JPH04340660A - Document display system for electronic filing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To quickly retrieve and display a specific page of a manual or the like having several tens pages by effectively using the capacity of an electronic filing device. CONSTITUTION:Document constitution information such as 'cover', 'table of contents', and 'chapter' set to each page of a document like a manual, page information such as 1-1, 2-1, and 3-1 starting with the first page of each document constitution, and page mark information for specific mark display to be noticed are set to a retrieval and display information file 7, and this file is collated to read picture data based on the retrieval and display condition inputted from a keyboard 9, and only picture data including retrieval information meeting the condition is displayed on a display device 10.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

0001

[Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a document display method for an electronic filing device, and in particular to a method for searching for a specific page from a registered document such as a manual or a book that has several tens of pages. This document relates to a document display method for displaying documents.

0002

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, an electronic filing device is used to register manuals, books, etc. as image data in an external storage device, and to manage dozens of pages as one document.
BACKGROUND ART A specific page in a document is searched for and displayed on a display or the like as necessary. In this method, when performing a page search, you can set multiple keywords for each document, or register one document by subdividing it, first search for the document that contains the page you want, and then search for the searched document. The method used was to scroll sequentially to find the page.

[0003] Furthermore, when searching for a particular page of interest in a document, a method has been adopted in which a mark is added to the page and the document and page are searched.

0004

However, in the conventional document display system based on such a search method, a desired document can be immediately retrieved from a keyword, but a necessary page within the document cannot be specified. There is a search method that assumes that manuals, books, etc. have a table of contents, and then searches the table of contents of the document and then identifies the necessary pages by inferring the number of pages recorded in the table of contents. It does not necessarily have a table of contents, and even if it does, it has the disadvantage that it takes a lot of effort and time.

[0005] Regarding the method of searching by adding a mark to the page you want to pay attention to, although it is significant when adding a mark,
There are various limitations and this is not a sufficient search method when there are multiple items of interest in a document whose marks are no longer needed and you want to set them under different conditions.

[0006] As described above, with the conventional document display method, when searching and displaying a manual or the like where one document is several tens of pages long, not only is it not possible to effectively utilize the performance of the electronic filing device, but it is also time consuming. There were problems that required time-consuming work, and improvements were strongly desired.

The present invention has been made in view of these problems, and its purpose is to quickly search and display a specific page even in a document with a large number of pages; The object of the present invention is to provide a document display method in which frequently searched pages, important pages, etc. can be set according to the purpose.

[0008]

[Means for Solving the Problems] The configuration of the present invention to achieve the above object includes an image data input unit that converts each document having a plurality of pages into image data and inputs the image data, and stores the input image data. a data storage section that stores a search and display information file that is stored and set with search and display information for the document; input of search and display information into the data storage section and input of search and display conditions into a CPU that controls each section; and a display section for displaying image data, which compares the image data read from the data storage section with a search display information file according to instructions from the CPU, and displays a search display that matches the search display conditions. The present invention is characterized in that image data containing information is extracted and displayed on a display unit.

[0009] In this configuration, the search display information is
document configuration information set for each specific section of the document;
It consists of page information set for each page of each document structure information, and further includes page mark information for individualizing a specific page of the document.

0010

[Operation] When search and display conditions are input from the command input means, the CPU controls each part of the electronic firing device to read the image data input from the image data input section or the image data stored in the data storage section. read out. At that time, the image data is compared with the search display information set in the search display information file, and if the conditions are met, the documents are first displayed on the display section in the order according to the document structure information, and then the specific page information is displayed. The containing page will be displayed. When page mark information is added to the page and the page is personalized, that fact is also displayed.

[0011]

Embodiments Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

(First Embodiment) FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an electronic filing device according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

In the figure, 1 is an image data input unit (scanner, etc.) that converts each document having a plurality of pages into image data and inputs the image data, and 2 is an image output unit (printer) that outputs image data as necessary. It is. Further, 3 is a memory for temporarily storing image data, 4 is a magnetic disk device for storing image data and other data, 5 is an external storage device for storing large capacity image data, and 6 is an external storage device control unit. These devices constitute a data storage unit. The magnetic disk device 4 (or external storage device 5) also stores a search and display information file 7 in which document search and display information is set.

Reference numeral 8 is a central processing unit (CPU) that controls data including image data, and 9 is a command input means for inputting search display information to the data storage unit and inputting search display conditions to the CPU 8. It's a keyboard. A mouse can also be used.

Furthermore, 10 is a display device, which constitutes a display section. Note that each part and each device are connected by a data bus.

Next, a document search and display process in the electronic file device having the above configuration will be explained.

Image data of manuals, books, etc. inputted by the image data input section 1 is transferred to the memory 3 via the data bus. Image data such as a manual stored in the external storage device 5 in advance is also transferred to the memory 3 in the same way. The image data sent to the memory 3 is checked against the search and display information file 7 stored in the magnetic disk device 4, for example, according to a control command from the CPU 8, and the image data that matches the search and display conditions entered from the keyboard 9 is identified. Only those having the search display information are displayed on the display device 10.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of the contents of the search display information file 7, in which (a) shows an example of the document structure, and (b) shows an example of the settings of the search display information.

In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 2(a),
For example, document structure information such as "cover", "table of contents", and "chapter" is set on specific divided pages of documents such as manuals and books, and each document structure information unit is set as shown in Figure 2(b). Page information such as 1-1, 2-1, 3-1, etc. is set for search display information. However, these document structure information and page information do not necessarily need to be set for all pages of the document, and can be arbitrarily changed depending on the type of document and search frequency. For example, referring to FIG. 2, no document structure information is set on the 3rd, 21st, and 22nd pages, and no page information is set on the 3rd page.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the order in which image data is displayed on the display device 10 based on the example of setting the search display information shown in FIG. 2(b).

When search and display conditions are input from the keyboard 9, the first page of each piece of structure information is sequentially displayed according to the document structure information set in the search and display information file 7, as shown in FIG. When the first page of the document structure information to be searched for is displayed, the page structure is then selected for display, and the desired page of the document is specified and displayed.

[0022] The displayed page is output from an image output device 2 such as a printer as necessary.

[0023] The above explanation is about the case where the search display information file 7 is created, but this search display information file 7 does not need to be created for all documents. For example, if a desired document consists of only a few pages, the image data of the first page of the document is displayed on the display device 10 during document retrieval, so that the desired page can be identified without comparing this file 7. can do.

As described above, in this embodiment, in the case of a large document such as a page manual or a book that has several tens of pages, a search display is performed in which document structure information and page information are set for each page. Since the information file 7 is created and checked against this file 7 when reading image data from the data storage unit, by inputting search display conditions for a specific chapter or page from the keyboard 9, the corresponding chapter or page can be searched. The first page of is searched quickly and pages are narrowed down quickly. Therefore, unlike in the past, you have to set multiple keywords for each document or register one document by dividing it into smaller sections, or you have to first search for a document that contains the desired page and then scroll through the searched documents one by one. This eliminates the need to search for pages by using the electronic filing device, and it is possible to realize a document display method that effectively utilizes the capabilities of the electronic filing device.

(Second Embodiment) In a second embodiment of the present invention, page mark information for individualizing a specific page of a document is added to the search display information file 7 shown in FIG. 2(b). be. Hereinafter, a device having the same function as the first embodiment above,
Parts are given the same reference numerals and their explanations are omitted, and only different parts will be explained.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of the contents of the search display information file 7 used in this embodiment, in which (a) is a diagram showing an example of the document structure, and (b) is a diagram showing an example of the settings of the search display information. It is.

In this embodiment, in a manual, book, etc. with the document structure shown in FIG. 4(a), in addition to the page information of each document structure unit, the document as shown in the right column of FIG. 4(b) is Page mark information for individualizing the pages inside is set as search display information.

[0028] This page mark information can independently set a plurality of conditions such as first page mark information and second page mark information.
An R condition can also be provided. Additionally, it can be set on multiple pages in a document, and can be added or deleted as needed. Note that this page mark information is added using the keyboard 9.

When the search display information file 7 is created with such content, by inputting search display conditions from the keyboard 9, the image data of the first page is sequentially displayed on the display device 10 according to the set document structure information. outside,
Pages to the effect that page mark information has been added are also sequentially displayed. Therefore, by adding page mark information under conditions depending on the purpose, such as frequently searched pages or important pages, it is possible to personalize a desired page and also to search for the page directly and at high speed.

Note that the search display information file 7 itself or the document structure included in this search display information file 7,
As in the first embodiment, it is not necessary to set page information and page mark information for all documents and pages.

[0031] In this way, in this embodiment, page mark information that can be added or deleted freely is added to the search display information file 7 used in the first embodiment. Even when there are multiple items and it is desired to set them under different conditions, it is possible to use a document display method that effectively utilizes the performance of the electronic filing device without the limitations of the conventional method.

[0032]

[Effects of the Invention] As explained above, according to the present invention,
Even for documents with many pages such as manuals and books,
You can quickly search and display specific pages.
Furthermore, it is possible to provide a document display method for an electronic filing device that can arbitrarily set frequently searched pages, important pages, etc. according to the purpose. This method can be realized by simply creating a search display information file in an existing electronic filing device, so it does not require the cumbersome work of the conventional method, and the search display time is significantly shortened. The effects are enormous.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of an electronic filing device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating the contents of a search display information file used in the first embodiment of the present invention, in which (a) is a diagram showing an example of a document structure, and (b) is a diagram showing an example of settings for search display information. It is.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of the order in which image data is displayed on a display device based on the example setting of search display information in FIG. 2(b).

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of contents of a search display information file used in the second embodiment of the present invention, in which (a) is a diagram showing an example of a document structure, and (b) is a diagram showing an example of settings for search display information. It is.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Image data input section 2 Image data output section 3 Memory 4 Magnetic disk device 5 External storage device 6 External storage device control section 7 Search display information file 8 Central processing section (CPU) 9 Command input means (keyboard) 10 Display device

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. An image data input unit that converts and inputs a document having a plurality of pages into image data, and a search display information file that stores and stores the input image data and sets search display information for the document. a data storage section for storing image data; a command input means for inputting search display information into the data storage section and inputting search display conditions into a CPU that controls each section; and a display section displaying image data. A document display method of an electronic filing device according to the present invention, wherein image data read out from the data storage section according to instructions from the CPU is compared with the search display information file, and search display information that matches the search display conditions is displayed. A document display method for an electronic filing device, characterized in that image data included is extracted and displayed on the display section. [Claim 2] The document search and display information is characterized by comprising document configuration information set for each specific section of the document and page information set for each page of each document configuration information. A document display method for an electronic filing device according to claim 1. 3. The document display of the electronic filing device according to claim 1, wherein the document search display information includes page mark information for individualizing a specific page of the document. method.