JPH04293164A - Multi-media data base generating/display device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To offer the multi-media data base generating/display device by which plural users can execute simultaneously a registering operation of data of plural media from plural parts, and a result of retrieval is printed and obtained. CONSTITUTION:By plural fundamental data generating devices 12, fundamental data are generated and inputted from various media, the fundamental data are sent out to a data transmission controller 6 from the respective fundamental data generating devices, the data transmission controller 6 executes non-collision control of many receiving data and sends them out to a host computer 13 for storing a data base 8, and a multi-media data discriminating/store means 7 discriminates a media attribute of its fundamental data and gives an index, and stores it in the data base 8, while relating it to existing data under its index. Subsequently, the data retrieved and edited by a data retrieving/editing device 9 is displayed on a data display device 10, and also, printed by a data printing device 11.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

0001

[Industrial Application Field] The present invention provides voice,
The present invention relates to a device for creating and displaying a multimedia database consisting of data of multiple media such as images, video images, numbers, and characters.

0002

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION In recent years, databases have been widely used, but one of the important issues is the diversity of data handled.

[0003] A conventional multimedia database device will be explained below with reference to the drawings. Figure 3(a)
1 to 2(d) are block diagrams showing the configuration of a conventional multimedia database device used for decision-making support. Conventionally, means for providing data on multiple media to support decision-making involves registering, searching, and displaying data using dedicated devices for each media such as audio, image, and video.

For example, as shown in FIG. 3(a), audio data registered from an audio data input/output device 1 is stored in an audio data file 3 via an audio data storage device 2, and is also directly stored separately. The stored data is displayed on the audio data input/output device 4 via the audio data storage device 2.

Further, as shown in FIG. 3(b), image media data (image data) registered from the image data input/output device 5 is stored in an image data file 7 via an image data storage device 6. At the same time, the image data is directly displayed on another image data input/output device 8.

Further, as shown in FIG. 3(c), the video data registered from the video data transmitting device 9 is stored in the video data file 11 via the video data storage device 10, and is also directly displayed on the video data. Displayed on device 12.

Further, as shown in FIG. 3(d), the numerical/character data registered from the numerical/character data input/output device 13 is recorded in the database 15 via the numerical/character data processing device 14. is also displayed on the numerical/character data input/output device 13.

[0008] In this way, data registration, retrieval, display, and other tasks are performed for each of a plurality of media using dedicated devices, so the devices cannot recognize the relationships between different media data. Therefore, in order to utilize data for decision making, users need to handle related data using devices for each medium.

[0009] A means to solve such problems is disclosed in Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No.
It is disclosed in the publication No.-68665. In this means, a data transmitting device transmits basic data created from audio media, image media, video media, and numerical/character media to a host computer storing a multimedia database, and the multimedia data identification storage means is transmitted by the data transmitting device to a host computer storing a multimedia database. The basic data of the various media stored in the multimedia database is stored in the multimedia database while being correlated with the basic data of the various media sent, and the data search/editing/output means uses the multimedia data identification/storage means to retrieve the basic data of the various media stored in the multimedia database. is searched and output as decision-making support data, and the data display device visually displays the decision-making support data edited by the data search, edit, and output means.

0010

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION With such conventional multimedia database means, there is a problem in that users cannot register data from many locations at the same time. Furthermore, there was also the problem that multimedia data could not be obtained as printed matter.

The present invention solves the above problems, and provides a database creation/display device that allows multiple users to register data simultaneously from multiple terminal devices, and further allows the data to be obtained as printed matter. The purpose is to

0012

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a plurality of basic data creation devices that create basic data of a plurality of media constituting a multimedia database, and a plurality of basic data creation devices for each of the basic data creation devices. a plurality of data transmitting devices that are provided in and transmit the basic data;
a data transmission control device that inputs basic data sent from the plurality of data transmission devices and sends the plurality of data to a host computer while controlling the data; multimedia identification storage means for identifying and storing in the database while making a relationship with existing basic data in the database stored in the host computer; and searching basic data of a plurality of media stored in the database. a data search, edit and output means for collectively and comprehensively editing related basic data necessary for decision support and outputting decision support data; a display device for visually displaying the decision support data; A multimedia database creation/display device includes a data printing device that prints and displays the decision-making support data.

[0013]

[Operation] In the above configuration, the present invention has a plurality of basic data creation devices each create basic data for a plurality of media, and a data transmission device provided for each basic data creation device sends out the basic data and transmits the data. A control device sends a plurality of data from a plurality of data transmission devices to a host computer storing a database while controlling the output, and a multimedia identification storage means in the host computer receives each basic data sent from the data transmission control device. The media attributes of the data are identified and indexed, and the index is used to store the data in a database in relation to existing data.The data search/edit output means executes data search/editing work and outputs the results. A display device displays the output data to a user, and a data printing device prints the output data.

[0014]

Embodiments (Embodiment 1) A database creation/display device according to 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 a database creation/display device according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure,
An audio data creation device 1 that creates and registers basic data for audio media, an image data creation device group 2 that creates basic data for image media, a video data creation device 3 that creates basic data for video media, and numbers/characters. A plurality of basic data creation devices including a numeric/character data creation device 4 that creates basic data, and basic data of various media created by each of the above data creation devices are sent to a data transmission control device 6. A plurality of data transmission devices 5, a data transmission control device 6 that selects one of the basic data of various media sent from the plurality of data transmission devices and sends it to the host computer, A multimedia data identification and storage means 7 that identifies basic data and stores it in the multimedia database 8 while making a relationship with existing basic data in the multimedia database 8, and the basic data of various media are stored in an integrated manner. The multimedia database 8 and the multimedia database 8 are searched for various basic data necessary for decision-making support, and the basic data related to decision-making support is edited in an integrated manner, and the decision-making support data is created. Data search/edit output means 9 to be output;
It is comprised of a data display device 10 that visualizes and displays the decision support data output from the data search and edit means 9, and a data printing device 11 that prints and displays the visualized decision support data. Here, the multimedia data identification and storage means 7, the multimedia database 8, and the data search, edit, and output means 9 are included in the host computer.

The mutual relationship and operation of the above-mentioned components will be explained below. The audio data creation device 1 recognizes human speech, creates keywords, titles, etc. of the audio data (basic data of audio media) as code data based on the recognition, and sends it to the data transmission device 5 along with the data itself of the audio data. send.

The image data creation device 2 recognizes and encodes keywords (contained in the image data) for handwritten image data (basic data of image media), and sends the data together with the main body of the image data to a data transmission device. Send to 5.

The video data creation device 3 inputs keywords of video data (basic data of video media) as code data from a keyboard (not shown), and generates video data stored in a video data file (not shown) or the like. The data is sent to the data transmitting device 5 along with the data itself.

Numeric/character data creation device 4 inputs numerical/character data (basic data of numerical/character media, which is code data) from a keyboard (not shown) and sends it to data transmitting device 5. .

The data transmitting device 5 sends the sent basic data of each of the above-mentioned media to the data transmitting control device 6. The data transmission control device 6 selects one from a plurality of basic data sent from a plurality of data transmission devices, and multimedia data identification storage means 7 in the host computer.
Send to. This transmission control means makes input from another data transmission device wait until data input from one data transmission device is completed, or causes data transmission from a data transmission device to the data transmission control device to be stopped at regular intervals. It is possible to use means such as dividing the data or having the data transmission control device send data in units of a certain amount of data. The multimedia data identification means 7 identifies the basic data of various media transmitted from the data transmission control device 6 and generates index information (basic data management information indicating relationships between basic data in the multimedia database 8). is added and registered in the multimedia database 8.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operation of the database creation/display apparatus of the present invention. The processing of the multimedia data identification storage means 7 includes step 1 of determining the medium of the received basic data, step 2 of creating index information for numerical/character data, and step 2 of creating index information for audio data, video data, etc. , step 4 of creating a data relationship using index information, and step 5 of storing the data itself. Hereinafter, each step will be explained. In step 1, the type of medium of the basic data received from the data transmitting device 5 is determined. If the received data belongs to numerical/character media, the process moves to step 2, and if the received data belongs to audio, video, image, or other media, the process moves to step 3.

[0022] In step 2, keywords and the like are extracted and generated from the numerical/character data body, index information is created based on the keywords, and the process proceeds to step 4.

[0023] In step 3, keywords are identified and read from the basic data of audio media, image media, or video media, index information is created based on the keywords, and the process moves to step 4.

In step 4, index information of other related basic data in the multimedia database 8 is searched using the index information created in step 2 or 3 as a key, in preparation for searching decision-making support data, etc. A relationship is created between these index information.

In step 5, the data body corresponding to the above index information is stored in the multimedia database 8 to complete the registration process.

The basic data (index information and data body) registered in the multimedia database 8 through the above operations is searched by inputting a search command (having search conditions) in response to a request for decision support data. In this case, the data search/edit/output means 9 in the host computer displays all the basic data in the multimedia database 8 related to the search condition based on the index information in the search command (search condition) input from the data display device 10. After searching for and performing optimal editing and layout processing on those basic data (properly sort out the basic data of various media, combine and edit closely related basic data, and layout them), It is output to the data display device 10 as decision support data.

The data display device 10 visualizes and displays this decision support data, and the data printing device 11 prints and provides the visualized decision support data on paper or the like.

As described above, the multimedia database creation/display device of the embodiment of the present invention includes a basic data creation device that creates basic data of a plurality of media constituting a multimedia database, and a basic data creation device that sends out the basic data. a data transmission control device that controls transmitted basic data and sends it to a host computer; and a data transmission control device that identifies the media type of the basic data sent from the data transmission control device and identifies the existing basic data in the database. A multimedia identification storage means that stores data in a database while associating it with data, and retrieves the basic data of multiple media stored in the database to collectively and comprehensively collect related basic data necessary for decision-making support. a data search/edit output means for editing and outputting decision support data; a display device for visually displaying the decision support data; and a data printing device for printing and displaying the decision support data. By using the media database creation/display device, multiple users can simultaneously register data from different locations, and retrieved data can be obtained as printed matter.

[0029]

As is clear from the above embodiments, the present invention provides a plurality of basic data creation devices for creating basic data of a plurality of media constituting a multimedia database, and a plurality of basic data creation devices provided for each of the basic data creation devices. , a plurality of data transmitting devices that transmit the basic data; a data transmission control device that inputs the basic data transmitted from the plurality of data transmitting devices and transmits the plurality of data to a host computer while controlling the data; multimedia identification storage means for identifying the media type of basic data transmitted from the data transmission control device and storing it in the database while associating it with existing basic data in the database stored in the host computer; a data search/edit/output means for searching basic data of a plurality of media stored in the database, collectively editing related basic data necessary for decision-making support, and outputting decision-making support data; By providing a multimedia database creation/display device that includes a display device that visually displays decision support data and a data printing device that prints and displays the decision support data, multiple users can At the same time, data can be registered and the searched data can be obtained as printed matter.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a multimedia database creation/display device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a timing chart showing the operation of a multimedia database creation/display device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[Figure 3] Block diagram showing the configuration of a conventional multimedia database creation/display device

[Explanation of symbols]

5 Data transmission device 6 Data transmission control device 7 Multimedia data identification storage device 8 Multimedia database 9 Data search, edit and output means 10 Data display device 11 Data printing device 12 Basic data creation device 13 Host computer

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A plurality of basic data creation devices that create basic data for a plurality of media constituting a multimedia database; and a plurality of data transmission devices that are provided for each of the basic data creation devices and send out the basic data. , a data transmission control device that receives basic data sent from the plurality of data transmission devices and sends it to a host computer while controlling the plurality of data; and a media type of the basic data sent from the data transmission control device. multimedia identification storage means for identifying and storing basic data of a plurality of media stored in the database in the database while making a relationship with existing basic data in the database stored in the host computer; a data search/edit output means for searching and comprehensively editing related basic data necessary for decision-making support and outputting decision-making support data; and a display device for visually displaying the decision-making support data. , and a data printing device that prints and displays the decision support data.