JPH1097522A - Hyperlink automatic generating device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To handle a document printed on paper without requiring a personal computer and its program software, etc., requiring any knowledge of an HTML, and paying an attention to a uniform resource locator(URL), and to automatically generate a hyperlink with ease in a visually and an intuitively easy-to- understand style. SOLUTION: A digital plane paper copier(DPPC) 4 reads in a registration destination indication sheet 10 and a home page constituting document 8... and outputs a link relation indication sheet, reads in a link relation indication sheet 7a prepared by handwriting a link relation on the link relation indication sheet 7 and calculates differences between the previously outputted link relation indication sheet 7 and inputted link relation indication sheet 7a to recognizes the link relation indicated by the handwriting as an image, and automatically generate a hyperlink between one area and one area in the image according to the recognition result. Then the DPPC 4 performs conversion to the HTML according to the hyperlink, automatically registers a WWW home page in a cache server 3, and outputs a registration completion certificate sheet 9 as the registration result.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an automatic hyperlink generation apparatus that can automatically link related information using a sheet on, for example, an Internet homepage.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art WWW on the Internet is "Wo".
rld Wide Web "(hereinafter abbreviated as WWW), and the WWW project is CERN (Europe
an Laboratory for Particl
e Physics), with the goal of building a distributed hypermedia system. At present, the transmission of WWW homepages is active worldwide. The text on the WWW is HTML (Hypertex)
It is written in a "markup language" called "tmarkup language". Hypertext written in HTML is a URL (Uniform Res
(Source Locator), which is uniquely specified by a standard notation for specifying a specific Internet resource.

Recently, there have been tools such as a tool for automatically converting an electronic document to HTML and a software for seamlessly integrating an application with the WWW world. A tool for automatically converting HTML to HTML without being particularly conscious of HTML. Is coming out.

[0004] For example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 7-325827 discloses the technology of an automatic hypertext generation device. This automatic hypertext generation apparatus extracts a keyword from a solid text and automatically sets a hyperlink based on the keyword. The hypertext is automatically decomposed into predetermined units and a predetermined character string is extracted. A character string extraction determining unit, a hyperlink that determines the extracted predetermined character string as a hyperlink source, determines a character string uniquely associated with the hyperlink source character string as a hyperlink destination, and generates a hyperlink And a part.

However, a system for automatically generating a hyperlink is premised on handling an electronic document generated by a personal computer, a word processor, or the like, and cannot handle a document printed on paper. The above publications assume a solid text.

In order to open a WWW homepage, tools such as a personal computer and software must be provided, and further, knowledge of HTML is required.

Further, when registering a WWW home page, the user must be aware of the URL.

[0008] In the hyperlink relation, a URL or a file name is described as text in HTML, but it is difficult to understand visually and intuitively.

[0009] Also, when updating the homepage, H
It took a lot of trouble to deal with TML and reestablish the link.

[0010]

As described above, a system for automatically generating a hyperlink is premised on handling an electronic document generated by a personal computer, a word processor, or the like. Unable to handle it, you need to have tools such as personal computers and software to open a WWW homepage, and you need to have knowledge of HTML.
When registering a WW homepage, the URL must be conscious, and the hyperlink relation describes the URL and file name as text in HTML, but it is difficult to understand visually and intuitively, and the homepage is updated. In such a case, there is a problem that it takes a lot of trouble such as re-establishing a link relationship by handling HTML.

Therefore, the present invention does not require a personal computer or its program software,
Automatic hyperlink generation that does not require knowledge of L and is unaware of URLs, handles documents printed on paper, makes it easy to visually and intuitively understand, and can easily generate hyperlinks automatically. It is intended to provide a device.

[0012]

According to the present invention, there is provided an automatic hyperlink generating apparatus comprising: first image input means for inputting a plurality of document images for generating hyperlinks; Output means for outputting a sheet obtained by reducing and combining a plurality of images; second image input means for inputting an image of the sheet after hyperlink information is entered in the sheet output by the output means; This second
Extracting means for extracting hyperlink information from the image of the sheet in which the hyperlink information is input by the image input means and the image of the sheet output by the output means, and the hyperlink extracted by the extracting means Generating means for generating hyperlinks in the plurality of documents input by the first image input means based on the information.

[0013] The automatic hyperlink generation device of the present invention includes first image input means for inputting an image of a sheet for positioning addresses of a plurality of documents to be registered as a home page for the Internet, and input by the first image input means. Recognizing means for recognizing information for locating the address of the document to be registered from the image which has been registered; determining means for uniquely determining the address of the document from the information recognized by the recognizing means; A second image input unit for inputting an image of the document, a first output unit for outputting a sheet obtained by reducing and combining a plurality of document images input by the second image input unit, A third image inputting means for inputting an image of the sheet after hyperlink information is entered in the sheet output by the output means, and Extracting means for extracting hyperlink information from the image of the sheet on which the hyperlink information is input by the image input means and the image of the sheet output by the first output means; Generating means for generating hyperlinks in the plurality of documents to be registered based on the hyperlink information, and registering the document for which the hyperlink has been generated by the generating means on the Internet homepage using the address of the document determined by the determining means After the registration is completed by the registration unit, the registration unit is provided with a second output unit that outputs a sheet certifying the completion of the registration of the document.

The automatic hyperlink generation apparatus according to the present invention outputs a sheet for locating addresses of a plurality of documents to be registered as a home page for the Internet, comprising a portion for entering a registrant identification number and a predetermined hierarchical registration destination designation portion. A first output unit for inputting a registrant identification number and a registration destination designation on a sheet output by the first output unit, and then inputting an image of the sheet; Recognition means for recognizing a registrant identification number and a registration destination from an image input by the first image input means, and an address of the document to be registered based on the registrant identification number and the registration destination recognized by the recognition means. Determining means for uniquely determining, a second image inputting means for inputting images of the plurality of documents to be registered for generating hyperlinks, and an image inputted by the second image inputting means; It was then reduced images of a plurality of documents 1
A second output unit for outputting the combined sheets, and a third image input unit for inputting an image of the sheet after hyperlink information is entered in the sheet output by the second output unit. Difference means for obtaining the difference information from the image of the sheet in which the hyperlink information input by the third image input means is entered and the image of the sheet output by the second output means; Extracting means for extracting hyperlink information from the difference information obtained in step 1, generating means for generating hyperlinks in the plurality of documents to be registered based on the hyperlink information extracted by the extracting means, Converting means for converting the hyperlink information and the document registered with the image input by the second image input means into a hypertext markup language; Registration means for registering on the Internet home page from the hyperlink information converted into the hypertext markup language by the conversion means, the document to be registered, and the address of the document to be registered determined by the determination means, and registration by the registration means. After the completion, a third output unit for outputting a sheet certifying the completion of the registration including the address of the document determined by the determination unit is provided.

An automatic hyperlink generation apparatus according to the present invention includes an output unit for outputting a sheet in which a reduced image of a registered document and its hyperlink information are combined, and a hyperlink information output to the sheet output by the output unit. After the change is entered, image input means for inputting an image of the sheet, and update information of the hyperlink from the image of the sheet input by the image input means and the image of the sheet output by the output means, It comprises an extracting means for extracting and an updating means for updating the hyperlink of the registered document with the update information extracted by the extracting means.

An automatic hyperlink generation device according to the present invention comprises: a search unit for searching for a hypertext that changes a registered hyperlink; a reduced image of the hypertext searched by the search unit; Output means for outputting a sheet that summarizes the information, image input means for inputting an image of the sheet after the change of the hyperlink information is entered in the sheet output by the output means, and input by the image input means. Extracting means for extracting hyperlink update information from the extracted sheet image and the sheet image output by the output means, and updating means for updating the hypertext hyperlink based on the update information extracted by the extracting means. It is composed of

According to the present invention, there is provided an automatic hyperlink generation apparatus for inputting an image of a sheet on which a hypertext registration identification number already registered in a server as an Internet homepage is input;
Recognition means for recognizing a registration identification number from a sheet image inputted by the first image input means, and retrieval for retrieving an Internet homepage already registered in the server from the registration identification number recognized by the recognition means. Means,
A first output unit that collectively outputs all documents of the hypertext searched by the search unit and the hyperlink information on one sheet, and a hyperlink information on the sheet output by the first output unit. After the addition and deletion of the sheet are entered, the second image input means for inputting an image of the sheet, the image of the sheet on which the hyperlink information input by the second image input means is entered, and the second A difference means for obtaining the difference information from the image of the sheet output by the first output means, an extraction means for extracting additional information and deletion information of the hyperlink information from the difference information obtained by the difference means, Updating means for updating the hyperlink of the hypertext based on the additional information and deletion information of the hyperlink information extracted by the extracting means; Conversion means for converting the link information and all the documents of the hypertext searched by the search means into a hypertext markup language; and the hyperlink information converted by the conversion means into the hypertext markup language and the hypertext A registration means for registering on the Internet home page from all the documents and the registered identification number of the hypertext, and a second output means for outputting a sheet certifying the completion of the registration after the registration means completes the registration. ing.

The automatic hyperlink generation device according to the present invention includes a first output unit for outputting a sheet on which a hyperlink update history of a document already registered is described, and an output from the first output unit. First image input means for inputting a hyperlink update history sheet image; hyperlink update history sheet image input by the first image input means; 2nd link information and output in a sheet
, And second image input means for inputting an image of the sheet after adding hyperlink information to the sheet output by the second output means.

According to the present invention, there is provided an automatic hyperlink generating apparatus for storing an update history of a hyperlink of an already registered document, and a reading means for reading an update history of the hyperlink stored in the storage means. A first output unit that outputs a sheet on which the update history of the hyperlink read by the reading unit is written; and an image of the sheet of the update history of the hyperlink output by the first output unit is input. A first image inputting means for outputting the image of the sheet of the update history of the hyperlink input by the first image inputting means, and the registered document and its hyperlink information in a sheet And a hyperlink linking the document updated in the past in the update history of the hyperlink in the sheet output by the second output means. A second image input means for inputting an image of the sheet after the lock information has been entered; a sheet image input by the second image input means; and a sheet image output by the second output means. It comprises extraction means for extracting hyperlink information from an image and updating means for updating the hyperlink of the registered document with the hyperlink information extracted by the extraction means.

According to the present invention, there is provided an automatic hyperlink generating apparatus for inputting an image of a sheet on which a hypertext registration identification number already registered in a server as an Internet homepage is input;
Recognition means for recognizing the registration identification number from the image of the sheet input by the first image input means, and updating history of the Internet home page already registered in the server from the registration identification number recognized by the recognition means. Search means for searching, first output means for outputting a sheet of the update history searched by the search means, and second image for inputting an image of the sheet of the update history output by the first output means A registration identification number in the input means, the image of the update history sheet input by the second image input means, the hypertext document corresponding to the registration identification number recognized by the recognition means, and the hyperlink information thereof. A second output unit for adding and adding the hyperlink information to the sheet output by the second output unit. A third image input means for inputting an image of the sheet, and a sheet image in which the hyperlink information input by the third image input means is entered and a sheet image output by the second output means. A difference means for obtaining the difference information; an extraction means for extracting additional information of the hyperlink information from the difference information obtained by the difference means; and the registration identification number based on the additional information of the hyperlink information extracted by the extraction means. Updating means for updating a hypertext hyperlink, and a hypertext markup language for updating the hyperlink information updated by the updating means, the hypertext document of the image output by the second output means, and the update history. And hyperlink information and hyperlink converted into hypertext markup language by the conversion means. A registration means for registering on the Internet homepage from the text of the text and the registration identification number of the hypertext, and a third output means for outputting a sheet certifying the completion of the registration after the registration by the registration means is completed. Have been.

According to the present invention, there is provided an automatic hyperlink generating apparatus for inputting images of a plurality of documents for generating hyperlinks, and reducing the plurality of images input by the first image input means. Output means for collectively outputting to a plurality of sheets, and when writing hyperlink information between a plurality of sheets output by this output means, a link source and a link destination are written using arbitrary symbols, After the hyperlink information on the plurality of sheets is entered, a second image input unit for inputting an image of the sheet, and the plurality of sheets on which the hyperlink information input by the second image input unit is entered Extracting the hyperlink information including the link source and the link destination using an arbitrary symbol from the image of the plurality of sheets and the image of the plurality of sheets output by the output unit. When, and a generating means for generating a hyperlink in a plurality of documents to the registered by hyperlink information extracted by the extraction means.

According to the present invention, there is provided an automatic hyperlink generation apparatus for inputting an image of a sheet for positioning addresses of a plurality of documents to be registered as an Internet home page, and inputting the first image input means. Recognizing means for recognizing information for locating the address of the document to be registered from the image which has been registered; determining means for uniquely determining the address of the document from the information recognized by the recognizing means; A second image input unit for inputting an image of a document composed of originals, and combining a plurality of original images among a plurality of original images input by the second image input unit into one sheet to form a plurality of sheets; When writing hyperlink information between the output means to output and the plurality of sheets output by this output means, use an arbitrary symbol After the link source and the link destination are entered and the hyperlink information on these sheets is entered, the third image input means for inputting an image of this sheet and the third image input means Extraction of extracting hyperlink information including a link source and a link destination using an arbitrary symbol from a plurality of sheet images in which hyperlink information is entered and a plurality of sheet images output by the output unit Means for generating hyperlinks in the plurality of documents to be registered based on the hyperlink information extracted by the extracting means.

The automatic hyperlink generation apparatus according to the present invention outputs a sheet for locating the address of a document to be registered as a home page for the Internet, which includes a registrant identification number entry portion and a predetermined hierarchical registration destination designation portion. First output means, first image input means for inputting an image of the sheet after a registrant identification number and designation of a registration destination are entered in the sheet output by the first output means, and A recognizing means for recognizing the registrant identification number and the registration destination from the image input by the image input means, and uniquely identifying the address of the document to be registered from the registrant identification number and the registration destination recognized by the recognition means. Deciding means for deciding, second image inputting means for inputting images of the plurality of documents to be registered for generating hyperlinks, and a plurality of images inputted by the second image inputting means. Image reducing a, together four original images on one sheet second for outputting a plurality of sheets
When hyperlink information is to be entered between the output means and the plurality of sheets output by the second output means, a link source and a link destination are entered using arbitrary symbols, and hyperlinks in these plural sheets are written. After the link information is entered, a third image input unit for inputting an image of the sheet, and the above-mentioned plurality of sheets corresponding to the images of the plurality of sheets on which the hyperlink information input by the third image input unit is entered Difference means for obtaining the difference information from the image of each sheet output by the second output means, extraction means for extracting hyperlink information from the difference information obtained by the difference means, and extraction by the extraction means Generating means for generating a hyperlink in a document including a plurality of documents to be registered based on the generated hyperlink information, and a hyperlink generated by the generating means. Conversion means for converting the text information and the document of the image input by the second image input means into a hypertext markup language, and the hyperlink information converted by the conversion means into the hypertext markup language. A registration unit for registering the document on the Internet home page from the document and the address of the document to be registered determined by the determination unit; and an address of the registered document determined by the determination unit after the registration by the registration unit is completed. And third output means for outputting a sheet certifying the completion of registration.

According to the present invention, there is provided an automatic hyperlink generating apparatus for retrieving an address of a document whose registration identification number is unknown in a document already registered in a server as an Internet homepage, and an address retrieved by the retrieving means. And a designating means for designating a link destination for the document.

According to the hyperlink automatic generation device of the present invention, when linking a registered document whose registration identification number is not known to a registered document whose registration identification number is already unknown to the server as an Internet homepage, the address of the document whose registration identification number is unknown is known. Searching means for searching for a keyword, a first output means for outputting a list of addresses of the documents searched by the searching means, and an image of a document address list output by the first output means. A first image input means, and a second output for collectively outputting the image of the address list of the document input by the first image input means and the image of the registered document whose registration identification number is known to a sheet Means, a registered document whose registration identification number is known on the sheet output by the second output means, and the first image input means. After hyperlink information for linking to the input document address is entered, second image input means for inputting an image of the sheet, and hyperlink information input by the second image input means are entered. Extracting means for extracting hyperlink information from the extracted sheet image and the sheet image output by the second output means, and the registered identification number of the hyperlink information extracted by the extracting means is known. And a registration unit for additionally registering a hyperlink of the registration document.

According to the hyperlink automatic generation device of the present invention, when a registered document whose registration identification number is unknown is linked to a registration document whose registration identification number is already known to the server as an Internet homepage, the registration identification number is unknown. First output means for outputting a sheet having an item for inputting a search keyword of a document, and first input means for inputting an image of this sheet after the search keyword is written on the sheet output by the first output means. Image input means, recognition means for recognizing a search keyword entered in an image input by the first image input means, and a search keyword recognized by the recognition means for a document registered in the server. Search means for searching for an address of the corresponding document, and a second output for outputting a list of addresses of the documents searched by the search means A second image input means for inputting an image of the address list of the document output by the second output means; an image of the address list of the document input by the second image input means; A third output unit that collectively outputs an image of the registered document whose identification number is known to a sheet, and an image of the sheet after hyperlink information is written on the sheet output by the third output unit. And a difference between the image of the sheet in which the hyperlink information is input by the third image input means and the image of the sheet output by the third output means. A difference means for taking information, an extraction means for extracting additional information of hyperlink information from difference information obtained by the difference means, and an additional information of hyperlink information extracted by the extraction means Updating means for updating the hyperlink, and converting the hyperlink information updated by the updating means and the registered document output from the third output means and having the registered identification number known thereto into a hypertext markup language. Conversion means; hyperlink information converted into hypertext markup language by the conversion means; a registration document; and a registration identification number of the registration document; And a fourth output means for outputting a sheet certifying the completion of the registration after the completion.

[0027]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows an outline of a system configuration of the present invention. A digital copy machine (Digital Plane Paper) connected to a network at a facility close to the community, such as a convenience store, station, or city hall
Copier: hereinafter referred to as DPPC). Each DPPC 4 is connected to a local cache server (DSV) 3 via a network 5.

The cache server 3 fetches information accessed from the information providing servers 1,... Around the world via the public network / the Internet 2 to perform caching, and transfers information input from the DPPC 4 to the optical disk 6. …
To accumulate. In such a system, a paper document is input to DPPC 4 connected to network 5 and
Open W homepage.

FIG. 2 shows a hardware configuration of the entire system.

As shown in the figure, the cache server 3
It is installed as a node on a communication line such as AN,
It is interconnected with PPC4. Cache server 3
Is composed of a host 202 for transmitting / receiving information to / from the outside, a controller 207 for controlling the autochanger 212 and transmitting / receiving information inside.

Inside the host 202, a central processing unit (CPU) 203 for controlling the entire apparatus is mainly configured. The CPU 203 is connected via a system bus 228 to a main memory 204 for storing a control program and various data, a magnetic disk (HDD) 205, a communication interface 225 for transmitting and receiving information to and from a communication line (network) 5, and the like. ing.

Further, similarly to the host 202, the controller 207 mainly includes a central processing unit (CPU) 208 for controlling the entire apparatus. This CPU
A main memory 209 and a magnetic disk (HDD) 210 for storing a control program and various data are connected to the system 208 via a system bus 229.

The DMA 211 includes the CPU 203 and the CPU 20.
8 to transfer data without the intervention of the CPU 203,
Data is transferred between the main memory 204, the magnetic disk 205, and the drive 213 in the autochanger 212 according to the contents of the DMA register set by the CPU 208.

The inside of the autochanger 212 includes a plurality of drives 21 of the optical disk 6 as a portable medium.
3, the slot 217 and the optical disk 6
Arm 2 to move between and drive 213
14 and a loading / unloading port 217.

As shown in the figure, the DPPC 4 is installed at various places as nodes on a communication line 5 such as a LAN, and these are mutually connected. Further, as shown in the figure, for example, the hardware configuration of the DPPC 4 is based on a CPU unit 21 having a central processing unit for controlling the entire apparatus.
9. The CPU unit 219 includes:
Information is transmitted / received to / from the interface 220 via the system bus 227, a main memory 223 storing control programs and various data, a page memory 224 temporarily storing data such as images handled by the apparatus, and the communication line 5. The communication interface 225 and the like are connected. The interface 220 includes a printer (output unit) 221 and a scanner (image input unit) 22 connected thereto.
2 controls the input / output of image information.

FIG. 3 shows an example of the configuration of a software system according to the present invention.

This software system includes a homepage management unit 305, a link-related instruction sheet issuing unit 308,
Registration completed lighting sheet issuing unit 311, registration destination instruction sheet issuing unit 320, registration destination instruction sheet recognition unit 314, homepage configuration document reading unit 315, registration completion certification sheet recognition unit 316, link relation instruction sheet recognition unit 317, and control unit 312.

The cache server 3 has registered user management data 301, URL management data 302, home page configuration document data 303, home page hyperlink data 304, link relation instruction sheet management data 307, and registration completion proof sheet management data 309. The data in the cache server 3 exists in the main memory 204, the HDD 205, the drive 213, or any of the optical disks 6,... In the slot 215 depending on the access frequency.

The homepage management unit 305 includes registered user management data 301 for uniquely managing a user who uses the homepage management apparatus (the system of the present invention), URL management data 302 for uniquely managing the URL of a registered homepage. have. Further, the image compression unit 31
9 has homepage configuration document data 303 for storing compressed data of images composing the homepage coming from 9 and homepage hyperlink data 304 for storing hyperlink information data of the homepage.

When requested to issue a later-described link relation instruction sheet 7 from the homepage management section 305, the link relation instruction sheet issuing section 308 forms a sheet image in a nin1 format based on the homepage configuration document data 303. At this time, the link-related instruction sheet issuing unit 30
8 temporarily creates link-related instruction sheet print data 306 for forming a sheet image. The link-related instruction sheet print data 306 includes the homepage management unit 3
05, a character string or image information to be formed on the sheet, for example, a link-related instruction sheet 7
Are temporarily stored, and after the sheet image is formed, they are deleted.

The link-related instruction sheet issuing unit 308
When the printing of the sheet image is completed, the information relating to the issued link relation instruction sheet 7 is registered in the link relation instruction sheet management data 307. The link relation instruction sheet management data 307 uniquely identifies and manages the issued link relation instruction sheet 7. When the link relation instruction sheet recognition unit 317 recognizes the link relation instruction sheet 7, sheet recognition data for recognizing each link relation instruction sheet 7 is transmitted to the link relation instruction sheet recognition unit 317.
To provide.

When the homepage management unit 305 requests the issuance of a registration completion certification sheet 9 described later, the registration completion certification sheet issuing unit 311
1. A sheet image is formed based on the URL management data 302. At this time, the registration completion certification sheet issuing unit 311 temporarily creates registration completion certification sheet print data 310 for forming a sheet image. The registration completion proof sheet print data 310 includes information on character strings and images formed on the registration completion proof sheet 9 when requested to be issued from the homepage management unit 305, for example, the registration completion proof sheet 9
Is temporarily stored, and is deleted after a sheet image is formed.

The registration completion certificate sheet issuing unit 311
When the printing of the sheet image is completed, the information about the issued registration completion certificate sheet 9 is registered in the registration completion certificate sheet management data 309. The registration completion certificate sheet management data 309 uniquely identifies and manages the issued registration completion certificate sheet 9. When the registration completion certification sheet recognition unit 316 recognizes the registration completion certification sheet 9, it provides sheet recognition data for recognizing each registration completion certification sheet 9 to the registration completion certification sheet recognition unit 316.

The registration destination instruction sheet issuance unit 320 transmits the registration destination instruction sheet 10 described later from the homepage management unit 305.
Is issued, a sheet image is formed based on the registered user management data 301. At this time, the registration destination instruction sheet issuing unit 320 temporarily creates registration destination instruction sheet print data 321 for forming a sheet image. The registration destination instruction sheet print data 321 uniquely identifies a character string or an image formed on the registration destination instruction sheet 10 when the homepage management unit 305 issues an issuance request, for example, uniquely identifies the registration destination instruction sheet 10. Sheet ID, registered user ID, registration destination information, etc. are temporarily stored, and are deleted after a sheet image is formed.

The registration destination instruction sheet recognition unit 314 recognizes each component written on the registration destination instruction sheet 10 and registers the recognition result in the registration destination instruction sheet recognition result data 318. The URL determining unit 313 uniquely determines the URL based on the data registered by the registration destination instruction sheet recognizing unit 314, and registers the URL in the URL management data 302.

Home page constituent document reading section 315
Is instructed to read the homepage composition document 8 after the operation of the registration destination instruction sheet recognition unit 314 ends.
The entire homepage constituent document 8 is read, and the read homepage constituent document 8 is image-compressed by the image compression unit 319, and the compressed data is registered in the homepage constituent document data 303.

The registration completion certificate sheet recognition section 316 recognizes each part entered on the registration completion certificate sheet 9. Recognized sheet ID and registration completion certificate sheet management data 3
09, and notifies the homepage management unit 305 of the information of the sheet having the corresponding ID.

The link relation instruction sheet recognition unit 317 recognizes the sheet ID written on the link relation instruction sheet 7. The recognized sheet ID is compared with the link-related instruction sheet management data 307, and information of the sheet having the corresponding ID is notified to the homepage management unit 305. When the sheet ID information of the link relation instruction sheet 7 is referred to, the homepage management unit 305 sends hyperlink information of the corresponding homepage from the homepage hyperlink data 304 to the link relation instruction sheet recognition unit 317.

In the difference information reading section 322, the link-related instruction sheet 7 is
The difference from the above handwritten link information is obtained, and the result is registered in the hyperlink relation recognition result data 323. The hyperlink automatic generation unit 324 automatically generates hyperlink information intended by the registrant based on the registered result, and re-registers the hyperlink information in the homepage hyperlink data 304.

The control section 312 controls each section.

Next, registration of a home page as the first embodiment will be described.

FIG. 4 shows an outline of the flow of WWW homepage registration. The registration destination instruction sheet 10 instructs where to register the homepage to be registered. Subsequently, the registration destination instruction sheet 10 and the homepage configuration document 8,... Written in paper are input to the DPPC 4. Then DPP
C4 uses the registration destination instruction sheet 10 to recognize the registration destination and the registrant of the input document. Are compressed as image data and temporarily stored in the page memory 224 in the DPPC 4.
Then, the DPPC 4 outputs the link relation instruction sheet 7. When the homepage composition documents 8,... Have n pages, the link relation instruction sheet 7 is composed of nin1.

Subsequently, the link relation is written by hand on the output link relation instruction sheet 7 to form a link relation instruction sheet 7a. When the link relation instruction sheet 7a in which the link relation is written is again input to the DPPC 4, the DPPC 4
Reference numeral 4 denotes a difference between the previously output link relation instruction sheet 7 and the input link relation instruction sheet 7a, performs image recognition of the link relation instructed by handwriting, and recognizes a certain area in the image and a certain area from the recognition result. Automatically generate hyperlinks between. The DPPC 4 converts the hyperlink automatically generated into HTML based on the automatically generated hyperlink, automatically registers the WWW homepage in the cache server 3, and outputs a registration completion certificate sheet 9 as a result of the registration.

FIG. 5 is a detailed example of the registration destination instruction sheet 10. The registration destination instruction sheet 10 is a registration destination instruction sheet 1
0, the registration number 505 of the registration destination instruction sheet 10, the registrant ID number 503,
It is composed of a registration destination 504 and a check column 506 hierarchically shown.

The registration destination instruction sheet 10 is described in a hierarchical format determined by the administrator in advance, and the parts can be arranged using an editor or the like, and the configuration of the sheet can be easily changed. The registrant uses the registrant ID when using this system.
Obtain a number from your system administrator. Registrant ID number 5
03 is a character string composed of alphanumeric characters. When registering the homepage, enter the ID number of the registrant ID number 503
And the registration destination of the homepage is selected, and the check box 506 is painted black.

The DPPC 4 uses the registration destination instruction sheet 10
Is input, the registration destination is recognized from the registrant ID number 503 and the check box 506 painted black. DP
The PC 4 obtains the UR from the registration destination, registrant ID number, and registration date and time.
L is uniquely determined.

FIG. 6 shows an example of the homepage composition document 8. In this example, all A4 size documents are assumed. The first page shown in FIG. 6A is a page serving as a face of the homepage, and has a title, a keyword 1,
Consists of a few. The title is the second page shown in FIG. 6B, and the keyword 1 is the fourth page shown in FIG.
The page and keyword 2 are hyperlinks to the third page shown in FIG. 6C, and the keyword 3 is a hyperlink to the third page shown in FIG. 6C.

FIG. 7 shows an example of the link relation instruction sheet 7. The link relation instruction sheet 7 output as a result of inputting the registration destination instruction sheet 10 and the homepage configuration document 8 is a collection of the homepage configuration document 8 on one page. When the homepage composition document 8 has n pages, it is configured as nin1. In the case of this example, since it has a 4-page configuration, it is configured as 4in1. If the number of pages of the homepage composition document 8 is abnormally large, it becomes difficult to view even if output at nin1, so that the link relation instruction sheet 7 may be composed of several pages.

The link relation instruction sheet 7 in FIG.
Sheet identification I indicating that it is a link relation instruction sheet 7
D (link-related instruction sheet) 702, registration number 705 of this link-related instruction sheet 7, homepage configuration document 8,... Reduced and stored in 4-in-1 homepage configuration document 703, and registration destination instruction sheet 10 at the bottom. The registered registrant ID number 704 and the input date and time 706 are provided.

FIG. 8 shows an example of entry in the link relation instruction sheet 7. This is the result of writing the link relation on the link relation instruction sheet 7 by hand. As for the keywords, the same keywords, which are surrounded by a circle and linked, are connected to each other by a handwritten line (804). Image data such as titles are circled around the entire image and similarly connected by hand-drawn lines (803).

Although the data in this example is composed of image data and documents, it is also possible to link audio and moving picture data, which are iconized in the same way, by connecting them with solid lines.

In the entry example of the link relation instruction sheet 7 shown in FIG. 8, a sheet identification ID (link relation instruction sheet) 802 indicating the link relation instruction sheet 7, a registration number 806 of the link relation instruction sheet 7, And a registrant ID number 8 recognized on the registration destination instruction sheet 10 at the bottom.
05 and the input date and time 807.

FIG. 9 schematically shows the result of inputting the link relation instruction sheet 7 shown in FIG. 8 to the DPPC 4 and recognizing the DPPC 4 internally.

FIG. 10 shows an example of the registration completion certificate sheet 9. This registration completion proof sheet 9 is a sheet identification ID 100 indicating that it is the registration completion proof sheet 9.
2. Registration number 1010, registrant ID number 1003, registration date 1004, registration time 10 of this registration completion certification sheet 7
05, a uniquely determined URL 1006, the number of registered homepages 1007, the number of registered homepage links 1008, and the registration destination recognition result 1009
It is composed of

Next, the WWW homepage registration operation of the first embodiment in such a configuration will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

First, the sheet is read by the scanner 222 (step 1101), and the sheet identification ID is recognized (step 1102). If the sheet identification ID is recognized as the registration destination instruction sheet 10 (step 1103), the registration destination instruction sheet recognizing section 314 registers the registrant ID number 503, which is each component of the registration destination instruction sheet 10, in a hierarchical manner. Destination 5
04, the registration number 505, and the check box 506 are recognized (step 1104).

Then, the registration destination instruction sheet recognition unit 314
Stores the recognition result of the registration destination in the registration destination instruction sheet recognition result data 318 (step 1105). Then UR
The L determining unit 313 uniquely determines a URL based on the data stored in Step 1105 (Step 1106).
The determined URL is stored in the URL management data 302 (step 1107).

Then, the registration destination instruction sheet recognition unit 314
Transfers the control to the home page constituent document reading unit 315 and starts reading the home page constituent documents 8,... (Step 1108). The read homepage configuration documents 8,... Are subjected to image compression by the image compression unit 319 (step 1109), and are stored in the homepage configuration document data 303 as compressed image data (step 1110).

Subsequently, the link-related instruction sheet issuing unit 308
The link relation instruction sheet issuing unit 308 temporarily generates link relation instruction sheet print data 306 from the stored home page configuration document data 303 and the registered user management data 301 (step 1111).
Finally, a link relation instruction sheet 7 based on the print data
Is started by the printer 221 (step 111).
2).

In step 1103, the registration destination instruction sheet 10
If not, it is determined whether it is the link relation instruction sheet 7 (step 1113). If it is not the link relation instruction sheet 7, the processing ends.

If it is the link relation instruction sheet 7, the registration number 806 of the link relation instruction sheet 7 is recognized (step 1114). If the registration number is recognized, the link relation instruction sheet 7 having the corresponding registration number is searched from the link relation instruction sheet management data 307 (step 1).
115).

Subsequently, the registrant ID number 805, date and time 807, and handwritten link relationships 803 and 804, which are other portions of the link relationship instruction sheet 7, are read (step 111).
6). The difference information between the link relation instruction sheet 7 of the search result and the read link relation instruction sheet 7 is recognized by the difference information recognition unit 322 (step 1117), and the recognition result is stored in the hyperlink relation recognition result data 323 (step 1117). Step 1118). The hyperlink automatic generation unit 324 automatically generates a hyperlink based on the stored result (step 1119), stores the generated result in the homepage hyperlink data 304, and completes registration of the homepage (step 1120).

Upon receiving the processing completion notification from the link relation instruction sheet recognition unit 317, the homepage management unit 305 instructs the registration completion certification sheet issuing unit 311 to issue the registration completion certification sheet 9. Registration completion certificate sheet issuing unit 3
Reference numeral 11 denotes registration completion certificate sheet print data 310 based on registered user management data 301 and URL management data 302.
Is temporarily generated (step 1121). Finally, printing of the registration completion certificate sheet 9 is started by the printer 221 based on the print data (step 1122).

Next, a description will be given of the updating of the homepage as the second embodiment.

FIG. 12 shows an outline of the flow of updating the WWW home page. First, the registration completion proof sheet 9 of the already registered homepage to be updated is provided by the DPPC.
Enter 4 Then, the DPPC 4 recognizes the registration completion certificate sheet 9 and searches for a registered homepage. Then, the link relation instruction sheet 7 of the registered homepage is output.

The link relation instruction sheet 7 output subsequently
The link addition / deletion is written by hand into the link relation instruction sheet 7b. When the written link relation instruction sheet 7b is input to the DPPC 4 again, the DPPC 4 calculates the difference between the previously output link relation instruction sheet 7 and the input link relation instruction sheet 7b, and adds / deletes the link designated by handwriting. Automatic recognition, cache server 3
Automatically update hyperlink data in. Further, a registration completion certificate sheet 9 indicating the updated information is output.

FIG. 13 shows an example of deleting a link in the output link relation instruction sheet 7. The link can be deleted by adding “X” to the line portion of the link to be cut (symbol A) in the output link relation instruction sheet 7.

The entry example of the link relation instruction sheet 7 in FIG. 13 is a sheet identification ID (link relation instruction sheet) 1302 indicating the link relation instruction sheet 7, a registration number 1305 of the link relation instruction sheet, and a registration at the bottom. It is composed of the registrant ID number 1304 recognized on the preceding instruction sheet 10 and the input date and time 1306.

FIG. 14 shows an example of adding a link in the link relation instruction sheet 7. If it is desired to add a link, a new connection can be made with a solid line in the same manner as shown in FIG. 8, so that the links can be linked to each other (symbols B and C).

An example of entry in the link relation instruction sheet 7 is as follows.
Sheet identification I indicating that it is a link relation instruction sheet 7
D (link relation instruction sheet) 1402, a registration number 1405 of the link relation instruction sheet, a registrant ID number 1404 recognized by the registration destination instruction sheet 7 at the bottom, and an input date and time 1406.

Next, the WWW homepage updating operation of the second embodiment in such a configuration will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

First, the sheet is read by the scanner 222 (step 1501), and the sheet identification ID is recognized (step 1502). If the sheet identification ID is recognized as the registration completion certification sheet 9 (step 1503), the registration completion certification sheet recognition unit 316 recognizes the registration number 1010 of the registration completion certification sheet 9 (step 1504). If the registration number is recognized, a registered homepage having the corresponding registration number is searched, and link relation instruction sheet data of the homepage is searched from the link relation instruction sheet management data 307 (step 1505).

Subsequently, a link relation instruction sheet issuing unit 308
Then, the link relation instruction sheet issuing unit 308 temporarily generates link relation instruction sheet print data 306 having the corresponding ID from the stored home page configuration document data 303 and the registered user management data 301 (step 1506). Finally, based on the print data, printing of the link relation instruction sheet 7 in which the link relation information is described is started (step 1507).

At step 1503, registration completion certificate sheet 9
If not, it is determined whether it is the link relation instruction sheet 7 (step 1508). In the case of the link relation instruction sheet 7, first, the registration number 806 of the link relation instruction sheet 7 is recognized (step 1509). If the registration number is recognized, the link relation instruction sheet 7 having the corresponding registration number is searched from the link relation instruction sheet management data 307 (step 1510). Subsequently, the registrant ID number 805, the input date and time 807, and the handwritten link relations 803 and 804, which are other parts of the link relation instruction sheet 7, are read (step 1511).

The link result instruction sheet 7 of the above search result
, And the difference information between the read link relationship instruction sheet 7 and the read link relation instruction sheet 7 is recognized by the difference information recognition unit 322 (step 1512).
The recognition result is stored in the hyperlink relation recognition result data 323 (step 1513). The hyperlink automatic generation unit 324 automatically generates a hyperlink based on the stored result (step 1514), stores the generated result in the homepage hyperlink data 304, and completes registration of the homepage (step 1515).

Upon receiving the processing completion notification from the link relation instruction sheet recognition unit 317, the homepage management unit 305 instructs the registration completion certification sheet issuing unit 311 to issue the registration completion certification sheet 9. Registration completion certificate sheet issuing unit 3
Reference numeral 11 denotes registration completion certificate sheet print data 310 based on registered user management data 301 and URL management data 302.
Is temporarily generated (step 1516). Finally, printing of the registration completion certificate sheet is started based on the print data (step 1517).

Next, registration as a third embodiment for linking to a document updated in the past will be described.

FIG. 16 shows an outline of a registration flow for linking to a document updated in the past. First, the registration completion proof sheet 9 of the registered homepage to be updated is input to the DPPC 4. Then, the DPPC 4 recognizes the registration completion certificate sheet 9, searches the registered homepage, and further searches the registration history (Revision) of the registered homepage. Then, the registration history of the registered homepage is output to the homepage registration history sheet 11.

FIG. 17 shows a homepage registration history sheet 1
1 shows an example, in which a searched homepage registration history describes a barcode or registration number, a date, a time, and the like for each update.

Subsequently, the homepage registration history sheet 11 is input to the DPPC 4. Then, the DPPC 4 outputs the link relation instruction sheet 7 from the input image of the homepage registration history sheet 11 and all the documents of the registered homepage recognized on the registration completion proof sheet 9 earlier.

FIG. 18 shows a homepage registration history sheet 1
1 shows an example of a link-related instruction sheet 7 placed in a reduced size. In the figure, a handwritten line is connected so as to link to the uppermost document on the diagram of the homepage registration history.

When the link relation instruction sheet 7 on which the link is written is again input to the DPPC 4, the DPPC 4 calculates the difference between the input link relation instruction sheet 7 and the link relation instruction sheet 7 previously output, and writes the difference by hand. The instructed link relationship is image-recognized, and a hyperlink between the title in the image and a previously updated document in the homepage registration history is automatically generated from the recognition result. DPP
C4 automatically updates the hyperlink data in the cache server 3 based on the automatically generated hyperlink. Further, a registration completion certificate sheet 9 indicating the updated information is output.

FIG. 19 is a diagram in which a barcode or a registration number is directly entered in the link relation instruction sheet 7 with reference to the output homepage registration history sheet 11. As described above, it is also possible to directly specify the link relation instruction sheet 7. In this case as well, by inputting to the DPPC 4, it is possible to register to link to a document updated in the present embodiment in the past.

Next, as a fourth embodiment, a case where the number of the link instruction sheets 7 becomes two or more will be described with reference to FIG.
This will be described with reference to FIG.

It is assumed that two link instruction sheets 7 shown in FIGS. 20A and 20B have been output. When a link is connected between the link instruction sheets, an arbitrary symbol A indicated by an arrow having the link instruction sheet 7 in FIG. 20A as a link source is handwritten, and the link destination is set in FIG.
This arbitrary symbol A is handwritten on the link instruction sheet 7. Also, an arbitrary symbol B indicated by an arrow having “Keyword 3” as a link source in the link instruction sheet 7 of FIG. 20B is handwritten, and the link destination is set on the link instruction sheet 7 of FIG. An arbitrary symbol B is handwritten.

When the plurality of (two) link relation instruction sheets 7 on which the links are written are again input to the DPPC 4, the DPPC 4 combines the input (two) link relation instruction sheets 7 with the previously output link. The difference from the relation instruction sheet 7 is taken, and the link relationship specified by hand including the link source and the link destination handwritten with an arbitrary symbol is image-recognized. Automatically generate a hyperlink for DPPC4 converts the hyperlink automatically generated into HTML based on
WW homepage is automatically registered in the cache server 3,
A registration completion certificate sheet 9 as a result of the registration is output.

Next, a description will be given of a case where an external URL is linked to a registered document as a fifth embodiment.

FIG. 21 shows an outline of a registration flow for linking a registered document with an external URL. First, DPP
An external URL search sheet 12 is output from C4. In this external URL search sheet 12, a search keyword for searching for a registered document linked to the URL of the registered document is entered. External UR with this search keyword
The L search sheet 12 is input to the DPPC 4. Then D
The PPC 4 recognizes the external URL search sheet 12, searches the registered homepage, further searches the external URL by the search keyword, and outputs the external URL search result list 13 of the URL where the search result was hit.

FIG. 22 shows an example of an external URL search result list 13 of URLs, in which URLs searched by a search keyword and hit and their barcodes or registration numbers are described.

Subsequently, this external URL search result list 1
3 is input to the DPPC 4. Then, the DPPC 4 outputs the link relation instruction sheet 7 from the input image of the external URL search result list 13 and the registered document recognized and searched by the registration completion certificate sheet 9 first.

FIG. 23 shows an example of the link relation instruction sheet 7 on which an external URL is placed. In the figure, handwritten lines are connected so as to link to the uppermost URL on the figure of the external URL.

When the link relation instruction sheet 7 on which the link is written is again input to the DPPC 4, the DPPC 4 calculates the difference between the input link relation instruction sheet 7 and the link relation instruction sheet 7 previously output, and writes the difference by hand. The link relationship with the designated external URL is image-recognized, and a hyperlink with the external URL is automatically generated from the recognition result. The DPPC 4 automatically updates the hyperlink data in the cache server 3 based on the automatically generated hyperlink. Further, a registration completion certificate sheet 9 indicating the updated information is output.

FIG. 24 is a diagram in which a bar code or a registration number is directly entered in the link relation instruction sheet 7 with reference to the output external URL search result list 13. As described above, it is also possible to directly specify the information on the link-related instruction sheet 7, and in this case also, registration by linking to the external URL of the present embodiment can be performed by inputting to the DPPC 4.

As described above, according to the embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to easily open a WWW homepage from a digital copy machine without a personal computer or knowledge of HTML. In addition, not only electronic documents but also paper documents can be used as home pages.

Further, by reading the registration destination instruction sheet into the digital copying machine, the registration destination of the document can be easily specified without considering the URL.

Further, by reading the link relation instruction sheet into the digital copier, the link relation between documents can be visually and intuitively understood / instructed, and the replacement (deletion / addition) of links between documents can be easily performed. can do.

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As described in detail above, according to the present invention,
Does not require a personal computer or its program software, does not require HTML knowledge, does not need to be aware of URLs, handles documents printed on paper, makes it easy to understand visually and intuitively, and easily creates hyperlinks. An automatic hyperlink generation device that can be automatically generated can be provided.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a system configuration according to an automatic hyperlink generation device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the hardware configuration of the entire system according to the hyperlink automatic generation device of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a software configuration of a system according to the hyperlink automatic generation device of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an outline of a flow of homepage registration.

FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining a registration destination instruction sheet.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a homepage composition document.

FIG. 7 is a view for explaining a link relation instruction sheet.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of entry of a link relation instruction sheet.

FIG. 9 is a view showing a recognition result of a link relation instruction sheet.

FIG. 10 is a view for explaining a registration completion certificate sheet.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart for explaining a homepage registration operation.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing an outline of a homepage update flow.

FIG. 13 is a view for explaining deletion of a link in a link relation instruction sheet.

FIG. 14 is a diagram for explaining addition of a link in a link relation instruction sheet.

FIG. 15 is a flowchart for explaining a homepage update operation.

FIG. 16 is a diagram showing an outline of a registration flow for linking to a document updated in the past.

FIG. 17 is a diagram showing an example of a homepage registration history sheet.

FIG. 18 is a diagram illustrating an example of a link-related instruction sheet on which a description sheet of a homepage registration history is placed.

FIG. 19 is a diagram showing an example in which a barcode or a registration number is directly entered on a link relation instruction sheet.

FIG. 20 is a view for explaining a case where there are a plurality of link instruction sheets of two or more.

FIG. 21 is a diagram showing an outline of a registration flow for linking a registration document with an external URL.

FIG. 22 is a view showing an example of a URL external URL search result list.

FIG. 23 is a view showing an example of a link relation instruction sheet on which an external URL is placed.

FIG. 24 is a diagram showing an example in which a barcode or a registration number is directly entered in a link relation instruction sheet.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 3 ... Cache server 4 ... Digital copy machine (DPPC) 5 ... Communication line (network) 6 ... Optical disk 7 ... Link related instruction sheet 8 ... Homepage composition document 9 ... Registration completion proof sheet 10 ... Registration destination instruction sheet 11 ... Homepage registration history Sheet 12: Sheet for external URL search 13: Sheet for external URL search 202: Host 203, 208 ... CPU 204, 209, 223 ... Main memory 205, 210 ... Magnetic disk (HDD) 206, 225 ... Communication interface 219 ... CPU section 221: Printer 222: Scanner 224: Page memory

Claims (15)

[Claims] 1. A first image input means for inputting a plurality of document images for generating hyperlinks, and a sheet obtained by reducing and combining a plurality of document images input by the first image input means Output means for inputting hyperlink information on the sheet output by the output means, and then inputting an image of the sheet; and hyperlink information input by the second image input means. Extracting means for extracting hyperlink information from the sheet image in which the link information is entered and the sheet image output by the output means; and the first image input means based on the hyperlink information extracted by the extracting means. Generating means for generating hyperlinks in a plurality of documents input in step (a). 2. A first image input means for inputting an image of a sheet on which addresses of a plurality of documents to be registered as an Internet home page are located, and an address of a document to be registered based on the image input by the first image input means. Recognizing means for recognizing information for positioning, determining means for uniquely determining an address of the document based on the information recognized by the recognizing means, and a second for inputting images of the plurality of documents to be registered for generating hyperlinks An image input means, a first output means for outputting a sheet obtained by reducing the image of a plurality of documents input by the second image input means, and a sheet output by the first output means A third image input means for inputting an image of the sheet after hyperlink information is entered in the hyperlink information, and a hyperlink input by the third image input means. Extracting means for extracting hyperlink information from the image of the sheet in which the link information has been written and the image of the sheet output by the first output means; Generating means for generating a hyperlink in the document, registration means for registering the document in which the hyperlink has been generated by the generating means on an Internet homepage by using the address of the document determined by the determining means, And a second output unit for outputting a sheet certifying the completion of the registration of the document after the registration is completed. 3. A first output means for outputting a sheet for locating addresses of a plurality of documents to be registered as an Internet homepage, comprising a portion for entering a registrant identification number and a predetermined hierarchical registration destination designation portion; After the registrant identification number and the designation of the registration destination are written in the sheet output by the first output means, first image input means for inputting an image of the sheet, and input by the first image input means Recognizing means for recognizing a registrant identification number and a registration destination from the obtained image; determining means for uniquely determining the address of the document to be registered from the registrant identification number and the registration destination recognized by the recognition means; Second image input means for inputting images of the plurality of documents to be registered for generating hyperlinks; and reducing the plurality of document images input by the second image input means to one image A second output unit for outputting the stopped sheet, a third image input unit for inputting an image of the sheet after hyperlink information is written in the sheet output by the second output unit, A difference unit that obtains the difference information from the sheet image in which the hyperlink information input by the third image input unit is written and the sheet image output by the second output unit; Extracting means for extracting hyperlink information from the obtained difference information; generating means for generating hyperlinks in the plurality of documents to be registered based on the hyperlink information extracted by the extracting means; Converting means for converting the link information and the document registered with the image input by the second image input means into a hypertext markup language; Registration means for registering on the Internet homepage from the hyperlink information converted into the hypertext markup language by the conversion means, the document to be registered, and the address of the document to be registered determined by the determination means, and registration by the registration means. And a third output unit for outputting a sheet certifying the completion of the registration including the address of the registered document determined by the determination unit after the completion, and a third output unit. 4. An output means for outputting a sheet in which a reduced image of a registered document and its hyperlink information are combined, and after the change of the hyperlink information is entered in the sheet output by the output means, Image input means for inputting an image of the sheet; extraction means for extracting update information of the hyperlink from the image of the sheet input by the image input means and the image of the sheet output by the output means; Updating means for updating the hyperlink of the registered document with the update information extracted by the means. 5. A search means for searching for a hypertext for changing a hyperlink already registered, and an output for outputting a sheet in which a reduced image of the hypertext searched by the search means and its hyperlink information are summarized. Means for inputting an image of the sheet after the change of the hyperlink information is entered in the sheet output by the output means; and an image of the sheet input by the image input means and the output means Extracting means for extracting update information of the hyperlink from the image of the sheet output in step (a), and updating means for updating the hyperlink of the hypertext based on the update information extracted by the extraction means. Hyperlink automatic generation device. 6. A first image input means for inputting an image of a sheet on which a registered identification number of a hypertext already registered in a server as an Internet homepage is input, and input by the first image input means. Recognizing means for recognizing the registration identification number from the image of the sheet, searching means for retrieving an Internet homepage already registered in the server from the registration identification number recognized by the recognizing means, First output means for outputting all the text of the hypertext and its hyperlink information collectively on one sheet, and addition and deletion of hyperlink information on the sheet output by the first output means And a second image input means for inputting an image of the sheet, and a hyperlink input by the second image input means. Difference means for obtaining the difference information from the image of the sheet in which the information is written and the image of the sheet output by the first output means; and additional information of hyperlink information from the difference information obtained by the difference means Extracting means for extracting deletion information; updating means for updating the hyperlink of the hypertext with additional information and deletion information of the hyperlink information extracted by the extracting means; and hyperlink updated by the updating means Conversion means for converting information and all documents of the hypertext searched by the search means into a hypertext markup language; and hyperlink information converted by the conversion means into the hypertext markup language and all of the hypertext. Register on the Internet website from the document and the registered identification number of the hypertext. A registration unit configured to, after this registration is complete the registration means, hyperlinks automatic generation apparatus characterized by comprising a second output means for outputting a sheet to prove completion of registration, the. 7. A first output unit for outputting a sheet on which a hyperlink update history of a document already registered is described; and a hyperlink update history sheet output by the first output unit. A first image input unit for inputting an image; an image of a sheet of the update history of the hyperlink input by the first image input unit; the registered document; Second output means for outputting, and second image input means for inputting an image of the sheet after addition of hyperlink information is entered in the sheet output by the second output means. An automatic hyperlink generation device, characterized in that: 8. A storage unit for storing an update history of a hyperlink of an already registered document, a read unit for reading an update history of a hyperlink stored in the storage unit, and a read unit for reading the update history of the hyperlink stored in the storage unit. First output means for outputting a sheet on which the update history of the hyperlink is described, and first image input means for inputting an image of the sheet of the update history of the hyperlink output by the first output means. A second output unit that outputs the sheet image of the update history of the hyperlink input by the first image input unit, the registered document, and its hyperlink information in a sheet, After the hyperlink information linking the previously updated document in the update history of the hyperlink in the sheet output by the output unit 2 is entered, Second image input means for inputting an image, and extraction means for extracting hyperlink information from a sheet image input by the second image input means and a sheet image output by the second output means And an updating unit for updating a hyperlink of the registered document with the hyperlink information extracted by the extracting unit. 9. A first image input means for inputting an image of a sheet on which a registered identification number of a hypertext already registered in a server as an Internet homepage is input, and input by the first image input means. Recognizing means for recognizing the registration identification number from the image of the sheet, searching means for searching the update history of the Internet homepage already registered in the server from the registration identification number recognized by the recognizing means, First output means for outputting the searched update history sheet; second image input means for inputting an image of the update history sheet output by the first output means; and second image input means The update history sheet image input by the means, the hypertext document corresponding to the registration identification number recognized by the recognition means, and the hypertext Output means for adding a registration identification number to the link information and outputting the sheet together as a sheet; and after adding the hyperlink information to the sheet output by the second output means, A third image input unit for inputting an image; a sheet image in which hyperlink information input by the third image input unit is entered; and a sheet image output by the second output unit. Difference means for obtaining difference information; extraction means for extracting additional information of hyperlink information from the difference information obtained by the difference means; and additional information of the hyperlink information extracted by the extraction means. Updating means for updating the hyperlink of the hypertext; hyperlink information updated by the updating means; and hypertext of the image output by the second output means. Conversion means for converting the list of documents and the update history into a hypertext markup language; hyperlink information and hypertext documents converted by the conversion means into the hypertext markup language; A registration means for registering the information on a home page for the Internet, and a third output means for outputting a sheet certifying the completion of the registration after the registration is completed by the registration means. . 10. A first image input unit for inputting images of a plurality of documents for generating hyperlinks, and a plurality of images input by the first image input unit are reduced and put together on a plurality of sheets. Output means for outputting, and when writing hyperlink information between a plurality of sheets output by the output means, a link source and a link destination are written using arbitrary symbols, and hyperlink information in these plural sheets is written. Is entered, second image input means for inputting an image of the sheet, and images of a plurality of sheets on which hyperlink information input by the second image input means are input and output by the output means Extracting means for extracting hyperlink information including a link source and a link destination using an arbitrary symbol from the images of the plurality of sheets thus extracted, and a hyperlink extracted by the extracting means. Rinku information Hyperlinks automatic generation apparatus characterized by comprising a generating means for generating a hyperlink in a plurality of documents to the registration. 11. A first image input means for inputting an image of a sheet on which addresses of a plurality of documents to be registered as an Internet home page are located, and an address of a document to be registered based on the image input by the first image input means. Recognizing means for recognizing information that locates the document; determining means for uniquely determining the address of the document from the information recognized by the recognizing means; An image input unit, an output unit that combines four original images among the plurality of original images input by the second image input unit into one sheet and outputs a plurality of sheets, and an output unit that outputs the plurality of sheets. If hyperlink information is to be entered between a plurality of linked sheets, the link source and link destination are entered using arbitrary symbols, and the A third image input unit for inputting an image of the sheet after the hyperlink information in the sheet is entered; and a plurality of sheets of images on which the hyperlink information entered by the third image input unit is entered. Extracting means for extracting hyperlink information including a link source and a link destination using an arbitrary symbol from the images of the plurality of sheets output by the output means; and hyperlink information extracted by the extracting means. Generating means for generating hyperlinks in the plurality of documents to be registered according to the above. 12. A first output means for outputting a sheet for positioning an address of a document to be registered as a home page for the Internet, comprising a portion for entering a registrant identification number and a predetermined hierarchical registration destination designation portion; After the registrant identification number and the designation of the registration destination are written in the sheet output by the first output means, first image input means for inputting an image of the sheet, and the first image input means Recognizing means for recognizing a registrant identification number and a registration destination from an image; determining means for uniquely determining the address of the document to be registered from the registrant identification number and the registration destination recognized by the recognition means; A second image input means for inputting images of the plurality of documents to be registered, and a plurality of images input by the second image input means are reduced, and four original images are reduced. A second output unit for outputting a plurality of sheets collectively on one sheet, and a hyperlink information between a plurality of sheets output by the second output unit, using an arbitrary symbol to enter hyperlink information. And a link destination, and after entering the hyperlink information in the plurality of sheets, a third image input means for inputting an image of the sheet, and a hyperlink input by the third image input means The second corresponding to the images of the plurality of sheets in which the information is entered
A difference means for obtaining the difference information from the image of each sheet output by the output means, an extraction means for extracting hyperlink information from the difference information obtained by the difference means, Generating means for generating a hyperlink in the document comprising a plurality of documents to be registered based on the hyperlink information; and generating the hyperlink information generated by the generating means and the image document input by the second image input means. Conversion means for converting to a hypertext markup language; an internet homepage from the hyperlink information converted to the hypertext markup language by the conversion means, the document to be registered, and the address of the document to be registered determined by the determination means. Registration means for registering in the registration means; Hyperlinks automatic generation system being characterized in that includes a third output means for outputting the sheet to prove registration completion, the containing in address of the determined documents Registration. 13. A search means for searching an address of a document whose registration identification number is unknown in a document already registered in a server as a home page for the Internet, and designating a link destination to the document of the address searched by the search means. An automatic hyperlink generation device, comprising: a designation unit; 14. When a registered document whose registration identification number is unknown is linked to a registration document whose registration identification number is already known to the server as a home page for the Internet, a search is performed by using a keyword to search for the address of the document whose registration identification number is unknown. Means, a first output means for outputting a list of addresses of the documents searched by the search means, and a first image input means for inputting an image of the address list of the documents output by the first output means A second output unit that outputs an image of the address list of the document input by the first image input unit and an image of the registered document whose registration identification number is known to a sheet together; In the sheet output by the output means, the registered document whose registration identification number is known and the address of the document input by the first image input means are re-registered. After the hyperlink information to be entered is entered, a second image input means for inputting an image of the sheet, an image of the sheet on which the hyperlink information input by the second image input means is entered, and Extracting means for extracting hyperlink information from the image of the sheet output by the output means of No. 2, and additionally registering the hyperlink information extracted by the extracting means to the hyperlink of the registered document whose registration identification number is known An automatic hyperlink generation device, comprising: 15. An item for entering a search keyword for a registered document whose registration ID number is unknown when linking a registered document whose registration ID number is unknown to a registered document whose registration ID number is already known to the server as an Internet home page. A first output unit for outputting a sheet having the following; a first image input unit for inputting an image of the sheet after a search keyword is written in the sheet output by the first output unit; A recognizing means for recognizing a search keyword entered in an image input by the first image input means; and a search keyword recognized by the recognizing means for inputting an address of a corresponding document among the documents registered in the server. Search means for searching; second output means for outputting a list of addresses of the documents searched by the search means; Second image input means for inputting an image of the document address list, and an image of the address list of the document input by the second image input means and an image of the registered document whose registration identification number is known. A third output unit that outputs the sheets to the sheet collectively; a third image input unit that inputs an image of the sheet after hyperlink information is written in the sheet output by the third output unit; A difference unit that obtains the difference information from the sheet image in which the hyperlink information input by the third image input unit is entered and the sheet image output by the third output unit; Extracting means for extracting additional information of the hyperlink information from the obtained difference information, and updating means for updating the hyperlink with the additional information of the hyperlink information extracted by the extracting means Converting means for converting the hyperlink information updated by the updating means and the registered document output from the third output means, the registered identification number of which is known, into a hypertext markup language; Registration means for registering on the Internet home page from the hyperlink information converted into the hypertext markup language, the document to be registered, and the registration identification number of the registration document, and after the registration is completed by the registration means, the registration is completed. 4. An automatic hyperlink generation device, comprising: fourth output means for outputting a sheet to be certified.