JP2810964B2 - Control method of electronic file system - 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 registering the image information, the cover that covers the document table is opened, the document is placed on the document table, the cover is closed, and the shooting start key is pressed.

Thus, the photographing operation is started, the original is read, and the read image information is registered on an optical disk or the like.

When searching for image information, an information search is performed using search information such as a file name storing the information and a keyword corresponding to the stored content.

[Problem to be Solved by the Invention] In the above-described conventional example, when registering image information of a plurality of originals, the above operation is repeated for the number of originals.

In other words, open the cover covering the document table, take out the first document, place the second document, close the cover and press the shooting start key, the shooting operation starts, and the document is read. Then, the read image information is registered in the optical disk. Then, open the cover covering the document placing table, take out the second document, place the third document, close the cover and press the shooting start key to start the shooting operation, and read the document. The read image information is registered on an optical disk or the like. Such a conventional photographing method is referred to as “single photographing mode”.

In such a single-image photographing mode, since the lid needs to be opened and closed for each document, the registration operation is extremely complicated. That is, the conventional device has a problem that the operation of registering a plurality of pieces of image information is complicated.

In order to solve this problem, it is only necessary to execute a continuous paper feed mode in which the document placed on the document table is continuously conveyed and photographing is performed.
It is not suitable for shooting after checking one image.
In the case where originals of different sizes are mixed and photographed as in B5 or the like, there is a problem that the work of aligning the originals is complicated when the originals are placed on the original mounting table.

On the other hand, it is conceivable to use the continuous paper feed mode and the one-shot mode together so that one of the modes can be selected. However, there is a problem that the operation of registering a plurality of pieces of image information is complicated.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide an electronic file system which enables photographing after confirming one document to be photographed, and in which case the operation for registering image information is easy. Things.

[Means to solve the problem]

The present invention provides an input stage for inputting an index for a document to be registered in a storage medium, a continuous paper feed mode for continuously feeding a plurality of documents, and a manual paper feed for manually feeding documents one by one. A paper feed mode determining step of determining which mode is selected, a reading step of reading an image of a document fed in the manual paper feed mode or the continuous paper feed mode, and a reading step of reading in the reading step. Storing the image of the original in the storage medium, and in the manual feed mode, storing the image of the next original as the same file as the previous original, or storing the image of the next original as a file different from the previous original. A storage determination step in the manual paper feed mode for determining which of the original images is stored, and an input of an instruction to interrupt the continuous paper feed in the continuous paper feed mode And in the continuous paper feed mode in which the feeding of the original is interrupted, and in the continuous paper feeding mode, when the feeding of all the originals is completed, the next original is stored as the same file as the previous original, or In the storage determination step in the continuous paper feed mode, which determines which of the following original images is stored as a file different from the previous document, and the storage determination step in the manual paper feed mode, If it is determined that storing the image of the next original as the same file as the original is selected, or in the storage determination step in the continuous paper feeding mode, the image of the next original is stored as the same file as the previous original. If it is determined that is selected, the same file registration step of registering as the same file without re-executing the input step and the manual feed mode If it is determined in the storage determination step that the image of the next document has been selected to be stored as a file different from the previous document, or in the storage determination step in the continuous paper feed mode, A file registration step of re-executing the input step when it is determined that the image of the next document is selected to be stored as the file of the next document.

[Operation] The present invention can easily switch between registration as the same file and registration as another file in both hand-feeding and continuous feeding.

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 plate-shaped display device 4 such as a liquid crystal electroluminescence, plasma or trend display tube, a key group 5, and restricting the left-right direction of the document 3, It has side plates 6 a and 6 b mounted on the table 7 so as to be movable in the left-right direction, a switching knob 8, a tray 9 for supporting the document 3, and a discharge tray 10.

The switching knob 8 is an example of a mode selection unit that selects one of two modes, a manual paper feed mode and a continuous paper feed mode.

Here, the "manual feed mode" is a mode in which after an original is read and an instruction to read the original is issued, paper is fed and read each time an original is detected. The "paper mode" is a mode in which the original placed on the original placing table is continuously transported and continuously read.

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 a program of the flowchart shown in FIG. 4, a RAM 13 used as a work memory, a keyboard I / F 14 for the keyboard 2, and a switching knob for the switching knob 8. An I / F 15, a means 16 for measuring the date, month, day, hour, 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, and a king I / F 20 for the magneto-optical disk storage device
And an LCD as an example of the display device 4, an LCD I / F 22, and C
It has an image reading device 25 such as a CD, an image reading device I / F 24, and an image printing device I / F 26. The electronic file system 1 is connected to the keyboard 2 and the image printing device 27.

The CPU 11 is an example of a manual sheet feeding mode control unit that executes the manual sheet feeding mode, and is also an example of a continuous sheet feeding mode control unit that executes the continuous sheet feeding mode.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a path along which the document 3 is conveyed from the document table 7 to the paper discharge tray 10 in the above embodiment.

In FIG. 5, a manual feed mode detection sensor 8s for detecting the state of the switching knob 8, a document sensor 7s for detecting that the document 3 is present on the document table 7, and a CC
A feed sensor 3s for detecting the presence of the document 3 at a predetermined position P1 before D25, a motor M, a feed roller R1, a separation feed roller R2, a separation reverse roller R3, and a feed roller R4.
And transport rollers R5 and R6.

The paper feed roller R1 is a roller that picks up the document 3 on the document mounting table 7, and the separation feed roller R2 and the separation reverse roller R3 are one sheet when the paper feed roller R1 picks up a plurality of documents. It is a roller for transporting only the roller. The motor M is a motor that integrally drives the rollers R1 to R6.

The position P3 is a position at which the CCD 25 reads image information exposed by a light source (not shown) .The position P2 is a position until the image information of the original one page before is completely stored on the magneto-optical disk.
This is the position where the next document is made to wait. Instead of the CCD 25, a combination of a long sensor and a cell hook lens may be used.

The rollers R1, R2, R3, R4, and R5 are an example of a document transport unit that transports a document placed on a document placing table to a reading position.

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

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

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the operation of photographing a document in the above embodiment.

In the above embodiment, the original 3
Obtaining image information from is referred to as "reading", and the operation from picking up the document by the feed roller R1 to reading the image information by the CCD 25 and storing the image information on the magneto-optical disk is referred to as "shooting". .

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 mode for photographing a predetermined document is selected on the initial screen, an index input screen is displayed as shown in FIG. 3 (1) (S1).

The index input screen displays stamps K (1,1) to K (4,5) arranged in a matrix, a keyword input area, a key number input area, a shooting execution key, and a return key. Have been. 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.

Then, input the index (stamp, keyword, key number, etc.) corresponding to the image of the document to be captured (S2), turn on the capture execution key (S4), and respond to the signal from the manual paper feed mode detection sensor 8s. Then, the CPU 11 determines whether the mode is the manual feed mode or the continuous feed mode (S5).

If the continuous paper feed mode is selected, the continuous paper feed mode screen shown in FIG. 3 (2) is displayed on the display device 4 (S10), and the continuous paper feed operation is started (S11). That is,
The motor M rotates and the document table 7 moves up. At this time, if it is detected by the document sensor 7s that the next document 3 is not placed on the document placing table 7 (S13), the paper feed roller R4 is driven by one document to move the document 3 to one. Paper is fed (S14).

Then, while the fed document 3 is moving, the document 3 is read by the CCD 25 as an example of the image reading device, and the read document is displayed on the photographed image display area 4a of the display device 4, and the read document is read. The image information of the original is stored on the magneto-optical disk by the magneto-optical disk storage device 21 (S15).

By the way, in the continuous paper feed mode, the document table 7
When a large number of originals are placed and an interrupt key is pressed while photographing them (S12), that is, FIG. 3 (2)
When the key K8 shown in is pressed, the interruption processing is performed (S1
6). That is, the document table 7 is lowered, and the motor M is stopped. At this time, a screen for interrupting continuous paper feeding shown in FIG. 3 (3) is displayed on the display device 4.

At this point, when the photographing up to that point is ended and the original 3 is photographed for the next file, the return key (FIG. 3 (3)
Key K8), enter the next index (S1),
Subsequent operations may be performed. On the other hand, when the next original 3 is photographed using the index used immediately before the interruption (when photographing is continued with the same index), the interruption screen shown in FIG. When the display is displayed on the display device 4, the photographing execution key (key K7 in FIG. 3 (3)) may be pressed without pressing the return key (S19), thereby returning to S10 and continuing the continuous paper feeding. The mode is resumed.

In S5, when the CPU 11 determines that the mode is the manual feed mode based on the signal from the manual feed mode detection sensor 8s, the manual feed mode screen shown in FIG. (S30). If the original 3 is placed on the original placing table 7 (S32), the paper feed roller R1
Is driven by one document to feed one document 3 (S3
3).

Then, the fed document 3 is read by the CCD 25 while moving, and the read document is displayed on the photographed image display area 4a of the display device 4, and the image information of the read document is stored on the magneto-optical disk. It is stored (S34).

In S32, when the next document is not placed on the document table 7, the paper feed roller R1 contacts (down) the document table 7, but the clutch is disengaged and its rotation is stopped. Stopping, the separation reverse roller R3 is released.

If the end key is pressed while the manual feed mode screen is displayed (S31), the manual feed mode ends there, that is, the shooting of the file up to that point is ended, and the original for the next file is output. Shooting is started.

If the return key is turned on when the index input screen is displayed (S2) and the key is turned on (S3), the feed mode up to that time, that is, the original reading operation is completed.

[Effects of the Invention] According to the present invention, it is possible to easily switch between registration as the same file and registration as another file in both manual sheet feeding and continuous sheet feeding.

[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. 3 (1) to 3 (4) are diagrams showing display examples of the display device 4 in each state of the above embodiment. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the operation of photographing a document in the above embodiment. FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a path along which a document is transported from the document placing table 7 to the discharge tray 10 in the above embodiment. 1 ... Electronic file system, 2 ... Keyboard, 4 ... Display device, 5 ... Key group, 8 ... Switching knob, 8s ... Manual feed mode detection sensor, 11 ... CPU, 12 ... ROM, 25 ... CCD.

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Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] An input step of inputting an index for a document to be registered in a storage medium; a continuous paper feeding mode for continuously feeding a plurality of documents; and a manual feeding for manually feeding one document at a time. A paper feeding mode determining step of determining which of the paper mode is selected; a reading step of reading an image of a document fed in the manual paper feeding mode or the continuous paper feeding mode; reading in the reading step Storing the image of the original stored in the storage medium; storing the image of the next original as the same file as the previous original in the manual feed mode, or storing the image of the next original as a file different from the previous original. A storage determining step in the manual paper feed mode for determining which one of the images of the original is stored; and in the continuous paper feed mode, an instruction to interrupt continuous paper feeding of the original. A paper feed interruption stage in which the feeding of the original is interrupted in accordance with the input; and in the continuous paper feed mode, after the feeding of all the originals is completed, the next original is stored as the same file as the previous original. Or a storage determination step in the continuous paper feed mode for determining which of the following images is stored as a file separate from the previous document; and a storage determination step in the manual paper feed mode. If it is determined that storing the image of the next document as the same file as the previous document has been selected, or in the storage determination step in the continuous paper feed mode, the image of the next document is stored as the same file as the previous document. If it is determined that storing is selected, without re-executing the input step,
The same file registration step of registering as the same file; and the storage determination step in the manual paper feed mode, when it is determined that the image of the next document is selected as a file different from the previous document, or In the storage determination step in the continuous paper feed mode, when it is determined that storing the image of the next document as a file different from the previous document is selected, another file registration step of re-executing the input step is performed. A method for controlling an electronic file system, comprising: