JPH04125773A - Picture filing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To obtain the picture filing system to easily record and reproduce pictures without necessity for inputting the name of a file from a keyboard when recording for reproducing the image information of the inputted picture by using the image information of the file name of handwritten characters or the like as an index. CONSTITUTION:When a character is inputted from a handwritten character input pad 3a by an electronic pen 4, the character is displayed in an image index area on the screen of a CRT 8, encoded by an image encoding / decoding part 9 and recorded in a recorder 11a. Similarly, the image information written in an image memory 6 is encoded and recorded as well. Next, when a read area is pointed by an electronic pen 7, the encoded image information in the index area starts being decoder in order from a lower file number and displayed in the image index area on the screen of the CRT 8. When the file to be read out is decided, the execution area is pointed, and the relevant image information is read out from the image information recording area, which is instructed by a directory, and displayed on the CRT 8.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] [Industrial application field]

The present invention relates to an image filing system that encodes and records image information such as images on a recording device, and also decodes and reproduces the recorded image information.

[Conventional technology]

FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a conventional image filing system. In the figure, 1 is an image scanner as an input means, 2 is a scanner input control section for controlling input of the image scanner 1, and 3 is an input means. 4 is an electronic pen; 5 is a handwritten character input control unit that controls the input of the handwritten character input pad 30; 6 is a handwritten character input pad;
7 is an image memory for temporarily recording input image information; 7 is a display control unit; 8 is a CRT as a display means; 9 is a display controller;
10 is an image code decoding unit that encodes input image information to record it and decodes the recorded image information; 10 is a recording control unit that controls writing to and reading from the recording device 11; A recording device, 12 a system control unit for controlling each component, and 13 a keyboard as an input means. Next, the operation will be explained. First, the recording operation of image information will be explained. Image information input from the image scanner 1 is written into the image memory 6 via the scanner input control section 2, and displayed on the CRT 8 by the display control section 7. on the other hand,
Characters written on the handwritten character input pad 3 with the electronic pen 4 are also written into the image memory 6 via the handwritten character input control unit 5, and are stored on the CRT 8, for example, along with the image information input from the image scanner 1. It will be displayed as shown in Figure 7. Then, in response to an instruction from the keyboard 13, the image information on the image memory 6 (the image displayed on the CRT 8) is encoded by the image code decoding section 9, and recorded in the recording device 11 by the recording control section 10. Here, the recording control unit 10 manages the capacity directory and the like of the recording device 11. Next, the reproduction operation of the image information recorded on the recording device 11 will be explained. When a file name is input from the keyboard 13, the recording control unit 10 reads a file with the same file name from the recording device 11, and the image code decoding unit 9 decodes the read information and stores it in the image memory 6. Write. Then, the display control unit 7 transfers this decoded image information to a CRT.
Display on 8.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

Conventional image filing systems are configured as described above, so when recording or reproducing input image information, it is necessary to use the keyboard as a file master, and it is difficult for people who are not familiar with input methods such as keyboards to do so. It is very difficult for people to use, and requires additional equipment such as a keyboard, which poses problems such as an increase in installation space and an increase in price. This invention was made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and anyone can easily record and play back images without the need for file expert skills from a keyboard when recording or playing back image information of input images. The purpose is to obtain an image filing system that can.

[Means to solve the problem]

The image filing system according to the present invention eliminates the input of file names from the keyboard, and converts image information of file names such as handwritten characters inputted from a handwritten character input pad or image scanner into image information recorded in a recording device. It was used as an index.

[Effect]

The image filing system in this invention is a directory between recording devices that manages file information to be recorded or played back, and includes image information such as handwritten characters input from a handwritten character input pad or scanner and an image of a file name. It simultaneously manages the image index using information, and when there is an operation to read a file, first the image information of the file name is displayed, and then the actual image information is read out based on the file number instruction.

[Embodiments of the invention]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an image filing system according to an embodiment of the present invention, and the same or equivalent parts as in the conventional image filing system (FIG. 6) are given the same reference numerals and explanations are omitted. do. In the figure, 3a is a conventional handwritten character manual band 3 with input functions such as writing, reading, and changing file numbers, and by pointing the electronic pen 4 in the file number, the user can read and write files. It allows for instructions. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the configuration of this handwritten character input pad 3a. Further, lla is a recording device, which simultaneously records image information of a file name as index information as well as image information to be recorded. Next, the operation will be explained. First, the recording operation of image information will be explained. First, the operations of reading image information into the image memory 6 and displaying it on the CRT 8 are performed in the same manner as in the prior art. Then, point to the file writing area of the handwritten character input pad 3a as shown in FIG. It is displayed in the image index area of the screen on the CRTS as shown in the figure.This image index area is an area of P dots x m lines.Furthermore, a handwritten character input pad 3a as shown in Figure 2 is displayed. When the execution area is pointed to, this image index area of P dots x m lines is encoded by the image code decoding section 9, recorded by the recording control section 10 in the recording device 11a, and similarly written into the image memory 6. The image information is also encoded by the image code/decoder 9, and is sent to the recording device 11a by the recording controller 10.
recorded in Here, the recording structure in the recording device 11a is as shown in FIG. 4, and a directory for managing recorded image information is a file number, a pointer indicating an area where an index is recorded, an index recording area pointer, and a directory for managing recorded image information. , and a pointer (image information recording area pointer) indicating the area where image information is recorded. Next, the reproduction operation of image information will be explained. When the electronic pen 4 points to the file reading area of the handwritten character input pad 3a, the encoded information in the index area is decoded in descending order of the file number, and the information on the screen on the CRTS is displayed as shown in Figure 3. Displayed in the image index area. When reading a different file, point to the file number change area shown in Figure 2 to display the image index of the next file number. Once the file to be read is determined in this manner, the execution area is pointed to and the corresponding image information is read from the image information recording area indicated by the directory shown in FIG. 4 and displayed on the CRTB. In the above embodiment, the index section and the image information section were recorded separately in the recording device 11a, but they may be recorded hierarchically in the same recording area. In addition, in the above embodiment, only one file name is displayed as an image index display, but there is no particular restriction on this as long as the display area allows it. Although information (index) has been described above, image information input by an input means such as an image scanner may also be used. Next, another embodiment of the invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In the first embodiment (FIG. 1), the image index was encoded by the image code/decoder 9 and recorded in the recording device 11a. However, the information output from the handwritten character input pad 3a is al-(χn,)'n
) is the coordinate information of
It was displayed on T8. In another embodiment (FIG. 5), the handwritten character input pad 3
A coordinate code decoding device 14 is provided which directly inputs the coordinate information from a and performs variable length encoding such as Huffman code, and records it in the index recording area of the recording device 11a. As a result, depending on the contents of handwritten input, a higher encoding rate than encoding image information may be obtained, and the recording device 11a can be used effectively. Further, the recording device 11a is not particularly limited as long as it can record, such as a magnetic recording type or an optical recording type.

【Effect of the invention】

As described above, according to the present invention, the keyboard used for file mastering is eliminated, and the image information index recorded in the recording device is an image index using image information from a handwriting input pad, so that any number of people can easily use it. Since image files can be used and a keyboard is not required, the system can be manufactured at low cost.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an image filing system according to an embodiment of the invention, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the configuration of a handwriting input pad according to an embodiment of the invention, and FIG. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of image index input and display in this embodiment. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a recording structure within a recording device in one embodiment of this invention. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing image filing according to another embodiment of this invention. FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a conventional image filing system, and FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of input and display of the conventional image filing system. In the figure, 1 is an image scanner, 3a is a handwritten character input pad, 6 is an image memory, 8 is a CRT, and lla is a recording device. In addition, in the figures, the same reference numerals indicate the same or equivalent parts.

Claims (1)

[Claims] In an image filing system that encodes image information of an input image and records it in a recording device, and decodes and reproduces the recorded image information, an index of the image information recorded in the recording device is
An image filing system characterized by an image index used for image information.