Device for editing and displaying data recorded on specialized sheets or records

• US 4,964,066 A
• Filed: 02/22/1990
• Issued: 10/16/1990
• Est. Priority Date: 09/05/1986
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Takakura, Masaki, Yamane, Yasukuni, Kako, Noritoshi, Noguchi, Yoji
• Primary Examiner(s): Harkcom, Gary V.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Bayer, Raymond J.
• Application Number:
  US07/484,465
• Time in Patent Office: 236 Days
• Field of Search: 364/518, 382/65, 382/58, 382/69, 340/706, 235/454, 235/490
• US Class Current: 345/441
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 17/00 Three dimensional [3D] modelling, e.g. data description of 3D objects
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32101 Display, printing, storage or transmission of additional information, e.g. ID code, date and time or title
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32122 in a separate device, e.g. in a memory or on a display separate from image data
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/387 Composing, repositioning or otherwise geometrically modifying originals
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3242 of processing required or performed, e.g. for reproduction or before recording H04N2201/3256 and subgroups take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3271 Printing or stamping
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3274 Storage or retrieval of prestored additional information

Abstract

A device for editing and displaying an image uses a medium such as a transparent film or a magnetic card on which are recorded both display data and commands for specifying how the display data should be processed. Such data are received by the device through a camera, a magnetic record reader and/or the like and stored in a memory device. Digital image processing is performed on such stored data according to the commands and an image according to the processed data is displayed.

Claims

1. A device for editing and displaying an image comprising

a data recording medium for recording both display data and command data which specify image processing of said display data, said data recording medium including an original sheet for recording thereon display command symbols adapted to specify display conditions such as shape, color and position on said display means, said display command symbols including a bar for indicating a direction and a distance, a colored circle for indicating a specified color, and a frame for indicating an area,

image input means for receiving said display data from said data recording medium as an input image composed of picture elements,

memory means for recording the values of said picture elements,

command data reading means for reading said command data from said data recording medium, said image input means and said command data reading means forming a single input unit adapted to receive as said input image both said display data and said display command symbols,

digital image processing means for performing digital image processing on image data recorded in said memory means according to said command data read by said command data reading means, said digital image processing means being also adapted to extract and identify input image data in said memory means corresponding to said display command symbols and to perform digital image processing on said image data according to commands represented by said display command symbol, and

display means for displaying as an image said image data processed by said digital image processing means.

2. A device for editing and displaying an image comprising

a data recording medium for recording both display data and command data which are recorded as command symbols and specify image processing of said display data, said data recording medium including an original sheet with a specified surface area thereof reserved for drawing said command symbols thereon,

image input means for receiving said display data from said data recording medium as an input image composed of picture elements, said image input means including a camera and a non-transparent covering means for successively covering said command symbols,

memory means for recording the values of said picture elements,

command data reading means for reading said command data from said data recording medium, said image input means and said command data reading means forming a single input unit adapted to receive as an input image both said display data and said command symbols,

digital image processing means for performing digital image processing on image data recorded in said memory means according to said command data read by said command data reading means, said digital image processing means being adapted to extract and identify input image data in said memory means according to said command symbols, and to perform digital processing on input image data of said display data according to commands represented by said command symbols, said digital image processing means including detecting means for successively detecting whether extracted and identified ones of said command symbols are inputted or not by said input unit, said digital image processing means being further adapted to perform said image processing according to the result obtained by said detecting means, and

display means for displaying as an image said image data processed by said digital image processing means.

3. The device of claim 2 wherein said command symbols include a geometrical figure with circular symmetry.

4. The device of claim 2 wherein said command symbols include a pair of mutually concentric circles.

5. A device for editing and displaying an image including an image editing device and an image display device, said image editing device comprising

a data creating means for creating data of a code array obtained by selectively arranging in the order of execution those of a plurality of simplified figure codes corresponding to figure elements and a plurality of simplified process codes for specifying processing of said figure codes, and

and exchangeable non-volatile external memory means for recording said data created by said data creating means,

and said image display device comprising

data reading means for retrieving data recorded in said non-volatile external memory means,

data processing means for creating image data of a display image composed of picture elements by interpreting codes in data retrieved by said data reading means and executing said according to said code array,

image memory means for recording the value of each of said picture elements of said display image, and

display means for displaying image data recorded in said image memory means in the form of an image.

6. The device of claim 5 wherein said figure codes include codes for drawing geometrical figures like points, straight lines, rectangles and ellipses.

7. The device of claim 5 wherein said process codes include codes for specifying speeds at which figures are drawn by said display means.

8. The device of claim 5 wherein said external memory includes a floppy disk device.

9. The device of claim 5 wherein said display means comprise one or more projectors.