JPH0335359A - Electronic filing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To evolve the code data with an optional drawing attribute pointed by an external equipment by storing the received drawing attribute information and code data into a storage medium via an electronic filing device in response to the command given from the external equipment. CONSTITUTION:A transmission means is added to an external equipment H to add the drawing attribute information obtained when the code data is evolved into the image data to a command instructing the transmission of the code data for transmission of the drawing attribute information or the code data to the electronic filing devices A, B... in a system where a storing process is carried out to store the received code data is stored in a storage medium 19, etc., in the devices A, B.... Furthermore a storage means 22, etc., are added to the devices A, B... to store the drawing attribute information and the code data received from the equipment H into the medium 19, etc., in response to a command given from the equipment H. As a result, the code data to be stored can be evolved with an optional drawing attribute pointed by an external equipment.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Objective of the Invention] (Industrial Application Field) This invention relates to an external device such as a search terminal or a registration terminal, which is connected to the external device through a communication line, and receives commands from the external device. The present invention also relates to an electronic filing system that includes an electronic filing device that performs processing such as searching for documents on an optical disk or registering document data on the optical disk.

(Prior Art) Conventional electronic filing devices mainly manage image data read by an image scanner device by recording it on an optical disk. recently,
Document data consisting of character code data created with a word processor, drawing data consisting of bit code data created with a personal computer, coButer aided de
Drawing data made up of vector code data created by SIGN (CAD) is also handled in the same manner as the above-mentioned image data.

In such electronic filing devices, code data is read from a floppy disk by a floppy disk device and recorded on an optical disk, and code data is sent via a communication line from an external device such as a search terminal, registration terminal, word processor, personal computer, or CAD. The code data that has been created is recorded on an optical disk, and search and registration processing is performed using the same management system as the image data.

However, in electronic filing systems such as those described above where an external device and an electronic filing device are connected via a communication line, code data is sent from the external device,
When storing data on an optical disk using an electronic filing device, only the code data is registered, so it was not possible to develop the code data into image data, display it on the display, or print it out using a printer. . In other words, there is a lack of information to display or print out. For example, because there is a lack of drawing format description information for drawing bit code data, vector code data, etc., it is not possible to perform drawing processing to develop code data into image data.

Therefore, when storing code data from an external device on an optical disk in an electronic filing device, there is a drawback that the stored code data cannot be developed with arbitrary drawing attributes.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) This invention solves the problem that when code data from an external device is stored in a storage medium in an electronic filing device, the stored code data cannot be developed with arbitrary drawing attributes. This eliminates the drawbacks of this electronic filing system, which eliminates the drawbacks when storing code data from an external device in a storage medium within an electronic filing device. The purpose is to provide a filing system.

[Structure of the Invention] (Means for Solving the Problems) In the electronic filing system of the present invention, an external device and an electronic filing device are connected via a communication line, and data is transmitted from the external device to the electronic filing device. In a storage process in which code data is stored in a storage medium within the electronic filing device, a command instructing the external device to transmit the code data includes a command for developing the code data into image data. A transmitting means is provided for adding drawing attribute information and transmitting it to the electronic filing device, and transmitting code data to the electronic filing device, so that the electronic filing device responds to a command transmitted from the external device. A storage means is provided for storing drawing attribute information and code data transmitted from the external device in the storage medium.

In the electronic filing system of the present invention, an external device and an electronic file ring device are connected via a communication line,
Where a storage process is performed in which code data transmitted from the external device to the electronic filing device is stored in a storage medium within the electronic filing device, the external device is instructed to transmit and draw the code data. A transmitter is provided for adding drawing attribute information for developing the code data into image data to the command and transmitting the command to the electronic filing device, and transmitting the code data to the electronic filing device, and transmitting the code data to the electronic filing device. , a rendering expansion means for rendering and expanding the code data sent from the external device into image data in response to the command sent from the external device using the drawing attribute information sent together with the command;
A storage means is provided for storing the image data drawn and developed by the drawing and development means in the storage medium.

(Operation) According to the present invention, an external device and an electronic filing device are connected via a communication line, and code data sent from the external device to the electronic filing device is stored in a storage medium within the electronic filing device. In the case where storage processing is performed, a command for instructing the transmission of the code data is appended with drawing attribute information for developing the code data into image data, and is sent from the external device to the electronic filing device; Code data is sent from the external device to the electronic filing device, and the electronic filing device stores the drawing attribute information and code data sent from the external device in response to the command sent from the external device. It is designed to be stored on a medium.

This invention provides a storage process in which an external device and an electronic filing device are connected via a communication line, and code data transmitted from the external device to the electronic filing device is stored in a storage medium within the electronic filing device. In the case where the code data is transmitted and drawn, drawing attribute information for developing the code data into image data is added to a command instructing the transmission and drawing of the code data, and the command is sent from the external device to the electronic filing device, and the code is sent from the external device to the electronic filing device. Data is transmitted from the external device to the electronic filing device, and in response to the command sent from the external device, the electronic filing device sends the code data sent from the external device along with the command. The image data is rendered and expanded using the rendering attribute information, and the rendered image data is stored in the storage medium.

(Example) Hereinafter, an example of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 2 shows the configuration of the electronic filling system of the present invention.

In other words, search terminals, registration terminals, word processors, personal computers,
A host computer (host) H1 as an external device such as CAD is connected to this host H by a communication line S, receives commands from the host H, and searches for documents and drawings on an optical disk, or transfers document data and drawings to an optical disk. Electronic filing device A where processing such as data registration is performed
S.B.

It is composed of...

FIG. 3 shows the hardware of an information storage device, such as an electronic filing device, according to the present invention.

That is, the electronic filing device includes a control module 11, a memory module 10, and an image processing module 3.
0, communication control module 31, scanner 20 as supply means, optical disk device 22, keyboard 23, CRT
It is composed of a display device 24, a printer 25, a magnetic disk device 27, a floppy disk device 28, a mouse 29, a system bus 41, and an image bus 42.

The control module 11 includes a CPU 12 as a central processing unit that performs various controls, and an interface circuit 17 for connecting the optical disk device 22, magnetic disk device 27, floppy disk device 28 and the CPU I 2, etc. The above-mentioned keyboard 23 and mouse 29 are connected to the above-mentioned CPU 2.

The memory module 10 includes a main memory 13, an A4
A page memory 14 as an image memory (document data memory) having a storage capacity corresponding to image data for several pages of a manuscript, a display memory 15 and a display control unit 16 as a display interface, and characters and figures (not shown). It consists of a drawing processor, etc.

The image processing module 30 includes an enlargement/reduction circuit 34 that enlarges and reduces image data, and a compression/expansion circuit (CODEC) 36 that performs compression to reduce the redundancy of image data and expansion to restore the reduced redundancy. , scanner 2
0, and a printer interface 38 for the printer 25.

The communication control module 31 includes a facsimile connection mechanism (FCP), a host H such as a personal computer, and an R5-232C,
It is constituted by a communication control device 43 which is responsible for the function of being connected via an interface made up of GPIB, 5CSI, etc. and the function of being connected to a local area network (LAN).

The system bus 41 allows the control module 11 to
, a memory module 10, an image processing module 30,
Control signals are transferred to and from the communication control module 31. Further, image data is transferred between the memory module 10 and the image processing module 30 via the image bus 42.

The display memory 15 stores image data actually displayed in the window of the CRT display device 24, that is, image data obtained by processing the image data in the page memory 14 by enlarging, reducing, rotating, etc. be remembered.

The scanner 20 is, for example, a two-dimensional scanning device, and converts image data on the document into an electrical signal by two-dimensionally scanning the document or the like with a laser beam.

The floppy disk device 28 serves as a supply means for recording data on a floppy disk 28a or reproducing recorded data.

This floppy disk 28a records code data files such as text files as document data created with a word processor (not shown), CAD drawing files (as drawing data), and worksheet files created with a personal computer (not shown). . The floppy disk 28a is set to be compatible with various operating systems (O8).

The optical disk device 22 stores the image data read by the scanner 20, the code data read by the floppy disk device 28, and the image data into which this code data is developed into an optical disk as an optical storage means. Stored sequentially.

Through the keyboard 23, code information stored on one optical disk, a unique search code corresponding to image data as image data, various operation commands, etc. are input. The CRT display device 24 is an output device, such as a cathode ray tube display device, which is a display device.

The image data read by the scanner 20 by the CRT display device 24 or the floppy disk device 2
The code data read from the optical disc device 22, the image data in which this code data is developed into an image, the code data read from the optical disk device 22, the image data, etc. are displayed. Four documents are simultaneously displayed on the CRT display device 24 using a maximum of four windows. For example, four pieces of document data displayed vertically are displayed. Editing such as enlargement, reduction, rotation, scrolling, etc. of the document data is performed independently for each window.

Image data read by the scanner 20 by the printer 25, or code data read from the floppy disk 28a, image data in which this code data is developed into an image, code data and image data read from the optical disk device 22, The image data displayed on the CRT display device 24 is output as a printout, that is, a hard copy.

The magnetic disk device flf27 is a hard disk device. The magnetic disk 27a installed in the magnetic disk device 27 stores various control programs, as well as a search code input using the keyboard 23 and code data for one item corresponding to this search code.
Search data is stored as management data, including a storage address on one optical disk where image data is stored, data size, and a flag for identifying whether it is code data or image data. Further, code data and image data for each case are stored in a search data area of one optical disk.

The storage address is a logical address, and at the time of access, a physical track address and a physical sector address are calculated from this storage address.

The mouse 29 is a pointing device.

By using the mouse 27 to arbitrarily move the cursor on the CRT display device 24 vertically or horizontally and giving instructions at a desired position, the display contents where the cursor is located, for example, various modes can be displayed. ,
Edit images, cut and paste ranges, icons, etc. are selected.

Next, how image data and code data are managed in a unified manner will be explained from the viewpoint of document management.

That is, the document management system in this embodiment has four hierarchies: cabinet, binder, document, and page, and the cabinet is associated with one side of one optical disk. A plurality of binders can be defined in the cabinet, and approximately ao, ooo documents can be registered in the binder. The search title for each document is the basic unit of the ring, and in addition to the title, annotations (document description)
can be added. Further, a document can be made up of information in units of multiple pages.

This kind of management system takes into account consistency with paper files, and a page corresponds to one sheet of paper document, but code data is also managed at this page level. There is. In other words, image data on one sheet of paper, data on one floppy disk (volume-bulk data), one
A page is either file data on two floppy disks or data obtained by merging these three types of data.

As a result, for example, in one document, a group of source files (code data) of a predetermined program as the first page,
The second page is the program specifications (code data) created with a word processor, and the third page is the processing results (image data), which previously had to be managed completely separately. can do.

Next, the structure of the control program or software stored in the main memory 13 will be explained with reference to FIG. This software structure can be broadly divided into managing and storing image data, controlling various input/output modules, and
A filing processing module 51 manages man-machine interface control with the user, and receives control commands from the host H, interprets them, and controls execution of processing related to filing such as registration, search, display, and printing. Under the control of a command interpretation/execution processing module 52, a database processing module 53 that manages storage information and attribute information regarding data registered on one optical disk, a filing processing module 51, and a command interpretation/execution processing module 52. 61-67 that operates on
various input/output/display/drawing control modules 61. ...
It consists of 67.

First, the filing processing module 51 will be explained in detail. As shown in FIG. 4, the filing processing module 51 is further comprised of five sub-modules (see Japanese Patent Application No. 63-248108).

The system flow management sub-module 71 is a module for controlling the various human outputs, displays, and drawings for each task in the electronic filing device A (B,...), such as registration task, search task, printout task, communication task, etc. 61
．． . . 67, the submodules in the filing processing module 51, etc., which are controlled to sequentially issue instructions and operate.

The man-machine interaction control submodule 72 manages display control, control of input devices such as the keyboard 23 and mouse 29, and screens when a user interacts with the system. In the case of general processing in which a predetermined screen is displayed on the CRT display device 24 and specified by the user using the keyboard 23 or mouse 29, the corresponding screen structure data managed in this submodule 72 A screen is drawn based on this, and when an input from the keyboard 23 or two instructions from the mouse is received, a corresponding command is issued and a process is performed in which the system flow management subflow module 71 is requested to execute the process.

Command interpretation/execution processing module interface 7
3, the system flow management submodule 71 and the command interpretation/execution processing module 52
It is provided as an interface with.

The database processing module interface 74 is provided as an interface between the system flow management subflow module 71 and the database processing module 53, and is required to register or search document names and attribute information.

In the human output/display/drawing module interface 75, various human output/display/drawing modules 6
1. ...67 is requested to execute the process.

The internal configuration of the command interpretation/execution processing module 52 will be explained with reference to FIG. The command interpretation/execution processing module 52 includes a command interpretation processing submodule 81,
Code storage command processing sub-module 82, code image recording command processing sub-module 83, printer output command processing sub-module 84, display command processing sub-module 85, transfer end command processing sub-module 86, database processing module interface 91, processing module interface 92, a data reception processing sub-module 93, and a human output/drawing/communication processing module 94.

The command interpretation processing submodule 81 determines whether the received data is a command or data, and if it is a command, interprets what kind of command it is, and activates the corresponding command processing submodule. The code storage command processing submodule 82 receives the code data transferred from the host H, and stores it in each storage medium (main memory 13, page memory 14, magnetic disk 27a, floppy disk 28a, one optical disk). Store it.

Code imaging recording command processing submodule 83
receives the code data transferred from the host H, interprets it and draws it, and then transfers it to each storage medium (main memory 13, page memory 14, magnetic disk 27).
a1 floppy disk 28a1 optical disk 19). Printer Deba command processing submodule 8
4, each storage medium (main memory 13,
The code data stored in the page memory 14, magnetic disk 27a, floppy disk 28a, and optical disk 19) is interpreted and drawn on the page memory 14, and then transferred to the printer 25 for printing.

In the display command processing submodule 85, each storage medium (main memory 13, page memory 14,
The code data stored in the magnetic disk 27a, floppy disk 28a, and one optical disk is interpreted and drawn on the display memory 15, and then transferred to the CRT display device 24 for display. The transfer end command processing submodule 86 instructs to end the transfer of code data in the code storage command and code image recording command. For example, in the case of a code image recording command, the code data is interpreted and drawn in the page memory 14, and this is transferred to each storage medium (main memory 1
3. The information is stored in the page memory 14, magnetic disk 27a, floppy disk 28a, and one optical disk).

The database processing module interface 91 requests the database processing module 53 to register or search for document names and attribute information. In the filing processing module interface 92, data related to the man-machine interface to the filing processing module 51 is exchanged. In the data reception processing submodule 93, code data in a code storage command and a code image recording command is received. This received data is stored in each storage medium (main memory 13, page memory 14,
The information is stored on a magnetic disk 27a1, a floating disk 28a1, and an optical disk 19).

Next, various human output/display/drawing processing modules 61,
...67 will be explained one by one.

In the communication processing module 61, data is exchanged with the host H via -LAN or the like. Data from the host H can be stored in the main memory 13 by this module 61, or can be stored in the page memory 14.
It can also be stored in Conversely, data in the main memory 13 can be sent to the host H, and data in the page memory 14 can be sent to the host H in the same way.

The image input/output processing module 62 controls the scanner device 20 for image input, the printer device 25 for image output, and transfers image data. Through these controls and processes, the scanner device 2
The image data supplied from 0 is output to the page memory 14, and the image data or code data stored in the page memory 14 is output to the printer device 25.

The OD data R/W (read/write) processing module 63 controls the optical disk device 22 and performs processing for reading and writing data on one optical disk. This is a read to the main memory 13,
Writing processing as well as reading and writing processing to the page memory 14 are possible, and in the case of the latter writing processing, encoding and decoding processing can be performed via the CODEC 36.

FD data R/W (read/write) processing module 6
In step 4, the floppy disk device 28 is controlled and data read and written on the floppy disk 28a128b. This module 64
Accordingly, read and write processing to the main memory 13 and read and write processing to the page memory 14 are possible. Also, this module 64 allows
If necessary, when data is read from the page memory 14 or main memory 13, attribute information of the data is added to the data as a header, or conversely, when data is written to the floppy disks 28a, 28b, the header is added to the data. It is possible to remove the header or even update the contents of the header.

The HD data R/W (read/write) processing module 65 is a module that controls the magnetic disk device 27 and performs processing for reading and writing data on the magnetic disk 27a. This module 65 allows read and write processing to the main memory 13 and read and write processing to the page memory 14. This module 65 also adds attribute information of the data as a header to the data when it is read from the page memory 14 and main memory 13 as necessary, and conversely when writing it to the magnetic disk 27a. You can then remove the header or even update the header contents.

The page memory 14 is controlled by the display control processing module 66.
The above image data is transferred to the display memory 15 and displayed, and a drawing processing module 67, which will be described below, is driven to draw and display characters, tables, ruled lines, figures, etc. on the display memory 15. . When displaying the data on the page memory 14, it is possible to display the data in various sizes or rotate it through the enlargement/reduction circuit 34 and the vertical/horizontal conversion circuit 35 as necessary.

The drawing processing module 67 controls character drawing processing or straight line drawing processing. This controls and executes a drawing means (not shown) registered on the memory module 10.

Next, host commands from the host H will be explained using FIGS. 6 to 9. That is, the code storage command transfers code data from host H to electronic filing devices A and B.

. . . As shown in Figure 6, the code storage command code, configuration data length, configuration data (drawing form description information) CF as drawing attribute information, and code data length are It is configured. The code image storage command transfers code data from host H to electronic filing devices A and B.
, . . . It gives an instruction to store the image after it has been rendered into an image, and as shown in Figure 7, it is composed of a code image storage command code, config data length, config data CF, and code data length. ing. The printer output command has already been sent to the electronic filing device ASB, etc. by the above code storage command, etc.
. . gives an instruction to print out the code data stored in . The display request command gives an instruction to display and output the code data already stored in the electronic filing device ASB, etc. by the above-mentioned code storage command, etc., and as shown in FIG. It consists of a command code, configuration data length, and configuration data CF.

The above-mentioned configuration data CF consists of a drawing type declaration and a command description, and also allows comments to be inserted. For example, as shown in FIG. 14, a drawing type description CK, a default plot area setting description tp
,, Pen drawing attribute setting description SP1 comment description C
It is composed of M. In the drawing type description CK,
The drawing type (HP GL) and the content of the drawing function (01) are described. Default plot area setting description I
The default value of the plot area is written in P.

The pen drawing attribute setting description SP describes line widths (0, 1, . . . ) and line type patterns (0, . . . ) for each pen type.

FIG. 15 shows a data format when storing code data in the electronic filing device A1. This format is the same for all storage media (main memory 13, page memory 14, magnetic disk 27a, floppy disk 28a, optical disk 19). Here, in the case of code data that does not require configuration data CF, the configuration data length is "
0".

Next, the processing in the electronic filing device A1, that is, the command interpretation processing submodule 81, will be explained with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. That is, the command interpretation processing submodule 81 includes the communication processing module 61 and the filing processing module 51.
, and the filing processing module interface 92, receives a command or data from the host H, and when a command is received, command reception processing is performed, and when data is received, the data reception submodule 93 is used to receive the data. Perform processing.

Next, command reception processing will be explained with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. That is, when the command interpretation processing submodule 81 receives a command from the host H, if it is in the command reception mode,
The process corresponding to the command is performed, and at the end of each process, a normal completion response is sent to the host H via the filing processing module interface 92, the filing processing module 51, and the communication processing module 61, and the command from the host H is sent again. wait.

For example, when a code storage command is received, the code storage command processing sub-module 82 is used to execute the code storage process, and when a code image recording command is received, the code image recording command processing sub-module 83 is used to execute the code storage process. When imaging processing is executed and a printer output command is received, printer output processing is executed using the printer output command processing sub-module 84, and when a display request command is received, display is performed using the display command processing sub-module 85. When the request process is executed and a transfer end command is received, the transfer end command processing sub-module 86 is used to execute the transfer end process.

Furthermore, if there is no corresponding command, or if an abnormality occurs in each process, an abnormal end response is sent to the host H.

Next, data reception processing will be explained with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. That is, when the command interpretation processing sub-module 81 receives data from the host H, it stores the received data in the page memory 14 using the data reception sub-module 93 when in the data reception mode. If this storage ends normally, a normal end response is sent to the host H, and if an abnormality occurs, an abnormal end response is sent to the host H.

Thereafter, the command interpretation processing submodule 81 resets the data reception mode.

Next, code storage command processing will be explained with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. 19 and the protocol shown in FIG. When the command interpretation processing submodule 81 receives a code storage command (see FIG. 6) from the host H, it sets the code storage mode and secures a storage area in the page memory 14 using the code storage command processing submodule 82. Then, the configuration data CF in the command is stored in a reserved area on the page memory 14. After storing it, the command interpretation processing submodule 81 sets the code data reception mode.

The command interpretation processing submodule 8] resets the code storage mode if an abnormality occurs during each process.

Next, the code image recording command processing will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. 20 and the protocol shown in FIG. 11. When the command interpretation processing sub-module 81 receives the code image recording command (see FIG. 7) from the host H, it sets the code image recording mode and uses the code image recording command processing sub-module 83 to read the page memory. A storage area is secured in the page memory 14, and the configuration data CF in the command is stored in the secured area on the page memory 14.

After storing it, the command interpretation processing sub-module 81 sets the code data reception mode. The command interpretation processing submodule 81 resets the code image recording mode if an abnormality occurs during each process.

Next, printer output command processing will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. 21 and the protocol shown in FIG. 12. Command interpretation processing submodule 81
When receiving a printer output command (see FIG. 8) from host H, it sets the printer output mode. Then, the corresponding code data (for example, the code data searched by the OD data R/W processing module 63 and read from the optical disk 19 according to an instruction from the host H)
is stored in the page memory 14, the command interpretation processing sub-module 81 uses the printer output command processing sub-module 84 to secure an imaging drawing area in the page memory 14, and converts the configuration data CF in the page memory 14 The image is developed and stored in a reserved area on the page memory 14 while referring to the image data, and the image data on the page memory 14 after the image development is outputted to the image input/output processing module 62 using a printer. Thereby, the image input/output processing module 62 prints out the supplied image data using the printer 25. after that,
The command interpretation processing submodule 81 deletes the image data on the page memory 14 in which the image has been expanded,
Reset printer output mode. Further, the command interpretation processing submodule 81 resets the printer output mode if an abnormality occurs during each process.

Next, display request command processing will be explained with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. 22 and the protocol shown in FIG. 13. The command interpretation processing submodule 81
When a display request command (see Figure 9) is received from host H, the display execution mode is set and the corresponding code data (for example, OD data R/
When the code data read out from one optical disk after search processing by the W processing module 63 is stored in the page memory 14, the display command processing sub-module 8
5 to secure an image drawing area in the display memory 15, expand the image and store it in the reserved area on the display memory 15 while referring to the configuration data CF in the page memory 14, and store the expanded image in the display memory 15. The above image data is output to the display control processing module 66.

Thereby, the display control processing module 66 displays the supplied image data on the CRT display device 24. After that, the display command processing submodule 85
The expanded image data on the display memory 15 is deleted, and the command interpretation processing submodule 81 resets the display execution mode. Further, the command interpretation processing submodule 81 resets the display execution mode if an abnormality occurs during each process.

Next, the transfer end command processing will be explained with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

When the command interpretation processing submodule 81 receives the transfer end command from the host H, it confirms whether the mode is code storage mode or code image recording mode. In the case of code storage mode, the command interpretation processing submodule 81 checks whether the data transfer was performed normally or not, and if it is normal, it sends a normal completion response to host H, and if it is abnormal, it sends a normal completion response to host H. Send an abnormal termination response. Thereafter, the command interpretation processing submodule 81 resets the code storage mode.

In the case of code imaging mode, the command interpretation processing sub-module 81 checks whether the data transfer has been performed normally, and if it is normal, the data is stored in the page memory 14 using the transfer end command processing sub-module 86. An imaging drawing area is secured, and while referring to the configuration data CF in the page memory 14, the code data in the page memory 14 is image-developed and stored in the secured area on the page memory 14, and the image-developed page memory 14 is stored. The above image data is output to the OD data R/W processing module 63. Thereby, the OD data R/W processing module 63 registers the supplied image data on the optical disk 19. Thereafter, the transfer end command processing sub-module 86 deletes the transferred code data and the image data on the page memory 14, and the command interpretation processing sub-module 81 sends a normal end response to the host H. Reset code imaging mode. In addition, the command interpretation processing submodule 81
sends an abnormal termination response to host H if an abnormality occurs during each process.

Thereafter, the command interpretation processing submodule 81 transmits an abnormal termination response to the host H and resets the code storage mode.

Furthermore, when data transfer is abnormal in the code imaging mode, an abnormal end response is sent to the host H.

Next, image development using the configuration data CF will be explained with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. 24. That is, the configuration data CF on the page memory 14 is loaded. This loaded configuration data CF is interpreted. Define drawing attribute default values based on the interpreted results.

Load the code data on the page memory 14.

Interpret loaded code data. Drawing is performed based on this interpreted result. Thereafter, when there is no more code data, image development is terminated.

As mentioned above, in response to a command from the host, the code data from the host is expanded into image data using the configuration data supplied with the command and drawn, and this drawn image data is stored on a storage medium such as an optical disk. can do.

[Effects of the Invention] As detailed above, according to the present invention, when code data from an external device is stored in a storage medium in an electronic filing device, the code data to be stored can be stored in accordance with instructions from the external device. It is possible to provide an electronic filing system that can be developed with arbitrary drawing attributes.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

The drawings show an embodiment of the present invention, in which Fig. 1 is a diagram for explaining the structure of the software, Fig. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the electronic filing system, and Fig. 3 is a diagram showing the hardware of the electronic filing device. FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the software, FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining the schematic configuration of the fuel, FIGS. 6 to 9 are diagrams for explaining format examples of host commands, and FIGS. The figure is a diagram for explaining the protocol between the host and the electronic filing device, Figure 14 is a diagram showing an example of configuration data description, and Figure 15 is a diagram showing the data format when storing code data in a storage medium. 16 is a flowchart for explaining command and data reception processing, FIG. 17 is a flowchart for explaining command reception processing, FIG. 18 is a flowchart for explaining data reception processing, and FIG. FIG. 19 is a flowchart for explaining code storage command processing, FIG. 20 is a flowchart for explaining code image recording command processing, FIG. 21 is a flowchart for explaining printer output command processing, and FIG. 22 is a flowchart for explaining printer output command processing. FIG. 23 is a flowchart for explaining display request command processing; FIG. 23 is a flowchart for explaining transfer end command processing;
FIG. 4 is a flowchart for explaining image development using configuration data. H...Host, ASB~...Electronic filing device, 10...Memory module, 11...Control module, 10...Memory module, 13...Main memory, 14...Document data memory , 15... Display memory, 19... Optical disk, 20... Scanner,
22... Optical disk device, 23... Keyboard, 2
4... CRT display device, 25... Printer, 27... Magnetic disk device, 27a... Magnetic disk, 28... Floppy disk device, 28a...
Floppy disk, 2...Mouse, 51...Filing processing module, 52...Command interpretation/
Execution processing module, 53...Database processing module, 61...Communication processing module, 62...Image input/output processing module, 63...OD data R/W
Processing module, 64... FD data read/write processing module, 65... HD data read/write processing module, 66... Display control processing module,
67... Drawing processing module, 81... Command interpretation processing sub-module, 82... Code storage command processing sub-module, 83... Code image recording command processing sub-module, 84... Printer output command processing Submodule, 85...Display command processing submodule, 86...Transfer end command processing submodule, 91...Database processing module interface, 92...Filing processing module interface, 93...Data reception processing sub module.

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) An external device and an electronic filing device are connected via a communication line, and a storage process is performed in which code data sent from the external device to the electronic filing device is stored in a storage medium within the electronic filing device. In the electronic filing system, the command for instructing the external device to transmit the code data is appended with drawing attribute information for developing the code data into image data, and the command is sent to the electronic filing device. A transmitting means for transmitting code data to the electronic filing device is provided, and the electronic filing device stores the drawing attribute information and code data transmitted from the external device in response to a command transmitted from the external device. An electronic filing system characterized by being provided with a storage means for storing information on a medium. (2) An external device and an electronic filing device are connected via a communication line, and a storage process is performed in which code data sent from the external device to the electronic filing device is stored in a storage medium within the electronic filing device. In the electronic filing system, the command instructing the external device to send and draw the code data is appended with drawing attribute information for developing the code data into image data, and the command is sent to the electronic filing device. Further, a transmitting means for transmitting code data to the electronic filing device is provided, and the code data transmitted from the external device is transmitted to the electronic filing device together with the command in response to the command transmitted from the external device. The electronic device is characterized in that it is provided with a drawing/expanding means for drawing and developing image data using the drawing attribute information that has been drawn, and a storage means for storing the image data drawn and expanded by the drawing/expanding means in the storage medium. filing system.