JPH03202957A - Picture information control device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To effectively control and keep a document by setting relative criticality in information to be displayed in respective processing modes and reflecting and displaying criticality at the time of displaying information on a screen. CONSTITUTION:An information/criticality coefficient corresponding parameter, and a criticality coefficient/display coordinate parameter used for deciding the display area sizes and positions of respective pieces of information based on a relative criticality coefficient are controlled by an information display control part 13 which simultaneously displays plural information such as document picture data. A processing execution part by individual modes 111 executes a processing by individual modes based on the designated processing mode, and sets the relative criticality of information to be displayed. In such a case, a defaut value is reflected and it is layout-displayed when the processing mode is first executed and information considered to have high criticality in respective processing modes is arranged large so that it can easily be viewed. Thus, the target document picture processing can efficiently be executed by using optimum display layout.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Purpose of the Invention (Industrial Application Field) The present invention provides image information for storing, managing, storing, and displaying a large amount of document image information in a large-capacity storage medium such as an optical disk. Regarding a management device.

(Prior Art) Recently, large-capacity storage media such as optical disks have been used to store various document image information consisting of image data and coded data, store and manage this information, and update the information as needed. Various image information management devices capable of searching, displaying, and editing have been developed. Some of these image information management apparatuses have a function of simultaneously displaying information necessary for processing such as document registration and retrieval, that is, document image data and search title information of that information. This makes the relationship between the document image to be processed and the title information clearer, allowing you to create or change a search title while looking at the document image, or Data can be manually processed.

Further, document registration and search mode processing can be easily performed alternately.

With conventional image information management devices, for a certain document image,
It was possible to display document image data and search title information for the document image at the same time.

In this case, all the information necessary for registering, searching, and editing documents is always displayed. Here, for example, the following continuous operations are assumed.

That is, a search is made for a document image that has already been registered, and the sentence wli! ii. The image data is edited, and it is newly registered as a document image different from the previous one. This operation involves the following four mode processing functions. That is, searching for document image data, editing document image data, changing search title information, and newly registering document image data. Now, the relative importance for the operator of the information displayed on the screen differs depending on the mode processing. For example, in the case of searching document image data, first, when manually inputting title information for search, information about the title is most important, and when displaying document image pigs obtained as a search result based on the input title. The most important thing is to display the document image data. moreover,
When editing document image data, it is most important to display the document image data, but when changing title information for search, displaying the title becomes important. Ideally, this highly important information should be displayed in a large and easily visible manner. However, in the past, in most cases, the document image information display window and the search title information display window were displayed in the same size, or each size was fixed. In order to constantly display both image data and title information, the display area size is limited and there are problems with operability. In addition, different screen specifications are prepared in advance for each processing mode, such as a document image data registration screen, a document image data search screen, a document image data editing screen, and a search title correction screen. Although it was possible, in this case it would be extremely inefficient to store screen specification image data for all processing modes in advance, given that memory is a limited and precious resource. It could be said to be a means. Furthermore, if a new display area was generated every time the processing mode changed, it would be necessary to request the display area control unit to generate an area every time the mode changed, which would take too much time and reduce responsiveness. This has led to problems, and more effective control measures have been sought.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) As described above, in the conventional image information management device, it was possible to simultaneously display document image data and a search title on the same screen. However, the relative importance of these items differs depending on the processing mode, and when displaying each piece of information reflecting the importance, there have been problems such as poor operability, responsiveness, and inefficient memory usage.

The present invention has been made in consideration of these circumstances, and its purpose is to save document image data when registering, searching, deleting, editing, etc. a large amount of document image data. By simultaneously displaying the searchable title information of the data, it is possible to effectively manage and store documents, and at the same time, it is possible to focus on the relative importance of the information to be displayed, which differs depending on each process. It is an object of the present invention to provide a highly practical image information management device that can efficiently reflect the above information and display more important information more easily for the operator.

[Structure of the Invention] (Means for Solving the Problems) In order to solve the above problems, the present invention stores and manages document image information consisting of images or coded data in a predetermined storage medium, and stores the document image information in a predetermined storage medium. In an image information management device that simultaneously displays image information and search title information,
information display control means for managing and controlling an environment in which individual information to be displayed for each processing mode is displayed based on relative importance; processing mode state management means for managing information about the state of the processing mode; The present invention is characterized by comprising mode-specific processing execution means that executes mode-specific processing based on the selected processing mode and sets the relative importance of information to be displayed during execution.

That is, the image information management device stores and manages and archives document image information consisting of images or coded data in a predetermined storage medium, and displays the document image data and its search title information on the screen at the same time. Document image registration/
By setting the relative importance coefficient of information displayed on the screen for each processing mode such as search, deletion, editing, etc., and managing it by the information display control unit, the information display control unit can determine the importance of the information displayed on the screen. This system is characterized by determining the display environment, such as the display size and position of each piece of information, based on the coefficients, and by reflecting this, highly important information is displayed in a large, easy-to-see manner.

In addition, when setting the importance coefficient described above, the relative importance coefficient between the information to be displayed is set in advance as a default value in the processing mode state management section for each processing mode, and when the execution processing mode changes, The feature is that this deorto is reflected.

In addition, when changing the importance coefficient value described above, a change request from the mode-specific processing execution unit that is being executed, a change request from the operator via a mouse or keyboard, etc.
The system is characterized in that it is executed and reflected in response to a change request from a system control unit that displays warning information displayed in the event of an abnormality.

(Function) According to the present invention, when displaying multiple pieces of information at the same time, such as document image data and search titles, a relative importance coefficient is set for each piece of information depending on the processing environment, and the coefficient is reflected. The display layout, such as the display position and area in which each piece of information will be displayed, is then determined. Default values for this importance coefficient are set in the information display control unit for each processing environment, so when you execute the processing mode for the first time, the default value is reflected in the layout display, and the operator does not have to specify it. ,
Information that is considered to be highly important for each processing mode is arranged in a large and easily visible manner. Moreover, if the operator wants to change the default information display layout,
Since the settings can be easily reset using a mouse or keyboard, it is also possible to reflect the importance of each piece of information held by the operator. In addition, the information display control section manages the relative importance coefficients between such information, and the processing mode state management section instructs the information display control section about the processing mode being executed. This makes it possible to increase the independence of the control program from other control programs such as the mode-specific processing execution section. In this way, each processing mode allows the operator to recognize the most important information and display that information in a large, easy-to-see, and efficient manner.

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

FIG. 1 shows the configuration of an embodiment of an image information management device according to the present invention. First, there is a processing mode state management section 11 that manages and controls the entire document processing. A database (DB) that manages physical data such as the address and size of the actual data on the optical disk, and data related to document display attributes such as summer paper size for each page of the document stored on the optical disk. ) section 12. moreover,
Information display control unit 13 that simultaneously displays multiple pieces of information such as document image data and search title information on the display.
There is. This information display control unit 13 includes parameters corresponding to the information to be displayed and importance coefficients, and importance coefficients and displays used to determine the display area size and position of each information based on the relative importance coefficient of the information to be displayed. Coordinate parameters are managed. Another part is page memory (PM)
A document data management unit 14 that manages each document data described in the document data, and an optical disc (
OD), input image scanner (SCN), output image printer (LBP), floppy disk (FD) that records and reproduces code data, and document data controller that controls the network (LAN) that transmits and receives document data between external devices. It is composed of six parts: an output section 15, and a code image conversion section 16 that converts code data into an image according to a designated drawing type (for example, CAD data).

Next, we will give an example of one operation in this system.

First, when this device starts up, the processing mode state management section 1
Control is transferred to 1 and initialization processing is performed. At this time, the mode-specific process execution unit 111 determines the information name to be displayed and the relative information of each information for each process supported in that part, such as registration process, search process, deletion process, and editing process. The importance coefficient is registered in the information display control section 13.

These pieces of information include, for example, the page memory identifier (PM
id) is excluded.

For example, in the registration processing mode, the information names to be displayed and their importance coefficients are the most important, since in this case, the operation specifications are such that the image data to be registered is manually entered first. The default settings are as follows. In other words, the relative importance coefficient item is “
Here, the importance coefficient "A" has the most important meaning, and "E' has the least important meaning.

Now, after the initialization process, 1: Registration,
2: Search, 3: Delete, and 4: Edit are displayed, and the operator is requested to select a processing mode. When the operator selects one using the keyboard or mouse, the processing mode state management section 11 transfers control to the mode-specific processing execution section 111 according to the operator's selection.

The mode-based processing execution unit 111 includes a program that executes processing for each processing mode, and its contents are as follows.

A registration unit 1111 receives document image data or FD into which image data is input from a scanner according to an operator's instructions.
A process is performed in which document code data inputted via an optical disk or LAN is recorded in the center filing device, and a document search title (keyword) entered manually by an operator is registered in the DB section 12.

The search unit 1112 searches the DB unit 12 for document images that satisfy the search conditions (search title input) input by the operator, displays a list of corresponding document titles (keywords), and searches these documents according to the operator's instructions. The data is read from the center filing device via an optical disk or LAN, and is displayed separately on a display, printed on a printer, or outputted to an FD in the case of coded data.

The deletion unit 1113 selects a document image to be deleted according to an operator's instruction, and performs a process of deleting the document title from the DB unit 12.

The present invention is a method for displaying information necessary for each process, such as document image data and search title information, on the screen when various processes such as registration, search, deletion, and editing are performed on a document. This is related to how to efficiently determine the layout. Therefore, first, in the case where the document registration process is selected by the operator, the processing mode state management section 11, the mode-specific processing execution section 111,
Next, explanation will be given with emphasis on how the information display control section 13 cooperates.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart schematically illustrating the concept of the flow until the importance level of information is reflected in the display layout, taking document image information registration processing as an example. That is, when the document registration process is designated by the operator, control is transferred to the registration unit 1111 in the mode-specific process execution unit 111.

At this time, the processing mode state management section 11 notifies the information display control section 13 that this image information management device is running in the registration processing mode. On the other hand, the information display control section 13
Call the display information and importance coefficient corresponding parameters in the registration process Moto that were set during the initialization process (Figure 2)
. Furthermore, the information display control unit 13 has an importance coefficient/area coordinate value correspondence parameter list that indicates the layout in which the information corresponding to each relative importance coefficient should be displayed on the screen. In this parameter list, as shown in Figure 3, area coordinate values for displaying the information are set for each relative importance coefficient; for example, (Xi
, Yi) are the upper left coordinate values of the area, and (Xe, Ye)
is the coordinate value of the lower right corner of that area. Information display control section 1
3, by associating these two parameter lists with relative importance coefficients, it is determined which information should be drawn in what display size and position among the information to be displayed. Then, each piece of information is drawn according to this drawing environment. Here, the PMid item in the display information and importance coefficient correspondence parameters is determined by the document data management unit 14 when the document image data to be registered is input from a scanner, FD, etc.
The document data management section 14 notifies the information display control section 13 of the P M i d where this document image data is stored.

In this way, the information display control unit 13 controls the specified PMid
is used to display the input document image data in the largest and most visible position as the most important information called relative importance coefficient "A".

For example, as shown in Figure 4, human-generated document image data is placed in area 41, search title information to be manually generated is placed in area 42, and other document image data is placed in area 43.
, the search title information of the document image data is displayed in area 44, the system clock is displayed in area 45, and, for example, the main menu display, which is not shown in FIG. 2, is displayed in area 46. , information for applications other than document management work will be displayed in area 47.

After inputting document image data to be registered, the operator then manually inputs search title information for the document. However, as shown in Figure 2, in the default display information/importance coefficient parameters, the importance coefficient of search title display 1 is set to B'', which is set to be lower in importance than the input document image data. Therefore, the display size of this information is also smaller than that of image display data 1.In other words, since the search title is entered here,
This information of search title display 1 is the most important. Therefore, the registration unit 1 that controls the execution of the registration processing mode
111 changes this parameter for the information display control section 13, just as the mode-specific processing execution section 111 has performed the device initialization processing. At this time, as a new parameter, the coefficient "B" is set for image data display 1, and the importance coefficient for search title display 1 is changed to "A'."

Then, when a request is made to redraw the screen display, the information display control unit 13 changes the information in the search title display 1 to the most important information "A" by reflecting this newly set parameter.
display in the area that originally displayed human image data.

In this way, the mode-specific processing execution unit 111 can change the display information/relative importance coefficient parameter with respect to the information display control unit 13.

Furthermore, when displaying urgent information to the operator, such as when the system is in an abnormal situation, the processing mode state management section 11 issues an interrupt command to the mode-specific processing execution section 111, and The execution unit 111 can also display the warning message with the highest priority by changing the display information/relative importance coefficient parameter or the relative importance coefficient/display environment parameter of the information display control unit 13.

Next, assume that document search processing is specified by the operator. At this time, in the same way as the document registration process,
The information display control unit 13 refers to display information/importance coefficient parameters and importance coefficient/display area setting parameters that have been set in advance for search processing. When entering a title or keyword, set the search title information as the most important display information. continue,
When the candidate document image data searched based on the title is sequentially viewed using a function such as page turning, the search unit 1112 returns the image data display 1 as the most important information. By setting and reflecting the settings on the screen, it is possible to display the document image data in the largest and most easily viewable state, thereby improving operability.

In this way, by displaying information that reflects the importance of the information, for example, when registering a document, when inputting a document image to be registered, the input image is displayed in the largest area, and when displaying a search title, the part that displays the input image is displayed in the largest size. It is easy to display the column for displaying the title in the largest size possible. In addition, when searching for a document, it is possible to display the human canilia in its largest size when inputting the search parameters manually, and to display the document image data in its largest size for easy viewing when turning pages or looking at candidate document images. can.

Furthermore, the relative importance coefficient and display area coordinate parameters as shown in FIG. 3 are managed by the information display control section 13 as a set unit, and the one shown in this figure is an example of one set. If necessary, the processing mode state management unit (operation management unit) 11 can register the set in the information display control unit 13. Furthermore, since a plurality of sets are managed by the information display control section 13, the processing mode state management section 11 can also change the cents.

The information display control unit 13 also supports operations by the operator regarding the setting environment of the display area, such as changing the size of the display area and changing the display position. When operating the setting environment of the display area, the operator can make changes by specifying the target display information using a pointing device such as a mouse and manually inputting new coordinate values. At this time, the importance coefficient and display area setting parameters in the information display control section 13 are changed.

By the way, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above. For example, regarding the display environment controlled by the information display control unit 13, since display areas may overlap, it is also possible to associate the vertical relationship between areas with the importance of the information to be displayed. Therefore, more important information is not necessarily displayed larger, and more important information may be displayed as having the highest overlapping relationship. Furthermore, in this embodiment, an example has been described in which both the display information/relative importance parameter and the importance/display area setting parameter are managed by the information display control unit 13, but these pieces of information are ultimately The most important thing is to be reflected by the control unit 13, and therefore, for example, it can be reflected by the processing mode status management unit 11, document data output unit 15, etc., through media such as FD or OD, or even through LAN etc. It is also possible to manage this section.

Furthermore, various descriptive items can be set as the descriptive items included in these parameters, as long as the purpose of reflecting the importance of the information and displaying it accordingly is not significantly different.

In addition, the present invention can be modified and implemented in various ways without significantly departing from the gist thereof.

In the above embodiment, the document image information registration process has been described, but the search process, deletion process, and editing process can also be performed in the same way.

[Effects of the Invention] As explained above, according to the present invention, relative importance is set for each piece of information to be displayed in each processing mode, and when displaying the information on the screen, the relative importance is set. It can be displayed to reflect the degree. For example, you can set a layout and display important information in the largest and most easily viewable environment. Moreover, the display layout of these pieces of information can be first set at the initialization stage, and can be changed by the mode-specific processing execution unit depending on the situation. Furthermore, it is also possible for the operator to reset the settings using a pointing device such as a mouse. In this way, it becomes possible to efficiently perform the target document image processing using the optimal display layout.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram of the configuration of an image information management device according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of the format of the corresponding parameters of information to be displayed and relative importance coefficients according to the present invention. , FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of the format of relative importance coefficients and display environment parameters according to the present invention, and FIG. 4 is an example of the layout of the display area when each parameter according to the present invention is reflected and displayed. FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating the process of reflecting the importance of information on the display layout according to the present invention, taking the document image information registration process as an example. 11... Processing mode state management section, 12... DB section,
13... Information display control section, 14... Document data management section, 15... Document data output section, 16... Code/image conversion section.

Claims (1)

[Claims] In an image information management device that stores and manages document image information consisting of images or coded data in a predetermined storage medium and displays the document image information and search title information simultaneously, individual information displayed for each processing mode is used. Manage and manage environments that display information based on relative importance.
An information display control means for controlling, a processing mode state management means for managing information about the state of a processing mode, and a processing mode that executes processing by mode based on a specified processing mode and the relative importance of information to be displayed during execution. 1. An image information management device comprising: mode-specific processing execution means for setting a mode-specific processing rate.