JPH0447512B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to an image processing device that combines a plurality of images.

As a conventional read image processing apparatus, the one shown in FIG. 1 has been proposed. In this case, the original 1 is read by the image reading section 3, converted into a digital signal, and then stored in the image memory section 4. Next, the image data is once transferred to an external auxiliary memory section 5 such as a disk to form a data file for editing processing.

In the editing process, necessary data portions are extracted from the external auxiliary memory unit 5, the image layout of the final required image is determined, and the data is transferred to the image memory unit 4. To decide on the layout and confirm it, use Display 8,
Work using the input/output device of the light pen 9. After the editing process, the data in the image memory section 4 is sent to the image recording section 7, and the image-processed recorded material 2 is printed out.

In such devices, in order to obtain an image-processed record, it is always based on the original image read by the image reading unit, and it is difficult to add other information. .

Further, even if this is possible, the work for determining the layout for editing becomes complicated, in addition to reading the document and inputting other image data.

Therefore, if an inexperienced operator erroneously specifies the layout of a plurality of images so that they overlap, the plurality of images will overlap, resulting in an inconvenience that some images will be missing.

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and it is an object of the present invention to provide an image processing device that can satisfactorily combine multiple images without overlapping them. an input means for inputting an image, a designation means for designating first and second arrangement positions at which the first and second images are to be combined, respectively; and a designation means for inputting the first and second images input from the input means 2
an image processing device for compositing images at the first and second arrangement positions designated by the designation means, respectively, at the first and second arrangement positions designated by the designation means. A determining means for determining whether or not the arrangement positions overlap;
When the determining means determines that the first and second placement positions overlap, changing the first and second placement positions to a position where the first and second placement positions do not overlap. The present invention provides an image processing apparatus having a changing means.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. Fig. 2 shows an example of the present invention, in which 1 is an original such as a photograph or figure, 3 is an image reading unit that reads the original 1 and converts it into a digital signal, and this is a well-known line scanner such as a CCD and its subsidiary. It consists of a device that moves in the scanning direction. Reference numeral 4 denotes an image memory section for storing image data read by the image reading section 3, which is composed of a well-known semiconductor page memory capable of storing one page of a document. Reference numeral 5 stores a large amount of data in the image memory section 4 as a file. The external auxiliary memory section consists of a well-known magnetic disk and a device for accessing it. 12 is a well-known word processor for creating documents; internally there is a keyboard 13 and a display 1.
4, and a document memory 10 for recording document data.
have. This memory is also a well-known semiconductor memory capable of storing data for one print page. 1
5 is a word processor 12 and an image memory unit 4;
Synthesize and edit each data in the external auxiliary memory section 5,
This is an editing processing section (image processor) that simultaneously performs line break editing of document data received from the word processor 12, and has an editing data memory section 11 inside, which is also made of a well-known semiconductor memory. The contents of the editing data memory section 11 correspond to the ultimately required print image. Reference numeral 7 denotes an image recording section, which is a well-known laser printer that prints out data image-processed by the editing processing section 15. 2
is an image-edited recording. Capital letters A to G are image or document data lines.
G is also capable of data communication via a communication line. The lowercase letter a is a control signal line that controls each part, such as selection of each part. The other parts are the same as those in Fig. 1.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of image editing using the apparatus example of FIG. 2. A indicates a document image such as a photograph or figure read by the image reading unit 3, and its position and range are indicated by X _i and Y _i . FIG. 3B shows a document created by the word processor 12, and after the document is created, it is stored in the document memory section 10 of FIG. FIG. 3C is an example showing the arrangement of images and documents required after image editing.

The image original shown in FIG. 3A is read by the image reading section 3 shown in FIG. This image data is stored in the image memory section 4, and the image range and its positions X _i and Y _i correspond to (X ₁ , Y ₁ ) (X ₂ , Y ₂ ) in the image memory, while the white area of the image section -Black is stored as "0" and "1" respectively. If this image requires long-term storage, it is transferred to the external auxiliary memory section 5 and stored as a data file.

The document data shown in FIG. 3B is created by the word processor 12 shown in FIG.
This is the input from 3. This is entered as a character code. After creating a complete sentence, (X ₃ ,
Y ₃ ), (X ₄ , Y ₄ ).

In order to obtain the _final image arranged as _shown in FIG _. 3C, _the editing processing unit 15 in FIG. ′ ₂ , Y′ ₂ ), then the insertion range of document data (X′ ₃ , Y′ ₃ ),
Determine the coordinates of (X′ ₄ , Y′ ₄ ).

This is done by the following steps.

The editing processing section 15 in FIG. 2 includes an editing data memory section 11, and the converted coordinate positions are made to correspond to those in this memory 11. This determines the placement positions of the image data and document data. The editing processing section 15 sends the editing processing instruction signal a, and the image memory section 4 or the external auxiliary memory section 5
The image data between the range of (X ₁ , Y ₁ ) and (X ₂ , Y ₂ ) is sent to the editing data memory unit 11 via the data line E.
Transfer to the range indicated by (X' ₁ , Y' ₁ ) (X' ₂ , Y' ₂ ) inside.

Next, regarding the document data, the editing processing unit 15 calculates the number of characters in the limited insertion range between (X' ₃ , Y' ₃ ) and (X' ₄ , Y' ₄ ) in the editing data memory 11,
evaluate. Then, specify the number of characters that can be transferred up to the point (X′ ₄ , Y′ ₄ ). Therefore, no character image is included in the read image area. Next, using the line feed function of the editing processing unit 15, the line feed operation of the data is performed without changing the number of characters between each line, and data is transferred from the document memory unit 10 of the word processor 12 to the memory 11 via the data line G. Transfer data to the above range. As a result, the playback position of the read image can be determined with priority, and the character image can be edited outside the editing position and area of the read image.

By the above editing process, the editing data memory 11
Inside, image information and document data are developed at predetermined positions and ranges indicated by X _i ′ and Y _i ′, respectively.

The contents of this edited data memory 11 are transferred to the data line F.
The recorded material 2 is sent to the image recording section 7 through the image editing section 7 to obtain a recorded material 2 that has undergone image editing.

Further, this example will be explained in detail with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5. FIG. 4-1 is a detailed view of FIG. 2.

In FIG. 4-1, the editing processing unit 15 includes a CPU, ROM, etc. of a well-known microcomputer, etc.
It is composed of RAM, etc., and the image data process described above is controlled by executing the program in the ROM (Fig. 5). The data bus is A to G in Figure 2.
The address bus is a line that specifies the address of each memory, etc. The coordinate input device 9 is for specifying a position used during editing processing, and is a well-known digitizer or keyboard. Since it is sufficient to be able to indicate the coordinate point, it is possible to use a light pen, a cursor on a cathode ray tube, or any other device that can detect the coordinate position. The image area memory RAM 1 is a memory for storing data (X ₁ , Y ₁ ) (X ₂ , Y ₂ ) indicating the position and range of the read image in the memory 4.
2 is data (X′ ₁ ,
RAM3 stores data (X ₃ , _{Y 3} ) _, (X ₄ , Y ₄ ) indicating the location and _range of the text image in memory 10. memory,
The RAM 4 is a memory that stores data (X' ₃ , Y' ₃ ) and (X' ₄ , Y' ₄ ) indicating the reproduction position and range of the image. The data in RAM4 is determined based on the data in RAM2, but it can also be determined by the input device 9. RAM1, 2, and 3 can be determined by the input device 9.

Figure 4-2 is an example of the CPU in Figure 4-1.
This is a configuration diagram of Motorola or Hitachi's HMCS68000, and since the manual is detailed, I will not explain it. Note that each of the memories 4, 10, and 11 is a refresh type DRAM (dynamic RAM).

The operation will be explained according to the flowchart shown in FIG. The following flow is the program stored in the ROM in Figure 5-1. The original is read by the image reading section 3 (1) and stored as image data in the image memory section 4 (2). On the other hand, the position information of the required image portions (X ₁ , Y ₁ ) (X ₂ , Y ₂ ) is input using the coordinate input device 9 (3). Position information can be input by placing the document on a digitizer and plotting the vertices of the desired area so that it corresponds to the document. 4th-
This position information is stored in the image position information area data RAM1 in the RAM of the image processing unit 15 shown in Figure 1.
Temporarily stored in units. When inputting with a keyboard without using a digitizer, it is also possible to specify the X _i and Y _i positions by associating the actual dimensions and key input values in advance.

This position information may be input before or after the original image reading operation. Note that when reading a fixed image or when reading the same position many times, it may be stored in a ROM and fixed.

Image memory 4 is composed of semiconductor memory using dynamic RAM, and has a resolution of 16 pel/mm bit density (length (210 mm) x width (297 mm)) to store all A4 size paper dimensions as digital values. Assuming that 210×297×16=
It has a capacity of 997,920 bits. To specify points X _i and Y _i of document 1 from this memory, specify the image memory address (area coordinates → address conversion)
is performed by the CPU, and the image is read and written.
The correspondence between the memory address and the X _i and Y _i positions can be determined by using the memory addresses corresponding to the X _i and Y _i plotted earlier.
Performed by CPU calculation. If X _i is 210 mm vertically, the width of the address data value can be specified from 0 to 3360 bits, and if Y _i is 297 mm horizontally, the width of the address value is 0 to 4752 bits, so by combining X _i and Y _i Specify the address value up to 997920 by outputting it from the CPU. The above address conversion and image data transfer are performed after step 11. In this example, the document position is stored in the data RAM as X _i and Y _i .
It is also possible to store the memory address on the data RAM and make it correspond by using a means to convert the dimensions specified by the digitizer into an image memory address. It is also possible to output the addresses of X _i and Y _i from the CPU and convert them into memory addresses on the image memory side. An example like this is an address conversion circuit using ROM.
Conversion is possible by inputting the X _i and Y _i addresses and having the image memory address corresponding to this address input as ROM data in advance.

Next, use the word processor 12 to create sentences. A word processor creates sentences to be synthesized with the image to be read using the keyboard input (4).
There is no need to be particular about the format of the text layout, as the characters are automatically positioned in areas other than the reading image area or line breaks. In addition, if it is a fixed-form text, there is no need to worry about its placement no matter what image it is combined with, so it can be stored in a ROM or disk device and used when necessary. The entered character code is word processor 1
2 Converted as pixel data by the internal character generator and transferred to the text memory 10
(Five). The text memory 10 has exactly the same configuration as the image memory 4 and is connected to the CPU. However, text characters do not require as much resolution as images, so it is possible to configure them with a reduced memory capacity. On the other hand, after creating this sentence, the position information of (X ₃ , Y ₃ ) (X ₄ , Y ₄ ) is inputted using the coordinate input device 9 in order to develop the created sentence as data at a predetermined position in the sentence memory (6). The input location information is the fourth
-1 Stored as area data in RAM3 of the text area RAM. The coordinate positions of (X ₃ , Y ₃ ) (X ₄ , Y ₄ ) are input before creating the sentence, and while creating the sentence, the character data is expanded to the memory address corresponding to the specified position in the sentence memory. Of course, it is possible to do this, but since word processors have internal indirect buffer memory to make it easier to create sentences, it is best to input the information later.

Next, position information (X′ ₁ , Y′ ₁ ) (X′ ₂ , Y′ ₂ ), (X′ ₃ , Y′ ₃ ) (X′ ₄
, Y′ ₄ )
Enter. Image location information is in the image information area
RAM RAM2, text position information is in the text area
Store in RAM4 of RAM. When specifying this position, the CPU automatically changes the text position by calculating area data in RAM2 and RAM4 so that the image information and text information do not overlap (8), (9). This compares Y′ ₂ of the converted position data of the read image of RAM2 and Y′ ₃ of the character image.
(8) If it is determined that _Y'3 is large, that is, it is outside the read image area, the process proceeds to the image data transfer step. However, if Y′ ₃ is small, that is, within the read image, then Y′ ₂ to Y′ ₃
Subtract and store the difference in rows in register A.
, and then add the data of A to Y′ ₃ and change the row to A
Only cause a line break when downshifting.

Next, the CPU converts the (X ₁ , Y ₁ ) address of data RAM 2 and stores the address in editing data memory 1.
1 and use it as the starting point for writing image data. Then, the image data value at the point designated as the (X ₁ , Y ₁ ) address in the data RAM 1 from the image memory 4 is transferred to the editing data memory 11 at the previously designated starting point. This operation is repeated until the address (X ₂ , Y ₂ ) is reached, the image is extracted, the position is changed, and only the image portion is transferred into the editing data memory 11 (12 to 17).

Next, the CPU instructs the editing data memory 11 to the address (X' ₃ , Y' ₃ ) in the data RAM 4, and sets it as the starting point for writing text data. Then, the text data value at the point indicated by the (X ₃ , Y ₃ ) address is taken in from the text memory 10 by the data RAM 3 and transferred to the editing data memory 11 at the previously indicated starting point. This operation is repeated until the address (X ₄ , Y ₄ ) is reached, the text position is changed, and only the text part is transferred into the data memory 11.

Since the respective memory outputs are combined using OR logic and input to the editing data memory 11, the contents of the data memory 11 become the contents shown in FIG. 3C, making it possible to synthesize images and text. In addition, to prevent memory addresses from overlapping, each memory is operated by switching select terminals using select lines.

The editing data memory 11 is completely cleared before starting this operation (at the program start step). As a result, the positions other than those specified in FIG. 3C remain as background data (for example, 0), so they can be made into white or black parts.

In this example, the range before and after changing the position of the image and text was specified only by specifying the position, but it is clear that this can be specified by setting the initial point and data amount. Further, although the example has been described in which the data range before and after the position change is the same, it is also possible to change the data range.

Further, in this example, the character image position is automatically determined by specifying the final arrangement position of the read image, but the position of the read image can also be automatically determined by specifying the text position. This can be done by changing step 10 to Y' ₂ -A→Y' ₂ . In addition, the RAM 4 data of the text area RAM is created and the position is automatically determined by CPU calculation processing to avoid the read image even when placing a text between image parts. It may also be possible to subtract the dimension in the X _i direction of the image area from the total width dimension in the X _i direction, calculate the remaining width of the text area, and perform a text change operation.

As described above, according to the present invention, image information and document information can be combined. In addition, by creating document information with a word processor, document data can be converted into character codes for each character (for example,
JIS key code, etc.), so you can freely change the document's layout, insert characters, correct typos, line breaks, etc. When editing an image in combination with image information, you can edit the part excluding the image part. It is possible to arrange documents quickly and efficiently, and it is easy to arrange the characters so that they are easy to see. Furthermore, since a communication line can be used as a data line for information from a word processor, it is possible to edit images based on document information from a word processor located at a remote location.

In the above explanation using the embodiment shown in FIG. 2, the external auxiliary memory section 5 was explained as being used exclusively as an image memory, but when a large amount of document data is transferred from a word processor, it can be used for storage. , it is clearly another embodiment of the present invention that the editing processing unit can treat the characters as character codes and modify or rearrange the characters, since they can be stored as character code data in the external auxiliary memory. becomes.

Next, an example will be described in which two parts of the same original image are rearranged and printed.

The original image of the document to be processed as shown in FIG. 6A will be explained using examples of the designs 8 that are required after being subjected to image processing as shown in FIG. 6B.

In this example, the original image P ₁ shown in FIG. 6A,
and P ₂ are rearranged as P' ₁ and P' ₂ as shown in Figure 6B, and the image range of P ₁ is (X ₁ , Y ₁ ) and (X ₂ , Y ₂ ). Similarly, P ₂ is (X ₃ , Y ₃ ),
It is represented by (X ₄ , Y ₄ ). The positions of P' ₁ and P' ₂ rearranged in Fig. 6B are (X' ₁ , Y' ₁ ) (X' ₂ , Y' ₂
)
and (X′ ₃ , Y′ ₃ )(X′ ₄ , Y′ ₄ ). It will be printed in this state.

In the configuration shown in FIG. 2, a document 1 requiring image processing is read by an image reading section 3 and outputted to a data line B as a digital image signal.

The image memory 4 (first image memory) receives this signal and stores the white part as "0" and the black part as "1" in correspondence with the image position of the original 1.

The image processor 15 performs coordinate-address conversion and transfer of all or a desired portion of the image data in the memory 4 to the memory 11 (second image memory).
Store in. The image areas stored in the first and second memories are shown in FIGS. 6A and 6B.

Since the first and second image memory units 4 and 11 use semiconductor memory RAM, data can be transferred at high speed. In particular, if the CPU's DMA system is used, it can be performed directly at high speed using the data line E.

In the above description, since the image in FIG. 6A is stored in the first image memory section 4 in FIG. 2, the image data stored in the first image memory section 4 is P ₁ in FIG. 6A. , P ₂ corresponds to the image surrounded by the position coordinates of each. Similar memory 11
It corresponds to the data of P′ ₁ and P′ ₂ and an image surrounded by each position coordinate.

The position coordinate data X _i of these P ₁ , P ₂ , P′ ₁ , P′ ₂ ,
As shown in FIG. 5, Y _i is read by the display 10, digitizer 9, and image processor 15 shown in FIG.
Stored in RAM1-4.

The control flow of this example is as shown in Fig. 5-1, excluding steps 4 to 6, and adding (X ₃ ,
This becomes possible by adding input determination and RAM set for Y ₃ ), (X ₄ , Y ₄ ).

Thereafter, by performing the same coordinate-address conversion and image data transfer process as described above, the images P ₁ and P ₂ in the first memory 4 are transferred to the second memory 11.
Images P′ ₁ and P′ ₂ are transferred to and the second
Sequentially output the data in memory 11 to the printer B
Get a copy like .

As described above, by having the first image memory section that stores the original at high speed after reading the original to be processed, and the second image memory section that develops the image-processed original, it is possible to image without the help of external memory. Since the arrangement of data can be changed, deleted, added, etc., high-speed data transfer and improved processing efficiency can be expected.

In addition, as another embodiment, it is possible to use the external auxiliary memory section 5 of FIG. By having two image memory sections, reference image editing processing such as developing image data in part 2 becomes possible, and editing efficiency can be improved.

Note that the image memory section is not limited to two pages, and can be provided with more than two pages.

Next, an example in which multiple images can be printed serially will be explained.

Figure 7 1, 2, and 3 are the pages of each book
An example of opening A4 ₀ to A4 ₅ is shown. By the reading unit 3 (1),
Read each page of (2) and (3). The image of the read document is sent to the image memory section 4. The image memory section 4 is designed to be able to store two A4 size pages of A3 size information at one time. The external auxiliary memory section 7 stores the read original as a file in page units for a long period of time, and allows extraction of page units as needed. The image processor 15 is capable of compositing two pages of images as required, and can process one page of data in the external auxiliary memory section 5 and the data of the image memory section 4, or two pages of data in the external auxiliary memory section 5. Combine the data and output it serially. printer 7
The contents of the image memory unit 4, which have been synthesized by the image processing unit 15, are sequentially sent out and recorded on A3 size paper. 1' and 2' of recorded material 2 are (A4' ₀ ,
A4' ₁ ) (A4' ₂ , A4' ₃ ) pages are each recorded on one A3 sheet. Here A4′ ₀ is (1) of Book 1
A4 ₀ indicates a copy of a page, A4′ ₁ indicates a copy of A4 ₁ , and so on.

First, the image reading unit 3 reads A4 page ₀ and A4 page ₅ of (1) of book 1. The scanned original is sent as an image signal to the image memory unit ₄ ,
The A4 ₀ page is sent to areas M ₁ and M ₂ of the image memory 4. The contents of the image memory 4 are assigned file numbers for each page by the image processing section 15 and transferred to the external auxiliary memory section 7.

Next, the same operations as described above are repeated for (2) and (3) of Book 1, and the files are stored in the external auxiliary memory section 7 as files of Book 1.

After the above operation, the editing processing unit 15 transfers the data of the A4 ₀ page that was first stored in the M ₁ position of the image memory 4 from the external auxiliary memory unit 5 to the memory 4.
Transfer to. Next, transfer the A4 ₁ page to the M ₂ position in the same way. Then, the data in the image memory section 4 is sequentially sent to the image recording section 7 to obtain the recorded matter shown in 2-1'. Similarly, copy the A4 ₂ page and the A4 ₃ page to obtain the recorded material shown in 2 (2' ₂ ).

As shown in the figure, 1' and 2' of recorded material 2 obtained in this way are A4' ₀ and A4' ₁ , A4' ₂ and A4' ₃ are A3 page 1.
It will be inside the sheet.

When this copy manuscript is folded at the center so that each page is exposed on the front and back sides and bound at the H section, the result is as shown in Fig. 8-1.

When the bound record is opened, A4″ ₁ is on the left side.
A4″ ₂ is on the right side and is exactly the same as (2) of manuscript 1.

As described above, this example can provide an easy-to-understand copy document because it can be copied with the same page layout as the original document when copying efficiently.

Furthermore, it is also possible to rearrange the misaligned pages of a document to be copied in an easy-to-understand manner, and to extract and insert related pages from a file.

The above detailed control is the same as replacing steps 6 and 9 in the flowchart of FIG. 10 (described later) with a delay step for providing a margin for folding on the copy paper. That is, memory 4 to A4′ ₀
(4), and determine whether output of all lines of data for one page of A4′ ₀ has been completed.
(5), repeat until completed. This determination is made by counting lines of 210 mm x 16 pel/mm in the processor 15 and detecting whether or not the count is complete. When the output for one page is completed, the data in _A4'1 of the memory 4 is output after a predetermined blank period (10, 11). Therefore, two pages of copies can be made with a folding white between the images _A4'0 and _A4'1 on the A3 copy paper.

Next, an example of forming images on both sides of copy paper will be explained.

Before that, an example of a copying apparatus having a printer section 7 which is particularly convenient for this example and which can be applied to each of the above-mentioned examples will be explained with reference to FIG.

A document placed on the platen 1 is irradiated with a lamp 52 and scanned by the movement of mirrors 53 and 54 as indicated by the arrows. The resulting slit scan reflection image 80 is formed on the light receiving part of the CCD 3 through the lens 55, and the image is formed on the CCD for each slit line.
The signal is converted into an electrical signal by self-scanning and stored in the memory 4 via the buffer as described above. Data is read from the memory 4 by the output start signal, the beam 81 of the laser oscillator 58 is modulated by the data via the buffer, and the polygon mirror 5
9, and the photosensitive drum 61 is beam-scanned by drum rotation to form an electrostatic latent image on the drum.

The latent image on the drum is developed by a developing device 65, and the A3
Alternatively, the image is transferred onto a sheet fed from an A4 size cassette 68, fixed by a roller 69, and discharged onto a tray 70. The drum is cleaned with a cleaner 71 and reused.

When copying on both sides, press pawl 10 at the end of copying on side 1.
1 is raised, and the fixed sheet is sent to the intermediate tray 100 and placed on standby without being ejected. When beam scanning of the page image begins, the sheet is sent out from the intermediate tray 100 and transferred to the side 2 at a predetermined timing. At that time, Nail 101
Lower it and eject the sheet.

Double-sided control will be explained with reference to FIGS. 7 to 10. The flow shown in FIG. 10 is executed by the image processor 15 shown in FIG.

As described above, each A4 size page of book 1 is read and stored as a file in memory 5 (1), (2).
After the above operations, determine whether the storage is complete or the start input is completed.
(3) The editing processing unit 15 stores the image memory 4.
The data of page _A40 , which was first stored in position _M1 , is transferred from external auxiliary memory section 5. next
Similarly, the A4 ₁ page is transferred to the memory 4 at the M ₂ location. Of the data in the image memory section 4, data of _M1 is first sent to the image recording section 7 (4),
(5) Copy onto the surface of A4 size copy paper. The copied paper is sent to the intermediate tray 100, and after the paper is turned upside down as described above, it is sent to the transfer section again.
The image processor 15 uses the sheet sensor 102 to determine whether or not the sheet has been ejected from the intermediate tray 100 (6).
Of the data, _M2 data is sent to the image recording section 7 (10), (11), and is copied onto the back side of the paper that was previously copied onto the front side. According to the above operations, the double-sided copy recorded matter shown in 2-2 (1) is obtained.

If the sheet cannot be detected to be ejected from the intermediate tray 100 in step 6, it is assumed to be a jam and is displayed (7), and the copy operation is prohibited until the jam reset key is turned on (8).
A4′ ₀ data output is performed and the surface copy is repeated. In step 12, the sensor 103 determines whether or not the back side copy sheet is jammed. If the sheet is not detected when the data output of _M2 is completed, the process proceeds to the jam routine J, and after resetting the jam, the data output and printing of _A4'0 are performed again. to be carried out. If a sheet is detected, file memory 5
Transfer the next two pages of data to memory 4, copy the A4 ₂ page and A4 ₃ page in the same way, and
The recorded matter shown in (2') of -2 is obtained. When 1' and 2' of the recorded material 2-2 obtained in this way are bound in the H section as shown in Fig. 5, when the pages are opened, _A4''1 is on the left side, _A4''2 is on the right side, and the (2 ) will be exactly the same.

As described above, since a copy can be made with the same page arrangement as the original without folding, it is possible to provide a copy that is easy to understand. In the above embodiment, at the first reading, A4 ₀ of (1) of Book 1
After reading ₅ A4 pages at once, each page was sent separately from the image memory to the image recording unit, but the copying operation was performed each time it was read, and the pages were arranged in synchronization with the operation of the intermediate tray. Ru. Also, only one page data for the back side is stored in memory 4.
The surface can also be copied and printed in synchronization with reading.

As described above, according to the present invention, the present invention includes a compositing means for composing the first and second images input from the input means at the first and second arrangement positions specified by the specifying means, respectively. In the image processing apparatus, the determining means determines whether the first and second arrangement positions specified by the specifying means overlap, and the determining means determines whether the first and second arrangement positions overlap. When it is determined that Even if the first and second placement positions are incorrectly specified so that they overlap, it is possible to eliminate the inconvenience of missing images due to the overlap of the first and second images. It becomes possible to combine the two images favorably.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining a conventional image processing device. FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining an embodiment of the image process according to the present invention. Figure 3A,
B and C are diagrams for explaining an example of image editing. 4th-
Figures 1 and 4-2 are detailed control circuit diagrams of Figure 2 and Figure 5.
-1, Figure 5-2 is the control flowchart,
5-3 is an explanatory diagram of address conversion of coordinate positions, FIGS. 6A and B are diagrams illustrating another example of image editing, FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating still another example of image editing, and FIG. 8- 1 and 8-2 are diagrams of a copy sheet thereof, FIG. 9 is a sectional view of an example of a copying machine to which the present invention is applicable, and FIG. 10 is a control flowchart of the example of FIG. 7. In the figure, 1 is the original, 3 is the reading section, 4 is the memory, 1
2 is a word processor, and 15 is an image processor.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. Input means for inputting first and second images to be combined, and designation for specifying first and second arrangement positions at which the first and second images are to be combined, respectively. an image processing device comprising: means; and composition means for synthesizing the first and second images input from the input means at the first and second arrangement positions designated by the designation means, respectively. In, the first and second designated by the designation means
determining means for determining whether the arrangement positions of the first and second arrangement positions overlap, and when the determination means determines that the first and second arrangement positions overlap, the first and second arrangement positions overlap. An image processing apparatus comprising: changing means for changing a position to a position where the first and second arrangement positions do not overlap.