JPS61273668A - Recording and retrieving device for picture information - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To attain the discontinuation of retrieval, the second input of the retrieving conditions and the highly efficient retrieval in a comparatively simple structure, by displaying the interim process of the number of retrieving hits during the retrieval and then stopping immediately the display when an error is detected owing to the increase of the number of the hits. CONSTITUTION:When a binder is designated, a binder catalog on a data base DB is retrieved. Then another binder having the same title structure TT as said designated binder is retrieved. With input of the retrieving conditions, the all retrieved binders are retrieved again under the retrieving conditions. Thus a retrieving title T accordant with the retrieving conditions is detected. When the retrieval is through with each binder, the total number of hits is displayed on a CRT display device 24. The retrieving action is stopped on an operator's judgement in case the number of hits is too large. Then the retriving conditions are supplied again and the retrieval is carried out to these conditions.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Technical Field of the Invention] The present invention relates to an image information recording and retrieval device using, for example, an optical disc.

(Technical background of the invention and its problems) As is well known, when searching for necessary image information in this type of image information recording and retrieval device, the operation shown in FIG. 6 has conventionally been performed. . That is, in step S1, first, a list of binder (intermediate image management) names is displayed on the display device, and then, in step S2, a desired binder is specified using the keyboard.

Then, in step S3, guidance corresponding to the title structure is displayed on the display. In response to this, when search conditions are input in step S4, magnetic disks are searched in step S5, and a list of applicable items is displayed on the display in step S6. In this state, when a display image is specified using the keyboard in step S7, the optical disc is searched for and the corresponding image information is output in step S8.

This image information is then displayed on the display in step Ss. Further, from this state, if the next image is to be searched, the control is transferred to step S7, and if the search conditions are to be changed, the control is transferred to step S4. Furthermore, when changing the binder, control is shifted to step S1.

By the way, in the conventional image information recording and retrieval apparatus described above, once the search conditions are input and changed, the search conditions cannot be changed until the search is completed. Therefore, even if the search conditions are found to be incorrect during the search, the search conditions cannot be changed until the search is completed, resulting in poor search efficiency.

[Purpose of explanation]

This invention was made based on the above circumstances,
The purpose of this is to create a song with a relatively simple structure.
It is an object of the present invention to provide an image information recording and retrieval device that can stop a search midway through, re-enter search conditions, and perform searches efficiently.

[Summary of the invention]

For example, this invention displays the progress of the number of search hits (the number of hits matching the search conditions) during a search, and if the number of search hits increases and an error is noticed, the search can be stopped immediately. This is what I did.

[Embodiments of the invention]

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

FIG. 2 shows the configuration of the image information recording and retrieval device. The main control unit 11 includes a CPLJ 12 that performs various controls, a main memory 13, a buffer memory having a storage capacity corresponding to at least one unit of image information (manuscript-purchase);
For example, a page buffer 14, a compression/expansion circuit 15 that compresses (reduces redundancy) and expands image information (returns reduced redundancy), and a pattern generator that stores pattern information such as characters or symbols. 16, a display interface 17, and the like. - [The CPU 12 performs an online search according to makeshift search data supplied from a communication control device 29, which will be described later, and if desired image information is found in this online search, an image presence signal and the image If there is no information, a corresponding image signal absent signal is sent via the communication control device 29 and the communication line 2 to the external device that made the inquiry, such as an electronic h1 car.

In addition, when the CPU II searches for image information according to the key input from the keyboard 23, if there is no corresponding image, that is, if the corresponding image information is not stored on the optical disk 19, the CPU II sends an image search request signal. and a search code are sent to external equipment via the communication control device 29 and the communication line 2.

On the other hand, the reading device 20 is, for example, a two-dimensional scanning device.

This two-dimensional scanning device @ 20 scans the original (document, etc.) 21 with a laser beam light.
This is to obtain an electrical signal according to the above image information. The optical disk device 22 sequentially stores image information and the like read by the two-dimensional scanning device 20 and supplied via the main controller 11 on the optical disk 19.

Further, the keyboard 23 is used to input a unique search code corresponding to image information, various operation commands, and the like. The output device 24 is, for example, a cathode ray tube display device (hereinafter referred to as a CRT display device) serving as a display section, and displays image information or light read by the two-dimensional scanning device 20 and supplied via the main controller 11. It displays image information read out from the disk device 22 and supplied via the main controller 11, and together with the display interface 17 in the main controller @ 11 constitutes a so-called image information display device. .

Further, the recording device 25 is, for example, a printer, and this recording device f25 receives image information read by the two-dimensional scanning 1i120 and supplied via the main control I device 11, or read from the optical disk device @22, and receives one control. The image information etc. supplied via the i[l device 11 is copied to the hard copy 2.
6. Further, the magnetic disk device 27 stores a database consisting of the search code entered through the keyboard 23, the size of image information corresponding to the search code, and the storage address on the optical disk 19 where the image information is stored. 28.

Further, the communication control device 29 is connected to an external device via the communication line 2, transmits an image search request signal and a search code as temporary search data, and receives the transmitted temporary search data, This received temporary search data is supplied to the main control section 11.

Next, the correspondence between search tiles 1 to 1 (search codes) and image information will be explained. As shown in FIG. 3, the image information on the optical disc 19 is determined one-to-one by the image number pn stored on the search title T and the image information recorded in the image information table PT. are matched.

Therefore, once the search title T is known, the image information on the optical disc 19 can be searched.

In the image information table PT, Ma indicates the recording start address on the optical disk 19, Pl indicates the image length, and Ps indicates the paper size. In addition, the search title T has several keys such as 1, K2,
K3, and these keys are defined by the title structure TT shown in FIG. That is, Kn is the number of keys in the title structure TT, )(na, Tt, T2
, Cn are the key name, type 1 (numerical, character, kanji attributes), type 2 (variable length, fixed length attributes), and number of digits for each key, respectively.

On the other hand, FIG. 5 shows the database DB.

This database DB can manage up to 800 binders, and is a binder catalog BC consisting of a plurality of binders B.

Search title T1 image information table PT for each binder
It consists of Furthermore, each binder B is composed of a binder name Bn, a title structure TT, a storage address Ta of a search title, and a storage address pa of an image information table PT, and one binder can manage up to 30,000 images.

The operation of the above configuration will be explained using FIG. 1. In FIG. 1, the same parts as in FIG. 6 are given the same reference numerals, and only the different parts will be explained.

That is, when a certain binder is specified in steps S1 and S2, the binder catalog BC on the database DB is searched in step S1o, and a binder having the same title structure as the specified binder is searched. After that, when a search condition is input in steps S3 and S4, a search is performed using this search condition in all the searched binders in step S5, and a search title matching the search condition is found from these binders. be sought out. When the search for each binder is completed, the cumulative number of hits is displayed on the CRT display device 24 in step S11. FIG. 2 shows an example of this display. That is, the number of hits 1-1n, search condition Hc, and stop display H8 are displayed on the screen. After that, in step 812, it is determined whether the search for all binders has been completed, and if not, in step 813, it is determined whether or not the stop key (key equivalent to stop) on the keyboard 23 has been pressed. It is determined,
If the stop key is not pressed, control is transferred to step Ss, and the next binder is searched using the same search conditions. Further, when the stop key of the keyboard 23 is pressed while the number of hits is displayed,
Control is transferred from step 819 to step S4, where the search conditions can be changed. In this state, if the search conditions are changed, the next binder is searched based on the changed conditions. In this way, a search for binders is performed, and if it is determined in step 812 that all binders have been searched, the control returns to step $
6, and the retrieved title is displayed on the CRT display device 24 in step S6. Thereafter, when a display image is specified in step S7 according to this display, corresponding image information is retrieved from the optical disc 19 in step Ss, and displayed on the CRT display device [24] in step Ss.

According to the above embodiment, each time the search for each binder is completed, the accumulated number of hits is displayed on the CRT display 24, and if the number of hits is too large, the search is stopped at the discretion of the operator, and the search conditions are This makes it possible to re-enter the information.

Therefore, if the user realizes that the input search conditions are incorrect, the search conditions can be changed immediately, making it possible to perform the search efficiently.

Further, according to the above embodiment, it is extremely advantageous because there is no need to change the device configuration by simply adding the function of calculating and displaying the cumulative number of hits.

In the Keikoki embodiment, the number of hits is displayed each time the search for each binder is completed, but for example, when the number of hits exceeds 100 during the search for each binder, It is also possible to display the number of hits. With such a configuration, it is possible to further improve search efficiency.

It goes without saying that various other modifications can be made without departing from the gist of the invention.

[Effects of the Invention] As detailed above, according to the present invention, with a relatively simple configuration, it is possible to stop a search in the middle, and also to re-enter search conditions, making it possible to perform a search efficiently. It is possible to provide an image information recording and retrieval device that can perform the following operations.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of the image information recording and retrieval device according to the present invention, and is a diagram shown for explaining the operation.
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the configuration of an image information recording and retrieval device, FIGS. 3 to 5 are diagrams for explaining the relationship between search data and image information, and FIG. 6 is a conventional image information recording and retrieval device. FIG. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11... Main control part, 12... CPU, 19... Optical disk, 22... Optical disk device, 23... Keyboard, 24... CRT display device, 25...
・Recording device, ■...Search title, Bn...Binder name, PT...Image information table. Applicant's representative Patent attorney Takehiko Suzue? 8WI Showa G1-273G68 (5) 971° (a) Figure 1 (b) Figure 1 Figure 5 Figure 6

Claims (4)

[Claims] (1) A recording means for recording image information, a management means for managing search information corresponding to the image information, an input means for inputting the search information, etc., a display means for displaying the search information, etc.; A search is performed on all the search information recorded in the management means based on the input search information, and the number of matching search information is accumulated and displayed on the display means, and the search is continued or stopped. An image information recording and retrieval device characterized by comprising a control means that can be specified. (2) The image information recording and retrieval device according to claim 1, wherein the recording means comprises an optical disc. (3) The image information recording and retrieval device according to claim 1, wherein the input means comprises a keyboard. (4) The image information recording and retrieval device according to claim 1, wherein the display means comprises a CRT display device.