JPH01169644A - Picture filing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To display the number of the times of the residual quantities with a unit mean picture information quantity between a picture which has been already registered and a picture to be registered from now on by calculating the mean picture information quantity of the unit inherent in a file based on the data quantity of the picture which has been already registered to the file and the data quantity of the picture to be registered from now on. CONSTITUTION:From index information for the picture first registered to the file and the index information for the last registered picture, the unit mean picture information quantity A of the registred picture is obtained by the number of selectors already used as the information quantity of the registered picture and the number of the registered pictures. Further, the picture information quantity and the number of the pieces of picture information of the plural pictures inputted from a scanner part are stored, and a unit mean picture information quantity B is obtained. Medium memory capacity to calculate a mean picture information quantity C inherent in the file by means of the both unit mean picture information quantities A and B is set beforehand, and the memory capacity and the registered picture information quantity are divided by the mean picture information quantity C of the unit. Thus, the recordable residual quantity can be obtained and displayed to a display device.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to displaying the remaining file amount of a single image file device, and particularly relates to a display method suitable when the amount of image information in a file unit is unique to a file. .

[Conventional technology]

As described in Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 57-79578, a conventional device calculates an image based on the amount of recorded image information obtained from the address information in the index information, the storage capacity of the medium, and the average amount of image information in a set unit. The remaining information storage capacity was calculated and displayed.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

The above conventional technology displays the remaining recording capacity based on the average amount of image information in units set in advance, and it is determined whether there is enough remaining recording capacity for the image to be stored. Good to do. When creating a paper file, it is recommended that the paper size used for it be standardized (for example, an A4 file or an A1 file).

Even in the case of image files, there are cases where the images registered in the created file tend to have a large or small amount of information (for example, the size of one image, the degree of definition). Therefore, when displaying the remaining recording capacity based on the unit average image information amount set in advance, it is not the average image information amount specific to the file, so the remaining amount that can be stored in the future will be displayed based on the remaining amount suitable for the file. will not match. In addition, since the conventional technology cannot check the remaining capacity of multiple files at once, it is not useful for file editing, etc. 1. An object of the present invention is to display the remaining capacity according to the amount of image information of 1 created file. In addition, the remaining amount of many files can be displayed at once.

[Means for solving problems]

The above purpose is to read the information related to the information amount and number of images already registered in the file as the average image information amount per unit, and to read out the information related to the information amount and number of images already registered in the file, as well as to read out the unit average image information regarding multiple images input from the scanner section according to the operator's instructions. Means for determining the amount of information, calculating the unit average image information amount specific to the file, and calculating the remaining recording capacity from the difference between the file storage capacity of the recording medium and the already registered image information amount, and the file-specific unit average image information amount. By using this, it is possible to display the remaining amount according to the file, and furthermore, it is a rewritable storage device that calculates the remaining amount each time an image is registered in a file and records the remaining amount for each file. This is achieved by providing a means for reading and holding the file remaining amount from the storage device when the operator instructs the remaining file amount from the keyboard, and displaying the file remaining amount of a large number of files at once.

[Effect]

The index information for an image includes information on the sector number in which the image is recorded and information on the registration number that is consecutively assigned to the images recorded in the file. From the Intex information and the index information of the last registered image, the amount of information of the registered image is the number of used sectors and the number of registered images.
The unit average image information mA of the registered images is calculated by inputting the unit average image information mA of the plurality of images input from the scanner section according to the operator's instructions.
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The image information amount and the number of image information are memorized to determine the unit average image information amount B, and the average image information amount C specific to the file is calculated from both unit average image information amounts. By dividing the capacity and the amount of registered image information by the average amount of image information C in the above-mentioned unit, the remaining amount that can be recorded can be determined and displayed on the display unit. Also, when registering an image, the remaining amount is calculated using the above action.

The remaining capacity of each file is recorded in a rewritable storage device, and when the operator instructs to display the remaining file capacity, the remaining capacity is read from the storage device to the memory and the remaining file capacity of multiple files is displayed at once. do.

〔Example〕

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1.2.3. The image file device has a main control section 1 that performs various controls. Keyboard section 6 for the operator to give instructions to the main control section 1. It consists of a display section 71 for displaying information from the main control section 1, a scanner section 41 for inputting image data, and a printer section 5r for printing image data. The main control unit includes an optical disk 2 for recording image data. A magnetic disk is included for recording and holding information of the main control unit. Main control unit 1
includes a memory 10 for storing image data from the scanner section or optical disk section 14, and an image processing section 13 for compressing and decompressing the image data. CPU section 9 for control. Consists of a magnetic disk section. The data on the optical disk 2 includes an index section and a data section, in which one image data and index information are recorded in correspondence. The index section contains the title name as index information.

Image data start sector length 1 indicating the recording position of image data
There is one registration number per image that is consecutively given to one image data with a sector length indicating the image data length. When registering an image, title information is input from the keyboard section 6 with respect to image data from the scanner section 4. In the main control section, the input image data is stored in the memory 10, and after being compressed by the image processing section 13, it is stored in the memory 10, and the index information and image data are recorded on the optical disc 2. When searching for an image, the compressed data of the corresponding image is read out based on the index information of the optical disk 2 based on the title information input from the keyboard, decompressed by the image processing section 13, stored in the memory 10, and displayed on the display section 11. Is displayed. Registration number NA of the last index of the index part and the first index part,
NB, start sector numbers SA, SB, and sector lengths LA, LB of image data are registered, read from the optical disk before searching, number of registered images NI=NB-NA+1. Existing image data amount ■ Any 5B-8A + LB.

Average image information amount of registered units VISM = VI /
Calculated by the CPU section as Nr. When multiple images are input from the scanner unit as samples of the original to be input into a file in the future based on the operator's keyboard instructions, the unit average image information amount VICM = the sum ΣVZC of the read image information amount VIC and the number of images NIC ΣVIC/NIC to C
The unit average image information amount C is calculated by the PU unit, and the above V
I SM/VICM and its average (VISM+■ Engineering CM
)/2. These are registered images, scanner input images, and their average unit average image information amount VMI. From the image data storage capacity ■ determined in advance for the optical disc and the registered image data amount VI, the remaining amount R=
(V-Vr)/VMr is calculated by the CPU section 9 and displayed on the display section. Further, the remaining amount R of each file created on the optical disk is recorded and held in the magnetic disk unit 8 at the time of registration. When the operator issues an instruction to display each remaining amount for a large number of files using the keyboard, the remaining amount is read out from the magnetic disk section 8 and displayed all at once on the display section.

〔Effect of the invention〕

According to the present invention, it is possible to calculate the average amount of image information in a file-specific unit based on the amount of data of images already registered for a file and the amount of data of images to be registered in the future. Unlike the method of displaying the remaining amount of image information based on the average amount of image information set by
This has the effect of being able to display the number of remaining images based on the unit average image information amount of images that have already been registered and images that will be registered in the future. Furthermore, by updating and recording the remaining amount in a rewritable data storage device at the time of registration, it is possible to read out and display the remaining amount of a large number of files at once.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an image file device according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a circuit block diagram of FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of a file index section. 1... Main control unit, 2... Optical disc. 3...Magnetic disk, 9...CP Ui. 10...Memory, 13...Image processing section,
16...Image data start sector number. 17... Number of sectors of image data, 18... Registration number. , 8

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. Image information compression for writing to and reading from the recording medium in an image file device that records image information and index information for this image information on a recording medium and searches for corresponding image information based on the specified index information. a decompression circuit, a means for calculating the unit average image information amount from the number of registered image information records and the amount of image information recorded included in the index information in the recording medium, and a means for calculating the unit average image information amount from the number of registered image information records and the amount of image information recording included in the index information in the recording medium, and Calculates and displays the remaining recording capacity from the image storage capacity of the recording medium, the registered image information amount, and the unit average image information using a means for calculating the unit average image information amount from the image information amount and the number of image information of the read image. An image file device characterized by storing and holding the calculated remaining amount, and reading and displaying a large number of files at once according to an operator's instruction.