Image processing apparatus

• US 5,444,550 A
• Filed: 11/25/1992
• Issued: 08/22/1995
• Est. Priority Date: 04/28/1989
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Enokida, Miyuki, Shishizuka, Junichi, Mita, Yoshinobu
• Primary Examiner(s): Rogers, Scott A.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Stoll, Thomas L.
• Application Number:
  US07/982,116
• Time in Patent Office: 1,000 Days
• Field of Search: 358/451, 358/449, 358/443, 358/452, 358/453, 358/451, 358/449, 358/448, 395/146, 395/147
• US Class Current: 358/453
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 1/20 Processor architectures; Processor configuration, e.g. pipelining
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32128 attached to the image data, e.g. file header, transmitted message header, information on the same page or in the same computer file as the image for information embedded in the image H04N1/32144
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32358 using picture signal storage, e.g. at transmitter H04N1/17 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32368 Functions of a still picture terminal memory associated with transmission
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32491 alternate storage in and retrieval from two parallel memories, e.g. using ping-pong buffers
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/3333 during transmission, input or output of the picture signal; within a single document or page
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/38 Circuits or arrangements for blanking or otherwise eliminating unwanted parts of pictures H04N1/387 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/3873 defined only by a limited number of coordinate points or parameters, e.g. corners, centre; for trimming
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/6011 with simulation on a subsidiary picture reproducer H04N1/622 takes precedence; matching two or more picture reproducers H04N1/6052
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0081 Image reader H04N2201/0091 - H04N2201/0094 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0089 Image display device
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3287 Storage of at least one complete document page or image frame
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3292 of one or two complete lines
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/33314 of reading or reproducing mode
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/33321 Image or page size, e.g. A3, A4
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/33342 of transmission mode

Abstract

An image processing system in which an original to be transmitted to a destination system is input and is stored in a memory section, and the image in accordance with the data stored in the memory section is displayed by a display section. The operator designates a desired region of the displayed image. The partial image thereby designated is transferred to the destination system. It is thereby possible to transmit only a particular portion of the original image to the destination system.

Claims

1. An image processing system for inputting an image and transmitting the image to a destination system, said image processing system comprising:

reading means for reading color image information;

memory means for storing the image information read by said reading means;

display means for displaying the image information stored in said memory means;

pointing means for pointing to an arbitrary position on said display means;

cut out means for cutting out a region to be transmitted from the image displayed on said display means, by demarcating the region with said pointing means;

designation means for designating an output position of the region cut out by said cut out means for an output medium at the destination system by pointing with said pointing means to a position corresponding to the output position on said display means irrespective of the position of the region in the image displayed on said display means;

transmission means for transmitting information; and

control means for controlling said image processing system to transmit an image within the region cut out by said cut out means and attribute information, which includes the output position designated by said designation means, a size of the cut out region and a color mode of the image, to the destination system by using said transmission means.

2. The system according to claim 1, wherein the information of said color mode indicates at least monochrome binary or multi-valued data.

3. An image processing system for transmitting and receiving image information with a destination system, said image processing system comprising:

reading means for reading color image information;

memory means for storing the image information read by said reading means;

display means for displaying the image information stored in said memory means;

pointing means for pointing to an arbitrary position on said display means;

cut out means for cutting out, a region to be transmitted from the image displayed on said display means, by demarcating the region with said pointing means;

designation means for designating an output position of the region cut out by said cut out means for an output medium at the destination system by pointing with said pointing means to a position corresponding to the output position on said display means irrespective of the position of the region in the image displayed on said display means;

communication means for transmitting and receiving information;

first control means for controlling said image processing system to transmit an image within the region cut out by said cut out means and attribute information, which includes the output position designated by said designation means, a size of the cut out region and a color mode of the image, to the destination system by using said communication means;

printing means for printing image information; and

second control means for controlling said printing means to print an image received by said communication means on an output medium in accordance with the attribute information received by said communication means.

4. The system according to claim 3, wherein the information of said color mode indicates at least monochrome binary or multi-valued data.

5. An image processing system for reading an image and transmitting the image to a destination system, said image processing system comprising:

reading means for reading a plurality of original color images;

memory means for storing image information read by said reading means;

display means for successively displaying images in accordance with the image information stored in said memory means;

pointing means for pointing to an arbitrary position on said display means;

cut out means for cutting out a desired region of each image displayed on said display means by demarcating the region with said pointing means;

designation means for designating a desired output position of the desired region;

transmission means for transmitting information; and

control means for controlling said image processing system to transmit image information within the cut out region of each image together with attribute information, which includes the designated output position, size and color mode of each image, as partial images to be combined into one image in the system.

6. An image processing system according to claim 5, further comprising:

display control means for controlling said display means to reduce the image so that the whole of one of the original images stored in said memory means is displayed at one time.

7. An image processing system according to claim 5, wherein said display means includes:

at least two display image memories; and

second control means for controlling said image processing system to display a composite image of contents in said two image memories or the contents of one of said two image memories.

8. An image processing system according to claim 7, wherein original images stored in said memory means are transferred to a first display image memory of said display means, and further comprising editing means to transfer the partial images designated by said designation means to positions in a second display image memory such that the partial images are displayed at the positions designated by said designation means.

9. An image processing system according to claim 8, wherein said second control means operates to display the images stored in said second display image memory as desired in order to confirm the combined state of the images output at the transmission destination.

10. An image processing system according to claim 8, wherein if said memory means has a capacity for one sheet of original image,

each time the partial image designated by said designation means is transferred to said second display image memory by said editing means, said control means controls the system to transmit the corresponding partial image stored in said memory means and output position information designated by said designation means to the destination system.

11. The system according to claim 5, wherein the information of said color mode indicates at least monochrome binary or multi-valued data.

12. A method for reading an image and transmitting the image, said method comprising the steps of:

inputting image data by reading an image;

storing the input image data in a memory;

displaying the image data stored in the memory on a display;

cutting out a desired region of the image on the display by using a pointing means;

designating an output position of the image data within the cut out region on the display by using the pointing means; and

transmitting the cut out image data and attribute information, which includes the output position, size and color mode of the image data, to a destination system.

13. The method according to claim 12, wherein the information of said color mode indicates at least monochrome binary or multi-valued data.

14. A method for image data communication between two systems, said method comprising the steps of:

(a) in a system on a transmission side,

inputting image data by reading an image;

displaying the image stored in the memory on a display;

cutting out a desired region of the image displayed on said display means by demarcating the region with a pointing means;

designating a desired output position of the desired region by using the pointing means; and

transmitting the image data within the designated region and attribute information, which includes the designated output position, size and color mode of the image data, to a system on the reception side; and

(b) in the system on the reception side,

receiving the image data and the attribute information, which includes the output position, size and color mode of the image data, transmitted from the system on the transmission side; and

printing the received image data on the recording medium in accordance with the received attribute information.

15. The method according to claim 14, wherein the information of said color mode indicates at least monochrome binary or multi-valued data.

16. A method for reading an image and transmitting the image to a destination system, said method comprising the steps of:

inputting image data by reading a plurality of original images;

storing the input image data in a memory;

displaying on a display a plurality of images successively in accordance with the image data stored in the memory;

cutting out a desired region of each image displayed on said display means by demarcating the region with a pointing means;

designating a desired output position of the desired region by using the pointing means; and

transmitting the image data within the region cut out on the display and attribute information which includes output position, size and color mode of the image to the destination system.

17. The method according to claim 16, wherein the information of said color mode indicates at least monochrome binary or multi-valued data.