JPH043259A - Image formation storage device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To simply and easily register and retrieve the image at a low cost by adding retrieval information generated by a generating means to copy paper with respect to abstract information generated by a processing means. CONSTITUTION:The device is constituted of a fundamental system part 1, an image processing part 2, a memory part 3, an input/output part 4, an image accumulating part 5, a system bus 6, and an image bus 7. In such a state, plural pieces of document information constituted of one page or plural pages is read by a reading means 41, plural pieces of document information which is read is stored in a storage medium 50, and plural pieces of document information which is read is collected to copy paper of one unit and outputted, by which abstract information of the document information is generated by the processing means 2, and one of an arbitrary document number consisting of plural digits inputted arbitrarily by a numerical value input means 11, or a consecutive document number of storage order stored in the storage medium is generated selectively by a generating means as retrieval information of the document information. Subsequently, with respect to the abstract information generated by the processing means 2, the retrieval information by the generating means is added to the copy paper. In such a way, the image can be registered and retrieved simply and easily at a low cost.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Object of the Invention] (Industrial Application Field) This invention provides an image forming storage device such as a new copying device that can store image information such as document information and can perform efficient document filing. Regarding.

(Prior Art) In recent years, the amount of documents (images) to be processed in offices and the like is enormous, and there is a shortage of document space. Therefore, filing systems such as document filing devices using optical disks and the like have been developed. Such filing systems use high-definition display devices to enable advanced document editing and advanced search/registration based on a fixed filing system, but the cost of the filing system is extremely high. . Furthermore, because of the multifunctionality and complicated operability, document registration and document searching generally take time.

Therefore, the above-mentioned apparatus has disadvantages in that it is not possible to easily register and search images, and it is expensive.

(Invention or Problem to be Solved) This invention provides simple and easy image registration as described above.
The object of the present invention is to provide an image forming storage device that can easily and easily register and search images at a low price, and eliminates the disadvantages of not being able to perform searches and being expensive. do.

[Structure of the Invention (Means for Solving the Problem) The image forming storage device of the present invention includes a reading means for reading a plurality of document information consisting of one page or a plurality of pages, and a plurality of document information read by the reading means. A storage means for storing document information in a storage medium, and document information read by the reading means and stored in the storage medium by collectively outputting the individual document information read by the reading means on one unit of copy paper. Processing means for creating abstract information of A generating means for selectively generating search information for distinguishing and searching, and a control means for adding the search information generated by the generating means to the copy sheet with respect to the abstract information generated by the processing means. It is configured.

(Operation) The present invention reads a plurality of document information consisting of one page or a plurality of pages with a reading means, stores the read plural document information in a storage medium, and stores the plurality of document information read by the reading means. By collectively outputting the document information on one unit of copy paper, the processing means creates abstract information of the document information read by the reading means and stored in the storage medium, and a plurality of pieces of information are arbitrarily input by the numerical input means. selectively generating either an arbitrary document number consisting of digits or a continuous document number in the storage order stored in the storage medium as search information for distinguishing and searching the document information;
The search information generated by the generating means is added to the copy sheet with respect to the abstract information created by the processing means.

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

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a copying apparatus as an image forming storage device of the present invention. The above copying apparatus includes a basic system section 1, an image processing section 2, a memory section 3, and a human output section 4.
, an image storage section 5, and a system bus B1 and an image bus 7.

The basic system unit 1 includes a CPU l0 that performs various controls;
A keyboard for inputting data, a display panel 12 for displaying various statuses, etc., a program for controlling the entire system, character patterns such as alphanumeric characters newly set on the abstract, and barcodes as search information on the abstract. A basic system interface 14 that interfaces with a main memory 13 that stores barcode patterns and the like used for printing, a magnetic disk device 15 that is a storage device for various information, and a floppy disk device 16;
It is composed of an external input/output interface 17 that enables connection with external equipment.

The image processing unit 2 includes an image processing module 20 that performs various types of image processing, and a C0DE that performs compression/expansion of image data.
It is composed of C21.

The memory section 3 includes a page memory 30 having a recording capacity of A33 pages, and a buffer memory 31 as a temporary recording location for image data.

The human output unit 4 includes a scanner 4 as a document reading unit that optically reads document information and converts it into a time-series electrical signal.
1, a printer 43 as an image output unit that prints out image data, and a scanner interface 40 and a printer interface 42 that connect these to the system.

The image storage section 5 includes an optical disk device 51 that stores various data on an optical disk 233, and an optical disk interface 50 that enables connection with the system.

The system bus 6 is a control bus for the entire system, and controls the basic system section 1, image processing section 2, memory section 3, input/output section 4, and image storage section 5. Also, image bus 7
is a bus dedicated to image data, and has a convex J function for high-speed transfer of image data among the image processing section 2, memory section 3, input/output section 4, and image storage section 5.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing the internal structure of the scanner 41, printer 43, and optical disk device 51 of the copying machine.

The scanner 4I has an automatic reversing document feeder (return auto document feeder, RADP) 20
6, carriage I22+, carriage] I222, imaging lens 227, and CCD sensor 228.
It consists of 9.

In FIG. 2, the original is placed face down on the original glass 220, and the original is placed with the front left side of the original glass 220 in the width direction as the center reference. The document is transferred to the document glass 21 by a conveyance belt 212 of a conveyance unit section 218 of an automatic reversing document feeder (RADF) 206.
0 is pressed down. The document is illuminated by a fluorescent lamp 223, and the reflected light is reflected by a mirror 244, 225, 22.
G. The light is condensed through an imaging lens 227 onto the surface of a CCD sensor 228 that has a plurality of light receiving elements arranged in a row.

The first carriage 224 and the mirror 2 are equipped with the mirror 244, a light amount sensor that detects the amount of light from a fluorescent lamp (not shown), and a heat-retaining heater that keeps the temperature of the fluorescent lamp 223 constant.
25, 226, the second carriage 222 includes 2.
The first carriage 224 and the N2 carriage 222, which are adapted to move at a relative speed of 1, are moved from left to right by a pulse motor (not shown) in synchronization with the read timing signal from the scanner interface 40, and scan. The sub-scanning speed is configured such that the excitation method of the two-phase pulse motor is switched between 1/2-phase excitation and microstep drive depending on the reading magnification. A pulse motor driver (not shown) is configured so that a current waveform that cancels the natural vibration of the drive system is input to the pulse motor, especially in a low speed range.

As described above, the image of the original placed on the original glass 220 is read line by line sequentially, and an 8-bit digital signal indicating the density of the image is output to the scanner interface 40.

When reading a double-sided document using the automatic reversing document feeder (RADF) 20B, when the document detection switch 217 detects that the document is placed on the document feeding tray 207, the l?
Set to ADF mode. The original is taken out from the top by a pickup roller 208, and separated one by one by a paper supply roller 209 that reverses each other and a separation roller.
transported. The conveyed original is placed on aligning roller 21
After its posture is corrected in step 1, it is sent to the transport unit section 21g.

Further, the document is conveyed by the conveyor belt 212 until it abuts against the document stopper 213, that is, to the reading reference position. Here, after the reading operation is performed as described above, the conveyor belt 212 rotates in the opposite direction, so that the document is reversely conveyed to the reversing gate 216 of the paper feeding unit 206. At this time, the reversing gate 216 is rotated to a position where the original is conveyed to the reversing roller 219a, and the original is reversed by the reversing rollers 219a, 219b, and 219c, passes through the reversing guides 219d, 219e, and 219f, and is transferred to the aligning roller 219g. reach.

Here, after correcting its posture, the original is sent to the transport unit section 218 by the aligning roller 219g, and is transported to the reading reference position by the transport belt 212. When the back side reading operation is completed, the document is conveyed by the conveyor belt 212 until it reaches the paper ejection roller 214a, is ejected by the paper ejection rollers 214a and 214b, and is stacked on the document ejection tray 215. By repeating the operations described above, double-sided documents can be read continuously.

The optical disk device 51 also includes an optical disk 233, a first disk drive motor 234, a reading head (not shown),
It is composed of an optical disk drive control section 235.

When storing image data, the image data read by the scanner 41 is temporarily stored in the page memory 3o, compressed by the C0DEC 21 of the image processing unit 2 via the image bus 7, and then transferred to the destination disk device via the destination disk interface 5o. 51. The compressed image data is recorded as bit information on the optical disk 233 whose rotation is controlled by an optical disk drive motor 234 by a belly button F (not shown) controlled by a first disk drive control section 235.

When reading an image, the head reads out the information recorded at a specific position on the optical disk 233 based on control information from the basic system section (search information identified from the abstract), and sends the information to the image processing section via the image bus 7. 2 CODEC2
1 and then temporarily stored in the page memory 30. The image data recorded in the page memory 30 is subjected to predetermined processing by the image processing module 20 and output to the printer 43 via the image bus 7 and the printer interface 42.

Further, the printer 43 includes an image forming section 239 that combines a laser optical system 240 and an electrophotographic method capable of forming images on both sides of transfer paper.

That is, image data sent from the page memory 30 via the image bus 7 and the printer interface 42 is synchronized by an image data processing circuit (not shown), and is synchronized by a semiconductor laser oscillator (not shown). light 24
Outputs 5.

The output laser beam 245 is shaped by a beam shaping optical system (not shown) consisting of, for example, a cylindrical lens, and then driven by high-speed rotation motors 214 to 214 using air bearings.
It is deflected by a polyhedral rotating mirror 241-1 which is rotationally driven. The deflected laser beam 245 passes through the fθ lens 242, is reflected by the mirror 243 and the mirror 244, and forms a spot with the necessary resolution at the exposure position 246A on the photoreceptor drum 246 via the protective glass 244-1. A latent image is formed on the photosensitive drum 246 by scanning and exposing the image. This deflected laser light 245 is synchronized by detecting the laser light with a beam detector (not shown) consisting of a photodiode.

Around the photoreceptor drum 24B, a photoreceptor drum 24
A charger 247 that charges six sides, a developer 248,
Transfer roller 249, cleaner 250, static elimination lamp 251
is installed.

The second photoreceptor drum 246 is rotationally driven by a drive motor (not shown) at an outer circumferential speed of VO, and the drum surface is charged by a charger 247 provided opposite to the photoreceptor drum surface that whitens the grid electrode. charged. The photosensitive drum 246, on which a latent image is formed by spot-forming the laser beam 245 at the exposure position 246A on the charged photosensitive drum 246, rotates at a speed of VO to the position of the developing device 1t24BB. At the position, the photoreceptor drum 246
A toner image is formed from the developing device 248 as the upper latent image. The photoreceptor drum 246 on which the toner image has been formed continues to be exposed to vO.
The transfer roller 2 rotates at
Transcribed by 49. Unnecessary toner adhering to the transfer roller 249 is cleaned by a transfer roller cleaner 249-1.

The paper feeding system includes means for selectively feeding transfer paper P as an image forming medium from three locations: two cassettes 251^, 251B and a large-capacity feeder 252; Separately, transfer paper P with an image formed on the first side (front surface)
and a reversing sheet feeding unit that re-feeds the transfer paper P after reversing it in order to form an image on the second side (back side) thereof.

The transfer paper P in the two cassettes 251A and 251B and the large-capacity feeder 252 is selectively moved, for example, by a pickup roller 253A (or 253B).
C) 253C) starts feeding the paper, and the paper feed roller 25
4A (or 254B, :fE 254c), separation roller 254-1 person (or 254-IB, also 254c),
54-IC) j, 1 m One sheet of transfer paper P is separated and fed, reaches the registration roller 255, and is fed to the transfer section at a predetermined timing.

The elevator 252-1 of the large-capacity feeder 252 moves up and down according to the number of sheets so that the position of the sheets at the sheet feeding section is at a substantially constant height.

Further, on the downstream side of the transfer roller 249, there is a paper conveyance mechanism 256, a fixing device 257, a path switching guide 280 for switching the direction in which the image-formed transfer paper P is discharged to the outside of the machine, and a route switching guide 280 for switching the direction in which the image-formed transfer paper P is guided to the reversal paper feed section. A paper roller 258 is provided.

The path switching guide 260 changes the path of the transfer paper P sent from the fixing device 257 to the directions AA and BB shown in the figure. For example, when the path switching guide 260 is in the illustrated state, the transfer paper P advances to the path AA, passes through the paper ejection roller 258, and is ejected to the paper ejection tray 259.

Furthermore, an example in which images are formed on the first side (front side) and the second side (back side) of the transfer paper P will be described in detail.

That is, after the image forming process described above, the transfer roller 249
The transfer paper P on which the toner image corresponding to the image data on the first side (front surface) of the transfer paper P, for example, the cover data of the abstract, has been transferred is sent to the fixing device 257 by the paper transport mechanism 256, and the toner image is It is fixed on the transfer paper P. The path switching guide 260 rotates counterclockwise (the state shown by the dotted line), and the transfer paper P that has left the fixing device is conveyed to the path BB.

Furthermore, the transfer paper P passes between the reversing rollers 261A and 2618 and is sent to the reversing grip roller 262. After the rear end of the transfer paper P passes between the reversing rollers 26LA and 261B, the grip roller 262 stops rotating and the transfer paper P
The transfer paper P rotates clockwise while holding it in place (to the state shown by the dotted line) and then reverses, and the transfer paper P is moved between the reversing rollers 281A and 2.
61C, passes through the conveyance roller 263, reaches the registration roller 255, and is transferred to the transfer position 2 at a predetermined timing.
Sent to 46C.

At this time, a toner image corresponding to the image data on the second side (back side) of the transfer paper P, for example, the back side data of the above-mentioned abstract, is formed on the second side (back side) of the transfer paper P, and the transfer paper P is The toner image on the second side (back side) of the transfer paper P is sent to the fixing device 257 by the conveyance mechanism 256 and is fixed on the transfer paper P. The path switching guide 260 rotates clockwise (the illustrated state), and the transfer paper P advances to the path AA, and is ejected onto the ejection tray 259 by the ejection roller 258.

FIGS. 3(a) and 3(b) show that when the registration operation is performed in the file mode in this device, the printer 43 prints the transfer paper.
FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of an abstract output to

FIG. 3(a) is an explanatory diagram of the contents of the cover page 800 of the abstract. The first page data of one registered document is printed in the cover document printing area 801.

In addition, barcode BCDI representing search information such as volume number and file number necessary for later document search, number string 803 which is the digitization of the above parcode Be old, barcode BCD+ and bar code with the same content as number string 803. Code BCD2 and number string 806 are printed respectively. Note that the bar code BCD2 and number string 806 are printed in the opposite direction to the bar code BCDI and number string 803.

Furthermore, the barcodes BCDI and BOD5 are attached at approximately symmetrical positions with respect to the center of the abstract, so that even if the abstract is placed upside down on the manuscript glass 220 when searching for a document,
Barcode BCDI or BOD5 can be read by reading at one predetermined location. In addition, since the range for reading the barcode BC old or BOD5 is determined in advance, recognition becomes very easy.

FIG. 3(b) is an explanatory diagram of the content printed on the back side 807 of the abstract. The pages of the document other than the first page are divided into multiple pages within the back document printing area 808.
Printed in reduced form, each page has page number 8
09 to 810 are printed respectively. In addition, barcode BCDI representing search information such as volume number and file number necessary for later document search, and barcode FBCD mentioned above.
Numerical string 803 that digitizes I, the above barcode BCDI
And barcode BCD2 same as number string 803, number string 8
06 is printed respectively.

The above search information includes a volume number as the number of the destination disk 233 attached to each optical disk 233, a file number indicating the number of the document information in each optical disk 233, and a memory in which the document information is stored. It consists of a date, a verification ID code number used by a user such as an individual or an organization, and a modular check character which is a number to check whether the barcode has been read correctly.

The above volume number is among the many optical discs 233.
This indicates which optical disk 233 this document is stored in, and is a several-digit number automatically generated by the basic system unit 1 when a new optical disk 233 with unregistered document information is loaded into the previous disk device 51. (3 digits) consecutive number. The above file number is the specified destination disk 2
This is to identify which document information corresponds to the many document information stored in the optical disc 23.
This is a several-digit (4-digit) number assigned to each document according to the order in which it is registered in No. 3. Memory date and ID code number (
5 digits for both) is provided to solve the inconvenience that when there are multiple implementation aircraft, documents with the same number always occur with the above 7 digit numbers. There is almost no possibility that documents with the same number will occur even if they pass through multiple machines.

Figure 4 shows the written barcode BCDI (BOD5
) is a specific example of image information. Here, 5 types of search key information are represented by 13-digit barcodes, or volume numbers from the top (left)! (3 digits), file number (
4 digits), memorized date (4 digits), ID code number (1 digit)
Modular check character 0 digit).

At the bottom of the barcode BCDI (BOD5), a number string 803 (806) corresponding to each number is written. For example, volume number r491J, file number r2B
45J, memory date r9908J, ID code number "0"
, the modular check character is "8". Upper lambda self = self-memory date r9908J September 8, 1989
It shows the day.

For October, November, and December, the monthly information is 1
October is rOJ, November is rlJ, December is "2",
"4" is added to the information in the tens digit of the date and displayed. For example, on November 8, 1989, r914
8J, r9108J for January 8, 1989
It is now possible to distinguish between

Next, an example of the operation of the copying apparatus of the present invention will be described.

First, regarding document registration and abstract creation, see Figures 5 and 6.
This will be explained with reference to the flowchart shown in the figure. A plurality of sheets (N sheets) of originals are transferred to the scanner 41 and the optical disk 23
3 to the optical disk device 51. At this time, the CPU 10 detects the attachment of the optical disk 233, accesses the optical disk 233, and displays the volume number, number of registered files, unregistered space capacity, etc. as the registration status of the destination disk 233 on the display panel I2.

-b. If the optical disc 233 is a new optical disc 233 with no document information registered, initialization processing is performed. In the initialization process, the optical disk 23 is
3, issues a volume number, and registers it in the search information area of the optical disc 233. Note that at this time, ID code numbers other than the volume number are also registered using the keyboard 11.

Then, when confirming that the document can be registered through the message on the display panel 12, by pressing the reading start button (not shown) on the keyboard 11, the document information on the first page is sent to the scanner 41 using an electric signal. is converted into a page memory 30 (in this case, A
(referred to as pages). Subsequently, the stored image data is compressed in data amount by the -q CODEC 21 and then stored on the optical disc 233 via the destination disc device 51. At the same time, under the control from the basic system section 1, the document information to be registered is recorded on the optical disk 233.
A four-digit file number is assigned to each document depending on the order in which it is registered, or a file number of an arbitrary number of digits can be assigned by inputting numbers and characters using the keyboard 11. In this case, the selection button (not shown in the figure) can be selected at the time of starting to use the device, etc., to determine whether to automatically generate documents continuously for each document under the control of the basic system section 1, or to generate them by inputting numbers and characters using the keyboard 11. selected by

Therefore, when automatic generation of file numbers by the basic system unit 1 is selected, file numbers are generated for each sentence N according to the order in which they are registered in the destination disk 233 under control from the basic system unit (2). Further, if generation of an arbitrary file number using the keyboard 11 is selected, a message requesting input of a document number is displayed on the display panel 12. In accordance with this, a number with the required number of digits is input using the keyboard 11. Here, the number of digits to be input may vary depending on the system and the configuration of the search information, but as an example, an 8-digit number is input. Check to see if the number you entered is already registered as a file number. As a result of this check, if it is determined that the number is duplicated, a message is displayed on the display panel 12 indicating that the number cannot be used due to the duplicate number, and the number is requested to be input again. If the manually entered numbers are not duplicated, this number is issued as the file number of the manually entered document information. The file number issued in this way is registered in the search information area of the optical disk 233 as search information within the optical disk 233.

On the other hand, the image data stored in the page memory 30 includes
A bar code and image data of a number string are added as search information consisting of the volume number, file number, etc. The 100th document information to which the image data of the second barcode and number string has been added is printed out as the cover page of the abstract by the printer 43 via the image bus 7 and the printer interface 42, and is
After the amount of data is compressed by C21, it is stored in the abstract storage area of the destination disk 233 via the destination disk device 51.

Next, the 200th document information is sent to the scanner 41 in the same way as the 100th document information.
is converted into an electrical signal and temporarily stored in the page memory 30 via the image bus 7. Further, the stored image data is compressed by the C0DEC 21 and then passed through the optical disk device 51 to the optical disk.
It is accumulated in 33. On the other hand, the image data stored in the page memory 30 is subjected to a reduction process of 1/4 (area ratio: 1/16). Although various processing methods are possible, here the image data is compressed by simple thinning processing. 1
The image data compressed to /16 is temporarily stored in a specific page memory 30 (herein referred to as page 8) allocated for the back side of the abstract.

The above processing is performed up to the final page (page N). Furthermore, similar to 100 eyes, search information using a barcode and a number string is added as key information at the time of search.

As described above, the document information on the back side of the abstract to which the search information has been added is printed out by the printer 43 via the image bus 7 and the printer interface 42 on the 8th side of the abstract on which the front side has already been recorded.
After the amount of data is compressed by 1, the optical disk device 51
The data is stored in the abstract storage area of the optical disc 233 through the process. The images of the image information of this abstract are shown in Figure 3 (a) and (b).
Shown below. FIG. 3(a) shows an example of the front side, and FIG. 3(b) shows an example of the back side. As shown in the figure, for documents of 18 pages or more, the last page is recorded in the reduced page area at the bottom right.

As described above, the original information is stored on the optical disc as image data.
33, and records the document information of the first page on the front side and the reduced document that represents the entire document information on the back side.

Next, document search and copying will be explained based on the flowchart shown in FIG. First, scan the abstract into the scanner 41.
and set the optical disc 233 in the first disc device 51 respectively. At this time, the CPU 10 detects the attachment of the previous disk 233 using the same control as when registering the document, accesses the optical disk 233, and records the registration status of the optical disk 233 such as the volume number, number of registered files, file number, and unregistered space. Panel 1 to display contents ffi etc.
2 Display on top.

Thereby, it is possible to confirm to some extent whether the document information corresponding to the abstract is registered on the destination disk 233 or not. Also, at this time, various search modes such as copy pages can be set using the keyboard 11.

Then, document search is performed by the display on the display panel 12.
After confirming that copying is possible, press the copy button (not shown) on the keyboard 11 to send the barcode BCDI (BOD5) recorded in the abstract to the scanner 4.
1 reads the barcode, and CPU 10 reads the barcode BCDI.
Search information is detected from (BOD5). This detected search information is compared with the search information on the optical disc 233. That is, first, it is checked whether the volume number registered in the search information area of the optical disc 233 and the volume number obtained from the abstract match, and if they match, then the file number obtained from the abstract is matched. It is checked whether the item is registered in the search information area of the optical disc 233, that is, a search is performed.

As a result, if there is a matching file number, image data is read page by page from the image data area corresponding to the file number. The image data read from the optical disk device f51 is first decompressed by the GODEC 21 and then temporarily stored in the page memory 30 via the image bus 7.

The image data stored in the page memory 30 is transferred to the printer 4 via the image bus 7 and the printer interface 42.
3, each page is printed out.

Print out all the way to the last page.

On the other hand, if the volume number of the attached destination disk 233 is different from the volume number obtained from the abstract,
The document search is stopped and a message such as "Volume number is incorrect" is displayed on the display panel 12. In addition, if the volume numbers match or other contents such as file numbers do not match, the display panel 12 will display "No matching document".
Displays a message such as "Document search" and cancels the document search.

As described above, the original manuscript information can be easily and immediately obtained from the paper on which the abstract information is recorded.

Next, the procedure for repressing only the abstract of the registered document information will be explained based on the flowchart shown in FIG. First, the optical disc 233 is set in the optical disc device fif51. Next, the Keyboard II abstract reprint key (
(not shown), a message requesting manual input of the file number is displayed on the display panel 12. Accordingly, the file number written on the abstract is entered manually from the keyboard 11 on the display panel 12. Correspondingly, CPU10 searches the optical disc 233 for search information based on the file number. keyboard 1
When a number matching the number entered from 1 is found, the abstract is read from the image data area corresponding to the file number and is temporarily stored in the page memory 3 DEG via the image data bus 7. The abstract stored in the page memory 3o is sent to the printer 4 via the image bus 7 and the printer interface 42.
3 is output. In this case, the operation is similar to the above-described abstract creation, and a single abstract is obtained in which the document information of the first page a is recorded on the front side and a reduced document representing the entire document information is recorded on the back side.

As described above, an abstract of the document information registered on the optical disc 233 can be obtained immediately. As a result, even if the output abstract created at the time of document registration becomes unusable due to damage or defacement, or if it becomes necessary to create multiple copies of the same abstract, the registered document There is no need to create an abstract again through the CODEC21 method.

As mentioned above, image information is converted into digital data and read by a scanner, this read digital data is stored on an optical disk, abstract information of the digital data stored on this optical disk is recorded, and information on this abstract information is recorded. Search information indicated by a barcode is added to the copy paper.

This simultaneously satisfies the advantages of the immediacy of information access of a paper file and the large storage capacity of an electronic file.In other words, it is possible to simultaneously satisfy the advantages of the immediacy of information access of a paper file and the large storage capacity of an electronic file. By replacing the image information stored on the destination disk with the image information stored on the destination disk, it is possible to easily register and search document image information, and to greatly reduce document space. Since this is done based on paper files, it is possible to prevent the speed of accessing information, which is an advantage of paper files, from being impaired.

Furthermore, since the abstract is also registered on the optical disk, when obtaining an abstract of predetermined document information, it can be taken out immediately without going through decompression processing.

[Effects of the Invention] As described in detail above, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide an image forming storage device that can easily and easily register and search images at a low cost.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

The drawings show one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a copying machine, and FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing the internal structure of the scanner, printer, and optical disk device of the copying machine. The figure is an explanatory diagram of the abstract output from the printer, Figure 4 is a diagram showing an example of barcode entry, Figures 5 and 6 are flowcharts to explain filing operations, and Figure 7 is an explanation of search processing. FIG. 8 is a flowchart for explaining abstract re-output processing. I...Basic system section, 2...Image processing section, 3...
・Memory section, 4... Input/output section, 5... Image storage section,
6...System bus, 7...Image bus, 10...
CPU, 11...Keyboard, 12...Display panel, 13...Main memory, 14...Basic system interface, 15...Magnetic disk device, 16.
...Floppy disk device, 17...External input/output interface, 20...Image processing module, 21
...C0DEC, 30...Page memory, 31...
40... Scanner interface, 41... Scanner, 42... Printer interface, 43... Printer, 51... Destination disk interface, 51... Destination disk device, BCD
L, BCD2...Barcode. Applicant's agent Patent attorney Takehiko Suzue

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] A reading means for reading a plurality of document information consisting of one page or a plurality of pages; a storage means for storing the plurality of document information read by the reading means in a storage medium; processing means for creating abstract information of the document information read by the reading means and stored in the storage medium by collectively outputting the read individual document information on one unit of copy paper; Selectively generates either an arbitrary document number consisting of multiple digits input into the storage medium or a continuous document number stored in the storage order in the storage medium as search information for distinguishing and searching the document information. An image forming storage device comprising: generating means; and control means for adding search information generated by the generating means to the copy sheet with respect to the abstract information generated by the processing means.