JP3049755B2 - Image display device of information processing device - Google Patents

Description

Description: BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an image filling device for an optical disc or the like,
The present invention relates to an image display device in an information processing system having a personal computer, a word processor, and various other types of document registration / retrieval functions. The present invention relates to an image display device of an information processing apparatus, which enables accurate assignment of document attribute information such as a document name required at the time of retrieval.

Specifically, at the time of document registration, by displaying the main part of the image displayed on the editing screen together with the document registration screen as needed by the user, the content of the document to be registered is displayed. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an image display device of an information processing apparatus, which enables accurate grasping and enables accurate assignment of document attribute information such as a document name to improve operability.

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, in an information processing system having a document registration / retrieval function, for example, an information processing apparatus such as an optical filling system, a word processor, and a personal computer, a storage medium such as an optical disk or a hard disk stores a document unit or a cabinet. The image data and the like are stored in units and the data is stored, and the registered documents are searched and used as needed.

In this case, when the document is registered after the editing operation is completed, the screen for document registration (display screen of the document information registration area) overlaps on the image screen of the document that has been displayed so far, so that the screen is completely different. In other words, important parts of the document, such as the first page and the upper half, are hidden.

For this reason, in the document registration operation, the user may be anxious about what kind of content is registered, and it is difficult to assign the most appropriate document attribute information to the content of the document. Or other inconveniences.

FIG. 6 is a view for explaining an editing screen and a document registration screen in a conventional image display device of an information processing apparatus.
Shows a display screen at the time of editing, and (2) and (3) show display screens at the time of document registration, respectively. In the drawing, A indicates an image display screen being edited, and B and C each indicate a document information registration area at the time of registration.

As shown in FIG. 6 (1), when the document registration mode is set in a state where the image currently being edited is displayed on the image display screen A, for example, as shown in FIG. The screen becomes the document information registration area B, and switches to a completely different screen.

As a result, the image to be registered becomes invisible, and the content of the document cannot be determined from the display screen, which may cause inconvenience in document registration operation.

A display method is also used in which not all of the image being edited is partially hidden by the document information registration area C as shown in FIG. 6 (2).

As shown in FIGS. 6 (1) and 6 (2), in the conventional image display device, the whole or a part of the display screen A of the actual image to be registered, that is, the image being edited is displayed in the document information registration area. It is hidden by B and C.

Therefore, the user cannot see the part that he or she wants to see due to the necessity of the registration operation, and the document attribute information such as the content of the document, forgotten information, or the document name is not displayed. When it is long, what kind of document information should be registered cannot be instantly remembered, which causes a decrease in the operation function of document registration.

If it is necessary to refer to the image data of the document during the registration of the document attribute information, a storage device (a storage medium such as an optical disk) is used.
Since the image data written to the memory must be read again into the display memory and expanded, it takes a long time, and it also requires memory resources for image display and processing for display. There were many inconveniences, such as increased burden.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In the present invention, such inconvenience in a conventional image display device of an information processing device is solved, and during registration operation of document attribute information such as a document name for searching for a document, By configuring the registration screen so that the image that the user wants to refer to can be displayed simultaneously, the work of registering the document attribute information can be performed easily and accurately, the operability is improved, and the memory resources are reduced. It is an object of the present invention to provide an image display device that does not increase the load on the system in such a manner as to reduce the load on the system.

More specifically, when a document is registered, an arbitrary area of the edited image data is set and displayed on the document registration screen automatically or according to a user's instruction, thereby registering the document. Registration / search operation by enabling identification of the contents of the document, matching the contents of the document, and enabling the registration of document attribute information such as the document name that is easy to operate during search Provided is an image display device with improved performance.

Means for Solving the Problems According to the present invention, first, an optical input unit such as a scanner for reading a document, and a document creating unit for creating a document constituting a page by expanding the input information into image data are provided. An information processing system including a storage medium such as an optical disk, an input means such as a keyboard, and a display means, and having a function of registering and searching for a document; Save image display instructing means for instructing display of a save image; save area information setting means for setting information of a save area on an edit screen; memory means for saving image data of the area according to the save area information; Display control means for displaying the image data of the memory means on a document registration screen, when saving of an edited image is instructed at the time of document registration
The image data in the save area is saved, and when the display of the saved image is instructed, the image data is displayed together with the document information registration area on the document registration screen.

Secondly, in the first information processing system, a display magnification / display position designating means for designating a display magnification and a display position as information on a save area on the editing screen; Means for scaling the image data in the save area at a designated magnification and displaying the image data on a document registration screen.

Thirdly, in the first or second information processing system, there is provided an edit image saving means for saving an edit image, and a save area information storage means for storing information of a save area on an edit screen. Sometimes, it is configured to save the edited image and take in the save area information.

Embodiment Next, an embodiment of the image display device of the information processing apparatus of the present invention will be described in detail.

Generally, when a document is registered after an editing operation is completed, many document attributes such as a document name set for the document are common to image information in the document.

Therefore, when a document name exists as an image on a specific page of the document, for example, the first page, a request to attach a document attribute while referring to the image is often generated.

The present invention focuses on such a point, and displays the main part of the image image that has been displayed on the editing screen together with the document registration screen at the time of document registration, so that the content of the document to be registered is displayed. It is configured to enable accurate grasping and to accurately assign document attribute information such as a document name.

To summarize the functions, the display area and the position of the edited image to be displayed on the document registration screen are set for each document to be registered or for each cabinet.

The edit image that can be displayed on the document registration screen can be arbitrarily selected on any page of the edited document, and the display magnification and display position can be arbitrarily specified. is there.

Information on the set display area, position, and display magnification is saved in a common area in the system memory owned by the system, and the image data in that area is also temporarily stored in the save memory secured in the system. Will be saved.

When the editing and writing of each page is completed and the document registration screen is displayed, the saved image data is read out, displayed on the same screen as the document registration screen, and the document is registered.

Next, with respect to the above-described image display device of the present invention, a screen for saving edited image data and a document registration screen during document registration will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 2 is a view showing an example of a display screen save at the time of registration and an example of a document registration screen in the image display device of the information processing apparatus of the present invention. Is a document registration screen. In the drawing, PM
Represents a page memory, CP represents a copy area, SI represents saved image data, DP represents a display screen, SD represents a saved image data display area, and D represents a document information registration area.

As shown in FIG. 2A, it is assumed that the image data on the page memory PM is displayed on the screen when the document is registered after the editing operation is completed.

In this screen display state, a portion deemed necessary for grasping the contents of the document is designated in the copy area CP, and the image data in that area is temporarily stored as save image data SI in the save memory.

When registering a document name or the like at the time of document registration, as shown in FIG. 2B, together with the document information registration area D displayed on the document registration screen, the previously saved image data SI Is copied and displayed in the save image data display area SD.

As described above, in the image display device of the present invention, the main image of the edited image is saved at the time of document registration, and can be displayed together with the document information registration area D on the document registration screen. Therefore, the contents of the document to be registered can be accurately grasped, and the document attribute information such as the document name can be appropriately given.

As described above, the content of the image in the copy area CP set in FIG. 2A, that is, the content displayed in the save image data display area SD in FIG. 2B can be arbitrarily selected. .

The display magnification is also arbitrary. If the display magnification is specified when the copy area CP is specified, the entire image can be reduced or a part can be enlarged. A display position may be specified as to which position (area) on the memory PM is to be set.

The memory for temporarily storing the image data of the designated copy area CP, that is, the save image data SI (data to be displayed in the save image data display area SD) is provided on the display screen (for example, CRT) at the maximum. It is only necessary to have the capacity of one screen). Actually, even a large image that cannot display all images on the display screen can be reduced or cut out and temporarily stored, so that memory resources are small. I'm done.

Next, in the image display device of the present invention, a procedure of saving image data and displaying the image data on the registration screen, which is performed when the document is registered after the editing is completed, will be described.

After the editing operation is completed and the document registration mode is set,
In the conventional apparatus, as described with reference to FIGS. 6 (1) to (3), the entire screen immediately becomes the document information registration area B and switches to a completely different screen. Or, the main part is hidden.

On the other hand, in the image display device of the present invention, when the document registration mode is set, the copy area CP can be specified as shown in FIG. 2 (1).

In this case, the designation of the copy area CP can be any page within the document or cabinet to be registered, and is not limited to the page displayed at the end of editing.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a main processing flow of setting a display position when saving an edited image in the image display device of the information processing apparatus of the present invention. In the drawing, # 1 to # 4 indicate steps.

First, in step # 1, a page to be displayed for reference is selected from each page of the registered document, and a display page is set.

Next, the display magnification is set in step # 2, and the display device is set in step # 3.

Proceeding to step # 4, the image in that area is saved based on the set display magnification and display position.

Through the above processing, the information on the area of the save image data SI shown in FIG. 2A is stored in the memory of the common area.

The information on the area of the saved image data SI saved in this manner is written on each page of the registered document, and then a document registration screen for inputting document attribute information such as a document name is displayed. At this time, information such as the position of the save area and the magnification is read from the memory in the common area, and save image data is output from the save memory.

Then, as shown in FIG. 2 (2), it is displayed together with the document information registration area D in the save image data display area SD.

The function of the image display device of the information processing apparatus of the invention described above is realized by the block shown in FIG.

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram showing an embodiment of a main part configuration of an image display device of an information processing apparatus according to the present invention. In the drawing, 1 is a CPU unit, 2 is a CRT or LC
Display device consisting of D, etc., 3 is a keyboard, 4 is a pointing device, 5 is an ODD (optical disk drive), 6 is a MODD (optical magnetic disk drive), 7 is an FDD
(Floppy disk drive), 8 is RAM, 9 is HDD
(Hard disk drive), 10 indicates a scanner, and 11 indicates a printer.

In the image display device of the information processing apparatus of the present invention shown in FIG. 1, the CPU unit 1 performs control according to the flow shown in FIG. 3 and FIGS. 4 and 5 described later. Except for having functions, it is basically the same as a conventional device.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a main flow of a save process of an image displayed on a document registration screen at the end of editing in the image display device of the present invention. In the figure, # 11 to # 16 indicate steps.

When the document registration mode is set, the flow of FIG. 4 starts.

 In step # 11, a page editing process is performed.

At step # 12, it is determined whether or not the current page is for registration display (a page corresponding to the page memory PM in FIG. 2A).

If it is for display at the time of registration, proceed to step # 13,
Secure the memory for saving the display screen at the time of registration.

In the next step # 14, the page image is cut out and copied to the save memory.

Proceed to step # 15, set the save information of the save memory in the common memory, and proceed to step # 16.

Also, as a result of the determination in the previous step # 12, when the current page is not for registration display, this step # 16 is also used.
Proceed to.

In step # 16, it is determined whether or not the editing has been completed. If the editing has not been completed, the process returns to the previous step # 11 again.
Hereinafter, the same processing is performed.

When it is detected in step # 16 that the editing has been completed, the flow of FIG. 4 is terminated.

Through the processing of steps # 11 to # 16, the processing of saving the image displayed on the document registration screen at the end of editing in the image display device of the present invention is completed.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a main flow of a process of displaying a saved image at the time of document registration in the image display device of the present invention. In the drawing, # 21 to # 24 indicate steps.

In step # 21, an input area for document attribute information is created.

In step # 22, it is determined whether or not there is save information in the save memory in the common memory.

If there is saved information, proceed to step # 23, copy from the save memory to the image area of the display memory,
Proceed to step # 24.

Also, as a result of the determination in the previous step # 22, when there is no save information in the save memory in the common memory, the process proceeds to this step # 24.

In step # 24, input processing of the document attribute is performed, and the flow of FIG. 5 ends.

Through the processing of steps # 21 to # 24, the display processing of the saved image at the time of document registration in the image display device of the present invention is completed.

As described above in detail, in the image display device of the present invention, when a document is registered, a necessary image of the edited document can be displayed on the document registration screen.

On the other hand, in the conventional image display device, as described above, when an attempt is made to refer to the image data of the document during the registration of the document attribute information during the registration of the document, the storage device (storage medium such as an optical disk) is once used. It is necessary to read the image data written in the display memory again into the display memory and expand it, so that it takes a long processing time and requires memory resources for image display and an operation for display.

Moreover, in general, when registering document attributes, the page memory used for editing a document is often released, so that an extra burden is imposed on the system in order to refer to image data during registration. As a result, the processing efficiency also decreases.

On the other hand, the image display device of the information processing apparatus of the present invention saves the edited image displayed at the time of registration, so that the user can view a part of the document during the registration operation. If desired, the screen display can be switched, so that the operability of document registration is improved.

That is, the user can quickly view the desired image with a simple operation during the registration operation, and can add document attribute information most suitable for the contents of the document.

In the above embodiment, the description has been made mainly on the case where the image display device of the information processing apparatus is used in the image filling system.

However, the image display apparatus of the present invention can be similarly implemented in an information processing apparatus having a character processing function such as a personal computer or a word processor.

Therefore, it goes without saying that the image display device of the present invention includes the case of these information processing devices.

According to the image display device of the information processing apparatus of the present invention, at the time of registering a document, it is possible to save the contents of the document to be registered, and to quickly and easily view the content as necessary. Therefore, document attribute information such as a document name required at the time of retrieval can be appropriately given, and operability is significantly improved (an effect corresponding to the first aspect of the present invention).

Moreover, by using a part of the system memory, the memory that needs to be expanded is only for the display screen,
This can be realized with a small amount of resources, which is advantageous in terms of cost (the effect corresponding to the first aspect of the present invention).

In addition, since the cutout area, position, magnification, etc. of the image to be saved can be arbitrarily set,
An easy-to-view image can be displayed (an effect corresponding to the invention of claim 2).

Further, by saving the save area information in advance and automatically saving the edited image and taking in the save area information at the time of document registration, the user can register without special operation. The contents of the target document can be viewed quickly and easily, so that the operability at the time of document registration can be further improved (effect corresponding to the invention of claim 3), etc. Many excellent effects can be obtained.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram showing an embodiment of a main part configuration of an image display device of an information processing apparatus according to the present invention, and FIG. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of saving a display screen and an example of a document registration screen in FIG. 3. FIG. 3 is a flowchart of a main process of setting a display position when saving an edited image in the image display device of the information processing apparatus according to the present invention. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a main flow of a process of saving an image displayed on a document registration screen at the end of editing in the image display device of the present invention. FIG. 5 is a flowchart of the present invention. FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a main flow of a save image display process at the time of document registration in an image display device. FIG. Diagram for explaining a document registration screen with. In the drawings, 1 is a CPU unit, 2 is a display device, 3 is a keyboard, 4 is a pointing device, 5
Is ODD, 6 is MODD, 7 is FDD, 8 is RAM, 9 is HDD, 10 is scanner, and 11 is printer.

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Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] An optical input means for reading a scanner or the like for reading an original, a document creating means for creating a document constituting a page by expanding input information into image data, a storage medium such as an optical disk, and a keyboard Edit information save instruction means for instructing save of an edit image, and a save image display for instructing the display of a save image in an information processing system having an input means for inputting the information and the like and a display means, and having a document registration / search function Instructing means, save area information setting means for setting save area information on the edit screen, memory means for saving image data in the area according to the save area information, and image data in the memory means for document registration. Display control means for displaying on a screen, when saving an edited image is instructed at the time of registering a document, saving image data in a save area; An image display device for displaying a save image together with a document information registration area on a document registration screen when display of a save image is instructed. 2. The information processing system according to claim 1, wherein the display area and the display position designating means for designating a display magnification and a display position as information of the save area on the editing screen; An image display device comprising: a scaling unit that performs a scaling process on a document; and performs scaling processing on the image data in the save area at a designated magnification and displays the image data on a document registration screen. 3. An information processing system according to claim 1, wherein an edit image saving means for saving an edit image, and a save area information storage for storing information of a save area on an edit screen. An image display apparatus comprising: means for storing area information in the save area information storage means in advance; and saving an edited image and taking in save area information when registering a document.