JPH0519982A - Information file device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve the operability of an information file device by storing beforehand an identification number to specify the information file device in an optical disk together with information, and developing automatically retrieving information on a recording medium in an information file by judging the necessity/non-necessity of the development of the retrieving information on the basis of this identification number. CONSTITUTION:At the time of storing picture information in the optical disk 5, a system control part 11 stores beforehand the identification number of the information file device in the optical disk 5 together with the retrieving information of this picture information. In the case that the information of this optical disk 5 is retrieved by the information file device, the system control part 11 judges whether this file device is the one of the identification number the optical disk 5 stores or not, and when it is not the information file device of the identification number, it develops the retrieving information the optical disk 5 stores on a retrieving information control part 121 on a lead disk 12.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention stores information such as image information and its search information in a removable large-capacity optical disk and manages the search information in a hard disk or the like built in an information file device, such as a hard disk. The present invention relates to an information file device for searching information on an optical disk or the like by using search information stored by the.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Sanyo Electric Technical Report Vol.
It is possible to store image information such as drawings and handwritten documents in a large-capacity storage medium such as an optical disk as shown in No. 1, No. 1 (1989), and retrieve and reproduce the image information from the optical disk or the like when required. An information file device that can be used has been developed.

In such an information file device, image information and a plurality of pieces of search information such as a title of image information, a registration date, and a keyword are stored in an optical disc in association with each other.
Image information can be searched efficiently by utilizing the search information during search and playback. In addition, in order to increase the search speed, the search information is managed as a search file even in the hard disk with a built-in information file device that has a shorter access time than the optical disk, and the search file on the hard disk is read and the search given from the keyboard or the like is performed. Information is being read.

In order to realize this search method, the image information is stored in the optical disk and the search information is stored in the optical disk and the search file on the hard disk when the image information is registered in the optical disk. Further, when the information file apparatus other than the information file apparatus that registered the image information is searched for the information of this optical disk, the operator gives an instruction to transfer the search information from the optical disk to the hard disk built in the information file apparatus. Deploy.

[0005]

In the conventional information file apparatus which performs the above-mentioned retrieval method, the information file apparatus which is different from the information file apparatus which has performed the registration of the information on the removable optical disk is used for the information. When searching, playing, or registering, the search information on the optical disk must be expanded on the hard disk in the information file device.
If the operator forgets the instruction and the search information is not expanded, the search information on the hard disk does not correspond to the information on the optical disk and the accurate information cannot be searched. The search information of the newly registered information is managed correctly. It becomes clear that it was necessary to develop the search information only after the failure occurred. Therefore, the device user must always manage whether or not the development of the search information is necessary based on the process of registering the information on the optical disc and the like, and there is a problem that the operability of the device is poor.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and stores specific data of an information file device together with information in a removable storage medium,
An object of the present invention is to provide an information file device with good operability by automatically determining the necessity of expanding search information based on this specific data and automatically expanding the search information on a storage medium in the information file device. .

[0007]

An information file device of the present invention stores information and search information for the information in a first storage medium that is removable from the information file device, and stores the search information in the information file device. An information file device for storing information in a second storage medium built in a computer and searching for information stored in the first storage medium using the search information stored in the second storage medium. Means for storing in the first storage medium data specifying an information file device storing the information, and an information file device searching for information in the first storage medium, the information specified by the data stored in the storage medium. Means for determining whether they match the file device, and means for transferring the search information of the storage medium to the second storage medium of the information file device for searching information when the determination results do not match. Characterized by comprising a.

[0008]

The information file device of the present invention is the first removable type.
If the information file device specified by the specific data of the information file device stored in this storage medium matches the information file device that retrieves information from this storage medium, and if they do not match, the first storage medium Is transferred to the second storage medium built in the information file device, and the information is searched using the search information expanded on the second storage medium. If they match, the search information in the first storage medium is not transferred to the second storage medium, and the information is searched using the search information stored in the second storage medium.

[0009]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings showing its embodiments. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an information file device according to the present invention. In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes a main control unit for controlling peripheral units, and the main control unit 1 stores the image information, search information, etc., and is removable from the first unit.
A write-once, rewritable, etc. optical disk 5 as the storage medium can be mounted. The main control unit 1 records / records on / from a system control unit 11 for controlling the operation of each unit of the apparatus, a hard disk 12 and an optical disk 5 as the second storage medium.
The hard disk 12 built in the main control unit 1 includes a search information management section 121 that manages search information stored in the optical disk 5.

The scanner 2 optically scans and reads image information, converts it into dot data, and inputs it to the system control section 11. The keyboard 3 inputs search information such as a title of image information, a registration date, a keyword, and various control commands to the system control unit 11. The CRT display 4 displays image information and various information.

FIG. 2 is a conceptual diagram showing a storage state of the optical disc 5. The optical disc 5 includes an information file device identification number management unit 51 that stores an identification number that identifies an information file device that stores image information on the optical disc 5, a retrieval information unit 52 that stores retrieval information input from the keyboard 3, and a scanner. The image information unit 53 stores the image information read in 2.

An operation of searching and storing information in the information file device having the above configuration will be described. Note that FIG. 3 is a conceptual diagram showing changes in the storage contents of the information file device identification number management unit 51 in the optical disc 5. The system control unit 11 gives the image information read by the scanner 2 to the optical disc recording / reproducing unit 13, and the optical disc recording / reproducing unit 13
Is stored in the image information section 53 of the optical disc 5. For the image information, the identification number of this information file together with the search information input from the keyboard 3 is set in the system control unit 11
To the optical disc recording / reproducing unit 13, and the optical disc recording / reproducing unit 13 stores the retrieval information in the retrieval information unit 52 and the identification number in the information file device identification number management unit 51. further,
The search information is stored in the hard disk 12 by the system control unit 11.
It is stored in the search information management unit 121. For example, in the case of the information file device A with the identification number A, the information file device identification number management unit 51 is in the storage state as shown in FIG.

When the image file information of the optical disk 5 is searched by the information file device B having the identification number B, the system control unit 11 of the information file device B stores the information file device identification number management unit 51 of the optical disk 5. Since the recognition number A and the identification number of the information file device B are different, the search information stored in the search information part 52 of the optical disk 5 is stored in the search information management part 121 on the hard disk 12 of the information file device B.
And the identification number is added to the information file device identification number management unit 51 as shown in FIG. 3 (b). If the state of the information file device identification number management unit 51 is as shown in FIG. 3 (b), even if the image information of the optical disc 5 is searched for in either of the information file devices A and B, the optical disc 5 will be replaced by the hard disk. Search information is not expanded to 12.

However, in the state of FIG. 3B, when the image file is newly stored in this optical disk 5 by the information file device B, as shown in FIG. 3C, the information file device identification number of the optical disk 5 is shown. The identification number of the management unit 51 is rewritten to the identification number B of the information file device B. Therefore, when a device other than the information file device B is searched for image information on the optical disk 5, the search information is automatically expanded from the optical disk 5 to the hard disk 12 of the information file device.

In this embodiment, the case where the optical disk is used as the first storage medium has been described, but the storage medium is not limited to this, and even when another removable storage medium is used. The same effect as the present embodiment can be obtained.

[0016]

As described above, in the information file device of the present invention, when searching for information stored in a storage medium detachable from a plurality of information file devices, the information is stored on the storage medium built in the information file device. Since the information file device side determines whether or not to expand the search information according to the identification number of the information file device and automatically expands the search information when necessary.
The user of the device does not need to manage the usage history of the removable storage medium to judge the necessity of expanding the search information, and the operability of the device is good, and information can be searched accurately in any information file device. It has an excellent effect.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an information file device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a conceptual diagram of a storage state of an optical disk used in the information file device of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a conceptual diagram showing changes in stored contents in an optical disc used in the information file device of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 main control unit 2 scanner 3 keyboard 5 optical disc 11 system control unit 12 hard disk 13 optical disc recording / playback unit 51 information file device identification number management unit 52 search information unit 53 image information unit 121 search information management unit

Claims (1)

Claim: What is claimed is: 1. Information and search information for the information are stored in a first storage medium that is removable from the information file device, and the search information is stored in the information file device as a second device.
In the information file device for storing information in the first storage medium and searching the information stored in the first storage medium using the search information stored in the second storage medium. Means for storing data identifying the first storage medium in the first storage medium, and whether the information file device searching for information in the first storage medium matches the information file device identified by the data stored in the storage medium Information comprising means for judging whether or not there is a judgment result, and means for transferring the search information of the storage medium to the second storage medium of the information file device for searching the information when the judgment results do not match. File device.