JP2556476B2 - Identifier registration method - Google Patents

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to an identifier registration method for inputting a file identifier using a mark written in a mark field.

[Prior Art] In recent years, it has become possible to input and manage a large amount of file information into a computer by increasing the capacity of the storage means. In order to manage such a large amount of file information, not only the file information but also code information (also referred to as an identifier) such as a unique identification number for searching and a keyword needs to be attached.

Conventionally, the identification information was entered by keyboard,
This requires a manual input for each file, which imposes a considerable burden on the operator. Input by OCR is also a good idea. However, at present, there are problems in terms of cost and recognition rate. Therefore, it is considered that the use of the mark sheet method will improve the cost and the recognition rate.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, the mark sheet format by the conventional printing has a fixed mark sheet format, and even if a plurality of types of mark sheets can be prepared and the format can be changed, a program is required to read this. It required complicated parameter input and parameter replacement at the level. In addition, if the processing work is diversified, the mark sheet format will also be diversified. Therefore, when the number of mark sheets is increased, the work of switching the host program for each process is added, which is not efficient.

Further, the conventional mark sheet adopts a multicolor printing method with a predetermined accuracy using a so-called dropout color. From this point as well, the conventional mark sheet printing is expensive, and since it is printing, it is difficult to change the format and there are problems such as stock management.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned drawbacks of the related art, and its object is to provide mark column position information for a user to enter a keyword (identifier) for managing a file. You can register by entering
Another object of the present invention is to provide an identifier registration method capable of registering a unique identification pattern in association with the entered mark field position information.

An object of the present invention is to print an identification pattern registered in association with the mark column position information at a predetermined position when the printing of an image including the mark column is instructed. Recognize the mark based on the mark column position information from the printed image information,
It is to provide an identifier registration method that can be registered as an identifier for managing the file.

[Means for Solving Problems] and [Operation] In order to achieve the above object, the identifier registration method of the present invention includes the following steps. That is, it is an identifier registration method of inputting using the mark entered in the identifier mark field of the file, wherein mark field position information indicating the position of the mark field is input, and based on the input mark field position information. The mark field to be formed is displayed on the display screen, and the identification pattern generated according to the displayed registration instruction of the mark field and the mark field position information forming the mark field are registered in association with each other. In accordance with a print instruction of an image including a column, the identification pattern registered in association with the mark column position information of the mark column is printed at a predetermined position along with the mark column, and the identification pattern is printed at a predetermined position of the read image information. When the identification pattern is included, the mark included in the image information is recognized based on the mark column position information registered in association with the read identification pattern. And, and registers with the file information of the recognized marked as an identifier for managing document files.

Embodiments Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of the electronic file system of the embodiment. In the figure, 1 is a reader that reads a normal document image or the like other than a mark sheet created and printed by this system and exchanges it with an electric signal, and 7 is a reader 1 of the reader 1 for reading the mark sheet, the document image or the like in conjunction with the reader 1. An auto feeder for feeding, 2 is an optical disk for storing mark sheet images read by the reader 1, and other normal image processing, 3 is a host computer main body for controlling the entire electronic file system, 4 is various control commands, mark sheet format A keyboard for inputting parameters for creation, 5 is a CRT display position (CRT) for displaying a designed mark sheet image, read image information and other operation information, 6 is a designed mark sheet image, image information for keyword management, etc. Is a printer that prints out.

In the host computer body 3, 50 is a central processing unit that executes various programs (for example, a microcomputer MC6800 manufactured by Motorola Co., Ltd.).
Reference numerals 0) and 51 are programs executed by the CPU 50, which are, for example, read-only memories (ROMs) that store the processing programs shown in FIGS. 3, 4, and 9 of the embodiment. 52 is a CRT
Interface, 53 is a keyboard interface,
Reference numeral 54 is an optical disk interface (including a data compression / expansion circuit), 55 is a reader interface, 56 is a printer interface, 57 is a process execution information of program execution, a read mark sheet image, a random access memory for storing an image of an original image ( RAM), 60
Is a common bus of CPU50.

In the RAM 57, 571 is a work area for storing processing progress information, and 572 is an image memory (IM) for storing read mark sheet images, original image images, and the like.

FIG. 2 is an external view of the electronic file system of the embodiment. In the figure, the same components as those in FIG. 1 are designated by the same reference numerals.
Reference numeral 8 is an interface cable connecting the reader 2 and the host computer 3, and 9 is an interface cable connecting the printer 6 and the host computer 3.

With the above configuration, the user can easily design the mark sheet format used in the present system, assign a specific identification pattern to the format, register these together in the system, and print the mark sheet. Therefore, when reading the mark sheet, the registered mark sheet format can be indexed from the identification pattern, and the keyword entered as additional information can be easily read.Moreover, when designing the format, other image information or document code information is added to the mark sheet format. Can be combined into a mark sheet format of 1. Therefore, the mark sheet is not just a mark sheet, but is a document image itself.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart of the mark sheet format creation processing of the embodiment. Format creation process is ROM5
This is done by inputting parameters interactively on the CRT display screen according to the format creation program of 1. The format creation procedure is roughly divided into inputting parameters (number of keywords, number of keyword items, etc.) that determine the form of the mark field, and inputting keyword item contents that give meaning to the marks in the mark field. The former can be fixed once it is created and registered to keep the data consistent, and the latter can be changed whenever correction or addition is required.

In step S1, it is determined whether or not the mark sheet format is newly created. The operator selects whether to create a new file. If new creation is selected, the process proceeds to step S9 to execute new creation processing.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart of the new creation process of the embodiment. In step S91, it is determined whether or not the basic form is used as the mark field to be designed. The operator selects whether to use the basic form. Many tasks can be handled with some basic mark sheets. Therefore, in this system, for example, the basic form of the mark field as shown in FIGS. 5A to 5C is prepared, and the operator does not have to create it from the beginning unless a special format is designed. . Fig. 5 (a) shows the general-purpose mark format (basic form) with 20 columns vertically on the right side of the sheet. Its position and size are specified by coordinates (x21, y21), (x22, y22). There is. Similarly, FIG. 5 (b) is a basic form of one vertical stage on the left side of the seat, FIG. 5 (c) is a basic form of one horizontal stage below the seat, and FIG. 5 (d) is a vertical and horizontal one stage of the seat. The basic form of each is shown. When the operator selects to use the basic form, the process proceeds to step S100, and the basic form is displayed on the CRT display screen. The operator designates the corresponding basic form with a pointing device, a cursor or the like and selects one of them.

When designing a mark field other than the basic type, step S91
Select "Form" with. In step S92, the seat side is displayed on the CRT display screen, and the operator designates a desired position with a pointing device, a cursor or the like to form a mark field. For example, 2 point coordinates (x21, y21),
By specifying (x22, y22), a rectangular mark field whose two-point coordinates are diagonal lines is formed, and its position and size are specified. In this way, two or more mark fields can be formed. In step S93, the number of keywords (1 in the basic form)
Input). For example, in the sheet format of FIG. 10, there are keyword numbers 1 to 3, and the number of keywords to be input in this case is 3. In step S94, the number of items (columns) for each keyword is input so that the total is within a fixed number. By doing this, the column interval is calculated according to the number of items, and when the number of items is a certain value or more, that is, the column interval is less than the allowable value, the columns are automatically rearranged to have two or three columns Is done. In step S95, the layout image of the mark field is confirmed on the CRT display screen. Printer 6 if needed
To print out.

In step S96, it is determined whether or not the image is combined. The operator selects whether to combine images. When images are combined, the document image is read from the reader 1 in step S97. In step S98, for example, as shown in FIG. 6, the read image and the created mark field are combined and displayed on the CRT screen. At that time, the position and size of the image are specified by the coordinates (x11, y11) and (x12, y12). The operator determines the final layout of the mark sheet format by adjusting the arrangement of each of the mark field and the image using a pointing device, a cursor, etc. while looking at the screen. The sheet format image thus obtained can be reduced / enlarged on the screen.

When the "document file" is selected and the document file name is specified in step S96, the process advances to step S101 to read the document file created in the form of code information from the optical disc 2 and develop the document pattern in the image memory 572. Since this system can also be used as a Japanese word processor, it is possible to create document data in advance by using this function, give it a document name, and save it as a document file. In step S98, the document image is combined with the mark field and displayed on the CRT display screen in the same manner as when the image image is input from the reader 1 described above. In any of the above cases, by outputting the composite image from the printer 6, a full-scale format seal layout can be obtained.

In step S99, the created mark sheet format (mark sheet form) is registered. When registering, enter a unique name and attach it for later search. By registration, the parameters for forming the mark field are stored in the sheet format parameter file (SFPF) 201, and the image image or document image (which may be coded document data) has the specified size on the CRT display. It is stored in the sheet format image file (SFIF) 202. At the same time as registration, a unique identification code (Fig. 8) is generated for this mark sheet format, and the name of the sheet format, mark field area, image area position, corresponding SFPF and SFIF (document file when coded) ) Management information such as each address is a sheet format management file (SFMF)
Stored in 203.

After registering the format, return to step S10 in FIG.
Next, input the data of the keyword item. Keyword items can also be entered interactively by displaying the mark sheet layout on the display screen and filling in the actual sheet format. In step S6, the itemized mark sheet format with item data is stored in the item corresponding file (SFKF) 204.

To change only the keyword name and keyword item contents instead of creating a new one in step S1, select "Update". When the operator selects a desired one from the registered mark sheet formats in step S2, the sheet format is displayed on the CRT display. Input of item data in step S3 is performed interactively on the CRT display in the same manner as in step S10. At that time, the selected format data in the state before the change is held in the memory while the change is made on the display.

In step S4, "rewrite" or "revise" is selected. If the old format data selected in step S2 is unnecessary, "rewrite" is selected. In step S5, the old format is deleted, and the keyword format and the itemized format of the keyword item contents updated in step S6 are registered in SFKF204.

If it is necessary to keep the old version together with the new version in order to maintain the correspondence with the keyword item contents or the keyword name at the time of inputting the mark data that has already been input, “revise” is selected in step S4. In step S6, as many memories as the number of new editions are prepared, and the number of editions at the time of image input is stored. The version number of the latest version is registered at the time of image input, but when searching for an image input in the past, the version data at the time of input can be referred to.

When printing is selected in step S7, the process proceeds to step S8, and the printer 6 outputs the designated number of mark sheet images to which the sheet format layout, the timing mark, the sheet format identification pattern corresponding to the identification code, and the keyword item contents are added. This electronic file incorporates a predetermined mark sheet processing function including position correction and black frame removal in the scanner, and it is possible to directly use a one-color mark sheet that is not so-called dropout color for keyword input of an image original.

Format parameters and identification code in the mark field,
It is managed independently of the keyword item contents and keyword names. The former is fixed once registered and the latter can be changed. By doing so, the keyword name and keyword item contents can be easily modified according to the change of the application while maintaining the consistency of the data, and the modified sheet format can be immediately printed and used.

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a method of generating and storing the identification code and the identification pattern. A unique mark sheet format number is given to the mark sheet format each time it is newly registered. According to the sheet format number / identification code correspondence table, an identification code corresponding to the sheet format number is assigned to the registered sheet format. When the sheet format to be printed is selected during the sheet format printing, the sheet format parameter corresponding to the sheet format number, the sheet format image, and the above-mentioned identification code are called. The print program prints the mark column sheet with the mark identification pattern as shown in FIG. 8 according to this parameter. As an example, the identification number “01
The print program generates an identification pattern that assigns white and black bars to 0 and 1, respectively, and an identification pattern that consists of timing mark TM, start bit STT, and stop bit STP, and prints it on the top of the mark sheet. Print at the specified position.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart of the reading process of the completed mark sheet and the original image. This electronic file system can process image documents without mark sheets and mark fields all at once. In some cases, the completed mark sheet itself has an image combined with it. When inputting an image original without a mark field, the mark sheets are stacked on the auto feeder so that the mark sheet is the first page of the relevant document original, or are placed one by one in that order on the original plate of the scanner.

In step S21, the sheet is read. The sheets are read one by one with a scanner, binarized, and temporarily stored in the image memory 572 in step S22. In step S23, the sheet format identification pattern is checked. That is, it is checked whether or not the sheet format identification pattern registered in advance matches the sheet format identification pattern on the image memory 572 in the specific area of the sheet.
Each sheet format is provided with a unique identification pattern when it is registered as shown in FIG. 8, and it is only determined whether or not the original is a mark sheet by checking the identification pattern area on the image memory 572. However, by determining which type of mark sheet has a mark sheet format, it is possible to perform a sheet file process corresponding to each mark sheet. The printing position of the identification pattern on the sheet format is stored when the sheet format is generated, and the bit pattern is extracted from the printing area of the identification pattern when scanning the document. When the pattern analysis program recognizes and encodes the identification pattern and detects the timing marks, start bits, stop bits, and the registered identification code of 7 digits in the embodiment, this image original is in the mark sheet format. It is determined that there is. Therefore, other than that, it is processed as an image original.

When the agreement of the sheet format identification patterns is obtained in step S24, the corresponding mark sheet format parameter is called in step S25. Information such as the coordinates of the mark field area, the mark position for each column, and the keyword items corresponding to the marks are given at this point. Step S26
Then, the mark column data is recognized. For example, FIG. 10 shows a mark column in which the number of keywords is 3, the keyword name is “newspaper information”, and the number of keyword items is 23. Since the marks are attached to the second and fifth keyword items of the keyword number 3, when the recognition process of this mark column is performed, as shown in FIG. 11 (a), each is stored in the memory of the keyword No. 03. "0
2 "," 05 "are stored. Keyword item" 02 "," 05 "
Which contents each corresponds to is managed by the item correspondence file (SFKF) 204 of keyword number 3. This correspondence can be displayed by referring to it on the display as shown in FIG. 11 (b), and the item number “02” or the item content “Yomiuri” can be entered not only from the mark sheet but also from the keyboard or the like. . One piece of image information and the search information are managed by the total management number of the document (= file). For example, as shown in FIG. 12, the search information of the document of the file No. 001351 is stored in the mass storage device by the common number 001351. It is managed in combination with an image on an optical disk or the like and management information indicating its storage location, size, and the like.

In step S27, it is determined whether the image is a mark sheet and the image is combined. The discrimination can be performed by scanning the image area or from the recognized mark information. Alternatively, such a mark sheet may be given a specific identification code in advance. When there is an image, it is determined in step S28 whether or not the mark area is deleted. The discrimination information is arbitrarily selected by the user according to the type of the original document and is given in advance from a keyboard or the like. If it is not deleted, the process proceeds to step S30, and the image data on the memory is sent to the compression / expansion circuit in the optical disk interface via the bus 60, and after being subjected to the compression processing, stored in a large capacity storage medium such as an optical disk. If no match is obtained in the determination in step S24, recording is performed in step S30. This is the case when a normal image original follows the mark sheet. In this way, the image on the mark sheet is registered as a single document as the first page of the document and the second and subsequent originals as the second and third pages.

When it is determined that the mark is deleted in step S28, the process proceeds to step S29 and the mark area is deleted. The coordinate information of the mark field area already given, that is, (x21, y21), (x22, y22) in FIGS. 5 (a) to (c), and (x21, y2) in FIG. 5 (d).
1), (X22, y22), (x23, y23), the mark column area is examined as shown in FIG. 13 (a) for a rectangle whose coordinates are diagonal lines, and FIG. 13 (b) A region surrounded by a rectangle like this, for example, a region where {x, y} is (x21 ≤ x ≤ x22) and (y21 ≤ y ≤ y22) in Figs. 5 (a) to (c), Fig. 5 ( In d), {x, y} is (x21 ≤ x ≤ x23) and (y21 ≤ y ≤ y22) and (x22 ≤ x ≤ x23) and (y22 ≤
All areas of y ≦ y23) are converted into “0” (= white), transferred, and recorded on the optical disc 2. By doing so, when the original image after reading the mark is stored, the mark column area in the original can be deleted.

When there is no image in step S27, the mark sheet information is only the mark field. The flow proceeds to step S31, where the recognized mark information is coded and stored according to the data storage format that was simultaneously constructed at the time of designing the mark sheet format, and is used in the same way as the code information input from the keyboard at the time of retrieval.

The processing described above is performed for each mark sheet, that is, for each case as a document. Therefore, even if documents with different sheet format types are stacked and scanned on the auto feeder, the sheet formats will be automatically identified one by one and the database designed for each format will be marked. Store the read data,
And an image file can be formed.

It should be noted that the form of entering the keyword on the mark sheet is basically input by filling out the preprinted marks as in the present embodiment, but the method is not limited to the mark of the embodiment as long as it is a method that can be optically read by a scanner, for example, a frame. Character input by handwriting, input of handwritten characters (OC
R), a keyword input method using a barcode may be used.

In addition, the mark sheet format identification pattern is 2
By combining three or three layers, the mark sheets can be classified hierarchically and the data can be managed.

As described above, according to this embodiment, the user can easily design the sheet format for entering the keyword information, and by allocating and printing the identification pattern unique to the designed format, the sheet format can be re-entered at the time of re-entry. Since the sheet format can be easily calculated from the identification pattern, various types of sheet formats can be used at the same time, and documents and images can be automatically managed without human intervention.

In addition, mark sheet format creation, editing function,
Also, the electronic file has the mark sheet print function and the scanner also has the single color mark sheet reading function, so that the user can easily create any number of mark sheets of any number of keywords, types, keyword items, and keyword item contents. It is possible to register, print a mark sheet with a built-in printer at any time, attach a mark, and use it for inputting an image original.

Further, since the mark sheet format is fixed once registered, even if the contents of the keyword items are changed later, the consistency with the data input before that is maintained. Also, the keyword name and keyword item contents can be changed. By incorporating the mark sheet format creation to the print function into one system,
The keyword name, keyword item contents, and database are modified simply by making changes on the display, and the modified mark sheet can be immediately output and used.

Furthermore, by using a document that exists in the form of hard copy or code information and combining it with the mark field to generate a one-page sheet format on the system, the existing document is directly processed as a mark and converted into an electronic file. The processing time can be shortened as compared with the case where data can be input and one page is used as a mark sheet.

[Effects of the Invention] According to the present invention as described above, a user can input and register mark field position information for entering a keyword (identifier) for managing a file, and A unique identification pattern can be registered in association with the input mark field position information, and when printing of an image including the mark field is instructed, it is registered in association with the mark field position information together with the mark field. Since the identified pattern is printed at a predetermined position, there is an effect that the mark based on the mark column position information can be confirmed from the printed image information and the mark can be registered as an identifier for managing the file. .

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block configuration diagram of an electronic file system of the embodiment, FIG. 2 is an external view of the electronic file system of the embodiment, FIG. 3 is a flowchart of mark sheet format creation processing of the embodiment, and FIG. A flowchart of the new creation process, FIGS. 5 (a) to 5 (d) are diagrams showing the basic form of the mark field, FIG. 6 is a view combining the read image image and the created mark field, and FIG. FIG. 8 is a view for synthesizing the image image and the created mark field, FIG. 8 is a view for explaining a method of generating and storing an identification code and an identification pattern, and FIG. 9 is a flowchart for reading a completed mark sheet and a document image. The figure shows a mark sheet format as an example. Fig. 11 (a) shows the relationship in which keyword numbers and mark data are stored. Fig. 11 (b) shows mark data and terms. Shows the contents of the relationship, FIG. FIG. 12 showing the relationship between the file management information, Fig. 13 (a), is a diagram illustrating a (b) the deletion of the mark column. In the figure, 1 ... Reader, 2 ... Optical disk, 3 ... Host computer main body, 4 ... Keyboard, 5 ... CRT display device (CRT), 6 ... Printer, 7 ... Auto feeder.

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Shinko Ishiya 3-30-2 Shimomaruko, Ota-ku, Tokyo Canon Inc. (56) References JP-A-55-121572 (JP, A) JP-A-SHO 61-65363 (JP, A) JP-A-56-11573 (JP, A) JP-A-56-87167 (JP, A)

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. An identifier registration method for inputting a file identifier using a mark written in a mark field, wherein mark field position information indicating a position of the mark field is input, and the input mark field position is input. A mark field formed based on the information is displayed on the display screen, and the identification pattern generated according to the registration instruction of the displayed mark field is associated with the mark field position information forming the mark field. In response to a print instruction for an image including a mark field that is registered, an identification pattern registered in association with the mark field position information of the mark field is printed at a predetermined position along with the mark field, and the read image information of the read image information is printed. When the identification pattern is included at a predetermined position, the marker included in the image information is registered based on the mark column position information registered in association with the read identification pattern. Identifier registration method characterized by recognizing a click, to register with the file information of the recognized marked as an identifier for managing document files. 2. The identifier registration method according to claim 1, wherein the file includes a document file or an image file.