JPH043260A - Image formation storage device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To simply and easily register and retrieve the image at a low cost by outputting the image of a prescribed part of arbitrary width in document information of each page which is read, by copy paper of one unit in a state of unmagnification and generating abstract information of the document information. 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, docu ment information of plural pages is read by a reading means 41, plural pieces of read document information thereof is stored in a storage medium 50 by a storage means 51, and an image of a prescribed part of arbitrary width in the document information of each page read by the reading means 41 is outputted by copy paper of one unit in a state of unmagnification, by which abstract information of the document information of plural pages stored in the storage medium 50 is generated. In such a way, an 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 drawbacks in that it cannot simply and easily register and search for images, and is expensive.

(Problem 8 to be solved by the invention) As described above, this invention can easily and easily register an image.
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 being unable to perform searches and being expensive. do.

[Structure of the Invention] (Means for Solving the Problems) An image forming storage device of the present invention includes a reading means for reading document information of multiple pages, and storing the document information of multiple pages read by the reading means in a storage medium. By outputting an image of a predetermined portion of an arbitrary width of the 6 pages of document information read by the reading means on a unit of copy paper at the same size, the image is read by the reading means and stored in the storage medium. The processing means for creating abstract information of a plurality of pages of document information stored in the .

The image forming storage device of the present invention includes a reading means for reading a plurality of pages of document information, a storage means for storing the plurality of pages of document information read by the reading means in a storage medium, and six pages read by the reading means. Abstract information of multiple pages of document information read by the reading means and stored in the storage medium is created by reducing an image of a predetermined portion of an arbitrary width in the document information and outputting it on one unit of copy paper. It consists of processing means.

(Function) This invention reads document information of multiple pages with a reading means, stores the read multiple document information in a storage medium with a storage means, and selects any part of the document information of 6 pages read by the reading means. Abstract information of multiple pages of document information read by the reading means and stored in the storage medium is created by outputting an image of a predetermined portion of the width of , with the same size, on one copy sheet. It is.

This invention reads a plurality of pages of document information with a reading means, stores the read plurality of document information in a storage medium with a storage means, and has an arbitrary width of 6 pages of document information read by the reading means. Abstract information of a plurality of pages of document information read by the reading means and stored in a storage medium is created by reducing a predetermined portion of the image and outputting it on one unit of copy paper.

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

′! FIG. J1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a copying apparatus as an image forming storage device of the present invention. The above copying device is
It is composed of a basic system section 1, an image processing section 2, a memory section 3, an input/output section 4, an image storage section 5, a system bus 6, and an image bus 7.

The basic system unit 1 includes a CPU 1O that performs various controls;
A keyboard 11 for data input, a display panel 12 for displaying various statuses, a program for controlling the entire system, character patterns such as alphanumeric characters newly set on the abstract, and a bar code 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 when printing, a magnetic disk device 15 that is a storage device for various information, and a floppy disk device 16.
, and an external 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 for several A3 pages, and a buffer memory 31 as a temporary recording location for image data.

The input/output unit 4 includes a scanner 4 as a document reading unit that optically reads document information and converts it into a time-series electric signal.
1. A printer 43 as an image output unit that prints out image data, and a scanner interface 40 that connects them to the system. It consists of a printer interface 42.

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, human output section 4, and image storage section 5. Also, image bus 7
is a bus dedicated to image data, and enables high-speed transfer of image data among the image processing section 2, memory section 3, human 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 41 includes an automatic reversing document feeder (return auto document feeder, RADF) 20
6 and carriage T221, carriage II 222,
It is composed of an imaging lens 227 and an exposure section 229 consisting of a CCD sensor 228.

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.
B. The light is condensed via an imaging lens 227 onto the surface of a CCD sensor 228 having a plurality of light receiving elements arranged in a row.

The first carriage 224 and the mirror 22 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.
5.228 is adapted to move at a relative speed of 2:1, the first carriage 224 and the second carriage 222 are adapted to read from the scanner interface 40 by a pulse motor (not shown). It moves from left to right in synchronization with the timing signal and performs sub-scanning. 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 original using the automatic reversing document feeder (RADP) 20B, when the original detection switch 217 detects that the original is placed on the original feeding tray 207, the RADP
Set to DP mode. The originals are taken out from the top by a pickup roller 208, and are separated and conveyed one by one by a paper feed roller 209 and a separation roller, which rotate in opposite directions. The conveyed original is placed on aligning roller 211
After the posture is corrected, the paper is sent to the transport unit section 218.

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 performing the reading operation as described above, the conveyor belt 212 rotates in the opposite direction, so that the document is reversely conveyed to the reversing gate 21B of the paper feeding unit 206. At this time, the reversing gate 21B is rotated to a position where the original is conveyed to the reversing rollers 219a, and the original is transported to the reversing rollers 219a and 219b.

Reversing guides 219d, 219e, by 2+9c,
It passes through 219r and is reversed to reach aligning roller 219g.

Here, after correcting its posture, the document is sent to the conveyance unit section 218 by aligning rollers 2+9g, and conveyed to the reading reference position by the conveyance belt 212. When the back side reading operation is completed, the document is conveyed by the conveyance 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.

In addition, the optical disk device fl151 includes an optical disk 233,
When accumulating image data, the device consists of an optical disk drive motor 234, a reading head (not shown), and an optical disk drive control section 235, the image data read by the scanner 41 is stored in the page memory 30, and the image data is stored in the page memory 30. After being compressed by the CODEC 21 of the image processing section 2 via the bus 7, the data is outputted to the destination disk device 5I via the optical disk interface 50. The compressed image data is recorded as bit information by a head (not shown) controlled by an optical disk drive control section 235 on an optical disk 233 whose rotation is controlled by an optical disk drive motor 234.

When reading an image, the information recorded at a specific position on the optical disk 233 is read by the head based on the control I information (search information identified from the abstract) from the basic system unit 1, and image processing is performed via the image bus 7. Part 2 C0DEC
After decompression in step 21, the data is temporarily stored in page memory 30.

The image data recorded in the page memory 30 is subjected to predetermined processing by the image processing module 2o, and is output to the printer 43 via the image bus 7 and 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.

In other words, the 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). laser beam 2
Outputs 45.

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 a high-speed rotating motor 214- using an air bearing.
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 246, the photoreceptor drum 24
A charger 247 that charges six sides, a developer 248,
Transfer roller 249, cleaner 250, static elimination lamp 25+
is installed.

This photoreceptor drum 246 is rotationally driven by a drive motor (not shown) at an outer peripheral speed of VO, and the drum surface is charged by a charging charger 247 provided opposite to the photoreceptor drum surface having a grid electrode. . The photosensitive drum 246, on which a latent image is formed by spot imaging the laser beam 245 at the exposure position It246A on the charged photosensitive drum 246, is a developing device! It rotates at the speed of VO to the position of ff1248B, and at this position, the photosensitive drum 2
A toner image is formed from the developing device 248 on the latent image on the latent image 46 . The photosensitive drum 248 on which the toner image has been formed continues to rotate at V(+), and at a transfer position 246C, the toner image is transferred by a transfer roller 249 onto a transfer paper P supplied at a proper timing by a paper feeding system. Unnecessary toner adhering to the transfer roller 249 is cleaned by a transfer roller cleaner 249-1.

The paper feeding system includes a means for selectively feeding transfer paper P as an image forming medium from two cassettes 251^, 251B and a large capacity feeder 252, and the above three paper feeding means. 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, to a pickup roller 253A (or 253B or 2
53C), the paper feeding is started by the paper feeding roller 254A.
(or 254B, or 254C), separation roller 2
54-LA (or 254-IB, or 254-1
c), one sheet of transfer paper P is separated and fed;
It 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 of paper so that the position of the paper at the paper feeding section is at a substantially constant height.

Further, on the downstream side of the transfer roller 249, there is a paper conveyance mechanism 25B, a fixing device 257, a path switching guide 260 for switching whether to eject the image-formed transfer paper P to the outside of the machine or to guide it to the reversal paper feed section, and an ejector. 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 route 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 then
The paper 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 261B and is sent to the reversing grip roller 262. Transfer paper P
After the rear end passes between the reversing rollers 261^ and 261B, the grip roller 262 stops rotating, rotates clockwise while holding the transfer paper P, and rotates in the reverse direction (indicated by the dotted line). Then, the transfer paper P is transferred to the reversing rollers 261^, 261C.
It passes through the transport roller 263, reaches the registration roller 255, and is transferred to the transfer position 246C at a predetermined timing.
will be sent to.

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 transfer paper P is sent to the fixing device 257 by the conveyor Wi25G.
The toner image on the second side (back side) of is fixed on the transfer paper P.

The path switching guide 280 rotates clockwise (as shown in the figure), the transfer paper P advances to the path AA, and the paper discharge roller 258
The paper is ejected onto the paper ejection tray 259.

The page memory 3o has a structure as shown in FIG. That is, there are two page memories each having a capacity of at least one A3 page, each of which is equipped with an address controller (ADC) 41114.485. This ADC4g4.485 is capable of various address generation functions. For example, as shown in Figure 4, it is also possible to sequentially generate addresses in the X direction in synchronization with a predetermined clock.
It is also possible to sequentially generate addresses in the Y direction as shown in FIG. 5 by changing the parameters of the ADCs 484 and 485. In the scanning direction, it is possible to generate addresses not only in the forward direction (direction in which addresses increase) but also in the reverse direction (direction in which addresses decrease).

Two page memories 482.48 in page memory 30
3 can be accessed from both the image bus 7 and the system bus 6, and the parameters of ADC4g4 and ADC485 can be accessed only from the system bus 6.

ADC4J14 and ADC4B5 can be updated by read and write signals from image bus 7 and system bus 6.

Next, the operation of the page memory 30 when storing image information read by the scanner 41 on the destination disk 233 of the optical disk device 51 will be explained. First, image information read by the scanner 41 is taken into the memory 482 in the page memory 30 via the scanner interface 40 and the image bus 7. The image information in the memory 482 is sent to the CODEC 21 line by line via the image bus 7. C0DEC
At step 21, image data is compressed line by line, and the compressed image data is sequentially written line by line onto the optical disk 233 of the optical disk device t51 via the image bus 7. At the same time, the image information in the memory 482 is copied into a predetermined area of the memory 483 in the order of the pages of the document according to the width set by the user.

At this time, it is checked in order from the leading edge of the document where the image starts. The image information in the memory 482 is "0" or "1".
", for example, rOJ represents white data and "1" represents black data. In other words, if there is data of "1", it means that an image exists. Thereby, when copying image information from the memory 482 to the memory 483, if there is only "0" data in each line, this line is not written to the memory 483. That is, when copying the image information from the memory 482 to the memory 483, the blank portion where there is only rOJ data is deleted, and the image information is copied to the memory 483 from the line where the first "1" data is located.

For example, the resolution of the scanner 41 and printer 43 is 400DPI, and the user-specified width from the leading edge of the character part is 50DPI.
- If an abstract is created in one step, the output address of the image information will be as follows. i.e. 400DPI-6
3,5 [μm 7 lines 1, 50 [ms] / 83.5〆
10-3[am]-787,4, that is, 788 addresses are output.

I mean, memo! When copying from J482 to memory 483, DC484 advances one address in the X direction with one clock of the main scanning synchronization signal, and advances one address in the Y direction with one clock of the sub-scanning synchronization signal. On the other hand, ADC48
5 advances one address in the X direction with one clock of the main scanning synchronizing signal and advances one address in the Y direction with one clock of the sub scanning synchronizing signal from the line where the first character data exists. However, as mentioned above, the address in the Y direction does not advance unless there is a black data "1". Copying starts from the line where the black data "1" is located, and the above copying changes the address in the Y direction of the memory 483. When the 788th copy is reached, the process moves to copying the next original. In this way, an image with a width of 50+a+a from the leading edge of the text portion of the original is copied at the same size.

The user-specified width from the tip of the character section above is the keyboard 11
The width of each page in the abstract is set in advance using the display panel 12 and the display panel 12.

FIGS. 6(a) and 6(b) show that when the registration operation is performed in the file mode in this device, the transfer paper is transferred from the printer 43.
FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of an abstract output to

FIG. 6(a) is an explanatory diagram of the contents of the cover page 800 of the abstract. The data of the first page of one registered document is printed in the cover document printing area 801.

In addition, a barcode BCDI representing search information such as a volume number and file number necessary for later document searching, a number string 803 that is a numerical representation of the above barcode BCDI, and a barcode BCD2 with the same content as the above barcode BCDI and number string 803. , 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.

FIG. 6(b) is an explanatory diagram of the content printed on the back side 807 of the abstract. A plurality of images are printed within a width of 5 hectares from the leading edge of the upper character of the images on the second and subsequent pages excluding the first page of the document. In addition, barcode BC representing search information such as volume number and file number required for later document search
DI, number string 80 that digitizes the above barcode BCDI
3. The same barcode BCD2 and numeric string 80B as the above barcode BCDI and numeric string 803 are printed, respectively.

The above search information includes a volume number assigned to each optical disk 233, a file number indicating the number of the document information in each destination disk 233, and a storage date when the document information was stored. , 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 used to check whether the barcode has been read correctly.

The above volume number is one of the many destination disks 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 if there is more than one implementing aircraft, documents with the same number will always occur if only the above 7 digit numbers are used. There is almost no possibility that documents with numbers will be generated even if they pass through multiple machines.

Figure 7 shows the barcode BCDI (BOD5
) is a specific example of image information. Here, five types of search key information are represented by 13-digit barcodes, starting from the top (left): volume number (3 digits), file number (
(4 digits) Memory date (4 digits) ID code number (1 digit) Mobile check character (1 digit)

Five number strings f103 (806) corresponding to each number are listed at the bottom of the barcode BCDI (BOD5). For example, the volume number r491J, the file number r2345J, the storage date r9908J, the ID code number "0", and the modular check character "8". The storage date r9908J indicates September 8, 1989.

For October, November, and December, the monthly information is 1
0th month is rOJ, 2nd month 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, document registration and abstract creation will be explained with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. A plurality of sheets (N sheets) of originals are set on the scanner 41, and an optical disk 233 is set on the optical disk device 51, respectively.

At this time, CPUl0 detects the attachment of the optical disk 233, accesses the optical disk 233, and
Volume number, number of registered files, as registration status of
The unregistered space capacity and the like are displayed on the display panel 12.

On the other hand, if the optical disc 233 is a new destination 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.

When the user confirms that the document can be registered through the message on the display panel 12, the user presses the reading start key (not shown) on the keyboard 11.
The document information on the first page is converted into an electrical signal by the scanner 41, and after undergoing various image processing such as filtering processing and gradation processing, it is transferred to the page memory 30 (herein referred to as page A) via the image bus 7 - temporally. is stored in Subsequently, the stored image data is compressed in data amount by -El and coopc2I, and then stored on the optical disk 233 through the optical disk device 5I. At the same time, under control from the basic system section 1, the document information to be registered is recorded on the optical disk 23.
A four-digit file number is assigned to each document depending on the order in which the document is registered in the document 3, or a file number of an arbitrary number of digits is assigned by inputting numbers and characters using the keyboard 11. At this time, Basic System Department 1
It is automatically generated continuously on a document-by-document basis under the control of The file number generated in this way is stored on the optical disk 233.
It is registered in the search information area of the optical disc 233 as search information in the search information area.

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 including the volume number, file number, etc. The document information of the first page to which the barcode and the image data of the number string are added is printed out as the cover of the abstract by the printer 43 via the image bus 7 and the printer interface 42.

Next, scan the document information of the second page using the scanner 41 in the same way as for the first page.
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 destination disk.
It is accumulated in 33.

On the other hand, the image data stored in the memory 482 in the page memory 30 is processed to output the width range of 50+am from the tip of the upper character part of the image at the same size, as described above. The image data is stored in the memory 483 (of the specific page memory 30 allocated for the back side of the abstract).
(herein referred to as page 8).

The above processing is performed up to the final page (page N). Furthermore, similar to the first page, search information using a parcode 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 back side of the abstract on which the front side has already been recorded.

Images of the image information of this abstract are shown in FIGS. 6(a) and 6(b). FIG. 6(a) shows an example of the front side, and FIG. 6(b) shows an example of the back side.

As described above, the original information is stored on the optical disc as image data.
One sheet of abstract is obtained, in which the front side is the document information of the first page and the back side is a reduced document that is registered in 33 and records the document information of the first page.

Next, searching and copying document information will be explained based on the flowchart shown in FIG. First, the abstract is transferred to the scanner 41, and the optical disk 233 is transferred to the optical disk device 51.
Set each. At this time, CPU10 detects the attachment of the optical disk 233 under the same control as when registering the document, accesses the optical disk 233, and
Volume number, number of registered files, as registration status of
Display panel 12 for file number, unregistered space capacity, etc.
Display above.

This makes it possible to confirm to some extent whether the document information corresponding to the abstract is registered on the optical disc 233. 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 read the barcode BCDI (BOD5) recorded in the abstract with the scanner 41, and the CPU10 will read the barcode BCDI (BOD5) recorded in the abstract.
Search information is detected from BOD5). Based on the detected search information, the 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.
If they match, then it is checked whether a file number matching the file number obtained from the abstract 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 first disk device 51 is first decompressed by the CODEC 21 and then temporarily stored in the page memory 30 via the image frame.

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 optical disc 233 installed 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. If the volume numbers match but other contents such as file numbers do not match, the display panel 12 displays a message such as ``No matching document found,'' and the document search is stopped.

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

As described above, image information is converted into digital data and read by a scanner, this read digital data is stored on a first disk, and abstract information of the digital data stored on this optical disk is recorded, and this abstract information is Search information indicated by a /<- code 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 image information stored on an optical disk with image information stored on an optical disk, it is possible to easily register and search document image information, and to significantly reduce document space. Since this is done on paper, it is possible to avoid compromising information access speed, which is an advantage of paper files.

In addition, since the abstract is created using image data at the same size as the width specified by the user from the beginning of the character part of the document information, it is possible to improve the character occupancy rate in the image for the 6 pages in the abstract. Document information can be made easier to view for the user. In addition, the user can specify the width required for recognition, allowing the user to create an easy-to-use abstract regardless of the type of document information.

In addition, in the above embodiment, when creating an abstract for the manuscript images from the second page onwards, the case was explained in which image data of the width specified by the user from the leading edge of the character part of the document information is used, but the present invention is not limited to this. First, image data having a width specified by the user from the rear end of the character portion of the document information may be used. Further, it may be possible to handle image data of a predetermined width from the leading edge or trailing edge of document information.

Alternatively, the abstract area may be used effectively by creating an abstract with a width and reduction ratio specified by the user.

In this case, the resolution of the scanner 41 and printer 43 are both 400 DPI, and the user-specified width from the leading edge of the character section is 5
Assuming that an abstract is created with a reduction ratio of 0 mm and a reduction ratio specified by the user or a magnification of 80%, the output address of the image information will be as follows. That is, 400DP+
-63.5 [μmeng/bottle], 50 [mml/83.
5X 10-' [aml-787,4,80% is 100
-80-20% is deleted data, so 100:20-
5: I outputs 788 Y-direction address data from the image information in the memory 482 to the memory 483, but one in five addresses in the memory 483 is thinned out, leaving 631 Y-direction address data. only copies are made. That is, when copying from the memory 482 to the memory 483, the ADC 4114 advances one address in the X direction with one clock of the main scanning synchronization signal, and advances one address in the Y direction with one clock of the sub-scanning synchronization signal. On the other hand, ADC
485 advances by 4 addresses in the X direction with every 5 clocks of the main scanning synchronization signal, and advances by 4 addresses in the Y direction with every 5 clocks of the sub-scanning synchronization signal.

However, as mentioned above, if there is no "]" of black data, the address in the Y direction will not advance.Start copying from the line where there is "1" of black data, and use the above thinning copy to address the address in the Y direction of the memory 483. When the number reaches 631, copying of the next original is started.

In this way, the width of 50 mm from the leading edge of the characters on the original is
% magnification, and an abstract using the entire abstract area can be created based on the specified magnification.

Therefore, since the abstract is created at the reduction ratio specified by the user, the abstract area can be used effectively.

[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 the drawing]

The drawings show one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a copying machine, FIG. 2 is a schematic configuration diagram showing the internal structure of a scanner, printer, and optical disk device of the copying machine, and FIG. Figure 3 is a diagram showing the structure of page memory, Figures 4 and 5 are diagrams to explain address generation in address control, Figure 6 is an illustration of an abstract output from a printer, and Figure 7 is a bar diagram. FIG. 8 is a flowchart for explaining the filing operation, and FIG. 9 is a flowchart for explaining the search process. 1... Basic system section, 2... Image processing section, 3. Memory section, 4... Input/output section, 5... Image storage section, 6. System bus, 7.. Image bus, 1o...・CPU, 1
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Keyboard, 12... Display panel, 13 Main memory, 14... Basic system interface, 15... Magnetic disk device, 16... Floppy disk device, 17... External output interface , 2o... image processing module, 21... C0DE
C, 30... page memory, 31... buffer memory, 40... scanner interface, 41...
Scanner, 42...Printer interface, 43
... Printer, 51 ... Destination disk interface, 51 ... Destination disk device, BCDI, BeO2.
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Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) A reading means for reading multiple pages of document information; a storage means for storing the multiple pages of document information read by the reading means in a storage medium; processing means for creating abstract information of document information of a plurality of pages read by the reading means and stored in the storage medium by outputting an image of a predetermined portion of the width of , with the same size, on one unit of copy paper; An image forming storage device comprising: (2) a reading means for reading multiple pages of document information; a storage means for storing the multiple pages of document information read by the reading means in a storage medium; processing means for creating abstract information of multiple pages of document information read by the reading means and stored in the storage medium by reducing an image of a predetermined portion of width and outputting it on one unit of copy paper; An image forming storage device comprising: