JP2001209645A - Filing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a filing system capable of extracting document information from a stored document, converting it to voice information, storing it and confirming and reutilizing a retrieved document by voice. SOLUTION: When a retrieval image is displayed (S901), user authentication for specifying a user by a user ID and a password is performed (S902). When the user is specified, a keyword relating to a document desired to be retrieved is inputted (S903) and retrieval is started (S904). In the case that plural object documents are indicated by thinned images, the user specifies the document considered as appropriate by a mouse 312 (S905). The source image of the specified document is displayed on a display device (S906). In the case that sentences can not be confirmed due to the resolution of the display device, coordinates on the displayed source image are specified by the mouse 312 (S907), the sentences are confirmed by reading the sentences of a text area corresponding to the specified coordinates aloud (S908) and a processing is ended.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a filing system, and more particularly, to a filing system, which is applied to a processing system for performing data processing such as copying of a document, facsimile communication, scanning, and the like. A filing system that can be backed up and reused.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, documents such as documents that are important and need to be stored (images and characters are displayed) and documents that may be used in the future are filed as they are recorded on paper. Are arranged in bookcases. In an office or the like where a large number of documents are stored, the storage space is considerably occupied, and it takes time and effort to find a desired document. In recent years, with the advancement and speeding up of data processing technology and the lowering of the cost of storage means, the types of archived documents are not limited to business establishments with huge volumes, but are scanned by scanners and stored in large-capacity storage devices. The filing system that keeps it is widely used. Further, a filing system is also used in which the same data as the digitized image data is sent to a storage unit and stored and held.

[0003]

However, such a conventional filing system has a problem that the work is complicated because the document must be read by the scanner device every time it is stored. Also, the documents stored in the file device are documents copied by a copier for use in a conference, or documents transmitted and received by a facsimile machine or the like to a business partner. The stored document is touched at least once, and a password or the like for accessing the stored file is also known, which has a problem in security. Further, in the conventional filing system, since the search document is confirmed and reused by reprinting the display of the personal computer or the document, there is a problem that it is difficult for a user having a visual problem to use the document.

Accordingly, a first object of the present invention is to provide a filing system capable of extracting text information from a stored document, converting the text information into voice data, storing the text data, and confirming and reusing a search document by voice. It is to be. A second object of the present invention is to provide a filing system capable of extracting and storing text information from a stored document, and confirming and reusing a search document by voice. A third object of the present invention is to extract text information from a stored document,
An object of the present invention is to provide a filing system in which a program for converting text information into audio data is stored, and a search document can be confirmed and reused by voice.

[0005]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, a reading device for reading a document as image data, a storage device for storing image data read by the reading device, and image data and keywords stored in the storage device. In a filing system having terminals for making a search request, and these are connected to a network via a line, the reading device includes a transmitting unit that transmits the read image data to the storage device via a line, The storage device is a receiving unit that receives the image data transmitted from the transmitting unit and a keyword requested to be searched by the terminal. The storage device performs character recognition processing on the image data and the keyword received by the receiving unit to process text information. Character recognition means to be extracted;
Voice generating means for converting the sentence information extracted by the character recognizing means into voice information; storing means for storing the voice information generated by the voice generating means in association with image data and keywords received by the receiving means; Search means for searching the storage means for voice information stored in association with image data and keywords based on the keyword from the terminal, and transmitting the search result image data and voice information related to the keyword to the terminal An input unit for inputting a keyword or a sentence that the user wants to search,
Search request means for requesting a search by transmitting the keyword or sentence input by the input means to the storage means,
The search request unit includes a voice output unit that outputs a search result of a search request to the storage device by voice, and a display unit that displays a keyword or a text output by the voice output unit on a screen, and the search request unit includes: When a search request by a keyword is transmitted to the transmission unit of the storage device, the storage device transmits voice information related to the search keyword to the terminal, and the voice output unit stores the voice information stored in the storage unit. To achieve the first object.

According to the present invention, a reading device for reading a document as image data, a storage device for storing image data read by the reading device, and a terminal for requesting the storage device to search for image data and keywords. In a filing system in which these are connected to a network via a line, the reading device includes transmitting means for transmitting the read image data to the storage device via a line, and the storage device includes: A receiving unit that receives the image data transmitted from the transmitting unit and a keyword requested to be searched by the terminal; and a character recognizing unit that performs character recognition processing on the image data and the keyword received by the receiving unit to extract text information. Associating the sentence information extracted by the character recognition means with the image data and keywords received by the reception means Means for storing the text information stored in association with the image data and keywords to search based on keywords from the terminal to the storage means,
A search unit that transmits text data related to image data and keywords as search results to the terminal, wherein the terminal is configured to input a keyword or a text that a user wants to search, and input by the input unit. A search request unit that transmits a keyword or a sentence to the storage unit to request a search, a voice output unit that outputs a search result in which the search request unit displayed on the display unit makes a search request to the storage device, Display means for displaying on screen a keyword or sentence output by the voice output means, and when the search request means transmits a search request based on a keyword to a transmission means of the storage apparatus, the storage apparatus transmits the search keyword to the search keyword. Transmitting relevant text information to the terminal, and the voice output means voice-outputting text information stored in the storage means; More, to achieve the second object.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, a reading device for reading a document as image data, a storage device for storing image data read by the reading device, and a terminal for requesting the storage device to search for image data and keywords. And a filing system in which these are network-connected via a line, wherein the reading device includes a transmission unit that transmits the image data read by the image input unit to the storage device via a line, A storage unit that receives the image data transmitted from the transmission unit and a keyword requested to be searched by the terminal; and performs character recognition processing on the image data and the keyword received by the reception unit to process text information. Character recognition means to be extracted, and text data extracted by the character recognition means, A storage means for storing in association with the keyword, text information stored in the storage means in association with the image data or the keyword, based on the keyword from the terminal, and a text associated with the image data or the keyword as a search result. Search means for transmitting a program for outputting information to the terminal by voice, the terminal comprising: an input means for inputting a keyword or a sentence that a user wants to search; and a storage means for storing the keyword or sentence inputted by the input means. Search request means for transmitting a search request to the storage device, sound output means for outputting a search result for which the search request means displayed on the display means has made a search request to the storage device, and sound output means for outputting sound Display means for displaying a keyword or a sentence to be displayed on a screen, wherein the search request means makes a search request by a keyword When transmitting to the transmission unit of the product, the storage unit transmits text information related to the search keyword to the terminal, and the voice output unit transmits the text information stored in the storage unit from the search unit. The third object is achieved by outputting voice based on the output voice output program.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, the storage means further stores the audio information in association with coordinate information in the image data, and stores the image data in the display means of the terminal. At the time of display, when coordinates on the image data are designated by the user, the first object is achieved by the sound output means outputting sound information associated with the coordinates by sound.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the second or third aspect of the invention, the storage means further stores the text information in association with the coordinate information in the image data, and stores the text information in the display means of the terminal. When displaying the image data, when the coordinates on the image data are designated by the user, the voice output means outputs the voice of the text information associated with the coordinates, thereby providing the second and third objects. To achieve.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the fourth or fifth aspect of the present invention, when the audio output means outputs audio, the coordinate position or coordinate area on the image data is distinguished from other areas. The first, the second, and the third objects are achieved by the display means displaying.

[0011]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. First,
The first embodiment will be described. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an overall configuration of a filing system and a configuration of a document reading device. The filing system of the present embodiment includes a document reading device 100, a storage device 108, and a terminal 1
07. The document reading device 100
An image input unit 101, a printing unit 102, a transmitting / receiving unit 103 connected to the line 103a, a central control unit 104 for controlling each unit by an operation from an operation panel 105, and an image capturing unit 106 are provided. Image input unit 101, printing unit 1
02, the transmission / reception unit 103, the central control unit 104, and the image capturing unit 106 are interconnected by an image bus 106. The document reading device 100 is connected to a storage device 108 and a terminal 107 via a network 109.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the storage device 108. The storage device 108 of the present embodiment includes a receiving unit 202, a storage unit 204, a character recognition unit 205, a storage medium control unit 206, a storage medium 207, and a voice generation unit 208.
Is provided. The receiving unit 202 is connected to the network 201 (FIG. 1).
Document reading device 1 via the network 109).
00, image data is received. The storage unit 204 temporarily stores the image data and the supplementary information received by the reception unit 202. The character recognition unit 205 extracts text information from the received image data. The voice generation unit 208 generates voice information for reading out the text of the text information extracted by the character recognition unit 205. Storage medium control unit 206
Writes the compressed image data, the keyword extracted from the character information, the coordinate information in the image data of the extracted text information, and the generated audio information into the storage medium 207, or reads out from the storage medium.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of terminal 107. In the present embodiment, as an example, the terminal 107 will be described as a personal computer used by a user for searching and checking. Terminal (personal computer) 107
Includes a network controller unit 302, a CPU (central processing unit) 303, a main storage unit 304, a display control unit 305, a storage medium control unit 306, a storage medium 307, an audio output control unit 308, and a mouse control unit 310. The display control unit 305 is the display device 3
09, the mouse control unit 310 controls the keyboard 311 and the mouse (coordinate indicating device) 312, and the audio output control unit 308 controls the speaker 313. Also, the terminal 10
7 is a network 301 (the network 109 in FIG. 1).
The document reading device 100 and the storage device 1
08.

Next, each processing in the document reading device 100, the storage device 108, and the terminal 107 in the first embodiment will be described. FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of a document reading process performed by the document reading apparatus 100. First, before performing a copy operation or the like by the image input unit 101 and the print unit 102, the document reading apparatus 100 specifies a user who can reuse image data handled in the copy operation (step 401) and handles the user by the copy process. The captured image data is fetched into the main memory (step 402). The captured image is temporarily stored in a local secondary storage device as a file (step 403), and the information on the specified reusable person and the capture information such as copy conditions are written in the attached file (step 404). . Document reading device 10
The first image capturing unit 106 transmits the attached file to the storage device 108 via the network 109 (step 405), and then transmits the captured image file (step 406). Then, the process of receiving and storing the image is transferred to the storage device 108 (step 407), and the process ends.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a procedure for receiving and storing an image in the storage device 108. The storage device 108 receives the attached file and the captured image file from the document reading device 100 (step 50).
1) A region identification process is performed on this image file (step 502) to extract a text region. The extracted coordinate information of each text area is stored, each character in each area is cut out (step 503), and each cut out character is subjected to character recognition processing (so-called OCR processing) to be converted into character information ( Step 504). Appropriate text information is extracted by performing language processing on the converted character information (step 505). Then, from the extracted text information, words or important words having a high appearance frequency, reading conditions in the attached file, and the like are extracted as keywords (step 506). The voice generation unit 208 generates voice information for reading out the text information extracted by the language processing (step 507).

The storage device 108 stores the image information in the storage medium 2
07, the access right to the reusable person written in the attached file is added (step 508), and the extracted keyword is stored in association with this image information (step 509). Similarly, the coordinate information of each text area is stored in association with this image information (step 51).
0), accumulating the generated voice information for each text in association with the coordinate information of each text area (step 511);
The process ends. Note that the voice information generated by the voice generation unit 208 can be generated from text information by a voice synthesis technique, and the generated voice information is converted into a format that can be reproduced by the user terminal (personal computer) 107 and stored. You.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure for searching and reusing a stored document in the storage device 108. The storage device 108 is provided by the user to the terminal 107.
, A user is authenticated using the user ID and password transmitted from the terminal 107 and the internally registered user ID and password (step 601). If the user is authenticated by the user ID and the password and it is determined that the search can be used (step 601; Y), the keyword that the user wants to search is accepted (step 602).
08, a document that matches the keyword to be searched and to which the user has access right is searched for (step 603). When the target documents are searched, the thinned images of these documents are created (step 604), and the created thinned images are transferred to the user terminal 107 (step 605). When a document is designated from the terminal 107, the designated document is accepted (step 606), and the original image of the designated document is transferred to the terminal 107 (step 607). And
The coordinate information of each text area stored in association with the original image of the designated document is transferred (step 608), and the voice information stored in association with the coordinate information of each text area is transferred to the terminal 107 (step 608). 609), and the process ends.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the processing procedure of document search and document confirmation in the terminal 107. The terminal 107 receives the user ID and the password on the search screen (Step 701), sends the received user ID and the password to the storage device 108, and requests an authentication process (Step 702). If the search is available from the authentication result of the storage device 108 (step 703; Y), the user inputs a keyword (step 704), further inputs a search start instruction from the keyboard, and
To search for a document together with a keyword (step 70)
5). After the search by the storage device 108 is completed, the search result of the storage device 108 and the thinned image of the target document are received (step 706), and the thinned image is displayed on the display device (step 707). If there are multiple target documents,
Receiving the designation of the document by the user (step 70)
8) Then, information relating to the designation of the document is sent to the storage device 108 (step 709). The original image data, coordinate information, and audio information of the designated document sent in response thereto are received (step 710), and the image data is displayed on the display device (step 711).

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing portions read out by a document image and voice on the terminal 107 of the user. Here, when the coordinates 802 of the image data 801 on the display device are designated by the mouse 312 (step 71).
2) The coordinates are compared with the original image data, coordinate information, and audio information of the designated document received in step 710 to find a corresponding text area and corresponding audio information (step 713). This audio information is output to the audio output control unit 308
Then, a voice is output from the speaker 313 and the designated text is read out (step 714). In displaying the image on the display device, the designated text area is displayed in reverse video 803 as shown in FIG. 8 (step 715), and if the coordinate designation of the part to be searched is completed (step 71).
6; Y), and determine whether to end the search (step 7)
17), end the process.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure when the user searches for and confirms a document. When the user executes the search terminal software on the terminal 107 and the search screen is displayed (step 901), user authentication for specifying the user based on the user ID and the password is performed (step 902). When the user can be specified, a keyword relating to the document to be searched is input (step 90).
3) The search is started (step 904). Here, if a plurality of target documents are indicated by the thinned image, the user designates a document considered appropriate by double-clicking the mouse 312 (step 905). The original image of the specified document is displayed on the display device (step 906). If the text cannot be confirmed due to the resolution of the display device, the coordinates on the displayed original image are designated by the mouse 312 (step 907), and the text in the text area corresponding to the designated coordinates is read out. Is confirmed (step 908), and the process ends.

Next, a second embodiment will be described. FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of the storage device 1008 according to the second embodiment. The filing system of the second embodiment includes the document reading device 100 in FIG. 1, the storage device 1008 in FIG. 10, and the terminal 107 used by the user in FIG. 3 for searching and checking. Storage device 10 of the second embodiment
08, a receiving unit 1002 for receiving image data from the document reading apparatus 100; a storage unit 1004 for temporarily storing the received image data and supplementary information; a character recognition unit 1005 for extracting text information from the image data;
A storage medium control unit 1006 writes or reads out the compressed image data, the keyword extracted from the character information, the coordinate information and the text information in the image data of the extracted text information, or reads out from the storage medium.
The storage device 1008 is connected to the document reading device 100 and the terminal 107 via a network 1001 (corresponding to the network 109 in FIG. 1).

Next, each processing in the document reading apparatus 100, the storage apparatus 1008, and the terminal 107 in the second embodiment will be described. FIG. 11 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of receiving and storing an image in the storage device 1008 according to the second embodiment. The storage device 1008 receives the attached file and the captured image file from the document reading device 100 (step 1101), performs an area identification process on the image file (step 1102), and extracts a text area. The extracted coordinate information of each text area is stored, each character in each text area is cut out (step 1103), and each cut out character is subjected to character recognition processing (so-called OCR processing) to be converted into character information. (Step 1104). Appropriate text information is extracted by performing language processing on the converted character information (step 1105). Then, from the extracted text information, words having a high appearance frequency, important words, reading conditions in the attached file, and the like are extracted as keywords (step 1106). The storage device 1008 stores the image information in the storage medium 1007 and adds an access right to the reusable person described in the attached file (step 110).
7) The extracted keywords are stored in association with the image information (step 1108). Similarly, the coordinate information of each text area is stored in association with the image information (step 1109), the generated text information is stored in association with the coordinate information (step 1110), and the process is terminated.

FIG. 12 shows a storage device 10 according to the second embodiment.
10 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of searching and reusing a stored document in step 08. When receiving a search request from the terminal 107 by the user, the storage device 1008
User authentication is performed using the user ID and password sent from the terminal 107 and the internally registered user ID and password (step 1201).
If the user is authenticated by the user ID and the password and it is determined that the search can be used (step 120).
1; Y), a keyword that the user wants to search is accepted (step 1202), and a document that matches this keyword and for which the user has access right is stored in the storage device 10.
A search is made from among many documents stored on the recording medium 1007 (step 1203). When the target document is searched, a thinned image of these documents is created (step 1204), and the thinned image is transferred to the user terminal 107 (step 1205). When a document is designated from the terminal 107, the designated document is accepted (step 120).
6) Transfer the original image of the designated document to the terminal 107 (step 1207). Then, the coordinate information of each text area stored in association with the original image of the designated image is transferred (step 1208), and the text information, which is the text information stored in association with the coordinate information of each text area, is transmitted to the terminal. Transfer to 107 (step 1209).

FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing a document search and document confirmation processing procedure in the second embodiment. The terminal 107 receives the user ID and the password on the search screen (step 1301), sends the received user ID and password to the storage device 1008, and requests an authentication process (step 1302). When the search can be used from the authentication result of the storage device 1008 (step 1)
303; Y), the user inputs a keyword, further inputs a search start instruction from the keyboard, and
8 and a document search request together with the keyword (step 1)
305). Waiting for the end of the search by the storage device 1008,
The search result and the thinned image of the target document are received from the storage device 1008 (step 1306), and the thinned image is displayed on the display device (step 1307). When there are a plurality of target documents, the designation of the document by the user is accepted (step 1308), and information relating to the designation of the document is sent to the storage device 1008 (step 1309), and the original image of the designated document sent in response thereto The data, coordinate information and text information are received (step 1310), and the image data is displayed on the display device (step 1311).

Here, when the coordinates 802 of the image data 801 on the display image are designated by the mouse 312 (step 1312), the coordinates and the original image data, coordinate information and text information of the designated document received in step 1310 are combined. By collating, a corresponding text area and corresponding document information are found (step 1313). This document information is output as a voice by the voice synthesis program stored in the storage medium 307 and the voice output control unit 308 and the speaker 313, and the designated text is read out (step 1314). Further, in displaying the image on the display device, the designated text area is displayed in reverse video as shown in FIG.
15) If the coordinate designation of the part to be searched is completed (step 1316; Y), it is determined whether to end the search (step 1317), and the process ends.

Next, a third embodiment will be described. The filing system according to the third embodiment includes the document reading device 100 in FIG. 1, the storage device 1008 in FIG. 10, and the terminal 107 used by the user in FIG. 3 for searching and checking. Each processing in the document reading device 100, the storage device 1008, and the terminal 107 in the third embodiment will be described. FIG. 14 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure for searching and reusing a stored document according to the third embodiment. The storage device 1008 is operated by the user through the terminal 107.
When a search request is issued from the terminal 107, the user is authenticated using the user ID and password sent from the terminal 107 and the internally registered user ID and password (step 1401). If the user is authenticated by the user ID and the password and it is determined that the search can be used (step 1401; Y), the user accepts a keyword to be searched (step 1402), and matches the keyword with the user. The document to which the access right is given is stored in the storage medium 1007 of the storage device 1008.
A search is made from among the many documents stored above (step 1403). When the target documents are searched, thinned images of these documents are created (step 1404), and the thinned images are transferred to the user terminal 107 (step 140).
5). When a document is designated from the terminal 107, the designated document is accepted (step 1406), and the original image of the designated document is transferred to the terminal 107 (step 1407). And
The coordinate information of each text area stored in association with the original image of the designated image is transferred (step 1408), and the text information, which is the text information stored in association with the coordinate information of each text area, is also transmitted. A combining program (for example, a JAVA binary file) is transferred to the terminal 107 (step 1409).

FIG. 15 is a flowchart showing a document search and document confirmation processing procedure in the third embodiment. The terminal 107 receives the user ID and password on the search screen (step 1501), sends the received user ID and password to the storage device 1008, and requests an authentication process (step 1502). When the search can be used from the authentication result of the storage device 1008 (step 1)
503; Y), the user inputs a keyword, further inputs a search start instruction from the keyboard, and
8 and a document search request together with the keyword (step 1)
505). Waiting for the end of the search by the storage device 1008,
The search result and the thinned image of the target document are received from the storage device 1008 (step 1506), and the thinned image is displayed on the display device (step 1507). If there are a plurality of target documents, the designation of the document by the user is accepted (step 1508), and information relating to the designation of the document is sent to the storage device 1008 (step 1509), and the original image of the designated document sent in response thereto The data, the coordinate information, the text information, and the speech synthesis program are received (step 1510), and the image data is displayed on the display device (step 1511).

When the coordinates 802 of the image data 801 on the display image are designated by the mouse 312 (step 1512), the coordinates and the original image data, coordinate information, and text information of the designated document received in step 1310 are combined. By collating, a corresponding text area and corresponding document information are found (step 1513). The document information is output as a voice by the voice synthesis program stored in the storage medium 307 and the voice output control unit 308 and the speaker 313, and the designated text is read out (step 1514). Further, in displaying the image on the display device, the designated text area is displayed in reverse video as shown in FIG.
15) If the coordinate designation of the part to be searched is completed (step 1516; Y), it is determined whether to end the search (step 1517), and the process is ended.

[0029]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, when the search request means transmits a search request based on a keyword to the storage device, the storage device transmits voice information related to the search keyword to the terminal, and the voice output means outputs the voice information. Since the voice information stored in the storage unit is output as voice, it is possible to provide a filing system with high convenience even for a user having only a display device with a low resolution or a user with weak vision.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, when the search request means transmits a search request using a keyword to the storage device,
The storage device transmits the text information related to the search keyword to the terminal, and the voice output means outputs the text information stored in the storage device by voice, so that the amount of information can be reduced from the storage device of the filing system to the user terminal. Text information with a small amount of information can be sent instead of a large amount of voice information, and efficient use of the network is possible.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, when the search request means transmits a search request using a keyword to the storage device,
The storage device transmits the text information related to the search keyword to the terminal, and the voice output means voice-outputs the text information stored in the storage means based on the voice output program transmitted from the search means. In addition to the text information, a program for outputting text information by voice is sent from the storage device to the user's terminal, eliminating the need to prepare a program for voice output of text information to each user's terminal.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the invention, the storage means further stores the voice information in association with the coordinate information in the image data, and stores the voice information when displaying the image data on the display means of the terminal. When the coordinates on the image data are specified by the user, the sound information associated with the coordinates is output by the sound output means. Therefore, when the user specifies the coordinates on the image data with a mouse or the like, the specified coordinates are displayed. Can be confirmed by voice, and a filing system that is highly convenient for a user who has only a display device with a low resolution or a user who has low visual acuity can be realized.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the second or third aspect, the storage means further stores the text information in association with the coordinate information in the image data, and stores the text data in the display means of the terminal. When displaying,
When coordinates on the image data are specified by the user,
Since the voice output means outputs the text information associated with the coordinates by voice, when the user specifies the coordinates on the image data with a mouse or the like, the text related to the specified coordinates can be confirmed by voice, and a display device with a low resolution This makes it possible to provide a filing system that is highly convenient for users who have only a small number of users, users who have poor eyesight, and the like. Further, text information having a small amount of information is sent from the storage device of the filing system to the user terminal instead of voice information having a large amount of information, so that efficient use of the network can be achieved.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the fourth aspect or the fifth aspect of the invention, when the voice output means outputs voice, the coordinate position or the coordinate area on the image data is distinguished from other areas. Is displayed, the position of the sentence output by voice can be confirmed on the display when the search document is verified by voice, making it easier to specify the coordinates on the image data.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an overall configuration of a filing system and a configuration of a document reading device.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a storage device.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a terminal.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a document reading process performed by the document reading apparatus.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of receiving and storing an image in the storage device.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure for searching and reusing a stored document in a storage device.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a document search and document confirmation processing procedure in the terminal.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing portions read out by a document image and voice on a user terminal.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure when a user searches for and confirms a document.

FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a storage device according to a second embodiment.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of receiving and storing an image in the storage device according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure for searching and reusing a stored document in a storage device according to a second embodiment.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart illustrating a document search and document confirmation processing procedure according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure for searching and reusing a stored document according to the third embodiment.

FIG. 15 is a flowchart illustrating a document search and document confirmation processing procedure according to the third embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 100 Document reading device 101 Image input unit 102 Printing unit 103 Transmission / reception unit 104 Central control unit 105 Operation panel 106 Image capture unit 107 Terminal 108 Storage device

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Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A reading device for reading a document as image data, a storage device for storing image data read by the reading device, and a terminal for requesting the storage device to search for image data and keywords. In a filing system connected to a network via a line, the reading device includes a transmission unit that transmits the read image data to the storage device via a line, and the storage device transmits the read image data from the transmission unit. A receiving unit that receives image data and a keyword requested to be searched by the terminal; a character recognizing unit that performs character recognition processing on the image data and the keyword received by the receiving unit to extract sentence information; Voice generating means for converting the extracted sentence information into voice information; and receiving the voice information generated by the voice generating means. Means for storing the image data and keywords received by the means in association with the image data and keywords, and searching for the voice information stored in the storage means in association with the image data and keywords based on the keywords from the terminal, and an image as a search result. A search unit that transmits voice information related to data or a keyword to the terminal; the terminal includes an input unit that inputs a keyword or a sentence that a user wants to search, and stores the keyword or the sentence input by the input unit; Search request means for transmitting a search request to the storage means, voice output means for outputting the search result of which the search request means has made a search request to the storage device, and keywords and sentences which are output by the voice output means. Display means for displaying a screen, wherein the search request means transmits a search request by a keyword to the storage device Wherein the storage device transmits voice information related to the search keyword to the terminal, and the voice output means voice-outputs voice information stored in the storage means. . 2. A reading device for reading a document as image data, a storage device for storing image data read by the reading device, and a terminal for requesting the storage device to search for image data and keywords. In a filing system connected to a network via a line, the reading device includes a transmission unit that transmits the read image data to the storage device via a line, and the storage device transmits the read image data from the transmission unit. A receiving unit that receives image data and a keyword requested to be searched by the terminal; a character recognizing unit that performs character recognition processing on the image data and the keyword received by the receiving unit to extract text information; Accumulating means for accumulating the extracted text information in association with the image data and keywords received by the receiving means; Search means for searching text information stored in association with image data and keywords in the storage means based on the keyword from the terminal, and transmitting text data related to the image data and keywords as search results to the terminal; and The terminal comprises: an input unit for inputting a keyword or a sentence that a user wants to search; a search requesting unit for requesting a search by transmitting a keyword or a sentence input by the input unit to the storage unit; The search request means displayed on the means comprises: a voice output means for outputting a search result for which a search request has been made to the storage device; anda display means for displaying, on a screen, a keyword or a text output by the voice output means. When the search request unit transmits a search request using a keyword to the transmission unit of the storage device, the storage device transmits the search keyword. A filing system, wherein text information related to the above is transmitted to the terminal, and the voice output means voice-outputs the text information stored in the storage means. 3. A reading device for reading a document as image data, a storage device for storing image data read by the reading device, and a terminal requesting the storage device to search for image data and keywords. In a filing system connected to a network via a line, the reading device includes a transmitting unit that transmits the image data read by the image input unit to the storage device via a line, and the storage device transmits the image data. Receiving means for receiving the image data transmitted from the means and a keyword requested to be searched by the terminal; and character recognition means for performing character recognition processing on the image data and the keyword received by the receiving means to extract text information. The text information extracted by the character recognition means is associated with the image data and the keyword received by the reception means. A storage unit for stacking, and searching the text information stored in the storage unit in association with the image data and the keyword based on the keyword from the terminal, and outputting text data related to the image data and the keyword as a search result by voice Search means for transmitting a program to the terminal, the input means for inputting a keyword or text that the user wants to search, and a keyword or text input by the input means is transmitted to the storage means. Search request means for requesting a search, voice output means for outputting a search result in which the search request means displayed on the display means makes a search request to the storage device, and keywords and sentences which the voice output means outputs as voice Display means for displaying a message on the screen, wherein the search request means sends a search request using a keyword to the transmission means of the storage device. When receiving the sentence, the storage device transmits text information related to the search keyword to the terminal, and the voice output unit transmits the text information stored in the storage unit to a voice output program transmitted from the search unit. A filing system for outputting a sound based on the filing. 4. The storage means further stores the audio information in association with coordinate information in the image data, and when displaying the image data on the display means of the terminal, a coordinate on the image data is designated by a user. 2. The filing system according to claim 1, wherein in the case where the voice information is output, the voice output means outputs voice information associated with the coordinates. 5. The storage means further stores text information in association with coordinate information in the image data, and when displaying the image data on the display means of the terminal, a coordinate on the image data is designated by a user. 4. The filing system according to claim 2, wherein the text output unit outputs the text information associated with the coordinates by voice. 6. The display device according to claim 4, wherein, when the audio output unit outputs the audio, the display unit displays the coordinate position or the coordinate area on the image data in a manner different from other areas. The filing system described.