JP3173734B2 - Filing system - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a filing system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years,
Offices are aiming for paperless and shorter search times, and filing systems are being introduced.
The filing system is a system in which characters and images on paper or the like can be recorded on a recording medium and read when necessary. In a conventional filing system, characters are also recorded on a recording medium as image information.

On the other hand, the technology of character recognition has been improved, and in recent years, it has become possible to recognize even handwritten characters with considerable probability. However, current character recognition technology is 100%
It is very difficult to recognize characters correctly. Therefore, simply introducing character recognition into the filing system, converting the character information into code data, and recording the code data on a recording medium, displays erroneous characters with little frequency at the time of reproduction, and the meaning of the original document May be lost.

However, when data is recorded on a recording medium using characters as image information in a filing system as in the prior art, there are the following problems. (1) Because of the large amount of data, it takes time to play. In particular, when performing an operation such as turning a page, for example, when it is necessary to roughly grasp the contents from the next page to the next page, it is very inconvenient. (2) Due to the large amount of data, if the capacity of the recording medium is small, it becomes full immediately.

The present invention has been made in view of such problems of the prior art, and provides a filing system for the following two points. (1) To be able to quickly turn a page when it is necessary to roughly grasp the contents of the page and turn the pages one after another. (2) If there is a problem or a suspicious point on the desired page, the confirmation screen can be read out quickly.

[0006]

According to the present invention, there is provided, in accordance with the present invention, means for recognizing characters of an original read by a scanner and recording the same on a recording medium A as code data; A filing system is provided, which further comprises means for recording image data on a recording medium B, and further comprises a display unit for selectively displaying the data recorded on both means on a screen.

[0007]

The former means, after character recognition of the original read by the scanner, is recorded on the recording medium A as code data, and at the same time, the latter means records the original read by the scanner on the recording medium B as image data. In the filing system, character information is stored as both code data and image data. When character information is recorded as code data and image data, since the code data has a much smaller number of data, the code data of the recording medium A is used for page turning and other operations, and there is a problem with a desired page. In this case, by displaying the corresponding data in the recording medium B on the display unit, quick display and search can be performed, and correct information can be obtained even if erroneous recognition of characters or the like occurs. . Therefore, the problem is solved.

[0008]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described below in detail based on embodiments. FIG.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a filing system according to one embodiment of the present invention. The filing system includes an operation unit 1 for inputting various information, selecting a mode, and the like; a scanner 2 for reading a document;
(5) a first recording control unit 3, a second recording control unit 4 for recording a read original as image data on a recording medium B (6), and a recording medium A for storing code data
(5) Recording medium B (6) for storing image data, code data of recording medium A (5) or recording medium B (6)
A display unit 7 for displaying image data and various screens necessary for operation, and a system control unit 8 for controlling the operation of each unit
Consists of

The filing system of this embodiment has at least two recording media as described above. Code data resulting from character recognition is recorded on one recording medium A (5), and image data is recorded on the other recording medium B (6). A medium having a short access time is suitable for the recording medium A (5), and a specific example of such a medium is a hard disk. Further, a floppy disk may be used from the viewpoint of low cost, and a write-once or rewritable optical disk may be used. On the other hand, the recording medium B (6) stores image data and is required to have a large storage capacity, so an optical disc is suitable. Further, the recording media A (5) and B (6) may be used by dividing and allocating an area on the same write-once or rewritable optical disk.

The operation will be described. In the case of inputting a document in which characters are described, when the user operates the operation unit 1 to set the character document input mode, the character information (image data) of the document read by the scanner 2 is It is sent to the first recording control means 3 and the second recording control means. The first recording control means 3 converts the input character information into code data by a known character recognition technique, and records the code data on the recording medium A (5). On the other hand, at the same time, the second recording control means 4 causes the input character information to be recorded as image data on the recording medium B (6). FIG. 2 shows an operation flow at the time of the above recording.

At the time of reproduction, first, the code data is read from the recording medium A (5), converted into characters, and displayed on the display unit 7. Since the number of data per page of the code data is smaller than that of the image data, the time for transferring the data of one page is small, and the time for displaying one page is short. For this reason, pages are displayed one after another using functions such as page turning, and when searching for a desired page, the display speed is much faster than when reproducing image information as in the past, and the waiting time is longer. Be shorter.

When a desired page is displayed on the display unit 7, the user checks the content. If there is a problem with the desired page or an error in character recognition at the time of recording, the operation unit 1 is operated to display an image corresponding to the code data from the recording medium 6 (B). The data is read out and displayed on the display unit 7. If there is no problem with the desired page, the reading operation is ended here. FIG. 3 shows an operation flow at the time of the above reproduction.

Although the recording and reproduction of a character document have been described above, the recording and reproduction of a graphic document can be performed by the mode setting of the operation unit 1 with the conventional functions of the filing system.

[0014]

According to the filing system of the present invention, when a quick display such as a page search is required, the code data is read from the recording medium (A) and converted into characters and displayed. It can be carried out. Also,
When a conversion error to code data or the like occurs, the image data can be read out from the recording medium (B) and displayed, so that the user can always obtain accurate information.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a filing system according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an operation flow at the time of recording.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an operation flow at the time of reproduction.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 operation unit 2 scanner 3 first recording control unit 4 second recording control unit 5 recording medium A 6 recording medium B 7 display unit 8 system control unit

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Claims (4)

(57) [Claims] A means for recognizing a document read by a scanner as a character and recording the code on a recording medium as code data;
A filing system comprising means for recording a document read by a scanner as image data on a recording medium B, and further comprising a display unit for selectively displaying the data recorded on both means on a screen. 2. The filing system according to claim 1, wherein the recording medium A is a hard disk or a floppy disk, and the recording medium B is a write-once or rewritable optical disk. 3. The filing system according to claim 1, wherein the recording media A and B are write-once or rewritable optical disks. 4. The filing system according to claim 1, wherein the recording medium B is a part of the recording medium A.