read document information is sequentially sent to the editing function execution section 6.

At this time, the control unit 8 compares the reading position (coordinates) of the document by the scanner 2 with the marker coordinates registered in the marker table 5, and if the reading position (coordinates) of the document falls within the closed area of the marker ( Step S11 is affirmative),
The editing function execution unit 6 is instructed to edit the shaded area 1, for example. As a result, as shown on the output sheet 13 of FIG. 3, the editing area of the original document 12 is edited by shading (step 512).

The manuscript data edited as described above is sent to the printer 7 (step 513) and printed out. The result of printing is as shown on the output paper 13 in FIG.

As a printing condition, if the number of output copies is set to no in step S3, the processes of steps SIO to S14 are repeated until step S16 becomes affirmative. Furthermore, if the number of originals is set to mO in step S2, the operation is continued until step 51g becomes affirmative. Note that in step S19, the original is replaced.

Next, the operation when there is only one editing area instruction sheet and there are a plurality of originals to be edited will be explained with reference to FIG. In the figure, the same or equivalent parts as in FIG. 4 are given the same reference numerals.

When the message "Please select an editing function" is displayed on the display section on the panel 1, for example, the edit key for "Tangle 1" is selected, and in response to "Enter the number of original sheets", n sheets,
Assuming that one sheet is input for "input of number of output copies", output sheets 13.15, . . ., for each of multiple originals 12.14, . As shown in , the same content is edited at the same position.

In the above embodiment, the case of shading 1 was shown as the editing content, but the present invention is not limited to this, and other types of shading, movement, extraction, deletion, enlargement, reduction, negative/positive reversal, etc. Of course, it is possible to edit.

Further, although the above embodiment is an image editing device that does not have a storage means such as an image memory or a page memory for temporarily storing document information read by a scanner, it is of course possible to use an image editing device that has these. It is.

(Effects of the Invention) As is clear from the above description, according to the present invention, the editing area written on the editing area instruction sheet is first read and its coordinates are registered in the table, and then the manuscript information is read. Since editing is performed within the editing area, the editing area can be specified without staining the manuscript.

Another advantage is that when the editing area written on the editing area instruction sheet is first read, and then multiple sheets of manuscript are read, the same edit can be made at the same position on each of the multiple sheets of manuscript. There is.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a display displayed on the display section, FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an example of the operation of this embodiment, and FIG. The figure and FIG. 5 are an editing area instruction sheet applied to this embodiment;
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a specific example of a manuscript and output.

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) A table in which position data of the editing area read from the editing area instruction sheet is registered, and based on the position data registered in the table, whether the position of the manuscript information read from the manuscript exists within the editing area. the editing area corresponds to the editing area specified by the editing area instruction form; and means for executing the instructed editing. An image editing device characterized in that it performs editing processing on manuscript information to be edited.