JP2530612B2 - Image file device - Google Patents

Description

Description: TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to an image file device capable of easily displaying image information and search information corresponding thereto.

[Conventional technology]

By sequentially recording still image information on a recording medium, for example, an optical disk, recording and storing the search information of the image information on a recording medium, for example, a magnetic disk, and inputting arbitrary search data as a search condition, 2. Description of the Related Art Image file devices that search for search information and image information that match the conditions and display search data and images on a display device, such as an image display, have been put into practical use.

In such an image filing device, one image is displayed and the search information is displayed on the image display for observation, and a list of only a large number of search information of search results or a large number of images is displayed. List display, for example, a list of a large number of reduced images displayed at once, a list of abstract images, and search information including detailed attribute information of any one of a plurality of images. , I try to observe.

[Problems to be solved by the invention]

However, in the above-described conventional image filing apparatus, when a certain image is selected from the list display of only a plurality of image displays, if the selection is repeated, it may be impossible to know which image is currently selected. is there. Further, when the search information including the detailed attribute information of any one of the plurality of images is displayed, it may not be known which image the search information is.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems in the conventional image filing apparatus, and has a simple configuration and clarifies the distinction between an image selected from a plurality of images and other images. It is an object of the present invention to provide an image file device capable of clarifying the correspondence between search information and image information.

[Means and Actions for Solving Problems]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the image filing device of the present invention corresponds to an image storage unit for storing image information, an image display unit for displaying a plurality of image information divided into sections, and each image information. An information storage unit for storing search information, an information display unit for displaying the search information, an image information management unit for storing a correspondence between the image information and the search information, and an image display unit displayed on the image display unit. Corresponding to this image information by enclosing the coordinate instruction means for selecting specific image information from a plurality of image information and the image device selected by the coordinate instruction means with a frame and referring to the image information management means. When the different image information is selected next time, the currently displayed frame is erased, the next image information is newly surrounded by the frame, and the image information management screen is displayed. Referring means is characterized in that a control means for controlling to display the search information corresponding to the next image information to the information display means.

Further, it has a memory for holding a frame surrounding the image information, and the image information stored in the image storage means and the frame held in the memory are displayed in a superimposed manner on the image display means. Thus, the image information is characterized by being surrounded by a frame.

Next, the outline of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. An image file device according to the present invention includes an image information storage unit 1 for storing image information, an image memory unit 2 for temporarily holding image information, an image display unit 3 for displaying the contents of the image memory unit 2, The image information is stored in the image storage means 1
Information storage means 5 for storing search information to be read from
And at least an information display means 7 for displaying the search information, and further includes coordinate designating means 4 for designating the image information displayed on the image display means 3 and search information corresponding to the designated image information. An image file management device is provided with an image information management table that is referenced when reading out.

The image file device configured as described above operates as follows. First, the search information instructed by the control means 8 is read from the information storage means 5, and the information display means 7 is read.
The image information corresponding to the search information is read from the image storage means 1, held in the image memory means 2, and displayed on the image display means 3. At this time, the control means 8 displays the image information of one sheet read on the image memory means 2 with a frame.

When the coordinate instructing means 4 further instructs another image information being displayed, the control means 8 refers to the image information management table 6 to frame the instructed image information on the image memory means 2, and The retrieval information for the image information is read from the storage means 5 and displayed on the information display means 7.

As described above, it is possible to clearly identify the image information selected from the plurality of image information and the other image information, and the correspondence between the selectively displayed image information and the search information. The relationship can be read easily.

〔Example〕

Examples will be described below. FIG. 2 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the image filing apparatus according to the present invention. In the figure, 11 is an image input device, and 12 is an image memory for holding an image input by the image input device 11. Reference numeral 13 is an image display for displaying the contents of the image memory 12, and 14 is a mouse for instructing the image information displayed on the image display 13. Reference numeral 15 is an optical disk device, which transfers and records image information from the image memory 12, and 17 is a magnetic disk device, which records the image information in the optical disk device 15 and, at the same time, retrieves the search information input from the keyboard 18. It is recorded together with the recording address of the image information.

The keyboard 18 is for inputting search information to be recorded, inputting search conditions, or inputting instructions for reading and writing image information and search information. Reference numeral 16 denotes a CPU, which controls the transfer of the image information and the search information and the input of instructions. Reference numeral 20 denotes an information display, which displays search information read from the magnetic disk device 17. Reference numeral 19 denotes an image information management table, which stores a correspondence table of coordinates of image information displayed on the image display 13 and addresses of search information of the image information in the magnetic disk device 17,
This correspondence table enables the retrieval information corresponding to the image information displayed at the designated coordinates on the image display 13 to be read and displayed. Reference numeral 21 denotes a main memory, which temporarily holds an input from the keyboard 18. 22 is a graphic memory, CPU1
It is used to write a frame by 6 and superimpose it on the image display 13.

Next, the operation of the image filing apparatus configured as above will be described. First, the operation of registering image information in the image file device will be briefly described.

The image information input from the image input device 11 is temporarily stored in the image memory 12 and displayed on the image display 13. When search information such as a keyword is input from the keyboard 18 to image information to be registered, it is temporarily stored in the main memory 21. Similarly, when a registration command is input from the keyboard 18, the image information in the image memory 12 is recorded in the optical disk device 15 and the search information in the main memory 21 is recorded in the magnetic disk device 17 under the control of the CPU 16. In addition to the keyword, the search information includes the address of the corresponding image information in the optical disk device 15 in order to associate the search information with the image information. An example of the search information is shown in FIG. As described above, the image information is registered in association with the search information.

Next, search by specifying the search information as search conditions,
The operation when displaying image information will be described below. If you enter the search information that is the search condition from the keyboard 18 and instruct the search from the keyboard 18 as well, the CPU16
Thus, from a large number of search information recorded in the magnetic disk device 17, one that matches the search condition input and designated by the keyboard 18 is selected. The selected search information is read one by one and displayed on the information display 20 from the main memory 21. The image information is read from the optical disk device 15 by the address of the image information in the search information, transferred to the image memory 12, and displayed on the image display 13. Along with that, the image information management table
In FIG. 19, which position on the image display 13 the image information corresponding to which search information is displayed is stored, and the displayed image information is displayed with a frame. The frame is drawn on the graphic memory 22 and is superimposed and displayed on the image display 13.

An example of the image information management table 19 is shown in FIG. Fourth
The section number in the figure represents the position on the image display 13, as shown by the section number set on the image display 13 shown in FIG. The meaning of the image information management table shown in FIG. 4 is that the image information corresponding to the search information at the address 1000 in the magnetic disk device 17 is displayed in the partition 1 and the partition 2 on the image display 13, for example. 3 indicates that the image information corresponding to the search information at the address 2500 is displayed. Although FIG. 4 and FIG. 5 show the case where the total number of sections on the screen is 16, the total number of sections is the same regardless of what number is set, and also on the image display 13. Of course, the size of each section does not have to be uniform.

Next, the operation of displaying the search information by designating the image information will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. When certain image information is designated by the mouse 14 on the image display 13, the CPU 16 calculates the section number from the designated coordinates. For example, assuming that the designated coordinate is the partition number 2, the address of the search information of the partition number 2 is 1000 when referring to the image information management table 19 shown in FIG. The retrieval information is read from the main memory 21. Further, this is transferred to the information display 20 and displayed.

At the same time, the frame currently displayed on the graphic memory 22 is erased, the frame surrounding the image information newly selected by the mouse 14 is written, and the image display 13 is superimposed on the content of the image memory 12. indicate. In this way, by instructing the image information, the search information corresponding to the image information can be easily displayed and read.

In this embodiment, the graphic memory 22 is used for writing and displaying the frame, but it may be directly written in the image memory 12. In this case, the image information of the frame portion is saved in the main memory 21 etc. before writing the frame, and after writing the frame and then deleting the frame, the save information is returned to the original portion of the image memory 12. Need to bring back.

As described above, in this embodiment, since the frame is moved by the coordinate designating means and attached to other image information, the search information corresponding to the framed image information is displayed. The search information regarding the image information can be easily read.

〔The invention's effect〕

As described above, according to the present invention, identification of image information selected from a plurality of image information and other image information should be clarified, and correspondence between search information and image information should be clarified. It is possible to provide an image file device capable of performing the above.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram of an image filing apparatus according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a block configuration diagram of an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of configuration of search information, and FIG. Shows a configuration example of the image information management table, FIG. 5 shows a section number set on the image display, and FIG. 6 shows
6 is a flowchart showing an operation of designating image information and displaying search information in the embodiment shown in FIG. 2.

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. An image storage unit for storing image information, an image display unit for displaying a plurality of image information divided into sections, an information storage unit for storing search information corresponding to each image information, and the search. Information display means for displaying information, image information management means for storing the correspondence between the image information and the search information, and specific image information from a plurality of image information displayed on the image display means. And a coordinate indicating means for selecting, while enclosing the image information selected by the coordinate indicating means in a frame, referring to the image information managing means, displaying search information corresponding to this image information on the information display means, Next, when different image information is selected, the currently displayed frame is erased and the next image information is newly surrounded by a frame, and the image information management means is referred to to detect the next image information. Image file apparatus characterized by a control means for controlling so as to display information on the information display means. 2. The image filing device according to claim 1, further comprising a memory for holding a frame surrounding the image information, wherein the image information stored in the image storage means and the memory are stored in the memory. An image file device, characterized in that the image information is surrounded by a frame by superposing and displaying a held frame on the image display means.