JPH01205276A - Document picture display system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily use a filing system by setting a background color determined with retrieving information existing in a document picture at the time of registration beforehand and with the retrieved circumstance at the current time point of retrieve for the retrieved document picture, coloring the document picture to the set background color, and displaying it. CONSTITUTION:A background color setting device 61 sets a background color level for one of classification items out of background color setting information 70-72 based on a retrieve setting condition table set by an input device 66 and a timer 67, and stores it into a background color setting information memory 62. Based on retrieving information 60, the background color of the retrieved picture is decided on reference to the background color setting information, and the data of the background color are sent to a background color preparing device 64. The background color preparing device 64 colors the background of a document picture 63, and the picture 63 is displayed to a picture element display device 65. Thus, since the display with the use of the background is attained by means of the retrieving information, the usability of the filling system can be enhanced.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention is applicable to document image filing systems, etc.
It concerns the method of searching for stored documents and displaying them on the screen.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, in document image filing systems, etc.

The document image of the search result was displayed on the terminal screen as it was entered at the time of registration. Furthermore, when there are multiple pages of search results, it is difficult to know what classification each document image is in unless the user carefully reads the contents of the displayed document images. A related device of this type is, for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-open No. 84365/1983. However, these functions alone were not sufficient to efficiently search for only desired documents from among the document images stored in the filing system.

Specifically, it was not possible to tell when the displayed document image was recorded just by looking at the displayed document. Also, when displaying a multi-page document image, it was difficult to tell which part was the table of contents and which part was the main text just by looking at the displayed document. Moreover, unless some kind of classification processing is performed on the document images of the plural pages searched and displayed, it is not possible to process the document images of the plural pages that have the same conditions. For example, it was not possible to view only the drawing pages in a patent specification.

Therefore, when searching for documents using images, paper filing is currently more efficient.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

In the above conventional technology, when searching document images of multiple pages,
No consideration was given to a display method that utilizes the information that a document image has in advance at the time of registration, and there was a problem in making it easy to use multiple pages of document images searched under certain conditions.

The first problem of the present invention is that when displaying a searched document image of multiple pages, the background color for one item of the content of the search information is changed based on the search information that the document image has in advance. By setting a document image and displaying the document image in the set background color, it is possible to visually understand what kind of search information such as bibliographic items of this document image is.

A second 71 problem of the present invention is that when the searched document images of multiple pages are given a background color according to the first purpose, display processing is performed on the document images with a certain background color. The goal is to make it possible to perform searches that are easy to use.

[Means to solve the problem]

The above IIM sets a background color for the searched document image, which is determined from the search information the document image has in advance and the current search environment at the time of registration. This is achieved by displaying the image using a different background color.

The search environment includes, for example, the current date and time (year), the searcher, and the like.

Furthermore, this is achieved by performing display processing on a document image with a certain background color among the set background colors.

[Effect]

The principle and operation of the display method of the present invention will be explained below.

FIG. 1 shows how document images of a plurality of retrieved pages are displayed. The display contents include a starting point marker 10 indicating the position of the first document image. Currently displayed document image 20. A partial document image 30 with a changed background color showing a portion of a document image stored in a buffer memory that can be displayed immediately from a mass storage device
．． The background color is represented by dividing the gradation level from white to black into several stages, and among them, background color 40. Background color level 2 background color 41. This is a search screen consisting of a background color 42 of background color level 3, and the document image display method of the present invention is performed on the above search screen.

Figure 2 shows that a searched document image of multiple pages is transferred page by page from a mass storage device to a buffer memory where the background color of the document image is colored based on the search information and can be displayed immediately. It is possible to increase the number of partial document images with colored backgrounds as shown in screens 50 to 51.

FIG. 3 shows a function that automatically turns pages from document image to document image with the same background color. The user displays the screen 52
When instructed to jump to a document image with the same background color as the document image 20 displayed on the display screen 52, the display screen 5
3, pages can be turned in the forward direction up to the document image 22 and displayed as shown on the display screen 53.

Similarly, pages can be turned in the opposite direction.

FIG. 4 shows a function for displaying document images with the same background color all at once. , 22, 23, and 24 and instructs to display a - pattern, the display screen 54 to 55 can be displayed with the background color erased.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing the process of coloring one document image in a background color determined from the search information and the search setting condition table representing the current search environment and displaying it on the image display device. First, the background color setting device 61 uses the input device 6
6. Based on the search setting condition table set by the timer 67, set the background color level for one classification item among the background color setting information 70, 71, 72, and set the background color setting information storage device. 1162. Then, the background color of the search image is determined based on the information of the search information 60 and with reference to this background color setting information. This background color data is sent to the background color creation device 64. This background color creation device 64 colors the document image 63 with a background color and displays it on the image display device 65.

The contents of the background color setting information shown in FIG. 5 are classification items and background color levels corresponding to the classification items, as described below. For example, the registration dates of document images are 1987 and 1985-1986.

Classified into 1980-1984 and before 1970,
Set the background color for each term from level 1 to level 2.
Level 3. Set level 4. Similarly, regarding the page attributes of document images, the page attributes are classified into cover, table of contents, 2 main texts, and drawings, and the background color for each item is set to level 1. Level 2゜Level 3. Set level 4. The authors of the document images are Mr. A, Mr. 8, Mr. 0, Mr. D, and Mr. E.

Classify into other categories and set the background color for each item at level 1. Level 2. Level 3. Level 4° Level 5. Set level 6.

FIG. 6 shows the functions of the background color setting device 61. The background color setting device 61 has a function of determining the content of background color setting information. The contents of this background color setting information are determined by the operator's instructions from the timer 67 and input device 66 connected thereto. The operator specifies one item in the search information and sets a background color for that item. Further, the contents of the search setting condition table can be changed by the operator using the input device 66.

As an example, a function is shown in which the background color level for the registration date changes as time passes. For example, when the current time is 1987, the background color setting information 7o in FIG. 5 is set in advance in the background color setting device 61 when the timer 67 reaches 1988. Based on the time difference background color setting information 80, which is one of the search setting condition tables, and the current time.

The contents of the background color setting information 73 change as shown.

Further, the contents of the time difference background color setting information 80 are stored in the input device 6.
6 can be changed.

〔Example〕

The contents will be explained in detail below based on one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of a document filing system for explaining the display method of the present invention. This system has a large search device 100. Mass storage device 200. The image processing device 30 is composed of nine image display devices.

Next, the configuration of each device will be explained in detail. First, search device 10
0 is a control bus 11o as shown in FIG.

Search guide screen display section 120. Keyboard 13o.

Input device control unit 131. Search control 14o, central control unit 150. Search section 160. External control information input device (mouse) 170. It consists of an external control information input control section 1801 and an image processing control device adapter 190.

The image processing apparatus 300 also includes an image bus 3109, an image processing section 3209, an image processing data storage section 330, and the like, as shown in FIG. Background color creation section 331. Background color setting section 340. Background color setting information storage unit 341° Image display selection control unit 350
2 Image display position control unit 351, image display device adapter 3
60. Mass storage device adapter 3702 Image storage information storage unit 371° High speed buffer memory information storage unit 380. It consists of a high speed buffer memory 3812 and a display image number storage section 390.

The overall process flow at the time of search is explained in Sections 7 and 8゜9.1.
This will be explained using Figure 0. First, the background color information setting 500 in FIG. 10 is the setting information of what classification item, how to divide it within that item, and what background color level to set, using the keyboard 130 shown in FIG. 8. is input, and the image processing control device adapter 19 is input from the input device control unit 131.
0 to the background color setting unit 34.0 in FIG.

Then, based on a search setting condition table, such as one in which background color levels are set for the difference between the current time and the registration date, the background color setting unit 340 sets the background color level of the classification item and the monochrome shading within that item. Certain background color setting information is set and stored in the background color setting information storage section 341.

Next, in a search process 510 shown in FIG. 10, a screen to be searched is selected using the keyboard 130 according to the contents displayed on the search guide screen display section 120 shown in FIG. At this time, multiple pages of screens are often searched. The specified search conditions are sent from the input device control section 131 to the search section 160 to search for the corresponding document image number, and then passed through the image processing control device adapter 190 by the central control device 150.

A command is sent from the image storage information storage section 371 in FIG. 9 to transfer the image storage information of the registration number to the high speed buffer memory information storage section 380. Further, the search information of the searched document image is sent from the central controller 150 to the background color setting information storage unit 34 in FIG. 9 through the image processing controller adapter 190.
Transfer to 1.

The search document image input process 520 in FIG.
Based on the information in the high-speed buffer memory information storage section 381 shown in the figure, the mass storage device adapter 370 transfers the compressed document image from the mass storage unit 200 shown in FIG. 7 to the image processing section 3.
Sent to 20. The image processing unit 320 expands the compressed document image and performs decompression processing to reduce the size to a fraction of the size of the document image before compression. The expanded document image is then framed by the image processing data storage unit 330. Next, in order to add a background color to the document image, the background color is added by the background color creation section 331 based on the background color setting information in the background color setting information storage section 341, and the document image is transferred to the high speed buffer memory 382.

Then, the search process 530 by the display device in FIG.
Control information is sent from the external control information input device 170 in FIG. 8 to the ninth drawing image display selection control section 350 from the image processing control device adapter 190 through the external control information input control section 18o and the central control device 150. Based on the control information, the image display selection control section 350 selects the image processing section 32.
o.

Image processing data storage section 33o, high speed buffer memory information storage section 380. High-speed buffer memory 381° Image display position control unit 3519 Instructs display image number storage unit 390 to perform visual search such as page turning on the display device through image display device adapter 360.

Now, since the feature of the present invention lies in the display method when searching for documents, the processing during searching will be explained in detail.

First, the function of adding a background color to the document image in Figure 2, transferring it to the buffer memory, and simultaneously increasing the number of partial document images on the image display device will be explained using Figures 2, 7, 8, 9, and 10. . Search image input processing 5 in FIG. 10 mentioned above
20, the document image is transferred to the high speed buffer memory 381. Then, when the first page document image 21 is transferred to the high speed buffer memory 381, the first page screen is selected by the single image display selection control 350, and the command is sent to the high speed buffer memory information storage section 380. High speed buffer memory 381
2 output to the display image number storage section 390 and determine from the display image number storage section 390 to which position of the image display device 400 the document image 21 of the first page is transferred by the image display position control section 351 from the high-speed buffer memory 381. The document image 21 is transferred based on the information. At the same time, the starting point marker 1o is transferred from the image processing data storage section 330 to the image display device 400, and becomes a single display screen 50. and high speed buffer memory 3
When document images are transferred one after another to 81, background color creation section 3
31 is a display screen 51 by creating a document partial image 30 by the image processing data storage unit 330 based on the background color setting information in the background color setting information storage unit 341 and displaying it on the image display device 400.

Next, see Section 3.7 regarding the function of automatic partial page turning from document image to document image with the same background color as shown in Figure 3.
This will be explained using Figure 8.9. When the document image 20 is displayed on the display screen 53 and a command to "jump to a document image with the same background color as the document image 20" is input from the external control information input device 170, the external control information input control is executed. It is sent to the image display selection control section 350 through the section 180 and the image processing control device adapter 190. Then, the image display selection section 350 searches for a document image with the same background color as the document image 20 based on the background color setting information in the background color setting information storage section 341. , high-speed buffer memory 3819
A command such as a document image number is output to the display image number storage section 390, and the image display position control section 351 determines to which position of the image display device 400 the document image 22 is transferred from the high-speed buffer memory 381.1Display image number storage section When the document image is transferred based on the information from 390, a display screen 53 appears.

The function of collectively displaying document images having the same background color as shown in FIG. 4 will be explained using FIGS. 4, 7 and 8.9. First, by the external control information input device 170,
A page turning operation is performed to select which background color document image is displayed.

This page turning is performed by sending a command to the image display selection control section 350 to display the display screen 54. Next, when a command to "display a document image with the same background color as this background color" is entered into the external control information input device 170, the image is displayed through the external control information input control section 180 and the image processing control device adapter 190. It is sent to the selection control section 350. Then, the image display selection section 350 searches for a document image having the same background color as the document image 20 based on the background color setting information in the background color setting information storage section 341. Thereby, instructions such as document image numbers are output to the high speed buffer memory information storage section 38o, high speed buffer memory 3819 display picture number storage section 370, and the document images 20, 22, etc. are output from the high speed buffer memory 381.
23.24 is the image display position control unit 351 which determines to which position of the image display device 400 the display image number storage unit 3
Document image background color creation unit 33 based on information from 90
If the background color is erased and transferred in step 1, the display screen 55 will appear.

The function of changing the background color level with respect to the registration date as time passes in FIG. 6 will be explained using FIG. 5.6.8.9. First, when the time is 1987, the background color setting section 340 uses the background color setting information 70 based on the time difference background color setting information 80, which is one of the search setting condition tables, which is set in the background color setting section 340 in advance. become. Then, as time passes and the year 1988 arrives, the background color setting section 340 uses the time difference background color setting information 80, which is one of the search setting condition tables, and is set in the background color setting section 340 in advance by the timer 67. The information changes to background color setting information 73. Also, time difference background color setting information 80
When the user wishes to change the contents of the , when the user instructs to change the contents using the keyboard 130, this change information is sent to the central controller 1.
50 through the display controller adapter 170, the eighth
It is transferred to the background color setting section 340 in the figure and changed.

According to this embodiment, by adding a background color, it is possible to see what classification this document image belongs to with the negative eye, and by performing a browsing search using the background color, the user can perform an easy-to-use search.

In this embodiment, for convenience of explanation, the background color is expressed using monochrome shading, but the background color can also be expressed using color.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, according to the present invention, search information can be displayed using a background color, and automatic page turning and batch display can be performed using the background color, which is effective for improving the usability of a filing system. It is.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the display of retrieved document images of multiple pages; FIG. 2 is a diagram explaining the display function when a document image with a background color is loaded into a high-speed buffer memory; FIG. 3 is a diagram explaining the function of the present invention to jump to document images with the same background color, FIG. 4 is a diagram explaining the function of the present invention to display document images with the same background color all at once, and FIG. FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing the background color setting and coloring and display. FIG. 6 is a diagram explaining the function of changing the background color level with respect to the registration date as time passes according to the present invention. FIG. FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an image processing control device according to an embodiment of the present invention. , FIG. 10 is a processing flowchart of an embodiment of the present invention. 10...Starting point mark, 20, 21, 22, 23°24
...Document image, 30...Document partial image, 40°41
．． 42...Background color, 5・0,51,52,53゜54
．． 55...Display screen, 60...Search information, 61...
- Background color setting device, 62...Background color setting information storage device, 63...Document image, 64...Background color creation device, 6
5... Image display device, 66... Input device, 67...
・Timer, 70.71, 72.73... Background color setting information, 80... Time difference background color setting information, 100... Search device, 110... Control bus, 120... Search guide screen display . 130... Keyboard, 131... Input device control unit, 140... Search control unit, 150... Central control unit, 160... Search unit, 170... External control information input device, 180 ...External control information input control section, 190
...Image processing control device adapter, 200...Mass storage device, 300...Image processing control device, 310...
- Image bus, 320... Image processing section, 330... Image processing data storage section, 331... Background color creation section, 34
0... Background color setting section, 341... Background color setting information storage section, 350... Image display selection control section, 351...
Image display position control unit, 360... Image display device adapter, 370... Mass storage device adapter, 371...
- Image storage information storage section, 380... High speed buffer memory information storage section, 381... High speed buffer memory, 39
0...Display image number storage unit, 400...Image display device, 500...Background color setting information setting, 510...
Search processing, 520... Search document image input processing, 530
...Display device shows Figure 1. Tatami color 0 Display side broom 3 Figure 2 52 Daisui screen 53 Female body crystal plane 4 zo Bunyose 11 Yumi i 22' 114i 23 Document image 4 length 24 Sentence name 14 Elephant 54 Table screen 55 Display - Mask VJ Otsuzu Showa 7

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. An image display device for displaying document images, a background color setting information storage device for storing background color types for document image search information, and a method for setting the background color types. In a document image filing device comprising a background color setting device and a background color creation device for creating the background color, the background color creation device creates a background color of the document image based on information in the background color setting information storage device. A document image display method characterized in that the document image is colored to a preset background color and the colored document image or a partial image of a part of the document image is displayed on the image display device. 2. A document image display method according to claim 1, characterized in that bibliographic items of the document image are used as search information for the document image. 3. A document image display method according to claim 1, characterized in that the document registration date is used as document image search information. 4. In the document image display method according to claim 3, the background includes means for calculating the time difference between the current date and the registration date, and the type of background color is set based on the time difference. A document image display method characterized by changing the type of background color for a registration date by referring to a color setting condition table. 5. The document image display method described in claim 1 is characterized in that page attributes representing characteristics of pages such as a cover page, table of contents page, body page, drawing page, etc. in a document are used as search information. document image display method. 6. In the document image display method according to claim 1, page turning is performed by skipping from document image to document image having the same background color on the colored document image displayed on the document image display device. A document image display method characterized by having a function to display images. 7. The document image display method according to claim 1, wherein the document image display device has a function of collectively displaying document images having the same background color. Image display method.