JPH01291372A - Electronic filing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To confirm whether data which becomes a base of displayed data is image data or code data by displaying the kind data for showing a kind of the data, when the data is being displayed by a CRT display device. CONSTITUTION:Image data is supplied by the first supply means, code data is supplied by the second supply means, the code data from the second supply means is converted to the image data by converting means 12a, 12b, the image data supplied from the first supply means, the code data supplied from the second supply means or the image data supplied from the converting means 12a, 12b are displayed on a CRT display device, and also, kind data for showing whether the data which becomes a base of the displayed data is the image data or the code data is displayed. In such a way, whether the data which becomes a base of the displayed data is the image data or the code data can be known.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Object of the Invention] (Industrial Application Field) The present invention relates to an electronic filing device that performs data processing using, for example, an optical disk.

(Prior Art) Currently, in offices, in addition to regular documents and drawings (image data) on paper, documents created using word processors and software (consisting of character code data), personal computer drawing data, and CAD (computer
There are drawings (consisting of vector code data) created using aided desi (n). Document data created with these word processors and software, drawing data created with personal computers, and CAD are now stored on floppy disks (magnetic storage media), but drawings and document data in various media are overflowing. The current situation is troubling.

Therefore, a large amount of image data such as documents and drawings is read with a two-dimensional scanning device (scanner), this read image data is stored on an optical disk, and any stored image data is searched from the optical disk. Electronic filing devices that read data are now in practical use.

Recently, such electronic filing devices have come to handle not only image data read from a scanner, but also coat data such as document data or drawing data stored on floppy disks.

However, even if data stored on a floppy disk is to be stored directly on an optical disk, there is no device that can handle it using the same management system as image data, and document data and drawing data stored on a floppy disk can be stored on an optical disk. When attempting to do so, it is common to use different systems depending on the type of medium being handled, which has the drawbacks of complicated processing and poor efficiency.

Therefore, an electronic filing device has been proposed that can handle and manage document data and drawing data stored on a floppy disk in the same way as paper drawings (Japanese Patent Application Nos. 62-230020).

That is, vector code drawing data retrieved from a floppy disk or optical disk is converted (developed) into image data, that is, vector-raster conversion is performed to perform drawing processing, and character code document data is converted into image data. (Development) In other words, by performing code-image conversion, drawing processing is performed, and the image is displayed on a CRT display device.

Furthermore, image data read from a scanner is also displayed on a CRT display device.

However, in such devices, both image data from a scanner and image data subjected to the drawing process are displayed in the same way on a CRT display device. For this reason, there was a drawback in that it was unclear whether the data on which the displayed data was based was image data or code data.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) As mentioned in item 1, this method eliminates the drawback of not knowing whether the data on which the displayed data is based is image data or coat data. An object of the present invention is to provide an electronic filing device capable of knowing whether the data being filed is based on image data or code data.

[Structure of the Invention] (Means for Solving the Problems) The electronic filing device of the present invention includes a first supply means for supplying image data, a second supply means for supplying code data, and a second supply means for supplying code data. converting means for converting code data from the above into image data, image data supplied from the first supply means, code data supplied from the second supply means, or image data supplied from the conversion means. It is composed of a display means for displaying type data indicating whether the data on which the displayed data is based is image data or code data.

(Operation) The present invention supplies image data by a first supply means, supplies code data by a second supply means, and converts the code data from the second supply means into image data by a conversion means. , displays the image data supplied from the first supply means, the code data supplied from the second supply means, or the image data supplied from the conversion means, and also displays the basis of the displayed data. Type data indicating whether the data is image data or code data is displayed.

(Example) Hereinafter, an example of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 2 shows the configuration of the electronic filing device of the present invention. This electronic filing device includes a control module 11, a memory module 10, an image processing module 30, a communication control module 31, a scanner 20, an optical disk device 22, a keyboard 23, a CRT display device 24, a printer 25, a magnetic disk device 27, 28,
It is composed of a mouse 29, a system bus 41, and an image bus 42.

The control module 1] includes a CPU 12 as a central processing unit that performs various controls, and the optical disk device 22, magnetic disk, and f disk device 27, 28.
and CI) U], and an interface circuit 17 for connecting the two. CPU1
A keyboard 23 and a mouse 29 are connected to '2.

CPU ], 2 includes a vector/raster conversion circuit 1
2a and a code/image conversion circuit] 2b. The vector/raster conversion circuit 12a converts vector data as drawing data from a floppy disk 28a, which will be described later, into raster data (image data).

Further, a code/image conversion circuit], 2b converts code data (document data) from a floppy disk 28a, which will be described later, into image data.

Note that these vector/raster conversions and code/image conversions can be performed not only by hardware but also by software.

The memory module 10 includes a main memory] 3, a page memory as an image memory having a storage capacity corresponding to image data for several pages of an A4 size original document] 4, and a display memory 15 and a display control unit 16 as display interfaces. It is composed of etc.

A part of the page memory 14 includes a buffer memory area 14.
A is provided. Writing and reading into this buffer memory area 14a are controlled by a counter (not shown).

The display memory 15 stores image data that is actually displayed in a window on the CRT display device 24, that is, image data obtained by enlarging, reducing, rotating, inserting, or reversing black and white the image data in the page memory 14. It is now possible to do so.

The image processing module 30 includes an enlargement/reduction circuit 34 that enlarges and reduces image data, a vertical/horizontal conversion circuit 35 that rotates the image data by changing the vertical/horizontal direction, and compresses (reduces redundancy) and expands (reduces redundancy) the image data. A compression/expansion circuit (CODEC) 36 that restores the redundancy that has been
, a scanner interface 37 for the scanner 20, a printer interface 38 for the printer 25, and an internal bus 39 that connects the enlargement/reduction circuit 34, the vertical/horizontal conversion circuit 35, the compression/expansion circuit 36, the scanner interface 37, and the printer interface 38. has been done.

The communication control module 31 has an interface (
R8-232C, GPIB, 5C8I)
43 and a BCP (bus communication processor) 44 connected to a LAN (local area network).

The system bus 41 is a bus for control signals, and includes the control module 11, memory module 10, image processing module 30. The communication control module 31 is connected thereto. Further, the image bus 42 is a bus for image data, and the memory module 10. The image processing module 30 is now connected.

The scanner 20 is, for example, a two-dimensional scanning device that scans an original (document) two-dimensionally with a laser beam to obtain an electrical signal corresponding to image data on the original.

The optical disk device 22 sequentially stores image data read by the scanner 20 or code data read by the magnetic disk device 28 on an optical disk (storage medium) 19.

The keyboard 23 is used to input code information stored on the optical disc 19, a unique search code corresponding to image data, various operation commands, and the like. The CRT display device 24 is an output device, such as a cathode ray tube display device, which is a display device, and displays image data read by the scanner 20, code data read from the magnetic disk 28, or code data read from the optical disk device 22. , or display image data. The CRT display device 24 is capable of displaying four documents simultaneously using a maximum of four windows. For example, four pieces of document data displayed vertically are displayed. Editing such as enlargement, reduction, rotation, scrolling, etc. of document data can be performed independently for each window.

The printer 25 prints image data read by the scanner 2o, code data read from the floppy disk 28a, code data read from the optical disk device 22, image data, image data displayed on the CRT display device 24, etc. Print out (printout)
In other words, it is output as a hard copy.

The magnetic disk device 27 is a hard disk device,
The magnetic disk 2 attached to this magnetic disk device 27
7a stores various control programs, and
Identifies the search code entered by the keyboard 23, the code data for one sex corresponding to this search code, the 70 address listed on the optical disk 19 where the image data is stored, the data size, and whether it is coat data or image data. Search data (management data) consisting of flags and the like is stored. Further, the code data and image data for each case are stored in the search data area of the optical disc 19.

The magnetic disk device 28 is, for example, a 5.25 inch, 3
．． This is a floppy disk device that uses a 5-inch floppy disk 28a, and code data files such as text files (document data) created with a word processor (not shown) and CAD drawing files (drawing data) created with a personal computer (not shown) can be stored on the floppy disk. 28a.

The floppy disk 28a can be formatted under various OS (operating systems).

The mouse 29 is a pointing device, for example C
By arbitrarily moving the cursor on the RT display device 24 vertically or horizontally and giving instructions at the desired position, you can change the display content where the cursor is located (for example, various modes, editing images, cutting and pasting). range, icon, etc.).

Next, how image data and code data are managed in a unified manner will be explained from the viewpoint of document management.

That is, the document management system in this embodiment has four levels: cabinet, binder, document, and page, and the cabinet is associated with one side of the optical disc 19. A plurality of binders can be defined in the cabinet, and up to about 30,000 documents can be registered in the binder. The search title for each document is the basic unit of the ring, and in addition to the title, annotations (document description)
can be added. Further, a document can be made up of information in units of multiple pages.

This kind of management system takes into account consistency with paper files, and either a page corresponds to one sheet of a paper document, or code data is also managed at the level of this page. There is. In other words, image data on one sheet of paper, data on one floppy disk (volume-bulk data), one
A page is either file data on two floppy disks or data obtained by merging these three types of data.

As a result, for example, in one document, a group of source files (code data) of a predetermined program as the first page,
The second page is the program specifications (code data) created with a word processor, and the third page is the processing results (image data), which previously had to be managed completely separately. can do.

Next, the structure of the control program or software stored in the main memory 13 will be explained with reference to FIG.

This control program is executed by the image input/output processing module 13.
b1 Floppy disk read/write = 14- (FDR/W) processing module 13C1 Optical disk drive 1-(ODR/W) processing module 13d1 Display control module 1.3 e, magnetic disk (MD) processing module 13f, drawing processing Module 13g1 and the file link processing module 1.3a that controls the whole
It consists of

As shown in FIG. 3, the FDR/W processing module 13c includes an FD registration processing module 50a, an FD input processing module 50b, an FD search processing module 50c, and an FD
It is composed of an output processing module 50d1 and various other processing modules.

The FD registration processing module 50a has a file name list table as shown in FIG. This file name list table stores data related to the file name list displayed on the FD registration screen, including the total number of files, file name for each file, file size, file date, and whether it is a file or subdirectory. It is made up of attributes that indicate this file, and a selection flag that indicates whether or not this file has been selected as a registration target. Thereby, during the registration process, whether there is a selected file or not is determined by checking whether or not there is a file whose selection flag is on in the file name list table.

Although not shown, there is an operation system (O8) that comprehensively manages all of these.

The control flow of the filing processing module 13a at the time of registration will be described below. Filing processing module 13
The operator instructs whether to register image data or register the floppy disk 28a (FD registration) to a.

After inputting a title, in the case of registering image data, the image input/output processing module 13b is called and image data is input from the scanner 20. Next, after calling the display control module 13e and confirming the input image data on the CRT display device 24, the ODR/W processing module 13d is called to display the input image data as C0.
The data is compressed by the DEC 36 and recorded on the optical disc 19. Thereafter, the MD processing module 13f is called, and the input title data and the address where the image data on the optical disk 19 is stored are registered in the magnetic disk 27a.

In case of registration from floppy disk 28a, FD
Call the R/W processing module 13c.

The designation and processing of floppy disk units or file units, which will be described later, are executed within this FDR/W processing module 13c.

The FDR/W processing module 13c takes out necessary data from the floppy disk 28a based on instructions specified by the operator, stores it in a specific format in the page memory 14, and returns the data. This includes a type flag indicating the type of data to be registered, and the type of data to be registered is set. The details will be described later. Here, if there is a request to display the contents, by calling the display control module 13e,
You can check the file contents. Further, in response to an instruction to execute registration, the filing processing module 13a calls the ODR/W processing module 13d together with the start address and data length of the code data, and records them on the optical disc 19.

If it cannot be stored in the page memory 14 at once,
The FDR/W processing module 13c and ODR/W processing module 13d are called repeatedly. After the recording is completed, the MD processing module 13f is called and the address where the code data on the optical disk 19 is stored is recorded on the magnetic disk 28a together with the input title data, as in the case of recording image data.

Next, the control flow of the filing processing module 13a during a search will be explained. After the operator inputs a search formula (search key, keyword for search), the search process is performed through the MD processing module 13f, and the search results are displayed on the CRT display device 24.

A search request for the optical disk 19 is output to the ODR/W processing module 13d in accordance with the designation of the search document from the operator. At this time, the ODR/W processing module 13d refers to the data header section (described later), checks the type flag, and in the case of image data, performs decompression processing and then stores the image data in the page memory 14.

On the other hand, in the case of code data, the page memory 14
Store in.

When the operator issues a display request for search results, the filing processing module 14a refers to the type flag, checks whether the data can be displayed, and if the data is displayable, calls the display control module 13e and performs the search. The results are displayed on the CRT display device 24. If the data cannot be displayed, an error message will be output. Display control module], 3e refers to the type flag, performs processing according to each of the image data and code data, and displays the data on the CRT display device 24. Additionally, when the operator issues a request to output the search results to the floppy disk 28a, the FDR/W processing module 13
c and executes write processing to the floppy disk 28a.

Since the input of a file name during writing is executed by the FDR/W processing module 13c, there is no need to consider the filing processing module 1.3a.

Next, the format of the code data and image data stored in the page memory 14 and the optical disc 19 will be explained with reference to FIGS. 5 to 9. In this embodiment, the target floppy disk 28a is 5.25 inches, and the target file is an OS file (specific OS file).
8 as the target floppy disk 28a.
The format of the optical disc]9 is determined so that the target file can be recorded as an inch, 3.5 inch, magnetic disk, magnetic tape, or as another OS file.

As shown in FIG. 5, this format consists of a data header section and a data section corresponding to one page of data on one optical disc.

The data section stores data corresponding to a plurality of modules. For example, if the data equivalent to one page consists of three modules: a worksheet data file, a graphic data file (net file), and a developed image (plotter file), the number of modules is "3". Become.

The data header section is composed of a main header section and a subheader section. As shown in Figure 6, the main header section contains total data length (4 bytes), total header length (2 bytes), registration date (4 bytes), number of constituent modules (2 bytes), and specific application flag (2 bytes). ), and a spare (2 bytes), making it a 16-byte configuration.

Drawing data created by CAD etc. includes, for each drawing, a worksheet file generated during operation with the user on the CAD, a net file that describes the mutual positional relationship and connection relationship of parts in the drawing data, and those relationships. Multiple files are generated, including a plotter file (vector data) that is written in a format that can be output to a printer or plotter. Use a drawing management application to manage these multiple files.
Related files are treated as one page, and managed collectively while maintaining an organic relationship with each other. This processing can provide an efficient working environment and improve processing.

For example, for design drawings, drawings of individual parts, etc.
By collectively storing drawings showing the positional relationships of each part, related data can be retrieved immediately even when not being created.

In addition, document data created with a word processor is
Multiple files are generated, such as a document file and a custom character file that registers different custom characters used for each document. These files are collectively managed using a document management application, with each related file being treated as one page, while maintaining an organic relationship with each other. This process can provide an efficient working environment and improve the process.

Further, the sub-header section is composed of sub-headers as many as specified by the number of modules in the main header section. Types of sub headers include image data header, FD
- There are three types: bulk data header and file data header.

As shown in FIG. 7, the image data header includes subheader length (2 hides), type flag (2 bytes), data address (4 bytes), data size (4 hides), and compression format (2 hides, MH.

MR, etc.), scanning density (2 bytes; 200 dpi.

300 dpj, etc.), image size (4 bytes, A4, B
4, A3, etc.), and an option area (0 to n bytes).

As shown in Figure 8, the FD-pack data header includes subheader length (2 bytes), type flag (2 bytes), data address (4 bytes), data size (4 bytes), device flag (2 bytes), density flag (2 bytes),
OS flag (2 bytes), volume name (12 bytes)
, and an option area (0-n bytes).

As shown in Figure 9, the file data header includes subheader length (2 bytes), type flag (2 bytes), data address (4 bytes), data size (4 bytes), device flag (2 bytes), and density flag. (2 bytes),
OS flag (2 bytes), volume name (12 bytes)
, directory entry data (32 bytes), and option area (0 to n bytes).

The type flag indicates image data or volume data (FD-
file data) or OS file data, and in the case of file data, the type of data, i.e. CA
This indicates the type of DI, CAD2, word processor, etc.

Further, the most significant bit of this type flag is an imageable flag indicating whether the data is displayable data or not.

For example, this bit is set in the case of image data or document data, and is not set in the case of command data such as object code data = 24-.

The data address and data size of these data headers indicate the address where each data itself is recorded and its size.

The device flags of these data headers are flags indicating which size floppy disk 28a the data comes from; for example, 5.25-inch, 3.5-inch, or 8-inch floppy disk 28a is set. There is.

These data header density flags are flags that identify whether the recording density of the floppy disk 28a is 2DD or 2I (D).Furthermore, when a magnetic tape is connected, this flag is used to identify whether it is IGOObpi or 6250bpi. There is.

The OS flags in these data headers indicate the type of O8, for example, 081 which runs CADl, O32 which runs CAD2, OS wp which runs a word processor, etc.

An example of how to use the option area of the FD-pack data header is to use the volume (floppy disk 28a) described later.
There is a record of directory browsing data within the entire directory.

The directory entry data area in the file data header contains O8 on the target floppy disk 28a.
The 32-byte data (file name, file size, creation date, etc.) recorded by is copied and recorded. The data in this has a different configuration depending on the O8 indicated by the OS flag.

The main memory 13 is also provided with a module management data storage area 131, a header management data storage area 132, and a data header part storage area 133, as shown in FIG.

In the module management data storage area 131, the type, file name, recording address in the page memory 14, and size of each currently selected module are stored in correspondence.

The module management data storage area 131 corresponds to the number of currently selected modules, and the recording address and size in the main memory 13 (data header storage area) 33 where the data of the data header is stored. It is meant to be remembered.

Next, using the display example in FIG.
F as the display screen 24a of the RT display device 24
The D registration screen will be explained.

That is, a list of file names in the floppy disk device 28 indicated by "device" is displayed. In this example, a 5.25-inch floppy disk drive 28
is selected as the input device. Other devices include 3.5 inch floppy disk drive 28
is also selectable. Below "Device" is "Volume Name", which displays the volume name of the floppy disk 28a in the currently selected floppy disk device 28. For example, rSAMP L
The volume name is El.

"Direct Name" displays the current directory name of the currently displayed file name.

For example, rDATA/TEXTJ is displayed, and the file name list in this directory is displayed in the file name display area 60.

In the file name list, each line corresponds to one file, and the file name, file size, and file creation date are displayed.

In the case of a subdirectory, the file name is displayed surrounded by "<" and ">". "<,>" represents the current directory, and "<,,>J represents the parent directory.

In order to move to the desired directory, the operator can directly enter the directory name in the "Directory Name" field using the keyboard 23, or use the "<" or "<" symbol in the file name list.
The directory surrounded by ">" is selected using the keyboard 23 or two mice.

"-Target" is used to specify a wild card for the file name to be displayed in the file name list.For example, "*, *" means that all files in the current directory will be displayed. It looks like this. here,"
When c* and *J are input from the keyboard 23, only file names starting with "C" are displayed as a file name list.

The "number of files" is the total number of files in the currently displayed file name list.

In the file name list, there is the current file indicated by a highlighted frame, and on the right side of the file name list are "△" and "".
Or use the function key "F5; Previous file", "
This current file can be moved by instructing "F6; Next file". Figure 10 shows the state in which the - soil file is selected, then "F6; Next file"
This is the screen with the command 5 times, for example, rcONI
The file Q, Cl is selected as the current file.

When checking the contents of the current file, you can instruct "F3. Display contents" to display the contents in the method specified in "Type of data". As shown in FIG. 11, this content display shows files rcONIQ and CJ with "data type" as text.

As the "data type", it is possible to specify text data consisting of Shift JIS code, drawing data created by CAD, document data created by a word processor, etc.

When "F3: Display contents" is instructed, the FDR/W processing module 13c calls the drawing processing module 13g using the code data and data type of the current file as parameters, and displays the contents.

At this time, the drawing format file data in the floppy disk 28a or the magnetic disk 27a is also output as a parameter to the drawing processing module 13g.

If the operator makes a mistake in the type of data, the content display will be meaningless. In this case, the operator can correctly display the contents by respecifying the data type.

Also, on the content display screen shown in FIG. 12, rF4
By instructing "DUMP display", the raw code data of the current file can be displayed in hexadecimal representation (DUMP display) as shown in FIG.

This allows the operator to check the contents of the current file more accurately.

In addition, in the content display and DUMP display screens shown in FIGS. 12 and 13, the displayed data can be scrolled up and down by specifying "△" and "".

Next, regarding the operation of the FD registration process, FIG.
This will be explained with reference to the flowchart shown in (C). That is, the filing processing module 13a calls the FDR/W processing module 13C when registering the floppy disk 28a, and
c calls the FD registration processing module 50a.

-3'l - Then, the FD registration processing module 50a performs the process shown in FIG.
As shown in the flowchart a), first, it is determined whether the internal mode is in batch FD registration (normal).

If the result of this determination is the normal mode, input by the operator using the keyboard 23 or mouse 29 is awaited, and processing corresponding to the input data is performed.

That is, a file (code data) to be registered on the optical disc 9 is selected by inputting a "selection key" on the keyboard 23 or by using the mouse 29 to indicate the current file with an emphasis frame. For example, rc
The files ONIQ and CJ are displayed with halftone dots, indicating that they have been selected as files to be registered.

In this state, by instructing "Fl;Execute", 5.2
rcONIQ in 5 inch floppy disk 2ga
, Cl files are read into the main memory 13, and text (data type) is set in the type flag in the subheader.
is set. In addition, data such as file name and file size are set in necessary locations in the main header section and file data header section, and furthermore, the drawing format file data is set, and the starting data address and data length in the page memory 14 are set in the filing processing module. Output to 13a.

It also calls the FD input processing module 50b and stores the code data in the page memory 14 on the floppy disk 2.
8a, and receive the start address and data length. After that, if the selected file remains in the file name - party, set the internal mode to batch FD registration mode, and file the start address and data length of the data read into the FDR/W processing module. It outputs to the processing module 13a and exits from this module.

To check whether this selected file remains, check the file name -
A process is performed to check whether there is a file whose selection flag (flag indicating whether or not it is a registration target) in the list table is on.

Further, the filing processing module 13a records the data on one optical disk based on the start address and data length of the supplied data, and additionally registers a title on the magnetic disk 27a if there is title-added data.

After that, the filing processing module 13a again
The FDR/W processing module 13C is called for FD registration, and the FDR/W processing module 13c calls the FD registration processing module 50a.

This process is repeated until the FDR/W processing module 13c outputs an end status or until the maximum number of pages of data are registered on the optical disk 19.

Further, when the operator inputs termination, the termination status is supplied to the FDR/W processing module 13c. If the operator makes another input, another processing module is called and the process returns to waiting for input from the operator.

In addition, if the result of the determination is the batch FD registration mode, if a selected file exists without inputting an operator or stop command, the FDD force processing module 50b is called and the FDR
/W processing module], 3c outputs the start address and data length supplied from the floppy disk 28a to the filing processing module 13a, and exits from this module.

Then, when a stop command is input or there are no more selected files, the internal mode is set to normal mode 1, and the system waits for manual input from the operator.

Further, the FDD force processing module 50b is shown in FIG.
), a file selected from the file name list table is searched, and file data corresponding to the searched file is read into the page memory 14 from the floppy disk 28a. If the operator has set the registration mode to code data,
Set the main header and code data header for code data, and if it is set to image data, call the drawing processing module = 35-13g to convert the code data to image data (image data). . At this time, code data, the type of data specified by the operator, the imaging format, and drawing form file data (described later) are output to the drawing processing module 13g as the input parameter register 31.

After this, a main header and an image data header for image data are created.

Next, if the operator has set automatic title addition to 1, title data to be additionally registered on the magnetic disk 27a is created.

Then, the selection flag in the file name list table corresponding to the file read from the floppy disk 28a is set to off (17), the halftone dot display in the FD registration amount plane is erased,
The FDD record processing module 50a outputs the start address and data length of the data set in the page memory 4 to the file link processing module 13H, and exits from this module.

Furthermore, as shown in the flowchart of FIG. 14(C),
If "F2: Title display" is manually selected, the title data related to the currently selected file will be displayed in the 15th
The display is displayed as shown in the figure, and when the operator inputs "F9;Confirm", this display is erased and the display returns to the display shown in FIG. 11.

Also, if "F3; Display contents" is input, the file indicated by the current file will be displayed on the floppy disk.
8a to the page memory 14, and the drawing processing module 13g reads this data, the data type specified by the operator, the imaging format, and the drawing form file data.
and display it as shown in FIG.

In this state, if "F5; Previous file" or "F6; Next file" is input, the current file is moved and the moved current file is transferred to the floppy disk 28.
The data is read from a and subjected to drawing processing by the drawing processing module 13g.

Also, rF4. If "DUMP display" is input, the data type is changed to DUMP, the drawing processing module 13g is called, and the display is made as shown in FIG. 13.

At this stage, if "1F4 knee 37 = VRC display" is input, the data type is restored to its original state, the drawing processing module 13g is called, and the display is made as shown in FIG. 12. Then, the operator or “F9
: Confirm" to clear this display and return to the 11th
Return to the display shown in the figure.

In addition, when "F4. File name list display" is input, the files on the floppy disk 28a are searched for by the device, directory, and list target specified by the operator, and the total number of corresponding files and each Set the file data in the file name list table and redisplay the file name list within the FD registration amount.

In this state, if "F5; previous file" or "F6; next file" is input, the current file within the filename-group is moved to the previous or next position, and the emphasis frame is redisplayed.

When "F7; Select all files" is input, the flag for selecting all files other than subdirectories in the file name list table is set to ON, and halftone dots are displayed on the corresponding files in the FD registration amount. If "F8; Cancel selection of all files" is manually executed, set the all selection flag in the file name list table to OFF, and set the file name list in the FD registration screen to OFF.
Erase the wire mesh dots inside the party.

If "F9; Image format" is input, the 16th
As shown in the figure, an imaging format screen is displayed, and the current format, designated size, designated density, designated drawing direction, form overlay, and designated form are displayed, and the operator is prompted to set them.

When the selection key is entered manually, the following processing is performed according to the attributes and selection flags in Karen File's file-view table.

That is, if the attribute is a subdirectory, the directory name is updated in order to move to the corresponding directory, and a file name list is displayed at this point. In the case of attributes or files, if the selection flag is off, it is turned on and displayed as halftone dots, and if it is on, it is turned off and the halftone dots are erased.

In addition, "Processing unit", "Data type" [Title automatic (=J addition), "Device name", "Direct name",
If "-view target" is input, each setting is updated. After performing these processes, the display returns to the one shown in FIG. 11.

Next, automatic title addition will be explained.

That is, the file (code data) is stored on the optical disk 19.
When registering the file name,
Keywords such as file size can be registered on the magnetic disk 27a. For example, when the files rcONIQ and 'cJ are selected, by instructing "F2; Display title",
A title display screen as shown in FIG. 15 is displayed. This display screen displays a title (keyword) that is automatically added to the magnetic disk 27a when code data is registered on one optical disk. For example, the processing unit is "file", the data type is "text", the volume name is rsAMPLEJ, the directory name is rDATA/TEXTJ, the file name is rcONIQ, C4, and the file size is r.
4857J, 7741111 size r1986/2
/ 21. The title J is displayed. When "volume" is selected as the processing unit, two keywords, processing unit and volume name, are displayed and are registered on the magnetic disk 27a during execution.

Whether or not to automatically add this title to the magnetic disk 27a is determined by the operator in the ``Title automatic addition'' item.
The selection is made by selecting "Yes" or "No".

If "Yes" is selected, the FDR/W processing module 13c sets title data to be automatically added in the main memory 13, outputs the start address and data length of the code data to the file link processing module 13a, and The start address and data length of the title data in the main memory 13 are also output. Thereafter, the filing processing module 13a records the code data in the page memory 14 onto one optical disk, and records the title data onto the magnetic disk 27a.

Next, a description will be given of batch registration in which multiple files are registered at once. In other words, select each file in the file name list by pressing the "select" key on the keyboard 23 or the mouse 29.
This is done by selecting a plurality of files and instructing "Fl;Execute". For example, as shown in FIG. 17, a 5.25-inch floppy disk 28a
All files in DATA/TEXT are selected.

To select all files on the floppy disk 28a, in addition to selecting them individually using the keyboard 23 or mouse 29, it is also possible to select "Fl: select all files". - If you wish to cancel the selected file, select it again using the keyboard 23 or mouse 29 to cancel the selection and erase the halftone dots from the display. If all files are to be deselected, this can also be done by instructing [F8; Deselect all files].

When “Fl: Execute” is instructed, the display in Fig. 17 changes to the first
The display is changed to that shown in FIG. 8, and 26 files (code data) are sequentially read from the floppy disk 28a and registered on the optical disk 19.

In this case, each time a file is registered on the optical disc 19, the halftone dot of the corresponding file in the filename-group is erased, and the registration page at the bottom of the screen is counted up by one. In FIG. 18, files rCAT and Cl have been registered on the optical disk 19.

This process is stopped by instructing ``rFlo, stop W'' during batch FD registration. Also, click “Fl; Execute” again.
By instructing , batch FD registration is performed sequentially starting from the file where halftone dots are displayed.

The FD registration process reads a file (code data) from the floppy disk 28a, adds a header to it, and registers it on the optical disk 19. As a result, by registering code data such as text data, CAD data, word processing data, etc. in the floppy disk 28a on the optical disk 19, it can be retrieved when necessary and sent to the CRT display device 24 from the drawing processing module 13g. It is possible to display the data, print it out using the printer 25, write code data on the floppy disk 28a, and modify it on another computer.

In addition, by setting ``1 registered data'' in the FD registration screen to ``imaging data'', the floppy disk 2
When code data is registered from 8a, it is converted into an image by the drawing processing module 13g, and this dot image data is recorded on the optical disc 19. As a result, the drawing processing module 13g
Even if it takes a considerable amount of time to develop vector code data into two-dimensional dot image data, by developing it in advance at the time of registration,
In order to avoid the time it takes to search and display the code data on the optical disk 19, and to shorten the search time, it is possible to reduce the search time. By doing so, there is no need to call the drawing processing module 13g during search display and printing, and high-speed processing can be performed.

Further, the operator can select "registered data" from among three types: "code data,""imagingdata," and "code+image."

"Code data" is for registering the code data in the floppy disk 28a as is. "Image data" is created by converting the code data in the floppy disk 28a into an image by the drawing processing module 13g.
This image data is registered. Further, "code+image" is registered as a set of code data and image data in the floppy disk 28a.

Also, when creating an image, it is possible to specify the image size, resolution, portrait, and landscape.

Next, the format for creating an image will be explained. 1st
In the display shown in Figure 1, specify "F9; Image format" and use the image format property sheet 61 shown in Figure 16 that is displayed in response to this instruction to change the format, that is, code data, especially word processing data, etc. The paper size, resolution, etc. for printing are set in advance. "Auto" in the imaging format in this imaging format property sheet 61 is to create an image in the format that is set in the code data, and "specified" is,
The image is created according to the "designated size", "designated density", and "designated drawing direction" set by the operator.

Also, when creating an image, you can specify the form that will be used as the mount.

This designation is performed by setting "Form Overlay" in the imaging format to "Yes" and setting "Specified Form". This imaging format information is outputted to the drawing processing module 13g together with the code data and the drawing form file data, and is made into an image there.The details of this information are processed by the drawing processing module 13g, which will be described later.

Next, the search process will be explained with reference to the flowcharts shown in FIGS. 19(a) and 19(b).

First, the optical disc 19 is loaded, a binder to be searched is specified on the search screen, and the binder is opened.

Then, on the logical search screen, set the key value of the document to be searched and instruct ``Start Search.'' Then, a list of document titles that meet the set key value conditions is displayed. Here, if you set the document and page to be extracted and instruct "document output", an output destination selection property sheet will be displayed. From this display, when the user selects ``Save rFD'' and instructs ``Confirm,'' an FD output screen as shown in FIG. 20 is displayed. Furthermore, if the document or page to be extracted is not specified, the first document displayed on the extraction screen is selected as shown in FIG. Furthermore, the setting of the document or page to be extracted is changed by inputting the next document, previous page key, or next page key on the keyboard 23.

Information regarding the output target and the output light is displayed on the FDD power screen shown in FIG. This output target is a file corresponding to the document or page extracted by the search process, and for this file, the original device at the time of registration, the volume name added to the original device, and the file name specified at the time of registration. The data type and file name are displayed. Of these, only the data type attribute can be changed. As a result, even if the data type is incorrectly specified during registration and a legitimate image cannot be obtained when displaying the search target content (described later), you can select another data type and display the content again. is now possible.

Note that on the FDD screen, while the data type specified at the time of registration is displayed, - temporal data type selection,
Change states are also indicated using distinguishable means.

However, the attribute change described here is effective only when displaying the search target contents, and attributes already registered on the optical disk 19 cannot be changed. In addition, the floppy disk 28a is
You can also specify the type of data you want to view above file data here. The output light is the floppy disk 28a on which the searched file is to be output.
Regarding this floppy disk 28a, the device, the volume name added to the device, the directory name where the file to be listed in the file name display area 70 exists, and the list in the file name display area 70 are displayed. Items such as the condition of the display target, the number of corresponding files, and the file name of the file to be output on the floppy disk 28a are displayed, and a list of file names is displayed in the file name display area 70.

Of these, the operator can input everything except the volume name and the number of files, and by moving the cursor within the file name display area, a directory or file can be selected.

The operator selects the floppy disk 28a which becomes the output light.
After setting the floppy disk into the floppy disk device 28, instruct "print document" and "save rFD" on the logical search screen. As a result, the FDD power processing module 50d accesses the floppy disk 28a set in the floppy disk device 28 set as an output optical device, reads the volume name, and displays it. Also, from among the files in the directory set as the output optical directory, the information (name, size, update date and time) of files that meet the conditions set for viewing is read, and this information is displayed in the file name display area. Display a list within. As a result, the floppy disk 2 which is the output light
A list of files in 8a can be obtained at any time.

Also, when the operator moves the device selection cursor using the arrow keys on the keyboard 23 or instructs to change the output optical device by using the mouse 29, the FDD force processing is activated from the search process. Data regarding the output light is updated on the FD output screen. The output optical directory is designated by directly inputting the directory name or by moving the cursor within the file name display area. In addition, the direct master ability allows you to input a directory name from the root directory using the keyboard 23 after specifying a directory name item using the arrow keys on the keyboard 23 or after specifying a directory name item using two mice. It has become. Furthermore, to specify a directory in the file name display area 70, move the file name to the directory being viewed using the mouse 29.
, move the cursor, and then specify the same directory again with two mouse points, or use the "previous file" and "next file" keys on the keyboard 23 to move the file name to the directory you are viewing. After moving the cursor, you can specify the directory by pressing the "select" key.

As a result, when the output light directory is specified, the system moves to that directory, the directory name item is updated on the FD output screen 51, and the data regarding the output light is updated.

When specifying a directory in the file name display area, selecting a file will have no effect. However, when a file is selected and the cursor is located at "File", the contents of the file can be checked and displayed using the content display function described later.

Some of the functions on the FD output screen in the CRT display device 24 include "Execute", "Display contents of output target", "Display contents", "Display file name list", "Previous file", "Next file", "-Batch output", "Cancel"
functions are assigned. These functions may be assigned to keys other than function keys if each function can be instructed by a simple operation.

When the command ``execute part of the function key 1'' is specified, the file to be output or the specified directory in the output optical floppy disk 28a is outputted with the specified file name.

In this case, the file name on the floppy disk 28a after output can be input from the keyboard 23 on the FD output screen. Unless otherwise specified, the file name will be the same as the searched file.

When you specify "Display output target content" for some of the function keys, the content of the searched file, that is, the content of the file displayed as the output target, is displayed as the output target content display screen, as shown in Figure 18. Ru. There are two types of display: vector-rusk conversion expansion display and dump display, and selection between these two can be made arbitrarily using function keys F8 (DUMP) and F9 (confirm).

The vector-rusk conversion expansion display interprets file data expressed as vectors and develops it into a bitmap suitable for rask display. The contents of the file are displayed according to the instructions provided.

In this case, if the "data type" which is the attribute information of the searched file is incorrect and you cannot obtain a legitimate image, you may need to select another correct "data type" and try again. It is now possible to display it.

Such temporary selection and change status of data type is now displayed on the FD output screen using a means that can be distinguished from the data type specified at the time of registration. ing.

The dump display displays the contents of the file in hexadecimal ASCII code, regardless of the instruction selected in the "data type" item.

At this time, the displayed output target file name, paper size and density (200/400) when converted to an image
, the drawing direction (vertical/horizontal) is displayed on the output target content display screen, as shown in FIG.

In addition, if it is a text file and it is not possible to display all the contents on one screen, use two mouse points to point to the up/down arrow icons on the output target contents display screen, or use keypad 1 and 2B. By pressing the up/down arrow keys, it is possible to move to the previous/next page within the same output target file, that is, update the output target content display screen. Also, in the middle of displaying the contents, "
If "Cancel" is instructed, the image development process is canceled.

Note that all the functions that can be instructed on the output target content display screen are valid even during the display, and the display is stopped in the middle according to a predetermined instruction, and a new instruction is followed.

In addition, when "1 confirmation" is instructed with two mouse buttons or the keyboard 23 on the output target content display screen, the output target content display ends.

When you instruct "Display contents" for a part of the function keys, the contents of the file on the floppy disk 28a selected by the cursor in the file name display area are displayed on the contents display screen, as shown in Figure 22. . There are two types of this display: hector raster conversion expansion display and dump display. These two selections can be made using the function key F8 (D
UMP) and F9 (confirm) can be used as desired. When performing vector rask conversion expansion display, select the data type using the "Data type" item related to the output target, and then select the "data type" that matches the selected file data. ing. The selection of the "data type" at this time is temporary and does not affect the attributes already registered on the optical disk 19 in any way.

In this case, the type of data registered on the optical disk 19 and the type of data temporarily selected are displayed simultaneously on the FD output screen using means that can distinguish them.

In addition, the file name on the floppy disk 28a being displayed, the paper size when converted into an image, the density (200/400), and the drawing direction (vertically and horizontally) are
As shown in Figure 2, it is displayed on the content display screen.

Furthermore, if all the contents cannot be displayed on one screen due to a text file, etc., the screen can be updated as in the case of the output target contents display screen.

Furthermore, when the cursor is on a directory in the file name display area, a system message indicating that the contents cannot be displayed is displayed at the bottom of the FD output screen, and the screen does not move to the contents display screen.

Also, on the content display screen shown in Fig. 22, the mouse 2
9 or when "previous file" or "next file" is specified using the keyboard 23, the files immediately before and after the currently displayed file are displayed in the order of file names in the file name display area on the FD output screen. A new file will be selected and its contents will be displayed.

In accordance with this newly selected content display, the file name on the corresponding floppy disk 28a, the paper size and density (200/400) when converted into an image,
The drawing direction (vertical/horizontal) is also updated on the content display screen.

In addition, when displaying the contents, if an abnormality occurs such as the floppy disk 28a is not loaded, the specified file cannot be found, or a file reading error, the bottom row (size: density: lower row) of the contents display screen will be displayed. Display a system message notifying you of this and clear the content display area.

As a result, the contents of the output target file and the file in the output optical floppy disk 28a can be freely viewed by using the "output target content display" and the "content display".

When you specify "File name list display," the output light floppy disk 2
Necessary information is read from 8a, and a list of file names of the corresponding files is displayed in the file name display area. When this is instructed when the floppy disk 28a is replaced, a new list of file names is displayed.

When you specify "-Batch output" for a part of Funkun Yonki, the Batch output property sheet will be displayed as shown in Figure 23, and you can select either 1 document - Batch output or All documents - Batch output. ing.

This one document-at-a-time output means to output all pages of the document containing the currently searched file to the floppy disk 28a. Further, outputting all documents at once means outputting all pages of all retrieved documents to the floppy disk 28a. When "Confirm" is instructed after outputting one document at once or all documents at once, the output property sheet is closed and the previous page of the specified document is sequentially output to the floppy disk 28a. Then, when the output processing of the previous page of the document to be outputted as an FD ratio is completed, the screen returns to the FD output screen shown in FIG. 20. Further, if "cancel" is instructed during output processing on the FD output screen, the -batch output processing is canceled and the screen returns to the FD output screen shown in FIG. 20. The FD output processing up to this point is valid. Furthermore, when "confirm" is instructed on the extraction screen, a confirmation display of the searched file is performed. If the searched file is not an image file but code information that cannot be displayed, the attribute information of the file, that is, the file name,
The creation date etc. will be displayed.

In these search processes, the FD search process Moneur 5
0c reads data onto the page memory 14 via the interface circuit 17 if it is set in the optical disc 19 or optical disc device 22. If this data is image data, it is transferred to the display memory 15 as it is, and the data is transferred to the CRT display device 2 via the display control unit 16.
4 will be displayed. Also, if the data is code data,
When the image-capable flag is set, the code is displayed on the CRT display device 24 by requesting a drawing processing module 13g, which will be described later, to perform code development drawing processing.

Further, the data read from the optical disk]9 is stored on the page memory 14, and attribute information such as the original device, volume name, data type, etc. added at the time of registration is also stored in the page memory]-4. These attribute information are displayed on the FD output screen as data related to the output target.

When the output target content display is instructed, the display memory 15
Set the area above, the area identifier, page memory 1
The type flag to be output on 4 is output to the drawing processing module 13g, and a code development drawing is requested. As a result, the drawing processing module 1'3g
5, the code data is interpreted, developed and drawn according to the data type.

In addition, in these search processes, when the FD output processing module 50d is instructed to output an FD ratio and the floppy disk 28a of the output light is loaded into the magnetic disk device 28, the FD output processing module 50d outputs the floppy disk of the output light via the interface circuit 17. The information regarding 28a is read and displayed on the FD output screen as information regarding the output light.

That is, a list of file names of files that exist in the volume name added to the output optical floppy disk 28a and the directory specified on the FD output screen and satisfy the conditions to be listed is displayed on the FD output screen. FD out;! J
When the device, directory name, or item to be viewed is changed on the screen, access the floppy disk 28a and display the output light floppy disk 28a on the FD output screen.
Update data about.

When content display is instructed, the file specified by the cursor in the file name display area on the FD output screen is stored from the output optical floppy disk 28a to an area secured on the page memory 14, and then stored on the display memory 15. , and the identifier of the area, the identifier of the file data stored in the page memory 14, the identifier of the data type temporarily selected in the data type item related to the output target, and the imageable flag. is output to the drawing processing module 13g to request code expansion and drawing. Thereby, the drawing processing module 13g interprets and develops the code data according to the type of data, and draws the code data in the area secured on the display memory 15.

Also, when instructed to execute FD output, page memory 1
The code data to be output held on the floppy disk 28a is output and saved directly under the directory specified on the FD output screen in the floppy disk 28a with the file name specified on the FD output screen. In this case, data describing the drawing format of the code data may be added as necessary.

Furthermore, the operations of other modules driven when executing the FD search processing module 50c and the FD output processing module 50d are the same as those at the time of FD registration or FD input described above.

Next, when searching for an FD, if "Fl, confirm" is specified, a confirmation display of the searched image is performed.

At this time, the filing processing module 13a outputs search data to the display control module and requests it. In this case, functions that can be operated on search data will be explained.

First, the code/image indicator will be explained. That is, as shown in FIG. 24, the document window 8 is used as the display screen 24a of the CRT display device 24.
0 and a frame icon 81. The frame icon 81 includes an image/code identification section 82 that indicates the type of document window 80.

The image/code identification unit 82 determines whether the data retrieved and displayed in the document window 80 is stored on the floppy disk 2.
The code data registered from 8a or the image data input by the scanner 20 or the like is displayed. This results in, in the former case, "code"
or the shaded "image" is displayed; in the latter case, the "image" is displayed.

The size and density displayed at the bottom of the image/code identification section 82 are the values written in the code data or the default values of the data in the case of code data, and the actual values in the case of image data. scanner 20
etc., the size = 64- and the density value are shown.

Therefore, when the search process is performed, the type of data is determined based on the type flag in the subheader section, and the image/code identification unit 82 identifies the "code" according to the result of this determination.
, the ``image'' is shaded, or the ``image'' is displayed.

In such a situation, if the expanded format of data is registered incorrectly when registering an image, the correct display will not be made when searching for that data. In this case, the operator first points to the image/code identification section 82 using the keyboard 23 or the mouse 29. Then, a code type change property sheet 83 as shown in FIG. 25 is opened on the display screen 24a of the CRT display device 24, and the operator can use this code type change property sheet 83 to re-specify the correct data type. is now possible.

That is, as shown in flowchart 1 in FIG.
When a code type change request is issued, it is determined whether the image displayed on the document window 8 is a code or an image based on the type flag in the subheader section.

As a result of this determination, if the image is an image, the process ends. Also, if the result of the judgment is an image or code,
The currently displayed code type is determined by the type flag in the subheader section, and the code type change property sheet 8
Displayed by 3. In this case, the area where black inversion is performed indicates the selected type.

As a result, when changing the code type, select it using the keyboard 23 or two mice, change the black inversion state, and instruct "F9;Confirm" to change the code information with the selected code type. A redisplay takes place on the document window 80.

In this case, by instructing ``rFlo;Cancel'' using the keyboard 23 or mouse 29, the selection is canceled and the original state is returned.

When developing code data such as, select the image size and image density specified in the code data,
Alternatively, it is possible to set whether to unfold in the longitudinal direction or in the lateral direction, assuming the paper surface. In this case, regarding the image size and image density, the specific paper size etc. at the time of expansion are changed, and regarding the format, the expansion method is changed.

That is, by instructing (pulling down) the setting change nylon 84 using the keyboard 23 or mouse 29, each of the icons 84a, 84b, and 84c for formatting, creating an image, and canceling the image, as shown in FIG.
will be displayed. With this display, by pointing to the icon 84a corresponding to formatting, the shape of the cursor changes, indicating that the mode has been entered. Next, if you pick twice the document window 80 displaying the contents of the file whose format you want to change, as shown in Figure =528,
Formatting property sheet 1.85 is displayed.

The user specifies the data to be changed using this formatting property sheet 85, and then instructs "F9. Confirm".

As a result, when a format change request is issued, it is determined whether the image displayed above the document window is an image, a code, or an image, based on the application flag in the main header section. As a result of this determination, if the image is an image, the process ends.

Also, if the result of the judgment is that it is an image or a code, the currently displayed format is changed to i by the density flag in the subheader.
'11 and is displayed using the formatting property input 85. In this case, the selected format is shown where black inversion is performed.

As a result, when changing the code type, select it using the keyboard 23 or two mouse buttons, change the state of black inversion, and instruct "F9: Confirm" to change the code information using the selected code type. A redisplay takes place on the document window 80.

Furthermore, the image of the code data is managed in the form of a code, and unlike the case where it is input from the scanner 20, it is not a combination of paper-based image data.

Therefore, when performing image editing on the code data, it is necessary to convert the code data into paper-based image data in the same way as the image input from the scanner 20.

For this purpose, it has a function of converting "code data" into "image data", and allows arbitrary image editing to be performed on the image handled by the code data. It is also possible to change the format of the image before converting it into an image.

That is, as shown in the flowchart of FIG. 29, by pointing (pull down) the setting change icon 84 using the keyboard 23 or mouse 29, the formatting, image creation, and image creation cancellation icons 84 a,
84 b and 84 c are displayed. With this display, by pointing to the icon 84b corresponding to imaging, the shape of the cursor changes, indicating that the mode has been entered.

Then, by picking twice the document window 80 displaying the contents of the file to be imaged, image formation is executed and the display is updated.

At this time, the image/code identification section 82
The shaded area is displayed.

When converting data spanning multiple pages, such as shift JIS code data or word processor data, to image data, only the pages displayed in the document window 80 are processed.

In addition, if you perform image conversion by mistake, or if you want to re-image another page because it is text data, you can return the imaged data back to code data by performing "Cancel image conversion". It is now possible to do so.

That is, by pointing (pulling down) the setting change icon 84 using the keyboard 23 or mouse 29, the formatting, image creation, and image creation cancellation icons 84 a, 84 b, and 84 are displayed as shown in FIG.
c is displayed. With this display, by pointing to the icon 84c corresponding to canceling imaging, the shape of the cursor changes, indicating that the mote has been entered. Then, by picking twice the document window 80 displaying the contents of the file for which the image conversion is to be canceled, the image conversion is executed and the display is updated.

At this time, the image/code identification section 82 is changed from r-(meter) to "code".

However, the types of image data include code data converted into an image (displayed as "image" by the image development-1 identification unit 82) and the scanner 20.
There are two types of inputs: In the case of code data converted into an image (displayed with "image" shaded by the image/code identification unit 82), the image conversion is canceled, that is, the code data is If the data is input from a scanner 20 or the like, it is original image data and cannot be converted into coat data.

The internal processing of the imaging process will be explained with reference to flowchart 1 shown in FIG. That is, when the imaging process is instructed, the displayed code data is saved from the page memory 14 onto the magnetic disk 27a.

Next, a storage area of the page memory 14 corresponding to the size of the format corresponding to the code data is secured, and image data obtained by developing the code data saved on the magnetic disk 27a is stored on this storage area. When this expansion is completed, the image/code identification section 82 is
Shaded areas are shown.

The internal processing of the imaging cancellation processing will be explained with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. That is, when the imaging cancellation process is instructed, the instructed document window 8
It is determined whether the content of 0 is code data or image data, and if it is other than imaged code data, the process is terminated. Next, the image data on the page memory 14 is erased, and the code data saved on the magnetic disk 27a is restored on the page memory 14.

At this time, the image/code identification section 82 is converted from a "1 image" shaded display to a "code" display, and the code data is developed on the document window 8o.

Next, regarding the specific method of drawing code data,
This will be explained using FIGS. 32(a) to 32(e).

That is, the drawing of the code data is performed by the sliding drawing processing module 13g. A drawing routine for actually drawing in the page memory 14 and display memory 15 is built into O8.

The drawing processing module 13g interprets the coat data of different formats and uses the J'
It has the function of performing +7i image routines.

The drawing processing module 13g, as shown in FIG.
It is composed of a drawing module main section 61 and an individual data interpretation drawing processing section 62.

The drawing module main section 61 includes image input/output processing modules 13b and F as upper application tasks.
DR/W processing module] 3c1 display control module 1
In response to the request from 3e, it activates the lower-level interpretation and drawing processing unit 63a1 necessary for drawing that data, sets the drawing size and format, and writes the file that describes the drawing data. It is something to be managed.

The individual data interpretation/drawing processing unit 62 interprets each piece of data and sequentially calls the corresponding O8 drawing routine for each data type. The contents will be dumped.

The drawing module main section 61 includes a command reception control section 7
1. Morphological description information management section 72, modeling processing section 73,
and an individual drawing processing starting section 74.

The command reception control unit 71 is a module that receives requests from upper-level applications and controls the execution flow. The form description information management unit 72 describes attribute information when developing images of each code data. It manages the location of drawing form description information.Modeling processing unit 7
3 calculates and sets parameters for arbitrarily setting the size and direction when developing the image.

The individual drawing processing activation section 74 activates the lower-order individual data interpretation and drawing processing section 62 according to the type of data given from the upper application.

As shown in FIG. 34, the format of the expansion request command received by the command reception control unit 71 includes the specification mode, data pointer, data type, drawing location, form, drawing page, format, modeling parameters, and expansion. Consisting of children.

The drawing modes are (1) automatic drawing (drawing in the format described in the data), (2) format specified drawing (drawing by specifying the format from the outside), and (3) modeling specified drawing (drawing by specifying the format from the outside). There are three modes (drawing by specifying modeling parameters).

The data pointer is whether the data to be drawn is on the page memory 14 or, if so, a pointer on the page memory]4, and if it is on a file, the file pointer is given.

The data type is the type of data to be drawn,
It is used to determine whether the lower level interpretation/drawing processing section 63a1, etc. should be activated.

The drawing location is the page memory] 4 is the display memory; 5 is the drawing location.

The form specifies whether to draw on a blank sheet of paper or on format paper provided by a certain system.

The drawing page specifies the drawing page when the drawing spans multiple pages, such as in a text file.

The format is size, pixel density of the mount (200/400),
This is used to specify the drawing direction (vertical/horizontal). This is to be specified when drawing with Shiben format specification or modeling specification drawing.

Modeling parameters are also specified at the time of modeling specification drawing. Here, regarding the format and modeling parameters, if they are not specified, they will be returned as a return.

The extension is reserved for functional expansion.

Next, how to use the three types of drawing modes will be explained.

That is, when reading code data from one optical disk, inputting from the floppy disk 28a, etc., and drawing code data from the page memory 14 to the display memory 15, it is impossible to know how large the data will be drawn until it is drawn. There are times when you don't know. For example, various drawing data are often defined as different image sizes. Whether this is expanded as it is in the format written in the data or it is automatically drawn.

In addition, the size and density of the drawing area have already been defined, and format specification drawing is the process of drawing so that the area is appropriately placed there.

Further, modeling-designated drawing is a drawing process in which a shape is drawn at an arbitrary position of the drawing location, including enlargement, reduction, and rotation. This is particularly effective when image data is incorporated into another image for display or printing.

The individual data interpretation and drawing processing section 62 is composed of interpretation and drawing processing sections 63a1, . . . that are prepared separately for each data type.

The interpretation drawing processing section 63a includes a command reception control section 81, a drawing form management section 82, an interpretation execution control section 83, and an interface section 84.

The interpretation drawing processing units 63b, . . . also have the same configuration.

The command reception control section 81 is the drawing module main section 61
It receives commands from.

The drawing form management unit 82 manages drawing form description information as attribute information when developing an image of each code data. The interpretation execution control unit 83 interprets the code string of the image data, sequentially calls the drawing routine in O8, and actually issues drawing instructions. The interface unit 84 is for sequentially importing image data or drawing form description information according to their location information.

Next, regarding the operation of each part, first, the expansion of predetermined image data stored on the page memory 14 will be explained as shown in FIG.
This will be explained with reference to the flowchart shown in a).

Based on the type of data given, the drawing module main unit 61 starts the interpretation drawing processing unit 63a (63b, ) corresponding to the data type using the individual drawing processing starting unit 74, and sets it to an executable state. rise.

The form description information management unit 62 stores the location of the drawing form description information used when drawing and developing the type of data that has been received.
The search is performed as shown in the flowchart of FIG. 32(b).

That is, the position of the drawing form description information on the floppy disk 28a, the page memory 14, and the magnetic disk 27a is used as a pointer of the form information. At this time, if there is drawing format description information on the floppy disk 28a, the page memory 4, and the magnetic disk 27a, the floppy disk 28a is referred to with priority.

In this way, the user can arbitrarily change the format of the retrieved drawing format description information, regardless of the format determined at the time of registration, and display or print it out.

The drawing form description information varies depending on the type of individual data, or is described as vector information when drawing data is output to a plotter (not shown), as shown in FIG. 35, for example.

For example, the first line, which is written entirely in character strings, is
It is defined as a pen, and the line drawing attributes are red and the line width is 0.
．． 3mm, the second line is defined as the second pen, the line drawing attribute is blue and the line width is 0.3mm, and the third line is defined as the third pen. The line drawing attributes are black and the line width is 2.0 mm, the fourth line is defined as the fourth pen, and the line drawing attributes are:
It is black with a line width of 4.0 mm.

In a normal plotter, the user can choose the color and thickness of the line by selecting the pen to be used, or in this device, since the pen is not actually driven, this can be done on the plotter 4. As in the case of , when the drawing attributes corresponding to a pen are changed by selecting a pen, drawing form description information is required as a definition of which pen has which drawing attributes. There is.

The drawing module main section 61 inquires of the lower-level individual data interpretation/drawing processing section that has already been activated regarding the attributes (size, density, drawing direction) of the data that is currently being drawn. The format of the command at this time is, as shown in Figure 36(a), a data pointer,
It consists of a pointer to form information and a format (return).

The pointer of the form information indicates the location of the drawing form description file searched by the drawing module main section 61. The format is return value.

The interpretation drawing processing section 63a1... returns the format information determined by the drawing form management section 82 to the drawing module main section 61 based on the pointer of the form information and the return value. This returns the original size of the data to be drawn.

As a result, the drawing module main section 61 determines the final format based on the returned content and the requested specifications from the higher-level application task, as shown in FIG. 32(C).
It is designed to be drawn as shown in the flowchart.

That is, in the case of automatic drawing, the return value is used to draw as is, or in other cases, the modeling parameters are determined from the return value and externally designated values.

For example, if the externally specified size is A3 paper size and the internal data is A4 paper size, the value of the modeling parameter is set to a value that should be enlarged by J times.

When all the parameters are set as described above, the drawing module main section 61 calls the corresponding interpretation drawing processing section 63a (63b, . . . ) to execute drawing. The format of the command at this time is shown in Figure 36 (
As shown in b), it is composed of data pointers, form information pointers, formats, and modeling parameters.

Drawing is performed in the display memory 15 and page memory 14 according to the above flow, but as mentioned above, if code data is stored in the page memory 14, an area is occupied by this, and an area for developing the drawing is used. In some cases, it may not be possible to secure this.

For example, if the entire size of the page memory 14 is 4M bytes, the area of A3.400DPI is approximately 4M bytes.
Since the amount of data is equivalent to that of a hide, if the code data is on the page memory 14, an image of A3.400 DPI cannot be drawn.

In such a case, the code data on the page memory 14 may be temporarily saved, rendered and expanded, output to another device, and then stored on the page memory 14 again.

This operation will be explained with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. 32(d).

Attempts to allocate space for drawing and expansion.

If this is not possible, a flow of saving the magnetic disk 27a is entered. Then, the code data on the page memory 14 is once saved on the magnetic disk 27a, drawing and development is performed, output processing is performed, and then the code data is stored again.

Output processing means, for example, writing to the optical disc 19,
This means outputting to the printer 25 or transferring to external equipment via LAN or the like.

As a result, the page memory 14 can be used as effectively as possible.

The command format of the drawing module in this case is
Data points in Figure 34 or magnetic disk 27
This indicates the location of the file on a.

On the other hand, when outputting to the printer 25, the size of the output paper is fixed or limited to two or three depending on the size of the cassette installed in the printer 25. Therefore, even if a request is made to render a large-sized image, the output size is limited to the size of the paper on which it is mounted. For this reason,
Even if you do not save on the magnetic disk 27a,
In some cases, it may be sufficient to reserve the page memory 14 based on the paper size that is mounted. In this case, the magnetic disk 27a
The processing overhead caused by saving can be reduced. The operation is shown in the flowchart of FIG. 32(e).

By combining the case where such saving is not performed and the above-mentioned saving, it is possible to use the page memory 14 more efficiently.

Also, the process of drawing overlay with the format screen will be explained. As mentioned in the FD registration section, when registering, code data is not registered by drawing it on a blank sheet of paper, but is written in a certain format, such as a table where drawing numbers can be written, or a table with predetermined borders. You can register or print out by drawing on the mount provided.

Here, this is achieved by a method in which when a command extension is specified from a higher-level application, drawing format description information describing the format is referenced, and drawing is performed in advance before the image data is expanded.

In this case, drawing in a certain format may require a separate processing module from the original interpretation and drawing processing of the code data, but it is now done by sequentially calling and executing lower-level modules. There is.

Next, the processing at the time of FD registration for the drawing processing function not incorporated in this device will be explained. In other words, there are a large number of types of data, and the apparatus may not have a drawing processing function built in that corresponds to the type of code data that the user wants to register on one optical disc.

In this case, specify the data type as "Other",
There are some methods that respecify the type of data when the drawing processing function is incorporated, but it is a very troublesome task to modify the type flag in the subheader section of the code data already recorded on the optical disc recorder 9. It becomes. Also,
If a write-once type optical disc is used as the optical disc]9, it is impossible to make corrections, and new code data must be re-recorded.

Therefore, in anticipation of the future, we set a reservation number as the data type, and when registering code data before the drawing processing function is built in, we recommend specifying the reservation number as the data type. do.

For example, when specifying the "next candidate" for the data type (see Figure 37), "Reservation 1", "Reservation 2", "Reservation 3", etc.
” and “Other” are displayed.

Then, when the drawing processing function is installed, by making a correspondence between the reservation number and the drawing processing function, it is possible to omit the process of correcting the type flag in the subheader section on one optical disc.

As mentioned above, when data is displayed on a CRT display device, the type data indicating the type of data is displayed in the image/code identification section, so that the data on which the displayed data is based is You can know whether it is image data or code data.

[Effects of the Invention] As detailed above, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide an electronic filing device that can determine whether the data on which the displayed data is based is image data or code data. .

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawings show one embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 1 is a diagram for explaining the structure of software, Fig. 2 is a block diagram schematically showing the overall configuration, and Fig. 3 is a floppy disk read/write diagram. Figure 4 is a diagram for explaining the general configuration of the processing module, Figure 4 is a diagram for explaining an example of the configuration of a file name list table, Figure 5 is a diagram showing the overall data configuration, and Figure 6 is the main header. 7 shows the structure of the image data header, and FIG. 8 shows the structure of the FD-
FIG. 9 is a diagram showing the configuration of the file data header, FIG. 10 is a diagram for explaining module management data, header management data, etc. in the main memory, FIGS. 11 and 12. Figure, Figure 13, Figure 15
16, 17, 18, and 37 are diagrams for explaining display examples in the FD registration process, FIG. 14 is a flowchart for explaining the FD registration process, and FIG.
The figure is a flowchart for explaining the search process, No. 20.
Figures 21, 22, and 23 are diagrams for explaining display examples in search processing, Figures 24, 25, and 2
7 and 28 are diagrams for explaining display examples in editing processing, FIG. 26 is a flowchart for explaining code type changing processing, and FIG. 29 is a flowchart for explaining formatting processing. FIG. 30 is a flowchart for explaining the imaging process, FIG. 31 is a flowchart for explaining the imaging cancellation process, FIG. 32 is a flowchart for explaining the drawing process, and FIG. 33 is the configuration of the drawing processing module. FIG. 34 is a block diagram showing an example format of the expansion request command.
FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining the drawing form description information, and FIG. 36 is a diagram showing an example of the format of commands of the main section of the drawing module. 12...CPU, 12a...Vector/Rask conversion circuit, 12b/Code/image conversion circuit, 13...
Main memory, 13a... filing processing module, 13b... image input/output processing module, 13c.
・・Floppy disk read/write processing module,
13d... Optical disk read/write processing module,
13e...display control module, 13f...magnetic disk processing module, 13g...drawing processing module,
14... Page memory, 19... Optical disk (storage medium), 20... Scanner, 22... Optical disk device, 23... Keyboard, 24... CRT display device, 24a... Display screen , 27... Magnetic disk device, 27a... Magnetic disk, 28... Magnetic disk device, 28a... Floppy disk, 29...
Mouse, 50a...FD registration processing module, 50b
- FD input processing module, 50C FD search processing module, 50d FD output processing module, 60.
70・File name display area, 82・Image/code identification section. Applicant's representative Patent attorney Takehiko Suzue Figure 19 (a) Figure 19 (b) $30 Figure 32 (a) Figure 32 (b) 0 stone Figure 32 (C) Figure 32 (d) Figure 32(e)

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] A first supply means for supplying image data, a second supply means for supplying code data, and a conversion means for converting the code data from the second supply means into image data; The image data supplied from the first supply means, the code data supplied from the second supply means, or the image data supplied from the conversion means are displayed, and the basis of the displayed data is displayed. 1. An electronic filing device comprising: display means for displaying type data indicating whether the data is image data or code data.