JPH11126263A - Image processing apparatus and program storage medium - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) Abstract: The present invention relates to an image processing apparatus for inputting and processing image data and, when inputting image data in which objects to be read having the same size are arranged in a line, each reading is performed. It is an object of the present invention to be able to easily extract image data of an object. A display control means (15) for displaying image data on a display screen and displaying a range frame and division lines set at equal intervals in the horizontal and vertical directions within the range frame over the display. When the movement of the dividing line is instructed, the interval between the dividing lines required by the display control means 15 is determined from the information held between the moving dividing line and the reference line set in the range frame. It is configured to include a determination unit 17 and an extraction unit 18 that extracts image data that divides a dividing line when extraction of image data is instructed.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to an image processing apparatus for inputting and processing image data and a program storage medium for storing a program used to realize the image processing apparatus. The present invention relates to an image processing apparatus that enables easy extraction of image data of each reading target when inputting image data arranged in a line, and a program storage medium that stores a program used to realize the image processing apparatus.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art There is an image processing apparatus for inputting and processing image data read by an image scanner such as a flatbed scanner. There are business cards and postcards as objects to be read by such an image processing apparatus.

[0003] In some cases, business cards and postcards are managed in a business card folder or a postcard folder. In a conventional image processing apparatus, a special function for reading a business card or a postcard stored in the business card folder or a postcard folder is used. Did not prepare.

[0004] From now on, when a user wants to input a business card or a postcard put in a business card folder or a postcard folder to the image processing apparatus, the user is required to enter one from the business card folder or the postcard folder.
A business card or a postcard is taken out one by one, and is read by an image scanner to be input to an image processing apparatus.

[0005]

However, according to such a conventional technique, when a user enters a business card or a postcard put in a business card folder or a postcard folder into the image processing apparatus, the user cannot use the business card folder or the postcard folder. Since it is necessary to take out business cards and postcards one by one, there is a problem that the inputting of the business cards and postcards is very troublesome.

That is, an image processing apparatus that inputs and processes image data read by an image scanner has a configuration in which image data read by the image scanner is treated as one sheet. Even if you read a business card or postcard at a time, it is only a form and it is one image data after all, so you do not have to take out the business card or postcard one by one from the business card folder or postcard folder. It must not be.

The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and has a configuration in which image data is input. In this configuration, image data in which objects to be read having the same size are arranged in a line are input. In some cases, an object of the present invention is to provide a new image processing apparatus that enables easy extraction of image data of each reading target, and to provide a new program storage medium that stores a program used to realize the image processing apparatus.

[0008]

FIG. 1 shows the principle configuration of the present invention. In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes an image processing apparatus equipped with the present invention, which inputs and processes image data.

An image processing apparatus 1 according to the present invention comprises an input device 11
Display device 10, input means 12, storage means 13
, An input / output control unit 14, a display control unit 15, a management unit 16, a determination unit 17, and an extraction unit 18.

The input means 12 inputs image data to be read by an image scanner, a digital camera or the like.
The storage unit 13 stores the image data input by the input unit 12. The input / output control unit 14 performs input / output control with the display device 10.

The display control means 15 displays the image data stored in the storage means 13 on the display device 10,
A range frame and division lines set at equal intervals in the horizontal and vertical directions within the range frame are displayed on the display. Management means 1
Numeral 6 manages coordinate information of the display position of the range frame and the dividing line displayed by the display control means 15.

The determining means 17 updates the coordinate information of the display position of the dividing line managed by the managing means 16. Extraction means 18
Extracts image data for dividing the dividing line. here,
The functions of the image processing apparatus 1 of the present invention are specifically realized by a program, and this program is stored on a floppy disk or the like, or stored on a disk such as a server. 1 and operates on the memory, thereby realizing the present invention.

In the image processing apparatus 1 of the present invention configured as described above, the display control means 15 reads out the image data stored in the storage means 13 and displays the image data on the display device 10. In accordance with the data, a range frame and a dividing line set at equal intervals in the horizontal and vertical directions within the range frame are displayed over the display.

When executing the display processing, when the user instructs the enlargement / reduction of the range frame, the display control means 15 enlarges / reduces the range frame while maintaining the interval between the dividing lines, and displays the image. The coordinate information of the display position of the range frame managed by the management unit 16 is updated accordingly,
When the user instructs to move the range frame, the range frame is moved and displayed while maintaining the interval between the dividing lines, and the coordinate information of the display position of the range frame managed by the management unit 16 is updated accordingly. .

On the other hand, when the user instructs the movement of the dividing line, the determining means 17 determines the distance between the moved dividing line and the reference line set in the range frame, and the distance between the dividing line and the reference line. The interval of the new dividing line is determined from the number of dividing lines existing between the reference line and the reference line, and the coordinate information of the display position of the dividing line managed by the management unit 16 is updated.

When the user instructs to extract the image data, the extracting means 18 extracts the image data for dividing the dividing line. At this time, if the size of the image data that separates the dividing line located at the end from the range frame is smaller than or equal to the specification of what separates the dividing lines, processing is performed so that the image data is not extracted.

Since the image processing apparatus 1 of the present invention has such a function, when inputting one piece of image data in which objects of the same size are arranged in a line, the image data By setting a range frame according to the size and setting a dividing line according to the size of the object to be read, image data of each object to be read included in the image data can be extracted. .

As a result, for example, each image data of a plurality of business cards, postcards, and the like stored in a business card folder, a postcard folder, or the like can be extracted at a time.

[0019]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail according to embodiments. FIG. 2 shows an embodiment of the image processing apparatus 1 having the present invention.

The image processing apparatus 1 of this embodiment receives image data of a business card folder as shown in FIG. 3 read by an image scanner 2 of a flatbed type, and recognizes business cards contained in the business card folder. A display device 20 having a mouse 21; an input program 22 for inputting image data read by the image scanner 2 and storing it in an input image memory 23; A business card folder reading program that extracts the image data of each business card from the business card folder image data stored in the input image memory 23 and stores the image data in the business card image memory 25 by displaying the range frame and the dividing line set in 24 and the position of the display position of the range frame and the dividing line displayed by the business card folder reading program 24. Includes a block information table 26 for managing the information, recognizes the card data from the image data of the business card that is stored in the card image memory 25, and a business card recognition program 27 stored in the card data memory 28.

Here, the business card folder reading program 24 for realizing the present invention is stored on a floppy disk or the like, or stored on a disk or the like such as a server, and is installed in the image processing apparatus 1 and operates on the memory. As a result, the present invention is realized.

This business card folder reading program 24
As shown in FIG. 4, when displaying the image data of the business card folder stored in the input image memory 23 on the display device 20, as shown in FIG. A frame indicated by a solid line) and a horizontal dividing line 31 which is set at equal intervals in the range frame 30 and extends in the horizontal direction.
And a vertical dividing line 32 which is set at equal intervals in the range frame 30 and is oriented in the vertical direction.

The business card folder reading program 24
Has an image data enlargement function, a reduction function, and a scroll function. By using these functions, the user can view the image data of the business card folder read by the image scanner 2 in a form desired by the user. Has become.

The section information table 26 includes a range frame 30 / horizontal dividing line 3 displayed by the business card folder reading program 24.
For managing the coordinate information of the display position of the 1 / vertical dividing line 32, for example, as shown in FIG. 6, the coordinates (X0, Y0) of the origin of the range frame 30 and the length A in the horizontal direction When,
By managing the length B in the vertical direction, the range frame 30
The coordinate information of the display position is managed, and the division position (a, 2a, 3a) of the vertical division line 32 and the horizontal division line 31 are
By managing the division positions (b, 2b, 3b, 4b), the coordinate information of the display position of the horizontal division line 31 / vertical division line 32 is managed.

Here, as will be described later, the origin (X0, Y0
), The horizontal forming line of the range frame 30 that determines the interval between the horizontal dividing lines 31 is referred to as a horizontal reference line 40. As will be described later, a vertical forming line of the range frame 30 passing through the origin (X0, Y0)
The interval between the vertical division lines 32 is determined, and is referred to as a vertical reference line 50.

The business card folder reading program 24 executes the processing flows shown in FIGS. 7 to 9 while interacting with the user when displaying the image data of the business card folder input from the image scanner 2 on the display device 20. Then, a process of extracting image data of each business card and storing it in the business card image memory 25 is performed.

That is, the business card folder reading program 2
4 are displayed when the mouse 21 is operated when the image data of the business card folder is displayed on the display device 20.
As shown in the processing flow of FIG.
Then, the click position of the mouse 21 is detected.

Subsequently, in step 2, by referring to the management data in the section information table 26, the detected mouse 2
It is checked whether or not the click position of No. 1 is on the horizontal dividing line 31 or the vertical dividing line 32. When it is determined that the click position is not on the horizontal dividing line 31 or the vertical dividing line 32, the process proceeds to step 3 and the partition information table By referring to the management data 26, it is checked whether the detected click position of the mouse 21 is on the range frame 30 or not.

When it is determined that the detected click position of the mouse 21 is not on the horizontal dividing line 31 or the vertical dividing line 32 or the range frame 30 according to the processing of the steps 2 and 3, that is, it is within the range frame 30. (If it is inside the range frame 30, the process is out of the scope of the present invention), the process proceeds to step 4, and the mouse 2
1 is detected, and in the following step 5, while maintaining the positional relationship with the horizontal dividing line 31 / vertical dividing line 32,
The range frame 30 is moved to the destination position.

That is, as shown in FIG. 10, while maintaining the positional relationship between the horizontal division line 31 / vertical division line 32,
The range frame 30 is moved to the destination position indicated by the mouse 21.

Here, a part of the range frame 30 may deviate from the image data area due to the moving process. At this time, as shown in FIG. 11, the range frame 30 is set so as to fit in the image data area. A process for reducing the frame 30 is performed. According to this processing, it is possible to guarantee that the four sides of the range frame 30 to which the mouse 21 is clicked always exist.

On the other hand, if it is determined that the detected click position of the mouse 21 is on the range frame 30 according to the processing of step 3, the process proceeds to step 6, where the destination position of the mouse 21 is detected. The range frame 30 is enlarged / reduced in accordance with the destination position, and the number of horizontal division lines 31 or vertical division lines 32 is increased / decreased in accordance with the enlargement / reduction.

That is, as shown in the upper part of FIG. 12, when the mouse 21 moves in the horizontal direction, as shown in the lower part of FIG. The number of vertical dividing lines 32 is increased or decreased in accordance with the enlargement / reduction.

On the other hand, if it is determined that the detected click position of the mouse 21 is on the horizontal dividing line 31 or the vertical dividing line 32 in accordance with the processing of step 2, the process proceeds to step 8 and the clicked horizontal dividing line 31 or the vertical dividing line 31 Dividing line 32
And a reference line indicated by the division line type (the horizontal reference line 40 when the clicked one is the horizontal division line 31, and the vertical reference line 50 when the clicked one is the vertical division line 32). L and the number M of the horizontal division lines 31 or the vertical division lines 32 existing therebetween are specified.

Subsequently, step 9 (the processing flow of FIG. 8)
Then, according to the calculation formula of “L / (M + 1)”, a new interval between the horizontal dividing line 31 or the vertical dividing line 32 at the click destination is obtained, and in the following step 10, the horizontal dividing line 31 or the click destination is determined according to the new interval. The number of the vertical dividing lines 32 is increased or decreased.

That is, as shown in the upper part of FIG. 13, when the second horizontal dividing line 31 from the top is clicked and moved downward, the horizontal dividing line 31 and the horizontal reference line 40 are moved.
Is "2a", the horizontal division line 31
There is one horizontal dividing line 31 between the horizontal reference line 40 and the horizontal reference line 40. Therefore, according to “L / (M + 1) = 2a / 2 = a”, “a” is set as the interval of the new horizontal dividing line 31. By setting, as shown in the lower part of FIG.
Increases or decreases the horizontal division line 31 in a form having the interval “a”.

According to the processing executed by the business card folder reading program 24, the user can easily extract the image data of each business card from the image data of the business card folder.

That is, when the image data of the business card folder is displayed, and when the horizontal division line 31 and the vertical division line 32 are displayed in a form as shown in FIG. The range frame 30 is enlarged / reduced /
By moving, as shown in FIG. 14, the range frame 30 is set so as to surround the image data of the business card to be extracted.

Subsequently, by moving the vertical division line 32, as shown in FIG. 15, the interval between the vertical division lines 32 is set to match the length of the business card image data. Subsequently, by moving the horizontal dividing line 31, the interval between the horizontal dividing lines 31 is set to match the length of the business card image data, as shown in FIG.

In this way, as shown in FIG. 16, when the horizontal dividing line 31 / vertical dividing line 32 divides the image data of each business card, the user operates the mouse 21 to delete the business card data. Issue an extraction request.

Upon receiving this extraction request, the business card folder reading program 24 starts executing the processing flow of FIG. 9, and first, in step 1, the division area (horizontal division line) located at the upper left of the range frame 30 31 / the size of the area divided by the vertical dividing line 32) is determined as a reference size. That is, the size of the divided area located at the origin (X0, Y0) of the range frame 30 is determined as the reference size.

Subsequently, in step 2, the horizontal dividing line 31 /
The unprocessed divided area defined by the vertical dividing line 32 is 1
Then, in step 3, it is checked whether or not all the divided areas have been extracted, and when it is determined that all of the divided areas have been extracted, the processing is terminated.

On the other hand, when it is determined in step 3 that all the divided regions have not been extracted, that is, when it is determined in step 2 that one unprocessed divided region has been extracted, the process proceeds to step 4. It is determined whether or not the size of the extracted divided region is equal to or greater than a specified ratio of the reference size. If it is determined that the size is equal to or larger than the specified ratio, the process proceeds to step 5 and the image included in the extracted divided region is determined. The data is extracted as image data of one business card and stored in the business card image memory 25.

On the other hand, when it is determined in step 4 that the size of the extracted divided area is not equal to or larger than the specified ratio of the reference size, the process returns to step 2 without performing the processing in step 5.

That is, the interval between the vertical division line 32 located at the right end of the range frame 30 and the range frame 30 may be out of the interval between the vertical division lines 32.
In some cases, the distance between the horizontal division line 31 located at the lower end of the area and the range frame 30 may be out of the interval between the horizontal division lines 31. Therefore, the division area of this part is equal to or more than the specified ratio of the reference size. Only in this case, the image data is extracted and stored in the business card image memory 25.

As described above, the business card folder reading program 24 executes the processing flow of FIG. 7 to FIG. 9 to extract the image data of each business card from the image data of the business card folder read by the image scanner 2. A process for storing the data in the business card image memory 25 is performed.

In response to the business card folder reading program 24, the business card recognition program 27 extracts the business card image data one by one from the business card image memory 25, performs character recognition processing, and displays the result as shown in FIG. The business card information is displayed on the device 20 and supplemented by the user with an unrecognizable part or necessary data, and is stored in the business card data memory 28.

As described above, when the image processing apparatus 1 of the present invention is used, the image data of the business card folder read by the image scanner 2 is input, and the business card stored in the business card folder can be easily recognized.

The present invention has been described with reference to the illustrated embodiments.
The present invention is not limited to this. For example, in the embodiments, the present invention has been described with a business card folder as a specific example, but the present invention is not limited to the business card folder.

Further, in the embodiment, the description has been given by using the image data read by the image scanner 2 as an input. However, the image data read by another image reading device such as a digital camera may be input or read by the image reading device. The same can be applied to the case where the input image data is input from a memory or the like.

[0051]

As described above, the image processing apparatus of the present invention displays image data on a display screen, superimposes the image data on the display screen, and equally spaced in the horizontal and vertical directions within the range frame. In addition to displaying the dividing lines set in the above, the configuration is adopted in which the interval between the dividing lines can be freely set by simply moving one dividing line, and the image data for dividing the dividing lines is extracted. It adopts the configuration to do.

Thus, in the image processing apparatus of the present invention, when inputting one piece of image data in which objects to be read having the same size are arranged in a line, the range frame is set in accordance with the size of the image data. By setting and setting the dividing line in accordance with the size of the object to be read, image data of each object to be read included in the image data can be extracted.

Thus, for example, each image data such as a plurality of business cards and postcards to be stored in a business card folder and a postcard folder can be read and extracted at a time.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a principle configuration diagram of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of image data of a business card folder.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of a display screen.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of a display screen.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of a section information table.

FIG. 7 is a processing flow executed by a business card folder reading program.

FIG. 8 is a processing flow executed by a business card folder reading program.

FIG. 9 is a processing flow executed by a business card folder reading program.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram of a range frame moving process.

FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram of a moving process of a range frame.

FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram of a range frame enlargement / reduction process.

FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram of a dividing line changing process.

FIG. 14 is an explanatory diagram of a display screen.

FIG. 15 is an explanatory diagram of a display screen.

FIG. 16 is an explanatory diagram of a display screen.

FIG. 17 is an explanatory diagram of a display screen.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 1 image processing device 10 display device 11 input device 12 input means 13 storage means 14 input / output control means 15 display control means 16 management means 17 determination means 18 extraction means

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. An image processing apparatus for inputting and processing image data, wherein the image data is displayed on a display screen, a range frame is superimposed on the display, and a range frame is provided at equal intervals in the horizontal and vertical directions within the range frame. Display control means for displaying the set dividing line; and when the moving of the dividing line is instructed, the display is performed based on information held between the moved dividing line and the reference line set in the range frame. An image characterized by comprising: determining means for determining the interval between dividing lines required by the control means; and extracting means for extracting image data for dividing the dividing line when image data extraction is instructed. Processing equipment. 2. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the size of the image data that separates the dividing line located at the end from the range frame is equal to or smaller than the size of the dividing line. In such a case, the image data is not extracted. 3. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display control means, when instructed to enlarge or reduce the range frame, displays the range frame while enlarging or reducing the interval between the dividing lines. An image processing apparatus characterized in that: 4. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display control means is configured to:
An image processing apparatus characterized in that a range frame is moved and displayed while maintaining an interval between division lines. 5. The image processing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the display control means is configured to, when instructed to move such that a part of the range frame is out of the image data area, fit in the image data area. An image processing apparatus characterized in that the display is reduced and displayed in a range frame. 6. A program storage medium for storing a program used for realizing an image processing apparatus for inputting and processing image data, the program storage medium displaying image data on a display screen and overlapping the display with the display. Display control processing for displaying a frame and a dividing line set at equal intervals in the horizontal and vertical directions within the range frame; and when movement of the dividing line is instructed, A determination process for determining an interval of a dividing line required for the display control process from information held with a set reference line, and image data for dividing the dividing line when an instruction to extract image data is given. A program storage medium, wherein a program for causing a computer to execute an extraction process for extracting a program is stored.