JP2008131095A - Document processing apparatus, document processing system and program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To allow an apparatus storing electronic documents containing one or more pages to efficiently execute processing for a designated document and, especially, to efficiently fetch a document from the apparatus. <P>SOLUTION: A CPU 101 receives identification information for identifying the contents of the document in units of pages from an image forming apparatus 1 for storing the document information that represents the document consisting of one or more pages, and displays the received identification information. When the displayed identification information is designated in units of pages or documents, the CPU 101 requests the image forming apparatus to transmit the document information corresponding to the designated identification information. The CPU 101 receives the document information transmitted by the image forming apparatus upon the request, and stores the received document information. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a document processing apparatus, a document processing system, and a program.

Readers equipped with a large-capacity storage device have become widespread. According to this reading apparatus, a large amount of image data generated by reading a document can be stored, so that work efficiency can be improved.
In some cases, it is desired to extract and store only necessary ones from a large amount of images obtained in this way. In that case, conventionally, a method of transferring image data from a reading device to a computer, displaying the image on a computer screen, and extracting a necessary image has been adopted. In this case, it becomes easier to work by displaying a plurality of reduced images called thumbnails side by side.

For example, the following is known as a technique for displaying a reduced image. In the technique disclosed in Patent Document 1, the user designates a desired page and a destination position from among the reduced images displayed side by side, and the reduced images are rearranged by moving the designated page to the destination. I do. In the technique disclosed in Patent Document 2, the user designates a desired page from the reduced images displayed side by side, and the designated page is displayed in an arbitrary size.
JP 2002-152675 A JP 2002-175143 A

  The present invention enables a device that stores an electronic document composed of one or a plurality of pages to efficiently perform processing on a specified document, and in particular, can efficiently retrieve a document from the device. The purpose is to provide.

  In order to solve the above-described problem, the invention described in claim 1 is an identification for identifying the contents of a document for each page from a storage device storing document information representing a document composed of one or a plurality of pages. Identification information receiving means for receiving information, display means for displaying identification information received by the identification information receiving means, and first information for specifying the identification information displayed by the display means in page units or document units Specifying means; request means for requesting the storage device to transmit document information corresponding to the identification information specified by the first specifying means; and document information transmitted by the storage device in response to a request by the request means There is provided a document processing apparatus comprising: document information receiving means for receiving the document information; and storage means for storing the document information received by the document information receiving means.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the document processing apparatus according to the first aspect, the identification information is a reduced image for reducing and displaying an image of each page of the document. The reduced image received by the document information receiving means is displayed.
According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the document processing apparatus according to the second aspect, the display unit displays the reduced image corresponding to the document information received by the document receiving unit while changing the display form. Features.
According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the document processing apparatus according to the second aspect, the display unit displays a reduced image corresponding to the document information received by the document receiving unit as a blank sheet. .
According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the document processing device according to the second aspect, the display unit adds a specific symbol to the reduced image corresponding to the document information received by the document reception unit and displays the reduced image. It is characterized by that.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the document processing apparatus according to any one of the first to fifth aspects, when identification information of a plurality of pages is designated by the first designation means, There is provided order assignment means for assigning an order for each page, and the storage means stores the document information and information representing the order assigned by the order assignment means in association with each other.
According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in the document processing apparatus according to the sixth aspect, the storage means is the document information receiving means when a plurality of pages of identification information is designated by the first designation means. The received document information is stored as one document in the page order according to the order assigned by the order assigning means.
According to an eighth aspect of the present invention, in the document processing apparatus according to the sixth aspect, the storage means is the document information receiving means when identification information of a plurality of pages is designated by the first designation means. The received document information is stored as one document per page.

According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, in the document processing apparatus according to the sixth aspect, when identification information of a plurality of pages is designated by the first designation means, the plurality of pages are grouped into a plurality of sets. And the storage means classifies the document information received by the document information receiving means according to the designation by the second designation means, and the order allocating means for each set. The document is stored as a document in the page order according to the order assigned in.
According to a tenth aspect of the present invention, in the document processing apparatus according to the ninth aspect, when the designation is made by the second designation unit, a third designation unit that designates a combination of the plurality of sets is provided. And the storage means stores document information corresponding to a plurality of sets as one document in accordance with the designation by the third designation means.

The invention according to claim 11 is the document processing apparatus according to any one of claims 6 to 10, further comprising fourth specifying means for specifying a change of the order assigned by the order assigning means, and the storage. The means stores the document information and the information indicating the order in association with each other according to the designation by the fourth designation means.
According to a twelfth aspect of the present invention, in the document processing apparatus according to any one of the first to eleventh aspects, of the identification information designated by the first designation means, the document to be canceled is designated. A fifth designating unit for designating any one of the pages; and the requesting unit does not request the storage device to transmit document information corresponding to the identification information designated by the fifth designating unit. And

  According to a thirteenth aspect of the present invention, in the document processing apparatus according to any one of the first to twelfth aspects, the display unit displays the identification information in a first area on a screen and the first information is displayed on the screen. The identification information designated by the receiving means is displayed in a second area on the screen.

  The invention according to claim 14 stores document information representing a document composed of one or a plurality of pages, identifies a storage device for executing processing requested by the document processing device, and the contents of the document for each page. Identification information receiving means for receiving identification information for storage from the storage device, display means for displaying identification information received by the identification information receiving means, and identification information displayed by the display means for each page or document A document processing apparatus comprising: a first specifying unit that specifies the unit; and a request unit that requests the storage device to process the document information corresponding to the identification information specified by the first specifying unit. A document processing system characterized by the above is provided.

  According to a fifteenth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a storage device that stores document information representing a document composed of one or a plurality of pages, and an identification that receives identification information for identifying the content of the document for each page from the storage device. An information receiving means; a display means for displaying the identification information received by the identification information receiving means; a first specifying means for specifying the identification information displayed by the display means in page units or document units; Request means for requesting the storage device to transmit document information corresponding to the identification information specified by the first specifying means, and document information for receiving the document information transmitted by the storage device in response to a request by the request means There is provided a document processing system comprising: a document processing apparatus having a receiving means and a storage means for storing the document information received by the document information receiving means.

According to a sixteenth aspect of the present invention, in the document processing system according to the fourteenth or fifteenth aspect, the document processing system includes a reading device that reads a document and generates image information representing the document, and the storage device is the reading unit. The generated image information is stored as the document information.
The invention described in claim 17 is the document processing system according to claim 14 or 15, further comprising image information receiving means for receiving image information transmitted from an external device, wherein the storage device includes the image information The image information received by the receiving means is stored as the document information.

  According to an eighteenth aspect of the present invention, the computer receives the identification information for identifying the contents of the document for each page from the storage device that stores the document information representing the document composed of one or a plurality of pages. Receiving means; display means for displaying identification information received by the identification information receiving means; first specifying means for specifying identification information displayed by the display means in page units or document units; Requesting means for requesting the storage device to transmit document information corresponding to the identification information specified by one specifying means, and receiving document information received by the storage device in response to a request by the requesting means And a program for functioning as storage means for storing the document information received by the document information receiving means.

According to the invention described in claims 1, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, and 18, an electronic document composed of one or a plurality of pages is stored as compared with a case where the configuration of the invention is not provided. The document can be efficiently fetched from the selected device.
According to the inventions described in claims 2, 3, 4 and 5, it is possible to make it easier to identify the document as compared with the case where the configuration of the invention is not provided.
According to the sixth, seventh, eighth and eleventh aspects of the present invention, it is possible to manage the captured documents in the specified order.
According to the ninth and tenth aspects of the present invention, the captured document can be managed according to the specified grouping.
According to the invention described in claim 14, compared with the case where the configuration of the invention is not provided, the processing for the designated document is more efficiently performed in the device storing the digitized document composed of one or a plurality of pages. Can be done.

<First Embodiment>
Hereinafter, a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating the overall configuration of the present embodiment. The image forming apparatus 1 and the computer 100 are connected by a communication network NW such as a LAN (Local Area Network).
First, a computer 100 as a document processing apparatus will be described. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating the configuration of the computer 100. The computer 100 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 101, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 102, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 103, and a storage unit 104. The storage unit 104 is a hard disk device, for example, and stores an OS (Operating System). The storage unit 104 is also used for storing data input from the outside. The ROM 102 stores an IPL (Initial Program Loader). When the computer 100 is turned on, the CPU 101 executes the IPL, whereby the OS is read onto the RAM 103. And each part of the computer 100 is controlled by the CPU 101 executing the OS.

A communication I / F (Interface) 105 is connected to the communication network NW and mediates communication between the computer 100 and the image forming apparatus 1.
The computer 100 includes a keyboard 106 and a mouse 107, and the user can input instructions to the computer 100 by operating them. Two buttons (not shown) are provided side by side on the upper surface of the mouse 107. In the following description, pressing down the left button positioned to the left as viewed from the user is referred to as left click, and pressing down the right button positioned to the right is referred to as right click.
The computer 100 is connected to a display device 110 having a liquid crystal display screen, for example.

The storage unit 104 stores a program P describing a procedure for receiving document information stored in the image forming apparatus 1 via the network NW. Operations performed when the CPU 101 executes the program P will be described later.
In this embodiment, an example of bitmap format image data (image information) generated by optically reading a document will be described as an example of document information. However, in the present invention, other formats are used. These data can also be processed as document information. Other types of data will be described later as modified examples.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an overall configuration of the image forming apparatus 1.
The control unit 4 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 44, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 45, and a RAM (Random Access Memory) 46. The storage unit 5 is a non-volatile memory such as a hard disk device, and stores a program such as an OS (Operating System). The ROM 45 stores an IPL (Initial Program Loader), and when the image forming apparatus 1 is turned on, the CPU 44 executes the IPL, whereby the OS is read from the storage unit 5. Then, each part of the image forming apparatus 1 is controlled by the CPU 44 executing the OS. The RAM 46 is used as a work area when the CPU 44 executes various programs.

The instruction receiving unit 41 includes a display unit 39 and a key input unit 40. By using these, the user can input an instruction to the image forming apparatus 1. The display unit 39 is a liquid crystal display screen, for example, and displays an image representing a menu. Further, the display unit 39 includes a sensor that identifies an area touched by the user on the screen, and thereby identifies an item touched by the user. The key input unit 40 includes start, stop, and reset keys and a numeric keypad. The instruction received by the instruction receiving unit 41 is sent to the CPU 44, and the CPU 44 controls the image forming apparatus 1 according to the sent instruction.
A communication I / F (Interface) 48 mediates communication with other devices via a communication network (not shown).

  The image input unit 12 is a scanner device that optically reads a document and outputs a signal. The original placed on the platen glass 2 is irradiated with light from the light source 13, and the reflected light is collected by the lens 17 through the mirrors 14, 15, 16, and is a light receiving unit composed of a CCD (Charge Coupled Device) or the like. 18 is received. The light receiving unit 18 converts the reflected light into an image signal representing an image of R (Red) color, G (Green) color, and B (Blue) color, and generates image data. The generated image data is written in a buffer area secured on the RAM 46. When copying a document, this image data is supplied to the image output unit 6 every time one page of image data is written in the buffer area. When only reading a document using the scanner function, the image data written in the buffer area is converted into, for example, TIFF (Tagged Image File Format) format image data and stored in the storage unit 5.

  A cover 51 covering the platen glass 2 is provided with a document feeder 52. The document feeder 52 includes a document table 53 on which a document is placed, a roller 54 that feeds documents placed on the document table 53 one by one, and a roller 55 that guides the sent document onto the platen glass 2. The originals placed one on top of another are conveyed onto the platen glass 2 one by one.

  The image output unit 6 includes image forming engines 7Y, 7M, 7C, and 7K, a transfer belt 8, and the like. Image forming engines 7Y, 7M, 7C, and 7K electronically convert toner images of respective colors of Y (Yellow), M (Magenta), C (Cyan), and K (Black) based on the image data supplied from CPU 44, respectively. It is formed on the transfer belt 8 by a photographic method.

  The medium supply unit 9 accommodates a sheet-like recording medium 10. When the toner image is formed on the surface of the transfer belt 8, the recording medium 10 is sent out one by one, and the toner image on the transfer belt 8 is transferred. The recording medium 10 onto which the toner image has been transferred is guided to the fixing device 11 and heated and pressed by the fixing device 11 to fix the toner image on the surface of the recording medium 10. The recording medium 10 on which the toner image is fixed is discharged to the medium discharge unit 32.

  The image forming apparatus 1 has a function as a facsimile. Specifically, the facsimile communication unit 49 is connected to a circuit switching network (not shown) and is assigned a telephone number. When transmitting image data by the facsimile function, the user places a document on the document table 53 or the platen glass 2 and presses the start key of the key input unit 40. Then, the image input unit 12 reads the document, generates image data representing the image of the document, and the facsimile communication unit 49 transmits the image data to the designated telephone number. The facsimile communication unit 49 receives image data transmitted to the telephone number assigned to the own station, and supplies the image data to the image output unit 6.

The image forming apparatus 1 has a function as a printer. Specifically, when the image forming apparatus 1 and the information processing apparatus are connected via a communication network, when document data described in, for example, a page description language is transmitted from the information processing apparatus to the image forming apparatus 1, The CPU 44 converts the received document data into image data and supplies it to the image output unit 6. It is also possible to form an image using image data stored in the storage unit 5. In this case, when the user designates desired image data stored in the storage unit 5, the designated image data is supplied to the image output unit 6.
The overall configuration of the image forming apparatus 1 has been described above.

  When the image forming apparatus 1 functions as a scanner, the CPU 44 generates a data file composed of image data for a single page and generates a data file composed of image data for a plurality of pages. When the user opens the cover 51 and directly places a document on the platen glass 2 and presses the start key of the instruction receiving unit 41, a data file composed of single page image data is generated. Even when the user places only one document on the document table 53 of the document feeder 52 and presses the start key, a data file including single page image data is generated. On the other hand, when the user places a plurality of documents on the document table 53 and presses the start key, a data file composed of image data for a plurality of pages is generated. In the present embodiment, each data file generated in this way corresponds to a “document”.

The image forming apparatus 1 has a function of generating and storing a reduced image of a read original. Specifically, it is as follows.
When the image forming apparatus 1 functions as a scanner, the CPU 44 generates reduced image data representing a reduced image of each page based on image data representing each page of the document. Here, the image data is obtained by dividing the recording surface of the document into pixels so as to have a predetermined resolution in the vertical direction and the horizontal direction, and obtaining pixel values representing gradations of R, G, and B colors for each pixel. Has been generated by. For example, the CPU 44 generates reduced image data by thinning out pixels from the image data at regular intervals in the vertical and horizontal directions. The CPU 44 generates reduced image data for each page and stores the reduced image data in the storage unit 5 in association with the original image data.
Note that the reduced image in the present embodiment is an example of identification information described in the claims.

Next, an operation performed when the CPU 101 of the computer 100 executes the program P will be described.
Here, the storage unit 5 of the image forming apparatus 1 stores document 1.tif, document 2.tif, document 3. as three data files that are image data generated by reading an original with the image input unit 12. tif is stored. Further, reduced image 11.tif, reduced image 21.tif, and reduced image 31.tif, which are data files of reduced image data, are stored in association with the respective data files. In addition, the image forming apparatus 1 and the computer 100 are powered on, and the OS is being executed.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an operation flow of the computer 100. When the user instructs the computer 100 to execute the program P, the operation shown in FIG. 4 is performed. In the present embodiment, when the computer 100 receives image data stored in the storage unit 5 of the image forming apparatus 1 and stores it in the storage unit 104 is referred to as “capture”.
First, an outline of the flow will be described.
In step A01, the CPU 101 requests the image forming apparatus 1 to transfer reduced image data. In step A02, the CPU 101 displays a reduced image on the display device 110 based on the transferred reduced image data. In step A03, the CPU 101 stands by until an instruction from the user is accepted. Here, the instruction from the user is an instruction representing designation / setting of a document or page to be captured. If the instruction is accepted, the contents of the capture list described later are updated according to this instruction. In step A04, the CPU 101 requests the image forming apparatus 1 to transfer image data according to the designated contents. In step A05, the CPU 101 receives the transferred image data, stores it in the storage unit 104, updates the display content of the display device 110, and ends the process.

Next, specific contents of the processing in each step will be described.
In step A01, the CPU 101 requests the image forming apparatus 1 to transfer reduced image data. Then, the CPU 44 of the image forming apparatus 1 transfers the reduced image 11.tif, the reduced image 21.tif, and the reduced image 31.tif, which are reduced image data, to the computer 100.

  In step A02, the CPU 101 receives the reduced image data transferred from the image forming apparatus 1, and causes the display device 110 to display an image based on the reduced image data. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of an image displayed on the screen of the display device 110. A window for the user to perform work is displayed on the screen of the display device 110, and reduced images are displayed side by side for each document inside the window. From left to right, these are reduced images corresponding to document 1.tif, document 2.tif, and document 3.tif, and each document is composed of three pages, four pages, and three pages. Furthermore, multiple pages of reduced images for each document are overlaid in ascending order of page numbers from the front side of the screen, and each page is shifted by a certain distance diagonally to the lower right, with the page number in the lower right corner of each page. Is displayed. On the upper side of each document, the file name (excluding the extension) of the original image data is displayed. Next to each file name, (the page number of the foremost page) / (total number of pages) is displayed. Here, when the user operates the mouse 107 to move the arrow pointer 1071 on the desired page and left-click, the page and all the pages on the far side are overlapped in front of the frontmost page, As a result, the page is displayed in the foreground. Document 3 in FIG. 5 represents the result of left-clicking the third page in the initial display. When a large number of data files exist and cannot be displayed in the window, another reduced image can be displayed by moving the display target in the vertical direction using the scroll bar at the right end of the window. .

  In step A02, the CPU 101 resets the counter for counting the order and sets the count value indicating the order to zero. In the present embodiment, the count value is determined based on the count value of the file name of the image data transferred from the image forming apparatus 1 to the computer 100. Details will be described later.

  In step A03, the CPU 101 stands by until an instruction from the user is accepted. Here, the instruction from the user is an instruction indicating designation / setting of a document or page to be captured, and is input to the computer 100 when the user operates the mouse 107. If the instruction is accepted, the contents of the capture list described later are updated according to this instruction.

Specifically, it is as follows. When the user moves the pointer 1071 to the display area of a desired page and right-clicks, a pop-up menu is displayed. FIG. 6 shows an image when the pointer 1071 is moved to the first page of the document 2 and right-clicked.
Hereinafter, the processing after Step A03 will be described for each item of the pop-up menu in FIG.

(1) Start of capture When the user clicks “Start capture” on the screen shown in FIG. 6, the CPU 101 recognizes the first page of the document 2 as the target of capture, adds 1 to the count value of the counter, Assign a count value to the page. For example, in the case of the first allocation after the execution of the program P is started, the count value is 1. Then, the CPU 101 creates a list (hereinafter referred to as a capture list) by associating the file name of the data file, the page number to be captured, and the count value, and stores the created capture list in the storage unit 104. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing the contents of the import list.

  In step A04, the CPU 101 requests the image forming apparatus 1 to transfer the first page of the document 2.tif. Then, the CPU 44 of the image forming apparatus 1 duplicates the image data representing the first page image of the document 2.tif and transfers the duplicated image data to the computer 100.

  In step A05, the CPU 101 receives the transferred image data. At this time, the CPU 101 determines the file name of the image data (hereinafter referred to as transfer file name) based on the count value. The transfer file name is, for example, AB01 by applying the two characters from the beginning of the four characters as a predetermined character string AB and applying a two-digit count value to the subsequent two characters. The CPU 101 stores the received image data and the transfer file name in the storage unit 104 in association with each other.

  Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 8, the CPU 101 displays the reduced image of the first page of the document 2 as a blank sheet or a symbol (!) Indicating that the page has been captured so that the user can identify the captured page. Is surrounded by a triangle) at the lower edge of the reduced image of the page. When the above processing is completed, the process returns to step A03. In addition to displaying a reduced image as a blank sheet or adding a symbol indicating that it has already been captured, any display that can be distinguished from an image that has not been captured may be used. Change the display mode of the reduced image, such as shading the reduced image, displaying the reduced image by thinning out the pixels of the reduced image, or changing the border color or thickness of the reduced image. This makes it easier to recognize that it has been imported.

(2) Start of capturing all pages In step A03, when the user clicks “Start capturing all pages” on the screen shown in FIG. 6, the CPU 101 recognizes all the pages of document 2 as targets for capturing, and counts them in order of pages. Are assigned one by one. For example, in the case of the first assignment after the execution of the program P, the count values 1, 2, 3, and 4 are assigned to the first, second, third, and fourth pages of the document 2, respectively. Then, the CPU 101 associates the file name, page number, and count value for each page and writes them in the import list. And the process after step A04 is performed similarly to the case of (1).

In addition, when the image data of the first page of the document 2 is assigned with the count value 1 and received after the “start of capturing”, “start of capturing all pages” is designated for the document 2 , Count values 2, 3, and 4 are assigned to pages 2, 3, and 4 of document 2, respectively.
In addition, when the image data of the second page of the document 2 is assigned with the count value 1 and received by “start of capturing”, “start capturing of all pages” is instructed to the document 2. , Count values 2, 3, and 4 are assigned to pages 1, 3, and 4 of document 2, respectively.

(3) Start importing (with reservation)
“Import start (with reservation)” in the pop-up menu of FIG. 6 can be specified only when the acquisition reservation shown in the following items is made. When “start import (with reservation)” is designated, the processing from step A 04 onward is performed according to the content of the capture reservation. Note that the processing when “capture start (with reservation)” is designated will be described later.

(4) Reservation reservation (this page only)
In step A03, when the user clicks “Reservation reservation (only this page)” on the screen shown in FIG. 6, the CPU 101 recognizes the first page of document 2 as a target to be captured and sets the count value of the counter to 1. Add and assign a count value to this page. For example, in the case of the first allocation after the execution of the program P is started, the count value is 1. Then, the CPU 101 creates a capture list by associating the file name of the data file, the page number to be captured, and the count value, and writes them in the storage unit 104. The contents of the import list are the same as those shown in FIG. Then, as shown in FIG. 9, the CPU 101 displays the count value surrounded by a circle on the lower edge of the page.

(5) Reservation reservation (all this document)
In step A03, when the user clicks “Reservation reservation (all this document)” on the screen shown in FIG. 6, the CPU 101 recognizes all the pages of document 2 as objects to be captured, and increments the count value by 1 in page order. And assign. For example, in the case of the first assignment after the execution of the program P, the count values 1, 2, 3, and 4 are assigned to the first, second, third, and fourth pages of the document 2, respectively. Then, the CPU 101 associates the file name, page number, and count value for each page and writes them in the import list, and displays the count value of each page as in FIG.

(6) Cancel import reservation (this page only)
In step A 03, when the user moves the pointer 1071 to the first page of the document 2 on the screen shown in FIG. 9 and right-clicks and clicks “Release import reservation (only this page)”, the CPU 101 reads the document 2. Recognizing that the first page is not the target of importing, delete the data related to the page from the contents of the import list. Here, when there is a page written in the capture list other than the page, the count value of the page to which the count value larger than the page is assigned is decremented by one. For example, count values 1, 2, 3, and 4 are assigned to pages 1, 2, 3, and 4 of document 2, respectively, and “cancel reservation reservation (only this page)” is instructed for the first page. In this case, the count values of the second, third, and fourth pages are changed to 1, 2, and 3, respectively.

(7) Cancel import reservation (this document only)
In step A03, when the user moves the pointer 1071 to any page of the document 2 on the screen shown in FIG. 9 and right-clicks and clicks “Release import reservation (only this document)”, the CPU 101 displays the document 2 It recognizes that all the pages are not to be imported, and deletes data relating to the page from the contents of the import list. Here, when there is a page written in the list other than the document 2, the count value of the page assigned with a count value larger than that page is subtracted by the number of deleted data.

  Here, a process after the above-described acquisition reservation is performed will be described. FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of displaying the contents of the capture reservation. In this example, the first page of the document 2, the third page of the document 1, and the second page of the document 3 are designated as import targets, and count values 1, 2, and 3 representing the respective order are assigned. FIG. 11 is a capture list showing the content of this capture reservation.

  When the user right-clicks on the screen shown in FIG. 10, the same pop-up menu as shown in FIG. 6 is displayed. When the user clicks “start import (with reservation)” in the displayed pop-up menu, a submenu shown in FIG. 12 is displayed. When the user clicks “file into one document” in this submenu, the CPU 101 requests the image forming apparatus 1 to transfer the target page (step A04), receives the transferred image data, and receives it. Image data is stored as one document (step A05). That is, the first page of document 2, the third page of document 1, and the second page of document 3 are associated with the same transfer file name (for example, AB) as the first page, the second page, and the third page, respectively. To be stored in the storage unit 104.

  On the other hand, when the user clicks “file every page” in the submenu, the CPU 101 requests the image forming apparatus 1 to transfer the target page (step A04), and receives and receives the transferred image data. The stored image data is stored as one document for each page (step A05). That is, the first page of document 2, the third page of document 1, and the second page of document 3 are stored in the storage unit 104 in association with different transfer file names (for example, AB01, AB02, AB03).

Next, division and combination of documents reserved for import will be described.
(8) Reservation reservation (previous page and document division)
In step A03, when the user moves the pointer 1071 to the second page of the document 3 and right-clicks on the screen shown in FIG. 10, the same pop-up menu as shown in FIG. 6 is displayed. When the user clicks “Reservation reservation (previous page and document division)”, the CPU 101 recognizes a page assigned a count value smaller than that page as the first document, and counts the page and a count larger than that page. The page assigned the value is recognized as the second document. In this example, the CPU 101 recognizes the first page of document 2 and the third page of document 1 as the first document, and the second page of document 3 as the second document. Then, the CPU 101 assigns 1-1, 1-2, 2-1 as count values to each page, and updates the capture list and display contents. FIG. 13 is an example of an image displayed when the above processing is performed. The count value assigned to each page is displayed at the lower edge of each page.

  When “start import (with reservation)” in the pop-up menu is clicked, the CPU 101 requests the image forming apparatus 1 to transfer the target page (step A04), receives the transferred image data, and receives it. The processed image data is stored (step A05). In this example, the first page of document 2 and the third page of document 1 are associated with one transfer file name (for example, AB01), and the second page of document 3 is associated with another transfer file name (for example, AB02). To be stored in the storage unit 104.

(9) Reservation reservation (rear page and document division)
In step A03, when the user moves the pointer 1071 to the first page of the document 2 and right-clicks on the screen shown in FIG. 10, the same pop-up menu as shown in FIG. 6 is displayed. When the user clicks on “Reservation reservation (subsequent page and document division)”, the CPU 101 recognizes the page and a page assigned with a smaller count value as the first document, and counts larger than the page. The page assigned the value is recognized as the second document. In this example, the CPU 101 recognizes the first page of document 2 as the first document, the third page of document 1 and the second page of document 3 as the second document. Then, the CPU 101 assigns 1-1, 2-1 and 2-2 as count values to each page, and updates the capture list and display contents.

  When “start import (with reservation)” in the pop-up menu is clicked, the CPU 101 requests the image forming apparatus 1 to transfer the target page (step A04), receives the transferred image data, and receives it. The processed image data is stored (step A05). In this example, the first page of document 2 is associated with one transfer file name (for example, AB01), the third page of document 1 and the second page of document 3 are associated with another transfer file name (for example, AB02). To be stored in the storage unit 104.

(10) Reservation reservation (combination with previous page)
In step A03, when the user moves the pointer 1071 to the second page of the document 3 and right-clicks on the screen shown in FIG. 13, the same pop-up menu as shown in FIG. 6 is displayed. When the user clicks “Reservation reservation (combine previous page and document)”, the CPU 101 sets, as one document, a document including a page to which a count value one smaller than that page is assigned and a document including the page. recognize. In this example, the CPU 101 recognizes the document consisting of the first page of document 2 and the third page of document 1 and the document consisting of the second page of document 3 as one document, and each page has a count value of 1 respectively. Assign -1, 1-2, 1-3, and update the import list and display contents.

  When “start import (with reservation)” in the pop-up menu is clicked, the CPU 101 requests the image forming apparatus 1 to transfer the target page (step A04), receives the transferred image data, and receives it. The processed image data is stored (step A05). In this example, the first page of document 2, the third page of document 1, and the second page of document 3 are stored in the storage unit 104 in association with one transfer file name (for example, AB).

(11) Reservation reservation (combine with subsequent page)
In step A03, when the user moves the pointer 1071 to the third page of the document 1 and right-clicks on the screen shown in FIG. 13, the same pop-up menu as shown in FIG. 6 is displayed. When the user clicks “Reservation reservation (combine with subsequent page)”, the CPU 101 sets, as one document, a document including a page to which a count value that is one greater than that page and a document including the page are included. recognize. In this example, the CPU 101 recognizes the document consisting of the first page of document 2 and the third page of document 1 and the document consisting of the second page of document 3 as one document, and each page has a count value of 1 respectively. Assign -1, 1-2, 1-3, and update the import list and display contents.

  When “start import (with reservation)” in the pop-up menu is clicked, the CPU 101 requests the image forming apparatus 1 to transfer the target page (step A04), receives the transferred image data, and receives it. The processed image data is stored (step A05). In this example, the first page of document 2, the third page of document 1, and the second page of document 3 are stored in the storage unit 104 in association with one transfer file name (for example, AB).

Next, a function for the user to confirm the contents of the capture reservation will be described.
In step A03, when the pointer 1071 is moved within the circle surrounding the count value and right-clicked on the screen shown in FIG. 10, a pop-up menu shown in FIG. 14 is displayed. When the user clicks “Next (jump to next page reservation)” in the circle on the third page of document 1, CPU 101 selects document 2, which is a page assigned a count value that is one greater than that page. Display the page in the foreground. When the user clicks “Before (jump to previous page reservation)” in the circle on the second page of the document 3, the CPU 101 3 of the document 1 which is a page assigned a count value one smaller than that page. Display the page in the foreground. When the user clicks “Jump”, a dialog box for entering the page number is displayed. When the user enters the desired page number, the page corresponding to the entered page number is the most. Displayed in front.

Next, the change of the capture reservation will be described.
In step A03, when the pointer 1071 is moved to the page to which the count value is assigned and right-clicked on the screen shown in FIG. 10, the same pop-up menu as shown in FIG. 6 is displayed. When “Change” is clicked, the submenu shown in FIG. 15 is displayed. When the user clicks “go to first page” on the second page of document 3, the count value of this page is 1, the count value of the first page of document 2 is 2, and the count value of the third page of document 1 is Is changed to 3.
On the other hand, when the user clicks “go to last page” on the first page of document 2, the count value of this page is 3, the count value of the third page of document 1 is 1, and the second page of document 3 is The count value is changed to 2.

When the user clicks “change order with next page” on the third page of document 1, the count value of this page is changed to 3, and the count value of the second page of document 3 is changed to 2.
When the user clicks “change order with previous page” on the third page of document 1, the count value of this page is changed to 1, and the count value of the first page of document 2 is changed to 2.
When the user clicks “go to specified page” on the first page of document 2, a dialog box for entering a page number is displayed. For example, when 3 is entered, the count value of the first page of document 2 is displayed. Is changed to 3, the count value of the third page of document 1 is changed to 1, and the count value of the second page of document 3 is changed to 2.
When the user clicks “Move to another document” on the first page of document 2, a dialog box for inputting the document number and page number is displayed. For example, 2 is input as the document number and 1 is input as the page number. Then, the count value of the first page of the document 2 is changed to 2-1, the count value of the second page of the document 3 is changed to 2-2, and the count value of the third page of the document 1 is changed to 1-1.

  When the user moves the pointer 1071 to a desired page, right-clicks, and clicks “document information” in the pop-up menu, the file name, creation date, data amount, etc. of the page are displayed.

<Second Embodiment>
Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described.
FIG. 16 is a diagram illustrating an image of a window displayed on the screen of the display device 110 while the CPU 101 executes the program P. The window is divided into a left area (first area) and a right area (second area) in the figure. In the first area, a reduced image is displayed based on the reduced image data transferred from the image forming apparatus 1. This example shows a case where the computer 100 has received reduced image data corresponding to six documents 1 to 6, and reduced images of the respective documents are displayed side by side. Each document is composed of 3 pages, and 3 pages are overlapped, and each page is displayed shifted by a certain distance in the upper left direction. The two arrows displayed at the top of each document are buttons for repeating the pages of the document. When the user right-clicks the right-pointing arrow using the mouse 107, the page displayed at the front is the most. It is moved to the back and the next page is displayed in the foreground. If you right-click on the left-pointing arrow, the farthest page is displayed in the foreground.

  On the other hand, in the second area, when a user designates a document to be captured, a reduced image of the document to be captured is displayed. Specifically, it is as follows. First, the user moves the pointer 1071 on the reduced image of the desired document using the mouse 107 in the first area, right-clicks, and moves the pointer 1071 to the second area while holding down the right button. Release your finger from the right button. A so-called drag and drop operation is performed. Then, the same reduced image as the reduced image is displayed in the second area. Here, when this operation is performed only on a desired page, only the page is displayed in the second area. On the other hand, when designating a plurality of pages, a so-called drag operation of moving the pointer 1071 while right-clicking from one of the vertices of a rectangular area surrounding the plurality of pages to another vertex on the diagonal line, or By right-clicking one page at a time while pressing the ctrl key of the keyboard 106, the reduced images of the plurality of pages are highlighted, and a plurality of pages are batched by performing drag and drop operation on the image in the same manner as described above. Can be specified as a target for intake. In addition, a plurality of documents can be collectively designated by the same operation.

FIG. 17 shows a case in which the document 5 is designated after the document 3 is first designated as a target to be captured. As described above, a plurality of capture targets can be designated. In addition, the file names indicating the order of designation of capture are displayed as “capture 1” and “capture 2” below each reduced image.
FIG. 18 is a diagram illustrating an example in which a plurality of pages are collectively designated as an import target.

When the “Setting” button provided at the lower left of the window is right-clicked, a dialog box shown in FIG. 19 is displayed. The “capture target document display count” is an upper limit value of the number of documents that can be displayed in the second area.
“Image addition order” is designated as the next capture target when another document has already been specified as the capture target, that is, when a reduced image of another document has already been displayed in the second area. This is an item for designating whether a reduced image of a document is a page before or after another document. FIG. 20 is an example when the image addition order is set to “after”. In this example, the capture target is specified in the order of the circled numbers displayed in the first area. As a result, as displayed in the second area, the pages are back in the specified order. Will be added to.

On the other hand, FIG. 21 is an example when the image addition order is set to “Previous”. In this example, pages are added to the front in the specified order, contrary to the example of FIG.

In the first area, the page is already imported by painting the edge of the page that has already been designated as the target for capture, or by displaying a character string such as “Reserved” over the page. Indicates that it has already been specified for the target.

  Returning to FIG. 19, “Save when finished” in the dialog box displays the designation content of the import target when the “Exit” button at the lower right of the window is clicked without actually performing the import only by specifying the import target. This item specifies whether or not to save. When this item is set to “Yes”, the CPU 101 stores the specified content in the storage unit 104 and then ends the execution of the program P. When the CPU 101 executes the program P next time, the specified content is displayed again in the second area.

  FIG. 22 is a diagram illustrating an example in which the same page is designated as a target to be captured a plurality of times. This example is an example in which the document 3 is designated as a target to be imported twice. In this case, it is possible to specify twice by performing a second drag-and-drop operation so as not to overlap the reduced image of the capture 1 displayed by the first specification.

  FIG. 23 is a diagram illustrating movement of a specific page between documents in the second area. In this example, the first page of capture 1 is moved onto the reduced image of capture 2 by drag and drop. When the user performs this operation, as shown on the right side of the figure, the first page of capture 1 is displayed superimposed on the near side of the first page of capture 2. As a result, the moved page becomes the first page of the new capture 2.

FIG. 24 is a diagram illustrating an example of canceling the designation as the import target. In this example, as shown in the upper half of the first area, the first page of the document 1 is designated as the capture target. At this time, when a right click is performed on the reduced image to be captured in the second area, a pop-up menu is displayed as shown. Then, when “cancel import” of this menu is clicked, the designation for the page is canceled and the display is switched as shown in FIG.
In this embodiment, the CPU 101 requests the image forming apparatus 1 for document information to be imported by clicking “document import” in the pop-up menu.

<Modification>
The present invention is not limited to the form described above, and can be implemented in various forms. For example, the embodiment described above can be modified as follows.
<Modification 1>
In the first embodiment, an example in which the transfer file name is determined based on the designated order has been described. In other words, in this example, the transfer file name is associated with the document information and stored in the storage unit 104 as information indicating the order, but other information may be used as the information indicating the order. For example, if the document information is received according to the specified order, the order can be expressed by the received time. However, even in this case, since the file name is the most easily recognized information for the user, it is desirable to determine the transfer file name based on the designated order.

<Modification 2>
When the document information includes text information representing a character string, a character string of a predetermined number of characters from the top of each page may be displayed as identification information instead of the reduced image. In this case, a table in which one row corresponds to one document may be created and displayed. In addition to the character string, the file name, creation date and time, etc. may be displayed.

<Modification 3>
In the embodiment described above, an example of bitmap format image data generated by optically reading a document by the scanner function of the image forming apparatus 1 is shown as document information, but the document information is not limited to this example. For example, it may be image data received by the facsimile function of the image forming apparatus 1. In addition, when the image forming apparatus 1 has a so-called Internet facsimile function for receiving image data via a communication network that performs communication according to TCP / IP (Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol), the reception is performed by this function. The image data may be the same. The image data may be vector format image data. Alternatively, it may be a document file created by a word processor.

<Modification 4>
Only specific pages may be displayed according to the type of document. For example, in the case of a standard document composed of a plurality of pages, there may be a case where the first page has a cover on which the address and the document name are described, and detailed contents are described on the second and subsequent pages. In this case, only the cover may be sufficient to identify the contents of the document. On the contrary, there is a case where a cover is not necessary and a specific page after the second page is necessary. In such a case, a reduced image of an unnecessary page may not be displayed.

<Modification 5>
In the above embodiment, an example in which document information is fetched from the image forming apparatus has been described. However, document information may be fetched from an apparatus other than the image forming apparatus. For example, it has a function for storing document information, such as a scanner that scans a document and generates image data, a facsimile that receives image data via a circuit switching network, or a storage device that stores document information received from another device. Therefore, the present invention can be applied to any apparatus.

<Modification 6>
In the first embodiment, the reduced image data corresponding to the document information is generated and stored in advance. However, the reduced image data may be generated every time a document information transfer request is received from the computer. Good.

<Modification 7>
In the above example, the program P is stored in the storage unit 104 in advance. However, the program P is recorded on a recording medium such as a magnetic disk, and the program P is read by the computer 100 from the recording medium. May be. Further, the program P may be transmitted to the computer 100 via a communication network. Further, the same function as the program P may be implemented in hardware.

<Modification 8>
In the above example, the image forming apparatus that has received the request from the document processing apparatus has shown an example of the process of transmitting the designated image data to the requesting document processing apparatus. The processing requested from is not limited to such image data transmission processing to the own apparatus, but may be configured to request other processing. As processing other than the transmission processing, for example, print output using designated image data in the image forming device, transmission processing to the other device of the designated image data, Processing other than transmission processing may be targeted.

It is a figure showing the whole structure of 1st Embodiment. 2 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a computer 100. FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an overall configuration of an image forming apparatus 1. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an operation flow of the computer 100. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of an image displayed on the screen of the display device 110. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of an image displayed on the screen of the display device 110. FIG. It is a figure showing the content of an import list. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of an image displayed on the screen of the display device 110. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of an image displayed on the screen of the display device 110. FIG. It is a figure which shows the example which displayed the content of the acquisition reservation. It is an import list showing the contents of an import reservation. It is a figure which shows the example of a submenu. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of an image displayed on the screen of the display device 110. FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of a pop-up menu. It is a figure which shows the example of a submenu. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a window displayed on the screen of display device 110. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a window displayed on the screen of display device 110. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a window displayed on the screen of display device 110. FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of a dialog box. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a window displayed on the screen of display device 110. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a window displayed on the screen of display device 110. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a window displayed on the screen of display device 110. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a window displayed on the screen of display device 110. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a window displayed on the screen of display device 110. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a window displayed on the screen of display device 110. FIG.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 ... Computer, NW ... Communication network, 101 ... CPU, 102 ... ROM, 103 ... RAM, 104 ... Memory | storage part, 105 ... Communication I / F, 106 ... Keyboard, 107 ... Mouse, 110 ... Display apparatus, 1 ... Image formation Device 4... Controller 44. CPU 45 45 ROM 46 RAM 5 Storage unit 41 Instruction receiving unit 39 Display unit 40 Key input unit 48 Communication I / F 49 Facsimile communication unit, 12 ... image input unit, 52 ... document feeder, 6 ... image output unit, 7Y, 7M, 7C, 7K ... image forming engine, 8 ... transfer belt, 9 ... medium supply unit, 10 ... recording medium, 11... Fixing device, 32.

Claims (18)

Identification information receiving means for receiving identification information for identifying the content of the document for each page from a storage device that stores document information representing a document composed of one or a plurality of pages;
Display means for displaying the identification information received by the identification information receiving means;
First designation means for designating identification information displayed on the display means in page units or document units;
Request means for requesting the storage device to transmit document information corresponding to the identification information designated by the first designation means;
Document information receiving means for receiving document information transmitted by the storage device in response to a request by the request means;
A document processing apparatus comprising: storage means for storing document information received by the document information receiving means. The identification information is a reduced image for reducing and displaying an image of each page of the document,
The document processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display unit displays the reduced image received by the document information reception unit.   The document processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the display unit displays the reduced image corresponding to the document information received by the document receiving unit while changing a display form.   The document processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the display unit displays a reduced image corresponding to the document information received by the document reception unit as a blank sheet.   The document processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the display unit displays a reduced image corresponding to the document information received by the document receiving unit with a specific symbol added thereto. An order assigning means for assigning an order for each page to the identification information when the identification information of a plurality of pages is designated by the first designation means;
The document processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the storage unit stores the document information and information indicating the order assigned by the order assignment unit in association with each other.   The storage means stores the document information received by the document information receiving means according to the order assigned by the order assignment means when a plurality of pages of identification information is designated by the first designation means. The document processing apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the document processing apparatus stores the documents in order as one document.   The storage means stores document information received by the document information receiving means as one document per page when identification information of a plurality of pages is designated by the first designation means. The document processing apparatus according to claim 6. A plurality of second specifying means for specifying grouping of the plurality of pages into a plurality of sets when identification information of a plurality of pages is specified by the first specifying means;
The storage means categorizes the document information received by the document information receiving means according to the designation by the second designation means, and documents in a page order according to the order assigned by the order assignment means for each set. The document processing apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the document processing apparatus is stored as A third specifying means for specifying a combination of the plurality of sets when the specification is made by the second specifying means;
The document processing apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the storage unit stores document information corresponding to a plurality of the sets as one document in accordance with the designation by the third designation unit. A fourth specifying means for specifying a change in the order assigned by the order assigning means;
The document processing apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the storage unit stores the document information and the information indicating the order in association with each other according to the designation by the fourth designation unit. . Of the identification information designated by the first designation means, there is provided fifth designation means for designating any page of the document that is the object of cancellation of the designation,
The document processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the request unit does not request the storage device to transmit document information corresponding to the identification information designated by the fifth designation unit. .   The display means displays the identification information in a first area on the screen and displays the identification information designated by the first receiving means in a second area on the screen. Item 13. The document processing device according to any one of Items 1 to 12. A storage device for storing document information representing a document composed of one or a plurality of pages, and executing processing requested by the document processing device;
Identification information receiving means for receiving identification information for identifying the content of the document for each page from the storage device;
Display means for displaying the identification information received by the identification information receiving means;
First designation means for designating identification information displayed on the display means in page units or document units;
Request means for requesting the storage device to process the document information corresponding to the identification information designated by the first designation means;
A document processing system comprising: a document processing apparatus having: A storage device for storing document information representing a document composed of one or a plurality of pages;
Identification information receiving means for receiving identification information for identifying the content of the document for each page from the storage device;
Display means for displaying the identification information received by the identification information receiving means;
First designation means for designating identification information displayed on the display means in page units or document units;
Request means for requesting the storage device to transmit document information corresponding to the identification information designated by the first designation means;
Document information receiving means for receiving document information transmitted by the storage device in response to a request by the request means;
A document processing system comprising: a storage unit that stores the document information received by the document information receiving unit. A reading device that reads a document and generates image information representing the document;
The document processing system according to claim 14 or 15, wherein the storage device stores image information generated by the reading unit as the document information. Image information receiving means for receiving image information transmitted from an external device;
The document processing system according to claim 14 or 15, wherein the storage device stores the image information received by the image information receiving unit as the document information. Computer
Identification information receiving means for receiving identification information for identifying the content of the document for each page from a storage device that stores document information representing a document composed of one or a plurality of pages;
Display means for displaying the identification information received by the identification information receiving means;
First designation means for designating identification information displayed on the display means in page units or document units;
Request means for requesting the storage device to transmit document information corresponding to the identification information designated by the first designation means;
Document information receiving means for receiving document information transmitted by the storage device in response to a request by the request means;
A program for functioning as storage means for storing document information received by the document information receiving means.

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