JPH0150942B2 - - Google Patents

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[Detailed Description of the Invention] (1) Description of the field to which the invention pertains The present invention relates to an image editing processing method, and particularly to an image editing processing method that can easily and efficiently edit an image composed of partial images. .

(2) Description of conventional technology Conventionally, when editing an image composed of partial images, one partial image is interactively selected from among one or more partial images composing the image, and the selected partial image is edited. One type of editing operation had to be repeatedly performed on the image. For example, in order to edit an image consisting of two partial images, a circle and a triangle, it is necessary to select each circle or triangle one by one and repeatedly apply editing operations such as enlarging, reducing, moving, etc. Therefore, it is necessary to select and edit many partial images in order to edit an image, which has the disadvantage that editing is complicated and takes a long time.

(3) Purpose of the Invention In order to solve these drawbacks, the present invention makes it possible to perform editing operations on partial images constituting an image all at once using preset conversion commands. The drawings are intended to facilitate and improve the efficiency of image editing, and will be described in detail below.

(4) Description of structure and operation of the invention FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the invention, in which 1 is an input device that receives an image identifier and a conversion command identifier (hereinafter referred to as command identifier) input from the outside; is an image storage unit that stores an image composed of a pair of a partial image identifier (hereinafter referred to as a partial identifier) and one or more pieces of shape data, and an image identifier of the image; An example of the expression of one image (image identifier is "face") stored in the following figure is shown below. 3 is an image search unit that searches images in the image storage unit 2 using the image identifier input from the input device 1 as a key and outputs the corresponding image; 4 is an image search unit that searches the image in the image storage unit 2 using the image identifier input from the input device 1 as a key; An image buffer temporarily stores images configured in pairs with one or more images; 5 is a display control unit that generates an image display signal; and 6 is a display device that displays images. Reference numeral 7 denotes a conversion instruction storage unit that stores conversion instructions and conversion instruction identifiers (hereinafter referred to as instruction identifiers) each consisting of a pair of a partial identifier and one or more of the editing operations. An example of conversion instructions stored in the conversion instruction storage section 7 is shown. Reference numeral 8 denotes a conversion instruction search unit that searches for conversion instructions in the conversion instruction storage unit 7 using the instruction identifier inputted from the input device 1 as a key, and outputs a partial identifier and editing operation information of the corresponding conversion instruction. Reference numeral 9 denotes a partial identifier buffer for temporarily storing one or more partial identifiers output from the conversion instruction retrieval section 8, an example of which is shown in FIGS. 4a and 4b. 1
0 is an editing operation buffer that temporarily stores one or more pieces of editing operation information retrieved and outputted from the conversion instruction search unit 8 in correspondence with the partial identifier in the partial identifier buffer 9, and corresponds to FIGS. 4a and 4b. An example of the editing operation is shown in FIGS. 5a and 5b.

11 uses the partial identifier of the image in the image buffer 4 as a key and compares it with the partial identifier in the partial identifier buffer 9, and if the result of the comparison is the same, the shape data in the image buffer 4 corresponding to the partial identifier is extracted. The output partial image search section is shown. 12 is a partial image buffer that temporarily stores the shape data of the partial image output from the partial image search unit 11, and 13 is an edit buffer 10 corresponding to the partial identifier of the shape data in the partial image buffer 12. Read operation information and partial image buffer 1
This is an editing operation execution part that performs editing operations on the shape data in 2. An example of the editing operation content that can be executed by this execution part
(defined on a Cartesian coordinate plane with an axis) is the sixth
As shown in the figure. 14 is an edited image buffer that temporarily stores the result of the editing operation of the shape data in the partial image buffer 12 executed by the editing operation execution unit 13;
The contents of the edited image buffer 14 are read out by the display control section 5 and displayed on the display device 6.

Next, the operation will be explained using FIG. For explanation purposes,
It is assumed that the image storage section 2 stores a plurality of images, including images such as those shown in FIGS. 2a and 2b. Further, it is assumed that the conversion instruction storage section 7 stores a plurality of conversion instructions, and includes conversion instructions as shown in FIGS. 3a and 3b. It is also assumed that the editing operation execution unit 13 can execute the editing operation information as shown in FIG. Further, as shown in FIG. 2, the image identifier 15 given from the outside is "face", and as shown in FIG. 3, the command identifiers 16 and 17 are "smile",
Assume that you are angry. FIG. 7 shows a flowchart of an example of operation.

First, input the image identifier "face" 1 from the outside into the input device 1.
Enter 5. The image search section 3 searches the images in the image storage section 2 using "face" as a key, outputs seven pairs of the partial identifier 18 and the shape data 19 shown in FIG. 2, and temporarily stores them in the image buffer 4. At the same time, the display control unit 5 reads the shape data in the image buffer 4 and outputs it to the display device 6.

Next, input the command identifier “laugh” from the outside to input device 1.
Enter 16. The conversion command search unit 8 reads “laugh”.
is used as a key to search and read out the information shown in FIG. 3a in the conversion instruction storage unit 7, and store five partial identifiers as shown in FIG. 4a in the partial identifier buffer 9 corresponding to the partial identifier 20 shown in FIG. 3. is outputted to the editing operation buffer 10 in accordance with the editing operation information 21 shown in FIG. 3, as shown in FIG. 5a, five pieces of editing operation information corresponding to FIG. 4a are output.

Next, the partial image search unit 11 reads out the first partial identifier “left eyebrow” in the image buffer 4,
The partial identifier buffer 9 is searched using "left eyebrow" as a key. As the search results did not find the same item, next the second partial identifier in image buffer 4 "Right eyebrow"
is read out, and the partial identifier buffer 9 is searched using the "right eyebrow" as a key. As a result, since there is no same one, the third partial identifier "left eye" in the image buffer 4 is read out, and the partial identifier buffer 9 is searched using "left eye" as a key. As a result, the third and fourth positions in the partial identifier buffer 9 are the same, so the shape data corresponding to "left eye" in the image buffer 4 is output to the partial image buffer 12, and the third and fourth positions in the editing operation buffer 10 are The editing operation information ``reverse in the x direction'' and ``rotate 30 degrees counterclockwise'' are output to the editing operation execution unit 13, respectively. The editing operation execution unit 13 executes "reverse in the x direction" and "rotate 30 degrees counterclockwise" on the "left eye" shape data in the partial image buffer 12, and converts the shape data into the edited image buffer. Output to 14. The display control section 5 reads out the partial image in the edited image buffer 14, outputs a display signal, and displays it on the display device 6.

Next, the partial image search unit 11 reads out the fourth partial identifier "right eye" in the image buffer 4 and repeats the above operation. Similarly, the above operations are performed for the "nose", "mouth", and "outline", and finally the image shown in FIG. 8a is displayed on the display device 6.

Command identifier 17 instead of command identifier "lol"
When "get angry" corresponding to "get angry" is input, the image in FIG. 8b is displayed on the display device 6 using the information in FIGS. 3b, 4b, and 5b.

The above is an example of the operation, but the number of images in the image storage section 2 and the type and number of conversion instructions in the conversion instruction storage section 7 are arbitrary. Furthermore, the conversion command can be configured by storing not only one editing operation for one partial identifier as shown in FIG. 3, but also n editing operations for one partial identifier, in the same manner as in the embodiment. Alternatively, the method may be used in combination with a method in which a partial image is selected by inputting a partial identifier instead of an image identifier, and one type of editing operation is performed.

(5) Explanation of Effects As explained above, according to the present invention, when editing an image composed of partial images, a conversion command that presets editing operations can be applied to multiple partial images by inputting a single input instruction. This has advantages such as easier and more efficient editing compared to conventional image editing methods in which each partial image is selected and edited one by one. Editing time can also be shortened.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG.
3 is a diagram showing an example of an image, FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a specific example of a conversion command, FIG. 4 is an example of the contents of the partial identifier buffer 9, FIG. 5 is an example of the contents of the editing operation buffer 10, and FIG. The figure shows an example of editing operation information, FIG. 7 is a flowchart of one operation example, and FIG. 8 is an example of an edited image based on a conversion command. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Input device, 2... Image storage unit, 3... Image search unit, 4... Image buffer, 5... Display control unit, 6... Display device, 7... Conversion instruction storage unit, 8... Conversion instruction search unit, 9... Part Identifier buffer, 10... Edit operation buffer, 11... Partial image search section, 12... Partial image buffer, 13... Edit operation execution section, 14... Edited image buffer.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. Means for storing an image composed of one or more pairs of a partial image identifier and the shape data and the image identifier of the image; means for searching the stored image using an externally inputted image identifier as a key; partial identifier; means for storing a conversion instruction comprising one or more pairs of and the editing operation and a conversion instruction identifier of the conversion instruction; means for searching the stored conversion instruction using an externally inputted conversion instruction identifier as a key; means for searching for a partial identifier in the searched conversion instruction using a partial image identifier of the searched image as a key and outputting shape data corresponding to the partial image identifier of the searched image; An image editing processing method comprising means for performing an editing operation corresponding to a partial identifier in a retrieved conversion command, and editing an image using a given image identifier and a given conversion command identifier.