JP3817871B2 - Document processing apparatus and program recording medium thereof - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a document processing apparatus that applies predetermined modifications to document data and a program recording medium thereof.
[0002]
[Prior art]
In recent years, document processing apparatuses such as personal computers and word processors have been able to color output graphical documents using a large number of tables, graphs, illustrations, images, etc., and operators have to consider the layout of the entire document. While specifying each element such as “title”, “heading”, “figure”, “caption”, “page background”, “arrow” by input operation, color, shading, inversion, underline, Each element was modified such as white.
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, in order to create the entire document graphically, nicely, and with high sense, the operator needs knowledge of various techniques, senses, and software, as well as enormous work such as repeated trial and error while looking at the screen. Therefore, it puts a heavy burden on the operator.
Therefore, the applicant does not need the labor of the operator, and does not change the layout state of the entire document regardless of sense and knowledge, and considers the readability of the entire document for each document unit. An automatic design technique (Japanese Patent Application No. 9-29864, title of the invention: document processing apparatus and program recording medium thereof) for modifying the image in a good-looking manner was proposed.
In this type of technology, for example, when a character string is surrounded by a rectangular ruled line frame, the ruled line frame can be modified with a good appearance by replacing the ruled line frame with a shaded stereoscopic image. That is, FIG. 14 shows a modification method in this case. When modification is performed using a shadowed stereoscopic image as shown in FIG. 14A, the modification is performed according to the shape of the ruled line frame surrounding the character string. As shown in FIG. 14B, it is deformed into a vertically long shape, or as shown in FIG. In this case, if the degree of deformation is large, the original shape collapses. For example, in the case of (B), the upper and lower shadow portions are thicker than the original shape, and the left and right shadow portions are thinner than the original shape. ), The upper and lower shadows are thinner than the original, and the left and right shadows are thicker than the original. However, even with such modifications, the design looks better than the original ruled frame. Become.
Similarly, as shown in FIG. 15A, when a stereoscopic image with shadows that are semicircular at both ends is used for modification, if it is expanded in the horizontal direction, both end portions are deformed into ellipses, and the original shape is lost. The design looks better than the original ruled frame.
An object of the present invention is to improve the technique previously proposed by the present applicant. When a design target element is modified using an image according to its type, which design target element is selected Even if it is such a shape, it is possible to modify the original image without destroying it.
[0004]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The present invention relates to a component information storage unit that divides and stores a unique image corresponding to an attribute of a design target element into a plurality of components, a document analysis unit that analyzes the type of document constituent element for each document unit, and the document Extraction means for extracting the design target element based on the analysis result analyzed by the analysis means, search means for searching for an image according to the attribute of the design target element extracted by the extraction means, and the search means When retrieved, a reading means for reading out a plurality of parts obtained by dividing the image from the part information storage means, and among the parts read by the reading means, they are arranged at predetermined positions where the aspect ratio should be maintained. The parts that are placed are scaled without changing their aspect ratio, and the parts that are placed at other positions are scaled by changing their aspect ratios. By arranging combined by connecting the goods, and characterized in that a modification processing means for modifying the design target element.
Therefore, among the plurality of stored parts, the parts arranged at a predetermined position where the aspect ratio should be maintained are enlarged / reduced without changing the aspect ratio, and the parts arranged at other positions are changed in aspect ratio. By changing and enlarging / reducing, a plurality of the enlarged / reduced parts can be connected and combined.
[0005]
According to the first aspect of the present invention, the document analysis means analyzes the types of document composition points for each document unit, and extracts design target elements based on the analysis results. For example, when “title”, “ruled line frame”, “table”, etc. are extracted as design target elements, the design target element is modified according to the type, and at that time, a plurality of parts corresponding to the type are read out. At the same time, the design target element is modified by enlarging and reducing the parts so that each part can be placed in a predetermined position of the design target element.
Therefore, when a design target element is modified using an image corresponding to the type, the original image can be modified without breaking the original image image, regardless of the shape of the design target element.
[0006]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of the document processing apparatus.
The CPU 1 is a central processing unit that controls the overall operation of the document processing device according to various programs loaded in the RAM 2. The storage device 3 has a storage medium 4 in which an operating system, various application programs, data files, character font data, and the like are stored in advance, and a drive system thereof. This storage medium 4 is fixedly provided or detachably mountable, and is composed of a magnetic / optical storage medium such as a floppy disk, a hard disk, an optical disk, and a RAM card, and a semiconductor memory. Further, programs and data in the storage medium 4 are loaded into the RAM 2 under the control of the CPU 1 as necessary. Further, the CPU 1 receives a program and data transmitted from another device via a communication line or the like and stores them in the storage medium 4 or stored in a storage medium provided on the other device. Existing programs and data can be used via a communication line or the like.
An input device 5, a display device 6, and a printing device 7 as input / output peripheral devices are connected to the CPU 1 via a bus line, and the CPU 1 controls their operations according to an input / output program.
[0007]
The input device 5 has a pointing device such as a keyboard or a mouse for inputting character string data or inputting various commands. The character string data input from the input device 5 is displayed and output on a text screen of the display device 6. The character string data mixed with kanji and converted by the kana-kanji conversion process is stored in the document memory 2-1 (see FIG. 2) in the RAM 2 as a confirmed character string.
The display device 6 is a liquid crystal display device that performs multicolor display, a CRT display device, a plasma display device, or the like, and the printing device 7 is a full-color printer device, which is a non-impact printer or a dot impact printer such as thermal transfer or ink jet.
[0008]
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the main configuration of the RAM 2. Various memory areas are allocated to the RAM 2. The document memory 2-1 is a text memory for storing document data, and tables, graphs, illustrations, photographed images and the like can be inserted into the document.
The document structure analysis table 2-2 is referred to when the CPU 1 analyzes the contents of the document memory 2-1, and FIG. 3 illustrates the contents of the document structure analysis table 2-2. Here, the CPU 1 analyzes the contents of the document memory 2-1 for each document unit, and among the constituent elements constituting the entire document, constituent elements having predetermined attributes are used as design elements to be designed. At this time, the CPU 1 extracts design elements with reference to the contents of the document structure analysis table 2-2. The document structure analysis table 2-2 stores element analysis conditions for each design element attribute (type) in a fixed manner. For example, the element analysis condition corresponding to the design element “title” is the head of the document. It is defined that the character string is located on a line, punctuation marks do not exist, and so on. Further, element analysis conditions corresponding to the design element “large headline” define that a predetermined headline symbol exists in the first digit, punctuation marks do not exist, and the like. Furthermore, as an analysis condition for the design elements “medium headline” and “subheadline”, it is defined that the digit position of the first character is paragraphed with respect to the upper headline character string. In addition, the analysis condition of the design element “table” defines that a table frame, a cell frame, and the like exist. Further, the analysis condition of the design element “character / symbol” is defined as a specific character or symbol. The document structure analysis table 2-2 defines analysis conditions corresponding to 124 types of design elements.
[0009]
The document analysis result memory 2-3 stores and holds the analysis result obtained by analyzing the document structure. FIG. 4 shows the contents of the document analysis result memory 2-3. That is, the document analysis result memory 2-3 is configured to store the ID, position information, and surrounding free space information for each design element extracted by document analysis. The design element ID is data for identifying attributes such as “title”, “large headline”,..., And the position information is upper left and lower right two-point coordinate string data indicating a rectangular area where the design element exists, Further, the surrounding empty space information is data indicating the size of empty spaces existing in the upper, lower, left, and right sides of the design element in dot units, which are respectively detected by the CPU 1 when analyzing the document structure and stored in the document analysis result memory 2-3. Set.
[0010]
The automatic design master table 2-4 stores fixed information (design number) unique to each design element attribute, and FIG. 5A shows a part of the automatic design master table 2-4. Yes. That is, the automatic design master table 2-4 is configured to store the use / touch ID, design element ID, candidate 1 design number, candidate 2 design number,. Here, the usage / touch ID includes, for example, “planning document orientation”, “OHP orientation”, “pasted paper / advertisement orientation”, etc., “stereoscopic expression”, “planar expression”, “color”, “monochrome”, IDs “1”, “2”,... That define touches such as “flash” and “simple” are described in the automatic design master table 2-4. For example, the usage / touch ID “1” indicates that the usage is “plan” and the touch is “color”. Note that a touch that combines two or more touches such as “color” that is “flashy” or “color” that is “three-dimensional expression” is also defined as touch. Here, when the operator selects and designates an arbitrary use / touch ID, each row in the automatic design master table 2-4 corresponding to that is designated as a processing target row. In other words, the operator can select and designate an arbitrary type of design among various designs that are defined in advance according to the application / touch.
[0011]
In addition, in the automatic design master table 2-4 for each use / touch ID, all design element IDs are defined from the first number to the last number. Here, the design element IDs “1” to “124” correspond to 124 types of design elements defined in the document structure analysis table 2-2. The design number designates a design for modifying the corresponding design element, and a plurality of design numbers are defined as selection candidates for each design element. Here, the design element is indicated by its candidate 1 design number. When the design is modified, if the element cannot be modified appropriately due to the surrounding empty space, the candidate 2 design number as the next candidate is designated. That is, the candidate 2 design number designates a design that is smaller in size than the design indicated by the candidate 1 design number, and the lower candidate that follows is designated a design that is smaller than the upper candidate. Thus, the candidate 1 design number is accessed first, and if it is not appropriate in size, the design number of the next candidate 2 is accessed, and if it is detected to be inappropriate, the next candidate is accessed. The
[0012]
The element design command table 2-5 stores an execution command or the like for modifying the design element in a fixed manner, and FIG. 5B shows a part of the element design command table 2-5. That is, the element design command table 2-5 stores a design element ID, a design number, a command execution order, a command ID, 10 kinds of option numerical values OP1, OP2,..., OP10 for a plurality of records as one record data for one line. It has become. Here, in the automatic design master table 2-4, the element design command table 2-based on the design element ID and candidate design number specified for each line from the first line among the lines specified as the process target lines. 5 is addressed, and the content of the element design command table 2-5 corresponding thereto is designated as a processing target line. Here, “command execution order” indicates in what order the commands should be executed in the processing target line in the element design command table 2-5. In the example of FIG. Defined commands should be executed in the order of “33, 8, 2... 7”. “Option numerical values OP1 to OP10” define a figure number, a modification code for accessing the modification code table 2-6, position coordinates, etc. For example, an option numerical value OP1 “42” of the command ID “33” This indicates that the illustration part indicated by the graphic number “42” should be called and written as a background image of the design element. Further, the option numerical value OP1 “2” of the command ID “19” should access the modification code table 2-6 with the modification code “2”, and modify the design element with the attributes defined in the modification code table 2-6. It is shown that. Further, the command ID “4” indicates that the design element should be moved to the position indicated by the option numerical value OP1 (X coordinate) and the option numerical value OP2 (Y coordinate) with respect to the reference coordinate (upper left coordinate).
[0013]
The modification code table 2-6 stores a plurality of types of attribute items for each modification ID, and FIG. 5C shows a part of the modification code table 2-6. That is, in the modification code table 2-6, a plurality of types of attribute items are fixedly stored corresponding to the modification IDs “1”, “2”, etc. As the attribute items, for example, typeface, character type, Thickness, painting method, shadow, color, etc.
In addition, the RAM 2 includes a document design buffer 2-7, a modification result memory 2-8, a graphic component memory 2-9, a processing pointer group 2-10, an n register 2-11, and a work memory 2-12. Yes. The graphic component memory 2-9 stores a unique image corresponding to the attribute of the design element by dividing it into a plurality of components. For example, when a ruled line frame surrounding a character string is replaced with a shaded stereoscopic image and modified. As shown in FIG. 8, the three-dimensional images of the four corner parts indicated by the illustration IDs “284”, “285”, “286”, “287”, “288”, “289”, “290”, “ It is divided into nine parts and stored and managed in the upper, lower, left and right outer parts indicated by "291" and the central part indicated by "292". Further, as shown in FIG. 10, in the case of a shadow-like three-dimensional image having a semicircular shape at both ends, it is stored and managed by being divided into three parts at both ends and a central part.
[0014]
Next, the operation of the document processing apparatus will be described with reference to the flowcharts shown in FIGS. A program for realizing each function described in these flowcharts is stored in the storage medium 4 in the form of a program code that can be read by the CPU 1, and the contents thereof are stored in the work memory 2-12 in the RAM 2. Is loaded.
When the document data stored in the document memory 2-1 is designated as a document to be designed and an automatic design command is input from the input device 5, execution of automatic design processing is started according to the flowchart of FIG. .
First, since a list of usage / touch menu items is displayed based on the contents of the automatic design master table 2-4 (step A1), the operator selects and designates an arbitrary menu item from the display screen (step A1). Step A2). Assume that a document as shown in FIG. 7 is designated as a document to be designed, and “planning document orientation” / “color” is selected and designated as usage / touch.
[0015]
Then, the CPU 1 analyzes this document from the first line (step A3), extracts a design element with reference to the document structure analysis table 2-2, and detects its position and surrounding free space (step A4). ). Since the character string “Designer” in the first line shown in FIG. 7 corresponds to the title defined in the document structure analysis table 2-2, the CPU 1 displays the attribute “title”, the position information, and the surrounding free space information. They are stored in the document analysis result memory 2-3 in association with each other (step A5). Then, it is checked whether there is an element having a condition corresponding to the design element defined in the document structure analysis table 2-2 in the document (step A6). Repeat the operation. As a result, “large headline”, “medium headline”, “table”,... In the document are extracted as design elements, and the analysis results are stored in the document analysis result memory 2-3 for each design element. In this case, the character string “conventional ... development” in the rectangle is recognized as a large heading, the character string “§1.Overview” is recognized as a medium heading, and the character string “conventional function” is recognized as a subheading. A character string including a matrix-like ruled line is recognized as a table and becomes a point to be designed, but other document data is excluded from the design target.
[0016]
In this way, the entire document is analyzed, and if no design element is detected in step A6, the CPU 1 searches the automatic design master table 2-4 based on the use / touch ID selected and specified in step A2. All the rows corresponding to the usage / touch ID are designated as processing target rows (step A7). FIG. 5A shows a case where “1” is used as the application / touch ID, that is, for the project document / color is designated. Next, the CPU 1 sets the value of the processing pointer N for designating the read address of the automatic design master table 2-4 among the processing target rows in the first row (step A8). Then, it is checked whether the design element corresponding to the designated row of the automatic design master table 2-4 is set in the document analysis result memory 2-3 (step A9). The processing pointer N is updated to the next line (step A10). As a result, it is checked whether or not all the processing target lines have been designated (step A11). If the designation is not finished, the process returns to step A9 to repeat the operation of searching for the design elements set in the document analysis result memory 2-3. .
[0017]
As a result, when the corresponding design element is searched, the process proceeds to step A12, and the value of the n register 2-11 is cleared. Here, the n register 2-11 addresses the candidate design number described in the automatic design master table 2-4. After clearing the contents of the n register 2-11, the next step A13 By adding “1” to the value, the value of the n register 2-11 is set to “1” as an initial value. Then, the design element ID in the automatic design master table 2-4 designated by the processing pointer N and the candidate n design number designated by the value of the n register 2-11 are read out, and this design element ID and the candidate n design number are read out. Based on the above, the element design command table 2-5 is searched, and all lines that match them are designated as target lines (step A14). FIG. 5B shows a case where each row in the element design command table 2-5 corresponding to the design element ID “1” and the design number “2” is designated as a processing target row. Then, the value of the processing pointer M for designating the read address of the element design command table 2-5 among the processing target rows is set in the first row (step A15).
[0018]
When the design element is modified in accordance with the description contents of the element design command table 2-5 in this way, the process proceeds to step A17 to determine whether the command execution has failed. That is, this step A17 determines whether or not the design element subjected to the modification process is insufficient even if the size of the design element is adjusted based on the empty space information around the design element. Is detected, the value of the n register 2-11 is updated, the design number of the next candidate in the automatic design master table 2-4 is designated, and the same processing is repeated thereafter.
As a result, when the successful execution of the command is detected (NO in step A17), the contents of the document design buffer 2-7 (the modified design element) are stored in the modification result memory 2-8 (step A18). Then, the processing pointer M in the element design command table 2-5 is updated to the next line (step A19), and the above-described operation (steps) is performed until all processing target lines in the element design command table 2-5 are completed (step A20). A16 to A20) are repeated.
[0019]
As a result, when the end is detected in step A20, the process proceeds to step A21, where the processing pointer N of the automatic design master table 2-4 is updated, and all the processing target rows of the automatic design master table 2-4 are all processed. The above operation (steps A9 to A22) is repeated until the end (step A22). As a result, when the process of modifying all the design elements in one document is completed, this is detected in step A22 and the process proceeds to step A23, where the contents of the document memory 2-1 are displayed and output. The design elements in the memory 2-1 are replaced with the contents of the modification result memory 2-8 for display output.
[0020]
Next, in the design process described above, the operation when a design element is modified by combining a plurality of parts will be described in detail with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.
FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a case where a ruled line frame is extracted as a design element when a character string is surrounded by a ruled line frame, and the ruled line frame is modified by replacing it with a shadowed stereoscopic image as shown in FIG. It is. This shaded stereoscopic image is divided into nine as shown in FIG. First, in step B1, the position coordinates of the four corners of the ruled line frame to be designed are extracted and set as reference coordinate points. Next, the corner parts constituting the four corners of the shaded stereoscopic image are arranged at the corners of the ruled line frame while being enlarged or reduced without changing the aspect ratio (step B2). That is, FIGS. 9A and 9B are diagrams for explaining the arrangement state in this case. First, the corner part (upper left part) indicated by the illustration ID “284” is read and the upper left part of the ruled line frame is displayed. The upper left corner part is arranged so that the upper left part of this part is located at a predetermined position (a position separated by four digits and two rows) as a reference point (see FIG. 9A). Then, the corner part is enlarged or reduced so that the end point (lower right) of the upper left corner part falls within the upper left coordinate point of the ruled line frame. As a result, the upper left corner part is arranged with the size as shown in FIG. 9B on the basis of the upper left corner of the ruled line frame. This corner part retains the original aspect ratio of 2: 1.
When the arrangement of the upper left corner part is completed in this way, the process proceeds to the next step B3 to check whether the arrangement of the corner parts for the four corners has been completed. Returning to B2, next, the upper right corner part indicated by the illustration ID “285” is read, and the upper right part of the ruled line frame is used as a reference, and the scaled part is enlarged and reduced without changing its aspect ratio. Similarly, the lower left corner part indicated by the illustration ID “286” and the lower right corner part indicated by the illustration ID “286” are sequentially read out and enlarged without changing the aspect ratio with respect to the lower left and lower right of the ruled line frame. Reduce and place.
[0021]
When all the corner parts for the four corners have been arranged in this way, the process proceeds to step B4, where the outer parts are read out and arranged in an enlarged and reduced manner while changing the aspect ratio so as to connect the corner parts. That is, first, the upper part indicated by the illustration ID “288” is read out, and the upper left part thereof is aligned with the lower right part of the upper left corner part (see FIG. 9C). Then, the row direction of the upper part is enlarged / reduced to fit the end point (lower right) position of the upper left corner part, and the upper part is enlarged / reduced in the digit direction so that the lower right part of the upper part is located at the lower left corner of the upper right corner part (See FIG. 9D). When the placement of the upper part is completed in this way, the process proceeds to the next step B5 to check whether all the upper, lower, left, and right outer parts have been placed. Returning to B4, the next outer part, the left part indicated by the illustration ID “289”, is read out, and is arranged in an enlarged and reduced manner while changing its aspect ratio so as to connect the upper left corner part and the lower left corner part. Hereinafter, similarly, the right part and the lower part indicated by the illustration IDs “290” and “291” are sequentially read out, and are arranged in an enlarged and reduced manner while changing the aspect ratio so as to connect the corner parts.
[0022]
When all the upper, lower, left, and right outer parts have been arranged in this way, the process proceeds to the next step B6, and finally the central part indicated by the illustration ID “292” is read and the aspect ratio is set so as to fill the central part in the ruled line frame. Scale and arrange while changing. That is, the upper left corner of the central part is aligned with the lower right corner of the upper left corner part (see FIG. 9E), and the row direction and column direction of the central part are adjusted so that the lower right corner of the central part is within the upper left position of the lower right corner part. Scale. As a result, when all the parts have been arranged, the combination of a plurality of parts is grouped as a single figure (step B7), and it is checked whether the grouping has succeeded (step B8). The frame is deleted and replaced with a grouped image (step B9). In this case, by grouping a combination of a plurality of parts as one image, it becomes a reference point for only four corners, and a seamless image can be obtained.
[0023]
FIG. 10 shows another example of modification by combining a plurality of parts. A shadowed stereoscopic image having a semicircular shape with both ends semicircular is stored in three parts divided into both end parts and a central part, and the both end parts are designed. When arranging the target ruled line frame, it is enlarged / reduced without changing its aspect ratio, and the central part is arranged by changing its aspect ratio so as to connect both end parts.
FIG. 11 shows an example of modifying a table by combining a plurality of parts. Each cell constituting the table is generated by combining a plurality of parts. In this case, one cell is generated by combining a total of six types of parts including shadow parts in a predetermined order. In addition, Fig. 12 shows a decoration frame image generated by combining six types of parts. Ribbon parts are arranged without changing their aspect ratio, but corrugated line parts correspond to design target elements. Arrange with different aspect ratios. In FIG. 13, an image representing the drawing board is generated by combining eight kinds of parts. In this case, six kinds of fine parts are arranged without changing the aspect ratio, and the drawing board has a large size. Parts are arranged by changing the aspect ratio according to the design target element. At this time, the state in which the paper is placed on the plate is expressed by superimposing the white parts on the black parts.
[0024]
As described above, in this document processing apparatus, the document structure of the entire document is analyzed for each document unit, and among the constituent elements, the constituent elements of the attributes defined in the document structure analysis table 2-2 are to be designed. Are extracted as design elements, and the automatic design master table 2-4 is searched for each extracted design element based on its attributes, and the description contents of the element design command table 2-5 are executed according to the search result. Therefore, each design element can be modified based on the contents defined in the automatic design master table 2-4, the element design command table 2-5, and the modification code table 2-6 in advance. Therefore, it is possible to automatically modify each element that should be designed in the document, such as title, headline, figure, caption, page background, text / symbol, arrow, etc., without any manual work. A high-sense document with good quality.
In addition, the entire document can be designed according to the designated use / touch by simply selecting and specifying the touch such as the plan book orientation, OHP orientation, etc., and 3D expression, color, flashy, etc. A desired design desired by the user can be obtained.
[0025]
In addition, it can be modified by combining multiple illustration parts, and the size of each part can be adjusted, so that a variety of images can be obtained, and the size and shape of the design element can be adjusted. An image can be obtained. In this case, when a plurality of parts according to the design target element are combined and arranged, the parts arranged at a predetermined position are enlarged or reduced without changing the aspect ratio, and the parts arranged at other positions are arranged. Since the aspect ratio is changed and enlarged / reduced, for example, as shown in FIG. 8, even if it is designed to be vertically long or horizontally long, a design that approximates the original shape can be obtained. In the case shown, both ends are not deformed into an ellipse, and approximate to the original shape. Therefore, when a design target element is modified using an image corresponding to the type, the original image can be modified without breaking the original image image, regardless of the shape of the design target element.
[0026]
Note that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and any type of image can be obtained by combining a plurality of components. The automatic design master table 2-4, the element design command table 2-5, and the modification code table 2-6 are separate tables. However, they may be configured as one table, and the default values of each table are set. If the operator can arbitrarily change it, a part of the designed document can be modified according to the preference of the operator.
Also, the contents of the document structure analysis table 2-2 are displayed in a list, and when an operator selects and designates an arbitrary design element, only the selected design element is extracted from the document as a design target. You may do it.
[0027]
【The invention's effect】
According to the present invention, when a design target element to be designed is modified using an image according to its attribute, the image is divided and arranged at a predetermined position where the aspect ratio should be maintained among a plurality of parts stored. The parts to be expanded / reduced without changing the aspect ratio, and the parts arranged at other positions are enlarged / reduced by changing the aspect ratio, and these enlarged / reduced parts are connected and combined and arranged. Even if the design target element has a complicated shape, it is possible to perform modification without damaging a complex original image by connecting a plurality of parts and arranging the parts in combination. In other words, even if scaling is performed according to the number of characters and aspect ratio of the design target element, the design itself is not distorted or it does not become a shape that does not match the design target, and a good design approximating the original shape can be obtained. it can.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of a document processing apparatus.
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a main configuration of a RAM 2;
FIG. 3 is a view showing the contents of a document structure analysis table 2-2.
FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a configuration of a document analysis result memory 2-3.
5A is a diagram showing a part of the automatic design master table 2-4, FIG. 5B is a diagram showing a part of the element design command table 2-5, and FIG. 5C is a modification code table 2; The figure which showed a part of -6.
FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an automatic design process.
FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating an operation when designing by combining a plurality of components.
FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a state where a plurality of parts are combined and designed.
9A to 9E are diagrams schematically showing an operation process when the design shown in FIGS. 7 and 8 is performed.
FIG. 10 is a view showing another example of a state where a plurality of parts are combined and designed.
FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a table design.
FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a design of a decorative frame.
FIG. 13 is a diagram showing the design of a drawing board.
FIG. 14 is a diagram corresponding to FIG. 8 for explaining the prerequisite technology of the present invention.
FIG. 15 is a diagram corresponding to FIG. 10 for explaining the prerequisite technology of the present invention.
[Explanation of symbols]
1 CPU
2 RAM
2-1 Document memory
2-2 Document structure analysis table
2-3 Document analysis result memory
2-4 Automatic design master table
2-5 Element design command table
2-6 Modification code table
2-9 Graphic parts memory
3 Storage device
4 storage media
5 input devices
6 Display device
7 Printing device

Claims (3)

Component information storage means for dividing and storing a unique image corresponding to the attribute of the design target element into a plurality of components;
Document analysis means for analyzing the types of document components for each document unit,
Extraction means for extracting design target elements based on the analysis result analyzed by the document analysis means;
Search means for searching for an image according to the attribute of the design target element extracted by the extraction means;
A reading unit that reads out a plurality of components obtained by dividing the image from the component information storage unit when an image is retrieved by the retrieval unit;
Among the parts read by the reading means, the parts arranged at a predetermined position where the aspect ratio should be maintained are enlarged / reduced without changing the aspect ratio, and the parts arranged at other positions are A document processing apparatus comprising: a modification processing unit configured to modify a design target element by connecting a plurality of parts that have been enlarged / reduced by changing an aspect ratio and combining the enlarged / reduced parts.   2. The document processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the modification processing unit is configured to superimpose another part on a predetermined part when the parts are combined and arranged. Computer
Component information storage means for storing a unique image corresponding to the attribute of the design target element divided into a plurality of components ,
Document analysis means for analyzing document component types for each document unit,
Extraction means for extracting design target elements based on the analysis results analyzed by the document analysis means;
Search means for searching for an image corresponding to the attribute of the design target element extracted by the extraction means;
A reading means for reading out a plurality of parts obtained by dividing the image from the parts information storage means when an image is searched by the searching means;
Among the parts read by the reading means, the parts arranged at a predetermined position where the aspect ratio should be maintained are enlarged / reduced without changing the aspect ratio, and the parts arranged at other positions are Modification processing means for modifying the design target element by changing the aspect ratio, scaling, connecting and combining the parts
A computer-readable recording medium in which a program for functioning as a computer is recorded .

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