JP5664756B2 - Image processing program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an image processing program that causes a computer to function as an image processing apparatus.

  Conventionally, when a user operation for selecting a desired area in a web page is performed, a display content in a selected area (hereinafter also referred to as a selection area) is cut out and the cut out selection area is printed. Has been proposed (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

  In addition, there is a technique that has a function of saving a cut-out selection area in the above-described technique that can cut out a selection area. By using such a save function, when the selected area is cut out, the selected area is saved, and when the selected area needs to be browsed or printed at a later date, the previously saved selection is saved. The area can be browsed and printed.

JP 2002-351636 A

  However, in the above-described prior art, once the selected area is cut out, such a change cannot be made even if it is desired to change the selected range. For this reason, the user has to open the same web page again and reselect a desired selection area, and there is a problem that it takes a lot of trouble.

  In addition, even if you want to open the same web page again, the user may have forgotten at what stage the selected area was cut out in the first place. In that case, select the desired selected area. There was also a problem that it was impossible to perform the correction operation.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, and the purpose of the present invention is to display the content displayed in a desired selection area from a web page and display it. An object is to provide an image processing program that can be submitted .

Hereinafter, the configuration employed in the present invention will be described.
An image processing program according to the present invention includes a computer,
If the user operation for selecting a partial area of the web page displayed on the screen of the display device is made, the first selection command accepting means for accepting a first selection command,
When receiving said first selection instruction by said first selection command receiving means, from among the web pages are displayed within the bounds of the user the specified by the operation, which is part of the region selection region extracting selected image, a selected image display means for displaying the selected image in the selected image display area that is on the screen of the display device,
Storage means for storing information indicating the web page in a storage unit when the first selection instruction is received by the first selection instruction receiving means;
If the user operation for specifying the selected image displayed on the selected image display area by said selected image display unit is made, a second selection instruction receiving means for receiving a second selection command,
When the second selection command is received by the second selection command receiving means , it is a web page from which the selected image specified by the user operation is extracted, and is indicated by the information stored in the storage unit It functions as a display means for displaying a web page on the screen .

If the image processing program configured as described above causes the computer to function as each of the above means, a user operation is performed to select a partial area of the web page displayed on the screen of the display device. In this case, the selected image displayed within the range of the selected area in the web page is extracted, and the selected image is displayed in the selected image display area.

  Further, information indicating the web page is stored in the storage unit.
  Further, when a user operation for specifying the selected image displayed in the selected image area is performed, a web page from which the selected image is extracted is displayed.

Therefore, the user can remember the web page from which the selected image is cut out .

By the way, in the image processing program of the present invention, the selected image display area is displayed in a web browser displayed by a web browser program executed by the computer, and the web browser program is terminated. In this case, the selection screen display area displayed in the web browser is hidden on the screen, and the computer selects whether to display or hide the selection image display area. The selection accepting means for accepting and the web browser that has been terminated on condition that the selection accepting means is selected to display the selected image display area when the computer terminates the web browser program When the program is newly executed, the web browser displayed It is preferable to function as the selected image area display means for displaying the selected image display area in Uzza.

In the image processing program of the present invention, when the web browser program that has been terminated is newly executed , the selected image display means may issue the first selection command in the past by the first selection command receiving means. Preferably, the selection image received and extracted from the web page is displayed in the selection image display area .

In the image processing program of the present invention, the second selection command received by the second selection command receiving means is a command for receiving a change in the selection area corresponding to the selection image displayed in the selection image display area. It is characterized by being.

In the image processing program of the present invention, the information indicating the web page stored in the storage unit by the storage unit is a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) of the web page .

In the image processing program of the present invention, the storage unit stores the URL of the web page and web page data indicating the web page in association with each other in the storage unit, and the display unit stores the second selection. When the second selection command is received by the command receiving means, the web page data stored in association with the URL is displayed as the web page indicated by the URL stored in the storage unit .

The block diagram which shows the structure of the whole system provided with PC and a printer. The flowchart of a clip process. (A) is a flowchart of a clip list start process, (b) is a flowchart of a clip list end process. The flowchart of a change process of a clip area. (A) is a flowchart of the same original image clip display process, and (b) is a flowchart of a change target switching process. The flowchart of a preview process. The flowchart of a preview area change process. (A) is explanatory drawing which shows an example of the display area of a web browser, (b) is explanatory drawing which shows an example of a web page, (c) is the state which selected the clip area on the web page displayed on the web browser. (D) is an explanatory diagram illustrating a state in which thumbnails of the selected clip area are displayed in the clip list column, and (e) is a context in which a right click is performed on the thumbnails displayed in the clip list column. Explanatory drawing which illustrates the state which displayed the menu, (f) is explanatory drawing which illustrates the state by which the web page used as the clip origin was displayed on the change screen of a clip area. (A) is explanatory drawing which illustrates the state which performed operation which expands a clip area downward on the clip area change screen, (b) illustrates the state where the thumbnail of the clip area after expansion was displayed in the clip list column (C) is an explanatory diagram illustrating the display state of the web browser immediately before the print preview is performed, (d) is an explanatory diagram illustrating the print preview screen, and (e) is a clip area on the print preview screen. Explanatory drawing which illustrates the state which started range change, (f) is explanatory drawing which illustrates the state which dragged the inside of the clip area on the print preview screen. (A) is an explanatory view exemplifying a state in which the clip area after the change is confirmed after dragging the inside of the clip area on the print preview screen, and (b) starts further changing the range of the clip area on the print preview screen. FIG. 4C is an explanatory diagram exemplifying a state where the periphery of the clip area is dragged on the print preview screen, and FIG. 4D is a change after dragging the periphery of the clip area on the print preview screen. FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a state in which a subsequent clip area is confirmed, and (e) is an explanatory diagram illustrating a state in which the clip area determined on the print preview screen is printed.

Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with an example.
[System configuration]
As shown in FIG. 1, the system described below includes a personal computer 1 (hereinafter referred to as a PC 1) and a printer 3 connected to the PC 1. The PC 1 can communicate with the web server 7 via a WAN (Wide Area Network; for example, the Internet) 5.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the PC 1 includes a known CPU 11, ROM 12, RAM 13, HDD 14 (hard disk device 14), operation unit 15, display unit 16, network interface 17, USB interface 18, and the like.

  The HDD 14 stores various programs such as an OS (Operating System), a web browser to be described later, and a plug-in incorporated in the web browser. When processing according to these programs is executed by the CPU 11, each program is read into the RAM 13.

  Further, the HDD 14 stores an imaged web page and information indicating a clip range in the web page by executing processing to be described later. These data are stored in a folder (for example, “C: ¥ TempClip ¥” illustrated in FIG. 1) having a predetermined specific path name.

  Further, the imaged web page is saved as one bitmap image file (for example, “2010aaa01.bmp” illustrated in FIG. 1).

  Furthermore, as information indicating the clip range in the web page, all information corresponding to a plurality of clips is stored in a single text file (for example, “ClipList.ini” illustrated in FIG. 1). In this text file, as shown in FIG. 1, information for a plurality of sections corresponding to each of a plurality of clips is recorded, and each section has coordinates indicating the file name of the bitmap image file and the clip range. Are stored in association with each other.

The operation unit 15 includes a keyboard, various pointing devices (for example, a mouse), and the like. The display unit 16 is configured by a liquid crystal display or the like.
In the PC 1 configured as described above, a web browser can be activated by a user operation on the operation unit 15. After the web browser is activated, the web page data (for example, HTML (HyperText Markup Language), XHTML (Extensible HTML), XML (Extensible Markup Language) on the web server 7 is operated by a user operation on the operation unit 15. The URL (Uniform Resource Locator) of the described markup document data) can be designated and data acquisition can be requested to the web server 7.

  When the web server 7 receives this request, the web page data is returned from the web server 7 as a response. Therefore, the PC 1 acquires the web page data and displays the web page on the display unit 16.

  In addition, after displaying a web page on the display unit 16, if a web page print command is issued by a user operation on the operation unit 15, the PC 1 controls the printer 3 to cause the printer 3 to print the web page. be able to.

  Further, as will be described in detail later, the PC 1 incorporates a function for cutting out a part of a web page displayed on the web browser as a clip and printing or saving the clip (hereinafter also referred to as a clip function). It is.

  If this clip function is used, the user can cut out the range as a clip by specifying the desired range from the web page displayed on the web browser, and print the clip that has been cut out. be able to. It is also possible to save the clip that has been cut out and print the clip later.

[Processes executed on PC]
Next, processing executed in the PC 1 will be described based on the flowcharts of FIGS.

  The web browser provided in the PC 1 has a mechanism in which various extended functions other than the standard functions can be added by installing a program called a plug-in in the PC 1. The process described below is also a process realized by the CPU 11 executing a process as a web browser and a process as a plug-in incorporated in the web browser, and the both processes cooperate.

  In the following description, a display example is appropriately assumed on the assumption that a web page as illustrated in FIG. 8B is displayed on a web browser having a screen configuration as illustrated in FIG. A process executed on the PC 1 will be described with reference to FIG. Also, in the following description, expressions such as click, right click, drag, mouse down, and mouse up are used on the operation unit 15 assuming general operations with a pointing device. Possible alternative operations may be performed with other input devices such as a keyboard or tablet.

  First, clip processing will be described with reference to FIG. This clip processing is executed when the range designated by the user on the web page is saved as a clip. Clip processing is started when the web browser is activated.

  When the clip process is started, the PC 1 first waits until the user determines the clip range (S105: NO). In this state, the user performs a predetermined operation to shift to the clip range designation mode, and then designates two points corresponding to both ends of the diagonal of the desired square range on the web page. A range can be specified as a clip range.

  Of the two points corresponding to both ends of the diagonal line, the first point can be designated by a mouse down operation on the web page, and the second point can be designated by dragging subsequent to the designation of the first point, It can be specified by a mouse up operation. While the drag operation is being performed, as shown by a broken line in FIG. 8C, a frame indicating the clip range is displayed on the web browser. Therefore, the user can use the displayed frame as a guide to set the clip range. Can be adjusted.

  When the mouse up operation is performed, the PC 1 determines that the user has determined the clip range (S105: YES), and acquires the clip range (S110). In S110, based on the data structure of the web page, the resolution (display size) of the display screen, etc., which range is designated on the web page is analyzed, and the information is acquired.

  Subsequently, the PC 1 images the web page (S115). In S115, the entire web page is imaged regardless of the position and size of the clip range designated by the user. Then, the PC 1 searches the storage folder and checks whether the same image is stored (S120). In S120, if the same web page has been imaged in the past, the same image is detected from the storage folder.

  Here, if there is the same image (S125: YES), it is not necessary to store the same image again, so the name of an existing image that has already been stored is acquired (S130). For example, if the file name of an already stored image is “2010xxxx01.bmp”, the file name is acquired.

  On the other hand, if there is no same image (S125: NO), the imaged web page is named and saved (S135). The name to be given here is given in accordance with a predetermined rule. For example, a file name such as “2010xxxx01.bmp” is given.

  When S130 or S135 is completed in this way, the PC 1 subsequently searches the storage folder and checks whether “ClipList.ini” exists (S140). Here, “ClipList.ini” exists if the clip has been saved in the past (S145: YES). In this case, the process proceeds to S155.

  On the other hand, when the clip is saved for the first time, “ClipList.ini” does not exist (S145: NO). In this case, “ClipList.ini” is created in the save folder (S150), and the process proceeds to S155. .

  In S155, the clip range is converted into clip area information on the image (S155). As a result, the coordinates of the clip range on the image are fixed, so a section is added to “ClipList.ini” and information on the original image (file name indicating the bitmap image of the web page from which the clip is cut out) , URL of the web page) and clip area information (coordinates indicating the clip range; coordinates determined in S155) are described (S160), and the clip processing is terminated.

  Next, the clip list start process and the clip list end process will be described with reference to FIG. The clip list start process is basically a process that is executed when the clip list field on the web browser (the field on the left side in FIG. 8A) is opened. The clip list end process is This process is executed when the clip list field on the web browser is closed. Whether the clip list field is opened or closed can be arbitrarily designated by a user operation while the web browser is opened.

  If the clip list field is opened when the web browser is closed, the clip list end process is executed, and the fact that the list display pane has been opened is dynamically stored. In this case, the next time the web browser is opened, the clip list field is opened based on the dynamically stored state, and the clip list start process is executed. In addition, the clip list column is updated by executing the clip list start process immediately after execution of the above clip process (see FIG. 2).

  When the clip list start process is started, the PC 1 first searches the storage folder to check whether “ClipList.ini” exists (S205). If there is no “ClipList.ini” (S210: NO), the PC 1 ends the clip list start process.

  On the other hand, when “ClipList.ini” exists (S210: YES), the PC 1 opens “ClipList.ini” and lists sections (S215). In S215, the contents of “ClipList.ini” are read and expanded into section unit information on the memory.

  Subsequently, since the sections listed in S215 are sequentially processed one by one, the PC 1 determines whether or not there is an unprocessed section (S220), and if there is an unprocessed section (S220: YES), obtain the section name, the original image information (file name indicating the bitmap image of the web page from which the clip was extracted), and the clip area information (coordinates indicating the clip range) from the section to be processed (S225).

  Subsequently, the PC 1 searches the storage folder for the acquired original image information to check whether there is an image (S230). Here, unless there is an exceptional trouble, there is usually an original image (S235: YES). In that case, the PC 1 cuts out a thumbnail based on the acquired clip area information (S240), and a clip list field. The thumbnails are reduced and displayed (S245).

  As a result, thumbnails are displayed in the clip list field on the web browser as illustrated in FIG. Note that the thumbnails illustrated in FIG. 8D are examples in which the clip range illustrated in FIG. 8C is specified and the clip range is stored. If such a thumbnail is displayed, the PC 1 stores the clip information in the memory (S250), and returns to S220.

  In S230, if there is no original image (S235: NO), an invalid section has occurred in “ClipList.ini” for some reason, so PC1 displays an error and processes from “ClipList.ini”. The inside section is deleted (S255), and the process returns to S220.

  Thereafter, S225 to S255 are repeated until all the sections listed in S215 are processed. When all the sections listed in S215 are processed (S220: NO), the PC 1 ends the clip list start process.

When the clip list end process is started, the PC 1 closes “ClipList.ini” (S305) and ends the clip list end process.
Next, the clip area changing process will be described with reference to FIG. In this process, the user performs a right-click operation on the thumbnail displayed in the clip list column to display a context menu as illustrated in FIG. 8E. This process is executed when “Change” is selected.

  When the clip area change process is started, the PC 1 first reads the information of the target clip from the memory (S405), creates a new window (clip area change screen) (S410), and sets the target clip at the center of the change screen. The original image of the clip is displayed (S415).

  Further, the PC 1 converts the clip area information of the clip to be processed into the selection range information on the change screen (S420), and based on the selection range information on the change screen, the selection range is displayed on the change screen. It is displayed (S425).

  At this time, on the change screen, the image inside the selection range is displayed in a normal color, and the image outside the selection range is displayed in a lighter color or translucent than usual (see FIG. 8F). .

  Subsequently, the PC 1 executes the same original image clip display process (S430). This same original image clip display processing is performed when the original image including the clip area to be processed (image of the entire web page) includes a clip area that is different from the clip area to be processed. This is a process executed for displaying such another clip area together on the change screen. This S430 is a process as shown in detail in FIG.

  When the same original image clip display process is started, the PC 1 reads information on clips other than the clip to be changed from the memory (S505). In S505, if there are a plurality of clip regions that have been cut out, information corresponding to all of them is read. In step S505, all information is read regardless of whether or not the clip area is cut out from the same original image (the same web page).

  Subsequently, the PC 1 determines whether there is unprocessed clip information (S510). In S510, if there is no information read in S505, a negative determination is made (S510: NO), and in this case, the same original image clip display process is terminated.

  On the other hand, when there is unprocessed clip information (S510: YES), the PC 1 determines whether or not the clip to be changed and the original image are the same (S515). In S515, an affirmative determination is made when both the clip to be determined at this time point and the clip to be changed are cut out from the same web page. On the other hand, if the clip that is the object of determination at this time is cut out from a web page different from the clip to be changed, a negative determination is made.

  In S515, referring to the URL included in the “ClipList.ini” section (the URL described in “ClipList.ini” in S160), it is determined whether or not the web page from which the clip is cut out is the same. Make a decision.

  When the original image of the processing target clip and the change target clip is the same (S515: YES), the information of the clip area of the target clip is converted into the information of the selection range on the change screen (S520). Then, based on the information on the selection range on the change screen, the selection range is displayed in a color different from the clip to be changed on the change screen (S525), and the process returns to S510. In S525, in addition to the selection range to be changed, a selection range indicating a clip area different from the change target is displayed in a different color on the change screen.

  Note that if the original image of the processing target clip and the change target clip are different in S515 (S515: YES), the selection range is not to be additionally displayed, and the process proceeds to S510 without executing S520 and S525. And return.

  Thereafter, S515 to S525 are repeated while there is unprocessed clip information. If it is determined in S510 that there is no unprocessed clip information (S510: NO), the same original image clip display process is terminated.

  When the same original image clip display process ends, the process proceeds to S435 in FIG. 4, and the PC 1 executes a change target switching process (S435). This change target switching process is a process executed to switch the clip area to be changed to another clip area when there is another clip area displayed in S430. This S435 is a process as shown in detail in FIG.

  When the change target switching process is started, the PC 1 determines whether or not a right click has been performed within the selection range of clips other than the change target (S605). If the right click is not performed (S605: NO), the change target switching process is terminated as it is.

  On the other hand, if the right click is performed (S605: YES), the PC 1 displays a context menu (changes the clip area) (S610). When the menu is selected (S615: YES), the PC 1 newly sets the color of the selection range of the clip selected from the menu to the color of the selection range of the clip to be changed (S620). On the other hand, the color of the selection range of the clip that has been changed so far is made the same as the color of the other selection range that has not been changed (S625).

  Then, the PC 1 changes the clip whose menu is selected to the change target clip (S630), and proceeds to S635. Also, when the menu displayed in S610 is not selected (S615: NO), the process proceeds to S635. In step S635, the PC 1 deletes the menu (changes the clip area) (S635) and ends the change target switching process.

  When the change target switching process is completed in this way, the process proceeds to S440 in FIG. 4, and if the OK button (not shown) that is the change confirmation button is not pressed (S440: NO), the process returns to S435. That is, the PC 1 accepts the change target switching instruction any number of times until the OK button is pressed.

  In S440, the PC 1 accepts a clip area range changing operation as an operation other than the operation of pressing the OK button. The clip region range changing operation is performed by dragging the frame in the direction indicated by the arrow in FIG. 9A, for example, on the frame indicating the selection range as illustrated by the broken line in FIG. Thus, the operation is to enlarge this frame. The frame can be reduced by the same drag operation, or the frame can be enlarged or reduced by dragging the corner of the frame.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in S440 that the OK button has been pressed (S440: YES), an operation for confirming the change of the clip area has been performed, so that the PC 1 selects the selection range on the change screen. Is acquired (S445), and the acquired information on the selected range is converted into information on the clip area on the original image (S450).

  Then, based on the new coordinate information, a new thumbnail is cut out from the original image (S455), the information of the processing target clip stored in the memory is updated (S460), and the processing target clip in “ClipList.ini” is supported. The information of the section to be updated is updated (S465). That is, the information on the clip area included in the section (coordinates indicating the clip range) is updated.

  Thereafter, the window (clip area change screen) is closed (S470), the thumbnails of the clips to be processed are displayed again (S475), and the clip area change processing is terminated. As a result of the execution of S475, as shown in FIG. 9B, thumbnails of clip areas whose range has been changed as shown in FIG. 9A are displayed in the clip list field on the web browser. It will be.

  Next, the preview process will be described with reference to FIG. This process is a process executed when a user performs a predetermined operation to instruct a print preview. This print preview displays any position on the recording medium when one or more clips registered in the clip list (for example, the clip illustrated in FIG. 9C) are printed out on the recording medium. This is executed so that it is possible to confirm on the screen what size the clip is printed out.

  When the preview process is started, the PC 1 first reads information on the clip to be previewed from the memory (S705), and creates a new window (preview screen) (S710).

  Subsequently, in order to process all preview target clips, the PC 1 determines whether there is a preview target clip that has not been processed (S715). Here, if there is an unprocessed clip (S715: YES), the PC 1 displays the thumbnail image with left justification on the preview screen (S720), and copies the information of the clip to be processed to the preview memory. (S725), the process returns to S715.

  By repeating S715 to S725 in this way, as shown in FIG. 9D, the thumbnail image is displayed in a left-justified manner in the window serving as the preview screen. In FIG. 9D, only one thumbnail image is illustrated. However, when two or more thumbnail images are displayed, in the present embodiment, all thumbnail images are left-justified and vertically aligned. Are lined up.

  Whether or not to left-justify is arbitrary. For example, all thumbnail images may be aligned in the center or right-justified. Alternatively, as a result of left justification, if a sufficient margin is left on the right side, the next image may be drawn on the right side of the previous image in consideration of the size of the margin and the size of the next image. Furthermore, the user may arbitrarily select one of these arrangement methods, or such selection content may be stored as a setting so that the arrangement is performed as set.

  The thumbnail images on the preview screen as described above are regarded as images corresponding to the recording medium in the outer frame displayed on the preview screen, and the scale corresponding to the recording medium and the actual recording medium are considered. It is drawn on the preview screen with the size. Therefore, the user can check the preview screen and confirm at what position on the recording medium and at what size the clip image is printed.

  As a result of the above processing, if it is determined in S715 that there is no unprocessed clip (S715: NO), then the PC 1 determines whether or not a thumbnail on the preview screen has been right-clicked. (S730). Here, if it is right-clicked (S730: YES), the PC 1 executes a preview area changing process (S735). This S735 is a process as shown in detail in FIG.

  When the preview area change process is started, the PC 1 displays the selection range around the target thumbnail for the right-clicked thumbnail (S805). Also, the display position of the target thumbnail on the preview screen is acquired (S810), the information of the target thumbnail is acquired from the preview memory (S815), and the target thumbnail display position and the clip area information are obtained. The display position of the original image is determined (S820).

  The display position of the original image (the image of the web page from which the target thumbnail is cut out) determined in S820 is fixed at the position where the target thumbnail is displayed on the preview screen, and the position is used as a reference. The display position is such that the area on the original image around the clip range is arranged around the thumbnail.

  When such a display position is determined, the PC 1 displays the original image translucently on the back of the target thumbnail (S825). By S825, on the preview screen, as shown in FIG. 9E, the thumbnail display position shown in FIG. 9D is fixed and the original image is displayed around it (see FIG. 8B). The part outside the clip area is drawn.

  Subsequently, the PC 1 determines whether or not the user has released the mouse button (that is, the mouse up operation has been performed) (S830). If the user has not released the mouse button (S830: NO), the PC 1 It is determined whether or not has moved (S835). If the mouse has not moved here (S835: NO), the process returns to S830, and S830 to S835 are repeated.

  On the other hand, if the mouse has moved in S835 (S835: YES), the PC 1 obtains the moving distance of the mouse (S840), has dragged the selection range (S845), or drags around the selection range. Whether or not (S850), these are judged in order. If the selection range is not dragged (S845: NO) and the selection range is not dragged (S850: NO), the process returns to S830.

  On the other hand, when the selection range is dragged (S845: YES), the PC 1 changes the display position of the original image by the acquired movement distance (S855), and the original image is made translucent on the back of the target thumbnail. Redisplayed (S860). Also, the PC 1 changes the information of the clip area of the acquired moving distance (S865), creates a new thumbnail from the original image based on the changed clip area information (S870), and deletes the current thumbnail. A new thumbnail is displayed (S875), and the process returns to S830.

  Through these processes of S855 to S875, as illustrated in FIG. 9F, both the original image and the thumbnail are moved in the predetermined direction (the movement distance illustrated by the arrow in FIG. It is displayed at the position moved to (direction). Further, the processes of S855 to S875 are repeated while the mouse is dragged.

  On the other hand, when the user releases the mouse button after such a drag operation, an affirmative determination is made in S830 (S830: YES). In this case, the PC 1 deletes the original image from the preview screen (S880), deletes the selection range around the target thumbnail (S885), and ends the preview area changing process. As a result, on the preview screen, as illustrated in FIG. 10A, the selection range around the original image and the thumbnail disappears, and only the clip whose cutout position is updated is displayed.

  Now, when such a preview area changing process is completed, the process returns to S730 in FIG. 6. Here, the following description is continued assuming that the thumbnail is further right-clicked. If the thumbnail is further right-clicked, an affirmative determination is made in S730, and the PC 1 executes the preview area changing process described above (S735).

  Then, when S805 to S825 in FIG. 7 are executed, the original image is again displayed semi-transparently around the thumbnail illustrated in FIG. 10A, as illustrated in FIG. 10B. In this state, in PC1, the above-described S830 to S835 are repeated.

  At this time, if the user drags around the selection range with the mouse (S850: YES), the PC 1 changes the information of the clip area of the acquired movement distance (S865), and based on the information of the changed clip area. A new thumbnail is created from the image (S870), the current thumbnail is deleted, a new thumbnail is displayed (S875), and the process returns to S830.

  As a result of the processes in S865 to S875, the selection range around the thumbnail is set to a predetermined direction (the movement distance illustrated by the arrow in FIG. 10C) and the movement distance illustrated in FIG. 10C, as illustrated in FIG. The selected area is redrawn as a new thumbnail.

  After such a drag operation is performed, if the user releases the mouse button, an affirmative determination is made in S830 (S830: YES), so the PC 1 deletes the original image from the preview screen (S880), and the target The selection range around the thumbnail is deleted (S885), and the preview area changing process is terminated.

  In this embodiment, the clip is printed with left justification, and the thumbnail on the preview screen is displayed with left justification accordingly. In the case where a margin is generated on the left side, a process of moving the thumbnail to the left by the amount of the newly generated margin is also performed in S885. As a result, on the preview screen, as illustrated in FIG. 10D, the selection range around the original image and the thumbnail disappears, and only the clip whose cutout position is updated is displayed.

  When the preview area changing process is completed and the process returns to S730 in FIG. 6, if the thumbnail on the preview screen is not right-clicked (S730: NO), the PC 1 determines whether to perform printing. (S740).

  If the user has performed an operation to instruct printing (S740: YES), the PC 1 images the preview screen and calls the printer driver (S745). As a result, the printer 3 prints out a print image as shown in FIG. When S745 is completed, the PC 1 closes the window (preview screen) (S750) and ends the preview process.

  On the other hand, when it is determined in S740 that printing is not performed (S740: NO), the PC 1 determines whether or not to cancel (S755). If the user has performed an operation to instruct cancellation (S755: YES), the PC 1 closes the window (preview screen) (S750) and ends the preview process. If no cancellation is performed (S755: NO), the process returns to S730.

[effect]
As described above, according to the PC 1 that executes the above-described processing, after the clip region is cut out from the web page, the range can be changed by a very simple operation when it is desired to change the cut-out range. .

  Therefore, the user does not have to perform the troublesome work of opening the cutout web page again and selecting the cutout range again. Moreover, even if the user forgets what kind of web page the clip has been cut out at a later stage, the cutting range can be changed without any problem.

  Furthermore, even when the cut-out source web page has been deleted from the network, or the content of the cut-out source web page has been updated and the desired information has disappeared, the cut-out range can be changed without any problem.

[Modifications, etc.]
As mentioned above, although embodiment of this invention was described, this invention is not limited to said specific one Embodiment, In addition, it can implement with a various form.

  For example, in the above embodiment, when there are a plurality of clips cut out from the same original image, the selection of the plurality of clips is performed by S430 shown in FIG. 4 (specifically, S505 to S525 shown in FIG. 5A). Although the range is displayed on the change screen, whether or not to perform such display is arbitrary. That is, only the selection range to be changed may be displayed and the other selection ranges may not be displayed.

  Further, when a selection range of a plurality of clips is displayed on the change screen, the selection range to be changed can be switched by S435 shown in FIG. 4 (specifically, S605 to S635 shown in FIG. 5B). Whether or not to do so is also arbitrary. For example, although the selection range of the plurality of clips is displayed on the change screen by S430 shown in FIG. 4 (specifically, S505 to S525 shown in FIG. 5A), the change is made only by displaying such information. The configuration may be such that the target selection range cannot be switched.

  In addition, although the example in which the program for causing the PC 1 to execute the above process is incorporated as a plug-in in the web browser has been described in the above embodiment, the browser itself may include a function for executing the above process.

  In the above-described embodiment, an example in which the PC 1 and the printer 3 are configured as separate devices has been described. However, an integrated device in which a user interface equivalent to the PC 1 is incorporated in a device corresponding to the printer 3. The configuration of the present invention can also be adopted.

In the embodiment described above, the PC 1 or the CPU 11 corresponds to an example of a computer according to the present invention. Further, an example of a first selection command accepting means for CPU 11 to execute the S105 is referred to in the present invention, CPU 11 to execute the S110~S160 corresponds to an example of the selected associated data storage control means. The CPU 11 that executes S405 to S415 or S705 to S725 corresponds to an example of the selected image display means in the present invention. Further, S420~S440, CPU11 that performs the S730~S735 corresponds to an example of a selection択領area change command receiving means. Further, S415, CPU 11 for executing S825 corresponds to an example of the peripheral image temporary display means. Further, CPU 11 for executing S465, S865 corresponds to an example of a selection択領zone information updating means.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Personal computer, 3 ... Printer, 5 ... WAN, 7 ... Web server, 11 ... CPU, 12 ... ROM, 13 ... RAM, 14 ... Hard disk device , 15 ... operation unit, 16 ... display unit, 17 ... network interface, 18 ... USB interface.

Claims (6)

Computer
If the user operation for selecting a partial area of the web page displayed on the screen of the display device is made, the first selection command accepting means for accepting a first selection command,
When receiving said first selection instruction by said first selection command receiving means, from among the web pages are displayed within the bounds of the user the specified by the operation, which is part of the region selection region extracting selected image, a selected image display means for displaying the selected image in the selected image display area that is on the screen of the display device,
Storage means for storing information indicating the web page in a storage unit when the first selection instruction is received by the first selection instruction receiving means;
If the user operation for specifying the selected image displayed on the selected image display area by said selected image display unit is made, a second selection instruction receiving means for receiving a second selection command,
When the second selection command is received by the second selection command receiving means , it is a web page from which the selected image specified by the user operation is extracted, and is indicated by the information stored in the storage unit An image processing program causing a web page to function as display means for displaying on a screen . The selected image display area is displayed in a web browser displayed by a web browser program executed by the computer, and is displayed in the web browser when the web browser program is terminated. The selected screen display area is to be hidden on the screen,
The computer,
Selection accepting means for accepting selection of whether to display or hide the selected image display area;
When the web browser program is terminated by the computer, the terminated web browser program is newly executed on the condition that the selection accepting unit has selected to display the selected image display area. Selected image area display means for displaying the selected image display area in the displayed web browser
The image processing program according to claim 1, wherein the image processing program is made to function as: When the web browser program that has been terminated is newly executed , the selection image display unit has received the first selection command by the first selection command reception unit and extracted it from the web page in the past. The image processing program according to claim 2 , wherein the selected image is displayed in the selected image display area . 2. The second selection command received by a second selection command receiving unit is a command for receiving a change in the selection area corresponding to the selection image displayed in the selection image display area. The image processing program according to claim 3. The information indicating the web page stored in the storage unit by the storage unit is a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) of the web page, according to any one of claims 1 to 4. Image processing program. The storage means stores the URL of the web page and web page data indicating the web page in association with each other in the storage unit,
When the display unit receives the second selection command by the second selection command receiving unit, the web page data stored in association with the URL as the web page indicated by the URL stored in the storage unit The image processing program according to claim 5 , wherein the image processing program is displayed .