JP3987561B2 - Information file device, information file recording method, and storage medium - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to an information file device, an information file recording method, and a storage medium . More specifically, the present invention relates to an information file device, an information file recording method, and a storage medium suitable for inputting, classifying, and recording image information.

  FIG. 5 is a block diagram of a conventionally known information file device. Reference numeral 2 in the figure denotes information display means such as a display for displaying an operation menu or an operation result to the user. Reference numeral 3 is an input means such as a keyboard and a mouse for inputting operation information by the user. Reference numeral 4 denotes image capturing means such as a scanner for capturing image information. Reference numeral 5 denotes a removable storage means such as a magneto-optical disk or a CD-R for storing an image file in which image information captured from the image capture means 4 is recorded. Reference numeral 6 denotes a control means having an execution function such as control software for controlling the information display means 2, the input means 3, the image capturing means 4, and the storage means 5 described above.

  In this information file device, first, the user creates a hierarchical structure in the storage means 5 by the input means 3.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a known hierarchical structure in a conventionally known file system. The hierarchy is created in order to classify the image information according to the content of the image information and to facilitate later retrieval of the image file. The depth of the hierarchy can be arbitrarily created, and each hierarchy can own a plurality of image files and their child hierarchy.

  When capturing image information from the image capturing unit 4, the user first selects a keyword of image information to be recorded from the keyword candidate list by the input unit 3, or inputs a new keyword that is not in the keyword candidate list. To do.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of the keyword candidate list. The keyword is used when searching for image information later, and is a character string corresponding to the content of the image information. One image file has a plurality of fields, and one keyword can be recorded in each field.

  Next, when the user instructs to capture image information from the image capture means 4, the control means 6 controls the capture of the image information, associates the image file recording the image information with the keyword, and stores the information in the storage means 5. Record the image file in the specified hierarchy.

  However, since there is an upper limit on the amount of information that can be recorded in the storage means 5 serving as the storage medium for the image file, when the recorded information amount reaches the upper limit, another storage means 5a (see FIG. It is necessary to exchange for (not shown). Here, since the keyword candidate list created with respect to the previous storage means 5 depends on the user's work environment, the keyword candidate list usually does not change even when the new storage means 5a is migrated.

  Thus, in order to save the keyword candidate list created in the storage unit 5 in the storage unit 5a, there is a problem that the keyword candidate list must be re-registered in the storage unit 5a.

The present invention has been made to solve such a problem, the search keyword information file stored in the first storage medium obtained from the first storage medium, from the first storage medium the obtained search keyword as a search keyword to search the information file stored in the second storage medium, in response to the second storage medium is connected, the second storage medium search keywords To save.

According to the present invention, it obtains the search keyword information file stored in the first storage medium from the first storage medium. Then, acquired from the first storage medium, a search keyword information file, as a search keyword for searching the stored information file in the second storage medium, the second storage medium is connected depending on, so is stored in the second storage medium, a search keyword that is stored in the first storage medium, it can be easily migrated to the second storage medium without requiring a complicated operation It becomes.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an information file device to which the present invention is applied. Reference numeral 2 in the figure denotes information display means such as a display for displaying an operation menu or an operation result to the user. Reference numeral 3 denotes input means such as a keyboard and a mouse for inputting operation information by the user. Reference numeral 4 denotes image capturing means such as a scanner for capturing image information. Reference numeral 5 denotes a detachable first storage unit (storage unit 1) such as a magneto-optical disk or a CD-R for storing an image file in which the image information acquired from the image acquisition unit 4 is recorded. Reference numeral 7 denotes second storage means (storage means 2) such as a hard disk for storing the hierarchical structure information and keyword candidate list in the first storage means (storage means 1) 5. Reference numeral 10 denotes a function for controlling the information display means 2, the input means 3, the image capture means 4, the first storage means (storage means 1) 5, and the second storage means (storage means 2). It is the control means provided with. The built-in memory (ROM) 10A stores the control procedure shown in FIGS. 2 and 3 (detailed later) in the form of a program. That is, the control procedure for saving the hierarchical structure and keyword candidate list in the first storage means (storage means 1) in the second storage means (storage means 2) is stored in the ROM of the control means 10. . The control procedure for reproducing the hierarchical structure information and the keyword candidate list stored in the second storage means (storage means 2) in the first storage means (storage means 1) is stored in the ROM of the control means 10. Has been. The control means 10 executes control according to these control procedures.

  That is, the information file device of the present invention acquires from the first storage medium 5 a keyword candidate list corresponding to a plurality of selection candidates that can be used as search keywords for the information file stored in the first storage medium 5. Acquisition means 4 is provided. The keyword candidate list acquired from the first storage medium 5 by the acquisition unit 4 is used as a keyword candidate list corresponding to a plurality of selection candidates that can be used as search keywords for the information file in the second storage medium 7. Control means 10 for saving in the storage medium 7 is provided. As a result, the keyword candidate list stored in the first storage medium 5 can be easily transferred to the second storage medium 7 without requiring a complicated operation.

Next, the operation of the embodiment of the present invention will be described.
First, the user uses the input unit 3 to create a hierarchical structure as described in FIG. 6 (described above) in the first storage unit (storage unit 1) 5. Next, a keyword related to the image information to be recorded is input by the input unit 3 and an instruction to capture the image information from the image capturing unit 4 is given.

  The control unit 10 determines and processes the above operations, and records the image file in the first storage unit (storage unit 1) 5 together with the keyword.

  2 and 3 show the control procedure when the hierarchical structure and keyword candidate list in the first storage means (storage means 1) 5 are transferred to another storage means (hereinafter referred to as storage means 1a: not shown). It is a figure shown in a flowchart.

  First, in step S1 of FIG. 2, the user inserts the first storage means (storage means 1) into the apparatus and instructs to move the hierarchical structure and keyword candidate list to another storage means (storage means 1a). .

  In step S2, the hierarchical structure of the storage means 1 is examined and converted into hierarchical structure information as shown in FIG. In step S3, the hierarchical structure information is stored in the storage unit 2, and in the next step S4, the keyword candidate list in the storage unit 1 is acquired, and stored in the storage unit 2 in step S5. Thus, the processing steps for information acquisition are completed.

  Next, in step S6 in FIG. 3, the user connects another storage unit 1 a instead of the storage unit 1. In step S7, it is checked whether or not the hierarchical structure or keyword candidate list has already been written in the storage means 1a. If it is written as a result of the inspection, in order to prevent the information from being overwritten, in step S8, a warning as to whether the information can be overwritten is output to the user. If the user instructs the information to be forcibly transferred in response to the warning, or if no information has been written in the storage unit 1a, the hierarchy stored in the storage unit 2 in step S9 The structure information is reproduced as a hierarchical structure in the storage means 1a. Further, in step S10, the keyword candidate list is reproduced in the storage unit 1a. If it is not desired to overwrite in step S8, the process in FIG. 3 is terminated.

  As described above, the hierarchical structure and keyword candidate list of the storage unit 1 are transferred to the storage unit 1a.

(Effects of the embodiment)
As described above, when the amount of image information recorded in the storage unit 1 serving as the storage medium for the image file reaches the upper limit of the recordable information amount and is replaced with the storage unit 1a serving as a new storage medium, the user replaces the storage unit 1 with the storage unit 1a. The created hierarchical structure and keyword candidate list are not transferred to the storage means 1a. According to the embodiment of the present invention, in contrast to the conventional method in which the hierarchical structure and the keyword candidate list have to be re-registered in the storage unit 1a, the storage unit 1 is provided. Are stored in the storage means 2. Then, after the storage unit 1 is replaced with a new storage unit 1a, the hierarchical structure information and the keyword candidate list stored in the storage unit 2 are automatically registered in the storage unit 1a. As a result, necessary information can be transferred without re-registration by the user himself / herself, so that complicated operations can be eliminated and file work efficiency can be improved.

  The present invention may be applied to a system composed of a plurality of devices or an apparatus composed of a single device. Needless to say, the present invention can also be applied to a case where the present invention is achieved by supplying a program to a system or apparatus. In this case, the system or apparatus can enjoy the effects of the present invention by reading the storage medium storing the program represented by the software for achieving the present invention into the system or apparatus. It becomes.

It is a block diagram which shows an example of the information file apparatus to which this invention is applied. It is a figure which shows the flowchart showing the information acquisition procedure in the information file apparatus shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the flowchart showing the information reproduction procedure in the information file apparatus shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of hierarchical structure information. It is a block diagram which shows an example of the information file apparatus conventionally known. It is the figure which illustrated the hierarchical structure of the file system known conventionally. It is the figure which illustrated the keyword candidate list.

Explanation of symbols

2 Information display means 3 Input means 4 Image capture means 5 Storage means 1
7 Storage means 2
10 Control means

Claims (11)

Obtaining means for obtaining a search keyword for the information file stored in the first storage medium from the first storage medium;
A search keyword acquired from the first storage medium by the acquisition unit, as a search keyword for searching the information file stored in the second storage medium, and a control means for causing stored in the second storage medium ,
The control means stores the search keyword in the second storage medium in response to the connection of the second storage medium to the own apparatus.   The control means determines whether or not the search keyword is already stored in the second storage medium, and then stores the search keyword acquired from the first storage medium by the acquisition means in the second storage medium. The information file device according to claim 1, wherein the information file device is stored.   The information file apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the control means warns when a search keyword is already stored in the second storage medium.   4. The control unit according to claim 1, wherein the control unit stores an information file read by the document reading unit and a search keyword for searching the information file in the first storage medium. The information file device described. Said first storage medium and said second storage medium, the information file according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that an external storage medium connectable to the information file device. An information file recording method using an information file device,
An acquisition step of acquiring a search keyword for the information file stored in the first storage medium from the first storage medium;
The search keyword acquired from the first storage medium is used as a search keyword for searching the information file stored in the second storage medium, and the second storage medium is connected to the information file device. in response, a storing step of Ru is stored in the second storage medium
Recording method of the information file, wherein Rukoto equipped with.   The search keyword acquired from the first storage medium is stored in the second storage medium after determining whether or not the search keyword is already stored in the second storage medium. 6. A method for recording an information file according to 6.   8. The information file recording method according to claim 6, wherein a warning is issued when a search keyword is already stored in the second storage medium.   9. The information file according to claim 6, wherein an information file read by the document reading unit and a search keyword for searching the information file are stored in the first storage medium. Recording method.   10. The information file recording method according to claim 6, wherein the first storage medium and the second storage medium are external storage media connectable to the information file device. . A computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute the information file recording method according to claim 6.

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