JP3187947B2 - Optical disk processing 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 optical disk processing apparatus such as an image filing apparatus for retrieving images stored on an optical disk or copying an optical disk.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, an image filing apparatus as an image filing apparatus for retrieving and reading an arbitrary image from an optical disk storing a plurality of images and outputting the retrieved image to a state that can be viewed on an output device such as a CRT display device or a recording device. Image search devices have been put to practical use. In such an apparatus, title information (search information) for image search and the image itself are stored on an optical disc.

[0003] Although the storage contents of the optical disk cannot be changed, it is possible for a clerk to repair the change of the title information or the like, or to copy all the storage contents to another optical disk as it is. It has become.

When the title information of the optical disk is restored, new management data obtained by adding "1" to the current number of times of management data restoration is updated and stored. The status of the content stored in the storage area of the title information can be confirmed by the number of restorations in the management area. That is, unnecessary contents are accumulated in the storage area of the title information by the restoration, so that the unnecessary contents are captured by the number of times.

However, when the stored contents are copied from the original optical disk to another copy optical disk, a certain value is given to the copy optical disk as the number of times management data is restored. For this reason, there has been a problem that the number of times of restoration cannot be managed in a copy optical disk.

For this reason, even when copying from the original optical disk to the copying optical disk, and further copying from the copying optical disk to another copying optical disk, the data is accumulated for each optical disk. There is a demand for an optical disk capable of knowing the number of restorations that have been performed and the number of generations of the optical disk from the original optical disk.

[0007]

As described above, a case where a copy is made from an original optical disk to a copy optical disk, and a case where a copy is made from a copy optical disk to another copy optical disk. In addition, there is a demand for an optical disk capable of knowing the number of times of restoration that has been accumulated and the number of generations of the optical disk copied from the original optical disk.

The present invention provides a method for copying an optical disk from an original optical disk to a copying optical disk, and further copying from a copying optical disk to another copying optical disk.
It is an object of the present invention to provide an optical disk processing apparatus capable of knowing the number of times of restoration that has been accumulated and the number of generations of an optical disk copied from an original optical disk.

[0009]

An optical disk processing apparatus according to the present invention includes a first area for storing a plurality of images, and a search for each image corresponding to each image stored in the first area. Information is stored in the first and second optical discs including a second area for storing search information and a third area for storing management data including a generation, a number of repairs for this generation, and a total number of repairs up to this generation. Reading / writing means for reading / writing data, restoring means for restoring the storage contents of the second storage area of the first or second optical disk using the reading / writing means, and restoration by the restoring means. When the third or the third optical disc is
Updating means for updating the number of repairs for each generation and the total number of repairs for each generation in the storage area of the first optical disk, and the storage contents of the first and second storage areas of the first optical disk, Copying means for copying to the first and second storage areas of the second optical disk using the reading and writing means, and when copying is performed by the copying means, the reading and writing means In the third storage area of the second optical disk, the content of updating the generation of the third storage area of the first optical disk is set, and the total number of repairs is set as it is, and zero is set as the number of repairs for each generation. It consists of processing means for setting.

[0010]

According to the present invention, there is provided a first area for storing a plurality of images, and a second area for storing search information for searching for each image corresponding to each image stored in the first area. Information is read from and written to the first and second optical discs comprising a third area for storing management data including the number of generations, the number of repairs for this generation, and the total number of repairs up to this generation. , The first or the second
The storage contents of the second storage area of the optical disk are restored using the reading / writing means, and when the restoration is performed, each generation in the third storage area of the first or second optical disk is restored. The number of restorations and the total number of restorations are updated using the read / write means, and the first and second optical discs are updated.
The storage contents of the second storage area are copied to the first and second storage areas of the second optical disk by using the read / write means, and when the copy is performed, the read / write means is read. Is used to store in the third storage area of the second optical disc,
The updated contents of the third storage area of the first optical disk are set, the total number of repairs is set as it is, and zero is set as the number of repairs for each generation.

[0011]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows an example of the configuration of an optical disk processing apparatus such as an electronic filing apparatus according to the present invention.
That is, a control circuit 10 for controlling the whole is provided. The control circuit 10 includes an optical disk device 12 for recording and reproducing the optical disk 11, an operation unit 13 for instructing various scans, a display unit 14 for displaying a reproduced image from the optical disk 11, and a reproduction image for the optical disk 11. A printer 15 for printing out is connected. The optical disk device 12 can handle the copy source optical disk 11 and the copy destination optical disk 11 at the same time.

As shown in FIG. 2, the optical disk 11 has an image storage area 11a in which images are stored, a title storage area 11b in which title information for image search (search information; history) is stored, and a number of restorations. , Etc., is stored in a management data storage area 11c.

As shown in FIG. 3, the title storage area 11b stores a title management table 21, a page management table 2
2 and a record management table 23. The title management table 21 has one corresponding to each search code (image name) including a plurality of search keys.
One document number is stored. The page management table 2
2, a record number is stored for each page of one document, and one record number is stored corresponding to each page. The record management table 23 stores image attributes such as a storage address (storage start position) of an image in the image storage area 11a of the optical disk 11 for each record number, a document size (image size), a compression method and a resolution. .

As shown in FIG. 4, the serial number of the original optical disk 11 is stored in the management data storage area 11c.
The size of the title storage area 11b on the original optical disk 11, and the copyable optical disk 11
The size of the title storage area 11b of the original optical disk 11, the number of generations indicating the generation (number of generations) of the optical disk 11 counted from the original optical disk 11, the number of restorations on the optical disk 11, The total number of repairs, which is the total number of repairs up to the optical disk 11, is stored, and, for example, 255 pieces of management data composed of expansion areas can be stored. Therefore, the total number of restorations is permitted up to 255 times.

Next, in such a configuration, FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing the storage contents of the management data when the original optical disk 11 and the copy optical disk 11 are restored. It will be described with reference to FIG.

That is, if no restoration has been performed on the original (parent: 0 generation) optical disk 11 yet, the number of generations in the management data is “0”, the total number of restorations is “0”, and the target optical disk 11 Is "0". Each time the original optical disk 11 is restored, the total number of restorations in the management data and the number of restorations on the target optical disk 11 are incremented by “1”.

When a history or an image is copied to the copy optical disk 11 in a state where the original optical disk 11 has not been repaired, the number of generations in the management data is “1” and the total number of repairs is “0”. , The number of repairs on the target optical disk 11 becomes “0”.

Each time the optical disk 11 of the copy (child: one generation) is restored, the total number of restorations in the management data and the number of restorations on the target optical disk 11 are incremented by "1". Content.

When a history or an image is copied to the second-generation (grandchild) copy optical disk 11 in a state where the original optical disk 11 and the one-generation copy optical disk 11 have not been restored, the management data in the management data The number of generations is “2”, the total number of repairs is “0”, and the number of repairs on the target optical disk 11 is “0”.

Each time the optical disk 11 of the copy (grandchild: second generation) is restored, the total number of restorations in the management data and the number of restorations on the target optical disk 11 are incremented by "1". Content.

Original optical disks 11 and 1, 2
When the history or the image is copied to the copy optical disk 11 of the third generation (the great-grandchild) in the state where the recovery is not performed on the optical disk 11 of the copy of the generation, the number of generations in the management data is “3”, and the entire recovery is performed. The number of times is “0”, and the number of times of restoration on the target optical disk 11 is “0”.

Each time the optical disk 11 of the copy (grandchild: 3rd generation) is restored, the total number of restorations in the management data and the number of restorations on the target optical disk 11 are incremented by "1". Content.

Also, when copying is performed in a state where restoration has been performed several times in each generation, the number of generations in the management data is updated to "1" and the total number of restorations is The previous one is set, and the number of times of restoration on the target optical disk 11 becomes “0”. In this state, every time the restoration is performed, the total number of restorations in the management data and the number of restorations on the target optical disk 11 are incremented by “1”.

As described above, the generation, the total number of restorations, and the number of restorations in the current optical disk are updated and stored in the original optical disk and the copy optical disk, respectively.

Thus, even when copying from the original optical disc to the copying optical disc, and further copying from the copying optical disc to another copying optical disc,
It is possible to know the accumulated number of restorations and the number of generations of the optical disk copied from the original optical disk. In the above embodiment, only the search is performed. However, the image may be registered in the optical disk by using a scanner. Further, the image may be exchanged using a communication line.

[0027]

As described in detail above, according to the present invention, copying from an original optical disc to a copying optical disc and copying from a copying optical disc to another copying optical disc are performed. Even in such a case, it is possible to provide an optical disk processing apparatus capable of knowing, for each optical disk, the cumulative number of repairs and the number of generations of the optical disk copied from the original optical disk.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an overall configuration according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a view for explaining the configuration of the optical disc of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is an exemplary view for explaining a storage example of a title storage area in FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is an exemplary view for explaining a storage example of management data stored in a management data storage area in FIG. 2;

FIG. 5 is an exemplary view for explaining a storage example of management data in FIG. 4;

[Explanation of symbols]

10 control circuit, 11 optical disk, 11a image storage area, 11b title storage area, 11c management data storage area, 12 optical disk device, 13 operation unit, 14 display unit, 15 printer.

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Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A first area for storing a plurality of images, a second area for storing search information for searching each image corresponding to each image stored in the first area, and a generation Reading / writing means for reading / writing information from / to the first and second optical disks comprising a third area for storing management data comprising the number of repairs for this generation and the total number of repairs up to this generation; Restoring means for restoring the storage contents of the second storage area of the first or second optical disk by using the read / write means; and when the restoring means restores the first or second storage area, Updating means for updating the number of repairs and the total number of repairs for each generation in the third storage area of the optical disk by using the read / write means; and the first and second storage areas of the first optical disk The stored contents of Copying means for copying the first and second storage areas of the second optical disk using the reading and writing means; and when the copying means performs copying, the reading and writing means is used to copy the first and second storage areas. In the third storage area of the second optical disc, the updated contents of the generation of the third storage area of the first optical disc are set, the total number of repairs is set as it is, and zero is set as the number of repairs for each generation. An optical disk processing device, comprising: