JP2788556B2 - Image information retrieval device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an image information retrieving apparatus , and more particularly, to a method of retrieving information from a host using a terminal, using information not registered in a main file on the host. The present invention relates to an image information search device that reads information added in association with search information (referred to as additional information) from another file on the host side and displays the read information .

2. Description of the Related Art In a financial institution such as a bank, a seal is used to confirm a customer at the time of a transaction with a customer. For this reason, the customer has previously registered with a financial institution using the seal to be used. When making a transaction, it is necessary to check whether the seal used by the customer is the same as that registered with the financial institution, and therefore, it is necessary to quickly draw out the necessary seal when necessary.

For this reason, a financial institution or the like accumulates a seal imprint of a seal as electronic image information, configures a seal imprint image file, and prepares a seal imprint search device capable of searching the seal imprint image file. When necessary, data of the required seal image can be retrieved and displayed on the monitor, and collated with the seal image of the seal presented by the customer.

[0004]

2. Description of the Related Art An imprint retrieval apparatus for retrieving an imprint usually includes:
It is composed of an imprint file that records imprint image data using a customer account number as a key, and a search device that searches for the imprint file. The imprint file contains the customer's account number, the imprint image of the seal that the customer has reported, and, if necessary, additional information such as the customer's name and address. Data such as the imprint image corresponding to the entered account number Is displayed.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an outline of this conventional imprint retrieval apparatus. In the figure, reference numeral 60 denotes a search control unit,
Usually, a terminal device placed in a branch or the like is used. An imprint file 61 in which an imprint image is recorded is connected to the imprint search device 60. Imprint file 61 put it in any normal computerized machine center, so that all over the imprint search device is connected. A keyboard 64 for sending various commands to the search device 60 and a display unit 6 for displaying search results
3 are connected.

[0006] As shown in FIG. 6B, the seal image file 61 includes an account number and an seal image.
As described above, in some cases, additional information related to this account number, such as the customer's name and address, is included. (A) in the figure
Is an example of data with additional information, and (b) is an example that does not include additional information. The imprint file may be composed of data that does not include the additional information because some financial institutions usually check the customer only by collating the imprint. This is because a large amount of memory for storing this is required in order to include

[0007] In the seal image file, it is natural that the seal image is stored in the form of image information.
In the normal case, the additional information section is also stored in the form of image information for reasons such as labor saving at the time of input. When information is stored in the form of image information in this manner, the memory required for the storage is much larger than that of a character.

[0008]

In the case of the prior art described above, it is not possible to collate a customer's name, address, etc. with data that does not include additional information. Further, it is conceivable to store additional information in the form of an image together with the image information. However, storing information in the form of an image requires a large-capacity file.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and requires additional information such as a customer's name and address when using the conventional seal image file. Image information retrieval that can be easily obtained and does not require a very large file .
It is intended to provide a device .

[0010]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, according to the present invention, as shown in FIG. 1, an image information search apparatus for registering image data in an information file and searching for the same is used for searching. Terminal having command input means 11 for inputting a command, output means 15 for outputting a search result, and search control means 12 for sending a command for search input from command input means 11 and receiving the search result 1, an image information file 22, and a host computer 2 having an additional information file 23 having additional information related to the image information stored in the image information file 22. The file is accessed, and if additional information related to the image information is required, the additional information file is also accessed.

FIG. 1 is a principle configuration diagram for explaining the principle of the present invention. In the figure, 1 indicates a terminal on the branch side, and 2 indicates a computer center where a host computer is located. The terminal 1 on the branch side is provided with an imprint search device including a keyboard 11, a search control unit 12, an additional information presence / absence determination unit 13, an editing unit 14, and a display unit 15. , An additional information file 23, and a host computer 21.

The seal image file 22 has a seal image of a seal in the form of image data, and in some cases, has additional information in the form of image data. Further, the additional information file 23 records the name and address of the customer using the account number as a key, and usually stores such information in the form of character information.

[0013]

When searching from the terminal 1 on the branch side, the account number and the additional information data request are input from the keyboard 11.
The host computer 21 accesses the additional information file 23 and outputs the additional information to the search control unit 12, which edits it by the editing unit. Next, an imprint data request is input from the keyboard 11, and the search control unit 12 sends this to the host computer 21. The host computer 21 accesses the imprint file 22 and sends out the imprint image data. The search control unit 12 sends this to the editing unit 14. The editing unit 14 edits the image data of the imprint and the character information of the additional information, and
To display this.

By the way, the search control unit 12 has a keyboard 11
Is transmitted to the host computer 21, the response data from the host is transmitted to the additional information presence / absence determination unit 13, and the presence / absence of additional information is determined.
When there is no additional information, a request for additional information is sent to the center 2 again in response to the request from the additional information presence / absence determining unit 13 . When there is no additional information in the response data from the imprint file, the editing unit 14 edits the additional information which is the character data sent from the host and the imprint image which is the image data, and displays the data as one screen data. It is displayed on the device 15.

In the present invention, as described above, the seal image file is provided in the center 2 and the additional information file using the customer information (CFI) provided in the center 2 is provided. Can be displayed. Furthermore, first, the seal image file is searched to enable customer confirmation by the normal seal image comparison, and additional information is stored in the seal image file.
When the additional information does not exist , the additional information can be automatically searched for in the additional information file .

[0016]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 2, 3, 4, and 5. FIG. FIG. 2A is a functional block diagram of one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2B is a diagram showing a display state of a search result on a display device.

In this embodiment, it is assumed that the search control unit 12 comprises an imprint data requesting unit 17, an additional data requesting unit 18, and a data receiving unit 19, and the imprint file 22 is constituted by compressed image data. An expansion unit 16 for recovering the compressed image data is provided. In addition, as shown in FIG. 2B, a seal is displayed on the upper part of the display unit, and additional information related to the seal being displayed is displayed below the seal.

The additional information presence / absence determining unit 13 determines whether or not there is additional information in the response data from the host, and outputs this to the additional data requesting unit 18 when there is no additional information.

When there is no additional information in the response data from the imprint file 22, the editing unit 14 edits the additional information as character data sent from the host 2 and the imprint image as image data. . At this time, the additional information is edited so as to be displayed in a prescribed number of characters such as 29 characters per line.

The imprint data requesting unit 17 creates an imprint data request signal based on, for example, an account number and an imprint data request input from the keyboard 11 and sends it to the center 2.

The additional data request section 18 creates an additional data request signal based on the account number and the additional data request input from the keyboard 11, for example, and sends the signal to the center 2. When no additional information is present in the image data transmitted from the center 2 , the additional data request unit 18 automatically creates an additional data request signal based on the signal of the additional information presence / absence determining unit 13, and It is configured to automatically obtain additional data .

The data receiving section 19 receives the signal transmitted from the center 2. The image data is transmitted to the additional information presence / absence determining section 13, and the character is transmitted to the editing section 14.

FIG. 3 shows an example of the file structure of the seal image file 22 and the additional information file 23. Imprint file 2
2 has an imprint image with the account number as a key with the data header at the top, and in some cases, additional information data in the form of an image. As described above, the imprint file may include both data with the additional information image and data without the additional information image. Additional information file 23, also as key account number at the beginning of the Detahe' da, have additional information in the form of character data.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the related art of the present invention . FIG. 4 is an operation example in a case where it is apparent from the beginning that there is no additional information in the seal image file 22. When an account number is input from the keyboard 11 (step 1), the additional data request unit 18 issues a request for additional information data to the host 21 (step 2), and the additional information file 23 is transmitted via the data receiving unit 19.
Receives additional information data in the form of character data.
An editing process is performed to display the additional information data on the screen of the display device (step 3). This is, for example, a display format of the additional information such as how many lines of the additional information are displayed on the screen.

Next, the imprint data requesting unit 17
1 is requested for imprint data (step 4), and imprint image data in the form of image information is obtained from the host 21 via the data receiving unit 19. The image information is
The additional information is sent to the additional information presence / absence determining unit 13, and in this case, the additional information is “absent”, but if the additional information is obtained first, no request signal is sent to the additional data request unit 18. It is configured as follows.

Normally, since the seal image information is stored in the seal image file 22 as compressed data,
The data is expanded (step 5), and the editing unit 14 displays the additional information data and the imprint data together on the display device 15. The display format is, for example, FIG.
This is performed in the form shown in FIG.

FIG. 5 is a flow chart for explaining the operation of the embodiment of the present invention . The present invention relates to a seal image file 22.
Data in which additional information is stored in the form of an image,
If there is a mixture of data that is not stored,
The additional information is automatically extracted from the additional information file 23 when the additional information cannot be obtained.

When an account number is entered from the keyboard 11 (step 1), it is sent to the host 21 via the imprint data requesting unit 17. The host 21 searches the imprint file and extracts the imprint data corresponding to the account number.
This is sent to the data receiving unit 19 of the terminal 1 on the branch side. The data receiving section 19 sends the obtained imprint data in the form of image information to the additional information presence / absence determining section 13 and determines whether or not the image information includes the image data of the additional information (step 3). If the additional information is included, the additional information is displayed on the display unit 15 via the decompression unit 16 and the editing unit 14 (step 7).

If the additional information is not included, the additional information presence / absence determining unit 13 sends a message to that effect to the additional data requesting unit 18 (step 4), whereby the host 21 side adds the necessary additional information in the additional information file. Obtain information (step 5). The obtained imprint image data and additional information data are edited by the editing unit 14 and displayed on the display device 15 (step 6).

[0030]

According to the present invention, the information is added to the image information.
Character data automatically when no information is included
Get additional information from additional information file stored in
Financial institutions, such as banks,
Are filled in with additional information
Efficient addition even when using a mixture of
Information can be obtained. Moreover, the additional information file contains
Since it is stored in character data,
The file can be configured with a small capacity.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram for explaining the principle of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a file used in the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a flowchart of the operation of the related art of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a flowchart of the operation of the embodiment of the present invention .

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a conventional imprint search device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 1 terminal 2 center 11 keyboard 12 search control unit 13 additional information presence / absence determination unit 14 editing unit 15 display unit 21 host computer 22 seal image file 23 additional information file

──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuing on the front page (72) Inventor Tomohiro Matsuhashi 1015 Uedanaka, Nakahara-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa Prefecture Inside Fujitsu Limited (72) Inventor Koichi Aoshima 1015 Kamikodanaka, Nakahara-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa Fujitsu Limited ( 72) Inventor Eiichi Watanabe 1015 Uedanaka, Nakahara-ku, Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture Inside Fujitsu Limited JP-A-63-118876 (JP, A) JP-A-61-77971 (JP, A) JP-A 1-228067 (JP, A) JP-A 1-251866 (JP, A) JP-A 2-56148 (JP , A) (58) Fields investigated (Int. Cl. ⁶ , DB name) G06F 17/30 G06F 19/00

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. An image information search apparatus for registering image data in an information file and searching the same, comprising: a command input unit for inputting a search command; an output unit for outputting a search result; A search control means for transmitting an input search command and receiving a search result; and determining whether additional information exists in the image information.
A terminal having additional information presence / absence determining means for determining, an additional data requesting means, and having imprint image data and additional information image data
The imprint file and the additional information associated with the image information stored in the imprint file are used as character data.
Comprises a host computer having an additional information file with Te, with the image information sent from the host computer
That the additional information image does not exist.
When the non-judgment means detects, the additional data
Access additional information file automatically from data request means
An image information retrieval device characterized by outputting a request
Place.