JPH0520424A - Electronic filing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To accurately register spreads for two pages as two pages when a filed original is to be registered in an electronic filing device in an opened state. CONSTITUTION:The spreads for two pages are preserved in the electronic filing device as images by different pages by dividing the image 1 of one page in the original of the spread into two on a logical memory. An operation switch 5 changes over a system and correspondence to the original by one page from the beginning is executed. The filed original can efficiently and electronically be filed.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention is used as a device for optically scanning a document, converting it into image data, and registering it. In particular, the present invention relates to an electronic filing device that optically reads and registers a bound document.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In the conventional electronic filing system, the following two methods are generally known. (Prior art example 1) The data input from the image input unit is registered in the external storage unit without being processed. (Prior art example 2) After the operator confirms the data input from the image input section on the display and edits it,
Register in the external storage.

[0003]

In the case of digitizing a bound original and registering it, if two pages opened in the conventional electronic filing apparatus are input as they are, they are recognized as one page and registered. To correctly register two pages as two pages, enter the bound original page by page, or open the page and enter it, and the operator confirms it on the display and edit it page by page. There is no choice but to register in the storage unit, and in either case, it takes time and effort.

An object of the present invention is to improve this and to provide an apparatus capable of correctly recognizing and registering a two-page spread original as two pages.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention is an image scanner for optically scanning a document and converting it into image data, an image memory for temporarily storing output data of the image scanner, and data taken out from the image memory. In an electronic filing device including an external memory in which data with an index is registered, the image scanner, the image memory, and a control circuit for controlling the external memory, a feature of the present invention is that the control circuit includes: A means for dividing the image data into two corresponding to the spread of the original document by the logical coordinates on the image memory is included.

Further, it is preferable that an operation switch is provided, and means for invalidating the means for dividing into two according to an input from the operation switch.

[0007]

[Operation] If you enter the bound original in a two-page spread,
The image memory for temporarily storing the image data recognizes the image of the outline of the original document, divides it into left and right or upper and lower parts, and registers each in the external storage unit as one page.

According to this method, even if a bound document is input in a two-page spread state, one page can be stored as two pages.

[0009]

1 is a block diagram of an electronic filing apparatus of the present invention. This device includes an image scanner 1 that optically scans a document and converts it into image data, an image memory 2 that temporarily stores the output data of this image scanner, and data that is indexed from the data that is retrieved from this image memory. An external memory 3 to be registered and a control circuit 4 for controlling the image scanner, the image memory and the external memory are provided.
Here, the control circuit is characterized in that it includes means for dividing the image data into two in correspondence with the spread of the original at the logical coordinates on the image memory.

Further, an operation switch 5 is provided, and means for invalidating the above-mentioned two-division means is provided according to an input from the operation switch. By operating the keyboard input device 6, it is possible to specify the up / down direction and the left / right direction in which the screen is divided into two.

FIG. 2 is a flow chart for explaining the control circuit of the electronic filing apparatus of the present invention.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described. The operation switch 5 is used to specify one-page registration or two-part registration depending on the type of the input document. When the original is for one page from the beginning, it is switched to one-page registration, and when inputting the bound original in the spread state, it is switched to two-part registration.

Now, in order to input a bound original in a two-spread format, the operation switch 5 is switched to the two-division registration, and the original is input from the image scanner 1. The image of the original is stored in the image memory 2 as shown in FIG. It is stored in the state of. The logical coordinates in the image memory capture the contour of this image and are vertically divided into two equal parts as shown in FIG. 3B, and the data taken out as two pages are indexed and registered in the external memory 3.

[0014]

When the bound originals are separately stored page by page, by using the electronic filing apparatus of the present invention, it is possible to register two separate pages with the trouble of one page. In addition, one page can be stored by switching operation.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart of an operation procedure of the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining an image input state according to the embodiment of the present invention.

[Description of Reference Signs] 1 image scanner 2 image memory 3 external memory 4 control circuit 5 operation switch 6 keyboard input device a spread original document b stored in the image memory b spread original document c image divided into two by logical coordinates in the image memory Two-page spread document in memory

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. An image scanner for optically scanning a document and converting it into image data, an image memory for temporarily storing output data of the image scanner, and data obtained by indexing the data retrieved from the image memory. In an electronic filing device provided with an external memory to be registered and a control circuit for controlling the image scanner, the image memory and the external memory, the control circuit is provided with a double-page spread of a document at logical coordinates on the image memory. An electronic filing device comprising means for correspondingly dividing image data into two. 2. The electronic filing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: an operation switch, including means for disabling the means for dividing into two according to an input from the operation switch.