JP2769865B2 - Method of creating index in electronic file device - Google Patents

Description

Description: TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to an electronic file system.

[Prior Art] In a conventional information storage device having an information search function,
When searching for information, the information is searched using search information such as a file name storing the information, a keyword corresponding to the stored content, and a code number assigned according to a certain rule.
The search information is created based on information specified by a keyboard or the like.

[Problem to be Solved by the Invention] In the above-described conventional apparatus, when performing a search using a file name, there is a problem that one file cannot have many attributes and various searches cannot be performed. .

When searching using keywords, it takes a lot of time and effort to select keywords, and there are many different words that have similar concepts, making it difficult to specify an appropriate keyword during a search. There is.

When searching using code numbers, as the number of storage items increases, it becomes difficult to store the code numbers corresponding to the contents to be searched.In practice, the code numbers are always selected using a conversion table. There is a problem that must be.

In any of the above cases, key operations must be performed when storing and retrieving information, and file names, keywords, and code numbers must be entered. There is a problem that efficiency is not improved.

Means for Solving the Problems According to the present invention, an original image for creating an index image is input, an index image is created using the input original image, and a position where the created index image is to be displayed is determined. Select from a plurality of display positions of the display means, display the created index image at the selected display position, and, when selecting a display position, select a display position where the index image is already displayed. This is a method of creating an index in an electronic file device that prohibits this.

[Operation] According to the present invention, by selecting an index image, an information search is performed using relational data indicating a relation between the index image and information to be searched, so that the operator stores a search code. There is no need to
Since it is not necessary to input a search identification code using a keyboard or the like, the operation of storing information becomes easy and quick, and the search operation becomes easy.

Embodiment FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of the present invention.

In this embodiment, a keyboard 2 for issuing an operation command for controlling the electronic file system 1 and for inputting characters and numerals, and an electronic file system 1 and a keyboard 2
, A sheet-shaped original 3, a plate-shaped display device 4 such as a liquid crystal, electroluminescence, plasma or fluorescent display tube, a key group 5, and a horizontal direction of the original 3. Side plates 6a and 6b mounted on the mounting table 7 so as to be movable in the left-right direction; a switching knob 8 for switching between automatic feeding of a large number of originals 3 and manual feeding one by one; And a paper discharge tray 10. On the side surface of the electronic file system 1, an insertion slot 21a for a magneto-optical disk is provided.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram mainly showing the internal configuration of the electronic file system 1 in the above embodiment.

The electronic file system 1 is an electronic file system 1
, A ROM 12 storing the programs of the flowcharts shown in FIGS. 4 to 7, a RAM 13 used as a work memory, a keyboard I / F 14 for the keyboard 2, A clock means 16 for counting the date, time, minute and second; a key I / F 18 for the key group 5; a magneto-optical disk storage device 21 for storing image data and the like on the magneto-optical disk;
An I / F 20 for a magneto-optical disk storage device, an LCD as an example of the display device 4, an I / F 22 for an LCD, an image reading device 25, an I / F 24 for an image reading device, and an image printing device I / F 26 Having.
The electronic file system 1 is connected to the keyboard 2 and the image printing device 27.

 Next, the operation of the above embodiment will be described.

FIGS. 3 (1) to (6) are diagrams showing display examples of the display device 4 in each state of the above embodiment.

First, when the power of the electronic file system 1 is turned on, the current date displayed on the display device 4 is confirmed, and when a disc is set, an initial screen is displayed.

When a stamp registration mode is selected on the initial screen, a screen waiting for selection of an input stamp type is displayed as shown in FIG. 3 (1).

In the above embodiment, “stamp” is a search image representing search information, and a plurality of stamps can be added to one image as search information. The stamp can be freely selected from a car mark, a mountain mark, a book mark, a pencil mark, and the like.

Therefore, the stamp is an example of an index image representing index information for searching for image information to be stored in a storage medium.

By the way, the type of stamp, that is, a character stamp composed of only characters, a picture stamp composed of only pictures,
From the composite stamp obtained by combining characters and pictures,
One of the types is selected using keys K1 to K3.

FIG. 3 (2) shows a case where a picture stamp is selected from the stamp types, and an example of the picture stamp candidate is displayed on the display device 4.
FIG. 4 is a diagram displayed on the finder 41 of FIG. In this figure, a stamp is displayed only in the stamp display area K (3, 2), and no stamp is displayed in the other stamp display areas. The display device 4 has stamp display areas K (1,1) to K (4,5) set in a matrix.

To display a stamp in the stamp display area,
By pressing the keys K1 to K5, the stamp display area K (1,
1) It is necessary to select one of K (4,5).

FIG. 3 (3) is a view showing a state where the stamp display area K (1, 2) is selected by pressing the key K2 once, and the stamp display area K (1, 2) is shown in FIG. (In FIG. 3 (3), the inverted display state is indicated by oblique lines.) When the enter key K6 is pressed in the state shown in FIG. 3 (3), the stamp display area K (1, 2) selected at this time is established, and the established stamp display area K (1, 2) is set. In 2), the stamp candidates displayed on the finder 41 are displayed. This state is shown in FIG. 3 (4).

 Next, a specific operation of the above embodiment will be described.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the operation of registering a new stamp in the above embodiment.

First, stamp candidates are input using the image reading device 25 and the keyboard 2 (S1), and the input stamp candidates are displayed on the finder 41 of the display device 4 at the same size or reduced (S2). Is selected using keys K1 to K5, and stamp candidates are registered in the selected stamp display area (S3). By repeating this operation, a stamp is displayed on all or necessary portions of the stamp display areas K (1,1) to K (4,5) shown in FIG. 3 (2) and the like.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an example of an operation of inputting a stamp candidate in the above embodiment.

In this embodiment, three types of stamps can be registered. In other words, there are three types: a character stamp composed of only characters, a picture stamp composed of only pictures, and a composite stamp obtained by combining characters and pictures.

If a character stamp is selected (S11), a desired character or character string is input by the keyboard 2 (S1).
2). When the picture stamp is selected, a predetermined document is photographed by the image reading device 25 (S13), and the photographed picture (image) is used as a stamp.

On the other hand, when the composite stamp is selected, a document is photographed by the image reading device 25 (S14), and desired characters are inputted by the keyboard 2 (S15). And these pictures and characters and C
PU11 synthesizes (S16).

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 3 (5), the finder 41 of the display device 4 has a picture display area 42 and a character display area 43, and the picture display area 42 is a picture (image) captured by the image reading device 25. ) Is displayed, and the character display area 43 is the keyboard 2
This is the area for displaying the characters input in.

When a pictograph combining mode for combining a picture and a character is selected (S11), a predetermined document is photographed by the image reading device 25, and the photographed picture (image) is displayed in the picture display area. Then, a cursor 44 is displayed at the lower part of the finder 41 together with the above-mentioned picture. When the cursor 44 is moved to a desired portion and the space key of the keyboard 2 is pressed, as shown in FIG. And the blank portion is used as the character display area 43. At this time, the keyboard 2
When a character is input via the keyboard, the input character "ABC" is displayed in the character display area 43 as shown in FIG. In this way, the desired pictograph synthesis stamp is displayed on the finder 41.

In this emoticon synthesis mode, the font memory is RO
The input characters “ABC” and the like provided in M12 are stored as codes. When characters are displayed in the finder 41, the stamp display areas K (1,1) to K (4,5), the codes are converted into character fonts and displayed. If the characters are stored as codes in this way, subsequent character correction is easy, and the characters can be used like other search information. On the other hand, if the picture and the character are stored as one image, the management of the stamp is easy and there is no need to provide a font memory.

As described above, when a stamp obtained by combining a picture and a character is used, the search operation becomes easy because the combined stamp is very specific and objective.

In the above embodiment, characters are overwritten on the picture. However, if the picture data and the character data are processed by exclusive OR, the characters on the picture are displayed in reverse video.

The stamp created in this way is displayed as a stamp candidate on the finder 41 of the display device 4 (S2). If the stamp candidate is desired (the operator feels preferable), the process proceeds to the step of selecting and registering a stamp display area (S3). If the stamp candidate is not desired, the stamp candidate is recreated. Then, the process returns to the stamp candidate input step (S1).

As described above, the created stamp candidate is
In this case, the displayed stamp is displayed once in the actual stamp display area, so that the created stamp candidates can be easily changed, and therefore, a desired stamp can be easily created.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an example of the operation of selecting a stamp display area and registering a stamp candidate (S3) in the above embodiment.

First, a stamp candidate finder display screen shown in FIG.
It is assumed that a stamp candidate composed of three triangles is displayed.

In this case, first, variables m, n,... Are initialized to 0 (S31). When the display area selection key K1 is pressed (S33), for example, the variable m is incremented by 1, only the stamp display area K (m, 1) is highlighted (S36), and the stamp display area is selectively displayed. . At this time, if the confirmation key K6 is pressed (S32), the stamp display area that is selected and displayed is confirmed, and a stamp candidate is displayed in the determined stamp display area (S57). The candidate is registered in the stamp display area, and the stamp image is recorded in the search information storage area of the magneto-optical disk by the magneto-optical disk storage device 21 (S58). The skip processing (S35) will be described later.

On the other hand, if the display area selection key K2 is pressed (S43), the variable n is incremented by 1 (S44), only the stamp display area K (n, 2) is highlighted (S46), and the stamp display area is selectively displayed. I do.

FIG. 3 (3) is a diagram showing a state in which the display area selection key K2 is pressed once to select the stamp display area K (1, 2). When the stamp display area K (1, 2) is selected, the display area is highlighted (in FIG. 3 (3), it is indicated by oblique lines). At this time, press the confirm key K6 (S3
2) The selected and displayed stamp display area is determined, and stamp candidates are displayed in the determined stamp display area (S57).

FIG. 3 (4) is a diagram showing an example in which the above-mentioned stamp candidates are displayed in the stamp display area K (1, 2).

Note that m and n indicate the rows in the matrix of the stamp display area shown in FIGS. 3 (2) to (4). The variables indicating the rows of the matrix in the display area selection keys K3, K4, and K5 are p, q, and r, respectively.

The same applies to the display area selection keys K3, K4, and K5, and it is determined whether each is pressed (S47, S47).
48, S49) If they are pressed, the variables p, q, and r indicating the row are each incremented by one, and the selection display of the stamp display area belonging to the display area selection key is shifted down by one. When the enter key K6 is pressed, the stamp is displayed at the selected position in the same manner as the case of the select keys K1 and K2.

As described above, by providing the display area selection key for only one row, the stamp display area can be reliably selected, whereby the number of display area selection keys can be reduced and the stamp area selection operation can be easily performed. become.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing an example of skipping the selection of the stamp display area in the above embodiment.

When the stamp display area is selected, every time the display area selection key is pressed once, the selection display of the stamp display area is moved down by one. In this way, when the selection display is moved down by one, If a stamp is already registered (displayed) in the stamp display area (S35a), the display area is skipped. In other words, the variable m is further incremented by 1 (S35b), and the stamp display area at the next position is selectively displayed.
For example, suppose that the stamp display area K (2, 2) has been selected and displayed, and when the display area selection key K2 is pressed once, the next stamp display area is K (3, 2). Already has a spade stamp registered (displayed),
The next display area K (4,2) is selectively displayed. If a stamp is displayed two places ahead, a stamp display area three places ahead is selected and displayed. When the variable m becomes 5 which is larger than the maximum number (S35c), the variable m is set to 0.
(S35d) and return to S32.

FIG. 7 mainly shows the stamp display areas K (1, 1) to K
Although the skip processing is performed for (4,1), the same applies to the stamp display areas K (1,2) to K (4,2). That is, the skip processing (S45) is the same as S35,
May be replaced with n instead of the variable m. Pressing the stamp display area selection keys K3, K4, and K5 is the same as in the case of FIG.

In the above embodiment, the operation (S2) of displaying the stamp candidate on the finder 41 may be omitted.

Next, a case where a predetermined image is searched using the stamp will be described.

FIG. 3 (7) shows a large number of stamps, from which a desired stamp is selected. To make this selection, by pressing any of the keys K1 to K5, one of the stamps belonging to the pressed key (the five stamps displayed above the pressed key) is, for example, 1 /
3 It is highlighted and provisionally selected, and each time the same key is pressed once,
Of the stamps belonging to that key, the position for 1/3 inverted display moves one position (one down), and in the process, pressing the confirm key K6 selects the stamp which was 1/3 inverted at that time, For example, the entire screen is displayed in reverse video. Then, the image corresponding to the selected stamp is stored in the magneto-optical disk storage device 21.
Is retrieved from the magneto-optical disk, read out and displayed on the display device 4, and the image printing device 27
Printed by

[Effects of the Invention] According to the present invention, by selecting an index image, an information search is performed using relational data indicating a relation between the index image and information to be searched. You don't need to remember
There is no need to input a search identification code using a keyboard or the like, and therefore, the storage operation of information is facilitated and quick, and the search operation is facilitated.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing one embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the electronic file system in the above embodiment. FIGS. 3 (1) to 3 (7) are diagrams showing display examples of the display device in the above embodiment. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the basic operation of stamp registration in the above embodiment. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an operation of inputting a stamp candidate in the above embodiment. FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an operation of selecting a stamp display area and an operation of registering a stamp in the above embodiment. FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the operation of the skip processing in the above embodiment. 1 ... Electronic file system, 2 ... Keyboard, 4 ... Display device, 5 ... Key group, 11 ... CPU, 12 ... ROM, 25 ... Image reading device, K1-K5 ... Stamp display area selection Key, K6 …… Confirmation key.

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Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A method for creating an index in an electronic file device having display means, wherein a registration for setting an index image registration mode for registering an index image representing index information for searching for image information to be stored in a storage medium. A mode setting step; an original image input step of inputting an original image for creating an index image; an index image creating step of creating an index image using the input original image; and displaying the created index image. A display position selecting step of selecting a power position from a plurality of display positions of the display means; and a display step of displaying the created index image at the selected display position. Prohibits selecting the display position where the index image is already displayed Creating an index in the electronic file device.