JPH0730731A - Electronic device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve the convenience of the device by automatically printing out a post-it file and writing a post-it identifier at a position where post-it is added inside the file. CONSTITUTION:Corresponding to the print-out designation of an operator, the post-it identifier is added at the position, where the post-it is added inside the file, and printed together with the contents of the file. When printing is finished, the post-it identifier is added at the leading part of the post-it file, and a post-it file (b) is printed out. Thus, when the file added the post-it is printed out, the post-it file is automatically printed out after the file is printed out so that labor for the operator to perform the print-out operation can be saved, and the convenience of the device can be improved by easily recognizing which part of the file added to the printed-out post-it file shows the post-it.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an electronic device, and more particularly, it can be applied to a print output system technology of a post-it file attached as an attached file, and an electronic file device and a personal computer that handle the post-it file. It can be applied to workstations, teleconferencing devices, etc., and in particular, it saves the operator the trouble of performing the printout operation of the post-it file, and the print-out post-it file can be used to post any part of the file. The present invention relates to an electronic device that can easily know whether or not it is and can improve the convenience of the device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in an electronic device such as a communication conference device that handles a post-it file attached as an attached file, when a file with a post-it is printed out, the post-it file is automatically printed out. Since it had no function, the operator had to perform printout operation again for the Post-it file.

Conventionally, there is a database device reported in, for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 1-276332, and here, a management method of a multimedia relational database is described. In the database, a link management unit that links each field value of the domain specified in advance with the data of the data pool area defined separately, and a field operation unit that performs a relational operation on each field value of the domain specified above. , An object management unit for retrieving data in a data pool area linked to each field value in the specified domain, and handles various object multimedia with various physical storage multimedia. Has the advantage of being able to .

[0004]

However, in the conventional electronic device that handles Post-It files as described above, when a file with Post-It is printed out, the Post-It file is automatically printed out. Since it does not have the above, there is a problem that the operator has to perform the print output operation again for the post-it file, which is troublesome and troublesome.

Also, when a file with Post-It is printed out, the Post-It file does not have a function of writing the Post-It identifier at the position of Post-It in the file. There was also a problem in that it was not easy to know if it was post-it, and it could be annoying.

Next, in the database device of Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 1-276332, the relational database management method is described, but the Post-it function is not described, and the print output, which is a characteristic part of the present invention, is described. Since there is no mention of the method, it is not possible to print out the Post-It file in association with the file with it, and in the end,
The same problem as described above occurs.

In the telewriting device of Japanese Patent Application No. 4-289207 of the prior application, a method of inserting a post-it window in a telewriting device in which a post-it window is attached to a telewriting screen is considered. Not only the print output method but also the print output method that is a characteristic part of the present invention is not touched at all, so it is not possible to print out the Post-It file in association with the file with it, and as a result, the same as above. Problem arises.

Therefore, according to the present invention, when a file with Post-it is printed out, the Post-it file is automatically printed out, and the operator can save the labor of performing the print-out operation of the Post-it file. By writing the Post-it identifier at the post-it position in the file, you can easily know which part of the file the printed Post-it file is Post-it without the annoyance. It is an object of the present invention to provide an electronic device that can improve the convenience of the device.

[0009]

The invention according to claim 1 is
When a Post-It file is used as an auxiliary file of the file displayed on the display unit, and when the Post-It file is a file consisting of only text data or a document image, print output of the file with the Post-It file attached Is executed, a Post-it identifier writing unit that writes a Post-It identifier at a position where a Post-It is attached in a print-designated file, and a print-out of the print-designated file, which is then added to the file. And a post-it file / post-it identifier print output section for printing out the post-it file together with the post-it identifier.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, when a file to which Post-It is attached is printed out, whether to print out the Post-It file is selected for each Post-It attached to the file. A print output selecting unit; and a post-it file print outputting unit that prints out the Post-it file whose print output is selected by the print output selecting unit after the file is printed out. It is a feature.

The invention according to claim 3 is the same as claims 1 and 2 above.
When a file or text image and a color still image consisting of only text data are handled as the Post-It file described in the above, and when the print output according to claim 1 or 2 is executed, the Post-it file is composed of only text data. In the case of a file or a document image, a print output control unit is provided to print out to a monochrome binary page printer, while to print out to a color printer in the case of a color still image. is there.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the case of the first to third aspects of the invention, the print output according to the first to third aspects can be executed, and the file name of the file is printed together with the contents of the file. The Post-it file attached to the file also has a file name printing unit for printing the same file name.

[0013]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, a Post-It identifier is given to a Post-It attached to a file, and when the print output of the file attached with the Post-It file is executed, print designation is made. The Post-it identifier is written in the position to which the Post-it is added in the file, and the Post-it file is printed out together with the Post-it identifier after the print output of the file designated for printing.

Therefore, when a file with Post-it is printed out, the Post-it file can be automatically printed out after the file is printed out. Therefore, the operator performs the print-out operation of the Post-it file. Besides saving time and effort,
The Post-it identifier can be written at the position where the Post-it is added in the file, and the Post-it file can be printed with the Post-it identifier at the beginning of each page. It is possible to easily know which part of the file the file is attached to is Post-It, without annoyance, and the convenience of the apparatus can be improved.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, when a file is printed out, whether or not the Post-it file is printed out can be selected for each Post-it attached to the file. When it is selected, a printout mark is displayed at that Post-it position, or if the display is a color display, the display color of Post-it is changed, and after print-output of the file displayed on the display,
Configure printout to print out the selected Post-it file.

Therefore, the operator can select whether or not to print out the Post-it file for each Post-it. Therefore, when the file with the Post-it is printed out, the required Post-it file is output. Only the file can be printed out, and the convenience of the device can be improved. According to the invention described in claim 3, in the invention described in claims 1 and 2, there are a document image (including a file consisting only of text data) and a color still image as the Post-it file, and the Post-it file is the above-mentioned claim 1, When it is printed out as an attached file described in 2, if it is a document image, it can be printed out to a monochrome binary page printer, while if it is a color still image, it can be printed out to a color printer. Configure so that you can.

For this reason, when printing out by the method according to claims 1 and 2, if the Post-it file is a document image (including a file consisting of only text data), it is automatically output to a monochrome binary page printer. In the case of a color still image, it can be automatically printed out to a color printer, thus saving the operator the trouble of selecting a printer to output to each Post-it file. Therefore, the convenience of the device can be improved.

Next, when a file is printed out, the file name of the file may be printed at the beginning of each page to be printed. For example, UNIX (O
In the case of print output using S), the file name of the file is printed at the beginning of each printed page. In this case, the same file name as the file with it is printed on each page of the Post-It file. Therefore, in the invention according to claim 4, the above-mentioned claim 1
In the invention described in any one of 3 to 3, the file name of the file with Post-it can be printed at the beginning of each page of both the file with Post-it and the file with Post-it at the time of print output. .

Therefore, at the time of print output, it is possible to print the file name of the file with post-it at the beginning of each page of both the file with post-it and the file with post-it. The storage management of the recording paper can be facilitated, and the convenience of the apparatus can be improved.

[0020]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the system configuration of an electronic file device according to an embodiment of the present invention. Examples of the device shown in the figure include an electronic file device, a personal computer, a workstation, a teleconference device, and the like. Here, an electronic file device that prints out a Post-It file together with a file with the file is illustrated and described. To do. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 is an electronic file device, and the electronic file device 1 includes a system control unit 2 and
ROM (Read Only Memory) 3 and RAM 4 (Random A
ccess Memory), encoder / decoder 5, keyboard 6, mouse 7, optical disk interface 8,
An optical disk device 9, a scanner interface 10,
Scanner 11, CRT display control unit 12, CRT 13, document camera 14, still image codec 15, page printer interface 16, page printer 17, video printer interface 18, video printer 19, system bus 20, etc. Is equipped with.

Here, the system control unit 2 controls each unit of the apparatus according to the program in the ROM 3, and the ROM 3
Is a RAM that stores the control program of this device.
Reference numeral 4 stores various data necessary for controlling the apparatus, and the encoding / decoding unit 5 encodes the image data input from the scanner 11 into MMR (Modified Modified Read) and stores it in the optical disc apparatus 9. Besides, the code data read from the optical disk device 9 is decoded by the MMR and output to the CRT display control unit 12 or the page printer 17.

Next, the keyboard 6 is a JIS X 6
002, the mouse 7 moves the mouse cursor displayed on the CRT 13 or outputs the position information of the mouse cursor by pressing the mouse button, and the optical disk device 9 drives the optical disk interface 8. The scanner 11 is connected via the scanner interface 10 to store the image data read by the scanner 11 and the color still image input from the document camera 14. , CCD
(Charge Coupled Device) is used to read a document line by line and output it as image data.

Next, the CRT display control unit 12 encodes and
In addition to displaying the image data input from the decoding unit 5 and the still image signal input from the still image codec 15 on the CRT 13, window display control and the like are performed.
It has a GB terminal, displays a signal output from the CRT display control unit 12, the document camera 14 outputs the input still image information as an RGB signal, and the still image codec 15
After the RGB signals input from the document camera 14 are A / D converted, JPEG (Joint Photographic Expert Group
) System and passes it to the optical disc device 9, and the encoded still image data input from the optical disc device 9 is decoded in accordance with the JPEG system and D / A converted. Output to the CRT display control unit 12 or the video printer 19.

The page printer 17 is connected through the page printer interface 16 to record and output the text data and the image data page by page on plain paper, and the video printer 19 through the video printer interface 18. The color image data is recorded and output on plain paper page by page by an inkjet method.

Next, the post-it added to the file according to this embodiment will be described. Post-it is usually displayed as a post-it mark, and when the mark is pointed by the mouse cursor, a post-it window is created in which the contents of the post-it file are displayed. This Post-it file consists of only text data input from the keyboard 6, images read by the scanner 10 and the document camera 13
There is a color still image etc. input from.

Here, display examples of the post-it mark and the post-it window are shown in FIGS. 2 (a) and 2 (b), respectively. This Post-it file is managed in association with the file to which it is attached. For example, the file name of the attached file, the page number, the position with Post-it, the file name of the Post-it file, and the Post-it identifier are managed in a table. Here, the Post-it identifier is given as a serial number for each file to which Post-it is attached. The management table of this Post-it file is shown in FIG. When the Post-It window is erased and returned to the Post-It mark, the upper left rectangular mark of the Post-It window is pointed by the mouse cursor.

Next, an operation flow in the case of printing out a file with a post-it according to the embodiment according to claim 1 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. First, when print output is designated by the operator (processes S ₁ and S ₂ ), the Post-it identifier is added to the position in the file where Post-it is attached (process S ₃ ). Then, the Post-it identifier is printed together with the contents of the file (process S ₄ ). Figure 5 shows an example of printing a file with this Post-It
It shows in (a). Then, the print output of the file specified from the operator is ended (process S _5), by adding a Post-It identifiers printing out post-it file at the beginning of the post-it files with the file (processing S ₆ ). A print example of this Post-it file is shown in FIG.

If the specified file does not have Post-it (process S ₂ ), the specified file is printed out without adding the Post-it identifier to the position where Post-it is added (process S ₂ ). ₇ ). As described above, in this embodiment (claim 1), the Post-It identifier is given to the Post-It attached to the file,
Then, when the print output of the file with that Post-It file is executed, the Post-It identifier is written in the position with Post-It in the print-specified file, and the print-output of that print-specified file is executed. The Post-It file is later configured to be printed out together with the Post-It identifier.

Therefore, when a file with Post-it is printed out, the Post-it file can be automatically printed out after the file is printed out. Therefore, the operator performs the print-out operation of the Post-it file. Besides saving time and effort,
The Post-it identifier can be written at the position where the Post-it is added in the file, and the Post-it file can be printed with the Post-it identifier at the beginning of each page. It is possible to easily know which part of the file the file is attached to is Post-It, without annoyance, and the convenience of the apparatus can be improved.

Next, the operation flow for printing out a file according to the second embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. First, when printing out a file, for each Post-It attached to that file, select whether to print out the Post-It file. This selection is made after starting the print-out application. CRT13
Is displayed on the performed by pointing the post-it marks a mouse cursor (processing S ₁₁ ~S _13). A print output mark is added to the pointed post-it mark, or the display color of the post-it mark is changed. Then, when the file with Post-it is printed out (process S ₁₄ ), the Post-it identifier is added only to the position of the selected Post-it in the printout (process S ₁₅ ). After this file is printed out, a Post-it identifier is added to the beginning of the selected Post-it and the Post-it file is printed out (processes S _{16 to} S ₁₈ ).

If the Post-it file to be printed out is not selected (process S ₁₂ ), the designated file is printed out without adding the Post-it identifier at the Post-it position (process S ₁₉ ). in this way,
In this embodiment (Claim 2), when a file is printed out, whether or not the Post-it file is printed out can be selected for each Post-it attached to the file, and the printout is selected. Then, a printout mark is displayed at the position of the Post-It, or if the display is a color display, the display color of the Post-It is changed, and the print-output is performed after the print-output of the file displayed on the display. Is configured to print out the selected Post-it file.

Therefore, the operator can select whether or not to print out the Post-it file for each Post-it. Therefore, when the file with the Post-it is printed out, the necessary Post-it Only the file can be printed out, and the convenience of the device can be improved. Next, the operation flow in the case of having a document image (including a file consisting of only text data) and a color still image as a Post-it file according to the embodiment of claim 3 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. In this case, when the Post-it file is printed out by the operation of the embodiment according to claim 1 or claim 2, when it is a file consisting of only text data or a document image, a monochrome binary page printer printed out on 17, whereas, in the case of a color still image is printed out in the video printer 19 (step S ₂₁ ~S _24).

Thus, in this embodiment (claim 3),
There are document images (including files consisting only of text data) and color still images as Post-It files, and when the Post-It files are printed out as an attached file as described in the embodiments of claims 1 and 2, Is a document image, it can be printed out to a black-and-white binary page printer, while a color still image can be printed out to a color printer.

Therefore, when a Post-it file is a document image (including a file consisting only of text data) when printed out by the method according to claims 1 and 2, it is automatically output to a monochrome binary page printer. In the case of a color still image, it can be automatically printed out to a color printer, thus saving the operator the trouble of selecting a printer to output to each Post-it file. Therefore, the convenience of the device can be improved.

Next, when a file according to the embodiment of claim 4 is printed out, the operation flow for printing the file name of the file at the beginning of each page to be printed is shown in the flowchart of FIG. It demonstrates using.
In this case, when the Post-it file is printed out by the operation of the embodiment according to claim 1 or claim 2, each page of the Post-it file has the same file as the file with the head part at its head part. to print the name (processing S ₃₁ ~S _36). A print example of this Post-it file is shown in FIG.

In this print example, the page number is printed together with the file name, and this page number is
It is a continuation number of the page number of the file with post-it that was printed out earlier. After three pages of the file with Post-it are printed out, the first Post-it file to be printed out is printed from page four. If the file name is not printed on each page of the file to be printed out (process _S33 ), the page is printed without adding the file name to each page of the specified file (process _S37 ), and when this printout is completed. (Processing step S ₃₈ ), the Post-it file is printed with the Post-it identifier added to the beginning of each page (processing step S ₃₉ ).

Thus, in the present embodiment (claim 4),
At the time of print output, at the beginning of each page of both Post-it file and Post-it file,
The file name of the file with Post-it is configured to be printed. Therefore, at the time of print output, the file name of the file with Post-it can be printed at the beginning of each page of both the file with Post-it and the file with Post-it. The storage management can be facilitated, and the convenience of the device can be improved.

[0038]

According to the present invention, when a file with Post-it is printed out, the Post-it file is automatically printed out, and the operator does not have to perform the print-out operation of the Post-it file. Write the Post-it identifier at the post-it location in the file, and easily know which part of the file the printed Post-it file is Post-it without the annoyance. Therefore, there is an effect that the convenience of the device can be improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a system configuration of an electronic file device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a display example of a post-it mark and a post-it window according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a management table of Post-it file according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an operation flow in the case of printing out a file with Post-It according to one embodiment according to claim 1 of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a file with Post-It and a print example of the Post-It file according to one embodiment of the first aspect of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an operation flow when a file is printed out according to an embodiment of claim 2 of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing an operation flow in the case of having a document image and a color still image as a Post-it file according to an embodiment of claim 3 of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing an operation flow when a file name of the file is printed at the head portion of each page to be printed according to an embodiment of claim 4 of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of printing a Post-It file according to an embodiment of claim 4 of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 electronic file device 2 system control unit 3 ROM 4 RAM 5 encoding / decoding unit 6 keyboard 7 mouse 8 optical disc interface 9 optical disc device 10 scanner interface 11 scanner 12 CRT display control unit 13 CRT 14 document camera 15 still image codec page 16 Printer Interface Page 17 Printer 18 Video Printer Interface 19 Video Printer 20 System Bus

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. When a Post-It file is used as an auxiliary file of a file displayed on the display unit, and when the Post-It file is a file consisting of only text data or a document image, the Post-It file is attached. When the print output of the
A Post-It identifier writing unit that writes a Post-It identifier at a position where a Post-It is added in a print-specified file, and a Post-It file that is attached to the file after printing out the print-specified file. An electronic device comprising: a post-it file / post-it identifier print output unit that prints out with an it identifier. 2. When a file to which a Post-It is attached is printed out, a print output selection unit for selecting whether or not to print out the Post-It file for each Post-It attached to the file, After printing out the file with the Post-It,
An electronic device, comprising: a Post-It file print output unit that prints out a Post-It file whose print output is selected by the print output selection unit. 3. A Post-It file is a text file when a file consisting of only text data or a document image and a color still image are handled as a Post-It file, and when the print output according to claim 1 or 2 is executed. A file consisting of only data or a document image is printed out to a monochrome binary page printer, while a color still image is printed out to a color printer. The electronic device according to claim 1 or 2. 4. When the print output according to any one of claims 1 to 3 can be executed and the file name of the file is printed together with the content of the file, the same file name is printed on the Post-it file attached to the file. 4. The electronic device according to claim 1, further comprising a file name printing unit that performs the above.