JPH0289180A - Picture registering method - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To surely and properly select a key word by displaying both a retrieved picture and an inputted picture to be registered on the same screen, and in addition, displaying a key word input picture too together with them at the time of registering a picture. CONSTITUTION:A display controlling part 9 is provided with a picture display controlling means 9b, a key word input picture display controlling means 9c and a simultaneous display controlling means 9a, and makes a displaying part 1 display the picture of a retrieved result and the picture to be registered and the key word input picture simultaneously. Thus, the picture can be confirmed easily and surely, and therefore, an operator can easily read significant information contained in both the retrieved picture and the picture to be registered, and can input the optimum key word by selecting it from the key word input picture being displayed as one picture.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Field of Industrial Application) The present invention relates to an image registration method in an image storage device or the like.

(Conventional technology) FIG. 4 shows an example of the configuration of a conventional image storage device.

1 is a display section whose display image is controlled by a display control section 2; 3 is a keyword input section; and 4 is an image input section.

5 is a printing section, 6 is an image storage section, 7 is a keyword storage section,
Reference numeral 8 denotes a control section that controls each of the above-mentioned sections.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart of the operation of FIG. 4, and FIG. 6 is an example of an image display on the display unit 1 during an image search, and the operation of FIG. 4 will be explained with reference to these.

First, an image search is performed by displaying a keyword input screen (menu) as shown in FIG. 6(a) on the display unit 1 under the control of the display control unit 2. Select and input from 3 (
Figure 5, Sl).

Next, the control section 8 processes the input keyword according to the search conditions, and stores an address (hereinafter referred to as "address") indicating a specific image matching the above conditions from the image storage section 6.

(referred to as an image pointer) (S2).

Finally, the image obtained from the image storage unit 6 using the image pointer is displayed on the display unit 1 as a search image as shown in FIG. , S3).

FIG. 7 is an operation flowchart showing an example of an image registration method in the apparatus shown in FIG. 4, and FIG. 8 shows an example of the registration screen.

Image registration is performed by displaying a keyword input screen (menu) on the display section 1 as shown in FIG. 8(a) under the control of the display control section 2.
The process starts with the display of , and a keyword corresponding to the image to be registered is input from the keyword input section 3 according to the menu (FIG. 7, S4).

Next, the image to be registered is input from the image input unit 4 (S5 in the same example), and the image is displayed on the display unit 1 as shown in FIG. 8(b), so that the image can be input correctly on that screen. Make sure that. After confirmation, the keywords are written and stored in the keyword storage section 7 and the registered images are respectively written and stored in the image storage section 6 (same as above).

S7), registration is completed.

FIG. 9 is an operation flowchart showing another method of image registration in the configuration of FIG. 4. This means that the screen settings are 81st compared to the operation in Figure 7! It is the same as l, only the screen transition is different. That is, the registered image is applied from the image input section 4 (FIG. 9, S8), and it is displayed on the display section 1 as shown in FIG.
), and it is confirmed whether the input image is correct (S9). After confirmation, the display unit 1 is controlled by the display control unit 2 to display the image shown in FIG. 8 (
Display the keyword input screen as shown in a). According to the display, a keyword corresponding to the registered image is input from the keyword input section 3 (5IO in the same document). After that, the keyword is written and stored in the keyword storage section 7 and the image is stored in the image storage section 6 (in the same manner, 5IO). 511), image registration ends.

The conventional method for registering or searching for a single image is to perform the registration and search operations separately as described above, register the image to be registered in association with the keyword corresponding to the image, and then search for the image using the keyword later. A search method is used.

(Problem to be Solved by the Invention) However, in the conventional image registration/search method as described above, the search screen, input image screen, and keyword input screen are displayed separately and independently. Although search images and images to be registered themselves contain information useful for selecting keywords, this method has a major drawback in that it is difficult to enter keywords while checking the images or screens.

In view of the above, an object of the present invention is to provide an image registration method that allows keyword input while easily confirming searched images and images to be used.

(Means for Solving the Problems) The present invention aims to achieve the above-mentioned object by providing a display control unit for controlling a display unit of an image storage device with a single image display control means, a keyword input screen display control means, and an input screen for inputting images and keywords. Simultaneous display control means for displaying the screens simultaneously is provided, and the image of the search result is displayed on the display unit by the simultaneous display control means.

This is achieved by displaying the image to be registered and the keyword input image at the same time, confirming the images, and inputting the keyword.

(Function) According to the present invention configured as described above, when registering one image, the searched image and 1g, the image to be recorded, and both sides of the keyword input are displayed on the same screen, making it easy to confirm one image. Therefore, the operator can easily read the significant information contained in both the search and registration images, and select and input the most suitable keyword from the keyword input screen displayed on both sides of the same page. can.

(Example) EMBODIMENT OF THE INVENTION Below, one invention will be explained by using an example and drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an image storage device for explaining an embodiment of the present invention, 9 indicates a display control unit which is a feature of the present invention, and other symbols are the same as those in FIG. 4 or have the same functions. It shows.

In the figure, a single display control unit 9 includes a simultaneous display control unit 9a that displays a search result image, an input image, and a keyword input screen on one screen, and an image control unit 9a that controls display of the search result image and input image. Display control means 9b;
and keyword input screen display control means 9C for controlling keyword display.

FIG. 2 is an operation flowchart of the configuration shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a display screen of the display unit 1. The following description will be made with reference to these.

First, at the start of registration, a keyword input screen (menu) is displayed, and when the keyword of the image to be searched is inputted (512 in FIG. 2), the control unit 8 controls the keyword storage unit , the corresponding image pointer (the address of the corresponding image in the image storage section 6) is searched, the corresponding image is read out from the image storage section 6, and the image display control means 9b of the display control section 9 is instructed to display the display section 1. Then, the operator inputs the image to be registered from the image input section 4 (see 813), as shown in FIG. 6(b). 814), the control section 8 sensing this instructs the image display control means 9b of the display control section 9 to display the display section 1.
is controlled, and the input image screen shown in FIG. 3(,) is displayed side by side with the search result screen. The operator thereby confirms the input image (515), selects both sides of the keyword input using the keyword input section 3, and indicates his/her intention to display the input image via the control section 8.
instruct.

Upon receiving this, the control section 8 controls the keyword input screen display control means 9c to display the keyword input screen, and at the same time controls the simultaneous display control means 9a, so that the image display control means 9b displays the keyword input screen. The two images and the keyword input screen to be displayed by the keyword input screen display control means 9c are displayed on the same screen as shown in FIG. 3(b) or (c). The display is shown in Figure 3 (b).
or (C) can be changed by the control section 8 instructing the simultaneous display control means 9a.

Next, while checking the search result screen and the registered image on the screen displayed simultaneously as described above, the operator reads the significant information contained in the image and assumes a keyword.
The assumed keyword is input from the keyword input section 3 according to the keyword input screen displayed on the same screen as the image input side (51B, same).

When the input of the keyword is completed, the control section 8 writes and stores the keyword in the keyword storage section 7 and one image in the image storage section 6 (step 517), and the image registration operation ends.

Since the present invention registers as described above, it is possible to enter a keyword while checking both the searched image and the input image to be registered on the same screen, reducing the burden on the operator during registration. Since the layout of the image and keyword input screen can be changed according to instructions from the control unit 8, it is possible to prevent keyword input errors such as overlooking significant information contained in one image.

(Effects of the Invention) As is clear from the detailed explanation above, the present invention displays both the searched image and the input image to be registered on one screen when registering one image, and also displays the keyword input screen (
(menu) is also displayed.

It is possible to input keywords while checking the images in the search results and the images to be registered, which makes it possible to select keywords extremely accurately and appropriately without overlooking significant information contained in a single image. When registering, there is no need to search for and print related images in advance, or check the original document and select keywords before inputting images, so the time required for registration can be shortened. There is.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of an image registration storage device to which the present invention is applied, FIG. 2 is an operation flowchart for performing image registration according to the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a display screen during image registration. FIG. 4 is a configuration block diagram of a conventional image registration storage device.
5 is a flowchart of the image registration operation in FIG. 4; FIG. 6 is an example of a screen display when searching for an image using the device shown in FIG. 4; FIG. 7 is a flowchart of the image registration operation;
The figure is an example of a screen display during image registration, and FIG. 9 is a diagram showing another example of the conventional image registration method. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Display section, 2... Display control section, 3... Keyword input section, 4... Image input section, 5... Printing section, 6... Image storage section, 7... Keyword storage unit, 8... Control unit, 9... Display control unit, 9a
...Simultaneous display control means, 9b... Image display control means, 9C... Keyword input screen display control means. Patent applicant: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.

Claims (1)

[Claims] A display control section that controls the display section of the image storage device is provided with an image display control means, a keyword input screen display control means, and a simultaneous display control means for simultaneously displaying the images and the keyword input screen, and this simultaneous display control is provided. An image registration method characterized in that an image as a search result, an image to be registered, and a keyword input screen are simultaneously displayed on the display unit by means of the display unit, and the keyword input screen is performed after checking the screen.