JPH06274543A - Electronic filing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To simultaneously retrieve the picture information of an optional document group or page group. CONSTITUTION:The picture information of the page unit of a document inputted by a picture input part 12 is stored in a picture storage part 13 and the document information is stored in a document information storage part 17 by a document management part 16. Also, by a processing control part 21 and a bookmarker control part 18, a specific code is added to the stored picture information of the optional document or page, the information of the specific code is stored in a bookmarker information storage part 19 and the picture information to which the specific code is added is retrieved. At the same time, the range information of the document or the page is added to the specific code by a range setting part 20 and the picture information of the document or the page of a range indicated in the range information within the picture information to which the specific code is added is retrieved by the processing control part 21, the document management part 16 and the bookmarker control part 18.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an electronic file device which searches for a specific code associated with arbitrary image information.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, an electronic file device has been widely used which stores a document as image information in page units, searches the stored image information for editing, and outputs such as display and printing. There is. Such an electronic file device has a function of attaching a specific code corresponding to a bookmark to arbitrary image information, and having a function of quickly searching for necessary image information by the specific code, thereby improving operability of document search. I am doing well.

Conventionally, as such an electronic file device, a document is stored as image information, and a specific code is stored in association with an arbitrary portion (portion of document or page) of the image information of the document, and the identification is performed. There is a document image file device (see Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 59-36867) that searches, outputs, and edits image information corresponding to the specific code by registering and deleting the code.

[0004]

However, in the conventional apparatus as described above, although it is possible to quickly search an individual document or page by a specific code added to an arbitrary document or arbitrary page, there are some problems. When a user wants to search a series of documents or pages in a specific range, the search operation is troublesome.

Therefore, there has been a problem that it takes time and labor to edit, display, and print the image information of an arbitrary document group or page group. Further, when the image information of an arbitrary document group or page group is collectively subjected to the processing such as editing, displaying, and printing by a predetermined instruction work, it is operability to cancel the instruction after the processing. There is also the problem of bad.

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and it is possible to collectively retrieve image information of an arbitrary document group or page group, and to collectively edit the retrieved image information. The purpose is to enable display or printing processing and not to reduce the operability of the work for the batch processing.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, an electronic file device according to the present invention stores an image information storage means for storing a document as image information in page units, and any image information storage means stored therein. It is provided with a specific code adding means for adding a specific code to the image information of a document or page, and an image information searching means for searching the image information to which the specific code is added by the means.

Further, the specific code adding means is provided with range information adding means for adding the range information of the document or page to the specific code added to the image information, and the image information searching means is provided with the image information storage. The range image information searching means for searching the image information of the document or page in the range indicated by the range information among the image information added with the specific code is provided from the means.

The range information added by the range information adding means may be information indicating the start position and end position of the document or page. Alternatively, the range information added by the range information adding means may be information indicating the start position of the document or page and the length from the start position to the end position.

Further, the range information adding means has a selection condition adding means for adding a selection condition of a document or page to be searched to the range information added to the specific code, and the in-range image information searching means, It is advisable to have a means for searching only the image information that falls within the range indicated by the range information and that satisfies the selection condition.

Furthermore, it is preferable to provide means for collectively editing, displaying, or printing the image information retrieved by the image information retrieval means. In addition, it is preferable to provide a means for deleting the specific code added to the image information that has been edited, displayed, or printed.

[0012]

The electronic file device according to the present invention stores a document as image information in page units, adds a specific code to the stored image information of a document or page, and adds the specific code. The image information of the document or page of the range indicated by the range information of the image information to which the specific code is added Is searched, the image information of an arbitrary document group or page group can be collectively searched.

If the range information added to the specific code is information indicating the start position and end position of the document or page,
The range of image information of an arbitrary document group or page group can be specified by the start position and the end position.

Alternatively, if the range information added to the specific code is information indicating the start position of the document or page and the length from the start position to the end position, the range of the image information of an arbitrary document group or page group can be set. It can be specified by the start position and the length from the start position to the end position.

Further, the selection condition of the document or page to be searched is added to the range information added to the specific code, and only the image information within the range indicated by the range information of the specific code and corresponding to the selection condition is searched. By doing so, it is possible to collectively search for image information of a predetermined document group or page group within an arbitrary range.

Furthermore, if the retrieved image information is collectively edited, displayed, or printed, the image information of an arbitrary document group or page group is collectively edited,
Display or print processing can be performed.

If the specific code added to the image information that has been edited, displayed, or printed is deleted, the image information of any document group or page group can be collectively deleted. After performing the editing, displaying, or printing process, the specific code added to the image information can be automatically deleted.

[0018]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments of the present invention will be specifically described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 2 is an external view of an electronic file device according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing its functional configuration. This electronic filing device has a keyboard 1,
Mouse 2, display 3, printer 4, scanner 5,
The storage device 6 and the processing device 7 are provided.

This electronic file device can register a document as image information and retrieve the registered image information. Further, a specific code corresponding to a bookmark can be added to any registered image information, and only the necessary image information can be searched by the specific code.

Further, the following functions are provided. (1) Range information of a document or page is added to a specific code, and image information corresponding to the range information is searched. (2) The range information is specified by the start position and end position of the document or page. (3) Alternatively, the range information is specified by the start position of the document or page and the length from the start position to the end position.

(4) A selection condition for a document or page to be searched is added to the range information, and image information corresponding to the selection condition is searched. (5) Edit, display, or print the retrieved image information collectively. (6) The specific code added to the image information after execution of editing, displaying, or printing is automatically deleted.

The keyboard 1 is an input device having various input keys, and the mouse 2 is an input device for inputting position information. The display 3 is a display device such as a CRT or LCD, and the printer 4 is a printing device such as a dot printer, a laser printer or an inkjet printer.

The scanner 5 is an image reading device for optically reading an image, the storage device 6 is a storage device such as a hard disk device, a floppy disk device, an optical disk device, and the processing device 7 is composed of a CPU, a ROM, a RAM, and the like. It is a main unit with a built-in microcomputer.

As shown in FIG. 1, this electronic filing device has a command input section 11, an image input section 12, an image storage section 13, an image output section 14, a display section 15, a document management section 16,
The document information storage unit 17, the bookmark control unit 18, the bookmark information storage unit 19, the range setting unit 20, and the processing control unit 21 are functional units.

That is, the above-mentioned keyboard 1 and mouse 2
Is the command input unit 11, the display 3 is the display unit 15, the printer 4 is the image output unit 14, the scanner 5 is the image input unit 12, the storage device 6 is the image storage unit 13, and the processing device. Reference numeral 7 denotes a document management unit 16, a document information storage unit 17, a bookmark control unit 18, and a bookmark information storage unit 1.
9 corresponds to the range setting unit 20 and the processing control unit 21.

The command input unit 11 has a function of allowing an operator to input commands for various operation instructions such as registration, retrieval, editing, display and printing of image information of a document. The image input unit 12 has a function of importing image information of a document into the electronic file device. The image storage unit 13 has a function of storing a document as image information in page units.

The image output section 14 has a function of printing out image information of a document. The display unit 15 has a function of displaying and outputting image information of a document, various guidances, and the like. The document management unit 16 has a function of managing the image information stored in the image storage unit 13 in document units or page units based on the document management information. The document information storage unit 17 is the document management unit 16
Fulfills the function of storing the document management information used in.

The bookmark controller 18 has a function of managing a specific code corresponding to a bookmark attached to arbitrary image information based on the bookmark information. The bookmark information storage unit 19 has a function of storing bookmark information used by the bookmark control unit 18. The range setting unit 20 has a function of setting range information to be added to a specific code corresponding to a bookmark. The processing control unit 21 has a function of interpreting various commands input from the command input unit 1 and controlling the processing of the entire electronic file device according to the contents thereof.

Therefore, the processing control unit 21 and the image storage unit 13 are image information storage means for storing a document as image information in page units, and the processing control unit 21, the bookmark control unit 18, and the bookmark information storage unit 19 are Image storage unit 13
In the specific code addition means for adding a specific code to the image information of an arbitrary document or page stored in, the processing control unit 21 and the document management unit 16 search for image information to which the specific code is added. Each corresponds to information retrieval means.

Further, the range setting section 20 is a range information adding means for adding the range information of the document or page to the specific code added to the image information, and the processing control section 21, the document management section 16, the bookmark control section. The reference numeral 18 and the bookmark information storage unit 19 respectively correspond to in-range image information retrieval means for retrieving image information of a document or page in the range indicated by the range information of the image information to which the specific code is added from the image storage unit 13. To do.

Further, the range setting section 20 serves as a selection condition adding means for adding the selection condition of the document or page to be searched to the range information added to the specific code, and the processing control section 2
1, the document management unit 16, the bookmark control unit 18, and the bookmark information storage unit 19 respectively correspond to means for searching only image information within the range indicated by the range information and satisfying the selection condition.

Furthermore, the processing control unit 21 and the document management unit 16 correspond to a unit for collectively editing, displaying, or printing the retrieved image information, and the processing control unit 21 and the bookmark control unit 18 edit the image information. , Which corresponds to a means for deleting the specific code added to the image information that has been displayed or printed.

Next, the processing of this electronic file device will be described. First, a normal document search will be described.
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the format of the document management information stored in the document information storage unit 17. This document management information stores information such as the document name, the number of pages (pages), the date, and a specific classification stored in the image storage unit 13 for each document.

That is, the image information stored and stored in the image storage unit 13 is managed by the document management information as shown in FIG. 3, and the document management is performed according to the instruction input from the command input unit 11. The unit 16 refers to the document management information stored in the document information storage unit 17.

Then, the document number to be searched is sent to the processing control section 21, and the processing control section 21 searches the image storage section 13 for the image data of the document number. Then, the retrieved image data is edited by the processing control unit 21, displayed on the display unit 15, or printed by the image output unit 14.

Further, a specific code corresponding to a bookmark is attached to arbitrary image information, or necessary image information is searched by the specific code. Then, when the command input unit 11 instructs a specific code of the search target, the bookmark control unit 18 refers to the bookmark name of the search target based on the bookmark information of the bookmark information storage unit 19, and corresponds to the bookmark name. The information of the document or page is read and sent to the processing control unit 21.

Thereafter, the processing control section 21 reads out the image information of the document or page to be searched from the image storage section 13 based on the information of the document or page, and displays it on the display section 15 or prints it by the image output section 14. Do or edit. When an operation of adding or removing a specific code is performed on the image information, the bookmark information storage unit 1
A process of adding or deleting the document number of the target to which the specific code is added to the bookmark information in 9 is performed.

Next, the batch search of documents or pages by a specific code will be described. FIG. 4 is a bookmark information storage unit 19.
It is a figure which shows an example of the format of the bookmark information memorize | stored in FIG. The bookmark information is information regarding a bookmark arbitrarily added to the image information stored in the image storage unit 13, and stores a document number and a page number in association with the bookmark name.

The image information stored in the image storage unit 13 to which the specific code is added is managed by the bookmark control unit 18 based on the bookmark information as shown in FIG. When the specific code of the search target is instructed from, the bookmark control unit 18 refers to the bookmark name of the search target based on the bookmark information of the bookmark information storage unit 19 and displays the information of the document or page corresponding to the bookmark name. It is read and sent to the processing control unit 21.

After that, the processing control section 21 reads out the image information of the document or page to be searched from the image storage section 13 based on the information of the document or page, and displays it on the display section 15 or prints it by the image output section 14. Do or edit. For example, when the bookmark name “A” in FIG. 4 is designated, the image information of page 1 of the document number “3” and the image information of pages 8 and 12 of the document number “4” are searched collectively.

Next, a collective search for image information of an arbitrary document group or page group will be described. First, the case where the range of the document group or the page group is designated by the start position and the end position will be described. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a format in which range information based on the start position and the end position is added to the bookmark information stored in the bookmark information storage unit 19.

The bookmark information is information on the range of the document and the page added to the bookmark, and the range between the bookmark indicating the start point and the bookmark indicating the end point is the range. That is, the document number and the page number at the start point (start position) of the document or page and the document number and the page number at the end point (end position) are stored for the bookmark name.

In the case of the data shown in FIG. 5, the bookmark name "A"
, The page number of the document number “3” to the page number of the document number “5” and the page number 8 of the document number “8” to the page number 8 of the document number “8”, that is, the document number “8” 8 pages, and each range from 12 pages of the document number “8” to 20 pages of the document number “8” are stored.

The image information stored in the image storage unit 13 to which the specific code is added is managed by the bookmark control unit 18 based on the bookmark information as shown in FIG. 5, and the command input unit 11 When the specific code of the search target is instructed from, the bookmark control unit 18 refers to the bookmark name of the search target based on the bookmark information of the bookmark information storage unit 19, and the document number of the document or page corresponding to the bookmark name. , Page number, and range information are read and sent to the processing control unit 21.

After that, the processing control section 21 reads out the image information of the document or page to be searched from the image storage section 13 based on the document number of the document or page, the page number, and the range information, and displays it on the display section 15. The image output unit 14 prints or edits. Further, if specified in advance, after the editing, displaying, or printing process is executed, the bookmark information added to the image information to be processed is automatically deleted from the bookmark information storage unit 19.

For example, when the bookmark name "A" in FIG. 5 is designated, the image information of each page from the first page of the document number "3" to the third page of the document number "5" and the document number "8".
The image information of page 8 and the image information of each page from page 12 of document number “8” to page 20 of document number “8” are collectively searched. Then, each of the image information is displayed, and printing or editing is performed by an operation input from the operator.

Next, the case where the range of the document group or the page group is designated by the start position and the length from the start position to the end position will be described. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a format in which the bookmark information stored in the bookmark information storage unit 19 is added with range information based on the lengths up to the start position and the end position.

The bookmark information is information on the range of the document and page added to the bookmark, and has a range up to a part corresponding to the range length by the length from the start point to the end point. That is, for the bookmark name, the document number of the start point (start position) of the document or page, the number of pages, and the range length from the start point are stored.

In the case of the data shown in FIG. 6, the bookmark name "A"
, The page number 1 to page 2 of the document number “3”, the page number 8 to page 9 of the document number “8”,
Each range from page 12 to page 13 of the document number “8” is stored. For the bookmark name “B”, the document numbers “12”, “35”, and “71” are 1 each.
Each range of 0 documents is stored. In this way, the length of the range is not limited to pages, but can be set in document units.

The image information stored in the image storage section 13 to which the specific code is added is managed by the bookmark control section 18 based on the bookmark information as shown in FIG. When the specific code of the search target is instructed from, the bookmark control unit 18 refers to the bookmark name of the search target based on the bookmark information of the bookmark information storage unit 19, and the document number of the document or page corresponding to the bookmark name. , Page number, and range information are read and sent to the processing control unit 21.

After that, the processing control section 21 reads out the image information of the document or page to be searched from the image storage section 13 based on the document number of the document or page, the page number, and the range information, and displays it on the display section 15. The image output unit 14 prints or edits. Further, if specified in advance, after the editing, displaying, or printing process is executed, the bookmark information added to the image information to be processed is automatically deleted from the bookmark information storage unit 19.

For example, when the bookmark name "A" in FIG. 6 is designated, the image information of pages 1 and 2 of the document number "3",
The image information on pages 8 and 9 of the document number “8” and the image information on pages 12 and 13 of the document number “8” are collectively searched.

When the bookmark name "B" is designated, the image information of all the pages of 10 documents after the document number "12" and all the pages of 10 documents after the document number "35" are displayed. The image information and the image information of all pages of the 10 documents starting from the document number “71” are searched collectively. Then, each of the image information is displayed, and printing or editing is performed by an operation input from the operator.

Next, a case will be described in which the selection condition is added to the specific code in addition to the range information. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of a format when selection conditions are added to the bookmark information stored in the bookmark information storage unit 19.
The bookmark information is information on the range of documents and pages added to the bookmark and information on selection conditions of documents or pages to be searched, and is a portion corresponding to the range length depending on the length from the start point to the end point. The range information up to and the selection condition to be searched within the range are stored.

In the case of the data shown in FIG. 7, the bookmark name "A"
, The page number 1 to page 2 of the document number “3”, the page number 8 to page 9 of the document number “8”,
The selection condition “none” is stored together with each range from page 12 to page 13 of the document number “8”. For the bookmark name "B", the document numbers "12" and "3"
The selection condition “even page” is stored together with each range of 10 documents from 5 ”to“ 71 ”.

The image information stored in the image storage unit 13 to which the specific code is added is managed by the bookmark control unit 18 based on the bookmark information as shown in FIG. When the specific code of the search target is instructed from, the bookmark control unit 18 refers to the bookmark name of the search target based on the bookmark information of the bookmark information storage unit 19, and the document number of the document or page corresponding to the bookmark name. , Page number, range information and selection conditions are read out and sent to the processing control unit 21.

After that, the processing control section 21 reads out the image information of the document or page to be searched from the image storage section 13 based on the document number of the document or page, the page number, the range information and the selection condition, and displays it on the display section 15. It is displayed, printed by the image output unit 14, or edited. Further, if specified in advance, after the editing, displaying, or printing process is executed, the bookmark information added to the image information to be processed is automatically deleted from the bookmark information storage unit 19.

For example, when the bookmark name "A" in FIG. 7 is designated, the image information of pages 1 and 2 of the document number "3",
The image information on pages 8 and 9 of the document number “8” and the image information on pages 12 and 13 of the document number “8” are collectively searched. Further, when the bookmark name “B” is designated, the document number “12” and the subsequent 10 documents, the document number “35” and the subsequent 10 documents, and the document number “71” are selected depending on the selection condition. Only the image information of the even pages of the following 10 documents are collectively searched.

Then, each of the image information is displayed, and printing or editing is performed by an operation input from the operator. If conditions other than the number of pages are stored as selection conditions, more diverse document groups or page groups can be collectively searched and collectively processed.

Next, a specific example of searching a page group will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram for collectively searching a page group from one document. As shown in (a) of the same figure, for the document A including the image information P1 to P6 of 6 pages, the image information P of 3 to 5 pages thereof is set.
Add bookmarks to 3 to P5.

Therefore, the page numbers "3" and "5" indicating the start position and end position of the range information are added to the bookmark along with the document number of the document A. Then, when the search of the bookmark is executed, as shown in FIG. 8B, the image information P3 to P5 of the pages 3 to 5 of the document A are collectively searched.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram for collectively searching a page group from a plurality of documents. As shown in (a) of the figure, a document A including image information P1 to P6 of 6 pages
A bookmark is added to the image information P3 to P5 of the third to fifth pages, and to the image information Q2 to Q4 of the second to fourth pages of the document B including the image information Q1 to Q8 of the eight pages. .

Therefore, for the bookmark, together with the document numbers of the documents A and B, the page numbers "3", "5" and "2""4" indicating the start position and the end position of the range information of each document.
Is added. Then, when the search for the bookmark is executed, as shown in FIG. 9B, the image information P3 to P5 of the pages 3 to 5 of the document A and the image information Q2 of the pages 2 to 4 of the document B are displayed.
~ Q4 are searched collectively.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram for collectively searching a group of pages corresponding to the selection condition from a plurality of documents. As shown in (a) of FIG.
For the document A composed of 1 to P6, the image information P3 to P5 of 3 to 5 pages thereof, and the image information Q1 of 8 pages
Bookmarks are added to the image information Q2 to Q4 of pages 2 to 4 of the document B including Q8, and an odd page is set as a selection condition.

Therefore, for the bookmark, together with the document numbers of the documents A and B, the page numbers "3""5" and "2""4" indicating the start position and the end position of the range information of each document.
Is added. Then, when you search for bookmark A,
As shown in FIG. 10B, the image information P3 and P5 of the third and fifth pages of document A and the image information Q of the third page of document B are shown.
3 is searched collectively.

Next, the effects of the electronic file device of this embodiment will be listed. (1) Since a specific code corresponding to a bookmark can be attached to a document group or page group in a necessary range,
A document group or page group in a required range can be searched quickly and collectively, and the operability for document or page search is improved.

(2) Since the range can be attached to the specific code by the start position and end position of the document or page, the same specific code can be easily attached to the document group or page group in various ranges. Thus, the operability regarding document or page search is improved.

(3) Since the range can be attached to the specific code by the start position of the document or page and the length from the start position to the end position, the range setting operation for the specific code can be easily performed. , Operability related to document or page search is improved.

(4) Since the range of documents or pages and the selection condition can be attached to the specific code, the document group or the page group corresponding to the selection condition within the predetermined range can be selected from the registered documents. It is possible to quickly and collectively search, and the operability related to document or page search is improved.

(5) Since it is possible to collectively edit the document group or the page group which is ranged by the specific code, the editing operation for the document group or the page group can be performed quickly and efficiently. Operability is improved. (6) Since a group of documents or pages grouped by a specific code can be displayed collectively, a plurality of necessary documents or pages can be referred to quickly, and operability regarding the display of the documents or pages is improved. improves.

(7) Since it is possible to collectively print a group of documents or pages grouped by a specific code, it is possible to quickly print a plurality of necessary documents or pages, and to print the documents or pages. Operability is improved. (8) Since the specific code is automatically deleted after the specific processing such as editing, displaying, or printing, it is not necessary to delete the unnecessary specific code after the processing. The operability of search by the bookmark function is improved.

[0072]

As described above, according to the electronic file device of the present invention, a document is stored as image information in page units and specified with respect to image information of any stored document or page. A code is added to search for image information to which the specific code is added, and range information of a document or page is added to the specific code, and range information of image information to which the specific code is added Since the image information of the document or page in the range shown in is searched, the image information of an arbitrary document group or page group can be collectively searched.

If the range information added to the specific code is information indicating the start position and end position of the document or page,
The range of image information of an arbitrary document group or page group can be specified by the start position and the end position.

Alternatively, if the range information added to the specific code is information indicating the start position of a document or page and the length from the start position to the end position, the range of image information of an arbitrary document group or page group can be set. It can be specified by the start position and the length from the start position to the end position.

Further, the selection condition of the document or page to be searched is added to the range information added to the specific code, and only the image information within the range indicated by the range information of the specific code and corresponding to the selection condition is searched. By doing so, it is possible to collectively search for image information of a predetermined document group or page group within an arbitrary range.

Furthermore, if the retrieved image information is collectively edited, displayed, or printed, the image information of an arbitrary document group or page group is collectively edited,
Display or print processing can be performed.

If the specific code added to the image information that has been edited, displayed, or printed is deleted, the image information of any document group or page group can be collectively deleted. After performing the editing, displaying, or printing process, the specific code added to the image information can be automatically deleted.

Therefore, the image information of an arbitrary document group or page group can be quickly and collectively searched. Further, it is possible to collectively edit, display, or print image information of an arbitrary document group or page group without trouble. Further, it is not necessary to delete the specific code after the processing.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of an electronic file device that is an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an external view of an electronic file device that is an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a format of document management information stored in a document information storage unit of FIG.

4 is a diagram showing an example of a format of bookmark information stored in a bookmark information storage unit of FIG.

5 is a diagram showing an example of a format in which range information based on a start position and an end position is added to the bookmark information stored in the bookmark information storage unit of FIG.

6 is a diagram showing an example of a format in the case where range information based on the lengths up to the start position and the end position is added to the bookmark information stored in the bookmark information storage unit of FIG.

7 is a diagram showing an example of a format when selection conditions are added to the bookmark information stored in the bookmark information storage unit of FIG.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram for collectively searching a page group from one document.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram for collectively searching a page group from each of a plurality of documents.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram for collectively searching a page group corresponding to a selection condition from a plurality of documents.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 keyboard 2 mouse 3 display 4 printer 5 scanner 6 storage device 7 processing device 11 command input unit 12 image input unit 13 image storage unit 14 image output unit 15 display unit 16 document management unit 17 document information storage unit 18 bookmark control unit 19 bookmark Information storage unit 20 Range setting unit 21 Processing control unit P1 to P6, Q1 to Q8 Image information on page

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. An image information storage unit for storing a document as image information in page units, and a specific code addition unit for adding a specific code to image information of an arbitrary document or page stored in the unit. In an electronic file device comprising image information search means for searching the image information to which the specific code is added by the means, the specific code addition means causes the range of a document or page to the specific code to be added to the image information. Image information of a document or page in a range indicated by the range information of the image information to which the specific code is added from the image information storage means is provided in the range information adding means for adding information. An electronic filing device, characterized in that an in-range image information retrieval means for retrieving is searched. 2. The electronic file device according to claim 1, wherein the range information added by the range information adding means is information indicating a start position and an end position of a document or page. 3. The electronic file device according to claim 1, wherein the range information added by the range information adding means is information indicating a start position of a document or page and a length from the start position to the end position. Characteristic electronic filing device. 4. The electronic file device according to claim 1, wherein the range information adding unit includes:
A selection condition adding means for adding a selection condition for a document or page to be searched to the range information added to the specific code,
The electronic file device, wherein the in-range image information searching means has means for searching only image information within a range indicated by the range information and satisfying the selection condition. 5. The electronic file device according to claim 1, further comprising a unit for collectively editing, displaying, or printing the image information searched by the image information searching unit. An electronic file device characterized by. 6. The electronic file device according to claim 5, further comprising means for deleting a specific code added to the image information that has been edited, displayed or printed. .