JPH0877374A - Image output device - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] Simply specify the season, etc., without changing the basic components that make up the image data being displayed.
Change the seasonality of the entire displayed image. [Structure] The image data storage unit 7 stores the same type of illustration image having the same basic constituent elements but different only in terms of season. When an instruction to change the season is given from the input unit 3 in the state where an arbitrary illustration image is displayed on the display unit 6, the CPU 1 calls the illustration image of the same type corresponding to the season and the displayed illustration image. Replace.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an image output device for a word processor, a personal computer or the like which reads out image data arbitrarily designated by a user from various image data stored in advance and outputs the image data for display.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, various illustration images are fixedly stored in advance in a word processor or a personal computer, and an arbitrary illustration name is selected one by one from a list display screen of illustration names, and the corresponding illustration is selected. For example, a plurality of illustrations are combined to draw one picture by calling out the images and outputting them for display. After drawing one picture in this way, if you want to modify a part of it, use the illustration editing function to delete a part of the illustration, write it, or reverse the image in black and white, enlarge, rotate. I was going to complete one picture.

[0003]

However, for example, in the case of changing a picture of winter image into a summer image or a picture of morning image into a night image, the above-mentioned illustration editing function is used. Then, I could not change the image as I intended, so I had to redraw the whole picture from the beginning. The subject of this invention is
It is possible to change the sense of season and the like of the entire displayed image by simply designating the season and the like without changing the basic constituent elements of the image data being displayed.

[0004]

The means of the present invention are as follows. An image output device for reading out and displaying and outputting arbitrarily designated image data from various image data stored in advance, (1), the image storage means has the same basic constituent elements and represents the time. Only the same type of image data that is different is stored, for example, an illustration image of "mountain" that imagines winter when the summit is covered with snow, and an illustration of "mountain" that depicts summer when there are clouds over the mountain. Even if it is an illustration image of the same "mountain" such as an image, the same type of image data having different expressions depending on the season is stored. (2) The display means is a liquid crystal display device, a CRT display device or the like for displaying and outputting the image data read from the image storage means. (3) The designation means selectively designates the time (for example, spring, summer, autumn, winter, or morning, daytime, night, etc.). For example, each key corresponding to spring, summer, autumn, winter. Specify the season by operating any of the keys. It should be noted that the designating means may cyclically designate a plurality of periods in a predetermined order each time a predetermined key is operated. (4) The search means searches the image storage means for image data of the same type as the image data displayed on the display means and corresponding to the time designated by the designating means. (5) The display control means replaces the image data retrieved by the retrieval means with the image data displayed on the display means and causes the display output.

[0005]

The operation of the means of the present invention is as follows. Now, for example, "mountain" where the peak is covered with snow on the display screen
It is assumed that a single image that represents winter is drawn on the display means by combining the illustration image of 1 and the illustration image of “tree” covered with snow. When changing this picture to an illustration image that represents summer, if you specify summer as the season to change from the specifying means, the search means will display the illustration image of "mountain" and the illustration image of "tree" that represent summer. From the image storage means. Then, the display control unit replaces each corresponding original illustration image with a corresponding illustration image of summer on the display screen. Therefore, the season feeling and the like of the entire displayed image can be changed by simply specifying the season and the like without changing the basic constituent elements of the image data being displayed.

[0006]

[First Embodiment] A first embodiment will be described below with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a word processor with an illustration function for arbitrarily calling an illustration image. The CPU 1 is a central processing unit that controls the overall operation of this word processor according to various programs stored in the program memory 2.
An input / output unit 1 controls the input / output operation of the input unit 3, the external storage unit 4, the printing unit 5, and the display unit 6. The input unit 3 is a key input device, which has a character key, a cursor key, and the like, which are normally provided, and in the present embodiment, an image key GFK,
Spring designated key SPK, summer designated key SMK, autumn designated key OT
It has a K key, a winter designation key WTK, and a season change key SCK. The image key GFK is an image mode designation key that designates an illustration calling mode when calling an arbitrary illustration image from the image data storage unit 7. Spring designated key SPK,
Summer designated key SMK, Autumn designated key OTK, Winter designated key WT
When K calls an illustration image expressing the season, in spring,
It is a seasonal key that specifies individual summer, autumn, and winter. The season change key SCK is a key operated when changing the seasonal feeling of the entire displayed illustration image. The external storage unit 4 is a disk device such as a floppy disk, and the CPU 1
Loads a program file or document data in the external storage unit 4, or saves the contents of the RAM 8 in the external storage unit 4. The printing unit 5 is a thermal printer and the display unit 6 is a CR
An output device such as a T display device, which prints out or displays image data in addition to document data.

The image data storage unit 7 is a read-only memory for fixedly storing an illustration image, and is constructed as shown in FIG. The image data storage unit 7 has a configuration in which the same type of image data having the same basic constituent elements but different only in terms of representing seasons is stored for each season. Spring image data, summer image data, and autumn image data are stored. Data, memory areas 7-1 and 7 for storing winter season image data
-2, 7-3, 7-4. Here, for example, taking an illustration image that expresses "mountain" as an illustration image with the same basic components, the spring version image data is an illustration in which flowers are blooming in the skirt of the mountain, the summer version The image data is an illustration that clouds appear at the summit, the autumn version image data is an illustration where the trees of the mountains are colored leaves, the winter version image data is an illustration image where the top of the mountain is covered with snow, Even if the illustration image expresses the same "mountain", the expression content gives a sense of season according to the season. Further, in the image data storage unit 7, image data of the same type that differs only in the seasonal expression is associated with the same image number. For example, as shown in FIG. 2, the image A of the spring version, the image of the summer version, the image of the autumn version, and the image of the winter version are the same type of image data having the same basic constituent elements but different seasonal expressions. It is associated with the same image number “1111”.

In addition to storing document data, the RAM 8 has an image storage area 8-1 and a work area 8-2. The image storage area 8-1 stores the entire image currently displayed and output on the display unit 6. Store image information. FIG. 3 shows the data structure of this image information. First, the image storage area 8-
1 stores the season designation information that designates the season of the entire image. This season designation information is "00" for spring, "01"
, Summer is designated as "02", autumn is designated as "03", and winter is designated as "03".
When one picture is drawn on the display screen by combining a plurality of illustration images, the seasonal feeling of this whole picture is designated. Subsequent to the season designation information, the image number and the display position (X coordinate, Y coordinate) of each illustration image on the display screen are stored in the image storage area 8-1.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described. FIG. 4 is a flow chart showing the operation started in response to the operation of the image key GFK. Now, it is assumed that one picture as shown in FIG. 7A, for example, is drawn on the display screen by calling up and outputting a plurality of illustration images. Here, when the image key GFK is operated, a guide display indicating that the season should be specified is displayed on the display screen (step A1). Here, when drawing a picture of winter, the winter designation key W is used to select the season.
Operate TK (step A2). Then, the season designation information corresponding to the key is stored at the top of the image storage area 8-1, and the selected season is displayed as a guide on the display screen (step A3).

Then, it is checked whether an end key (not shown) operated when drawing one picture is finished (step A4). Here, if the end key is not operated, the process proceeds to the next step A5, the image data storage unit 7 is searched based on the selected and designated season, all the image data corresponding to the season is read out, and the window screen is displayed. Display a list. In this case, winter was selected, so
The memory area 7-4 in the image data storage unit 7 for storing the winter season image data is accessed, and the memory area 7-4 is accessed.
Each image data in is displayed in a list on the window screen.
Here, when the cursor key is operated to select an arbitrary image, the selected image is highlighted by displaying the selected image in reverse on the window screen (step A6). Next, in order to specify at which position on the display screen the selected image is to be displayed, the cursor is moved to specify the display position (step A7). Then, it is checked whether or not the confirm key has been operated (step A8). If the confirm key is not operated, the process returns to step A5, so that image selection and display position designation can be performed again.

On the other hand, when the enter key is operated, the image number corresponding to the selected image plane is read out from the image data storage section 7 and stored in the image storage area 8-1, and at the same time the designated display position is displayed. The X coordinate and the Y coordinate are detected and stored in the image storage area 8-1 (step A9). Then, the illustration image is displayed and output on the display screen based on the contents of the image storage area 8-1 (step A10). That is,
The CPU 1 reads the season designation information from the image storage area 8-1, designates the memory area in the image data storage section 7 corresponding to this season, and reads the image number from the image storage area 8-1 to read from the designated memory area. The illustration image corresponding to the image number is read out, and this illustration image is displayed and output at the display position corresponding to the X and Y coordinates read out from the image storage area 8-1. Thereafter, the process returns to step A4, and the above steps A5 to 5 are performed until the end key is operated.
A10 is repeated. As a result, the image storage area 8-1
The image number and display position (X coordinate, Y coordinate) of a plurality of illustration images are sequentially stored in the. Here, FIG. 7A is a single drawing drawn based on the two winter version image data. An illustration image of "tree (covered with snow)" in winter and "owl ( The entire image is composed of the illustration image of "white feather".

After drawing a picture with a sense of season in this way, when changing the sense of season of the whole picture,
Operate each season change key SCK. Then, the operation according to the flowchart shown in FIG. 5 is started. First, when the season change key SCK is operated by the CPU 1,
"Season change" is displayed as a guide (step B1). Here, for example, when changing the image of winter shown in FIG. 7A to the image of spring, the spring designation key SPK is operated (step B2). When an arbitrary season to be changed is selected in this way, the season designation information in the image storage area 8-1 is rewritten based on the selected season (step B3). In this case, the season designation information in the image storage area 8-1 is set to "03" indicating winter, but this is rewritten to "00" indicating spring. FIG. 7 shows the contents of the image storage area 8-1 in this case.
6A shows the image storage area 8 before the change, and FIG. 6B shows the image storage area 8 after the change.
The content of -1 is shown, and only the season designation information is rewritten based on the season change, and the other image numbers and the X and Y coordinates indicating the display position are held as they are.

Then, in step B4, the illustration image is redisplayed on the display screen based on the rewritten contents of the image storage area 8-1. That is, the CPU 1 reads the season designation information from the image storage area 8-1, designates the memory area in the image data storage section 7 corresponding to this season, and reads the image number from the image storage area 8-1 to designate the designated memory. The illustration image corresponding to the image number is read from the area, and this illustration image is stored in the image storage area 8-1.
The display is output to the display position corresponding to the X coordinate and the Y coordinate read from. Then, the next image number is read from the image storage area 8-1, and the same operation is repeated thereafter. As a result, the image of winter shown in FIG. 7A is shown in FIG.
As shown in (B), it has been changed to a picture that resembles spring, with illustration images of "trees (flowers are blooming)" in spring and "owls (with feather colors)" in spring The seasonality of the entire image is changed.

As described above, in this embodiment, the entire displayed image can be displayed by simply designating the season without changing the basic components of the illustration image displayed on the display screen. Only the sense of the season can be changed. In this case, since the display position of the illustration image is not changed, the relative positional relationship between the plurality of illustration images is not broken and the original positional relationship is displayed again.

[0015]

[Second Embodiment] A second embodiment will be described below with reference to FIG. In the first embodiment, keys for designating spring, summer, autumn, and winter are individually provided, but in the second embodiment, each time the season change key is operated, the next season is designated cyclically. It was done like this. FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing an operation that is started every time the season change key is operated. First, the season designation information is read from the image storage area 8-1 (step C1). Then, it is checked whether or not this season designation information is "03" indicating winter (step C2),
If it is not winter, "1" is added to the value of the season designation information (step C3), and if it is winter, the season designation information is rewritten to "00" indicating spring (step C4). Then, the illustration image is displayed again based on the rewritten contents of the image storage area 8-1 (step C5). In the second embodiment configured in this way, in addition to the same effect as described above, the seasonal feeling of the entire image can be changed to the next season with one touch.

In each of the above-described embodiments, a memory area for storing the spring version image data, the summer version image data, the autumn version image data, and the winter version image data is provided in the image data storage unit 7 corresponding to the season, and the same. Although the same image number is made to correspond to the image data of the type, it is not always necessary to make it correspond to the same image number. For example, the address for reading the image data may be updated with the change of season. That is, the address may be updated based on the reference address and the offset address.
Further, in each of the above embodiments, the case where the seasonal feeling of the illustration image is changed is taken as an example, but if the same type of illustration image that is different only in the expression of morning, daytime, and night is stored, the displayed image is displayed. You can also change the whole image to the specified morning, daytime, and night images. Further, in each of the above embodiments, the illustration image is fixedly stored in the read-only memory, but the image data read by the image sensor or the like by the user may be called. In this case, the image data may be associated with seasons, times such as morning, daytime, and night.

[0017]

According to the present invention, it is possible to change the sense of season and the like of the entire displayed image by simply designating the season and the like without changing the basic constituent elements of the image data being displayed. Therefore, it is not necessary to redraw from the beginning even if the sense of season is simply changed as in the conventional case, and the change can be made extremely easily.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block configuration diagram of a word processor with an illustration function according to a first embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a configuration of an image data storage unit 7.

FIG. 3 is a data format diagram showing the contents of an image storage area 8-1.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an operation started to be executed in response to an operation of an image key GFK.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an operation that is started in response to an operation of a season change key.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing the contents of an image storage area 8-1 before and after a season change key is operated.

FIG. 7 is a diagram specifically showing an image before and after the change when changing the seasonal feeling of a picture drawn by combining a plurality of illustration images.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing an operation started in response to an operation of a season change key in the second embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 CPU 2 Program memory 3 Input section 6 Display section 7 Image data storage section 8 RAM 8-1 Image storage area GFK Image key SPK Spring designation key SMK Summer designation key OTK Fall designation key WTK Winter designation key STK Season change key

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. An image output apparatus for reading out and displaying arbitrarily designated image data from various image data stored in advance, and displaying and outputting the same. Image storage means for respectively storing image data of the same type, display means for displaying and outputting the image data read from the image storage means, designation means for selectively designating a time, and display means for displaying on the display means. Searching means for searching the image storing means for image data of the same type as the image data corresponding to the time designated by the designating means, and displaying the image data searched by the searching means on the display means. An image output device, comprising: a display control unit that replaces the displayed image data and outputs the display. 2. The designating means cyclically designates a plurality of time periods in a predetermined order each time a predetermined key is operated. The image output device described.