JPH0481794A - Literature search system for closed stack system library - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To search for literature according to its image by structuring the data base of images of literature. CONSTITUTION:Images of the front cover, back cover, and endpaper of literature are read by an image scanner 2 and the obtained digital data are processed by an image processing means 4 into data which can be retrieved. Then the processed digital data are stored as the data base in a mass-storage memory device 7 while classified into the images of the front cover, back cover, and endpaper by a data base structuring means 5. The stored data base is retrieved by an image data retrieval means 11 by using three keys, i.e. the front cover, back cover, and endpaper. Literature index information is added to this retrieval result and the retrieval result of the literature index information is received and displayed together with the added image information. Consequently, the image retrieval of literature is enabled.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a literature retrieval system in a closed-shelf library, and more particularly to a literature retrieval system in a closed-shelf library.

[Conventional technology]

Traditionally, this type of literature search system in closed-shelf libraries collects data such as book titles and author names from the colophons of documents, compiles them into a database, performs book title catalog searches, author catalog searches, and searches documents for their contents. Classified by
A database was created and a classification catalog search was conducted.

In addition, open-shelf libraries require a certain distance between bookshelves in order for users to freely browse the documents on the shelves, and the documents are stacked with uneven sizes, creating wasted space. In contrast, closed-shelf libraries classify documents by size and store them on the shelves without any gaps.
It required minimal storage space and was superior to open stack libraries.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

The conventional literature search system described above can only search from book titles, author names, and words representing the content of the document, so users of closed-shelf libraries have a lower chance of searching than users of open-shelf libraries.
There was a problem in that it was not easy to obtain image information such as the binding, size, and style of the title of the document.

An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems and provide a literature retrieval system for a closed-shelf library that is capable of image searching for documents in addition to the advantage of requiring a minimum storage space in a closed-shelf library. There is a particular thing.

[Means to solve the problem]

The literature search system in a closed stack library of the present invention includes a large-capacity memory device that stores literature information, a literature information input device that inputs literature information and stores it in the large-capacity memory device, and a literature information input device that inputs literature information and stores it in the large-capacity memory device. In a literature search system in a closed-shelf library, the literature information input device includes a literature information search device that searches for literature information that has been
A) an image scanner that reads images of the cover, spine, and endpapers of literature; (B) image processing means that processes the digital data read by the image scanner into searchable data; (C) processing by the image processing means. (D) database construction means for dividing the digital data into images of the cover, spine, and endpapers into databases and storing them in the large-capacity memory device; An image data retrieval means for searching a stored database using three keys: cover, spine, and endpaper; (E) displaying bibliography information added to image data search results; search result display means for adding and displaying image information.

〔Example〕

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

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of one embodiment of the present invention.

The literature retrieval system in a closed-shelf library shown in FIG. It is comprised of a literature information search device 8 that searches literature information accumulated in .

The document information input device 1 also includes an image scanner 2 for reading images of the cover, spine, and endpapers of documents, an image processing means 4 for processing digital data read by the image scanner 2 into searchable data, and an image processing means. The digital data processing apparatus 4 is comprised of a database construction means 5 for dividing the digital data processed by 4 into a database of images of the cover, spine, and endpapers and storing them in a large capacity memory device 7, a keyboard 6, and a display 3.

The literature information search device 8 also includes an image data search means 11 that searches the database stored in the large-capacity memory device 7 using three keys: the cover, spine, and endpaper, and adds bibliography information to the image data search results. search result display means 10 for displaying bibliography information and adding and displaying image information upon receiving search results of bibliography information; keyboard] 2
, a display 9.

Next, the operation will be explained.

In FIG. 1, an image scanner 2 reads image data of the cover, spine, and endpapers of a document, digitizes it, and sends the digital data to an image processing means 4, where the digital data is processed into searchable data. and sends it to the database construction means 5. The database construction means 5 displays the digital data as image data on the display 3 via the image processing means 4. When input from the keyboard 6 is received, the image data processing means 4 is used to
The digital data is divided into image databases of the front cover, spine, and endpapers of documents, respectively, and stored in a large-capacity memory device 7 via a local area network in the same order as the order in which the shelves are arranged in an open-shelf library.

On the other hand, the user uses the literature information search device 8 to search the database input from the literature information input device 1.

By using the three keys input from the keyboard 12 for the cover, spine, and endpaper, the image data retrieval means 11 searches the database on the large-capacity memory device 7 for the image data of the cover, spine, and endpaper of the document. , are displayed on the display 9 via the search result display means 10. At this time, the user can obtain an image similar to that of viewing documents stacked on the shelves in an open-shelf library.

Also, when you want to obtain bibliography information for a document selected during a search, by inputting a command, the search result display means 10 searches the bibliographic information database on the large-capacity memory device 7 for the necessary data. However, bibliography information can be added to the image data search results and displayed on the display 9, and image information can be added to the bibliography information search results and displayed on the display 9.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, by creating a database of document images, the present invention can be used even in closed stack libraries.
This has the effect that documents can be searched based on their images.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of one embodiment of the present invention. 1... Literature information input device, 2...- Image scanner, 3... Display, 4-...-
. . . Image processing means, 5 . . . Database construction means, 6 . . . Keyboard, 7 .
Large capacity memory device, 8...-- Literature information search device,
9...Display, 10...Image processing means, 11...Image data retrieval means, 12...Keyboard. Agent: Patent Attorney Shinya Uchihara / 2

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] A large-capacity memory device that stores literature information, a literature information input device that inputs literature information and stores it in the large-capacity memory device, and searches the literature information stored in the large-capacity memory device. In a literature search system in a closed-shelf library equipped with a literature information search device, the literature information input device includes: (A) an image scanner that reads images of the cover, spine, and endpapers of documents; (B) images read by the image scanner; (C) an image processing means for processing the digital data processed by the image processing means into searchable data; (D) image data search means for searching the database stored in the large-capacity memory device using three keys: a cover, a spine, and an endpaper; ) Search result display means for adding and displaying bibliography information to image data search results, and adding and displaying image information in response to search results for bibliography information; Literature search system.