JPH0397067A - Information filing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To reflect a change, which is applied to information, onto another file without fail and to effectively utilize the information by not storing these information by files but sharing one information by the plural files when the same information are defined as constituting elements by the plural files. CONSTITUTION:A means 16 is provided to change retrieval information 14 and 15, which are stored corresponding to a file 13, and a means 16 is provided to reproduce the information corresponding to the retrieval information after the change as the constituting elements when the information of the file 13 to define the information, to which the retrieval information before the change are applied, as the constituting elements are reproduced. Thus, when the plural files define the common information as the constituting elements, the change applied to the common information can be reflected onto the other file, which defines these common information as the constituting elements, without fail by sharing the common information by the plural files.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Field of Application] The present invention provides t# of documents, drawings, etc. read by a scanner or the like.
This invention relates to an information file device that manages information by attaching search information to each information and registering the information on an optical disk, magnetic disk, etc. [Prior art] Stores large amounts of information such as documents and drawings. The information file device to be managed includes an information file such as an optical disk that stores image information, and a search file such as a magnetic disk that stores search information for searching the image information stored in this information file. Common. In order to smoothly transition from a paper-based filing system to a computer-based filing system, such information filing devices use cabinets that have traditionally managed documents. The storage system in a computer is hierarchically based on the idea of drawers, files, etc. Furthermore, you can manage documents in each file page by page and replace pages. We are trying to eliminate the difference in feel from paper filing by providing editing functions such as page turning.

(Problem to be Solved by the Invention) By the way, in an information file device, when multiple documents have the same page as their constituent elements, rather than storing this common page in each document, the common page is stored as shared information. By remembering this shared information and having each document refer to this shared information, changes made to the common page will be reflected in other files that have this shared information.
Information is used effectively.

However, although the conventional information file device described above has editing functions such as moving and copying common pages, this is not based on the idea of sharing common pages among multiple documents, but rather This function is only for the convenience of storing common pages in each file, and since the common page is stored in each file, if a change is made to the common page, the change will be made to all files that have the common page as a component. There was a problem that it was difficult to change the common page. The present invention has been made to solve such problems, and when multiple files have common information as their constituent elements, by sharing the common information among the multiple files, changes made to the common information can be prevented. The purpose of the present invention is to provide an information file device with high information utilization efficiency that can reliably reflect information on other files that are constituent elements. [Means for Solving the Problem] The information file device of the present invention stores information constituting a file with search information attached to each predetermined unit of the information, and also associates the search information with each file. In the information file device that stores the search information and reproduces the required information using the search information, the information file device includes means for changing the search information stored in association with the file, and information to which the search information before the change is attached. The present invention is characterized by comprising a means for reproducing information corresponding to changed search information as a component when reproducing information of a file as an element. [Operation] In the information file device of the present invention, multiple files share the same information as their constituent elements, and when the shared information in one file is changed, for example, by replacing a page, the information file device stores the information in association with the file. Replace only the search information on the changed page that has been changed, and paste the information before the change into that page.
When playing back information from other files that are used as precept elements after changing the common information, the information corresponding to the changed search information is played back as its constituent elements. [Examples] The present invention will be described in detail below based on drawings showing examples thereof. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an information file device according to the present invention. 11 in the figure is a command. This is a keyboard in which data, etc. are entered manually using the keys. Commands, data, etc. input from the keyboard l1 are given to the main control section 12, and the main control section 12 receives the given commands. Controls data exchange between each part of the device according to data etc. The image information storage section 13 consists of a storage medium such as an optical disk with a large storage capacity, and stores image information of a document read by a scanner 17, which will be described later. Each piece of image information corresponds to one page, and pages collectively form a file.
The index information storage unit 14 is comprised of a hard disk, magnetic disk, etc. that can be accessed at high speed, and stores keywords attached to each file and addresses of images of each page, which are structural elements, in an address storage unit 15 (to be described later). It stores an index such as a relative address (corresponding to the above-mentioned search information). The address storage section 15 consists of a hard disk, a magnetic disk, etc., and the image information storage section l
Address data is stored as search information for the image information stored in 3. The recording/reproducing circuit 16 controls storage and reproduction operations for the image information storage section 13, index information storage section 14, and address storage section 15. The scanner 17 reads image information by optical scanning. The read image information is temporarily stored in the image memory l8, and the image information stored in the image memory l8 is transferred to the image information storage unit via the recording and reproducing circuit 16 in accordance with a command given from the main control unit 12. It will be registered in l3. Further, the image information stored in the image memory 18 is stored in the display control circuit 19.
The data is displayed on the CRT 20 via the printer 21, and is output as a hard copy from the printer 21. The following describes file registration, readout, and modification operations in the information file device configured as above. FIG. 2 is a flowchart of a procedure for sharing image information already registered in the image information storage unit l3 among multiple files. Each file does not have common image information, but complements the common page portion of each file by referencing one shared information.

First, the operator selects the reference file and its page from the keyboard 1. You will be prompted to search for referenced files and their pages. A search instruction entered manually from the keyboard 1 is given to the main control unit l2, and the main control unit l2 inputs the file name. Search for information such as keywords and display a list of search results on the CRT20. The file selected by the operator from the displayed search results is displayed on the CRT 20 from the image information storage section 13 via the recording/reproducing circuit 16. When the displayed image information is confirmed by the operator and an instruction is given from the keyboard 11, page 1 of the reference file
It will be as if the same image information has been registered.

FIG. 3 shows the index information storage unit 1 based on the above results.
4. It is a conceptual diagram showing the storage states of the address storage section 15 and the image information storage section 13, and the index information storage section 1
Reference numeral 4 denotes an area 14a for storing keywords for searching files, and a relative address sa of a recording area in the address storage unit 15 corresponding to the image information of each constituent page of the file.
sb, . . . page pointer area 14b. That is, the page pointer of page 1 of the reference file Image information G2 registered in an address can be shared without physical copying. Furthermore, when reading a file, the image information is read from the address b of the image information storage unit 13 stored at the relative address sb of the address storage unit 15 pointed to by the page pointer of each component page, so page 2 of file N The same image information G2 is also read from page 1 of file X.

FIG. 4 is a conceptual diagram showing the storage states of the index information storage section 14, address storage section 15, and image information storage section 13 when changes are made to the common page.

Image information G2 of page 2 of file N is converted to other image information G
4, the image information G4 is stored in the image information storage section 1.
3, address storage unit 15
A new area is provided to store this address d, and the page pointer of page 2 of file N is rewritten to point to the relative address 3d of the address storage section 15 that stores address d.

At that time, make sure to keep a history of changes.

FIG. 5 is a conceptual diagram showing the detailed storage state of each area of the address storage section 15 and the relationship with the image information storage section 13 as a result of the above-mentioned page replacement.

At each relative address in the address storage section 15, a recording start address, recording data length, a page pointer to the previous changed data, and a page pointer to the next changed data are stored. When the value of the page pointer to the previous changed data is “θ”, it is the oldest data with no change history in the past, and when the value of the page pointer to the changed data after the previous one is “0”. It can be determined that the change history is the latest.
In other words, if you sequentially trace the relative addresses pointed to by the page pointer to the previous changed data, you will go back to the past of the change history, and if you sequentially traced the relative addresses pointed to by the page pointer to the next changed data, you will go to the latest one. This will take you to the change history, so you can check the change history.

If the change history is kept, it is sufficient to reflect the changes made on page 2 of file N the next time file X, which has the same page contents, is played back. That is, if the value of the page pointer to the next changed data in the address storage unit 15 is '0', it is determined that a change has been made, and the change history is sequentially traced, and the 'relative' point pointed to by the page pointer of file All you have to do is rewrite the address to the relative address of the last row. Figure 6 is a flowchart explaining the procedure for playing back page l of file X. The page pointer of page 1 of file The change flag HF indicating presence or absence is set to "0".

Read the relative address pointed to by PP (address storage unit 15) and check whether the page pointer to the next changed data is 10''. If it is '0', the changes have been made from the previous time to the current playback of the file. Since there is no HF and HF is “0”, P
The image information is reproduced from the address in the image information storage section 13 stored at the relative address of the address storage section l5 pointed to by P. Also, the page pointer to the next changed data is "0"
If not, it is determined that changes have been made before the current playback, HF is set to "1", and PP is rewritten to a page pointer (NP) to the next changed data. Read the relative address (address storage unit 15) pointed to by PP, and store 1 in the same way as above.
It is checked whether the page boiling to the next changed data is "0".

Sadagami, the page pointer to the next changed data is “0”
Repeat until you reach the latest change history. When the page pointer to the next updated data becomes "0", check whether HF is "0" or not, and if it is 11",
The latest relative address (address storage unit 15) in the change history is set in the page pointer of page 1 of file X, and image information is reproduced from the address in the image information storage unit 13 stored at this relative address.

In addition, although this embodiment has explained the sharing of image information read from an image scanner, it is applicable not only to image information but also to the management of other information such as documents input from a keyboard. The effect of this can be obtained. [Effects of the Invention] When multiple files have the same information as their constituent elements, the information file device of the present invention does not store this information for each file, but can share one piece of information among multiple tails. This allows changes made to this information to be reliably reflected in other files that include this information, which has the excellent effect of making effective use of the information.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the information file device of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a flowchart explaining the procedure of information sharing, Figs. 3 to 5 are conceptual diagrams of storage states, and Fig. 6 is image information It is a flowchart explaining the playback procedure. 11-...Keyboard l2...Main control unit l3...
・Image information storage unit l4... Index information storage unit l5... Address storage unit l6... Recording and reproducing circuit 17... Scanner l8... Image memory l9...
・Display control circuit 20...CRT patent applicant
Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. Information constituting a file is stored with search information attached to each predetermined unit of the information, and the search information is stored in association with each file, and the search information is used. An information file device for reproducing required information, comprising: means for changing search information stored in association with the file; and reproducing information of a file whose constituent elements are information to which the search information before change is attached. an information file device comprising means for reproducing information as a constituent element according to the changed search information.