JP2530613B2 - Image file device - Google Patents

Description

Description: TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to an image filing apparatus that displays image information and its search information in a clearly associated manner.

[Conventional technology]

Recently, image information is sequentially stored in a storage medium such as an optical disk device, and together with that, search information corresponding to each image information is stored in a magnetic disk device such as a floppy disk, and the search information is input as a search condition. Thus, an image file device configured to search the search information in the magnetic disk device, read the image information corresponding to the searched search information from the optical disk device or the like, and display it on the display device has been put to practical use.

In these image file devices, one display device switches between displaying only the search information and displaying only the image information, or displaying the search information and the image information in a mixed manner. In the case of two devices, two pieces of image information are compared and displayed on respective display devices.

[Problems to be solved by the invention]

However, in the conventional image file device, it is difficult to understand the correspondence between the image information and the search information regardless of the number of display devices, and particularly when the search information includes detailed attribute information of the image, There is a strong demand for simultaneous display in association with each other, and the inability to perform such associated display has been a major problem.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned problems in the conventional image file apparatus, and an image file apparatus which displays image information and search information in a clearly associated manner so that the image information can be handled efficiently. The purpose is to provide.

[Means and Actions for Solving Problems]

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention corresponds to image storage means for storing a plurality of image information, image display means for displaying a plurality of image information read from the image storage means, and the image information. Information storage means for storing the respective search information to be associated with the image information, information display means for displaying the search information read from the information storage means, and a display area of each search information on the information display means. Is provided with a control means for controlling to set to the same position corresponding to the display position of the image information on the image display means in a frame having the same size as the image information corresponding to each search information. I am configuring.

Next, an outline of the image filing apparatus according to the present invention will be described based on the conceptual diagram of FIG. An image filing apparatus according to the present invention includes an image storage unit 1 for sequentially storing image information, an image memory unit 2 for temporarily holding image information read from the image storage unit 1, and an image memory unit 2. The image display means 3 for displaying the above image information, the information storage means 5 for storing the search information corresponding to the image information in association with the image information respectively, and the search information read from the information storage means 5 The information display means 6 to be displayed and the display position of the search information on the information display means 6 are set to the same position as the display position where the image information corresponding to the search information is displayed on the image display means 3. And the control means 4 for controlling.

The image filing device configured in this way
It works as follows. First, the control means 4 searches the information storage means 5 for search information that matches the search conditions. The retrieved search information is displayed on the information display unit 6, and the image information associated with the retrieved information is read from the image storage unit 1 to the image memory unit 2 and displayed on the image display unit 3. At this time, the associated search information and image information are respectively displayed on the information display means 6, as shown in FIG.
The control means 4 is provided at the same corresponding coordinate position of the image display means 3.
Is displayed under the control of. That is, for example, the search information corresponding to the image information displayed on the upper left of the image display unit 3 is displayed on the upper left of the information display unit 6 correspondingly.

In this way, the image information and the search information are easily and clearly associated with each other, and the efficiency of handling the image information is improved.

〔Example〕

Examples will be described below. FIG. 3 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the image filing apparatus according to the present invention. In the figure, 10 is a camera for inputting an image, image information input from the camera 10 is sent to an image memory 12 by an image input device 11, and the content of the image memory 12 is an image output. It is adapted to be displayed on the image display 13 by the device 14. Reference numeral 15 denotes an optical disk device for storing and storing image information. When storing the image information, the CPU 16 transfers the image information from the image memory 12 or performs DMA transfer to record the image information.
Similarly, when reading out image information, the optical disk device 15
To the image memory 12 or DMA transfer.

The CRT 17 displays search information, and the graphic character memory 19 is used to display a graphic pattern or character such as a frame on the CRT 17. The main memory 18 is used for temporarily holding information and the like, and the keyboard 20 is used for inputting search information and giving an instruction for command execution by an operator. The magnetic disk device 21 stores and stores search information.
The U16 is configured to transfer the search information from the main memory 18 and write it, and conversely to read the search information to the main memory 18.

Next, the operation of the image filing device configured as above will be described. First, the operation of registering image information will be described. First, under the control of the CPU 16, the image information input from the camera 10 is written into the image memory 12 by the image input device 11, and the content of the image memory 12 is always displayed on the image display 13 by the image output device 14. ing. The operator inputs the search information corresponding to the image information to be recorded from the keyboard 20. FIG. 4 shows a structural example of the search information. That is, in the search information, the information number and the keywords (1), (2), ... For searching the corresponding image information, and the image information are stored in the optical disk device 15.
The address of the image information on the optical disc for reading from is included.

The operator inputs and specifies a keyword such as “ABC” from the keyboard 20, and presses a key for displaying a recording on the keyboard 20 to display the image memory 12
The above image information is transferred and recorded in the optical disk device 15, and the search information including the address of the recorded image information is recorded in the magnetic disk device 21. In this way, registration of one piece of image information is completed.

Next, the operation of searching and displaying image information will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. For example, when the operator wants to display image information whose keyword is'ABC ', he or she inputs'ABC' from the keyboard 20 and then presses a key instructing a search on the keyboard 20. "ABC" is searched for, and the number of search results (number of images) is displayed.

When the operator presses the display instruction key on the keyboard 20, the first search information in the search results is displayed on the magnetic disk device.
Read from 21 to main memory 18. The corresponding image information is read from the optical disk device 15 to the image memory 12 according to the address of the image information in the read search information. The contents of the image memory 12 are displayed on the image display 13 by the image output device 14.

Next, the CPU 16 corresponds to the position of the image information displayed on the image display 13. A frame having the same size as the image information is displayed at the same coordinate position on the CRT 17, and the search information is displayed in the frame. The frame is written in the graphic character memory 19 and displayed on the CRT 17. When the image information is sequentially displayed in this manner, the image information on the image display and the search information on the CRT are displayed in association with each other as shown in FIG. 2, for example.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, the image information and the search information are easily displayed in association with each other, so that the search information can be immediately understood and read from the certain image information displayed on the image display 13. , And vice versa, CRT1
6 From the search information displayed above, the image information associated with it can be immediately understood and observed. Therefore, the search information including the desired image information and the attribute can be efficiently obtained.

In the above-mentioned embodiment, the image information is displayed one by one, but it is also applicable when it is displayed as a list at once. Further, even if the image information and the like are not all the same size, as shown in FIG. 6, even when the image information of large and small sizes is mixed, the information display means
31 and the image display means 32 can be similarly displayed. Further, the storage means is not limited to the optical disk device and the magnetic disk device as in the above embodiment, but may be another storage device, and the search information and the image information may be stored in the same storage device. You can also

Further, in the above-mentioned embodiment, the image display means and the information display means are constituted by the separate display devices, respectively. However, a single display device may have the functions of both the image display means and the information display means. You may comprise. That is, a single display device is used to switch between the display of only the search information and the display of only the image information, or the screen of the display device is divided into two to divide the search information and the image information. You may make it respectively display on a screen.

〔The invention's effect〕

As described above based on the embodiment, according to the present invention, the display position of the search information on the information display means corresponds to the position at which the image information corresponding to the search information is displayed on the image display means. Since it is configured to set to the same coordinate position, it is possible to display only image information and search information,
In addition, the correspondence between the displayed image information and the search information becomes clear, and the image information obtained from the search result and the search information can be efficiently handled with a simple configuration.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a correspondence display mode of search information and image information, and FIG. 3 is a block configuration diagram showing an embodiment of an image filing device according to the present invention. , FIG. 4 is a diagram showing one configuration example of search information, and FIG.
FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a search / display operation in the embodiment shown in FIG. 6, and another correspondence display mode of search information and image information.

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. An image storage means for storing a plurality of image information, an image display means for displaying the plurality of image information read from the image storage means, and search information corresponding to the image information, respectively. The information storage means for storing the information stored in association with the information storage means, the information display means for displaying the search information read from the information storage means, and the display area of each search information on the information display means are associated with each search information. And a control unit that controls the image information to be set to the same position corresponding to the display position of the image information on the image display unit in a frame having the same size as the image information to be stored. 2. The image filing device according to claim 1, wherein the image storage unit stores a plurality of image information of different sizes, and the control unit is a display area for the search information. The image file device is configured so that each of the plurality of pieces of image information having different sizes is set in a frame having the same size.