JPH0887587A - Image information processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To securely prevent an original document image from being altered freely after the original document image is recorded on a recording medium. CONSTITUTION: When an image editing inhibition flag which inhibits or allow the image editing process of the document image of a document sheet to be recorded is specified in a specific page management file generated when the document image of the document sheet is recorded on the recording medium through a keyboard 7, a CPU 10 inhibits or allows the execution of image processing by an image processing part 22 on the basis of the specification state of the specified image editing inhibition flag.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an image information processing apparatus for processing an electronic file in which an image and an index are recorded on a recording medium such as a magneto-optical disk and a search is performed later.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there has been proposed an image information processing apparatus for performing an electronic file process in which an image and an index are recorded on a recording medium such as a magneto-optical disk and a search is performed later.

Some of these types of devices are capable of executing an editing process in which image data recorded on a recording medium can be modified by an image editing function.

[0004]

In the above-mentioned conventional example, it is possible to add the original document by editing the recorded image data, but it is possible to tamper with the image which is not desired to be changed. However, there is a problem that it is difficult for the user to grasp the presence or absence of the tampering.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and an object of the first to eighth inventions of the present invention is to perform image editing after recording an original document on a recording medium. Information that prohibits the original document from being tampered with, etc., or when re-recording after image editing, sets the identification information that indicates the presence or absence of image editing and manages the recording so that the original document image recorded on the recording medium is Provided is an image information processing device capable of reliably preventing tampering after recording processing and allowing a searcher to reliably know that an original document has been tampered with by an editing process. It is to be.

[0006]

A first aspect of the present invention relates to an image reading means for simultaneously reading images on one side or both sides of an original sheet to be conveyed, and one side or both sides output from the image reading means. Binarizing means for binarizing the manuscript image information, and one-sided or two-sided manuscript image information binarized by the binarizing means are recorded in a storage medium together with a generated predetermined page management file, and input. An image information processing apparatus having a file processing means for reading the document image information retrieved from the storage medium on the basis of predetermined search information and displaying the document image information on the display means. Image processing means for performing predetermined image processing on the document sheet, and the predetermined image generated when the document image of the document sheet is recorded on the recording medium. Specifying means for specifying information for prohibiting or permitting image editing processing on the original image of the original sheet to be recorded in the image management file, and the image by the image processing means based on the information specified by the specifying means. A control means for prohibiting execution of processing or controlling permission is provided.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, an image reading means for simultaneously reading images on one side or both sides of a conveyed original sheet and binary image information for one side or both sides outputted from the image reading means are binarized. Binarizing means for converting
The one-sided or two-sided document image information binarized by the binarizing unit is recorded in a storage medium together with a generated predetermined page management file, and the storage medium is searched based on predetermined input search information. In an image information processing apparatus having a file processing means for reading the read original image information and displaying it on a display means, an image processing means for performing a predetermined image processing on the original image information searched by the file processing means, When recording a document image of the document sheet on the recording medium, a designation unit for designating, in the header portion of the document image information, information for prohibiting or permitting image editing processing on the document image of the document sheet to be recorded, Prohibiting or controlling execution of the image processing by the image processing means based on the information specified by the specifying means It is provided with a control unit.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, the designating means is
The information for prohibiting or permitting the image editing process on the document image of the document sheet to be recorded is specified for each page.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, the designating means is
The information for prohibiting or permitting the image editing process on the original image of the original sheet to be recorded is independently designated for the front and back surfaces of the original sheet.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, an image reading means for simultaneously reading images on one side or both sides of a fed original sheet and binary image information for one side or both sides outputted from the image reading means are binarized. Binarizing means for converting
The one-sided or two-sided document image information binarized by the binarizing unit is recorded in a storage medium together with a generated predetermined page management file, and the storage medium is searched based on predetermined input search information. In an image information processing apparatus having a file processing means for reading the read original image information and displaying it on a display means, an image processing means for performing a predetermined image processing on the original image information searched by the file processing means, Identification for identifying the presence / absence of an image edit processing state in the predetermined page management file generated based on the presence / absence of a request for re-recording on the recording medium with respect to the document image information for which the predetermined image processing by the image processing means is completed. When a document image is searched by the file processing unit and a designating unit that designates information, Is the image editing processing state of the document image information retrieved based on the identification information that is provided and a control means for displaying on the display means.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, an image reading means for simultaneously reading images on one side or both sides of a conveyed original sheet and binary image information for one side or both sides outputted from the image reading means are binarized. Binarizing means for converting
The one-sided or two-sided document image information binarized by the binarizing unit is recorded in a storage medium together with a generated predetermined page management file, and the storage medium is searched based on predetermined input search information. In an image information processing apparatus having a file processing means for reading the read original image information and displaying it on a display means, an image processing means for performing a predetermined image processing on the original image information searched by the file processing means, Identification information for identifying the presence / absence of an image edit processing state is specified in the header portion of the original image information based on the presence / absence of a request for re-recording on the recording medium with respect to the original image information for which the predetermined image processing by the image processing means is completed. Specifying means for specifying and the identification information specified by the specifying means when the document image is searched by the file processing means. The image editing processing state of the document image information retrieved by There is provided with a control means for displaying on the display means.

In a seventh aspect of the present invention, the designating means is
The identification information is configured to be specified in page units.

According to an eighth aspect of the present invention, the designating means is
The identification information is configured to be independently specified for the front and back surfaces of the original sheet.

[0014]

According to the first aspect of the invention, the image editing process is performed on the original image of the original sheet to be recorded by the designating means in the predetermined page management file generated when the original image of the original sheet is recorded on the recording medium. When the information for prohibiting or permitting is specified, the control unit controls the prohibition or permission of the image processing by the image processing unit based on the designated information, and the document sheet intended by the user is displayed. When the image information is recorded on the recording medium, the original document image information can be saved without being tampered with by the information in the page management file designated by the user.

In the second invention, when the original image of the original sheet is recorded on the recording medium, the image editing process for the original image of the original sheet to be recorded by the designation means is prohibited in the header portion of the original image information. Alternatively, when the information to be permitted is designated, the control unit prohibits or permits execution of the image processing by the image processing unit based on the designated information, and the header of the document image information designated by the user. The original information of the original document can be stored without being tampered with by the information of the copy.

In the third invention, the designating means designates, for each page, information for prohibiting or permitting the image editing process for the document image of the document sheet to be recorded, and sets the header portion of the document image information designated by the user. From the information or the information in the page management file, the original document image information can be stored page by page without being tampered with.

In the fourth aspect of the invention, the designating means independently designates information for prohibiting or permitting the image editing process for the original image of the original sheet to be recorded, on the front and back sides of the original sheet, and by the user designation. After that, the original document image information can be stored independently from the front and back without being tampered with by the information of the header portion of the document image information or the information in the page management file.

According to a fifth aspect of the invention, the predetermined page management file generated on the basis of the presence / absence of a request for re-recording on the recording medium with respect to the document image information for which the predetermined image processing by the image processing means has been completed by the designating means. When the identification information for identifying the presence or absence of the image edit processing state is set therein, the document image searched by the control means based on the identification information designated by the designating means at the time of the document image retrieval by the file processing means. When the image editing processing state of the information is displayed on the display means and the recorded original image information is image-edited and re-recorded, the identification information indicating the presence or absence of the editing is specified in the page management file. When the subsequent document image information is searched, it is possible to notify the searcher to that effect.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, the header portion of the original image information is added to the header portion of the original image information based on the presence / absence of a request for re-recording on the recording medium with respect to the original image information which has been subjected to the predetermined image processing by the image processing means by the specifying means. When the identification information for identifying the presence / absence of the image editing processing state is set in the predetermined page management file, the control means is operated based on the identification information designated by the designating means when the document image is searched by the file processing means. When the image editing processing state of the retrieved document image information is displayed on the display means, and when the recorded document image information is subjected to image editing and rerecorded, identification information indicating the presence or absence of the editing is added to the document image information. Since it is specified in the header part, it is possible to notify the searcher to that effect when searching the document image information thereafter.

In the seventh invention, the designating means sets the identification information in page units, and thereafter, in page units, according to the header information of the document image information designated by the user or the identification information in the page management file. It is possible to notify the searcher that the original document image information has been tampered with.

In the eighth invention, the designating means independently sets the identification information on the front and back surfaces of the original sheet,
The header information of the original image information specified by the user or the identification information in the page management file can be used to independently notify the searcher that the original original image information of the original sheet has been tampered with. Becomes

[0022]

EXAMPLES The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to examples. [First Embodiment] FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an appearance of an image information processing apparatus showing a first embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a side sectional view of the image information processing apparatus shown in FIG. .

In FIG. 1, 1 is an original document on which image information is to be recorded, 2 is a width regulating plate, and the width direction with respect to the conveying direction of the original documents set on the original plates 3a and 3b is set to the original width, Are prevented from skewing with respect to the transport direction. Reference numeral 4 is a paper discharge section, 5 is a screen for displaying image information or operation instructions, 6 is an insertion slot for inserting a magneto-optical disk (MO) or MD (Mini Disk) as a recording medium, and 7 is a keyword for image retrieval. A keyboard for inputting, etc., 8 is an image information processing apparatus main body, 9
Is a pointing device (mouse, etc.) that allows the user to easily edit images.

When recording the original 1 on the image information recording medium, the original 1 is placed on the original table 2 as shown in FIG.
When the recording operation instruction is given by the keyboard 7 or the like, the document 1 starts to be conveyed.

First, the feed roller 102 rotates in the direction of the arrow to feed the document 1 to the separating section. The separation unit includes a paper feed roller 103 and a separation roller 104, each of which rotates in a counterclockwise direction. The surface layer of the document (the uppermost document) is fed first, and those lower than that are fed by the paper feed roller. It is left by the gap between 103 and the separation roller 104 and the frictional force between the separation roller 104.

The original 1 sent first is next conveyed by the conveying roller 10.
5 (composed of rollers 105a and 105b) reaches the reading unit.

Here, the image information of the original document illuminated by the illumination lamps (the front illumination lamp 106a and the back illumination lamp 106b) is reflected by the mirrors (the front mirrors 107a ...
109a, rear surface mirrors 107b to 109b, and lenses (front surface lens 110a, rear surface lens 11)
0b) CCD image sensor (CC for surface
The image is read by the D image sensor 111a and the back CCD image sensor 111b). In this embodiment, both sides can be read simultaneously.

In this way, the originals whose images have been read are stacked on the paper discharge tray 113 by the paper discharge rollers 112a and 112b. 32 is an LCD or F
It is a flat display composed of LC. A magneto-optical disk drive 115 accommodates a magneto-optical disk (MO) or the like as a storage medium, and access to the medium is controlled by a control unit described later.

The above process is continuously performed and the original table 101
When the document sensor 120 detects that there is no document in the document, the process ends.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram for explaining the structure of the control unit for controlling the entire main body 8 shown in FIG.

As shown in this figure, the drive system 19 is composed of the above-mentioned original document sensor 120 and a motor (not shown), and the above-mentioned conveyance is performed by the CPU 10 controlling the drive system 19 via the drive system interface 18. It is being appreciated. The image signals obtained by the front-side CCD image sensor 111a and the back-side CCD image sensor 111b are sent to the combining unit 36 through the amplifiers 20a and 20b.

In the synthesizing unit 36, when data for one main scan is passed from the front CCD image sensor 111a to the next stage, the internal switching elements are switched, and then the back CCD image sensor 111b is used for one main scan. It has the function of passing minute image data to the next stage.

In this way, the front and back image data are serialized in units of main scanning and sent to the compression unit 24 in the next stage.

The above description is for the double-sided reading. However, when the CPU 10 instructs the synthesizing section 36 to perform the single-sided reading, the above-described switching is not performed and the front side CCD image sensor is always used. The image data from 111a will be sent to the next stage.

The image signal from the synthesizing section 36 is quantized by the A / D converting section 21, and then image processing such as edge enhancement is applied by the image processing section 22 and the I / O data is converted by the binarizing circuit 23. Is converted to.

One of the binary image data is stored in the graphic RAM 13 and the other is stored in the compressed data buffer 33a or the compressed data buffer after the well-known image information compression such as MH, MR, MMR is performed by the compression unit 24. It is stored in any of 33b. Reference numeral 17 is a communication I / F, and 14 is a text RAM (TextRAM).

The graphic RAM 13 is constructed so that the data stored therein is rendered on the display 32 by the output data flow controller 30, and the binary image data stored on the graphic RAM 13 is displayed as described above. 32 will be displayed.

Further, the compressed image data stored in the compressed data buffer 33a or the compressed data buffer 33b is transferred via the disk interface 27 to the magneto-optical disk drive 115 and the external magneto-optical disk drive 115.
b to be written on a magneto-optical disk (MO).

Here, the compressed data buffer is provided with two compressed data buffers 33a and 33b, for example, while the compressed image data in the compressed data buffer 33a is being written on the magneto-optical disk, the next original is read. Scan,
This is because the compressed image data is stored in the compressed data buffer 33b. This avoids the constraint of having to wait for the scanning of the next original until the writing of the image data of the previous original on the magneto-optical disk is completed,
The document recording speed is improved.

Correspondence between the present embodiment and each means of the first invention and its operation will be described below with reference to FIGS.

According to a first aspect of the present invention, image reading means (CCD image sensors 111a and 111b) for simultaneously reading images on one side or both sides of a conveyed original sheet, and one side or two sided original images output from the image reading means. Binarizing means (binarizing circuit 23) for binarizing information,
The one-sided or two-sided original image information binarized by the binarizing means is recorded in the storage medium (magneto-optical disk 35) together with the generated predetermined page management file, and based on the predetermined search information input. File processing means for reading the retrieved document image information from the storage medium and displaying it on the display means (depending on the function of the CPU 10)
And an image processing unit (image processing unit 22) for performing predetermined image processing on the document image information retrieved by the file processing unit, and the document image of the document sheet on the recording medium. A designation means (by a keyboard instruction from the keyboard 7 or the like) for designating information for prohibiting or permitting image editing processing for the document image of the document sheet to be recorded in the predetermined page management file generated at the time of recording And a control unit (by a function of the CPU 10) for prohibiting or permitting execution of the image processing by the image processing unit based on the information designated by the designating unit, and recording the document image of the document sheet. In the predetermined page management file PMF generated at the time of recording on the medium, the document sequence recorded by the keyboard 7 is recorded. Information prohibiting or allow an image editing process for preparative document image (image editing inhibition flag 21
When 2) is designated, the image information of the original sheet intended by the user is controlled by prohibiting or permitting execution of image processing by the image processing unit 22 based on the designated state of the designated image editing prohibition flag 212. When recording on a recording medium,
With the information in the page management file designated by the user, the original document image information can be stored without being tampered with.

Here, the management of the recorded image data will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining the first page management structure of image data in the image information processing apparatus according to the present invention.

A page management file PMF corresponding to the image data 321 compressed and generated by the above method has a page management flag 320 of 3 bits. The first bit of the page management file PMF indicates whether the image data is single-sided or a double-sided image is compressed.

In this embodiment, the first bit is "0" on one side,
"1" represents both sides. The remaining 2 bits indicate the front and back. In other words, "01" specifies the front image, and "10"
In this case, the back image is designated, and in '11', it is a double-sided image.

The image information processing apparatus manages the image data in three modes. In the first mode, the image data on one side of the sheet is recorded as one recording unit, and the page is turned one by one. The data single-sided management mode (first mode) "is set.

This image data is a single-sided image, the number of page management files 210 corresponding to this is one, and the state of the page management flag 320 is "001".

In the second mode, the image data of both sides of the sheet is recorded as one recording unit, the page is turned for each sheet, and the front side and the back side of the sheet can be switched to the “double-sided data front / back management mode (second mode). ) ”, Which is a two-sided composite image of this image data, and there is only one page management file 210 corresponding to this, and the page management flag 32
The state of 0 is '111'.

In the third mode, the image data of both sides of the sheet is recorded as one recording unit, and the "double-sided data single-sided management mode (third mode)" in which pages are turned one by one becomes the image data double-sided composite image. There are two page management files 210 corresponding to this, and the state of the page management flag 320 is "101" for the front side and "110" for the back side.

Next, the description of displaying the recorded image will be made with reference to FIG.

After the desired compressed image data on the magneto-optical disk is specified by the procedure described later, the CPU 10 controls the disk interface 27 to read the compressed image data from the magneto-optical disk drive 115.

At this time, the disk data flow controller 26 also controls the compressed image data from the disk interface 27 under the control of the CPU 10.
It is in a state of functioning to send to 5.

At this time, the output data flow controller 3
0 indicates that the image data from the decompression unit 25 is a graphic RA.
The image data on the graphic RAM 13 is stored in the M13 and the display 32
The CPU 10 gives an instruction to function as displayed above. In this way, the compressed image data on the magneto-optical disk is displayed.

When obtaining an image print, the CPU 10 outputs the output data flow controller 30 while the image is displayed on the display 32 as described above.
In contrast, the image data on the graphic RAM 13 is LBP.
This is done by giving an instruction to send to 31.

Here, the display is a well-known liquid crystal display, a CRT (cathode ray tube) or the like, and the LBP is a well-known photosensitive drum which is irradiated with a laser beam to adhere toner to the photosensitive drum. It refers to a laser beam printer that obtains a print by transferring an image onto paper.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a page management file in the image information processing apparatus according to the present invention, which corresponds to the page management file generated when image information is recorded in the image information processing apparatus.

In the figure, 210 is a page management file for managing each page. Reference numeral 211 denotes an image edit prohibition flag which is created in the page management file 210 and indicates whether the image data for the page management file is prohibited or allowed to be edited.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a page management file in the image information processing apparatus according to the present invention, which corresponds to the case where image data of one side and both sides are mixed.

In the figure, reference numeral 320 is a flag indicating how the page file manages the corresponding page image.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing another configuration example of the image edit prohibition flag shown in FIG. 5, for example, when the image edit prohibition flag is 2 bits and the bit state in the double-sided data front / back management mode. Corresponding to.

Next, internal data processing relating to image recording and retrieval will be described.

First, prior to the actual recording of a document image, a symbol image referred to as an image index and related to a document to be recorded in the future is recorded in advance on the magneto-optical disk 35.

This operation is performed in the same manner as the recording of the original image described above, and for each recording of one index image, as shown in FIG. The function key 34 is used to specify that it is to be displayed in.

Here, in FIG. 8, the function keys 34 are arranged in a row in the horizontal direction. For example, the leftmost function key (the one having the character "1" attached) is
By pressing the button twice, the second position from the upper left can be designated.

When a plurality of image indexes are recorded in this way, an index image data file IIDF is generated on the magneto-optical disk 35 as shown in FIG.

Next, when recording a document image, the contents shown in FIG. 10 are first displayed on the screen prior to the actual document recording operation.

The operator selects the index image related to the document to be printed from now on by the function key 3
Select using 4.

For example, when a drawing of a part is to be recorded, the index image a and the index image e are selected by the function key 34. Here, by selecting the index image a and the index image e, as shown in FIG. 9, an image index pattern in which “1” is set at the bit position corresponding to the selected index images a and e is generated.

On the other hand, from the keyboard 7 in the columns g and h in the screen display shown in FIG. 10, the keyword or key No. of the document to be recorded is displayed. It is also possible to input the number information referred to as (key number), that is, the number information to be used as a reference for later retrieval. Such an image index pattern or keyword or key N
o. After the input of, the actual recording operation described above is performed.

At the time when the recording of the document is completed in this way, a record of the document recorded at that time is generated in the document management file DMF existing on the magneto-optical disk 35 shown in FIG.

For example, in the above-mentioned "part drawing", FIG.
[100010 ...] That is the above-mentioned image index pattern in the second row of No. 1, “Parts drawing” that is a keyword, key No. "150" where is
A record has been generated that includes, etc.

In the present embodiment, in addition to the above information, in addition to the above information, a record including the creation date / time (recording date / time), the total number of pages, etc. obtained from the clock unit 15 shown in FIG. 3 is generated. Has been done.

Information regarding each page of the recorded document is written in the page management file PMF shown in FIG. 12. The "page file pointer PFP" in the document management file DMF is as follows. It means what record of the page management file PMF is related to the first page of the document recorded at that time.

In the record for this page, the front / back mode, that is, whether the page has been read on both sides or one side as described above, is also recorded.

In this example, the position of the image data on the magneto-optical disk 35, that is, the compressed image data described above, on the disk is the data table NTB called the node table shown in FIG. It is managed by owning it.

Here, the FAT entry shown in FIG. 13 will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 14 shows the magneto-optical disk 3 shown in FIG.
It is a figure explaining the storage area inside the medium of 5.

As is well known, such a disc is shown in FIG.
The area is divided by physical divisions called tracks and sectors as shown in FIG. This physical division is hereinafter referred to as a physical address.

The magneto-optical disk drive 11 shown in FIG.
Reference numeral 5 designates an area for storing or reading information from the outside of the drive by these physical addresses. Normally, in a CPU unit which is a control unit, a logical area known as a cluster is known. It is managed by division. Hereinafter, the position information of this logical area division is referred to as a logical address.

The correspondence between the logical address and the physical address is
The inside of such a system is uniquely determined as in the example shown in FIG. 15, and determining a logical address is equivalent to determining a physical address.

In this embodiment, a list of unused / in use / erasure of the area designated by this logical address is stored on a fixed physical address on the medium.

In this example, "FFFF" is used when the cluster is unused, and "FFFF" is used when the cluster is in the erased state.
"FE", "0000" when the cluster is the last cluster of the file, and further, when the cluster has a continuing cluster, the logical address of the continuing cluster is written.

Here, regarding the difference between erasure and unused, unused means that there is no meaningful information at the destination indicated by the logical address, and erasing means file erasing operation. The state that appears after performing
Information still exists at the destination indicated by the logical address.

This management table is normally FAT (Fil
e Allocation Table). This is shown in FIG.

FIG. 16 is a diagram showing an example of the FAT in the image information processing apparatus according to the present invention.

In the figure, the upper row shows the logical address, and the lower row shows whether the logical address is unused, in use, or erased.

In particular, as shown in this figure, logical addresses "62BO" to "62BA" have already been used, and "62BO"
"BB ~" indicates that it is unused.

Further, "62AD to 62AF" indicates that it was a part of a valid file before but was deleted later.

The node table NT shown in FIG. 13 above.
B is a FAT indicating which position of the FAT shown in FIG. 16 is for the compressed image file of the page.
This is a table in which an entry (“62BO” in the above example) and the size (the number of bytes) of the compressed image data are 1 record, and the number of the record of this node table NTB is called “node”, FIG. 12 above
Each page is described in the page management file of.

As described above, in the recording operation of the original, the compressed image data is written on the magneto-optical disk 35 and no
The process ends by adding records to the de table NTB, page management file, and document management file DMT.

Next, the internal operation when searching for an image will be described.

At the time of retrieval, the same contents as those shown in FIG. 10 are displayed on the display 32, and the operator selects the image index using the function key 34, or
Alternatively, a keyword or key No. Is input from the keyboard 7 in the areas g and h in FIG.

Next, the CPU 10 checks the document management file record by record, and selects or inputs the image index pattern, keyword, or key N.
o. Select records that match.

Here, the selected image index is
For example, in the case of only the image index a including the character image of “part” in FIG. 10, since the image index including the character image of “drawing” is not selected, the image index pattern is different from that of FIG. 9. The bit corresponding to e is 0.

However, when the record of the document management file DMF in FIG. 11 is examined, an image in which "1" is set at the same bit position as "1" is set in the image index pattern input at the time of search. Since all the records having the index pattern are selected, in the above example, the “parts catalog” and 2 at the top of FIG. 11 are selected.
The second "part drawing" will be selected.

Here, the key No. If "150" is input as, the second "part drawing" is naturally selected, and if "part drawing" is input as the keyword, the second "part drawing" and the fourth "part drawing" are selected. The “part drawing” is selected.

In this way, when a plurality of documents are retrieved, the operator again selects any one of them using the keyboard 7.

When one document is finally selected, the record of the first page of that document is selected from the page file pointer of that record from the page management file of FIG. 12, and the node is further specified. As a result, the FAT entry of the first page is obtained from the node table.

Therefore, by tracing the FAT shown in FIG. 16, a logical address string is obtained, the compressed image data is sequentially read from the magneto-optical disk drive 115, and the first page is displayed on the display 32 along the data path described above. Will be displayed. Also, when the image data to be displayed is a single-sided original, it is sufficient to just display normally, but when the image data is a double-sided composite image,
The front side image and the back side image can be discriminated from each other by counting the number of lines.

Next, "erasure" of recorded image information will be described.

First, if the user wishes to delete the document after performing the above-described image retrieval, he / she instructs the CPU 10 to that effect through the keyboard 7.

As a result, the document management file DM shown in FIG.
“0” is recorded in the “Delete” section of F, which previously stored “1”.

Similarly, "0" is entered in the "Delete" section of the page management file shown in FIG.

Further, by tracing the "node" of the page management file shown in FIG. 12, the FAT corresponding to the cluster forming each page included in the document is
The state in use up to that point (that is, the logical address of the next cluster was written) is rewritten to the erased state.

As described above, the erasing does not rewrite the image data itself, which is a very large amount of information, so that the operation ends promptly.

Next, "image editing" will be described.

The "image editing" in this embodiment is a function capable of correcting and updating the image data developed on the graphic RAM 13 at the time of recording and searching.

Actually, a well-known user IF such as the keyboard 7 and mouse is used to specify on the display 32, a part of the image data is erased, the image data is copied, lines, circles, You can write graphics such as polygons and trajectories to image data, cut and paste image data,
This function allows you to input characters and move, rotate, enlarge, and reduce image data.

In the present embodiment, an XY orthogonal coordinate system is established on the display 32, and when one pixel on the display 32 is focused, this one pixel corresponds to 1 bit of the graphic RAM 13 and It corresponds to one-to-one.

The relationship of the bits may be reversed and may be matched with the configuration of the image information processing apparatus.

As an example of the image editing function of this embodiment, a case where a straight line is drawn on image data will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

FIG. 17 is a flow chart showing an example of the first image editing processing procedure in the image information processing apparatus according to the present invention. It should be noted that (1) to (3) show respective steps, and particularly correspond to the "draw straight line" editing process.

First, the image to be edited is displayed in the graphic RAM.
Deploy on top of 13 (1). Next, two points on both ends of the straight line to be drawn are designated by using a mouse or the like on the display 32 displaying the image data (2). Next, a graphic R corresponding to a pixel connecting two points on the display 32 is displayed.
All bits on AM13 are set to 1. Therefore, the pixel connecting the two points on the display 32 becomes black (3), and a straight line is drawn between the two designated points on the display 32.

Next, "partial deletion of image data" will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

FIG. 18 is a flow chart showing an example of the second image editing processing procedure in the image information processing apparatus according to the present invention. It should be noted that (1) to (3) indicate respective steps, and particularly correspond to the editing process of "partial deletion of image data".

First, image data to be subjected to "partial deletion of image data" is developed on the graphic RAM 13 (1). The area to be erased on the display 32 is designated by the upper left and lower right points with the mouse or the like (2). As a result, the image data corresponding to the designated area is made white (3).

Next, a case where "character input" is performed on image data will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

FIG. 19 is a flowchart showing an example of a third image editing processing procedure in the image information processing apparatus according to the present invention. In addition, (1) to (3) indicate respective steps, and particularly correspond to the editing process of "character input".

First, the image data to be subjected to "character input" is expanded on the graphic RAM 13 (1).

Next, the starting point of the character to start writing is specified on the display 32. Next, the character to be input is input with the keyboard 7 (2). The font data corresponding to the character input from this is developed on the graphic RAM 13 at the position specified on the display 32 (3).

In this embodiment, one bit of the image edit prohibition flag 211 is provided in the "other image information" for each page management file 210 shown in FIG. This allows the user to provide the image information processing apparatus with information that image editing is prohibited for the document image when recording the document image for the document image data for which image editing is prohibited. To do so. At this time, the image edit prohibition flag 211 in the page management file 210 generated at the time of recording
Is set to "1".

Information for allowing the user to permit the image information processing apparatus to edit an image of the original image data when the original image is recorded for the original image data which may be similarly edited. Image editing prohibition flag 21 in the page management file 210 generated at the time of recording.
1 is set to the state of "0".

Here, when performing image editing on the recorded image data, it is determined whether or not the image editing can be performed on the image data, in the page management file 210 corresponding to the image data. Image editing prohibition flag 211
You can see the state of.

That is, if the image edit prohibition flag 211 is "1", image edit cannot be performed on the image data. Also, the image edit prohibition flag 2
Image editing may be performed on an image in which 11 is “0”.

Further, the image edit prohibition flag 211 operates in the three modes shown in FIG.

That is, the single-sided data single-sided management mode in which the image data of the single-sided sheet is recorded as one recording unit and the pages are turned one by one, in the first mode, the page management file corresponding to the single-sided image data 321 is stored. ,
The image edit prohibition flag 211 exists. From this, for image data to be subjected to image editing, whether the image editing is prohibited or not is discriminated by the state of the corresponding image editing prohibition flag 211.

That is, it means that image editing is prohibited for the image data 210a of FIG. 6 and image editing is not prohibited for the image data 210b.

On the other hand, in the second mode, which is a double-sided data front / back management mode in which image data on both sides of a sheet is recorded as one recording unit, pages are turned for each sheet, and the front and back sides of the sheet can be switched. An image edit prohibition flag 211 exists in the page management file corresponding to the double-sided composite image data 321. From this, for the image data to be image-edited, the corresponding image-editing prohibition flag 21
According to the state 1, it is discriminated whether the image is prohibited or possible on the front surface and the back surface.

That is, it means that the image editing is prohibited data on either the front side or the back side of the image data 210c of FIG.

Further, the double-sided data single-sided management mode in which the image data of both sides of the sheet is recorded as one recording unit and the pages are turned one by one, in the third mode, is stored in the page management file corresponding to the double-sided composite image data 321. The image edit prohibition flag 211 exists in. Thus, for image data to be image-edited, whether the image editing is prohibited or not is independently determined for each of the front surface and the back surface according to the state of the corresponding image-editing prohibition flag 211.

That is, the surface of the image data 210d in FIG. 6 is data for which image editing is prohibited, and the image data 210e
The back side of means that image editing is not prohibited data.

As shown in FIG. 7, the image editing prohibition flag is set to 2 bits (image editing flags 212F and 212B).
The front and the back may be distinguished.

In this case, for the image data in the first mode, the image edit prohibition flag 212F is not used, and it is discriminated whether the image edit is prohibited or permitted by 1 bit of the image edit flag 212B.

That is, when image editing is prohibited,
The image edit prohibition flag 212B is set to "1". When the image editing is not prohibited, the image editing prohibition flag 212
B is set to "0".

On the other hand, for the image data in the second mode, 2 bits of the image editing prohibition flags 212F and 212B are used to identify whether the image editing is prohibited or permitted.

That is, if image editing is permitted on both sides, the image editing prohibition flag 212 is set to "00", and if image editing is prohibited only on the front side, the image editing prohibition flag 212 is set to "10". When the image editing is prohibited only on the back side, the image editing prohibition flag 212 is set to “0”.
If the image editing is prohibited on both sides and the image editing is prohibited on both sides, the image editing prohibition flag 212 may be set to “11”.

Furthermore, for the image data in the third mode, the image edit prohibition flag 212 may be the same as in the first mode. [Second Embodiment] FIG. 20 is a diagram showing an example of page management information in an image information processing apparatus showing a second embodiment of the present invention, and corresponds to a case where image data of one side and both sides of image are mixed.

FIG. 21 is a view for explaining the data structure of the image edit prohibition flag shown in FIG. 20, which corresponds to the case where the image edit prohibition flag 311 is a 2-bit image edit prohibition flag. Indicates the bit status in the double-sided data front / back management mode. Further, the same operations as those in the first embodiment are performed also regarding the internal operations relating to the recording of image information, the display of the recorded image, the printing of the image, the recording and the retrieval of the image.

Correspondence between this embodiment and each means of the second invention and its operation will be described below with reference to FIGS.

A second aspect of the present invention is an image reading means (CCD image sensors 111a and 111b) for simultaneously reading images on one side or both sides of a fed original sheet, and one side or both sides of the original image output from the image reading means. Binarizing means (binarizing circuit 23) for binarizing information,
The one-sided or two-sided original image information binarized by the binarizing means is recorded in the storage medium (magneto-optical disk 35) together with the generated predetermined page management file, and based on the predetermined search information input. File processing means for reading the retrieved document image information from the storage medium and displaying it on the display means (depending on the function of the CPU 10)
And an image processing unit (image processing unit 22) for performing predetermined image processing on the document image information retrieved by the file processing unit, and the document image of the document sheet on the recording medium. When recording in
Header portion of the document image information (see FIG. 20 described later)
Information for prohibiting or permitting image editing processing on the document image of the document sheet to be recorded (image editing prohibition flag 31
1) specifying means (keyboard specifying means such as the keyboard 7) and control means for controlling execution or prohibition of execution of the image processing by the image processing means based on the information specified by the specifying means ( (Depending on the function of the CPU 10), and when recording a document image of a document sheet on the recording medium, a header portion of the document image information,
When the image editing prohibition flag for prohibiting or permitting the image editing process on the original image of the original sheet to be recorded by the CPU 10 is designated from the keyboard 7, the image processing unit 22 causes the image processing unit 22 to perform the operation based on the designated state of the designated image editing prohibition flag. By prohibiting or permitting the execution of image processing, the original document image information can be saved without being tampered with by the information in the header portion of the document image information designated by the user.

It should be noted that the image data recorded in the ROM 11 shown in FIG. 3 is provided with information for prohibiting or permitting image editing and a new program for identification is additionally recorded. It is assumed to be equivalent to that described in the embodiment.

In FIG. 20, reference numeral 310 is header information having information for managing pages of image data. Reference numeral 311 is an image edit prohibition flag, and reference numeral 312 is a flag showing how to manage page images corresponding to page file images. 321 is image data including page management information of 310.

The FAT entry shown in FIG. 13 is the same as that described in the first embodiment.
Further, also for image editing, the same operation as that described in the first embodiment is performed.

First, as shown in FIG. 20, in the image information existing in the header information 310 of the image data for each page,
One bit is provided for the image edit prohibition flag 311. Its function is to provide the image information processing apparatus with information that the image editing is prohibited for this document image when recording the document image for the document image data for which image editing is prohibited. Is.

That is, the image edit prohibition flag 3 in the header information 310 of the image data for each page generated at the time of recording.
Set 11 to "1".

Similarly, when recording a document image for document image data that may be similarly image-edited, the user must provide the image information processing device with information that permits image editing of this document image. give. That is, the image edit prohibition flag 311 in the header information 310 of the image data for each page generated at the time of recording is set to "1".

When image editing is performed on the image data recorded here, the header information 3 of the image data is used to judge whether or not image editing can be performed on the image data.
It suffices to look at the state of the image edit prohibition flag 311 in 10.

That is, if the image edit prohibition flag 311 is "1", the image data cannot be edited on the image data. Also, the image edit prohibition flag 31
Image editing can be performed on an image in which 1 is “0”.

Further, as shown in FIG. 20, the present embodiment operates in three modes of double-sided original mixing, as in the first embodiment.
However, the page management file flag 320 is equivalent to the page management file flag 320 described in the first embodiment.

That is, the single-sided data single-sided management mode in which the image data of one side of the sheet is recorded as one recording unit and the pages are turned one by one side. In the first mode, the image edit prohibition flag 311 is set in the single-sided image data 321. Existing in the header information 310 of From this, with respect to the image data to be subjected to image editing, it is identified whether the image editing is prohibited or not prohibited depending on the state of the corresponding image editing prohibition flag 311.

That is, the image data 321 shown in FIG.
Image editing is prohibited for a.
For b, it means that the data is not prohibited from being edited.

In the second mode, which is a double-sided data front / back management mode in which image data on both sides of a sheet is recorded as one recording unit, pages are turned for each sheet, and the front and back sides of the sheet can be switched. The image edit prohibition flag 311 is the header information 3 in the double-sided composite image data 321.
Present in 10.

Thus, with respect to the image data to be subjected to image editing, it is discriminated whether the image editing is prohibited or not prohibited for the front surface and the back surface integrally according to the state of the corresponding image editing prohibition flag 311.

That is, the image data 321 shown in FIG.
This means that image editing is prohibited data on either the front side or the back side of c, or the front and back sides at the same time.

Also, this is a double-sided data single-sided management mode in which image data on both sides of a sheet is recorded as one recording unit and pages are turned one by one. In the third mode, the image edit prohibition flag 311 exists in the header information 310 in the double-sided composite image data 321.

Therefore, with respect to image data to be subjected to image editing, it is possible to identify whether the image editing is prohibited or not, independently of the front side and the back side, depending on the state of the corresponding image editing prohibition flag 311. To do.

That is, the image data 321 shown in FIG.
Image editing is prohibited on the front surface of d from the header information 310d.
From e, it means that image editing is not prohibited.

Here, the image edit prohibition flag is set to 2 bits (image edit prohibition flag 313) as shown in FIG. 21, and the front and back sides are set in the second mode (in the case of the second mode of the image edit prohibition flag). You may make a distinction.

Here, as shown in FIG. 20, the image edit prohibition flag is set to 2 bits (image edit flags 313F and 313).
It may be distinguished as front and back as B).

For the image data in the first mode, the image editing prohibition flag 313F is not used, and it is discriminated whether the image editing is prohibited or permitted by 1 bit of the image editing flag 313B.

That is, when image editing is prohibited,
The image edit prohibition flag 313B is set to "1". If the image editing is not prohibited, the image editing prohibition flag 313
B is set to "0".

For the image data in the second mode, 2 bits of the image edit prohibition flags 313F and 313B are used.
Identify whether image editing is prohibited or allowed.

That is, if image editing is permitted on both sides, the image editing prohibition flag 313 is set to "00", and if image editing is prohibited only on the front side, the image editing prohibition flag 313 is set to "10". If the image editing is prohibited only on the back side, the image editing prohibition flag 313 is set to “0”.
1 ”, and when image editing is prohibited on both sides, the image editing prohibition flag 313 may be set to“ 11 ”.

For the image data in the third mode, the image edit prohibition flag 313 may be the same as in the first mode.

Correspondence between the present embodiment and each means of the third and fourth inventions and their functions will be described below with reference to FIG.

The third invention is to specify means (keyboard 7).
Specifies the information that prohibits or permits the image editing process for the original image of the original sheet to be recorded in page units,
After that, the original document image information can be stored page by page without being tampered with by the information of the header portion of the document image information designated by the user or the information in the page management file.

The fourth aspect of the invention is to specify means (keyboard 7).
Specifies the information for prohibiting or permitting the image editing process for the original image of the original sheet to be recorded independently for the front and back sides of the original sheet, and the information or page of the header portion of the original image information designated by the user. The information in the management file makes it possible to store the original document image information independently from the front and back without being tampered with. [Third Embodiment] FIG. 22 is a diagram showing an example of a page management file in an image information processing apparatus showing a third embodiment of the present invention. The same parts as those in FIG. 5 are designated by the same reference numerals. . The page management file is created when the image information is recorded.

In the figure, 210 is a page management file for managing each page, and 211A is an image editing flag which is created in the page management file 210 and indicates the presence or absence of image editing.

FIG. 23 is a view for explaining the second page management structure of image data in the image information processing apparatus according to the present invention, and corresponds to the case where image data for one side and both sides are mixed.

In the figure, reference numeral 320 denotes a page management flag, which is information for managing a page of image data. Also,
In other image information, the image edit flag 211A is configured to be set corresponding to each mode.

FIG. 24 is a diagram showing another example of the configuration of the image edit flag 211 shown in FIG. 22. In particular, the image edit flag 211 is set to 2 bits, and the front and back sides are independently set in the double-sided data front and back management mode. It corresponds to the case where the presence or absence of image editing can be given.

As shown in this figure, in the present embodiment, as shown in FIG.
An image edit flag 211 is provided in "other image information" for each page management file 210 shown in FIG.

Correspondence between this embodiment and each means of the fifth invention and its operation will be described below with reference to FIG.

In the fifth invention, image reading means (CCD image sensors 111a, 111b) for simultaneously reading images on one side or both sides of the conveyed original sheet.
And a binarizing means (binarizing circuit 2 for binarizing the document image information of one side or both sides outputted from the image reading means.
3) and the one-sided or two-sided original image information binarized by the binarizing means are recorded on the storage medium (magneto-optical disk 35) together with the generated predetermined page management file, and are also input predetermined. An image information processing apparatus having a file processing unit (by the function of the CPU 10) for reading the document image information retrieved from the storage medium based on the retrieval information and displaying it on the display unit, the document retrieved by the file processing unit. Image processing means (image processing unit 22) for performing predetermined image processing on image information
And the presence / absence of an image edit processing state in the predetermined page management file generated based on the presence / absence of a request for re-recording on the recording medium with respect to the document image information for which the predetermined image processing by the image processing means has been completed. Specifying means for specifying the identification information to be specified (by a keyboard instruction such as the keyboard 7) and image editing of the document image information searched based on the identification information specified by the specifying means at the time of searching the document image by the file means. Control means (CPU1) for displaying the processing state on the display means (display 32)
(Depending on the function of 0), and is generated based on the presence / absence of a request for re-recording on the recording medium with respect to the document image information for which the predetermined image processing by the image processing unit 22 has been completed by the designating means (keyboard instruction of the keyboard 7 etc.) When the identification information (image edit flag 212A) for identifying the presence or absence of the image edit processing state is specified in the specified page management file PMF, the document image is searched by the file processing means (by the function of the CPU 10), Based on the identification information (image editing flag 212A) designated by the keyboard 7, the CPU 10 displays on the display 32 the image editing processing state of the document image information retrieved, and edits the recorded document image information. When re-recording, the identification information indicating the presence or absence of editing is specified in the page management file. When you search for a draft image information makes it possible to notify the searcher.

Image editing processing in the image information processing apparatus according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

FIG. 25 is a flow chart showing an example of a fourth image editing processing procedure in the image information processing apparatus according to the present invention. Note that (1) to (5) indicate each step.

First, the image data to be edited is expanded on the graphic RAM 13 at the time of recording and searching the image information (1). Next, image editing is performed on the image data (2), and it is determined whether the image edited image data is to be recorded on the magneto-optical disk 35 (3). Is updated and the flag of the image edit flag 211A of the corresponding page management file is set to "1" (4).

On the other hand, when the image is edited in the judgment of the step (3) but it is not recorded on the magneto-optical disk 35, the image data and the corresponding image edit flag 211A are left as they were (5). , The process ends.

As a result, the flag of the corresponding image edit flag 211A is set to "0" for the recorded image data without performing the image edit at the first recording.

Note that the above-mentioned processing operates in the same manner in the above-mentioned three modes.

That is, as shown in FIG. 23, single-sided image data 321 is recorded in the first mode, which is a single-sided data single-sided management mode in which image data on one side of a sheet is recorded as one recording unit and pages are turned one by one. Since the image edit flag 211A exists in the page management file corresponding to, it is possible to identify the presence or absence of image edit for each image.

That is, in the page management file 210a shown in FIG. 23, the corresponding image data is image-edited, and the page management file 210b is the original image in which the corresponding image data is not image-edited. is there.

Also, the image data on both sides of the sheet are recorded as one recording unit, the page is turned for each sheet,
In the second mode, which is a double-sided data front / back management mode in which the front and back of the sheet can be switched. In the second mode, since the image edit flag 211A exists in the page management file corresponding to the double-sided composite image data 321, one front and back The presence or absence of image editing can be identified with.

That is, in the page management file 210c shown in FIG. 23, the image is edited on the front side or the back side of the corresponding image data, or on one side.

Also, the double-sided data single-sided management mode in which the image data of both sides of the sheet is recorded as one recording unit and the pages are turned one by one, in the third mode, is stored in the page management file corresponding to the double-sided composite image data 321. Since the image editing flag 211A is present in, the presence / absence of image editing can be independently identified for each of the front surface and the back surface.

That is, the page management file 2 shown in FIG.
In 10d, the front or back of the corresponding image data,
Alternatively, the image is being edited on both sides.

Here, the image edit flag 212 is set to 2 bits (image edit flags 212F, 212 as shown in FIG.
It may be distinguished as front and back as B).

As a result, for the image data in the first mode, if the image edit flag 212F is unused, the image edit flag 212B is set to "1" if the image is edited, and if it is not edited, the image edit flag 212B is set. 212B
If it is set to "0", the presence or absence of image editing is identified by looking at the image editing flag 212A thereafter.

For the image data in the second mode, the presence or absence of image editing is identified by using the image editing flag 212A of 2 bits.

That is, the image edit flag 212A is set to "00" for an image which is not edited on both sides, and the image edit flag 21 is set when the image is edited only on the front side.
2A is set to "10", the image edit flag 212A is set to "01" when the image is edited only on the back side, and the image edit flag 212A is set when the image is edited to both sides.
Should be “11”.

The state of the image edit flag 211A or the image edit flag 212 may be displayed on the display 32 along with the image display. [Fourth Embodiment] Another image information editing state identifying process in the image information processing apparatus according to the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 26 is a view for explaining the structure of the image edit flag in the image information processing apparatus showing the fourth embodiment of the present invention. In the image information existing in the header information 310 of the image data for each page, This corresponds to the case where the image edit flag 311 indicating the presence or absence of image edit is provided.

Correspondence between the present embodiment and each means of the sixth invention and its operation will be described with reference to FIG.

A sixth aspect of the present invention is an image reading means (CCD image sensors 111a, 111b) for simultaneously reading images on one side or both sides of a conveyed original sheet, and one side or both sides of the original image output from the image reading means. Binarizing means (binarizing circuit 23) for binarizing information,
The one-sided or two-sided original image information binarized by the binarizing means is recorded in the storage medium (magneto-optical disk 35) together with the generated predetermined page management file, and based on the predetermined search information input. File processing means for reading the retrieved document image information from the storage medium and displaying it on the display means (depending on the function of the CPU 10)
And an image processing unit (image processing unit 22) for performing predetermined image processing on the document image information retrieved by the file processing unit, and the predetermined image processing by the image processing unit. Specifying means for specifying the identification information for identifying the presence or absence of the image edit processing state in the header portion of the document image information based on the presence / absence of a re-recording request to the recording medium for the completed document image information. ) And a control means for displaying on the display means (display 32) the image editing processing state of the document image information retrieved based on the identification information designated by the designating means when the document image is retrieved by the file means. (Depending on the function of the CPU 10), and the document image after the predetermined image processing by the image processing means by the keyboard 7 is completed. Rerecording request whether identification information for identifying whether the image editing processing state in the header portion in the predetermined page management file of the original image information on the basis of the magneto-optical disc 35 for distribution (image editing flag 311A)
When is set, when the CPU 10 searches the original image,
When the CPU 10 displays on the display 32 the image editing processing state of the document image information retrieved by the CPU 10 based on the identification information designated by the keyboard 7, and when the recorded document image information is edited and re-recorded. Since the identification information indicating the presence / absence of the editing is specified in the header portion of the document image information, it is possible to notify the searcher to that effect when the document image information is searched thereafter.

FIG. 27 is a flow chart showing an example of the fifth image editing processing procedure in the image information processing apparatus according to the present invention. Note that (1) to (5) indicate each step.

In this example, R shown in FIG. 3 was used.
It is assumed that the OM 11 newly additionally records a program capable of distinguishing whether the recorded image data is unedited or edited, and the other configurations are the same as those described in the first embodiment. Is.

The internal operations relating to the recording of the image information, the display of the recorded image, the printing of the image, the recording and the retrieval of the image are the same as those in the first embodiment.

Further, the FAT entry and image editing shown in FIG. 13 are the same as those described in the first embodiment.

First, as shown in FIG. 26, in the image information existing in the header information 310 of the image data for each page,
An image edit flag 311A indicating the presence or absence of image edit is provided.

When an instruction for recording or retrieval is given by operating the apparatus shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, image data to be edited is expanded on the graphic RAM 13 at the time of recording or retrieval (1). The image is edited with respect to (2). Next, it is judged whether or not the image data to which the image editing is applied is recorded in the magneto-optical disk 35 (3). The flag of the edit flag 311 is set to "1" (4).

On the other hand, when it is determined in step (3) that the image has been edited but not recorded on the magneto-optical disk 35, the image data and the corresponding image edit flag 311 are recorded.
Keeps the previous state (5) and ends the process.

That is, the flag of the corresponding image edit flag 311 is set to "0" for the image data recorded without performing the image edit at the first recording.

Also, this embodiment is similar to the first embodiment in that one side,
The same processing is performed in the three modes in which both sides of the document are mixed.
However, the page management file flag 320 is as described in the first embodiment.

That is, as shown in FIG. 26, a single-sided data single-sided management mode in which image data on one side of a sheet is recorded as one recording unit and pages are turned one by one,
In the first mode, the presence or absence of image editing can be identified by the state of the image editing flag 311A existing in the bedder information 310 in the single-sided image data 321.

That is, the image data 321a shown in FIG.
Is edited, and the image data 321b is an original image that is not edited.

In the second mode, which is a double-sided data front / back management mode in which image data on both sides of a sheet is recorded as one recording unit, pages are turned for each sheet, and the front and back sides of the sheet can be switched. The presence or absence of image editing can be identified by the state of the image editing flag 311A existing in the header information 310 in the double-sided composite image data 321.

That is, the image data 321 shown in FIG.
In c, the image is edited on either the front side or the back side or both sides.

Further, in the third mode, which is a double-sided data single-sided management mode in which the image data of both sides of the sheet is recorded as one recording unit and the pages are turned one by one, the header information 310 in the double-sided composite image data 321 is written in the third mode. The presence or absence of image editing can be identified by the state of the existing image editing flag 311A.

That is, the image data 321 shown in FIG.
In d, an image is edited on the surface.

Also in this embodiment, as in the fourth embodiment, the image editing flag may be set to 2 bits to distinguish between the front and the back.

Correspondence between the present embodiment and each means of the seventh and eighth inventions and their functions will be described below.

The seventh invention is to specify means (keyboard 7).
Specifies the identification information in page units, and the original document image information is tampered page by page thereafter by the information in the header of the document image information specified by the user or the identification information in the page management file. It is possible to notify the searcher.

The eighth invention is to specify means (keyboard 7).
Specifies the identification information independently for the front and back sides of the document sheet, and thereafter, according to the header information of the document image information specified by the user or the identification information in the page management file,
It is possible to notify the searcher independently that the original document image information on the document sheet has been tampered with.

Needless to say, the first to fourth embodiments can be combined in any manner.

The present invention may be applied to a system composed of a plurality of devices or an apparatus composed of a single device. Further, it goes without saying that the present invention can be applied to the case where it is achieved by supplying a program to a system or an apparatus.

[0216]

As described above, the first aspect of the present invention
According to the invention, the image editing process for the original image of the original sheet to be recorded by the designation means is prohibited or permitted in the predetermined page management file generated when the original image of the original sheet is recorded on the recording medium. When the information to be set is set, the control means prohibits or permits the execution of the image processing by the image processing means based on the specified information, so that the image information of the original sheet intended by the user is recorded. When recording on the medium, the original document image information can be saved without being tampered with by the information in the page management file designated by the user.

According to the second aspect of the invention, when the original image of the original sheet is recorded on the recording medium, an image editing process for the original image of the original sheet to be recorded by the designation means is performed in the header portion of the original image information. When the information for prohibiting or permitting is set, the control means controls prohibition or permission of the execution of the image processing by the image processing means on the basis of the designated information, so that the original image information designated by the user is The original document image information can be stored thereafter without being tampered with by the information in the header portion.

According to the third aspect of the invention, since the designating means designates the information for prohibiting or permitting the image editing process for the document image of the document sheet to be recorded in page units, the header portion of the document image information designated by the user. Or the information in the page management file, the original document image information can be stored page by page without being tampered with.

According to the fourth aspect of the invention, since the designating means independently designates information for prohibiting or permitting image editing processing for the original image of the original sheet to be recorded, the front and back sides of the original sheet are independently specified. After that, the original document image information can be stored independently from the front and back without being tampered with by the information in the header of the designated document image information or the information in the page management file.

According to the fifth invention, the predetermined page management generated based on the presence / absence of a request for re-recording on the recording medium with respect to the document image information for which the predetermined image processing by the image processing means has been completed by the designating means. When the identification information for identifying the presence or absence of the image editing processing state is set in the file,
When a document image is searched by the file processing means, the control means displays the image editing processing state of the searched document image information on the display means on the basis of the identification information designated by the designating means. When the image information is edited and re-recorded, the identification information indicating the presence or absence of the edit is specified in the page management file, so when the subsequent document image information is searched, the searcher is notified of that fact. be able to.

According to the sixth invention, the header portion of the original image information is added to the header portion of the original image information based on the presence / absence of a request for re-recording on the recording medium with respect to the original image information for which the predetermined image processing by the image processing means is completed by the designating means. When the identification information for identifying the presence or absence of the image editing processing state is set in the predetermined page management file, the control means based on the identification information designated by the designating means at the time of searching the original image by the file processing means. Since the image editing processing status of the retrieved original image information is displayed on the display means, when the recorded original image information is edited and re-recorded, the identification information indicating the presence or absence of the editing is added to the original image information. When the document image information is searched after that, the searcher can be notified of that fact.

In the seventh aspect of the invention, since the designation means designates the identification information in page units, the header information of the manuscript image information designated by the user or the identification information in the page management file is subsequently used in page units. It is possible to notify the searcher that the original document image information has been tampered with.

According to the eighth aspect of the invention, since the designation means independently designates the identification information on the front and back sides of the document sheet, the header information of the document image information designated by the user or the page management file is designated. After that, the fact that the original document image information on the document sheet has been tampered with can be notified to the searcher independently on the front and back sides.

Therefore, it is possible to surely prevent the original document image to be recorded on the recording medium from being tampered with after the recording process, and it is possible to retrieve whether the original document has been tampered with by the editing process. This has the effect that the person can surely grasp.

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FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the outer appearance of an image information processing apparatus showing a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side sectional view of the image information processing apparatus shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a control unit that controls the entire main body shown in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a first page management structure of image data in the image information processing apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a page management file in the image information processing apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a page management file in the image information processing apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing another configuration example of the image edit prohibition flag shown in FIG.

8 is a diagram showing an example of an edit screen in the image information processing apparatus shown in FIG.

9 is a diagram showing an example of an edit screen in the image information processing apparatus shown in FIG.

10 is a diagram showing an example of an edit screen in the image information processing apparatus shown in FIG.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of a data structure of a document management file in the image information processing apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing an example of a data structure of a page management file in the image information processing apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a block diagram of an image information processing apparatus according to the present invention
It is a figure which shows an example of the data structure of a de table.

14 is a diagram for explaining a storage area inside the medium of the magneto-optical disk shown in FIG.

FIG. 15 is a diagram for explaining the correspondence between the logical address and the physical address of the magneto-optical disk shown in FIG.

16 is a diagram showing an example of an FAT for managing data on the magneto-optical disk shown in FIG.

FIG. 17 is a first diagram of an image information processing apparatus according to the present invention.
3 is a flowchart showing an example of the image editing processing procedure of FIG.

FIG. 18 is a second diagram of the image information processing apparatus according to the present invention.
3 is a flowchart showing an example of the image editing processing procedure of FIG.

FIG. 19 is a third view of the image information processing apparatus according to the present invention.
3 is a flowchart showing an example of the image editing processing procedure of FIG.

FIG. 20 is a diagram showing an example of page management information in the image information processing apparatus showing the second embodiment of the present invention.

21 is a diagram illustrating a data structure of an image edit prohibition flag shown in FIG.

FIG. 22 is a diagram showing an example of a page management file in the image information processing apparatus showing the third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 23 is a diagram illustrating a second page management structure of image data in the image information processing apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 24 is a diagram showing another configuration example of the image edit flag shown in FIG. 22.

FIG. 25 is a fourth view of the image information processing apparatus according to the present invention.
3 is a flowchart showing an example of the image editing processing procedure of FIG.

FIG. 26 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of an edit flag in the image information processing apparatus according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 27 is a fifth diagram of the image information processing apparatus according to the present invention.
3 is a flowchart showing an example of the image editing processing procedure of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 7 keyboard 10 CPU 11 ROM 12 RAM 22 image processing unit 26 disk data flow controller 35 magneto-optical disk 111a CCD image sensor 111b CCD image sensor

Claims (8)

[Claims] 1. An image reading means for simultaneously reading images on one side or both sides of a conveyed original sheet, and a binarizing means for binarizing the original image information on one side or both sides outputted from the image reading means, The one-sided or two-sided document image information binarized by the binarizing unit is recorded in a storage medium together with a generated predetermined page management file, and the storage medium is searched based on predetermined input search information. In an image information processing apparatus having a file processing means for reading the read original image information and displaying it on a display means, an image processing means for performing a predetermined image processing on the original image information searched by the file processing means, In the predetermined page management file generated when the original image of the original sheet is recorded on the recording medium,
Designating means for designating information for prohibiting or permitting image editing processing on a document image of a document sheet to be recorded, and prohibiting or permitting execution of the image processing by the image processing means based on the information designated by the designating means. An image information processing apparatus comprising: a control unit that controls the image processing apparatus. 2. An image reading means for simultaneously reading images on one side or both sides of a conveyed original sheet, and a binarizing means for binarizing the original image information on one side or both sides outputted from the image reading means, The one-sided or two-sided document image information binarized by the binarizing unit is recorded in a storage medium together with a generated predetermined page management file, and the storage medium is searched based on predetermined input search information. In an image information processing apparatus having a file processing means for reading the read original image information and displaying it on a display means, an image processing means for performing a predetermined image processing on the original image information searched by the file processing means, When recording the original image of the original sheet on the recording medium, the original image of the original sheet to be recorded is added to the header portion of the original image information. Specifying means for specifying information for prohibiting or permitting image editing processing for the image processing means, and control means for prohibiting or permitting execution of the image processing by the image processing means on the basis of the information designated by the specifying means. An image information processing apparatus comprising: 3. The image information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the designating unit designates information for prohibiting or permitting the image editing process on the document image of the document sheet to be recorded in page units. 4. The designating means independently designates information for prohibiting or permitting image editing processing on a document image of a document sheet to be recorded, on the front and back sides of the document sheet, respectively. 2. The image information processing device according to 2. 5. An image reading means for simultaneously reading images on one side or both sides of a conveyed original sheet, and a binarizing means for binarizing the original image information on one side or both sides outputted from the image reading means, The one-sided or two-sided document image information binarized by the binarizing unit is recorded in a storage medium together with a generated predetermined page management file, and the storage medium is searched based on predetermined input search information. In an image information processing apparatus having a file processing means for reading the read original image information and displaying it on a display means, an image processing means for performing a predetermined image processing on the original image information searched by the file processing means, Generated based on the presence / absence of a request for re-recording on the recording medium with respect to the document image information for which the predetermined image processing by the image processing means is completed Designation means for designating identification information for identifying the presence or absence of an image edit processing state in the predetermined page management file, and based on the identification information designated by the designation means at the time of document image retrieval by the file processing means. An image information processing apparatus, comprising: a control unit for displaying the image editing processing state of the document image information retrieved by the display unit on the display unit. 6. An image reading means for simultaneously reading images on one side or both sides of a conveyed original sheet, and a binarizing means for binarizing the original image information on one side or both sides outputted from the image reading means, The one-sided or two-sided original image information binarized by the binarizing means is recorded in a storage medium together with the generated predetermined page management file, and the storage medium is searched based on predetermined input search information. In an image information processing apparatus having a file processing means for reading the read original image information and displaying it on a display means, an image processing means for performing a predetermined image processing on the original image information searched by the file processing means, Based on the presence / absence of a request for re-recording on the recording medium with respect to the document image information for which the predetermined image processing by the image processing means has been completed, Designating means for designating identification information for identifying the presence or absence of an image edit processing state in the header portion of the document image information, and when the document image is searched by the file processing means, it is searched based on the identification information designated by the designating means. An image information processing apparatus comprising: a control unit that displays the image editing processing state of the document image information on the display unit. 7. The image information processing apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the designation means designates the identification information in page units. 8. The image information processing apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the designation means independently designates the identification information on the front and back surfaces of the original sheet.