JPH0215375A - Image information storage device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To simply and automatically add required information to a picture and to print out it by providing the title device with an image information storage area, an additional information storage area, a format information storage area, an instruction input means, an information addition control means, and a printing means. CONSTITUTION:The sort of additional information and format information indicating an adding position are applied from a key input part 6 to image information 2 and processed by a main control part 7 and the processed result is stored in a magnetic disk 4 through a control part 5. When a printing instruction with additional information is inputted from the key input part 6, the main control part 7 reads out the specified image information 2 from an area 1a of an optical disk 1 on the basis of the information of a file control area 1c and sends the read information to a printing memory 8. The control part 7 extracts necessary additional information 3a to 3c from an area 1b on the basis of the information of the area 1c and the printing format of the disk 4 and transfers the extracted information to the address of the memory 8 to add the additional information to the read information 2. A printing control part 9 prints out the graphic to which the information 3a to 3c are added through a printer 10.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (a) Industrial Application Field The present invention is an image information storage device that stores image information such as drawings created by a drawing creation device, etc., and allows necessary information to be retrieved arbitrarily and easily printed. Regarding equipment.

(b) Various drawings created by conventional technical drawing creation devices are inputted into an image information storage device as image information from an input device such as a scanner or directly online, and are stored there. To retrieve a desired drawing, input search data such as a search number or keyword using a keyboard or mouse, read the image information from a storage device such as an optical disk, and print it. (For example, Tokuko Sho 62-2
For details, see Publication No. 6035. ) (C) Invention or problem to be solved: In addition to the image information representing the drawing, is some information added as necessary, such as the name of the person in charge, date of creation, and comments? , This may be written directly on the original drawing, or may be added when inputting image information.

In this way, once certain information is added to image information and stored in a storage device such as an optical disk, the optical disk is often non-erasable, and therefore cannot be erased even if it is no longer needed.

Further, after searching and reading out the -degree image information, there may be cases where it is desired to add the search data to the read and printed drawing in case it is to be searched again.

(d) Means for Solving the Problems The image information storage device of the present invention includes an image information storage area for storing image information, an additional information storage area for storing additional information related to this side image information, and an image information storage area for storing the image information. a format information storage area for storing format information indicating a positional relationship between the two pieces of information when the additional information is added to the information; and an input means for inputting an instruction signal for adding the first additional information to the image information; control means for reading out the side image information, additional information and format information in response to the instruction signal, and adding the additional information to the image information based on the information from 471; The image forming apparatus is characterized by comprising a printing means for printing the image information to which information has been added.

(E) Function In the present invention, additional information is managed in a file in correspondence with image information. Then, when printing the required image information, the additional information is read out simultaneously with the image information, and this additional information is transferred to the image. By adding the image information to the information and printing it, additional information related to the required image information can be added and printed as needed.

(f) Embodiment FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an image information storage device showing an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of a printed drawing to which the present invention is applied.

In FIG. 1, (1) is an optical disk, which has an image information storage area (1a) for storing image information (2) of the drawing, which is shown in a solid line area in FIG. 2, and an image information storage area (1a), which is shown in a broken line area in FIG. An information record that stores additional information (3a), (3b), and (3c) +1! It has a region. In addition, in this example,
The additional information (3a) includes information indicating other image information related to the side image information (2), search data for the image information (2), and information on the optical disc (1) on which the side image information (2) is stored.
), and additional information (3b) is image information (
2), and additional information (
3c) consists of precautions regarding image information (2), etc. Furthermore, the optical disc (1) has a file management area (lc> that stores information representing the correspondence between the image information (2) and each additional information (3a), (3b), and (3C). (4) is the side image information (2) and each additional information (3a), (3
b) A magnetic disk that stores format information indicating the type of additional information when adding or (3C) and the adding position of each additional information (3a), (3b) or (3C) as an additional information printing format I-; (5) is a storage device control unit that controls the storage and reading of information to and from the optical disk (1) and magnetic disk (4); ),
(3b) or (3C);
7) is a main control unit that performs various control operations such as controlling the storage device control unit (5) based on signals from the key human power unit (6); (8) is a main control unit that performs various control operations such as controlling the storage device control unit (5);
), or the image information (2) read from
(9) is a print image memory section that stores information obtained by adding at least one of the additional information (3a), (3b), or (3c) to 2) under the control of the main control section (7); (lO) is an image printer that prints the information stored in the print image memory unit (8); (11) is a print controller that performs control to print the information stored in the print image memory unit (8); Image information (2) read from the optical disk (1) by the storage device control unit (5) in the same way as the image memory unit (8),
or an image memory section (12) that stores information obtained by adding at least one of the additional information (3a), (3b), or (3c) to the image information (2) under the control of the main control section (7);
) is a display control unit that performs control to display the information stored in the image memory unit (11), and (13) is a CRT that displays the information stored in the image memory unit (11).
It is.

In this configuration, the image information (2) in the image information storage area (1a) is added to the additional information (3a) in the additional information storage area (1b).
), (3b), or (3c), first add 1 to the image (former 77 indicating the type of additional information to be added to the original information (2) and its addition position).
The key information is input in advance from the key input section (6). These are processed by the main control unit (7) and sent to the magnetic disk (4) as an additional information print format via the storage device control unit (5).
Store it in

Note that, at the same time, search data for the image information (2) is also input from the key human power section (6).

Then, when a print instruction signal of 1 inch of additional information is input from the key human power section (6), the main control section (7) prints the specified image information (2) based on the information in the file management area (IC).
is read from the image (original information storage area (1a)) of the optical disk (1) and sent to the print image memory section (8).

Furthermore, the main control unit (7) generates necessary additional information (3a), (3b) or (
3C) from the additional information storage area (1b), transfers it to an appropriate address in the print image memory section (8), and adds it to the previously read image (original information (2). Print control section (9) This is processed and the image printer (10) adds additional information (in this embodiment, additional information (3a), (3b)) to the image information (2), as shown in FIG.
(3c)) Print out the attached drawing.

The display control unit (12) processes the pig in the image memory unit (11) and displays it on the CRT (13), thereby displaying additional information (3a), '(3b) or (3C) or the added image (
This allows the state of the original information (2) to be confirmed in advance before printing.

In this embodiment, the additional information storage area (lb'1) may be provided on the optical disc (1) together with the image information storage area (1a), or may be provided separately.

(1.) Effects of the Invention According to the present invention, C additional information related to the image information representing a required drawing can be automatically added and printed as needed, so that the drawing itself can be printed as needed. You can easily add information you want to write to a drawing, such as the file name in which the drawing is registered, the number and storage location of materials related to the drawing, and information regarding processing requests for the product or parts.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an image information storage device showing an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of a printed drawing to which the present invention is applied. (1n... optical disc, (1a)... picture (original information storage area, (lb)... additional information storage area, (4)...
・Magnetic disk, (6)...Key personnel department, (7)...
・Main control unit, (9)...Print control unit, (10)...
image printer 2

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) The image information storage area that stores image information, the additional information storage area that stores additional information related to this image information, and the positional relationship of both information when adding the additional information to the side image information. a format information storage area for storing format information to be displayed; input means for inputting an instruction signal for adding the additional information to the image information; and input means for inputting an instruction signal for adding the additional information to the image information; The image forming apparatus is characterized by comprising a control means for reading and adding the additional information to the image information based on the format information, and a printing means for printing the image information to which the additional information has been added by the control means. Image information storage device.