JPH05250419A - Color image filing method - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a color image filing device excellent in handleability by setting plural pieces of color information as keywords. CONSTITUTION:In an input image 2, a colored menu 3 is displayed. An operator designates color information (a part of keywords is formed) by a pointing device such as a mouse. The selected color information is added as a color frame 5 to the input image 2. Subsequently, as for the color menu 3, as well, the same processing is executed, and in such a manner, the keyword is expressed by the combination of the pieces of the color information. At the time of retrieval, an arbitrary file can be constructed by designating the color information or its combination, and the color image filing device excellent in handleability is provided.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a color image filing method, and in particular, it is possible to register and search image data to which a search keyword is added, and to display a color image of two or more colors. The present invention relates to a color image filing method suitable for providing a user-friendly image filing device by facilitating registration and search of image data by adding a plurality of color information as keywords to image data in the filing device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a prior art, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 62-260
There is the invention disclosed in Japanese Patent Publication No. 475. Since the invention disclosed in the above publication can handle only two-color monochrome images, character code data is used as a keyword for retrieval. Further, since the registered image data is managed in units of certain items, it is necessary to organize the items in advance to create the character code data.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to add a plurality of color information to image data instead of character code data as a keyword for retrieval, so that an operator can add character code data at the time of registration. An object of the present invention is to provide a user-friendly image filing device capable of easily registering and searching image data without inputting.

[0004]

The image filing method of the present invention is characterized in that a combination of color information is used as a keyword when registering / retrieving image data.

[0005]

According to the present invention, a plurality of color information is added to the image data instead of the character code data as a keyword for the search, so that the image data can be easily registered and searched. In particular, when searching, it is possible to construct an arbitrary file by designating color information or a combination of color information, and it is possible to provide an easy-to-use image filing apparatus.

[0006]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of a color image filing apparatus to which the present invention is applied. In FIG. 2, 10 is a CPU that controls the entire apparatus,
Reference numeral 11 is an image processor for controlling compression / decompression of color images and image processing, 12 is a memory for temporarily storing image data, 13 is a CRT adapter for controlling a CRT 14, 14 is a CRT for displaying a color image, 15 Is an optical disk adapter that controls the optical disk 17, 16 is a search processor that controls search, 17 is an optical disk that is a medium for registering image data, 19 is a scanner that captures image data to be registered, and these are via an internal bus 18. Connected.

Image data is input from the scanner 19,
It is stored in the memory 12. The image data stored in the memory 12 is compressed by the image processor 11 and then stored again in the memory 12. The compressed image data is sent to the optical disc 17 by the optical disc adapter 15.
Be registered with. The CRT adapter 13 takes in the image data stored in the memory 12 and displays it on the CRT 14.

1A, 1B, and 1C are explanatory views showing an example of a display screen of the CRT 14 when image data is registered in the optical disc 17 in the present embodiment.
In FIG. 1A, 1 is a CRT display screen, and 2 is an image input for registration. In this embodiment, color information is added to the input image 2, but the color frame 5 is added around the input image 2. This color information is displayed on the upper right of the CRT display screen 1 as the menu 3. 1B and 1C are enlarged views of the menu 3. In FIGS. 1B and 1C, 6 is a predetermined large item, and 7 is a predetermined small item. As shown in the figure, each item in sub-item 7
There are red, blue, green, and yellow colors, and the operator selects the corresponding color (one item in subitem 7) and clips it with the pointing device (mouse etc.) 4,
The color frame 5 of the input image 2 is designated. Now, assuming that blue (patented) is clipped by the pointing device 4, the information on the blue color is transferred to the C via the CPU adapter 13 and the internal bus 18.
It is input to the PU 10. The CPU 10 sends the blue information to the image processing processor 11, and the image processing processor 11 outputs an instruction to the CRT adapter 13 to set the color frame 5 to blue, whereby the CRT adapter 13 causes CR.
Processing for turning the color frame 5 in the T display screen 1 into blue is performed. Along with this operation, the CPU 10 adds the blue information to the image data of the input image 2 in the memory 12, and registers this in the optical disc 17 via the optical disc adapter 15. In the example shown in FIG. 1, the large item [type] shown in FIG. 1B is first displayed as the menu 3, and when the operator completes the color setting, the large item shown in FIG. The item [registrant] is automatically displayed.

FIG. 3 shows an image processor 11 and a CRT.
It is a block diagram showing the adapter 13 and the CRT 14, and a process in which the image processor 11 performs color processing on a display image of the CRT 14 will be described below. As shown in the figure, the CRT adapter 13 has three display memories 21, 22, 23 for red (R), green (G), and blue (B).
Is provided. The CRT adapter 13 synthesizes the outputs of these three display memories 21, 22, 23 in the synthesis circuit 24 and sends them to the CRT 14. The image processor 11 receives an instruction (a color added to the color frame 5 of the input image 2 by the operator) from the upper CPU 10, and the CRT adapter 1
Display memory 2 for red (R), green (G), and blue (B)
Image processing is performed on 1, 22, 23.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the relationship between the data written in each of the red (R), green (G), and blue (B) display memories 21, 22, 23 shown in FIG. 3 and the display color. In this example,
The display color is 8 colors.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the format of the keywords written on the optical disk 17. In FIG. 5, the color information 30 to 32 is stored in the order of major items determined in advance. In the example shown in FIG. 5, the color information is (G, R, B).
It is written in order. Also, for example, when viewed in comparison with FIG. 1, the first major item [type] corresponds to the color information 30, and since the color is red, it indicates “map”. The next major item, [registrant], corresponds to the color information 31 and has a color of yellow, and thus indicates a registrant “D”. The color information 32 indicates the following major items. Further, in FIG. 5, the image data pointer 33 indicates the storage address on the optical disc 17 of the image data with this keyword.

FIGS. 6 and 7 are views showing one display example of the search result. Reference numeral 40 is a display screen of the CRT 14. In FIG. 6, the result of searching for all documents (indicated by 43 in the figure) by the type of major item is displayed. Here, the matched data is displayed in the thickness of the file in proportion to the number of matches so that the operator can easily understand. The numbers in parentheses indicate the number of matches. Furthermore, the display files 41, 42, etc. are colored when they are registered. The operator can select each file with the mouse. Further, on the right end of the display screen 40, a list of large items ([registrant],
[Registration date] etc.) is displayed. Hereinafter, a set of small item data displayed for each large item is referred to as a file.

The display screen 40 shown in FIG. 6 can be obtained as follows. That is, when the color image filing device is started up, a list of major items such as [type] and [registrant] is displayed on the screen of the CRT 14. Next, one of the major items is clipped with the pointing device 4. In this example, [type] is clipped. As a result, the CPU 10 instructs the search processor 16 to create a type file. The search processor 16 first searches the map (red) data stored in the optical disk 17 via the optical disk adapter 15 and sets the number of cases to C.
Send to PU10. Next, the search processor 16 searches for patent (blue) data and sends the number to the CPU 10. Thereafter, the same search is performed for the dictionary (green), the circuit diagram (yellow), etc., and the number of cases is sent to the CPU 10. CP
U10 instructs the image processing processor 11 to create image data based on the received data of each number, and the CRT
The created image data is displayed on the CRT 14 via the adapter 13.

When the file selected in FIG. 6 is thick and it is desired to divide the file into smaller ones, another major item is 1 as shown in FIG.
You can also split individual files. In Figure 6, "type"
In FIG. 7, a file called a patent is selected in FIG. 7, and the file is divided into smaller parts by another large item called “registered person”.

The display screen 44 shown in FIG. 7 can be obtained as follows. First, the patent (blue) is clipped with the pointing device 4 in FIG.
Clip [Register] from the major items displayed at the right end of. As a result, the CPU 10 instructs the search processor 16 to search for patent documents by registrant. For example, in the keyword format shown in FIG. 5, the search processor 16 uses color information 30 of blue (type is patent), color information 31 is red (registered “A”), and color information 30 is blue (type is patent). ), Color information 31 is blue (registered person “B”), color information 30 is blue (type is patent), color information 31 is green (registered person “C”), color information 30 is blue (type) Are patents and color information 31 is yellow (registrant “D”), color information 30 is blue (type is patent) and color information 31 is white (other registrants) CPU1
Send to 0. Based on the sent information, the CPU 10 instructs the image processor 11 to create image data, and CR
The created image data is displayed on the CRT 14 via the T adapter 13.

In FIG. 6, when the patent (blue) is clipped with the pointing device 4, the CPU 1
The image of the patent is set to 1 by the action of 0 and the search processor 16.
It is also possible to display the items one by one.

Further, in FIG. 7, the patent of the registrant "A" is as few as 10 patents. In such a case, the registrant "A" (red) is clipped by the pointing device 4 to search with the CPU 10. By the operation of the processor 16, the contents can be displayed one by one in order.

As is clear from the above description, since the operator can know the search result by the color by performing the filing and the display with the color information of the above-described embodiment, the keywords added to the file are read one by one. You can easily select a file without it.

According to the color information registration method of the above embodiment, the operator does not need to switch between the input image display screen and the keyword input screen, and a simple registration method can be established.

Further, according to the search result display method in the above-described embodiment, the display picture is changed according to the number of matching data, so that the operator can easily know the matching amount. Further, when the matching amount is large, it is possible to further narrow down, so that the thickness of the file can be narrowed down to an amount that can be finally searched by turning the image data, and a filing system with good usability can be constructed.

As is apparent from the above description, according to the above-described embodiment, a set of small item data displayed for each large item (hereinafter, this set is referred to as a file) is a large item by the operator. Is created each time you choose. At this time, all image data is searched using the color information as a keyword to create a file. As a result of the search, CP with which color
Reported to U. The search result, the amount is represented by the size of the picture display by the upper CPU, and is represented by the color of the sub-item for each file, so that the search result is easy for the operator to see.

When registering the image data, the CPU
Controls to display a predetermined color menu of small items on the same screen as the input image data. If a color in the menu is selected at this time, the next major item is automatically displayed, and a small item color menu is displayed.
By repeating this operation, color information can be easily added to the input image data.

[0023]

According to the present invention, a plurality of color information is added to the image data instead of the character code data as a keyword for the search, so that the image data can be easily registered and searched. .. In particular, when searching, it is possible to construct an arbitrary file by designating color information or a combination of color information, and it is possible to provide an easy-to-use image filing apparatus.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory view showing an example of a display screen of a CRT when registering image data in an optical disc in the color image filing device shown in FIG.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of a color image filing apparatus to which the present invention is applied.

3 is a block diagram showing an image processing processor, a CRT adapter, and a CRT of the color image filing apparatus shown in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a relationship between data to be written in each display memory of red (R), green (G), and blue (B) shown in FIG. 3 and a display color.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing a data format of a keyword written on an optical disc.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a search result display example when all documents are searched by a large item.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a search result display example when a selected file is searched for with a larger item.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... CRT display screen, 2 ... input image, 3 ... menu, 4
... Pointing device, 5 ... Color frame (color information added at registration), 6 ... Large item display example, 7 ... Small item display example, 10 ... CPU, 11 ... Image processing processor, 12 ...
Memory, 13 ... CRT adapter, 14 ... CRT, 15 ...
Optical disk adapter, 16 ... Search processor, 17 ... Optical disk, 19 ... Scanner, 21, 22, 23 ... Display memory, 24 ... Synthesis circuit, 30, 31, 32 ... Color information, 3
3 ... Image data pointer, 40, 44 ... Display screen.

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Satoshi Ito 2880 Kozu, Odawara City, Kanagawa Stock Company Hitachi Ltd. Odawara Factory

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A color image filing method, wherein a combination of color information is used as a keyword when registering / retrieving image data.