JPH0335365A - Electronic filing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To evolve the code data with an optional drawing attribute by storing temporarily the drawing attribute information into a 2nd storage medium which stores beforehand and permanently the drawing attribute information and drawing and evolving the code data with the drawing attribute information read out of a 2nd storage medium. CONSTITUTION:An external equipment transmits the drawing attribute information to an electronic filing device together with the commands instructing the drawing of the code data and the selection of the drawing attribute information. Then the electronic filing device stores temporarily the drawing attribute information received from the external equipment into a 2nd storage medium 27a which stores before hardly and permanently the drawing attribute information and reads a single piece of drawing attribute information out of the medium 27a according to a selecting instruction given from the external equipment. Then the code data received from the external equipment of the 1st storage media 19 and 28a are drawn and evolved with the drawing attribute information read selectively out of the medium 27a. As a result, the code data can be evolved with an optional drawing attribute.

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, computer aided d
Drawing data composed of vector code data created by esign (CAD) is also handled in the same manner as the image data.

In such electronic filing devices, code data is read from a floppy disk using a floppy disk device and recorded on an optical disk, and a communication line is connected to an external device such as a search terminal, registration terminal, word processor, personal computer, or CAD. The code data transmitted through the optical disc is recorded on an optical disk, and search and registration processing is performed using the same management 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,
It is stored on an optical disk using an electronic filing device.

Therefore, since only the code data is registered on the optical disc, it is not possible to develop the code data into image data and display it on a display unit or print it out using a printer. i.e. display,
Or there is not enough information to 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, it is not possible to develop this stored code data with arbitrary drawing attributes, and the code data stored on the optical disk cannot be expanded. The drawback is that it cannot be expanded with arbitrary drawing attributes.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) This invention provides the ability to develop the stored code data with arbitrary drawing attributes when storing code data from an external device in a storage medium within an electronic filing device. It also eliminates the drawback that code data stored in a storage medium cannot be developed with arbitrary drawing attributes, and when storing code data from an external device to a storage medium in an electronic filing device. , an electronic filing system that can develop this stored code data with arbitrary drawing attributes instructed by an external device, and can develop code data stored in a storage medium with arbitrary drawing attributes. The purpose is to provide.

[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. A storage process is performed in which code data is stored in a first storage medium in the electronic filing device, or an output process is performed in which code data stored in the first storage medium is output, To the above external device,
a first transmitting means for transmitting drawing attribute information when developing the code data into image data to the electronic filing device; and a command for instructing drawing of the code data and selection of the drawing attribute information to the electronic filing device. A second transmitting means is provided for transmitting drawing attributes transmitted from the external device by the first transmitting means to a second storage medium in which the drawing attribute information is permanently stored in advance in the electronic filing device. a storage means for temporarily storing information; a reading means for reading out one piece of drawing attribute information from the second storage medium in accordance with a selection instruction transmitted from the external device by the second transmission means; and the external device. - Code data transmitted from the external device or code data output from the first storage medium is read into the second storage by the reading means in response to a command transmitted by the second transmission means. The image forming apparatus is provided with a drawing development means that performs drawing development using drawing attribute information read from the medium.

(Function) In the electronic filing system of 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 sent to a first terminal in the electronic filing device. The code data is stored in the storage medium of the first storage medium, or the code data stored in the first storage medium is outputted. Sends drawing attribute information when developing data into image data, also sends commands to instruct drawing of the code data and selection of drawing attribute information, and permanently saves the drawing attribute information in advance in the electronic filing device. The drawing attribute information sent from the external device is temporarily stored in the stored second storage medium, and one drawing attribute is selected from the second storage medium according to the selection instruction sent from the external device. The information is read out, and the code data transmitted from the external device or the code data output from the first storage medium is transmitted to the second transmitting means in response to a command transmitted from the external device by the second transmitting means. The drawing is developed using drawing attribute information selectively read from 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 filing 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 is composed of a CPU 12 as a sesitral 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 12, etc. has been done. The keyboard 23 and mouse 29 are connected to the CPUI 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). The image processing module 30, which is a device including a drawing processor, includes an enlargement/reduction circuit 34 that enlarges and reduces image data, compression that reduces the redundancy of image data, and expansion that restores the reduced redundancy. compression/expansion circuit (CODEC) 36, 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, 5C3I, 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 within 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. Ru.

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 (OS).

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, unique search codes and various operation commands corresponding to the code information and image data stored in the optical disk 19 are input. The CRT display device 24 is an output device, such as a cathode ray tube display device, which is a display device. Image data read by the scanner 20 by the CRT display device 24, code data read from the floppy disk device 28, image data on which this code data is developed into an image, or code data read from the optical disk device 22, Alternatively, 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 27 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 manually entered using the keyboard 23, code data for one item, and image data corresponding to this search code. The storage address on the optical disk to be stored,
Search data is stored as management data, including data size, a flag for identifying whether it is code data or image data, and the like. Further, code data and image data for each case are stored in a search data area of one optical disk.

Furthermore, a storage file is registered in the magnetic disk 27a in which system configuration data (drawing form description information) as a plurality of drawing attribute information when interpreting code data and drawing is stored. This system configuration data will be explained in detail later.

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 perspective 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 a cabinet, and up to about 30,000 documents can be registered in a 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 human output/display/drawing control modules 61. ...
The bottom of the groove is 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 submodules (see Japanese Patent Application No. 83-246106).

The system flow management sub-module 71 includes various input/output, display, and drawing control modules for each of the tasks in the electronic filing device A (B,...), such as registration tasks, search tasks, printout tasks, communication tasks, 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 human-powered 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 input/output/display/drawing modules 6
1. ...67 is requested to execute the process.

Next, various input/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 a LAN or the like. host h
This module 61 allows data from to be stored either in the main memory 13 or in the page memory 14 . 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 manual image use, 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.

OD data R/W (read/write) processing module 6
3, the optical disk device 22 is controlled, and data read and written on the optical disk 19 is processed. This includes read and write processing for the main memory 13 as well as read and write processing for the page memory 14.
Writing processing is possible, and in the case of the latter writing processing, encoding and decoding processing can be performed via the CODEC 36.

The FD data R/W (read/write) processing module 64 controls the floppy disk device 28 and reads and writes data on the floppy disk 28a.

This module 64 allows reading and writing processing to the main memory 13 and reading and writing processing to the page memory 14. This module 64 also allows the page memory 14,
When data is read from the main memory 13, attribute information of the data is added to the data as a header,
Conversely, when writing to the floppy disk 28a, the header can be removed or the contents of the header can be updated.

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.

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, system configuration registration processing sub-module 87, database It is composed of a processing module interface 91, a 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). .

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 28 (one a1 optical disk). Printer output 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 one optical disk is interpreted and drawn on the page memory 14, and 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 optical disk 19) 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 system configuration registration processing submodule 87 manages the configuration data CF registered as a storage file in the magnetic disk 27a, and at the time of registration, a storage file name is determined corresponding to the configuration number, and this storage file is Configuration data can be registered or deleted on the magnetic disk 27a by name. This system configuration registration processing submodule 87 is provided with a system configuration management table 87a, which is composed of system configuration numbers and corresponding system configuration data, as shown in FIG. System config 1 is registered, system config 2 is registered corresponding to config number 2, and system config 3 is registered corresponding to config number 3.

Actually, as shown in FIG. 20, it is composed of a system configuration number, configuration data location, and configuration data length. The system configuration number is the number of configuration data registered on the magnetic disk 27a, and the location of the configuration data is the number of the configuration data registered on the magnetic disk 27a.
Storage file name of configuration data CF in a (C
NFFILE, 1, CNF FILE, 2, CNFF
ILE, 3, . . . ), and the configuration data length indicates the data length of the configuration data in the storage file of the magnetic disk 27a.

The above storage file has a permanent (
It consists of system configuration data that is set as a default value in the host H) above, and system configuration data that is registered or deleted by the host H) and is temporarily changed and set as needed. ing. In this case, in the system configuration management table 87a, as shown in FIG. 24, the upper digit of the two-digit configuration number is distinguished depending on whether it is a system default value or a temporary value, and in the case of rOJ,
This is system configuration data with a system default value, and if it is "1", it is temporary system configuration data.

At this time, as shown in FIG. 25(a), if the host H instructs the registration or deletion of temporary system configuration data, the electronic filling device A1... returns a permission response to the host H. , as shown in FIG. 2(b), when host H instructs to register or delete default value system configuration data, electronic filing devices A, . . . return a confirmation request response to host H. By doing so, the meaning of default and temporary system configuration data can be clarified.

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,
Magnetic disk 27a1 flo? The data is stored on the optical disc 28a1 (optical disc 19).

Further, the configuration data (drawing form description information) CF as the above-mentioned drawing attribute information consists of a drawing type declaration and a command description, and comments can also be inserted. For example, as shown in FIG. 6, it is made up of a drawing type description CK, a default plot area setting description IP, a pen drawing attribute setting description SP1, and a comment description CM. The drawing type description CK describes the drawing type (HP GL) and the contents of the drawing function (01). The default plot area setting description IP describes the default value of the plot area. The pen drawing attribute setting description SP includes line width (0,
1,...) and line type pattern (0,...) are described.

Next, host commands from the host H will be explained using FIGS. 7 to 12. That is, the system configuration registration command transfers the configuration data CF (sequentially rewritable) from the host H to the electronic filing devices A and B.

. . . As shown in Figure 7, the system configuration registration command code,
It consists of a config number and config data length. The system configuration deletion command gives an instruction to delete and invalidate the configuration data registered in the electronic filing devices A, B, etc. by the system configuration registration command, as shown in FIG. It consists of a system config deletion command code and a config number. The code storage command gives an instruction to transfer code data from the host H and store it in the electronic filing devices A, B, etc. As shown in FIG. 9, the code storage command code, configuration mode (config number)
, code data length. The code image storage command gives an instruction to transfer the code data from the host H, draw it in the electronic filing devices A, B, etc., or store it after it has been rendered into an image, as shown in FIG. , code image storage command code, configuration mode (config number), and code data length.

The printer output command has already been sent to the electronic filing device ASB by the above-mentioned code storage command, etc.

. . gives an instruction to print out the code data stored in . The display request command is
This command gives an instruction to display and output the code data already stored in the electronic filing devices A, B, etc. using the above-mentioned code storage command.As shown in FIG. 12, the display request command code , config mode (config number).

A configuration number can be specified on the system configuration registration command and system configuration deletion command to enable registration of multiple types of configuration data.

FIG. 21 shows a data format when code data is stored in the page memory 14 in the electronic filing device A1 or one optical disk by a code storage command. Here, config data C
F reads out and stores the system configuration data CF from the magnetic disk 27a with a file name corresponding to the configuration number obtained as the configuration mode in the code storage command.
In the case of code data that does not require config data, the configuration data length is "0".

Further, in the command interpretation processing submodule 81, when interpreting the code storage command, it is determined which configuration data should be used to execute the drawing process according to the configuration mode in the command. For example, as shown in FIG. 22, when the config mode is "-1", it is determined that nothing is referenced, and when the config mode is "1",
If the config mode is "2", it is determined that the system config 1 is to be referred to, and if the config mode is "3", it is determined that the system config 3 is to be referred to.

In addition, in the command interpretation processing submodule 81, when interpreting a code image storage command, a 7.9 printer output command, or a display request command, it determines which configuration is used according to the configuration mode in the command. Determine whether to perform drawing processing using the data. For example, as shown in FIG. 23, when the config mode is "-1", it is determined that nothing is to be referenced; when the config mode is "0", it is determined that the config data stored on the page memory 14 is referred to. If the config mode is "1", it is determined that the system config 1 is to be referenced; if the config mode is "2", it is determined that the system config 2 is to be referenced; if the config mode is "3", the system config is It is determined that 3 is referred to.

Furthermore, configuration data can also be added to the host command from the host H. The command format in this case will be explained using FIGS. 26 to 29. In other words, the code storage command transfers code data from host H to electronic filing devices A and B.
, . . . The 26th
As shown in the figure, the code storage command code, configuration data length, and configuration data as drawing attribute information (
Rendering form description information) It is composed of CF and code data length. The code image storage command transfers the code data from the host H to the electronic filling device A.
, B, ... gives an instruction to store after drawing, or converting into an image. As shown in Fig. 27, the command code, configuration data length, configuration data CF, code data length It is configured. The printer output command has already been sent to the electronic filing device AS by the above code storage command, etc.
It gives an instruction to print out the code data stored in B, . The display request command gives an instruction to display and output the code data already stored in the electronic filing devices A, B, etc. by the above-mentioned code storage command, etc., and as shown in FIG. It consists of a display request command code, configuration data length, and configuration data CF.

Alternatively, the configuration data stored on the floppy disk 28a may be downloaded and handled. In this case, when interpreting the command, the command interpretation processing sub-module 81 determines which configuration data should be used to perform the drawing process, depending on the configuration mode in the command. For example, Figure 30 and Figure 3.
As shown in Figure 1, when the configuration mode is "-2", it is determined that the configuration data stored in the floppy disk 28a is referred to, and the configuration mode is "-2".
If the config mode is ``1'', it is determined that nothing is to be referenced, and if the config mode is ``0'', it is determined that the config data received with the command, that is, the config data stored on the page memory 14, is to be referred to, and the config mode is ``0''. 1", it is determined to refer to system config 1, and when the config mode is "2", it is determined to refer to system config, ig 2, and the config mode is "
3", it is determined that system configuration 3 is to be referred to.

Next, the processing in the electronic filing device A1, ie, 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 commands, code data, or configuration data from the host H. When a command is received, command reception processing is performed, and when code data is received, the code data reception sub The module 93 is used to perform data reception processing, and when configuration data is received, the data reception sub-module 93 is used to perform data reception 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 filling processing module interface 92, the filling processing module 51, and the communication processing module 61, and the command from the host H is sent again. wait.

For example, when a system configuration registration command is received, the system configuration registration processing submodule 87
When the system config registration process is executed using the system config registration process and a system config deletion command is received, when the system config deletion process is executed using the system config registration process submodule 87 and a code storage command is received, the code storage command Processing submodule 8
2 is used to execute the code storage process and a code image recording command is received, the code image conversion process is executed using the code image recording command processing submodule 83, and when a printer output command is received, the printer If the printer output process is executed using the output command processing sub-module 84 and a display request command is received, the display request process is executed using the display command processing sub-module 85 and if a transfer end command is received, the transfer ends. Transfer termination processing is executed using the command processing submodule 86.

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, the code data reception process will be explained with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

That is, when the command interpretation processing sub-module 81 receives code data from the host H, it stores the received code data in the page memory 14 using the data reception sub-module 93 when in the code data reception mode. During this storage, if it ends normally, the host H
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 code data reception mode.

Next, the configuration data reception process will be explained with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. When the command interpretation processing submodule 81 receives the configuration data from the host H, it uses the system configuration registration processing submodule 87 to input the configuration data into a file stored in the magnetic disk 27a when the configuration data reception mode is set. Store. If this storage ends normally, the system configuration registration processing submodule 87 stores the configuration data as system configuration data in the system configuration management table 87a.
Register. For example, (temporary) system configuration 1 is registered for configuration number "11". After this registration, the command interpretation processing submodule 81 sends a normal end response to the host H, and sends an abnormal end response to the host H if an abnormality occurs during the storage. After that, the command interpretation processing submodule 81
resets the code data reception mode.

Next, system configuration registration command processing will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. 36 and the protocol shown in FIG. 13. When the command interpretation processing submodule 81 receives the system configuration registration command (see FIG. 7) from the host H, it sets the system configuration registration mode and stores it in the magnetic disk 27a using the system configuration registration processing submodule 87. Create a file. After its creation, the command interpretation processing submodule 81 sets the configuration data reception mode. The command interpretation processing submodule 81
If an error occurs during each process, the code storage mode is reset.

Next, system configuration deletion command processing will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. 37 and the protocol shown in FIG. 14. When the command interpretation processing submodule 81 receives a system configuration deletion command (see FIG. 8) from the host H, it sets the system configuration deletion mode and uses the system configuration registration processing submodule 87 to delete the corresponding data in the magnetic disk 27a. Delete the storage file. After the deletion, the system configuration registration processing submodule 87 deletes the management contents of the corresponding file from the system configuration management table 87a. Next, command interpretation processing submodule 8
1 resets the system configuration deletion mode. The command interpretation processing submodule 81 resets the system configuration deletion mode when an abnormality occurs during each process.

Next, the code storage command processing will be explained with reference to the flowchart 1 shown in FIG. 38 and the protocol shown in FIG. 15. Command interpretation processing submodule 8
1 receives a code storage command (see FIG. 9) from the host H, sets it to code storage mode, uses the code storage command processing submodule 82 to secure a storage area in the page memory 14, and stores the code in the command. The configuration data CF specified by the configuration mode is stored in a reserved 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 storage mode when an abnormality occurs during each process.

Next, the process of storing the configuration data CF specified by the code storage mode onto the page memory 14 will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. 39. The command interpretation processing submodule 81 interprets the configuration mode in the command, that is, the numerical value (-2, -1, 0, 1,
), it is determined which configuration data CF is to be stored in the page memory 14. For example, if the configuration mode is "-2", the floppy disk 28a
If the configuration mode is "-1", it is determined that nothing is to be referenced; if the configuration mode is "0", it is determined that the configuration data received with the command is stored. If the config mode is "1", it is determined that system config 1 is to be stored, if the config mode is "2", it is determined that system config 2 is to be stored, and if the config mode is "3", system config 3 is determined to be stored. is determined to be stored.

As a result, when the configuration mode is "0", the command interpretation processing submodule 81 determines to store the configuration data received with the command, and if there is configuration data received with the command, the configuration data is registered in the system configuration. The data is stored in the page memory 14 using the processing submodule 87. Also, if the config mode is "1", "2", or "3"
At this time, the command interpretation processing submodule 81 determines that the system configuration data stored in the magnetic disk 27a is to be stored, and the file name corresponding to the configuration number is stored in the system configuration management table 87.
If the configuration data can be read from file a, the configuration data with that file name is read from the magnetic disk 27a and stored in the page memory 14 using the system configuration registration processing submodule 87. Further, when the configuration mode is "-2", the command interpretation processing submodule 81 determines that the configuration data stored in the floppy disk 28a is to be stored, and reads out the corresponding configuration data from the floppy disk 28a. Page memory 1 using system configuration registration processing submodule 87
Store in 4. Furthermore, when the configuration mode is "-1", the command interpretation processing submodule 81 does not execute storage processing.

Next, the code image recording command processing will be explained with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. 40 and the protocol shown in FIG. 16. When the command interpretation processing sub-module 81 receives the code image recording command (see FIG. 10) 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 specified by the configuration mode in the command is stored in the page memory 14.
Store in the reserved area above. 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. 41 and the protocol shown in FIG. 17. Command interpretation processing submodule 81
When receiving a printer output command (see FIG. 11) from host H, it sets the printer output mode.

Next, if 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 is interpreted. The 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 to write the configuration data C specified by the configuration mode in the page memory 14.
The image is developed and stored in the reserved area on the page memory 14 while referring to F, and the page memory 1 after the image development is stored.
4 to the image input/output processing module 62.
Output to printer. As a result, the image input/output processing module 62 transfers the supplied image data to the printer 25.
Print out using . Thereafter, the command interpretation processing submodule 81 deletes the image data on the page memory 14 in which the image has been developed, and resets the 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. 42 and the protocol shown in FIG. 18. The command interpretation processing submodule 81
When a display request command (see FIG. 12) is received from the host H, the display execution mode is set, and the corresponding code data (for example, searched and processed by the OD data R/W processing module 63 according to an instruction from the host H) is set to display execution mode. (code data read from one optical disk) is stored in the page memory 14.
If the image drawing area is stored in the display memory 15 using the display command processing sub-module 85, and the display memory 15 is stored while referring to the configuration data CF specified by the configuration mode in the command.
The image is expanded and stored in the upper reserved area, and the expanded image data on the display memory 15 is output to the display control processing module 66. As a result, the display control processing module 66 transfers the supplied image data to the CRT.
It is displayed on the display device 24. Thereafter, the display command processing sub-module 85 deletes the image data on the display memory 15 in which the image has been developed, and the command interpretation processing sub-module 81 resets the display execution mode. Further, the command interpretation processing submodule 81
If an abnormality occurs during each process, the display execution mode is reset.

Next, the configuration data selection process will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. 43. The command interpretation processing submodule 81 reads the configuration mode Mfa (-2, -1, 0, 1, ...) in the command.
Accordingly, it is determined which configuration data CF to select. For example, if the config mode is "-2",
It is determined that the configuration data stored in the floppy disk 28a is to be referred to, and the configuration mode is set to "-1".
”, it is determined that nothing is to be referenced, and if the config mode is “0”, it is determined that the config data received with the command is to be referenced, and the config mode is “1”.
In this case, it is determined to refer to system configuration 1,
When the config mode is "2", it is determined that system config 2 is to be referred to, and when the config mode is "3", it is determined that system config 3 is to be referred to.

As a result, when the configuration mode is rOJ, the command interpretation processing submodule 81 determines to refer to the configuration data received with the command and stored in the page memory 14, and moves the reference pointer to the configuration data on the page memory 14. In addition, when the configuration mode is "1", "2", or "3", the command interpretation processing submodule 81
It is determined that the system configuration data stored in 7a is to be referenced, and the reference pointer is set to the configuration number "1".
”, “2”, or “3”. Further, when the configuration mode is "-2", the command interpretation processing submodule 81 determines to refer to the configuration data stored on the floppy disk 28a, and moves the reference pointer to the floppy disk 28a.
Set it to the corresponding file above. Also, when the configuration mode is "-1", the command interpretation processing submodule 8
1, it is determined not to be referenced and the pointer is set to null.

Next, the above image development will be explained with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. That is, the configuration data CF specified by the configuration mode in the command 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.

Next, the transfer end command processing will be explained with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. 45.

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 or system configuration registration 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 the code data in the page memory 14 is expanded and stored as an image in the secured area on the page memory 14 while referring to the configuration data CF specified in the configuration mode in the command, and the image is expanded. The image data on the page memory 14 is OD data R/W.
Output to the 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 submodule 86 deletes the transferred code data and the image data on the page memory 14, and the command interpretation processing submodule 81
sends a normal completion response to host H and resets the code imaging mode. Further, the command interpretation processing submodule 81 transmits an abnormal termination response to the host H when 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.

Additionally, if the system configuration data can manage two configuration settings, one for temporary and one for system default, the registration request from host H will be sent to host H depending on whether it is for system default or temporary. Change the response. The system configuration registration command processing in this case becomes a flowchart as shown in FIG. Note that the above system defaults can be changed using a separate command.

As mentioned above, when storing code data from a host on an optical disk in an electronic filing device, this stored code data can be developed into image data using configuration data instructed by the host and drawn. Furthermore, when displaying or printing out code data stored on an optical disk, it is possible to develop and draw image data using arbitrary configuration data instructed by the host. The configuration data instructed by the host is selected from one of configuration data transmitted with a command from the host, configuration data read from a floppy disk, and system configuration data stored in a magnetic disk.

Further, as the system configuration data stored in the magnetic disk, configuration data transmitted together with commands from the host can be registered or deleted.

This allows the system configuration data to be set arbitrarily.

Furthermore, a plurality of system configuration data can be registered on the magnetic disk, and these system configuration data can be arbitrarily selected according to the command mode sent along with the command from the host.

In addition, permanent and temporary system configuration data can be registered on the magnetic disk, and these system configuration data can be freely controlled by the command mode sent along with commands from the host. can be selected.

[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 specified by the external device. It is possible to provide an electronic filing system that can develop code data stored in a storage medium with arbitrary drawing attributes.

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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 general structure of the filing processing module. FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing the general structure of the command interpretation/execution processing module. FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing the structure of the software. Figures 7 to 1 show examples of configuration data descriptions.
Figure 2 and Figures 26 to 29 are diagrams for explaining format examples of host commands, and Figures 13 to 1.
8 and 25 are diagrams for explaining the protocol between the host and the electronic filing device; FIGS. 19, 20, and 24 are diagrams showing storage examples of the system configuration management table; FIG. 21 is a diagram showing a data format when storing code data in a storage medium, and FIGS. 22, 23, 30, and 31 are diagrams for explaining determination examples in the command interpretation processing submodule. , FIG. 32 is a flowchart for explaining command, code data, and configuration data reception processing, FIG. 33 is a flowchart for explaining command reception processing, and FIG. 34 is a flowchart for explaining code data reception processing. , FIG. 35 is a flowchart for explaining configuration data reception processing, FIGS. 36 and 46 are flowcharts for explaining system configuration registration command processing, and FIG. 37 is a flowchart for explaining system configuration deletion command processing. Flowchart, FIG. 38 is a flowchart for explaining code storage command processing, FIG. 39 is a flowchart for explaining configuration data storage onto page memory, and FIG. 40 is for explaining code image recording command processing. FIG. 41 is a flowchart for explaining printer output command processing;
Figure 2 is a flowchart for explaining display request command processing, Figure 43 is a flowchart for explaining configuration data selection processing, Figure 44 is a flowchart for explaining image development using configuration data, and Figure 45 is a flowchart for explaining image development using configuration data. 3 is a flowchart for explaining transfer end command processing. 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, 28g...
・Floppy disk, 29...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 imaging recording command processing sub-module, 84... Printer output command processing sub-module, 85... Display command processing sub-module, 86... Transfer end command processing sub-module, 87... System configuration registration processing sub-module, 87a... System configuration management table, 91... Database processing module interface, 92... Filing processing module interface, 93 ...Data reception processing submodule.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 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 first storage medium in the electronic filing device. In an electronic filing system in which storage processing is performed, or output processing is performed in which code data stored in the first storage medium is output, the code data is developed into image data in the external device. and a second transmitting means for transmitting a command for instructing drawing of the code data and selection of the drawing attribute information to the electronic filing device. , storage means for temporarily storing the drawing attribute information transmitted from the external device by the first transmitting means in a second storage medium in which the drawing attribute information is permanently stored in advance in the electronic filing device; a reading means for reading one piece of drawing attribute information from the second storage medium in accordance with a selection instruction transmitted from the external device by the second transmitting means; The reading means reads the code data transmitted from the external device or the code data output from the first storage medium in response to a command from the second storage medium.
What is claimed is: 1. An electronic filing system comprising: drawing development means for drawing and developing a drawing using drawing attribute information read from a storage medium.