JPH02230465A - Electronic file system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To identify and display the close relative relation between an icon and the picture data by selecting optionally an icon corresponding to the picture data via a user and registering and controlling the selected icon and its corresponding background image. CONSTITUTION:An icon display means 5 displays an icon corresponding to the sort information on the document picture information to be registered. An icon production means 1 integrates an optional background image picture to the icon displayed on the means 5 and produces a user control icon. Then an icon control means 1 is added to control the retrieval of the document picture information based on the user control icon produced by the means 1. Thus a user can optionally visualize the corresponding relation between the registered picture data and the icon.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to an electronic file system that electronically processes documents and images as image data.

[Prior Art] Conventionally, in electronic files, a large number of image files are usually managed using various classification methods.

In order to read out the classified image files with a simple operation, an icon (a mark image formed by a predetermined number of dots and explaining a function) is displayed on the display means.

In particular, icons representing image data can be displayed in fixed areas on the display screen, such as icons that group image data according to classification information added to the image data, or icons that represent one image data, along with the name of the image data. (
window), it was uniformly displayed as icons and text data.

For example, if the design drawings of each component of a camera are used as image data, the classification types are lenses, shutters, etc. It consists of various components such as a strobe, but in this case, conventionally, the target lens, shutter, and strobe were arranged vertically or horizontally and displayed, unrelated to the actual placement positions.

[Problem to be Solved by the Invention] Therefore, in order to know the correlation between the target image data selected by the operator and other image data, it is necessary to read the character data of the classification related to the image data. First, there was a problem in that the identifiability of icons representing image data was extremely low. This invention was made to solve the above problem. It is an object of the present invention to provide an electronic file system that can efficiently specify an icon that can closely identify and display the relative relationship between an icon and image data by registering and managing the icon together with a background image corresponding to the icon.

[Means to solve the problem]

The electronic file system according to the present invention includes an icon display means for displaying an icon for classification information of document image information subjected to W6B on a display means, and an arbitrary background image for the icon displayed on the icon display means. The apparatus is provided with an icon creation means that integrates and creates a user management icon, and an icon management means that manages a search for document image information based on the user management icon created by the icon creation means.

Further, an icon moving means is provided for moving and rearranging an arbitrary icon to a specified arbitrary position while fixing an arbitrary background image created by the icon creating means and displayed on the display means. be.

Further, a background image editing means is provided for re-editing an arbitrary background image according to modification information instructed while fixing an arbitrary icon created by the icon creation means and displayed on the display means.

[Effect]

In this invention, when the ability to create a user management icon is indicated, the icon display means displays an icon on the display means. Here, the icon creation means integrates arbitrary background images to create a user management icon and displays it on the display means. When any one of the displayed user management icons is designated, the icon management means manages the search for document image information stored in the storage medium based on the user management icon.

Further, when an instruction to modify an icon among the created user management icons is given, the icon i3 operation means fixes the arbitrary background image created by the icon creation means and displayed on the display means, and fixes the arbitrary icon. Rebuild the user management icon by moving and repositioning it to the desired position.

Furthermore, when an instruction is given to edit the background image image in the created user management icon, the instruction is given while fixing any icon created by the background image editing means or icon creation means and displayed on the display means. Re-edit any background image according to the modification information and reconstruct the user-controlled icon.

(Embodiment) FIG. 1 is a system block diagram illustrating the configuration of an electronic file system showing an embodiment of the present invention.
The PU controls the output of the device connected to the CPU bus based on the system program stored in the memory 2. A magnetic disk 3 stores various management information (including icons) and temporary image data. Reference numeral 4 denotes an auxiliary storage device serving as a storage medium, in which image data to be searched is stored.

A display device 5 is configured to display retrieved document image information and also display a window for creating an icon. 6 is the keyboard,
Enter various information when editing or searching image data. Reference numeral 7 denotes a pointing device, which gives a big instruction to an icon that is an abstraction of image data. A reader 8 serving as an image input means optically reads a document, an image, or a combined document image thereof, and registers it in the auxiliary storage device 4.

Note that when the CPU 1, which also serves as an icon management means, an icon creation means, etc., is instructed to create a user management icon, it creates any icons registered and managed on the magnetic disk 3 and any background image ( A user management icon is created by integrating new creations or image input from the reader 8, and is displayed on an icon management window (described later) on the display device 5. Then, when a user management icon is displayed on the display device 5 and an arbitrary icon is designated using the keyboard 6, pointing device 7, etc., the user management icon is stored in the auxiliary storage device 4 based on the created user management icon. Manage searches for document image information. User management icon is also magnetic disk 3
Registered to be updatable.

In addition, instructions for modifying the icons in the created user management icons or using the pointing device 7 or keyhole 6
Given this, the icon moving means (which also serves as the CPU 1) can move any icon to any position instructed by the pointing device 7 while fixing any background image created and displayed on the display device 5. Rebuild the user management icons by navigating to and rearranging them.

Further, when an instruction is given to edit the background image in the created user management icon, the background image editing means (also served by the CPU 1) fixes the arbitrary icon created and displayed on the display device 5, and Any background image is re-edited according to the modification information instructed from the pointing device 7, and the user management icon is reconstructed.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing an example of user management icons displayed on the display device 5 shown in FIG. 1, and 31 is a background image serving as background information, which serves as classification information of the icon management window. 32 is an icon composed of, for example, a 48×48 dot matrix, and represents an image for searching image data. The icon 32 is configured so that the operator can arbitrarily create it by operating the pointing device 7 and the keyboard 6.

33 is an icon management window, which is displayed on the display device 5 when creation of a user management window is instructed by the pointing device 7 or the keyboard 6.

Next, the user management window creation operation will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart 1 showing an example of a user-managed window creation processing procedure according to the present invention. In addition, (1
) to (4) indicate each step.

When the operator opens the Hinter (1) using the keyboard 6 or pointing device 7 and is instructed to create an icon management window, the icon management window 3 is displayed.
3 is created, and the created icon management window I.U. 33 is displayed on the display device 5 (2).

Next, a background image 31 serving as a classification means for the icon management window 33 is created by, for example, a graphic drawing processing means read from the reader 8 or installed in the electronic file system, and is sent to the icon management window 33 of the display device 5. Perform the process of registering the background image to be displayed (3
).

Next, the icon management window 33 displayed in step (3) according to the instruction from the pointing device 7 from above another icon management window in which image data is registered.
, and executes an image data registration process in which the image data is allocated to a desired position on the background image 31 and registered in a predetermined area of the magnetic disk 30 (4), and the process ends. As a result, the user management icon is completed, and by pointing this user management icon with the pointing device 7, the desired document image information can be stored in the auxiliary storage device 4.
It is possible to search from .

In the above embodiment, a process of newly creating an icon management window having background information has been described, but the background information or the icon arrangement position is not fixed and can be changed freely by the operator. The background information regrouping process will be described below.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating an example of the icon management window editing processing procedure according to the present invention. In addition,
(1) to (4) indicate each step.

The operator instructs the icon management window 33 having background information (background image 31) that has already been created to open the icon management window I.U. 33 (1).

Next, an instruction is given to change the background of the command in the icon management window 33 (2). Next, edit the background information (3
), the icon 32 representing the image data is rearranged in accordance with the edited background image 31 (4), and the process ends.

In this way, once the background image 31 has been registered, it can be freely changed depending on the situation on the operator side, so the correlation between the image data in the icon management window 33 can be recognized without referring to the classification information in the image data. It becomes easier.

[Effects of the Invention] As explained above, the present invention includes an icon display means for displaying an icon corresponding to classification information of registered document image information on a display means, and an arbitrary display function for the icon displayed on the icon display means. Since we have provided an icon creation means for creating a user management icon by integrating background images, and an icon management means for managing the search for document image information based on the user management icon created by this icon creation means, registration is possible. The user can arbitrarily visualize the correspondence between icons for the image data that has been created, and after creation, image data can be searched by user-managed icon instructions, either separately or in parallel with the registered icons. becomes.

Therefore, there is no need to refer to the classification information in the image data, and search processing can be performed efficiently while being aware of the classification of the desired image data.

Further, since an icon moving means is provided for moving and rearranging an arbitrary icon to a specified arbitrary position while fixing an arbitrary background image created by the icon creation means and displayed on the display means, The number of user icons can be increased or decreased depending on the usage environment, and the arrangement can be changed arbitrarily.

Furthermore, a background image editing means is provided for re-editing any background image image according to correction information instructed while fixing any icon created by the icon creation means and displayed on the display means. It has excellent effects such as being able to change, modify, and add background images, and creating user management icons using background images that match the usage environment.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a system block diagram illustrating the configuration of an electronic file system showing embodiments of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing an example of user management icons displayed on the display device shown in FIG. , FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an example of the user management window creation processing procedure according to the present invention, and FIG. 4 is a flowchart explaining an example of the icon management window editing processing procedure according to the invention. In the figure, 1 is the CPU, 2 is the memory, 3 is the magnetic disk, 4
5 is an auxiliary storage device, 5 is a display device, 6 is a key port, 7 is a pointing device, and 8 is a reader. Kazu younger brother

Claims (3)

[Claims] (1) an image input means for inputting arbitrary document image information;
a registration means for registering document image information inputted from the image input means in a storage medium together with search information; and a means for searching and displaying the document image information registered in the storage medium by the registration means based on the search information. In an electronic file system, the electronic file system is equipped with a search means for displaying on the display means an icon corresponding to classification information of registered document image information, and an icon display means for displaying on the display means an icon corresponding to classification information of document image information to be registered; The present invention includes an icon creation means for creating a user management icon by integrating background images, and an icon management means for managing the search for the document image information based on the user management icon created by the icon creation means. A distinctive electronic file system. (2) An icon moving means is provided for moving and rearranging any desired icon to any specified position while fixing any background image created by the icon creating means and displayed on the display means. The electronic file system according to claim 1, characterized in that: (3) A background image editing means is provided for re-editing an arbitrary background image according to modification information instructed while fixing an arbitrary icon created by the icon creation means and displayed on the display means. The electronic file system according to claim (1).