JP3467862B2 - Image filling device - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an image filtering apparatus, and more particularly, it stores image data and
The present invention relates to an image filtering apparatus that stores additional information corresponding to an operator added to image data and displays at least one of the image data and the additional information.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, there has been proposed an image filtering apparatus which reads an original with a scanner and stores the read image data of the original on an optical disk together with a keyword corresponding to the original. In such an image matching device, first, stored image data is searched based on the above-mentioned keyword and displayed on the display. By the way, usually, when understanding or organizing a manuscript, underlining it,
In some cases, important parts may be marked. As described above, the information added to the document is often an important key when searching the document.

In view of such a point, the operator can add the additional information of the individual to the image data, for example, the underline without destroying the original data, and the additional information of the individual can be searched as a key. An image file device has been proposed (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 63-228874). That is, in the image file device, desired image data is searched from a large amount of image data using the additional information of the individual as a key, and the image data is displayed on the display.
Then, the displayed image data is displayed by overlaying the additional information.

[0004]

However, there is no great difference in the sense of values for certain image data for the operators working in the same group, and therefore, the individual underline is often common to all operators in the same group. The underline common to all operators in such a group must be kept, as it may be used by other operators even if most of the operators in the group are unnecessary. Therefore, the number of additional information to be stored increases, and in such a case, there is a problem that the additional information to be newly stored cannot be stored.

The present invention has been made in view of the above facts, and an object thereof is to provide an image filtering apparatus capable of efficiently storing additional information.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, the invention according to claim 1 provides, as shown in FIG. 1, a first storage means 202 in which image data is stored and an operator added to the image data. The second in which the corresponding personal additional information is stored
Storage means 204, detecting means 206 for detecting common additional information common to a predetermined number of operators from the individual additional information stored in the second storage means 204, and one of the common additional information. Storage means 208, deletion means 210 for deleting personal additional information corresponding to the common additional information from the second storage means 204, image data stored in the first storage means 202, the second storage means 208. Control means 214 for displaying at least one of the personal additional information stored in the storage means 204 and the common additional information stored in the third storage means 208 on the display means 212.
An image filtering device provided with the third memory.
Editor for editing the common additional information stored in the means 208
The step 220 and the common additional information by the editing means 220.
If the information is edited, the common additional information is stored in the third storage.
Common additional information deleted and edited from the means 208
Corresponding to the edited operator and before being edited
The common additional information of the operator corresponding to the common additional information
Second storage means 204 as personal additional information
And additional information management means 222 for storing the information .

According to a second aspect of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 1, in the first aspect of the invention, counting means for counting the number of times the image data corresponding to the common additional information is displayed on the display means 212. 216 and a fourth storage unit 218 for storing the common additional information whose number of times is a predetermined number of times or more, and the deleting unit 210 further stores the common additional information whose number of times is a predetermined number of times or more. 3 is deleted from the storage means 208.

[0008]

According to a third aspect of the invention, as shown in FIG. 1, in the second aspect of the invention, the editing means 2 for editing the common additional information stored in the fourth storage means 218.
24, and when the common additional information is edited by the editing means 224, the common additional information is deleted from the fourth storage means 218 and the edited common additional information is made to correspond to the edited operator. An additional information management unit 226 is further provided, which stores the common additional information before being edited as personal additional information in the second storage unit 204 in association with the operator corresponding to the common additional information.

The invention according to claim 4 is, as shown in FIG. 1, in the invention according to claim 1 , the additional information management means 222 includes image data corresponding to the common additional information for a predetermined time or more. If the image data is not displayed on the display means for a predetermined time or longer, the common additional information is deleted from the third storage means and the common additional information is personally added. The information is stored in the second storage means in association with the operator corresponding to the common additional information.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 1, in the third aspect of the present invention, the additional information management means 226 sets the image data corresponding to the common additional information for a predetermined time or more to the display means. If the image data is not displayed on the display means 212 for a predetermined time or longer, the common additional information is deleted from the fourth storage means and the common additional information is personally added. The information is stored in the second storage means in association with the operator corresponding to the common additional information. Claim
In the invention described in 6, the image data is stored as shown in FIG.
Added to the first storage means 202 and the image data
The second stored personal additional information corresponding to the operator
The memory means 204 and the second memory means 204
From the personal additional information
Detection means 206 for detecting communication additional information, and the common addition
A third storage means 208 for storing one of the information;
The personal additional information corresponding to the general additional information is stored in the second memory.
Deleting means 210 for deleting from the stage 204,
Image data stored in the storage unit 202, the second storage
Personal additional information stored in the means 204 and the third item
At least one of the common additional information stored in the storage unit 208
And a control means 214 for displaying one on the display means 212.
Image filing device, the predetermined number of
Lator is a set of multiple operators
There are a number of operators that make up each.
According to a seventh aspect of the invention, as shown in FIG.
Is stored in the first storage means 202 and the image data.
Personal additional information corresponding to the added operator is stored.
The second storage means 204 and the second storage means 204
Common to a predetermined number of operators from the stored personal additional information
Detecting means 206 for detecting common additional information
Third storage means 208 for storing one of the communication additional information,
The personal additional information corresponding to the common additional information is added to the second additional information.
Delete means 210 for deleting from the storage means 204;
The image data stored in the first storage means 202, the second
The personal additional information stored in the storage means 204 of
3 of the common additional information stored in the storage unit 208
Control means 214 for displaying one of them on the display means 212
And the image data corresponding to the common additional information is displayed on the display.
A counting hand that counts the number of times displayed on the means 212
Step 216, and the common additional information having
And a fourth storage means 218 for storing the information.
The deleting device 210 is a
In the above, the common additional information is
Deleted from the third storage unit 208, the predetermined number of
Data is each of a set of multiple operators.
We try to be the number of operators that make up each.

According to an eighth aspect of the invention, in the invention according to any one of the first to fifth aspects, the predetermined number of operators constitutes each of a plurality of sets composed of a plurality of operators. I try to be as many operators as I can.

[0013]

In the invention described in claim 1, as shown in FIG.
Image data is stored in the first storage means 202, and
The storage means 204 stores personal additional information corresponding to the operator added to the image data.

The detection means 206 is the second storage means 204.
Common additional information common to a predetermined number of operators is detected from the individual additional information stored in. Third storage means 208
Is 1 of the common additional information detected by the detection means 206.
The deletion means 210 stores the second additional personal information corresponding to the common additional information detected by the detection means 206.
From the storage means 204. And the control means 21
4 is the image data stored in the first storage means 202,
At least one of the personal additional information stored in the second storage unit 204 and the common additional information stored in the third storage unit 208 is displayed on the display unit 212. Editing means 220
Is the common additional information stored in the third storage unit 208.
To edit. The additional information management unit 222 is the editing unit 220.
Common additional information stored in the third storage unit 208 by
Is edited, the common additional information is stored in the third storage unit.
The common additional information edited and deleted from the column 208
Before being edited and corresponding to the edited operator
Common additional information to the operator corresponding to the common additional information
Corresponding to the second storage means 204 as personal additional information
Remember.

As described above, the common additional information edited is
Common additional information edited and deleted from the storage means of No. 3
Information corresponding to the edited operator and edited.
The previous common additional information is an operation corresponding to the common additional information.
Data is stored in the second storage means in association with
For example, the common additional information was deleted by an operator
In this case, the personal additional information of the operator is lost, but other
The personal additional information of the operator is secured, and the personal additional information can be efficiently stored.

According to the second aspect of the invention, as shown in FIG. 1, in the first aspect of the invention, the counting means 216 is used.
Is the number of times the image data corresponding to the common additional information stored in the third storage means 208 is displayed on the display means 212, and the fourth storage means 218 is the number of times counted by the counting means 216. Stores the common additional information stored in the third storage unit 208 a predetermined number of times or more.

Then, the deleting means 210 further deletes the common additional information from the third storing means 208, the common additional information having the number of times counted by the counting means 216 being a predetermined number or more.

As described above, the second corresponding to the common additional information
The personal additional information stored in the storage means is deleted, and the common additional information in which the image data corresponding to the common additional information is displayed on the display means a predetermined number of times or more is deleted from the third storage means. Since the storage means stores the common additional information of which the number of times is equal to or greater than the predetermined number of times, it is possible to store the common additional information having a high degree of use in the fourth storage means.

[0019]

[0020]

[0021]

In the invention described in claim 3 , as shown in FIG. 1, in the invention described in claim 2 , the editing means 224 is
The common additional information stored in the fourth storage unit 218 is edited.

When the common additional information stored in the fourth storage means 218 is edited by the editing means 224, the common additional information is deleted from the fourth storage means 218 and the edited common additional information is edited. Is stored in the second storage means 204 as the personal additional information in association with the edited operator and the common additional information before being edited corresponding to the operator corresponding to the common additional information.

In this way, the edited common additional information is deleted from the fourth storage means, the edited common additional information is associated with the edited operator, and the common additional information before being edited is commonly added. Since the information is stored in the second storage means in association with the operator corresponding to the information, for example, when the common additional information is deleted by an operator, the individual additional information of the operator is lost, but the individual additional information of the operator is deleted. The additional information is secured, and the individual additional information can be efficiently stored.

In the invention according to claim 4 , as shown in FIG. 1, in the invention according to claim 1 , the additional information management means 222 is the common additional information stored in the third storage means 208 for a predetermined time or more. It is judged whether or not the image data corresponding to is not displayed on the display means 212, and if the image data is not displayed on the display means 212 for a predetermined time or more, the common additional information is stored in the third storage means. At the same time as deleting, the common additional information is stored in the second storage means as personal additional information in association with the operator corresponding to the common additional information.

As described above, the common additional information which has not been displayed on the display means for a predetermined time or more is deleted from the third storage means, and the common additional information is made to correspond to the operator corresponding to the common additional information as personal additional information. Since the new common additional information is stored in the second storage means, the latest common additional information is stored in the third storage means, and old personal additional information unnecessary for the operator is deleted by the editing means and disappears. The additional information can be efficiently stored.

In the invention of claim 5 , as shown in FIG. 1, in the invention of claim 3 , the additional information management means 2
26, the image data corresponding to the common additional information stored in the fourth storage unit 218 for a predetermined time or more is displayed on the display unit 2.
12 is not displayed, and if the image data is not displayed on the display means 212 for a predetermined time or more, the common additional information is deleted from the fourth storage means and the common additional information is personalized. The additional information is stored in the second storage means in association with the operator corresponding to the common additional information.

In this way, the common additional information which has not been displayed on the display means for a predetermined time or more is deleted from the third storage means, and the common additional information is made to correspond to the operator corresponding to the common additional information as personal additional information. Since the new common additional information is stored in the second storage means, the latest common additional information is stored in the third storage means, and old personal additional information unnecessary for the operator is deleted by the editing means and disappears. The additional information can be efficiently stored.

In the inventions according to claims 6, 7 and 8, in the invention according to any one of claims 1 to 5 , the predetermined number of operators is a plurality of sets composed of a plurality of operators. Is the number of operators that make up each.

As described above, since the number of operators making up each of the plurality of sets made up of a plurality of operators is a predetermined number of operators, the individual additional information or common additional information of the operators is set for each set. Can be stored, and the additional information can be stored efficiently.

[0031]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT An embodiment of an image filtering apparatus of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings. As shown in FIG. 2, the image matching device includes a CPU 10 and a main memory 1.
2, a scanner controller 14, a scanner 16, a keyboard 18 and a mouse 20.

As shown in FIG. 10, the CPU 10 has an input processing section 91, an image data read processing section 92, a personal information search processing section 93, a global information search processing section 94, an image display / edit processing section 95, and additional information update. It is divided into a section 96 and a group management section 97 to perform various controls. That is,
When the operator inputs a keyword for identifying image data, a personal ID for identifying the operator, and a group ID for identifying a group to which the operator belongs, the input processing unit 91 corresponds to the keyword. The storage address of the image data to be stored in the optical disc 24 is output to the image data read processing unit 92. The image data read processing unit 92 reads the image data based on the storage address and outputs it to the image display / edit processing unit 95. The input processing unit 91 uses the keyword, the personal ID, and the group I.
D is output to the personal information search processing unit 93. The personal information search processing unit 93 outputs the personal additional information identified by the keyword and corresponding to the personal ID and the group ID in the image data to the image display / edit processing unit 95. If there is no personal additional information, the personal information search processing unit 93 outputs the keyword and group ID to the global information search processing unit 24. The global additional information search processing unit 94 identifies the group ID in the image data identified by the keyword.
The common additional information corresponding to is searched for and, if present, is output to the image display / edit processing unit 95.

The image display / edit processing unit 95 first displays the image data sent from the image data read processing unit 22 on the display 36, and then the additional information sent from the personal information search unit 93 or the global information search processing unit 95. Display information (personal additional information or common additional information). The additional information search processing unit 96 updates the common additional information from the image display / edit processing unit 95. The group management unit 97 manages the individual IDs of the operators forming each group, and manages the group IDs of the plurality of groups and the individual IDs of the operators forming each group. From the individual ID, the additional information management unit 96 determines one or more group IDs to which the person belongs and the individual I of other members of each group.
D can be obtained.

The main memory 12 stores various control programs for storing images, searching and editing, and the like. The scanner controller 14 is, for example, a two-dimensional scanning device, and the scanner 1
Image data (electrical signal) corresponding to the image on the original is input by driving 6 to two-dimensionally scan the original with a laser beam.

The keyboard 18 identifies a keyword for identifying image data to be stored in an optical disk described later, a pitch width of an underline added to the image, a personal ID for identifying an operator, and a group to which the operator belongs. It is for inputting a group ID and various instructions for processing such as storage and editing. In addition,
Instructions for processing such as storage and editing are input by selecting a storage mode, an editing mode, or the like.

The mouse 20, for example, moves a cursor (not shown) displayed on the screen of the display 36, which will be described later, and gives an instruction at a desired position to select and instruct the command or the like at which the cursor is located. Is.

The image matching device also includes an optical disk controller 22, an optical disk 24, a magnetic disk controller 26, and a magnetic disk 28.

The optical disk controller 22 stores the image data input from the scanner 16 in the optical disk 24, and also reads the image data corresponding to the keyword input from the keyboard 18 from the image data stored in the optical disk 24.

The magnetic disk controller 26 stores additional information, an individual ID and a group ID, which will be described later, in the magnetic disk 28. These will be described later.

Further, the image matching device is a VRAM.
A (video RAM) 30, a compression / expansion processor 32, a display controller 34, and a display 36 are provided.

The VRAM 30 stores the display image developed as image data. Compression / expansion processor 3
Reference numeral 2 has a compression / expansion circuit that performs encoding processing for performing image compression and decompression, a scaling circuit that performs image enlargement and reduction processing, and a vertical-horizontal conversion circuit that performs image rotation processing. Here, the compression / expansion circuit uses the MH (Modif
ied Huffman) method or MR (Modi)
Band compression or band expansion is performed using the fied read method.

The display controller (for example, cathode ray tube display device) 34 displays an image on the display 36 based on the image data read by the scanner 16 and the image data read from the optical disk 24 to form a screen. Here, on the screen of the display 36, as shown in FIG. 3, an area 36A in which an image based on a keyword is displayed and a key button for moving the cursor with the mouse 20 to specify various processes are displayed. Area 36B is provided. In the area 36B, an image display end button 36B1 for instructing a command (image display end command) for ending the image display processing, and a command (display command) for displaying a property sheet 40 (see FIG. 4) described later are specified. A property sheet display button 36B2 and a property sheet display end button 36B3 for instructing a command (property sheet display end command) for ending the display processing of the property sheet 40 are displayed. When the property sheet display button 36B2 is pointed by the mouse 20, the property sheet 40 is displayed at a predetermined position in the area A.

The various components of the image filtering apparatus described above are electrically connected via a bus (including an address bus, a data bus and a control bus) 38.

Next, the property sheet 40 will be described.
The property sheet 40 is a user interface, and as shown in FIG. 4, is used when an operator adds or edits additional information (personal additional information or common additional information) described later. The property sheet 40 is provided with a region 40A for inputting various commands. In the area 40A, an edit button 40A1 for instructing a command (edit command) for editing additional information, and an add button 40A2 for instructing a command (addition command) for adding new additional information to existing existing information. , A save button 40A for instructing a command (save command) for saving new additional information
3 and a delete button 40A4 for instructing a command to delete additional information (delete command).

The property sheet 40 also has a title display field 40B in which the attributes of the additional information, the area for inputting the additional information, and the title of the list of the additional information are displayed. The property sheet 40 is further provided with a region 40C for inputting the content of additional information. Here, in this embodiment, as the additional information, two types of keyword and underline are supported. Here, the keyword corresponds to the entire image data for identifying the image data as described above, and the underline corresponds to a part of the image data drawn on the image displayed on the display 36. It is a thing.

Input of this keyword is performed in the input field 40C1.
This is done by inputting a character string on the keyboard 18 through the keyboard. The underline is input by inputting the pitch width with the keyboard 18 in the input box 40C2. In the list column, a keyword list button 40C3 for instructing a command for displaying a list of keywords (keyword list display command) and an underline for instructing a command for displaying a list of underlines (underline list display command) A list button 40C4 is provided. For example, when the keyword list button 40C3 is pointed by the mouse 20, a pop-up window 40C0 is displayed, and the keywords registered individually and the keywords common to all operators of the group are displayed as a list. The same applies to the underlined list.

Next, the additional information (personal additional information or common additional information) stored on the magnetic disk 28 will be described. The additional information is the personal additional information table 50 (see FIG. 5), the upgrade candidate table 60 (see FIG. 6), and the global additional information table 70 provided on the magnetic disk 28.
(See FIG. 7). The magnetic disk 28 is also provided with a history data table 80.

The individual additional information table 50 provided on the magnetic disk 28 is for storing additional information [individual additional information (keyword and underline coordinate values)] for each individual. In the personal additional information table 50, as shown in FIG. 5, the personal ID (Use) of the operator for identifying each of the operators forming the group.
Area 5 for storing r1, User2, User3,-)
2. An area 54 for storing a keyword for identifying image data and an area 56 for storing the underlined coordinate value on the display 36 are provided. Here, the coordinates on the display 36 will be described. In FIG. 9 (a),
The screen of the display 36 on which the image 36A1 is displayed is shown. The coordinates on the screen of the display 36 are determined by dividing the screen on the display 36 vertically and horizontally with a predetermined pitch width. As shown in FIG. 9B, the coordinates (X, Y) have an origin at the upper left end on the display 36, and the X axis is in the right direction of the screen and the Y axis is in the downward direction of the screen with reference to the origin. Therefore, it is determined by each pitch number.

In the example of the personal additional information table 50 shown in FIG. 5, for example, the operator whose personal ID in Group 1 is identified by User1 is the optical disc 24.
“Image”, “File 1” and “d” are keywords for identifying each of the three image data stored in
ata1 ”is stored. Also, the starting point is (0, 20)
The underline of which the end point is (16, 20) and the underline of which the start point is (16, 40) and the end point is (24, 40) are stored. As described above, in the individual additional information table 50, the keyword and the underline coordinate value are stored for each operator in association with the individual ID for identifying the operator. The personal additional information table 50 as described above is provided for each group. The personal additional information table 50 for each group is a group ID (Group 1, G for identifying the group).
group2, Group3,-).

The magnetic disk 28 is also provided with an upgrade candidate table 60 as shown in FIG. The upgrade candidate table 60 is for temporarily storing additional information common to all operators in each group (common additional information) before storing it in a global additional information table 70 described later. That is, the upgrade candidate table 60 includes group IDs (Group1, Group2, Group) for identifying each group.
p3,-) recording area 61, additional information (upgrade candidate) 62 common to all operators in each group, count value C1 that counts the number of times the image corresponding to the additional information is displayed on the display 36. Is provided, and an area 64 for storing a variable H for determining whether or not to hold the count is provided. When the variable H is set to 0, the above-mentioned count is performed, and when the variable H is set to 1, the above-mentioned count is suspended. Further, the upgrade candidate table 60 is provided with an area 65 for storing a personal ID and an area 66 for storing a count value C2 that counts the number of times the image corresponding to the additional information is displayed on the display 36 after being held.

The magnetic disk 28 is further provided with a global additional information table 70 as shown in FIG. The global additional information table 70 is for storing the additional information (common additional information) stored in the upgrade candidate table 60 in which the count value C1 described above becomes the predetermined value. That is, the global additional information table 70 is provided with an area 72 for storing the group ID, an area 74 for storing the keyword, and an area 76 for storing the coordinate value of the underline.

The magnetic disk 28 is also provided with a history data table 80 as shown in FIG. In this history data table 80, images are displayed on the display 36.
Is stored for each image and for each group, for each predetermined period, in this embodiment, for each day. That is, in the history data table 80, an area 82 for storing an image ID (keyword), an area 84 for storing a group ID, and a count value (history data) for counting the number of times an image is displayed on the display 36 for each day. ) Is stored, and an area 88 is stored for storing a total value of the count value for each day, that is, a total of one month (history data total) in this embodiment.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described. First, the operation of the image filtering device when the process of storing image data is performed will be described. From the keyboard 18, a personal ID for identifying an operator and a group ID for identifying a group to which the operator belongs are input.
Next, the storage mode is selected and set by the keyboard 18, and a keyword for identifying the image data stored in the optical disc 24 is input. To enter this keyword, as described above, click the property sheet display button 3
6B2 (see FIG. 3), and the property sheet 40
After displaying (see FIG. 4), the property sheet 40
This is done by inputting a character string, for example, “image”, in the input field 40C1 of FIG. As a result, the input keyword (“image”) corresponds to the personal ID of the personal additional information table 50 identified based on the group ID in the area 54.
(See FIG. 5).

Next, the original is set on the scanner 16, and the optical disk controller 26 and the display controller 3 are set.
4 and the scanner controller 14 are operated. The scanner controller 14 drives the scanner 16 to two-dimensionally scan and photoelectrically convert the image of the set document.
The line information (image data) for each line of the photoelectrically converted image is sequentially stored in the VRAM 30. VRAM
When the image data for one original is stored, the reference numeral 30 outputs the image data for one original to the display controller 34. The display controller 34 is a VRAM
An image of the document is displayed on the display 36 based on the image data of one document output from the display 30, and a screen is formed.

Here, the operator confirms the skew, density, resolution, etc. of the displayed image, and if the displayed image is satisfactory, selects the storage mode of the keyboard 18 and the VRAM 30. The image data stored in is input to the compression / expansion processor 32 line by line. The compression / expansion circuit encodes the input image data for each line. Then, the encoded image data is stored in the optical disc by the optical disc controller 22. In this case, the magnetic disk 2
In 8, the storage address of the optical disc 24 for the image data identified by the keyword “image” is stored.

Next, the processing for managing the additional information when the image is displayed and the additional information is edited, etc. is shown in C in FIG.
Description will be made with reference to the functional blocks of the PU 10 and the flowcharts shown in FIGS. 11 to 13.

In this embodiment, the additional information stored in the individual additional information table 50 by the operator is common to all operators in the group to which the operator belongs. Store in table 70. We will call this an upgrade. Further, the additional information stored in the global additional information table 70 is stored in the individual additional information table 50, and this will be referred to as a downgrade.

When the operator inputs a personal ID for identifying himself, an image ID (keyword) for identifying a desired image, and a group ID for identifying a group to which the operator belongs, from the keyboard 18, step At 102 (see FIG. 11), image display processing is performed.
That is, when the personal ID and the group ID are input, the input processing unit 91 outputs the personal ID and the group ID to the personal information search processing unit 93. At the same time, the input processing unit 91 outputs the image ID to the magnetic disk controller 26. As a result, the magnetic disk controller 26
Outputs the storage address of the optical disc 24 for the image data corresponding to the input image ID to the input processing unit 91. The input processing unit 91 that has input the storage address outputs the storage address to the image data read processing unit 92. The image data read processing unit 92 instructs the optical disk controller 22 to read the image data corresponding to the image ID from the optical disk 24 based on the input storage address, and also causes the image display / edit processing unit 95 to input the input storage address. Output. The image display / edit processing unit 95
The optical disk controller 22 instructs the compression / expansion processor 32 to expand the image data corresponding to the image ID read from the storage address of the optical disk 24.

As a result, the image data for each line is read from the optical disk 24, and the compression / expansion processor 3
2 is supplied to the compression / decompression circuit. The compression / expansion circuit expands the band of the input image data to sequentially perform VRAM3.
Supply to 0. The VRAM 30 supplies the image data to the display controller 34 when all the image data for one document is stored. As a result, the image is displayed on the display 36.

The personal information retrieval processing section 93 identifies the personal additional information table 50 based on the input group ID, and the personal additional information table 50 is identified from the identified personal additional information table 50 by the keyword based on the personal ID. Determine if there is an underline in the image data, and if there is,
The image display / edit processing unit 95 calculates the coordinate values of the underline.
Output to. The personal information search processing unit 93 further determines from the upgrade candidate table 60 based on the group ID whether or not there is an underline in the image data, and if there is, the coordinate value of the underline is displayed / edited in the image. Output to the unit 95.

On the other hand, when there is no underline in the personal additional information table 50, the image ID and the group ID
Is output to the global information search processing unit 94. The global information search processing unit 94 determines whether there is an underline in the image data based on the image ID and the group ID. If there is, the coordinate value of the underline is sent to the image display / edit processing unit 95. Output. The upgrade candidate table 60 may be processed by the global information search processing unit 94 instead of being processed by the personal information search processing unit 93.

The image display / editing processing unit 95, to which the coordinate value of the underline is input, displays the underline on the screen of the display 36 on which the image is displayed based on the coordinate value of the input underline. As a result, an underline is displayed on the display 36 together with the image, as shown in FIG.

In the next step 104, processing of the upgrade candidate table is performed. That is, as shown in FIG. 13, the process of this upgrade candidate table is as follows.
The variable i for identifying the additional information of the upgrade candidate identified by the group ID in the upgrade candidate table 60 is set to 0.
The variable i is incremented by 1 in step 154. In step 156, it is determined whether or not the count is to be suspended by referring to the area 64 corresponding to the additional information identified by the variable i and determining whether or not the variable H is 0. If the variable H is 0,
Since the count is not held, in step 158,
The count value C1 is incremented by 1. Step 16
0, the count value C1 is a predetermined value C10, and in this embodiment,
If the count value C1 is 10 or more, it is judged whether the count value C1 is 10 or more, and the additional information that is a candidate for upgrade and is not held is displayed 10 times. It can be determined that many operators are using it. Therefore, step 162
Then, the additional information which is the upgrade candidate is deleted from the upgrade candidate table 60, and the additional information is stored in the global additional information table 70 in step 164. On the other hand, when the count value C1 is not 10 or more, the additional information is common to the operators who belong to the group because it is not used by many operators who belong to the group. However, without immediately storing it in the global additional information table 70, the process proceeds to step 174.

On the other hand, if it is determined in step 156 that the variable H is not 0, the count is suspended, so the count value C2 after suspension is incremented by 1 in step 166, and the suspension is executed in step 168. It is determined whether the subsequent count value C2 is a predetermined value C20, which is 10 or more in this embodiment. When the count value C2 is 10 or more, as will be described later, even if the image is displayed 10 times after being held, the changed additional information is not restored, and therefore, in step 170, the upgraded additional information is displayed. Is deleted from the upgrade candidate table 60, and in step 172, the upgrade additional information is stored in the area 54 or the area 56 of each operator in the personal additional information table 50 of the group, and the process proceeds to step 174. On the other hand, the count value C2
However, if the number is not 10 or more, the image has not been displayed 10 times after being held, and the process proceeds to step 174.

Then, in step 174, it is judged whether or not the variable i is equal to or more than the total number i0 of additional information of the promotion candidates in the group identified by the group ID, and if the variable i is not equal to or larger than the total number i0 of the additional information. , Step 1
Returning to step 54, the above processing (steps 154-172) is repeated. On the other hand, when the variable i is equal to or more than the total number i0, the processing for the additional information of the upgrade candidates of the group is completed, so the processing of the upgrade candidate table is completed,
Proceed to step 106 (see FIG. 11). Step 106
Then, it is determined whether or not the additional information has been edited.

That is, the starting point of the underline is specified by the pointing device in the displayed image, the property sheet display button 36B2 is instructed, the underline pitch width is input in the input field 40C2 of the property sheet 40, and the save button is pressed. When 40A3 is designated and a save command is input, an underline of the pitch width input from the designated start point of the displayed image is displayed. As described above, when the additional information is edited, it is determined in step 108 (see FIG. 12) whether the new additional information is added. When the new additional information is added, in step 110, The personal additional information table 50 of the group is searched, and in step 112, it is determined whether or not the new additional information is common to all operators other than the operator of the group. If they are common, the additional information is deleted from the area 54 or the area 56 of the individual additional information table 50 of the operators of all the groups other than the operator in step 116, and the additional information is upgraded in step 118. After storing in the candidate table 60, the present process ends. On the other hand, if the new additional information is not common to all operators other than the operator of the group, the additional information is stored in the individual additional information table 50, and this processing ends.

In this way, the added new additional information is
When common to all operators of the group, since the additional information is deleted from the area 54 or the area 56 of the individual additional information table 50 and the additional information is stored in the promotion candidate table 60, the common additional information is 1 One piece of data is stored in the upgrade candidate table, which is shared by the operators of all the groups, and new additional information can be stored in the area of the individual additional information table 50 where the additional information has been deleted. Information can be stored efficiently.

Although the additional information has been edited, step 108 is executed.
When it is determined that the new additional information has not been added, it is determined in step 120 whether the additional information of only the operator has been edited. That is, for example, if the existing underline of only the operator is shortened or lengthened, the additional information is stored in the personal additional information table 50 in step 122, and the present process is terminated.

If it is determined in step 120 that the additional information is not edited by only the operator, it is determined in step 124 whether the additional information in the upgrade candidate table 60 has been edited, and the additional information in the upgrade candidate table 60 is edited. If so, in step 126, it is judged whether or not the additional information which is not held is edited, and when it is not held, the count is held by setting the variable H to 1 in step 128. The personal ID is stored in step 130, and the count value C1 is stored in step 132.
After setting 0 to 0, the process proceeds to step 122 and the additional information is stored in the individual additional information table 50.

On the other hand, if it is determined in step 126 that the additional information that has not been held is edited, the additional information that has been previously edited and changed is edited this time to obtain the original additional information in step 134. Judge whether or not it has returned to. When it returns to the original state, the variable H is set to 0 to cancel the holding of the count, delete the additional information previously edited and changed from the individual additional information table 50, and end this processing. On the other hand, if it is determined in step 134 that the original information has not been restored, the process proceeds to step 122, and the additional information edited this time is stored in the personal additional information table 50.

In step 124, the upgrade candidate table 6
If it is determined that the additional information of 0 has not been edited, it means that the additional information of the global additional information table 70 has been edited. Therefore, in step 140, the additional information is deleted from the global additional information table 70. In step 142, it is stored in the personal additional information table 50 of all the group. That is, the personal additional information table 50
The edited additional information is stored in the column of the operator, and the additional information stored in the global additional information table 70 is stored in the column of other operators. As a result, this process ends.

As described above, according to this embodiment, the additional information common to the operators of all the groups is deleted from the individual additional information stored in the individual additional information table, and the common additional information is stored in the upgrade candidate table. After being stored in the global additional information table, the common additional information is stored in the upgrade candidate table or the global additional information table as one piece of information, and the additional information disappears in the personal additional information table. The area where the additional information has disappeared can be used as an area for storing new additional information, and the additional information can be efficiently stored.

Further, in the above-mentioned embodiment, the additional information common to the operators of all the edited groups is deleted from the global additional information table, and the additional information is stored in the individual additional information table for each corresponding operator. Therefore, when the common additional information is deleted by an operator, the individual additional information of the operator disappears,
Personal additional information of other operators is secured, and the additional information can be efficiently stored.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, since the additional information is stored and managed for each of the plurality of groups formed by the plurality of operators, the additional information is stored within the range of the operators forming each of the groups. Can be stored and managed.

In the example described above, the case where the additional information stored in the global additional information table 70 is downgraded has been described by taking the case where the operator edits the additional information as a deletion, but the present invention is not limited to this. However, as another modification, the global additional information table 7
Even if the number of times the additional information stored in 0 is displayed on the display does not exceed the predetermined value even after a predetermined period of time has passed, the display is downgraded. The downgrade process will be described below with reference to the history data table 80 and the flowchart (see FIG. 14) showing the downgrade process routine. It should be noted that this processing routine is executed every day.

First, in step 180, the total history data (history data total), which is a count value obtained by counting the number of times the image is displayed on the display 36 for each day, is read from the area 88 of the history data table 80, and step 182 Then, it is determined whether or not the total is a predetermined value, which is 5 or less in this embodiment. When the total is 5 or less, the group ID and the keyword whose total is 5 or less are read from the history data table 80 in step 184.

At step 186, the personal IDs of the operators forming the group identified by the group ID are fetched from the group management section 97. In step 188, the keyword and the underline coordinates of the image data identified by the keyword are stored in each of the area 54 and the area 56 corresponding to the captured individual ID of the individual additional information table 50 identified by the group ID. To do. Then, in step 190, the global additional information table 7
This keyword and underline coordinates are deleted from 0, and this processing ends.

On the other hand, if there is no history data total of 5 or less, this process ends.

In this way, since the additional information which has not been displayed on the display for a predetermined time or more is deleted from the global additional information table and the additional information is stored in the individual additional information table for each corresponding operator, the global additional information table The latest common additional information is stored in, and old personal additional information that is unnecessary for the operator is deleted or deleted, and an efficient life cycle of the additional information can be realized.

In the embodiment described above, the example in which the keyword corresponding to the entire image data for identifying the image data and the underline corresponding to a part of the image data is used as the additional information has been described, but the additional information is limited to these. Instead of this, for example, a mark attached to the displayed image or an annotation such as an explanation of a term may be used.

Further, in the above-mentioned embodiment, the additional information common to all operators forming a certain group is stored in the temporary upgrade candidate table 60, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the group is formed. Additional information common to all operators may be immediately stored in the global additional information table.

Further, in the above-mentioned embodiment, if the number of times the additional information stored in the global additional information table is displayed on the display does not become the predetermined value or more even after the lapse of the predetermined period or more, it is downgraded. The present invention is not limited to this, and may be downgraded when the number of times the additional information stored in the upgrade candidate table is displayed on the display does not exceed the predetermined value even after the predetermined period or more has elapsed.

Further, in the above-mentioned embodiment, an example in which the additional information is stored and managed in a unit of a plurality of groups made up of a plurality of operators has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this, and all operators are The additional information may be stored and managed as a unit.

[0084]

As described above, the invention according to claim 1 deletes the edited common additional information from the third storage means.
Edit the common additional information that has been edited
The common additional information before being edited and
The second corresponding to the operator corresponding to the common additional information
Since it is stored in the storage means, for example, an operator
When common additional information is deleted by
Personal addition information is lost, but personal addition of other operators
Information is secured and personal additional information is stored efficiently
It has the effect that

According to the second aspect of the invention, the number of times the personal additional information stored in the second storage means corresponding to the common additional information is deleted and the image data corresponding to the common additional information is displayed on the display means Common additional information more than a predetermined number of times is the third
From the storage means, and the fourth storage means stores the common additional information, the number of times of which is equal to or greater than the predetermined number of times.
This has the effect of being able to store common additional information with high utilization in the storage means.

[0086]

According to the third aspect of the invention, the edited common additional information is deleted from the fourth storage means, the edited common additional information is made to correspond to the edited operator, and the common additional information before being edited. Is stored in the second storage means in association with the operator corresponding to the common additional information, so that, for example, when the common additional information is deleted by an operator, the personal additional information of the operator disappears, but other The personal additional information of the operator is secured, and the personal additional information can be efficiently stored.

According to the fourth aspect of the invention, the common additional information which has not been displayed on the display means for a predetermined time or more is deleted from the third storage means, and the common additional information is used as the personal additional information to correspond to the common additional information. Since it is stored in the second storage means corresponding to the operator, the latest common additional information is stored in the third storage means, and the old personal additional information unnecessary for the operator is deleted by the editing means and disappears. Therefore, there is an effect that the additional information can be efficiently stored.

According to the fifth aspect of the invention, the common additional information which has not been displayed on the display means for a predetermined time or more is deleted from the third storage means, and the common additional information is treated as the personal additional information and corresponds to the common additional information. Since it is stored in the second storage means corresponding to the operator, the latest common additional information is stored in the third storage means, and the old personal additional information unnecessary for the operator is deleted by the editing means and disappears. Therefore, there is an effect that the additional information can be efficiently stored.

In the inventions according to claims 6 to 8 , since the number of operators forming each of the plurality of sets composed of a plurality of operators is a predetermined number of operators, the operator's individual The additional information or the common additional information can be stored, and the additional information can be efficiently stored.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing constituent features of the invention described in claims 1 to 6;

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the present embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a screen of a display.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a property sheet.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a personal additional information table.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an upgrade candidate table.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a global additional information table.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a history data table.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a screen of a display on which image data is displayed and coordinates of the screen.

FIG. 10 is a functional block diagram of a CPU.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing a part of a main routine of the present embodiment.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing the rest of the main routine of the present embodiment.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing a subroutine of processing of a promotion candidate table.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing a subroutine of processing of a history data table.

[Explanation of symbols]

40 Property Sheet 50 Personal additional information table 60 Upgrade Candidate Table 70 Global Additional Information Table 80 Historical data table

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Claims (8)

(57) [Claims] 1. A first storage unit in which image data is stored, a second storage unit in which personal additional information corresponding to an operator added to the image data is stored, and stored in the second storage unit. Detecting means for detecting common additional information common to a predetermined number of operators from the individual additional information, third storage means for storing one of the common additional information, and personal additional information corresponding to the common additional information. Deletion means for deleting from the second storage means, image data stored in the first storage means, the second
An image Fuairingu apparatus and a control means for displaying on the display means at least one of the personal additional information stored in the storage means and a common additional information stored in said third memory means, said first Editing the common additional information stored in the storage means of No. 3
When the common additional information is edited by the editing means and the editing means
If the common additional information is deleted from the third storage means,
The common additional information edited together is sent to the edited operator.
Common additional information before being associated and edited
Personal additional information corresponding to the operator corresponding to the additional information
Second, further comprising the additional information management means for storing, in the storage means as an image Fuairingu apparatus according to claim. 2. A counting unit that counts the number of times the image data corresponding to the common additional information is displayed on the display unit, and a fourth storage unit that stores the common additional information whose number of times is a predetermined number or more. The image filtering apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: and the deleting unit further deletes the common additional information, the number of times of which is equal to or more than a predetermined number, from the third storage unit. 3. A common attachment stored in the fourth storage means.
Editing means for editing additional information, and the common additional information is edited by the editing means
If the common additional information is deleted from the fourth storage means,
The common additional information edited together is sent to the edited operator.
Common additional information before being associated and edited
Personal additional information corresponding to the operator corresponding to the additional information
3. The image filtering apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising: additional information management means stored in the second storage means . 4. The additional information management means stores image data corresponding to the common additional information for a predetermined time or more.
It is determined whether the image is not displayed on the display unit, and the image is displayed.
If the data is not displayed on the display for more than the specified time
Deletes the common additional information from the third storage means
Together with the common additional information as personal additional information
Second storage means corresponding to the operator corresponding to the information
The image filtering apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that 5. The additional information management means determines whether or not the image data corresponding to the common additional information is not displayed on the display means for a predetermined time or more, and the image data is displayed on the display means for a predetermined time or more. In this case, the common additional information is deleted from the fourth storage means, and the common additional information is stored in the second storage means as personal additional information in association with the operator corresponding to the common additional information. An image filtering apparatus according to claim 3, wherein: 6. A first storage means in which image data is stored.
And the personal additional information corresponding to the operator added to the image data.
A predetermined information from the second storage means in which the information is stored and the personal additional information stored in the second storage means.
Detects common additional information common to several operators
Means, a third storage means for storing one of the common additional information, and the personal additional information corresponding to the common additional information in the second storage means .
Delete means for deleting from the storage means, image data stored in the first storage means, the second
Personal additional information stored in the storage means of
At least one of the common additional information stored in the storage means is displayed.
And a control means for displaying on the display means , wherein the predetermined number of operators comprises a plurality of operators.
Is the number of operators that make up each of the
An image-filing device characterized in that 7. A first storage means in which image data is stored.
And the personal additional information corresponding to the operator added to the image data.
A predetermined information from the second storage means in which the information is stored and the personal additional information stored in the second storage means.
Detects common additional information common to several operators
Means, a third storage means for storing one of the common additional information, and the personal additional information corresponding to the common additional information in the second storage means .
Delete means for deleting from the storage means, image data stored in the first storage means, the second
Personal additional information stored in the storage means of
At least one of the common additional information stored in the storage means is displayed.
Control means for displaying on the display means, and image data corresponding to the common additional information is displayed on the display means.
Counting means for counting the number of times displayed on the screen, and storing the common additional information in which the number of times is a predetermined number or more.
An image filtering apparatus comprising: a fourth storage means , wherein the deleting means further comprises:
The common additional information is deleted from the third storage means, and the predetermined number of operators is composed of a plurality of operators.
The number of operators that make up each of the
That, the image Fuairingu and wherein the. 8. The predetermined number of operators comprises a plurality of operators.
The number of elements that make up each of the
Claim 1 thru | or Claim characterized by being a perator
5. The image matching device according to any one of 5 above.