JP2000067078A - Method for processing data and device therefor - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To change a method for retrieving and outputting an image based on character information without using character information as the only accessory information of an image. SOLUTION: Inputted image information and comment information related with the image information are made to correspond to each other and stored, and when information related with a prescribed item, for example, 'time' included in the comment information is designated (S10), the comment information having information corresponding to the designated information 'time' and the image information corresponding to the comment information are extracted (S11), and the extracted comment information and image information is sorted according to the prescribed item (date) included in the comment information, and outputted (S14).

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a data processing apparatus for storing image information and related character information and extracting a desired image based on the character information.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a word processor or a personal computer,
Some display image information such as photos captured using a digital camera or a scanner in a list format or an album format. Some of such devices include a large-capacity hard disk or the like and can store a large amount of image information.

[0003]

In such a device capable of storing a large amount of image information, how to organize the image information has become an important issue. For example, in the case of image information such as a photograph, character information such as a photographing date and time and a photographing place can be input, and such character information plays a role of supplementing information of a photograph. However, such character information is merely additional information of the image information, and in selecting the image information and displaying the image, the character information is
It could not be reflected in the search and output of the image information.

[0004] The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned conventional example, and does not use character information as merely attached information of an image, but a data processing method and a data processing method capable of changing an image search and output method based on the character information. It is intended to provide a device.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a data processing method and apparatus in which date, place, comment, and the like of character information are associated with image information as an independent database and can be used for searching and rearranging images. Is to do.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, a data processing apparatus according to the present invention has the following arrangement. That is, image input means for inputting image information, input means for inputting comment information related to the image information input by the image input means, image information input by the image input means, An image storage unit for storing comment information corresponding to the input image information in association with the image information; a designation unit for designating information related to a predetermined item included in the comment information; and a designation unit designated by the designation unit. Extracting comment information having information corresponding to the information, image information corresponding to the comment information from the image storage means, and extracting the comment information and the image information extracted by the extraction means into the comment Output control means for performing control so as to sort and output according to predetermined items included in the information.

In order to achieve the above object, a data processing method according to the present invention includes the following steps. An input step of inputting comment information related to image information; a storage step of storing the image information and comment information corresponding to the image information input in the input step in association with each other; A designation step of designating information related to a predetermined item included in the information; comment information having information corresponding to the information designated in the designation step; and image information corresponding to the comment information in the image storage. An extracting step of extracting from the step, and an output controlling step of controlling the comment information and the image information extracted in the extracting step to be sorted and output according to predetermined items included in the comment information. Features.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of a data processing apparatus according to the present embodiment.
Input and display of image data and character data, and printing of the same can be performed.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a CPU (central processing unit) such as a microcomputer, which controls each unit connected to the bus line 6 in accordance with a control program (PRG) 7a stored in a ROM 7. In addition, this CP
U1 may control each unit by executing the processing described below in accordance with, for example, a program loaded from the FD 5 into the RAM 8. An input unit 2 includes a keyboard (KB), a mouse, and the like, and includes control keys for instructing and executing various controls and character keys for inputting characters. Reference numeral 3 denotes a display unit, for example, a color liquid crystal display (LCD).
VRAM4 which is a write-only memory for display
And the font data described later. Reference numeral 5 denotes an external storage device, which includes, for example, a floppy disk (FD) or a hard disk, and stores image character information. A ROM 7 functions as a read-only memory, and stores a program (PRG) 7a for executing image character processing and a font pattern (FONT) 7b such as characters, symbols, and ruled lines. Reference numeral 8 denotes a RAM that functions as a writable memory, stores image information and character information, and is used as a temporary work area and a save area when executing a program.

The inside of the RAM 8 is divided into several areas as follows.

Reference numeral 8a denotes a work area (WORK) for temporarily using the program to operate.
It is. 8b denotes an image area (IM) for storing image information.
G). 8c is a comment area (COM) for storing character information. 8d is a table (TBL) for organizing the relationship between the image information and the character information described above. 8
e is a sort area (S) in which necessary numbers are extracted from the numbers in the above-described table 8d and the result of sorting is temporarily stored.
ORT).

A printer (PRT) 9 prints image and character information, and an image reader (I) 10 takes in an image.
R).

Next, the above-mentioned image area (IMG) 8
b, comment area (COM) 8c, table (TBL)
8d will be described in detail.

FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining the relationship between the image area 8b, the comment area 8c, and the table 8d.

Here, a plurality of images 22 (IMG (1), IMG (2),...) Are stored in the image area 8b, and each image is numbered. Each of these images may or may not be compressed and stored. Each image may have a different size. The head address of the image area 8b where these images are stored is stored in the table 8d.

Similarly, the character information is stored in the comment area 8c in the form of a character code. Reference numeral 23 denotes character information corresponding to each image. Like the images, COM (1) and COM (1) indicate character information.
(2),... Are assigned numbers corresponding to the images. Since the storage size of each area also differs for this character information, the start address of each character information is
d. 21 of the table 8d stores the image (I
MG (1)) and the corresponding character information (COM
(1)) indicates an area that is stored in association with (1).

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a data structure of an area 21 of the table 8d. Reference numeral 31 denotes an image (IMG (1) 2
2), the head address 32 is the image (IMG (1) 2
The top address of the character information (COM (1) 23) corresponding to 2) is shown.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of character information (COM (1)) 23 corresponding to the image (IMG (1)) 22.

Reference numeral 41 denotes the date when the image (IMG (1)) was created, or the date when the image was captured from a scanner or digital camera (here, "96.1.1"). . Reference numeral 42 denotes a shooting location (here, “Yamanakako”) if the image (IMG (1)) is a photograph, and reference numeral 43 denotes a simple comment (here, “New Year's morning”) regarding the image (IMG (1)). Consists of

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a display example of an image (IMG (1)) 22 and corresponding character information (COM (1)) 23.

Here, an example in which only one image is displayed is shown. When displaying the image 22 in this manner,
The head address of the image area 8b in which the image 22 is stored is obtained from the table 8d, the image data is read from the image area 8b, and if the image data is compressed, decompression processing is performed. Is written in the VRAM 4 and displayed on the display unit 3.

On the other hand, character information 2 corresponding to this image 22
3 is obtained from the area 21 of the table 8d, a font is extracted based on the character code stored in the character information 23, and the font pattern is converted into a VRA.
By writing to M4, the character is displayed. In FIG. 5, 51 indicates the entire screen, 52 indicates an image display area, and the image 22 described above is displayed here.
53 to 55 indicate character information, 53 is a display area of the date information 41 in FIG. 4, 54 is a display area of the shooting place 42, 55
Indicates a display area of the comment 43. This FIG.
Although this is an example in which only one image is displayed, the following embodiment will be described in the case where a plurality of images are displayed simultaneously.

[First Embodiment] Next, the operation of the data processing apparatus according to the first embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing input processing of image data and related character information in the data processing apparatus of the present embodiment. A program for executing this processing may be stored in the PRG 7a of the ROM 7,
Alternatively, it may be loaded from the FD 5 to the RAM 8.

This processing is started when an input of image data is instructed from the input unit 2 or the like.
In step 1, image data is input from the image reader 10.
The image reader 10 may be, for example, a handy scanner or a digital camera. This image data may be loaded from the floppy disk 5 or the like. The image data thus input is stored in the image area (IMG) 8b of the RAM 8. Next, step S
The program proceeds to step 2 where the image data is written into the VRAM 4 and displayed on the display unit 3. Next, the process proceeds to step S3, where character information related to the displayed image is input using the input unit 2. The character information thus input is stored in the comment area (COM) 8c. At the same time, in step S4, the head address of the image data in the image area 8b and the storage address of the corresponding character information are associated with each other. And stored in the table (TBL) 8d. In this way, a plurality of image data are stored in the image area 8b, and a plurality of character information corresponding thereto are also stored in the comment area 8c. Then, as shown in FIG. 2, it is stored in association with each other by the table 8d.

Next, only the first image of each year is extracted from a plurality of images stored in the image area 8b, which is a feature of the first embodiment, and the character information corresponding to each image is extracted. The display process will be described.

Such processing is started by an instruction from the input unit 2. First, in step S10, the comment area 8c
The data (for example, 41 in FIG. 4) corresponding to the “year, month, and day” of the plurality of images stored in the image data is searched, and in step S11, the number (COM) of the character information having the first date of each year is searched.
(1), COM (2), ...) and its "year" are stored in the work area 8a. As a result, only one character information is selected per year. Next, the process proceeds to step S12, where the numbers of the character information are sorted in chronological order, and only the numbers are stored in the sort area 8e.

FIG. 9 shows an example of the number of the character information stored in the sort area 8e.

Here, "3",
"10", "1", "20",... Indicate the numbers of images and character information arranged in chronological order.
Further, the table 8d is searched based on the numbers sorted in the sort area 8e, and the image data corresponding to each number is extracted from the image area 8b. Here, if the image data is compressed, it is decompressed and further reduced based on the size displayed on the screen of the display unit 3, that is, the number of sorted images and the display area. The result of the reduction is temporarily stored in the work area 8a (step S1).
3). Further, the process proceeds to step S14, and the character information corresponding to the image is referred to the comment area 8c with reference to the table 8d.
, The character code is developed into a font pattern, written into the display VRAM 4 together with the previous image data, and displayed on the display unit 3. In step S15, it is checked whether or not all the images sorted in the sort area 8e have been displayed. If not, the process returns to step S13 to read out the image data to be displayed next. Display with These processes are repeated until all the images sorted in the sort area 8e are displayed, and a list is displayed.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a display example of an image displayed in this manner.

In FIG. 6, nine images each having the first date of each year are displayed on one screen, and 61 is an image obtained by reducing the image 52 shown in FIG. Here, the characters may also be reduced, but if they are reduced, it is difficult to see them.

In the first embodiment, the image with the first date is selected every year. However, the image with the last date every year or the image with the first date every month may be used. In short, an image at a certain interval is extracted and displayed in chronological order.

[Second Embodiment] In the first embodiment, the image of the first date of each year is displayed together with the character information. In the second embodiment, two images are displayed for each year. Is displayed. The processing in this case will be described with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing a process of reading image characters according to the second embodiment. A program for executing this process may be stored in the PRG 7a of the ROM 7, or may be loaded from the FD 5 into the RAM 8. Is also good.

This processing is started by a character image reading instruction from the input unit 2 or the like. First, in step S20, data corresponding to "year, month, day" in the comment area 8c (for example, 41 in FIG. 4) is searched. In S21, the number of the character information of the first date of each year and the year information are stored in the work area 8.
Stored in a. However, at this time, the work area 8a stores a number every other year. This is to secure two areas of data of the same year.

FIG. 12A is a diagram showing the numbers stored for each year.

In the figure, 121 is the number “3” of 1997
Is shown. 123 is 96 number "1"
The character information of "0" is shown, and two character information items are selected for each year, so that a space is provided between these numbers.

Next, in step S22, the number of the character information of the first date after July in each year and the year information are stored in the work area 8a in the same manner.

FIG. 12B shows an example of the data stored in this way. Reference numeral 122 denotes the first data 9 since July 1997.
The number "8" of the character information of the seventh year is shown. Similarly, two numbers are selected each year.

Next, the process proceeds to step S23, where these numbers are sorted in chronological order, and only the numbers are stored in the sort area 8e. The process further proceeds to step S24, and the image data corresponding to the character information is extracted from the image area 8b by referring to the table 8d from the number stored in the sort area 8e. At this time, if the image data is compressed, it is decompressed, and further, the image is reduced according to the number of sorted images and the screen size. The result of the reduction is temporarily stored in the work area 8a. Further, the character information is similarly read from the comment area 8c with reference to the table 8d, and is expanded into a font from the read character code, and is displayed together with the corresponding image data in the display VRAM.
4 to be displayed on the display unit 3. In step S26, the above process is repeated until all the sorted images are displayed, and a list of two images is displayed for each year.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a display example thus displayed.

In the figure, four images and corresponding character information are displayed on one screen. Here, 101
Indicates the image of the first date of each year, and 102 indicates 7 of the year.
Shows the image for the first date after the month. Note that the characters may also be reduced here, but it is desirable to display the characters without being reduced because the reduced size makes it difficult to see. In the second embodiment, four images are displayed. However, more images may be displayed on one screen. In addition, the image to be displayed is selected based on the date at the beginning of each year and the first date after July, but may be August or September instead of July.

[Third Embodiment] In the first embodiment, the image of the first date of each year is displayed together with the character information. However, in the third embodiment, the image of the date of the specific month of each year is displayed. Extract and display only images.

FIG. 13 is a flow chart showing the processing of the third embodiment.
It may be stored in the PRG 7a of the OM 7, or
5 may be loaded into the RAM 8.

First, in step S30, a "month" to be displayed is specified, and display of an image having a date of the month is specified. This is performed by inputting an arbitrary month number from January to December by the input unit 2,
The input month number is stored in the work area 8a. Next, the process proceeds to step S31, where data corresponding to “year, month, day” in the comment area 8c (for example, 41 in FIG. 4) is searched,
In each year, the number of the character information of the month designated in step S30 and the year information of the year are stored in the work area 8a (step S32). Next, proceed to step S33,
The numbers extracted in step S32 are sorted in chronological order, and only the numbers are stored in the sort area 8e.

Then, the process proceeds to a step S34, wherein the table 8d is searched from the number stored in the sort area 8e, and a corresponding image is taken out. At this time, if the image is compressed, it is decompressed and further reduced based on the number of sorted images and the screen size. The result of this reduction is
It is temporarily stored in the work area 8a. Next, step S3
5, the character information corresponding to the image is similarly read from the comment area 8c with reference to the table 8d, and the character code is expanded into font data.
4 is written in the display VRAM 4 together with the image data 4 and displayed on the display unit 3. Then, in step S36, the above processing is repeated until all the sorted images are displayed, and finally, only the images on the dates of the specific month are displayed in a list.

As a result, only the images of the designated month of each year are displayed in a list. This can be used to store images taken by a digital camera or the like and to extract only photos of the month of the athletic meet or to extract only the photos of the month of summer vacation. In addition, it is needless to say that designation may be made in units of years or days instead of months.

Fourth Embodiment In the third embodiment described above, an example has been described in which an image is extracted based on the date of an image and displayed in a list, but a place included in character information is designated instead of the date. Alternatively, it is also possible to extract only the image related to the place and display the list. A fourth embodiment for executing such a process will be described with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 15 is a flowchart showing a process according to the fourth embodiment.
It may be stored in the PRG 7a of the M7 or the FD5
May be loaded into the RAM 8.

First, in step S40, a "place" to be displayed is designated, and display of an image having the place is designated. This is performed in accordance with the input of the data indicating the "location" by the input unit 2, and the input data of the "location" is stored in the work area 8a. Next, step S
In step 41, data (eg, 42 in FIG. 4) corresponding to the "place" in the comment area 8c is searched, and the character information number of the "place" designated in step S40 and the year information of the year are searched for. It is stored in the area 8a (step S42).
Next, the process proceeds to step S43, where the numbers extracted in step S42 are sorted in chronological order, and only the numbers are stored in the sort area 8e.

Then, the process proceeds to a step S44, wherein the table 8d is searched from the number stored in the sort area 8e, and a corresponding image is taken out. At this time, if the image is compressed, it is decompressed and further reduced based on the number of sorted images and the screen size. The result of this reduction is
It is temporarily stored in the work area 8a. Next, step S4
5, the character information corresponding to the image is similarly read from the comment area 8c with reference to the table 8d, and the character code is expanded into font data.
4 is written in the display VRAM 4 together with the image data 4 and displayed on the display unit 3. Then, in step S46, the above processing is repeated until all the sorted images are displayed, and finally, only the images at the specific places are sorted in chronological order and displayed in a list.

This is an effective method for examining photographs such as how the same place has changed with time.

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing a list display example obtained in this way.

In the figure, 141 can be displayed as "Yamanakako" in 1994, 142 can be displayed as "Yamanakako" in 1995, 143 can be displayed as "Yamanakako" in 96, and the change in the way of taking a picture by the year at the same place. And changes in the environment.

In the fourth embodiment, the image is extracted by designating the "place". However, the image may be extracted by designating the character of the comment. This is particularly effective when searching for photos that include a specific character string in a comment. For example, if you extract an image that contains the text "athletic meet" in the comment,
Athletic meet photos will be listed.

[Fifth Embodiment] In the above-described third embodiment, an example in which a specific date of an image is extracted for each year and displayed as a list has been described. It can also be done. Hereinafter, the processing will be described with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 18 is a flowchart showing a process according to the fifth embodiment.
It may be stored in the PRG 7a of the M7 or the FD5
May be loaded into the RAM 8.

First, in step S50, a "period" to be displayed is specified, and display of an image having the "period" is specified. This is performed in accordance with the input of data indicating the [period] by the input unit 2, and the input data of the [period] is stored in the work area 8a. As a method of indicating this period, for example, January 1997, or a range from January to March 1997 may be specified.

Then, the process proceeds to a step S51, wherein data corresponding to the "period" of the comment area 8c (for example, 41 in FIG. 4)
Is retrieved, and the number of the character information included in the “period” specified in step S50 and the date information thereof are stored in the work area 8.
a (step S52). Next, step S53
Then, the numbers extracted in step S52 are sorted in order of date, and only the numbers are stored in the sort area 8e.

Then, the process proceeds to a step S54, and then the screen 1
To represent the number of images, the size of one image is calculated from the number of displayed images. Then, the process proceeds to step S55, where the table 8d is searched from the number stored in the sort area 8e, and the corresponding image is extracted. At this time, if the image is compressed, it is decompressed and further reduced and processed to the size obtained in step S54. The result thus obtained is temporarily stored in the work area 8a. Next, the process proceeds to step S56, and the character information corresponding to the image is similarly stored in the table 8d.
Is read out from the comment area 8c, the character code is expanded into font data, written into the display VRAM 4 together with the image data obtained in step S55, and displayed on the display unit 3. Then, in step S57, the above process is repeated until all the sorted images are displayed, and finally, only the images at the specific places are sorted in chronological order and displayed as a list. The process further proceeds to step S58, and the designated period is displayed at the bottom of the screen.

FIG. 16 is a diagram showing a display example of the image data thus extracted for a certain period. Here, a list display example when "January 1997" is designated as the period is shown. In FIG. 16, 161 to 163 indicate photographs taken in January 1997. Reference numeral 162 denotes a display area in the designated period.

FIG. 17 is a diagram showing an example of a list display when a period from January to March 1997 is designated.

In the figure, 171 shows a photograph of the first date of January 1997, and 173 shows a photograph of the last date of March 1997. Reference numeral 172 denotes an area for displaying the designated “period” as in FIG.

In the fifth embodiment, the period is limited to years and months. However, the period may be set in units of days. Screen 1
Although the number is limited to two, two or three may be used. According to this example, it is possible to immediately grasp what kind of picture was taken during which period, which is extremely effective for searching for a picture.

[Sixth Embodiment] Next, a sixth embodiment of the present invention will be described. In the sixth embodiment, in order to check the contents of images stored in a medium such as a floppy disk, some of the images included in the medium are printed as sample images and pasted on a package such as a floppy disk. For this purpose, a method of printing the sample image will be described.

FIG. 19 shows a sample image printing example, and FIG. 20 is a flowchart showing the sample image printing process.

First, in step S60, data is read from a floppy disk (FD). And step S6
In step 1, the image stored in the FD and the corresponding character information are stored in the image area 8b and the comment area 8c, respectively, and a table 8d for associating them is created. Next, the process proceeds to step S62, where the number of images stored in the FD 5 is divided by “5” to calculate the number of images to be displayed. The obtained number is temporarily stored in the work area 8a.
Then, the process proceeds to step S63 to calculate the size of one image according to the size of the paper to be printed. This data is also temporarily stored in the work area 8a. Then, the process proceeds to step S64, in which every five images are extracted, and the extracted images are reduced according to the image size. The images thus taken out are displayed in a list (step S65), and after they are confirmed, printed (step S66).

FIG. 19 shows an example of a print result, and 191 corresponds to one reduced image. In this case, if FD
If 5 stores 100 images, a total of 20 sample images can be printed every five images. In the sixth embodiment, every five sheets are extracted. However, every ten sheets may be extracted.
Every two sheets may be used. It goes without saying that all images may be printed.

[Seventh Embodiment] In the sixth embodiment, the sample images are extracted at regular intervals. However, the number of extracted images may be fixed from the beginning. The method of the sample printing will be described with reference to FIGS.

First, in step S70, the image data stored in the FD 5 is read. Next, the process proceeds to step S71, where the character information corresponding to the image stored in the FD 5 is stored in the image area 8b and the comment area 8c, respectively, and a table 8d for associating them is created. Next, in step S72, the number of images stored in the FD 5 is divided by "100" to calculate an interval between the number of prints. As a result, for example, if image data of “500 sheets” is stored, the printing interval is set to every five sheets, and for example, “200 sheets”
If it is a "sheet", it will be every two sheets. The number of print intervals thus obtained is temporarily stored in the work area 8a. Then, the process proceeds to a step S73, in which images are extracted at regular intervals based on the number of sheets, and the images are reduced to the size of 1/100 of the paper to be printed. Then, the process proceeds to a step S74, in which a list of the extracted images is displayed, and the operator instructs printing after confirming the display contents. Thereby, step S7
At 5, the printer 9 prints a list of sample images.

FIG. 21 is a diagram showing the printing result.
Numerals 1 and 212 respectively indicate reduced images. In the seventh embodiment, 100 images are displayed as a list and printed, but the number of images is, of course, not limited to this.

Even if the present invention is applied to a system composed of a plurality of devices (for example, a host computer, an interface device, a reader, a printer, etc.), an apparatus (for example, a copying machine, a facsimile, etc.) Device).

Another object of the present invention is to provide a storage medium storing a program code of software for realizing the functions of the above-described embodiments to a system or an apparatus, and to provide a computer (or CPU) of the system or the apparatus.
Or MPU) reads and executes the program code stored in the storage medium.

In this case, the program code itself read from the storage medium realizes the functions of the above-described embodiment, and the storage medium storing the program code constitutes the present invention.

As a storage medium for supplying the program code, for example, a floppy disk, hard disk, optical disk, magneto-optical disk, CD-ROM, CD
-R, a magnetic tape, a nonvolatile memory card, a ROM, or the like can be used.

When the computer executes the readout program code, not only the functions of the above-described embodiment are realized, but also the OS (Operating System) running on the computer based on the instruction of the program code. ) Performs part or all of the actual processing, and the processing realizes the functions of the above-described embodiments.

Further, after the program code read from the storage medium is written into a memory provided in a function expansion board inserted into the computer or a function expansion unit connected to the computer, based on the instructions of the program code, The case where the CPU of the function expansion board or the function expansion unit performs part or all of the actual processing, and the function of the above-described embodiment is realized by the processing.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, the character information is not simply used as the attached information of the image, but the date, place, and comment included in the character information are linked to the image information as an independent database. And use it to search and sort images. That is, the object is to utilize the image information three-dimensionally by linking the image with the character.

Further, contents stored in an external medium or the like can be extracted at a fixed number of sheets or at fixed intervals, and can be easily displayed as a list and printed.

[0081]

As described above, according to the present invention, character information is not used as mere information attached to an image.
There is an effect that an image search or output method can be changed based on the character information.

Further, according to the present invention, there is an effect that the date, place, comment, etc. of the character information are associated with the image information as an independent database and can be used for searching and rearranging images.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a data processing device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a data structure associated with a table according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a data structure of a table.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of character information.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a display example of an image and a corresponding character method.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a display example of images and characters according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a process according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating processing according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of data in a sort area according to the embodiment;

FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating a display example of images and characters according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart illustrating a process according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a data structure of a work area in the second embodiment.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart illustrating processing according to the third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing a display example of images and characters according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 15 is a flowchart illustrating a process according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 16 is a diagram showing a display example of images and characters according to the fifth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 17 is a diagram showing a display example of images and characters according to the fifth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 18 is a flowchart illustrating processing according to the fifth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 19 is a diagram illustrating a printing example according to the sixth embodiment.

FIG. 20 is a flowchart illustrating processing according to the sixth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 21 is a diagram illustrating a printing example according to the seventh embodiment.

FIG. 22 is a flowchart illustrating a process according to the seventh embodiment of the present invention.

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[Claims] An image input unit for inputting image information; an input unit for inputting comment information related to the image information input by the image input unit; an image information input by the image input unit; An image storage unit that stores comment information corresponding to the image information input by the input unit in association with each other; a specifying unit that specifies information related to a predetermined item included in the comment information; Comment information having information corresponding to the designated information; extracting means for extracting image information corresponding to the comment information from the image storage means; and comment information and image information extracted by the extracting means. Output control means for performing control so as to sort and output according to predetermined items included in the comment information. Data processing apparatus according to. 2. The data processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the image input unit includes a camera, and the comment information includes information on a date and a place of image information captured by the camera. . 3. The data processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the specifying unit specifies information relating to the date of the image information. 4. The image processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the specifying unit specifies information relating to a shooting location of the image information.
A data processing device according to claim 1. 5. The data processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the output control unit sorts and outputs the images based on the date information of the image information. 6. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising image compression means for compressing the image information input by said image input means, wherein said image storage means stores the image information compressed by said image compression means. Item 6. The data processing device according to any one of Items 1 to 5. 7. A scaling unit that scales image information extracted by the extraction unit in accordance with the number of images extracted by the extraction unit, the size of a screen to be output, or the size of paper to be printed. 7. The data processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a doubling unit. 8. An input step of inputting comment information related to image information image information, and a storing step of storing the image information and comment information corresponding to the image information input in the input step in association with each other. A designating step of designating information related to a predetermined item included in the comment information; a comment information having information corresponding to the information designated in the designating step; and image information corresponding to the comment information. An extraction step of extracting from the image storage step, an output control step of controlling the comment information and the image information extracted in the extraction step to be sorted and output according to predetermined items included in the comment information, A data processing method comprising: 9. The method according to claim 8, wherein in the image input step, image information from a camera is input, and the comment information includes information on a date and a place of image information photographed by the camera. Data processing method described. 10. The data processing method according to claim 9, wherein in the specifying step, information relating to a date of the image information is specified. 11. The data processing method according to claim 9, wherein in the specifying step, information relating to a shooting location of the image information is specified. 12. The data processing method according to claim 9, wherein in the output control step, the images are sorted and output based on the date information of the image information. 13. The image processing apparatus according to claim 12, further comprising an image compression step of compressing the image information input in the image input step, wherein the storage step stores the image information compressed in the image compression step. Item 13. The data processing method according to any one of Items 8 to 12. 14. A scaling unit that scales the image information extracted in the extraction step in accordance with the number of images extracted in the extraction step and the size of a screen to be output or the size of a sheet to be printed. 9. The method according to claim 8, further comprising a doubling step.
14. The data processing method according to any one of claims 13 to 13.