JPH03291755A - Picture formation storage device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily execute the registration and retrieval of a picture by preparing index information while transforming the size of the entire first page of document information corresponding to the size of a picture area, and adding the retrieval information of a bar code to this index information. CONSTITUTION:The document information of the first page is converted to an electric signal by a scanner 41 and temporarily stored in a page memory 30, and the stored picture data is stored through an optical disk 51 to an optical disk after being compressed by a CODEC 21. Simultaneously, the picture data stored in the memory 30 is reduced at the prescribed rate of reduction and stored (reduced copy) to the memory 30. Next, the bar code to be the key information in the case of retrieval is added to the picture data stored in the memory 30 excepting for the picture area, and the data is printed out. The document information after the second page is processed similarly to the first page, and for the picture data, however, a 1/4 reduction processing is executed. Then, the data is temporarily stored in the memory 30 specifically allocated for the back of the index, and the document information for the back of the index is printed out to the back of the index, cover of which is already recorded, by a printer 43.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[Purpose of the Invention (Industrial Application Field) The present invention relates to a new image forming storage device such as a copying device that can store image information such as document information and can perform efficient document filing. (Prior Art) In recent years, the amount of documents (images) to be processed in offices and the like is enormous, and there is a shortage of document space. Therefore, filing systems such as document filing devices using optical disks and the like have been developed. Such filing systems use high-definition display devices to enable advanced document editing and advanced search/registration based on a fixed filing system, but the cost of the filing system is extremely high. . Furthermore, because of the multifunctionality and complicated operability, document registration and document searching generally take time. Therefore, the above-mentioned apparatus has the disadvantage that it cannot simply and easily register and search images, and is expensive. (Problems to be Solved by the Invention) The present invention can easily and easily register images as described above.
It is an object of the present invention to provide an image forming storage device which can easily and easily register and search images at a low price, and which eliminates the disadvantages of not being able to perform searches and being expensive. shall be. [Structure of the Invention] (Means for Solving the Problems) An image forming storage device of the present invention includes a reading means for reading document information of multiple pages, and storing the document information of multiple pages read by the reading means in a storage medium. storage means for storing the plurality of pages of document information read by the reading means into an image area arranged in a predetermined area of one unit of copy paper, at least the entire first page of the plurality of pages of document information read by the reading means; processing means for creating abstract information of the document information read by the reading means and stored in the storage medium by converting the size according to the size of the image area and outputting it; The present invention is comprised of a control means that adds search information indicated by a barcode to abstract information in a search information area provided outside the image area of the copy sheet. The document information of the plurality of pages read by the reading means is read by the reading means, and the plurality of read document information is stored in the storage medium by the storage means. In the image area located in
At least the entire first page of multiple pages of document information read by the reading means is converted in size according to the size of the image area and outputted, so that the reading means reads the information and stores it in the storage medium. Abstract information of document information is created, and search information indicated by a barcode is added to the created abstract information in a search information area provided outside the image area of the copy sheet. (Embodiment) An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a copying apparatus as an image forming storage device of the present invention. The above copying apparatus includes a basic system section 1, an image processing section 2, a memory section 3, and an input/output section 4.
, an image storage section 5, a system bus 6, and an image bus 7. The basic system unit 1 includes a CPU 10 that performs various controls;
A keyboard 11 for data input, a display panel 12 for displaying various statuses, a program for controlling the entire system, character patterns such as alphanumeric characters newly set on the abstract, and a bar code as search information on the abstract. A basic system interface 14 that interfaces with a main memory 13 that stores barcode patterns and the like used when printing, a magnetic disk device 15 that is a storage device for various information, and a floppy disk device 16.
, and an external input/output interface 17 that enables connection with external equipment. The image processing unit 2 includes an image processing module 20 that performs various types of image processing, and a C0DE that performs compression/expansion of image data.
C2]. The memory section 3 includes a page memory 30 having a recording capacity for several A3 pages, and a buffer memory 31 as a temporary recording location for image data. The input/output unit 4 includes a scanner 4 as a document reading unit that optically reads document information and converts it into a time-series electric signal.
1, a printer 43 as an image output section that prints out image data, and a scanner interface 40 and a printer interface 42 that connect these to the system. The image storage section 5 includes an optical disk device 51 that stores various data on an optical disk 233, and an optical disk interface 50 that enables connection with the system. The system bus 6 is a control bus for the entire system, and controls the basic system section 1, image processing section 2, memory section 3, input/output section 4, and image storage section 5. Also, image bus 7
is a bus dedicated to image data, and enables high-speed transfer of image data among the image processing section 2, memory section 3, input/output section 4, and image storage section 5. FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing the internal structure of the scanner 41, printer 43, and optical disk device 51 of the copying machine. The scanner 41 includes an automatic reversing document feeder (return auto document feeder, RADr') 2
06 and carriage I22], carriage I222, imaging lens 227, and CCD sensor 228.
It consists of 9. In FIG. 2, the original is placed face down on the original glass 220, and the original is placed with the front left side of the original glass 220 in the lateral direction as the center reference. The document is pressed onto the document glass 220 by the conveyance bell 1-21.2 of the conveyance unit section 218 of the automatic reversing document feeder (RAD)' 208. The original is fluorescent lamp 22
3, and the reflected light is reflected by mirror 244.225.
．． 226, the light is condensed via an imaging lens 227 onto the surface of a CCD sensor 228 having a plurality of light receiving elements arranged in a row. The first carriage 224 and the mirror 22 are equipped with the mirror 244, a light amount sensor that detects the amount of light from a fluorescent lamp (not shown), and a heat-retaining heater that keeps the temperature of the fluorescent lamp 223 constant.
The second carriage 222 with a 5.22B is adapted to move at a relative speed of 2.1, the first carriage 224 and the second carriage 222 are controlled by a pulse motor (not shown) for reading from the scanner interface 40. It moves from left to right in synchronization with the timing signal and performs sub-scanning. The sub-scanning speed is configured such that the excitation method of the two-phase pulse motor is switched between 1/2-phase excitation and microstep drive depending on the reading magnification. A pulse motor driver (not shown) is configured so that a current waveform that cancels the natural vibration of the drive system is input to the pulse motor, especially in a low speed range. As described above, the image of the original placed on the original glass 220 is read line by line sequentially, and an 8-bit digital signal indicating the density of the image is output to the scanner interface 40. When reading a double-sided document using the automatic reversing document feeder (1?ADP) 206, when the document detection switch 217 detects that the document is placed on the document feeding tray 207, the R
It is set to A Kano mode. The original is taken out from the top by a pickup roller 208, and separated one by one by a paper supply roller 209 that reverses each other and a separation roller.
transported. The conveyed original is placed on aligning roller 21
After its posture is corrected in step 1, it is sent to the transport unit section 21B. Further, the document is conveyed by the conveyor belt 212 until it abuts against the document stopper 213, that is, to the reading reference position. Here, after performing the reading operation as described above, the conveyor belt 212 rotates in the opposite direction, so that the document is reversely conveyed to the reversing gate 216 of the paper feeding unit 1-208. At this time, the reversing gate 216 is operated by the reversing roller 219a.
The document is rotated to a position where the document is conveyed to the reversing rollers 219a and 219b. Reversing guide 219d, 2], 9e, by 219C
219f' and then reversed to aligning roller 219.
reach g. Here, after correcting its posture, the original is sent to the transport unit section 218 by the aligning roller 219g, and is transported to the reading reference position by the transport bell l-212. When the back side reading operation is completed, the document is conveyed by the conveyor belt 212 until it reaches the paper ejection roller 214a, and is ejected by the paper ejection rollers 214a, 2+, and 4b, and is stacked on the document ejection tray 215. By repeating the operations described above, double-sided originals can be read continuously. The optical disk device 51 also includes an optical disk 233, an optical disk drive motor 234, a reading head (not shown),
It is composed of an optical disk drive control section 235. When storing image data, the image data read by the scanner 41 is temporarily stored in the page memory 30, compressed by the C0DEC 21 of the image processing unit 2 via the image bus 7, and then transferred to the optical disk device via the optical disk interface 50. 51. The compressed image data is transferred into bit information by a head (not shown) controlled by an optical disk drive control section 235 onto an optical disk 238 whose rotation is controlled by an optical disk drive motor 234.

[7 is recorded. ]0 When reading an image, based on the control information (search information identified from the abstract) from the basic system unit 1, the head reads out the information recorded at a specific position on the optical disk 233'2, and reads the image via the image bus 7. C0DEC of processing unit 2
2], and then temporarily stored in the page memory 30. The image data recorded in the page memory 30 is subjected to predetermined processing by the image processing module 20 and output to the printer 43 via the image bus 7 and the printer interface 42. Further, the printer 43 includes an image forming section 239 that combines a laser optical system 240 and an electrophotographic method capable of forming images on both sides of transfer paper. That is, image data sent from the page memory 30 via the image bus 7 and the printer interface 42 is synchronized by an image data processing circuit (not shown), and is synchronized by a semiconductor laser oscillator (not shown). light 24
Outputs 5. The output laser beam 245 is shaped by a beam shaping optical system (not shown) consisting of, for example, a cylindrical lens, and a polyhedral rotating mirror 241 is rotated by a rotating motor 214-2. -] is deflected. The deflected laser beam 245 passes through the fθ lens 242, is reflected by the mirror 243 and the mirror 244, and is reflected by the storage glass 244-
1, the exposure position 246A on the photoreceptor drum 246
A spot image with the necessary resolution is formed at the point , and a latent image is formed on the photoreceptor drum 246 by scanning exposure. This deflected laser light 245 is synchronized by detecting the laser light with a beam detector (not shown) consisting of a photodiode. Around the photoreceptor drum 246, the photoreceptor drum 24
A charger 247 that charges six sides, a developer 248,
Transfer roller 249, cleaner 25o1 static elimination lamp 251
is installed. This photoreceptor drum 246 is rotationally driven by a drive motor (not shown) at an outer circumferential speed of vO, and the drum surface is charged by a charger 247 provided opposite to the photoreceptor drum surface having a grid electrode. . The photoreceptor drum 246, on which a latent image is formed by spot-imaging the laser beam 245 at the exposure position 246A of the charged photoreceptor drum 246'2, rotates at a speed of 0 to the development position 246B. At this position, a toner image is formed from the developing device 248 on the latent image on the photosensitive drum 246. The photoreceptor drum 246 on which the toner image has been formed continues to rotate at VO, and at a transfer position 246C, the toner image is transferred by a transfer roller 249 onto a transfer paper P that is supplied with timing by a paper feeding system. Unnecessary toner adhering to the transfer roller 249 is cleaned by a transfer roller cleaner 249-1. The paper feeding system includes a means for selectively feeding the transfer paper P as an image forming medium from three locations: two cassettes 251A and 251B and a large-capacity feeder 252; Separately, there is a reversing paper feeding section that inverts the transfer paper P on which an image has been formed on the first side (front side) and then refeeds the paper to form an image on the second side (back side) of this transfer paper P. The above two cassettes I-251A, 25] and B and the transfer paper P in the large-capacity feeder 252 can be selectively, for example,
[Pi]3 Paper feeding is started by the pick-up roller 253A (or 253B, or 253C), and the paper feed roller 254A
(or 254B, or 254C), separation roller 254-LA (or 254-In, or 254-
10), the transfer paper P is separated and fed one by one, reaches the registration rollers 255, and is fed to the transfer section at a predetermined timing. The elevator 252-1 of the large-capacity feeder 252 moves up and down according to the number of sheets of paper so that the position of the paper at the paper feeding section is at a substantially constant height. Further, on the downstream side □ of the transfer roller 249, there is a paper transport mechanism 256, a fixing device 257, a path switching guide 260 for switching whether to eject the image-formed transfer paper P to the outside of the machine or to guide it to the reversing paper feed section. A paper discharge roller 258 is provided. The path switching guide 260 changes the path of the transfer paper P sent from the fixing device 257 to directions AA, BB as shown. For example, when the path switching guide 260 is in the illustrated state, the transfer paper P advances to the path AA, passes through the paper ejection roller 258, and is ejected to the paper ejection tray 259. Furthermore, an example in which images are formed on the first surface (front surface) and second surface 4 (back surface) of the transfer paper P will be described in detail. That is, after the image forming process described above, the transfer roller 249
The transfer paper P on which the toner image corresponding to the image data on the first side (front surface) of the transfer paper P, for example, the cover data of the abstract, has been transferred is sent to the fixing device 257 by the paper transport mechanism 256, and the toner image is It is fixed on the transfer paper P. The route switching guide 260 rotates counterclockwise (the state shown by the dotted line).
, the transfer paper P leaving the fixing device is conveyed to the path BB. Further, the transfer paper P passes between the reversing rollers 261A and 261B and is sent to the reversing grip roller 262. After the rear end of the transfer paper P passes between the reversing rollers 26LA and 2BIB, the grip roller 262 stops rotating and the transfer paper P
The transfer paper P rotates clockwise while holding it in place (the state shown by the dotted line) and then reverses, and the transfer paper P is transferred to the reversing roller 2B] A, 2
It is sent between B+C, passes through the conveyance roller 263, and reaches the register I.
- It reaches the roller 255 and is fed to the transfer position 246C at a predetermined timing. At this time, a toner image is formed on the second side (back side) of the transfer paper P, and a toner image is formed on the second side (back side) of the transfer paper P, for example, according to the back side data of the above-mentioned abstract. is sent to the fixing device 257 by the paper transport mechanism 25G, and the toner image on the second side (back side) of the transfer paper P is fixed on the transfer paper P. The path switching guide 260 rotates clockwise (the illustrated state), and the transfer paper P advances to the path AA, and is ejected onto the ejection tray 259 by the ejection roller 258. Next, using the block diagram shown in FIG.
The control system will be explained below. As shown in FIG. 3, printer 43 connects system bus 6 and image bus 7 through printer interface 42.
It is connected to the. Broadly speaking, the printer interface 42 sends and receives two types of data. That is, one is
One is the transmission and reception of control codes (command data from the system bus 6 and status data from the printer 43) with the system bus 6, and the other is image data and associated synchronization with the image bus 7. This is the transmission and reception of signals. Control codes, ie, command data 6 and status data, are further transmitted to and received from control circuit 503 . The control circuit 503 has a built-in microcomputer and is a central part of controlling the printer 43. That is, it interprets command data sent from the system bus 6 from the printer interface 42 and controls each part of the printer 43. Further, in response to a request from the system bus 6, the status of the printer 43 is output to the system bus 6 through the printer interface 42. The control of each part will be explained in more detail, focusing on the control circuit 503. (1) As described above, the image data from the gamma characteristic control image bus 7 is synchronized by the synchronization signal from the beam detector 511 consisting of a photodiode in the image data processing circuit 507 and converted into a laser modulation signal, or Control circuit 503
can specify 7 conversion characteristics from image data to a laser modulation signal to the image data processing circuit 507. In other words, it is possible to control the gamma characteristics of image data and output images. (The gamma characteristics of the printer 43 change depending on temperature, humidity, etc., so it must be controlled each time.) (2) The laser emission power control circuit 508 forces the laser drive circuit 502 to It is also possible to control the laser emission power by causing the laser to emit light, and by monitoring the emission power of the semiconductor laser oscillator 590. (3) The motor control control circuit 503 controls the high speed rotation motor 241-2.
, performs on-off control, rotation speed monitoring, and rotation speed control of the drum motor 508, main motor 509, and fan motor 264. (4) High-voltage output control The control circuit 503 can perform high-voltage output control to the transfer charger 247, developing roller 248-1, and transfer roller 249 at predetermined timing, and can also monitor the output. (5) Fuser temperature control The control circuit 503 monitors the temperature of the heat roller of the fixing device 257, and controls the temperature at which the toner on the transfer paper can be fixed. (6) The process control control circuit 503 includes the process condition detection circuit 51
2, the surface potential of the photoreceptor drum 246, the toner concentration inside the developing device, the toner concentration on the photoreceptor drum, the temperature of the photoreceptor drum 246, etc. are detected, and gamma characteristic control, high pressure output control, toner replenishment, and laser control are performed. Controls the light emission power, controls the photoreceptor drum heater 513, etc. In addition, the controller 100 controls turning on and off the static electricity removal lamp 251 at a predetermined timing. (7) The transfer paper path control circuit 503 controls the paper feed cassette 25 according to the print mode specified from the system bus 6 and based on information from various switches 506.
B. Various solenoids F' 504 and various clutches 505 for selection of 251-1, rotation control of the registration roller 255, control of the path switching guide 280, rotation control and rotation control of the reversing grip roller 262]
control. (8) Others The control circuit 503 controls the elevator motor 252-2 to move the elevator 252-1 up and down according to the number of sheets in the large-capacity feeder 252. The page memory 30 has a structure as shown in FIG. That is, there are two page memories each having a capacity of at least one A3 page, each of which has an address controller (ADC) 484,485. This AD0484.485 can generate various addresses. For example, as shown in Fig. 5, it is possible to sequentially generate addresses in the X direction in synchronization with a predetermined clock, or by changing the parameters of AD0484.485, addresses can be generated in the Y direction as shown in Fig. 6. It is also possible to generate addresses sequentially. In the scanning direction, addresses can be generated not only in the forward direction (direction in which addresses increase), but also in the reverse direction (direction in which addresses decrease). 0 Two page memories 482.48 in page memory 30
3 can be accessed from both the image bus 7 and the system bus 6, and the ADC 484, ADC 485 (D bar y meter can only be accessed from the system bus 6.
The DC 484 and ADC 485 can be updated by read and write signals from the image bus 7 and system bus 6. Next, the operation of the page memory 30 (when storing image information read by the scanner 41 on the optical disk 233 of the optical disk device 51) will be explained. First, image information read by the scanner 41 is taken into the memory 482 in the page memory 3o via the scanner interface 40 and the image bus 7. The image information in the memory 482 is sent to the CODEC 21 line by line via the image bus 7. C0DEC
At 21, image data is compressed line by line, and the compressed image data is sequentially written line by line onto the optical disk 233 of the optical disk device 51 via the image bus 7. At the same time, the image information in the memory 482 is thinned out to 1/4 and copied to a predetermined area of the memory 483 in page 1 order of the original. The 1/4 thinning/reducing process is performed as follows. In other words, when copying from memory 482 to memory 483,
The address controller ADC 484 advances one address in the X direction with each clock of the main scanning synchronization signal, and advances one address in the Y direction with one clock of the sub-scanning synchronization signal. On the other hand, the address controller ADC 485 advances one address in the X direction with four clocks of the main scanning synchronization signal, and advances one address in the Y direction with four clocks of the sub-scanning synchronization signal. In this way, a reduced copy with a linear ratio of 1/41 and an area ratio of 1/]6 is performed. FIG. 7(a) is a schematic diagram of the image data in the page memory 482, and shows the image of the input document. FIG. 7(b) is a schematic diagram of the page memory 483, and the reduced image is stored in a shaded area 701 in the figure. Next, a barcode is added to the image data stored in the page memory 483 in the page memory 3o, which serves as key information at the time of search. Specifically, automatic numbering is performed using barcodes. In other words, the basic system unit 1 connects the document at position 111.
2 A consecutive number is added. The area to which the barcode is added is the area 702 outside the diagonal line in FIG. 7(b). Here is the surface of the abstract (Ochitemen)
The positions where the barcode is added in the case where the barcode is added to the two locations will be specifically explained using FIGS. 8(a) to 8(d). FIG. 8(a) is a schematic diagram of the page memory 483, similar to FIG. 7(b), and shows an image of an abstract. a Sb -, C% d represents the four corners of the abstract, and point a is the top address of the page memory 483. The area 70 surrounded by the broken line is an image area where the first page 1 of the original is printed in a reduced size. The X direction is the main scanning direction, and the y direction is the sub scanning direction. Area 702a is barcode BC
The first area to which DI is added, area 702b, is the second area to which barcode BCD2 is added. Area 702
+) is a region obtained by rotating the region 702a by 180 degrees around the intersection p of the diagonal line acSbd. Point e (ex. ey) is the start address of the area 702a. FIG. 8(b) is a specific example of the image information of the bar code BCDI to be written. As shown in the figure, the bar code BCD I is written perpendicular to X (main scanning direction). Figure 8(a) is an example of adding a barcode to the (a b. cd) side of the abstract, but as shown in Figure 8(c), a barcode is added to the longitudinal side (bc. ad) of the abstract. Areas 702c and 702d for adding barcodes BCD3 and BOD5 may be provided. Here, as in FIG. 8(a), the region 702d is replaced by the region 702c.
is an area rotated 180 degrees around the intersection p of the diagonal lines, and the method of adding barcodes BCD3 and BOD5 is shown in Figure 8 (
Same as a). FIG. 8(d) is a specific example of image information of barcode BCD3 written in area 702c. As shown in the figure, barcode BCD3 is written perpendicular to y (sub-scanning direction). If barcodes are to be added to four locations, areas 702a and 702b are used. 702c, 702d, barcodes BCDI, BOD5, BOD5 as explained in FIGS. 8(a) and 8(c).
, BOD5 are added. Do you want to add barcodes to 4 places or 2 places?
In addition, if it is added to two places, the area 702a. 702b or area 702c, 70
It is assumed that the basic system unit 1 determines in advance whether to add 4 to 2d. FIGS. 9(a) and 9(b) show that when the registration operation is performed in the file mode in this device, the transfer paper is transferred from the printer 43.
FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of an abstract output to FIG. 9(a) is an explanatory diagram of the contents of the cover page 800 of the abstract. The data of the first page of one registered document is printed in the cover document printing area 801. In addition, barcode BCDI representing the document number necessary for later document search, document number 803 which is the digitization of the above barcode BC old, and the above barcode BC old and document number 803
The same bar code BCD2 and document number 80B are printed respectively. Note that the barcode T3CD2 and document number 806 are printed in the opposite direction to the barcode BCDI and document number 803. FIG. 9(b) is an explanatory diagram of the content printed on the back side 807 of the abstract. The pages of the document other than the first page are divided into multiple pages within the back document printing area 808.
Printed in reduced form, each page has page number 8
09 to 810 are printed 5 respectively. In addition, barcode BCDI representing the document number necessary for later document search, "Document number 803 which is a numerical representation of the second barcode BC old," Barcode BCD2, which is the same as the second barcode BC old and document number 803, Document number 80
6 is printed respectively. Next, an example of the operation of the copying apparatus of the present invention will be described. First, document registration and abstract creation will be explained with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. A plurality of sheets (N sheets) of originals are set on the scanner 41, and an optical disk 233 is set on the optical disk device 51, respectively. By pressing a reading start button (not shown), the document information on the first page is converted into an electrical signal by the scanner 41, and is sent to the page memory 30 via the image data bus 7 through various image processing such as filtering processing and gradation processing. page memory 48 within
2 (herein referred to as page A). Subsequently, the stored image data is compressed in data amount by the C0DEC 21 and then stored on the optical disk 233 via the optical disk device 51. At the same time, the image data temporarily stored in the page memory 482 is
The data is reduced at a predetermined reduction rate under address control by the DC 485 and stored (reduced copy) in a page memory 483 (referred to as page 8 here) in the page memory 30. To explain the reduced copy using Figures 7(a) and (b),
Image data read by the scanner 41 is stored via the image bus 7 at an address pointed to by the ADC 484 in the page memory 482 in synchronization with a predetermined clock. At this time, since the AD0484 sequentially counts up in synchronization with a predetermined clock, image data of the same size as the original is stored in the page memory 482. Next, the image data stored in the page memory 482 is read out in synchronization with a predetermined clock and output to the image bus 7 in order to be stored on the optical disk 233. At the same time, the image data read from the page memory 482 is stored at the address pointed to by the ADC 485 in the page memory 483. At this time as well, the ADC 484 sequentially counts up in synchronization with a predetermined clock. ADC
485 generates an address according to a predetermined reduction rate. 7. The start address pointed to by the ADC 485 in reduced copying is determined as follows. FIG. 7(a) is a schematic diagram of the image data in the page memory 482, and shows the image of the input document. The reduction rate is assumed to be 415 here. a, b, c, and d are the four corners of the image data, and p is the intersection of diagonals ab and cd. Point a is the start address when the ADC 484 accesses the page memory 482. Here, at point f on ap, ap:pf=5:4... (1) The address of point f on page memory 483 or reduction rate 41
This is the start address pointed to by the ADC 485 in No. 5. FIG. 7(b) is a schematic diagram of the page memory 483, and the reduced image is stored in a shaded area 701 in the figure. Next, a barcode is added to the image data stored in the page memory 483 in the page memory 30, which becomes key information at the time of searching. Specifically, automatic numbering is performed using barcodes. That is, the basic system unit 1 adds a serial number to each document. 8 The barcode automatically generated by this basic system unit 1 and converted into image information is sequentially distributed in the area BCD starting from point e.
written to I. Next, the data in the area DC old to which the barcode information was added is the diagonal line ac. The area BCD is rotated 180 degrees around the intersection p of bd.
Copied to 2. Note that the number issued here is registered in the search information area of the optical disc 233 as search information for the optical disc 233. Above is 1 with barcode added.
The document information of the page is printed out as the cover of the abstract by the printer 43 via the image bus 7 and the printer interface 42. Next, the document information of the second page is sent to the scanner 41 in the same way as the first page.
The image data is converted into an electrical signal and temporarily stored in the page memory 80 via the image data bus 7. Furthermore, the stored image data is -danC0DEC
After the amount of data is compressed by 21, the optical disk device 5
1 and are stored on the optical disk 233. On the other hand, the image data stored in the page memory 30 is 1
/4 (area ratio: 1./113) reduction processing is performed. Nine types of processing methods are possible, but here the image data is compressed by simple thinning processing. The image data compressed to 1/16 is temporarily stored in a specific page memory 30 (herein referred to as page 8) allocated for the back side of the abstract. The above processing is performed up to the final page (page N). Images of the image information of the abstract are shown in FIGS. 9(a) and 9(b). FIG. 9(a) shows an example of the front side, and FIG. 9(b) shows an example of the back side. As shown in the figure, for documents of 18 pages or more, the last page is recorded in the reduced page area at the bottom right. moreover,
As with the first page, a consecutive barcode number is added as key information during search. Above, the document information on the back of the abstract with the barcode added is as follows:
The abstract is printed out by the printer 43 via the image bus 7 and the printer interface 42 on the back side of the abstract on which the front side has already been recorded. As described above, the manuscript information is registered on the optical disk as image data, and one sheet of abstract is obtained in which the front side is the document information of the first page and the back side is a reduced document that represents the entire document information. 0 Next, document search and copying will be explained based on the flowchart of FIG. 11. First, the abstract is set in the scanner 41 and the optical disc 233 is set in the optical disc device 51. By pressing a copy button (not shown), the scanner 41 reads the barcode recorded on the abstract and detects the document number. Search information on the optical disc 233 is searched based on the detected document number. When a matching number is found, image data is read page by page from the image data area corresponding to the document number. The image data read from the optical disk device 51 is -danC0DEC2
] After decompressing the data, it is temporarily stored in the page memory 30 via the image data bus 7. The image data stored in the page memory 30 is sent to the printer 43 via the image bus 7 and the printer interface 42.
Printed out page by page. Print out all the way to the last page. As described above, the original manuscript information can be easily and immediately obtained from the paper on which the abstract information is recorded. 1, the image information is converted into digital data 1 and read with a scanner, this read digital data is stored on an optical disk, and the abstract information of the digital data stored on this optical disk is placed in the center of the copy paper. At the same time, the search information indicated by a barcode for this abstract information is added to the search information area outside the image area of the copy paper, and when the abstract information is created, it is read by a scanner. For multiple pages of document information, the entire first page of the document information is reduced to fit the size of the image area in the image area on one side of one sheet of copy paper, and the document information is recorded on the other side. The document information from the second page onwards is reduced and recorded all at once in the image area. This simultaneously satisfies the advantages of the immediacy of information access of a paper file and the large storage capacity of an electronic file.In other words, it is possible to simultaneously satisfy the advantages of the immediacy of information access of a paper file and the large storage capacity of an electronic file. By replacing image information stored on the optical disk with the image information stored on the optical disk, it is easy to register and search document image information, and it is possible to significantly reduce document space. Since this is done based on paper files, it is possible to prevent the speed of accessing information, which is an advantage of paper files, from being impaired. Further, since the image area of the abstract information and the search information area are clearly distinguished on the surface of the copy paper, it is possible to prevent erroneous searches due to overlap between the abstract information and the search information. Furthermore, since the entire first page of manuscript information is printed in a reduced size in the image area on the front side of the copy paper on which the abstract is recorded, there is no missing information, and when searching for an abstract, users can easily Documents can be intuitively identified using area information. [Effects of the Invention] As described in detail above, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide an image forming storage device that can easily and easily register and search images at a low cost.

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The drawings show one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 31 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a copying device, and FIG. 2 is a schematic configuration diagram showing the internal structure of the scanner, printer, and optical disk device of the copying device. FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the schematic configuration of the printer control system, FIGS. 4 and 7 are diagrams showing the structure of the page memory, and FIGS. 5 and 6 are diagrams showing the address generation of the address controller. 8 is a diagram showing the relationship between the image area of the page memory and the barcode area, and FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram of the abstract output from the printer.
FIG. 10 is a flowchart 1 for explaining the filing operation, and FIG. 11 is a flowchart for explaining the search process. 1...Basic system section, 2...Image processing section, 3...
Memory section, 4... input/output section, 5... image storage section, 6.
・Elephant bus, 7... picture (elephant bus, 10... CPU
,l]...Keyboard, ]2...Display panel, 13...
Main memory, 14... Basic system interface, 15... Magnetic disk device, 16... Floppy disk device, 17... External input/output interface, 20... Image processing module, 21... C0DE
C, 30...page memory, 31...ba4 rough memory, 40...scanner interface,
4I...Scanner, 42...Printer interface, 43...Printer, 51...Optical disk interface, 51...Optical disk device.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] A reading means for reading multiple pages of document information; a storage means for storing the multiple pages of document information read by the reading means in a storage medium; and a multiple page document read by the reading means. At least the entire first page of the document information of the plurality of pages read by the reading means is converted in size according to the size of the image area, and the information is output in an image area arranged in a predetermined area of one unit of copy paper. By doing so, the processing means for creating abstract information of the document information read by the reading means and stored in the storage medium, and the abstract information created by the processing means,
An image forming storage device comprising: control means for adding search information indicated by a barcode to a search information area provided outside the image area of the copy sheet.