JPH04279967A - Electronic filing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To take in word processor data as image data without intermediary of a scanner. CONSTITUTION:A print control part 2 which converts code data generated by a word processor device to image data and selects printing or recording of image data and a page buffer 3 to which image data is written out from the print control part 2 are provided, and an electronic filing device is provided with an image data recording control part 6 which records image data on an external recording medium 11 by the command from the print control part 2 and reports the address and the capacity of the page buffer 3 to a picture compression control part 8. Consequently, documents generated by the word processor are easily electronically filed without degrading the printing quality.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

0001

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an electronic filing device that is applied to electronic publishing, image processing systems, educational systems, and image data base systems.

0002

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, with the spread of word processors, a large amount of word processor code data has been created. On the other hand, electronic filing devices are becoming more popular due to the increase in the capacity of media and the decrease in prices, so there is an increasing demand for converting code data created in large quantities into electronic filing.

0003

[Problem to be Solved by the Invention] However, in the conventional configuration, the word processing device and the electronic filing device are separate devices, or even if both devices are the same device, the software is different. , documents that have been printed using a word processing device must be read using the scanner of an electronic filing device, which is time-consuming and has the problem of introducing noise or deteriorating the resolution when the scanner reads the document.

An object of the present invention is to improve the complexity of such operations and the deterioration of resolution, and to provide an electronic filing system that can easily electronically file documents created with a word processing device while suppressing deterioration of resolution. The purpose is to provide a filing device.

[0005]

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to achieve the above object, the present invention captures document image data and records it on an external recording medium, retrieves the recorded document image data from the external recording medium, and displays or prints it. In an electronic filing device that performs the and an image data recording control section that is provided in the electronic filing device and records image data on an external recording medium in response to a command from the print control section, and the image data recording control section controls the address and capacity of the page buffer. The electronic filing device was controlled to notify the image compression control unit.

[0006]

[Operation] The present invention converts the code data of the word processing device into image data by providing an image data recording control section that records code data created by the word processing device from the page buffer to an external recording medium. writes to the page buffer by
Compression of image data, recording to external recording devices, etc. can now be performed sequentially.

[0007]

Embodiment An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2. FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a word processing device and electronic filing device of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a flowchart thereof. In FIG. 1, the upper part of the dashed line is a block diagram of a word processing device, and the lower part is a block diagram of an electronic filing device. Further, the image data recording control unit shown by the solid line block is a device added to the present invention, and the dotted line block shows a device conventionally included in a word processing device or an electronic filing device.

In the block diagram of the word processor shown in FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a word processor main control section which creates code data for the word processor. Reference numeral 2 denotes a print control section which converts code data of the word processing device created by the word processor main control section 1 into image data. 3 is a page buffer for writing out the image data converted by the print control section 2; Reference numeral 4 denotes a print control section which sends the image data written in the page buffer 3 to the printer 5 in response to instructions from the print control section 2 . 5 is a printer.

Further, in the electronic filing apparatus shown in FIG. 1, 6 is an image data recording control section, which is connected to the print control section 2 of the word processing block. Reference numeral 7 denotes an electronic filing main control section, which controls the entire electronic filing apparatus. 8 is an image compression control section. The image data recording control section 6 receives a command from the print control section 2, and
The image compression control unit 8 is notified of the address and capacity of the page buffer 3 to which the image data has been written. 9 is a compressed data buffer, and the image compression controller 8
Export compressed image data. 10 is an external recording device control section. Reference numeral 11 denotes an external recording medium, on which the data on the compressed data buffer 9 is recorded by the external recording device control section 10.

Next, the operation of the present invention will be explained based on FIG. In step a, the word processor main control section 1 creates code data for the word processor. If printing or recording of image data is specified in step b, the process proceeds to step c in the former case, and to step g in the latter case.

The case where printing is specified in step b will be explained. In step c, the print control unit 2
converts the word processor code data created by the word processor main control unit 1 into image data, and writes it to the page buffer 3 in step d. In step e, in response to a command from the print control section 2, the printer control section 4 sends the image data in the page buffer 3 to the printer 5, and printing is performed. Next, in step f, it is determined whether or not there is data for the next page to be printed, and if there is data for the next page, the process returns to step c, and steps d and e
This is repeated, and if there is no data for the next page, the process ends. Steps c to f are the processes performed by the word processor.

Next, a case will be described in which recording of image data is specified in step b. In step g, as in step c, the word processor main control section 1
The word processor code data created in step 1 is converted into image data, and in step h, the writing process to the page buffer 3 is performed as in step d. In step i, upon receiving a command from the print control section 2,
The image data recording control unit 6 notifies the image compression control unit 8 of the address and capacity of the page buffer 3 to which the image data is being written, and the image compression control unit 8 receives this and writes information on the page buffer 3. The image data is compressed and written to the compressed data buffer 9.

In step j, the external recording device control section 10 records the data on the compressed data buffer 9 onto the external recording medium 11. In step k, it is determined whether there is data for the next page to be recorded as image data, and if there is data for the next page, the process returns to step g, and steps h, i, and j are repeated until there is no data for the next page. If so, the process ends.

[0014]

As described above, according to the present invention, in an electronic filing device that searches document image data and displays or prints it, an image is transferred from a page buffer in which code data of a word processing device is recorded to an external recording medium. An image data recording control unit that controls recording as data is provided, which improves the complexity of operations and resolution deterioration, allowing documents created with word processing devices to be electronically filed easily and with reduced resolution deterioration. be able to.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a word processing device and an electronic filing device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart of the word processing device and electronic filing device of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

2 Print control section 3 Page buffer 6 Image data recording control section 8 Image compression control section 11 External recording medium

Claims (1)

[Claims] Claim 1: Code data created by a word processing device in an electronic filing device that captures document image data and records it on an external recording medium, or retrieves recorded document image data from an external recording medium and displays or prints it. a print control unit that converts the image data into image data and selects printing or recording of the image data; a page buffer that writes the image data from the print control unit; and a page buffer that is provided in the electronic filing device and receives commands from the print control unit and an image data recording control section for recording image data on an external recording medium, and the image data recording control section controls to notify the image compression control section of the address and capacity of the page buffer. Electronic filing device.