JPH0417545B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Object of the Invention] (Industrial Application Field) The present invention relates to an image information retrieval device that can facilitate image device retrieval and improve office processing efficiency.

(Prior Art) Recently, image information storage and retrieval systems aimed at streamlining office processing have attracted attention, and various systems have been developed. This type of system files information such as documents and drawings as image information, retrieves and copies this as needed, and uses it for office processing. Figure 2 shows its basic configuration.
For example, various types of image information input from the image input section 1 are stored in a storage section 2 consisting of microfilm, magnetic tape, magnetic disk, etc., along with a search number, and are stored in a reproduction section 3 such as a printer. output as a hard copy, or
The image is displayed on an image display section 4 such as a CRT display. The system control unit 5 controls a series of operations of the input unit 1, storage unit 2, etc. in accordance with control commands input from a console unit 8 that includes a search information input unit 6 and a system sequence control mode setting unit 7. This control form is set in various ways depending on the specifications required for the system. Of course, the usefulness of such a device system is greatly affected by the performance and reliability of the hardware that makes up each part, but even more important is the handling of the system, including the search method. The ease of implementation is an important evaluation target.

(Problem to be Solved by the Invention) However, in the past, when the image information of the search address specified and input is output, or when the search information is input, a plurality of image information matching the search address is output. However, most of them were equipped with certain functions, and they were not necessarily ergonomically easy to handle. In order to sufficiently improve this handling, it is necessary to optimize the film management software and establish a search method that focuses on ergonomic search, and various improvements have been attempted. is the reality.

The present invention has been made in consideration of the above-mentioned circumstances, and its purpose is to perform smooth image information retrieval based on an ergonomic viewpoint and to improve the administrative processing efficiency of image storage retrieval. The object of the present invention is to provide a highly practical image information retrieval device.

[Structure of the Invention] (Means for Solving the Problems) The present invention provides an image information search device that selectively searches and displays desired image information from accumulated image information of a plurality of images. The present invention is characterized by comprising a display control means for sequentially displaying information one page at a predetermined page interval, and a page interval variable setting means for variably setting the page interval.

(Function) According to the present invention, the page spacing for displaying image information can be set arbitrarily by the page spacing variable setting means, so for example, at first, pages are turned several pages at a time, and when the required page is approached, the page is turned once. It becomes possible to perform searches such as turning pages one by one, and it becomes possible to greatly improve the ease of handling.

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

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of an embodiment of the apparatus, in which the same parts as those of the conventional apparatus shown in FIG. 2 are denoted by the same reference numerals. The feature here is that the display reading of the image information from the image information storage section 2 is performed under the control of the search and display control section 11. The search display control section 11 and the system control section 5 display images according to control signals inputted from a page break speed variable signal input section 12 and a page break number variable signal input section 13 newly provided in the console section 8. functions to control the form of
An image search address storage section 14 is provided in the control input section of the image information storage section 2, and is configured to store a plurality of search addresses for searching images to be displayed. The search addresses stored in the storage section 14 are sequentially read out under the control of the search display control section 11 and given to the image information storage section 2, and are thereby stored at the corresponding search address from the storage section 2. The image information is sequentially read out. and,
The image information read from the storage section 2 is temporarily stored in the display image information storage section 15, and then read out to the display section 4 under the control of the search and display control section 11 and displayed as an image. It's becoming like that.

Image retrieval in the device configured as described above is performed, for example, as follows. Now, when the search mode is set in the system sequence control mode setting section 7, the system control section 5 controls each section to set the search standby state, and receives search information input from the search information input section 6. . When information such as a keyword for a desired image and the filing date and time of the desired image is inputted from the input section 6, the system control section 5 generates a list of storage addresses for the corresponding image information according to the film management software. This is written into the image search address storage section 14 via the search display control section 11. When the writing of this storage address list is completed, the search display control unit 11 activates the image search address storage unit 14 under the control of the system control unit 5, and sequentially reads out the stored storage addresses to provide image information. Addresses of storage unit 2 are specified in sequence. As a result, the image information stored at the corresponding address is sequentially read out and stored in the display image information storage section 15.

The image information temporarily stored in the display image information storage section 15 in this way is searched according to the signals that control the display form from the page break speed variable signal input section 12 and the page break number variable signal input section 13 as follows. The display control unit 11 reads out the image to the display unit 4 and displays the image.

The page break speed variable signal input section 12 is connected to the image display section 4.
A page break speed variable signal for variably setting the image display speed (reciprocal of the image display time per page), that is, the page break speed when displaying an image, is input.

Further, the page break number variable signal input unit 13, which is a page interval variable setting means, is for variably setting the page interval at which images are displayed on the image display unit 4, in other words, the number of page breaks when turning a page. Specifically, a signal for variably setting the degree of address extraction (interval of addresses to be extracted) from the stored address list written in the image search address storage section 14, that is, a signal for variably setting the degree of extraction of addresses from the stored address list written in the image search address storage section 14; Number of page breaks when extracting image information storage address information (a value that indicates how many pages ahead of the next page to extract the image information storage address after extracting the image information storage address of a certain page) Input the page break number variable signal to set it variably.

The search display control unit 11 sequentially extracts information on a plurality of storage addresses determined by the number of page breaks specified by the page break number signal inputted from the page break number variable signal input unit 13 from the image search address storage unit 14. Then, by giving the display image information storage unit 15 and specifying addresses, the image information stored at those storage addresses is sequentially read out from the display image information storage unit 15 and supplied to the image display unit 4. As a result, all the images stored in the display image information storage section 15 are displayed sequentially, or any number of images specified via the page break number variable signal input section 13, such as every other page or every two pages, is displayed. Displayed on each page.

At this time, the search display control section 11 also controls the time interval for specifying the address for the display image information storage section 15, that is, the time interval for reading out a plurality of pieces of image information from the display image information storage section 15 using the variable page break speed signal. Control is performed according to the page feed speed instructed by the page feed speed variable signal input from the input section 12.

Thus, by controlling the search display format in this manner, a search format is set that matches the operator's search intention, such as for example, data files, miscellaneous files, dictionary files, etc., and an ergonomic search becomes possible. Specifically, a list is created with a rough idea of the pages (image addresses) where the desired image information exists, and the desired image information is obtained by turning the pages according to the list. A search will be performed. For example, images are displayed every few pages, and pages are turned over every page near the address of desired image information to ensure that desired image information is retrieved. In this case, it goes without saying that the page turning speed can be variably set as described above. Therefore, by changing the search display format after checking the displayed image, it becomes possible to quickly and efficiently search for images, and it is possible to significantly improve the efficiency of office processing. Moreover, as mentioned above, it is easy to handle and has excellent controllability, making it highly practical. Therefore, it is widely applicable to various image information searches. In addition, the image information searched according to the list is temporarily stored in the storage section 1 for display.
Since the image is displayed after being stored in 5, the above storage part 2
Even if it takes a long time to read out, such as when the tape is a magnetic tape, it will not cause any problem in image display. Further, after performing an image search and displaying a desired image in this manner, it is only necessary to make a hard copy of the image, making it possible to use it extremely economically.

Note that the present invention is not limited only to the above embodiments. For example, instead of providing the information from the variable signal input units 12 and 13 directly to the search display control unit 11, it may be provided via the system control unit 5. Further, the input means for these control information may be configured to be input by operating a switch, a variable resistor, etc., and can be variously modified depending on specifications.
In short, the present invention can be implemented with various modifications without departing from the gist thereof.

[Effects of the Invention] As explained above, according to the present invention, by configuring the display format of search image information to be variably settable, quick and smooth image information search can be performed through ergonomic handling operations. This makes it possible to achieve tremendous effects such as greatly improving administrative processing efficiency.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a device showing an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a basic configuration diagram showing an example of a conventional device. 1... Image input section, 2... Image information storage section, 3
...Image information duplication section, 4...Image display section, 5...
System control unit, 6... Search information input unit, 7...
System sequence control mode set section, 8...
Console section, 11...Search display control section, 12...
...Page break speed variable signal input section, 13...Page break number variable signal input section, 14...Image search address storage section, 15
...Display image information storage section.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. In an image information retrieval device that selectively searches and displays desired image information from image information of a plurality of accumulated images, the desired image information is retrieved page by page at predetermined page intervals. An image information retrieval device comprising: display control means for controlling sequential display; and page interval variable setting means for variably setting the page interval.