JPH0722308B2 - Image information processing device - Google Patents

Description

Description: TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to an image information processing apparatus.

[Prior art]

Examples of conventional devices of this type include, for example, information input means for converting original information into successive electric signals, memory means for storing and reproducing input information from the information input means, and the information input means or memory. Some include a recording means for recording and reproducing information from the means, and a display means for recording and displaying the information from the information input means or the memory means.

In this image processing device, a large number of a series of original information over a plurality of pages are sequentially stored in the memory means, and only a required portion of the original information is reproduced and reproduced by the recording means or displayed by the display means as needed. be able to.

Then, the operator can bind the duplicate and read the displayed one.

However, in such a device, the page order of the output information is the same in the case of outputting to the recording means and the case of outputting to the display means. was there.

That is, normally, the displayed information can be read in the order of younger pages, but there is no problem, but the duplicated sheets are ejected and stacked sequentially on the tray with the younger pages facing down. In a device of a type in which the recording surface is loaded on the upper side, younger pages are discharged first, which is inconvenient for bookbinding. This is because the page order of the stacked sheets must be changed to the reverse order for bookbinding.

〔Purpose〕

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems, and it is an output means (in this embodiment, the output means for outputting the stored image information from the image storage means for storing the image information of a plurality of screens). 1 corresponds to the magneto-optical disc memory device 6), and image forming means for forming an image on a recording medium according to the image information output by the output means (corresponding to the printer 4 in FIG. 1 in this embodiment). Image display means for displaying the image information output by the output means (image display device 5 in FIG. 1 in this embodiment).
Image output destination designation means for selecting and designating the output destination of the image information output by the output means from the image forming means and the image display means (corresponding to the output means designation button 22 in FIG. 4 in this embodiment). When outputting the image information of the plurality of screens from the output means, when the image forming means is selectively designated by the image output destination designating means according to the designation by the image output destination designating means, Control means for controlling the output means so that the output order of the image information of the plurality of screens by the output means is the reverse order to the case where the image display means is selectively designated by the image output destination designating means (this embodiment). An example is shown in FIG. 4 (corresponding to CPU39, CPU26, and CPU45), and an object thereof is to provide an image information processing apparatus.

(Embodiment) An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the image information processing apparatus of the embodiment.

In the figure, reference numeral 1 is a document reading device, which places a document on a document table 2 and optically scans the document while illuminating the document with a fluorescent lamp or the like. It is a device that reads the data. Reference numeral 4 denotes a printer, for example, in the case of a laser beam printer, a laser beam modulated based on the image information signal is imaged and scanned on a photoconductor to obtain a copy image by a known electrophotographic process. It is a device. An image display device 5 obtains a display image by scanning a photosensitive member with a laser beam modulated based on the image information signal in the process disclosed in, for example, JP-A-58-98746. is there. Reference numeral 6 denotes a memory device, for example, a magneto-optical disk memory device, which can record an input signal and reproduce it. The document reading device 1, the printer 4, the image display device 5, and the magneto-optical disk memory device 6 are linked by a connecting means 7 such as a coaxial cable or an optical fiber, so that signals can be transferred. ing.

FIG. 2 shows the structure of the magneto-optical disk memory device 6.

In the figure, a disk-shaped recording medium (hereinafter referred to as a disk) 9 is, for example, a glass disk on which a magnetic film made of a composition such as Gd, Tb, and Fe is deposited by sputtering or the like. At the time of recording, the light beam modulated based on the information emitted from the laser light source 10 is made into parallel light by the collimator lens 11, passes through the polarizer 14 and the beam splitter 12, and is condensed on the surface of the disk 9 using the condenser lens 13. A beam spot with a diameter of about 1 μm is focused. Here, the magnetic film of the disk 9 is magnetized in advance by aligning it in the vertical direction, and the magnetization direction is reversed by the irradiation of the laser beam, so that the image information is recorded as bit 18 in FIG. To be done.

On the other hand, at the time of reproduction, a light beam having a constant intensity is emitted from the laser light source 10, linearly polarized by the polarizer 14, and irradiated on the bit string formed on the disk 9. Then, the reflected light from the disk 9 whose polarization plane is rotated by the magnetic force-effect according to the recorded information is redirected by the beam splitter 12, guided to the light receiving element 16 through the analyzer 15, and the signal is detected. The signal processing circuit 17 reproduces the recorded image information.

The recorded image information can be arbitrarily searched (random access) by moving the optical system as shown in FIG. 2 in the disk radial direction relative to the disk 9. Further, the above-mentioned recording can be easily erased by applying a strong magnetic field to the disk which coincides with the magnetization direction before recording.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a detailed configuration of the image information processing apparatus. The same parts as those in FIGS. 1 to 3 are designated by the same reference numerals. FIG. 5 is a flow chart showing the image information processing procedure of this apparatus.

Hereinafter, this apparatus and a method of processing image information in the apparatus will be described with reference to FIGS.

First, in step 1, the density determination lever 21 of the operation panel 19 is operated to set initial conditions such as copy density. The density setting signal D is sent to the document reading device 1, the printer 4 and the image display device 5, and in the printer 4,
The signal D'is input to the density adjusting circuit 27 via 24, and in the image display device 5, the signal D "is input to the density adjusting circuit 46 via the port 43. In step 2, processing is performed by the output means designating button 22. A work is designated and it is judged whether it is an input work or an output work, that is, if no output means is designated, it is judged as an input work.
Then, when the start button 23 is turned on, the document is read by the document reading device 1 and the information is stored in the disc 9.
In step 3, the start signal Q read by a start signal S _L from the start button 23 is sent to the document reading apparatus 1 of the port 37 from the magneto-optical disk memory device 6. Then, the CCD driver circuit 40 and the optical system drive circuit 41 are driven while being controlled by the CPU 39 and the memory 38,
Read the original. The read signal R is sent to the port 30 of the magneto-optical disk memory device 6 and input as the signal R to the laser modulation circuit 34. When input, the laser light modulated as described above is applied to the disk 9 and the image information is stored.

On the other hand, when the output means is designated by the output means designation button 22 in step 2, it is determined that the output work is performed, and the process proceeds to step 4. In step 4, it is determined whether the designated output means is the printer 4 or the image display device 5. If it is determined that the output means is the printer 4, the process proceeds to step 5.

In step 5, the image information stored as described above is reproduced by the magneto-optical disk memory device 6, and this reproduced signal is sent to the printer 4 and output as a copied image. At this time, the output sequence signal F _P corresponding to the printer 4 is given to the port 30 via the port 24 as the reproduction sequence designation signal F _P ′, and the signal F _P ″
Is input to the optical head drive circuit 35 to drive the optical head.

The driven optical head reads the image information from the disc 9 according to the designated reproduction order.

That is, in the case of this embodiment, a series of image information over a plurality of pages is sequentially read from the subsequent pages.

This image information is sent as a reproduction signal M from the reproduction signal processing circuit 36 to the port 24 of the printer 4 as a reproduction signal M and is input to the laser modulation circuit 28 as a signal M ', which is known in connection with the drum drive circuit 29. It is printed out as a copy image in the electrophotographic process. When all the printouts are completed, the printer 4 sends a copy end signal S to the magneto-optical disk memory device 6. In this way, a series of image information over a plurality of pages is stacked face up on the tray of the printer 4 with the young pages up. The process from the information reproduction to the printout is performed by the CPU 32 of each of the magneto-optical disk memory device 6 and the printer 4.
And 26 and memories 31 and 25.

When erasing the information stored in the disc 9 by the magneto-optical disc memory device 6, the erase button 20 of the operation panel 19 is turned on in step 6. Then, the copy end signal S
After being input to the port 30, an erasing signal T'is sent to the erasing drive circuit 33 by the signal T to erase the information recorded on the disk 9.

On the other hand, if it is determined in step 4 that the output means is not the printer 4, the process proceeds to step 7. In step 7, the image information stored as described above is reproduced by the magneto-optical disk memory device 6, and this reproduction signal is sent to the image display device 5 and output as a copied image. At this time, the output sequence signal Fd corresponding to the image display device 5 is sent to the port 30 as the reproduction sequence designation signal Fd ′ via the port 43, and is input to the optical head drive circuit 35 as the signal Fd ″ to drive the optical head. The driven optical head reads the image information from the disc 9 according to the designated reproduction order, that is, in this embodiment, a series of image information over a plurality of pages is sequentially read from the young page.

This image information is sent from the reproduction signal processing circuit 36 through the port 30 to the port 43 of the image display device 5 as the reproduction signal M, and is input to the laser modulation circuit 47 as the signal M ″. Image information is displayed by the process disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 58-98746. When the display is completed, the image display device 5 sends a display end signal S to the magneto-optical disk memory device 6. Thus, the image is displayed. An example of image information over a plurality of pages is displayed in order from the youngest page on the display device 5. The memory 44, the CPU 45.
Is involved in the process from information reproduction to image display as described above.

As described above, according to this embodiment, when reproducing and outputting a series of information stored in the memory means over a plurality of pages, when outputting to the recording means, the information is output from the latter page and the display means. When outputting, the younger page is output, so in the case of display, the pages are displayed in order from the youngest, which makes it easier to read, and in the case of recording, the younger page is on top. It is output, and thus it becomes easier to bind.

In the above embodiment, an example in which the output is made to either the printer 4 or the image display device 5 has been shown, but it is also possible to make an arrangement so that the outputs are made to both devices 4 and 5 simultaneously. In that case, for example, in the magneto-optical disk memory device 6, the second
If a plurality of optical systems as shown in the figure are provided and the optical system corresponding to the printer 4 and the optical system corresponding to the image display device 5 are configured to move in opposite directions in the disk radial direction as necessary. good.

Further, it is also possible to configure which of the outputs from the both devices 4 and 5 to output in the forward direction (output in page order) can be designated as necessary.

(Effect) As described above, according to the present invention, when the image information is output from the image information storage unit in which the image information of a plurality of screens is stored by the output unit, the image forming unit is selectively designated by the image output destination designating unit. If so, the output means outputs the image information of the plurality of screens in an order reverse to that in which the image display means is selectively designated by the image output destination designating means. Therefore, by simply specifying the output destination, the output order of the image information from the output means is controlled, it is easy to bind when image formation of image information of a plurality of screens on the recording medium by the image forming means, When displaying on the image display means, it is possible to easily control the output of the image information of a plurality of screens for easy viewing.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the structure of an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a view schematically showing the structure of the magneto-optical disk memory device of FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is an image on the disk of FIG. FIG. 4 is a plan view showing a recording mode of information, FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a configuration of the information processing apparatus of FIG. 1, and FIG. 5 is a flow chart for explaining an information processing method using the information processing apparatus of FIG. Is. In the figure, 1 is a document reading device, 4 is a printer, 5 is an image display device, 6 is a magneto-optical disk memory device, and 7 is a connecting means.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. Output means for outputting stored image information from image storage means for storing image information of a plurality of screens, for forming an image on a recording medium according to the image information output by the output means. Image forming means, image display means for displaying the image information output by the output means, and an output destination of the image information output by the output means are selected from the image forming means and the image display means. Image output destination designating means, and when the image information of the plurality of screens is output from the output means, the image forming means is selectively designated by the image output destination designating means according to designation by the image output destination designating means. If there is, the output order of the image information of the plurality of screens by the output means is selectively designated by the image output destination designating means by the image display means. An image information processing apparatus comprising: a control unit that controls the output unit in a reverse order to that of the case.