WO2012164731A1

WO2012164731A1 - Image management device, image management method, and image management program

Info

Publication number: WO2012164731A1
Application number: PCT/JP2011/062731
Authority: WO
Inventors: 佳世高柳; 教司稲荷; 光一北川
Original assignee: 株式会社Pfu
Priority date: 2011-06-02
Filing date: 2011-06-02
Publication date: 2012-12-06

Abstract

The present invention addresses the problem of providing an image management device, an image management method, and an image management program, wherein it is possible to register a set of image data pertaining to documents related to a schedule during a specified period in said schedule in a highly convenient manner for a user and as a result it is possible to eliminate the time and effort needed to be spent by a user to go search for related documents when the user is trying to follow the schedule on a calendar. According to an embodiment of the present invention, when an icon corresponding to a set of image data created by means of a scanner is dropped within a calendar screen, such as a region displaying the year, on a monitor, the set of image data is subjected to OCR processing, a keyword is extracted from the image data, a portion of the image data is cut out, the cut-out image data is stored in a set of year data contained in a set of calendar data, and the extracted keyword and an icon indicating that the set of image data is registered are displayed within the region displaying the year.

Description

Image management apparatus, image management method, and image management program

The present invention relates to an image management apparatus, an image management method, and an image management program for managing images with a calendar.

In Patent Document 1, an icon is generated in a display form that can read a page of image information, the generated icon and image information are associated with each other by a hypertext link, and based on the time information included in the image information, A technique for forming a calendar view by arranging this icon at a date position or a month position in a calendar in a calendar view is disclosed.

Japanese Patent No. 4266225

However, since the technique disclosed in Patent Document 1 relates to the formation of a calendar view for document search, in the case of registering image data related to a schedule related material accompanying a specific period as a set with a schedule, Regarding the management of image data, the structure of the calendar, and the way of presenting the registration result on the calendar, there is a problem that there is still room for improvement in terms of convenience for users. there were.

The present invention has been made in view of the above, and it is possible to realize registration of image data related to related materials of a schedule accompanying a specific period in the schedule in a form convenient for the user, As a result, an object of the present invention is to provide an image management apparatus, an image management method, and an image management program capable of eliminating the trouble or troublesomeness of searching for related materials when a user grasps a schedule on a calendar. It is what.

In order to solve the above-described problems and achieve the object, an image management apparatus according to the present invention includes a control unit and a display unit, and the display unit displays a period corresponding to a period. When a calendar screen including an area is displayed and the icon corresponding to the image data is placed in the period display area, the control unit stores the storage location data or the image for specifying the storage location of the image data. All or a part of the data is stored in the period data relating to the period included in the calendar data corresponding to the calendar screen, and an icon indicating that the image data is registered is displayed in the period display area It is characterized by having a registration means.

The image management apparatus according to the present invention is characterized in that, in the image management apparatus, the control unit further includes setting means for setting display or non-display of the period data for each user. .

The image management apparatus according to the present invention is connected to an information communication terminal that is accessible from the outside via a network in the image management apparatus, and the control unit transmits the image data to the information communication It further comprises storage execution means for storing in the terminal.

In the image management apparatus according to the present invention, in the image management apparatus, the control unit synchronizes data managed by the image management apparatus with data provided by the information communication terminal. Is further provided.

Also, the image management apparatus according to the present invention is characterized in that, in the image management apparatus, the control unit further includes capture means for capturing data provided by the information communication terminal.

The present invention also relates to an image management method. The image management method according to the present invention includes a control unit and a display unit, and a period display area for displaying a title corresponding to a period on the display unit. When the icon corresponding to the image data is placed in the period display area, the storage for specifying the storage location of the image data is executed by the control unit of the image management apparatus on which the calendar screen including the image is displayed. The location data or all or part of the image data is stored in the period data relating to the period included in the calendar data corresponding to the calendar screen, and an icon indicating that the image data is registered is displayed in the period It includes a registration step of displaying in the display area.

The present invention also relates to an image management program. The image management program according to the present invention includes a control unit and a display unit, and a period display area for displaying a title corresponding to a period on the display unit. When an icon corresponding to the image data to be executed by the control unit of the image management apparatus on which the calendar screen including is displayed is placed in the period display area, the storage location of the image data is specified. The storage location data or all or part of the image data is stored in the period data related to the period included in the calendar data corresponding to the calendar screen, and the icon indicating that the image data is registered It includes a registration step of displaying in the period display area.

The present invention also relates to a recording medium, and the computer-readable recording medium according to the present invention records the image management program according to the present invention.

According to the present invention, when an icon corresponding to image data is placed in the period display area, storage location data for specifying the storage location of the image data or all or part of the image data is stored in the period data. Then, an icon indicating that the image data has been registered is displayed in the period display area. This makes it possible to register image data related to schedule-related materials that accompany a specific period in the schedule in a convenient manner for the user, and as a result, the user can grasp the schedule on the calendar. It is possible to eliminate the trouble or troublesomeness of searching for related materials when doing so.

Further, according to the present invention, display or non-display of the period data is set for each user, so that the period data is shown only to users who may be able to see it or not to users who do not want to see it. There is an effect that can be.

In addition, according to the present invention, since image data is stored in an information communication terminal that is connected via a network and is accessible from the outside, the image data is handled without being limited to time, place, and terminal. That is, there is an effect that anyone can handle image data anytime, anywhere.

According to the present invention, the data managed by the image management apparatus is synchronized with the data provided by the information communication terminal, so that the data in the image management apparatus can be enriched. Play.

Further, according to the present invention, since the data provided by the information communication terminal is taken into the image management apparatus, the data in the image management apparatus can be enhanced.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating an example of the configuration of the image management apparatus. FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating an example of image management processing executed by the image management apparatus. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a calendar screen. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a year schedule display screen.

Hereinafter, embodiments of an image management apparatus, an image management method, and an image management program according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. In addition, this invention is not limited by this embodiment.

[1. Constitution]
The configuration of the image management apparatus according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating an example of the configuration of the image management apparatus.

The image management apparatus 100 is communicably connected to the image forming apparatus 200 and is communicably connected to an information communication terminal 300 that can be accessed from the outside via a network 400. Note that the image forming apparatus 200 may be communicably connected to the image management apparatus 100 via the network 400.

The image forming apparatus 200 is, for example, a scanner, a copier, or a facsimile, and generates image data related to the paper by digitizing the paper set as a reading target. Hereinafter, the image forming apparatus 200 may be described as the scanner 200.

The information communication terminal 300 is, for example, a server or storage operated in a data center that provides a cloud service (for example, a service that provides a right to use data, software, or hardware via a network). is there. A document management application is installed in the information communication terminal 300. Hereinafter, the information communication terminal 300 may be described as the server 300.

The network 400 is, for example, the Internet, an intranet, or a LAN (Local Area Network).

The image management apparatus 100 is, for example, a commercially available personal computer, and includes a control unit 102, a communication interface unit 104, a storage unit 106, and an input / output interface unit 108. In the image management apparatus 100, a document management application and a schedule management application are installed. Each unit included in the image management apparatus 100 is connected to be communicable via an arbitrary communication path.

The communication interface unit 104 communicatively connects the image management apparatus 100 to the image forming apparatus 200 and the network 400 via a communication device such as a router and a wired or wireless communication line such as a dedicated line. The communication interface unit 104 has a function of communicating data with other devices via a communication line.

The input device 112 and the output device 114 are connected to the input / output interface unit 108. As the output device 114, a speaker (including a home television), a speaker, and a printer can be used. As the input device 112, in addition to a keyboard, a mouse, and a microphone, a monitor that realizes a pointing device function in cooperation with the mouse can be used. In the following description, the output device 114 may be described as the monitor 114, and the input device 112 may be described as the keyboard 112 or the mouse 112.

The storage unit 106 includes an image data storage unit 106a and a calendar data storage unit 106b. The storage unit 106 stores a computer program for performing various processes by giving instructions to a CPU (Central Processing Unit) in cooperation with an OS (Operating System). As the storage unit 106, for example, a memory device such as a RAM (Random Access Memory) / ROM (Read Only Memory), a fixed disk device such as a hard disk, a flexible disk, an optical disk, or the like can be used.

The image data storage unit 106a stores image data placed under the management of the document management application.

The calendar data storage unit 106b stores calendar data placed under the management of the schedule management application. The calendar data includes year data for each year and month data for each month corresponding to the period data of the present invention, and day data for each day. The calendar data may include semester data for each semester, year data for each year, and / or month data for each month.

The year data is data for managing a schedule associated with a certain year, and a title corresponding to the year (for example, “2010”) and identification data for identifying a person in charge of the schedule (for example, ID, etc.) and a schedule (for example, the characters “annual event schedule” or “announcement of sale period”). Here, the identification data is associated with an identification mark assigned to each registered user.

Month data is data for managing a schedule associated with a certain month, and includes title data (for example, “April”) corresponding to the month and identification data for identifying a person in charge of the schedule (for example, ID and the like) and a schedule (for example, letters “menu table” or “announcement of sale period”).

The date data is data for managing a schedule associated with a certain day, and a title corresponding to the date (for example, the letter “26th day”) and identification data for identifying the person in charge of the schedule (for example, ID, etc.) and a schedule (for example, the characters “Trash out”, “Class visit”, “Meeting”, “Meeting”, etc.).

Here, in the calendar data (specifically, year data, month data, and day data), the paper on which the schedule is written (for example, a one-month menu distributed from the school, notice of class visit, Alternatively, it is possible to store one or more image data relating to an annual event schedule, a sale period notice distributed by direct mail from a store, or a meeting or meeting material distributed from a company.

The control unit 102 includes a CPU that controls the image management apparatus 100 in an integrated manner. The control unit 102 has an internal memory for storing a control program, a program defining various processing procedures, and necessary data, and performs information processing for executing various processes based on these programs. The control unit 102 includes an application control unit 102a, a registration unit 102b, a setting unit 102c, a storage execution unit 102d, a synchronization unit 102e, and a capture unit 102f.

The application control unit 102a performs application operation control and the like. The specific contents of the process performed by the application control unit 102a will be described later [2. Processing] will be described in detail.

On the monitor 114, the registration unit 102b places an icon corresponding to the image data in a period display area (specifically, a year display area, a month display area, or a day display area) provided on the calendar screen. And storage location data for specifying the storage location of the image data, or all or a part of the image data, the period data included in the calendar data corresponding to the calendar screen (specifically, year data, (Month data or day data), and an icon indicating that the image data is registered is displayed in the period display area. The specific contents of the processing performed by the registration unit 102b and the specific example of the calendar screen will be described later [2. Processing] will be described in detail.

When there are a plurality of users, the setting unit 102c displays or hides period data (specifically, year data, month data, or day data) on the calendar screen in units of users, for example, users. It is set on the basis of identification data for identifying.

The storage execution unit 102d stores the image data transferred from the image forming apparatus 200 in the image data storage unit 106a when the user activates a document management application installed in the image management apparatus 100. When the user activates the document management application installed in the information communication terminal 300, the storage execution unit 102d stores the image data transferred from the image forming apparatus 200 in the information communication terminal 300.

The synchronization unit 102e synchronizes data managed by the image management apparatus 100 with data provided by the information communication terminal 300.

The capturing unit 102 f captures data provided by the information communication terminal 300 into the image management apparatus 100.

[2. processing]
An example of image management processing executed by the image management apparatus 100 having the above-described configuration will be described with reference to FIGS.

[Step S1: Paper digitization]
The user operates the input device 112 to start a document management application installed in the image management device 100.

The application control unit 102a starts a document management application.

A user can use a paper (eg, a one-month menu distributed by a school, one semester, etc.) that describes the schedule that accompanies a period (eg, month, month, semester, year, or year). An event schedule, an annual event schedule, or a sale period notice distributed by direct mail or the like from the store is set in the scanner 200, and the set paper is read by the scanner 200.

The scanner 200 digitizes the set paper to generate image data related to the paper, and transfers the generated image data to the image management apparatus 100.

[Step S2: Saving Image Data]
The storage execution unit 102d stores the image data transferred from the scanner 200 in a management folder corresponding to the image data storage unit 106a.

As described above, the image data is registered in the document management application through the processing of step S1 and step S2. When the user activates the document management application installed on the server 300, the storage execution unit 102d stores the image data transferred from the scanner 200 under the management of the activated document management application. It may be stored in a management folder in the server 300 so as to be placed.

[Step S3: Execution of OCR Processing on Image Data]
The user operates the input device 112 to activate a schedule management application installed in the image management device 100.

The application control unit 102a activates the schedule management application, generates new calendar data and a calendar screen, and displays the generated calendar screen on the monitor 114. When there is calendar data that is under the management of the schedule management application, that is, registered in the schedule management application, the application control unit 102a activates the schedule management application to register the registered calendar data. May be read from the management folder corresponding to the calendar data storage unit 106b, a calendar screen may be generated based on the read calendar data, and the generated calendar screen may be displayed on the monitor 114.

The user operates the input device 112 to select a management folder corresponding to the image data storage unit 106a.

The application control unit 102a displays a screen (not shown) of the selected management folder on the monitor 114.

At this point, the monitor 114 displays a calendar screen serving as a user interface of the schedule management application and a management folder screen displaying icons corresponding to image data registered in the document management application.

Here, an example of the calendar screen will be described with reference to FIG. The calendar screen MA includes a year display area MA1 and a month display area MA2 corresponding to the period display area of the present invention, and a day display area MA3.

The year display area MA1 is an area for registering a schedule associated with the year or displaying a registered schedule, that is, for managing a schedule associated with the year. The year display area MA1 includes a display area MA11, an identification mark MA12 and a display area MA13 that are displayed when a schedule associated with the year is registered, an icon MA14 that is displayed when image data is registered, and a year. And two scroll buttons MA15 that are displayed when a plurality of schedules or image data associated therewith are registered.

The display area MA11 is an area for displaying a title corresponding to the year (for example, the characters “2010” shown in FIG. 3). The identification mark MA12 is a mark (for example, a heart mark as shown in FIG. 3 with a color and / or a pattern) for identifying a person in charge who is scheduled to accompany the year. The display area MA13 is an area for displaying a schedule accompanying the year (for example, the characters “annual event schedule” shown in FIG. 3). The icon MA14 is an icon indicating that image data has been registered (for example, an icon imitating paper as shown in FIG. 3). The scroll button MA15 is a button for causing the user to switch the schedule displayed in the display area MA13 and the identification mark MA12 corresponding to the person in charge of the schedule.

The month display area MA2 is an area for registering a schedule associated with the month and displaying a registered schedule, that is, for managing a schedule associated with the month. The month display area MA2 includes a display area MA21, an identification mark MA22 and a display area MA23 that are displayed when a schedule associated with the month is registered, an icon MA24 that is displayed when image data is registered, and a month And two scroll buttons MA25 that are displayed when a plurality of schedules or image data associated therewith are registered.

The display area MA21 is an area for displaying a title corresponding to the month (for example, the character “April” shown in FIG. 3). The identification mark MA22 is a mark (for example, a heart mark as shown in FIG. 3 with a color and / or a pattern) for identifying a person in charge who is scheduled to accompany the month. The display area MA23 is an area for displaying a schedule accompanying the month (for example, the letters “menu table” shown in FIG. 3). The icon MA24 is an icon indicating that the image data has been registered (for example, an icon imitating paper as shown in FIG. 3). The scroll button MA25 is a button for causing the user to switch the schedule displayed on the display area MA23 and the identification mark MA22 corresponding to the person in charge of the schedule.

The day display area MA3 is an area for registering the schedule associated with the day for each day, or displaying the registered schedule for each day, that is, for managing the schedule associated with the day for each day. The day display area MA3 includes a plurality of display areas MA31 for each day, and an icon MA32 displayed when image data is registered. The display area MA31 is an area for displaying a schedule accompanying the day. The icon MA32 is an icon (for example, an icon imitating paper as shown in FIG. 3) indicating that image data has been registered.

Here, the shape of the calendar screen is not limited to the horizontal (horizontal) shape as shown in FIG. 3, but may be a vertical (vertical) shape. Further, the arrangement of the scroll buttons is not limited to the arrangement in the vertical row as shown in FIG. 3, but may be the arrangement in the horizontal row. That is, the scroll direction may be either the vertical direction or the horizontal direction. This ends the description of an example of the calendar screen.

The user operates the input device 112 to select a schedule management application (specifically, the year included in the calendar data from the icons displayed on the screen of the management folder displayed on the monitor 114. Data, month data, or day data) by dragging the icon corresponding to the image data to be registered in the year display area, month display area, or day display area of the calendar screen displayed on the monitor 114. Drop in the display area corresponding to the day. For example, when the image data to be registered is related to paper on which a schedule accompanying the year is described, the user drops the icon of the image data in the year display area of the calendar screen. Further, for example, when the image data to be registered relates to paper on which a schedule accompanying the month is described, the user drops the icon of the image data in the month display area of the calendar screen. . Further, for example, when the image data to be registered relates to paper on which a schedule accompanying the day is described, the user can display the icon of the image data on the day in the day display area of the calendar screen. Drop into the corresponding display area.

The registration unit 102b reads out image data corresponding to the dropped icon from the image data storage unit 106a, executes optical character recognition processing on the read image data, extracts a keyword from the image data, and extracts the image Cut out a portion of the data.

[Step S4: Save Image Data to Calendar Data]
The registration unit 102b performs the following processes (1) to (4) in an arbitrary order.
(1) The clipped image data is saved in year data, month data, or day data included in the calendar data stored in the calendar data storage unit 106b in accordance with the icon drop destination on the calendar screen. . For example, if the drop destination is in the year display area MA1 shown in FIG. 3, the year data is included in the year display area. If it is, the image data is stored in the day data corresponding to the certain day.
(2) An icon indicating that the image data has been registered is displayed at the drop destination on the calendar screen. For example, if the drop destination is in the year display area MA1 shown in FIG. 3, the icon MA14 is displayed in the year display area MA1, and if it is in the month display area MA2, the icon is displayed in the month display area MA2. The MA 24 is displayed, and if it is in the display area MA31 of a certain day in the day display area MA3, the icon MA32 is displayed in the display area MA31.
(3) In accordance with the drop destination on the calendar screen, the keyword extracted in step S3 is displayed at the drop destination. For example, the keyword is displayed in the display area MA13 when the drop destination is in the year display area MA1 shown in FIG. 3, and in the display area MA23 when it is in the month display area MA2.
(4) In accordance with the drop destination on the calendar screen, an identification mark for identifying the person in charge of the schedule is displayed at the drop destination. For example, when the drop destination is in the year display area MA1 shown in FIG. 3, an identification mark MA12 corresponding to the person in charge is displayed in the year display area MA1, and when the drop destination is in the month display area MA2. An identification mark MA22 corresponding to the person in charge of execution is displayed in the month display area MA2.

At this point, registration of the image data registered in the document management application to the schedule management application, that is, registration of the image data to the calendar data is completed.

[Step S5: Change scheduled person in charge of execution]
When the user wants to change the person in charge of the schedule, he / she operates the input device 112 to select a display area for a certain day in the year display area, month display area or day display area of the calendar screen (for example, double-click). )

The application control unit 102a displays a schedule display screen corresponding to the selected area on the monitor 114. For example, when the year display area MA1 shown in FIG. 3 is selected, the year schedule display screen corresponding to the year display area MA1 is displayed. When the month display area MA2 is selected, the year display area MA1 is displayed. When the display area MA31 of a certain day in the day display area MA3 is selected as the month schedule display screen, the day schedule display screen corresponding to the display area MA31 is displayed on the monitor 114.

Here, an example of the year schedule display screen corresponding to the year display area MA1 shown in FIG. 3 will be described with reference to FIG. The month schedule display screen corresponding to the month display area MA2 shown in FIG. 3 and the day schedule display screen corresponding to the display area MA31 of a certain day in the day display area MA3 shown in FIG. 3 are also shown in FIG. Therefore, the description of these screens is omitted here. The year schedule display screen MB includes a display area MB1, an identification mark MB2, a display area MB3, an image MB4 displayed when image data is registered in the year data, and a schedule or image data associated with the year. And two scroll buttons MB5 displayed when a plurality of registrations are made.

The display area MB1 corresponds to the display area MA11 shown in FIG. 3, and is an area for displaying a title corresponding to the year (for example, “2010” shown in FIG. 4). The identification mark MB2 corresponds to the identification mark MA12 shown in FIG. 3, and is a mark for identifying a person in charge who is scheduled to accompany the year (for example, a heart mark with a color and / or pattern). It is. The display area MB3 corresponds to the display area MA13 shown in FIG. 3, and is an area for displaying a schedule accompanying the year (for example, “annual event schedule” shown in FIG. 4). The image MB4 corresponds to the image data registered in the year data. The scroll button MB5 is a button for causing the user to switch the schedule displayed in the display area MB3, the identification mark MB2 corresponding to the person in charge of the schedule, and the image MB4 related to the schedule. This ends the description of an example of the year schedule display screen.

The user operates the input device 112 to select (for example, double-click) an identification mark on the schedule display screen.

The application control unit 102a displays on the monitor 114 a list (not shown) of identification marks assigned to each user registered in advance.

The user operates the input device 112 to select (for example, double-click) an identification mark corresponding to the user set as the person in charge of execution from the displayed list.

The application control unit 102a changes the identification mark displayed on the schedule display screen before the selection to the selected identification mark.

When the schedule display screen corresponds to the year display area, the application control unit 102a rewrites the identification data registered in the year data with the identification data associated with the selected identification mark, If it corresponds to the month display area, the identification data registered in the month data is rewritten with the identification data associated with the selected identification mark, and the display area of a certain day in the day display area If the data corresponds to the identification data, the identification data registered in the day data of a certain day is rewritten with the identification data associated with the selected identification mark.

[3. Summary of this embodiment and other embodiments]
As described above, according to the present embodiment, image data is stored as a schedule accompanying information in a digital calendar as schedule accompanying information. In addition, according to the present embodiment, the schedule does not accompany the day but accompanies the period (for example, the school calendar for one month, the annual event schedule, or the direct mail sent from the store) In the case of a sale period notice, etc., the image data relating to the schedule is stored as a document linked to a specified number of days within the period, or linked to the year or month itself. Specifically, according to the present embodiment, when an icon corresponding to image data is dropped in the year display area or the month display area of the calendar screen, a part of the image data is displayed in the calendar corresponding to the calendar screen. The data is stored in the year data or month data included in the data, and an icon indicating that the image data is registered is displayed in the year display area or the month display area. This makes it possible to register image data related to schedule-related materials that accompany a specific period in the schedule in a convenient manner for the user, and as a result, the user can grasp the schedule on the calendar. This eliminates the hassle or hassle of searching for related materials.

Here, as paper data progresses, you will notice that there is information that you want to associate with your schedule. For example, in the case of a home, “notice of next month's class visit” distributed from the school where the child attends is information to be associated with “parent schedule of class visit”. In the case of a company, “materials used for a meeting” is information that should be associated with a “schedule called a meeting”. However, if the related materials of the schedule are stored in a place that is not under the control of the schedule management application, when the user grasps the schedule, the related materials (for example, the venue, necessary items, or notes) Etc.) and the troublesomeness of searching for materials etc. that are written) occurs. Therefore, according to the present embodiment, the user's daily schedule and the paper data that has been converted into data can be managed (saved) all together in a calendar used for schedule management. In addition, the troublesomeness is eliminated, and as a result, it is possible to prevent the information related to the schedule from being scattered and to easily confirm the information.

In addition, according to the present embodiment, when there are a plurality of users, it is possible to select the display or non-display of the schedule to be displayed on the calendar for each user, so that the user only sees the information to be viewed. Can do.

Further, according to the present embodiment, digitized data can be stored in the cloud server. Thus, when saved, anyone can handle data anytime, anywhere, without being limited to the terminal, location, time, and the like. For example, a plurality of terminals (for example, a smartphone such as iPhone (registered trademark), an iPad (registered trademark), or a mobile phone equipped with a communication function), that is, a plurality of users, browse and update data. be able to. In addition, according to the present embodiment, a schedule and data of paper that has been converted into data can be shared by a plurality of people. In addition, according to the present embodiment, an entry field for the person in charge of execution or a mark of the person in charge of execution is prepared so that the scheduled person in charge of execution can be understood among the sharers. Can be changed. As a result, the schedule can be easily taken over simply by changing the entry content or mark. For example, if you share data between family members, you can share your garbage collection schedule or class visit schedule, and you can change the person in charge of the schedule, making it easy to exchange information between families. become. Specifically, if you want to change the garbage collection schedule or class visit schedule from mother to father, or if you want another person to attend the meeting that you plan to attend, change the entry or mark By simply doing, you can take over the data and schedule of related materials.

In addition, according to the present embodiment, the data managed by the image management apparatus 100 is changed to accessible data managed by a cloud server that provides a cloud service (such as a Google (registered trademark) calendar or Fricer). It is possible to synchronize or import accessible data managed by the cloud server into the image management apparatus 100. This makes it possible to collect and store schedule related information by collecting or arbitrarily integrating data on the cloud server or on the web, and enrich schedule related information. be able to.

Further, according to the present embodiment, OCR processing or handwritten character recognition processing is performed on stored data to recognize words from the data, and schedule related information is automatically collected from the recognized words, The collected related information can be displayed. Thereby, the user can obtain the schedule related information without searching by himself / herself. In addition, it is troublesome to manually input (fill in) the schedule in the schedule registration work, but according to the present embodiment, a part of the image related to the related material (for example, the part where the character “visiting class” is copied) Etc.) can be pasted in the schedule entry field, or the recognition result of a specific part in the image obtained by executing the OCR process or the handwritten character recognition process on the image can be reflected in the schedule entry field. Therefore, the trouble of inputting a schedule can be saved.

In addition, according to the present embodiment, if a user provides a game element that does not proceed unless paper is converted into data, the troublesomeness of the paper data conversion operation can be reduced. Data can be promoted.

Furthermore, the present invention may be implemented in various different embodiments other than the above-described embodiments within the scope of the technical idea described in the claims.

For example, although the case where the image management apparatus 100 performs processing in a stand-alone form has been described as an example, the image management apparatus 100 responds to a request from a client terminal (which is a separate casing from the image management apparatus 100). Processing may be performed, and the processing result may be returned to the client terminal.

In addition, among the processes described in the embodiment, all or a part of the processes described as being automatically performed can be manually performed, or all of the processes described as being manually performed can be performed. Alternatively, a part can be automatically performed by a known method.

In addition, unless otherwise specified, the processing procedures, control procedures, specific names, information including registration data for each processing, parameters such as search conditions, screen examples, and database configurations shown in the above documents and drawings Can be changed arbitrarily.

Further, regarding the image management apparatus 100, each illustrated component is functionally conceptual and does not necessarily need to be physically configured as illustrated.

For example, the processing functions provided in each device of the image management device 100, particularly the processing functions performed by the control unit 102, are interpreted or executed by a CPU (Central Processing Unit) and the CPU. It may be realized by a program to be executed, or may be realized as hardware by wired logic. The program is recorded on a recording medium described later, and is mechanically read by the image management apparatus 100 as necessary. That is, in the storage unit 106 such as a ROM or an HDD (Hard Disk Drive), a computer program for giving instructions to the CPU in cooperation with an OS (Operating System) and performing various processes is recorded. This computer program is executed by being loaded into the RAM, and constitutes a control unit in cooperation with the CPU.

The computer program may be stored in an application program server connected to the image management apparatus 100 via an arbitrary network, and may be downloaded in whole or in part as necessary. is there.

Also, the image management program according to the present invention may be stored in a computer-readable recording medium, or may be configured as a program product. Here, the “recording medium” is any memory card, USB memory, SD card, flexible disk, magneto-optical disk, ROM, EPROM, EEPROM, CD-ROM, MO, DVD, Blu-ray Disc, etc. Of “portable physical media”.

In addition, “program” is a data processing method described in an arbitrary language or description method, and may be in any form such as source code or binary code. Note that the “program” is not necessarily limited to a single configuration, but is distributed in the form of a plurality of modules and libraries, or in cooperation with a separate program typified by an OS (Operating System). Including those that achieve the function. Note that a well-known configuration and procedure can be used for a specific configuration for reading a recording medium, a reading procedure, an installation procedure after reading, and the like in each device described in the embodiment.

Various databases and the like (image data storage unit 106a and calendar data storage unit 106b) stored in the storage unit 106 are a memory device such as a RAM and a ROM, a fixed disk device such as a hard disk, a flexible disk, and a storage such as an optical disk. It is a means for storing various programs, tables, databases, web page files, etc. used for various processing and website provision.

In addition, the image management apparatus 100 may be configured as an information processing apparatus such as a known personal computer or workstation, or may be configured by connecting an arbitrary peripheral device to the information processing apparatus. The image management apparatus 100 may be realized by installing software (including programs, data, and the like) that causes the information processing apparatus to realize the image management method according to the present invention.

Furthermore, the specific form of distribution / integration of the devices is not limited to that shown in the figure, and all or a part of them may be functional or physical in arbitrary units according to various additions or according to functional loads. Can be distributed and integrated. That is, the above-described embodiments may be arbitrarily combined and may be selectively implemented.

As described above, the image management apparatus, the image management method, and the image management program according to the present invention can be implemented in many industrial fields, particularly the image processing field that handles scanners, and are extremely useful.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 Image management apparatus 102 Control part 102a Application control part

102b Registration part

102c Setting part 102d Storage execution part

102e Synchronization part

102f Acquisition part 104 Communication interface part 106 Storage part 106a Image data storage part 106b Calendar data storage part 108 Input / output interface part 200 Image forming apparatus 300 Information communication terminal 400 Network

Claims

A control unit and a display unit;
The display unit displays a calendar screen including a period display area for displaying a title corresponding to the period,
When the icon corresponding to the image data is placed in the period display area, the control unit displays the storage location data for specifying the storage location of the image data or all or part of the image data in the calendar screen. Stored in the period data relating to the period included in the calendar data corresponding to, and provided with a registration means for displaying in the period display area an icon indicating that the image data has been registered,
An image management apparatus characterized by the above.
The control unit further includes setting means for setting display or non-display of the period data in units of users;
The image management apparatus according to claim 1.
It is connected to an information communication terminal that can be accessed from outside via a network.
The control unit further comprises storage execution means for storing the image data in the information communication terminal;
The image management apparatus according to claim 1, wherein:
The control unit further includes synchronization means for synchronizing data managed by the image management apparatus with data provided by the information communication terminal;
The image management apparatus according to claim 3.
The control unit further includes a capturing unit that captures data provided by the information communication terminal;
The image management apparatus according to claim 3, wherein:
A control unit and a display unit, wherein the display unit is executed by the control unit of the image management apparatus in which a calendar screen including a period display area for displaying a title corresponding to the period is displayed;
When the icon corresponding to the image data is placed in the period display area, the storage location data for specifying the storage location of the image data or all or part of the image data is converted to the calendar data corresponding to the calendar screen. Including a registration step of storing in the period data related to the period and displaying an icon indicating that the image data has been registered in the period display area.
An image management method characterized by the above.
A control unit and a display unit, the display unit for causing the control unit of the image management apparatus in which a calendar screen including a period display area for displaying a title corresponding to the period is displayed to be executed;
When the icon corresponding to the image data is placed in the period display area, the storage location data for specifying the storage location of the image data or all or part of the image data is converted to the calendar data corresponding to the calendar screen. Including a registration step of storing in the period data related to the period and displaying an icon indicating that the image data has been registered in the period display area.
An image management program characterized by