JPH05233778A - Retrieval method of electronic file - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To make it possible to easily perform the retrieval for a document or the pages within the document for which the imparting of keywords as characters is difficult by defining image parts data as a retrieval condition, in an electronic filing system. CONSTITUTION:The partial image in image data is segmented as image parts data and is stored in a retrieval condition storage file. For retrieving image data 12 from image parts data, when image parts data 10 is selected from a selection screen 9 of image parts data, a retrieval is performed by defining the selected image parts data 10 as a condition and image data 12 to be the retrieval result is obtained.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an electronic file searching method, and more particularly to an electronic file searching method for searching a document or a page in a document in an electronic filing system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as means for retrieving a document or a page in a document in an electronic filing system, a search by an index given to each document or a fussen (or "bookmark") given to each page is used. Search is provided. In any case, it is a search method by selecting and inputting code data.

[0003]

In the above-mentioned conventional method, the characteristics of the document must be represented by code data (characters) and given to each document. If it is difficult to express the characteristics of the document in text (for example, a photograph of a face), or if you remember the impression of the document but cannot characterize it (for example, remember the landscape but do not know the place name). Even if it is difficult to attach a clue for retrieval as code data, it must be represented by code data and attached. Further, it is difficult to search the code data thus added as a search condition.

[0004]

According to the electronic file search method of the present invention, when a document of an electronic filing system or a page in a document is searched, each document or page in the document is given in advance as a search condition. It is characterized in that the image part data is searched by designating the image part data.

[0005]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

1 and 2 are views showing an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 shows the operation up to the registration of the image part data in this embodiment. Image data 1, image part data cutting means 2, image data 3 after cutting the image part data, image part data 4, image part data The registration means 5 and the search condition storage file 6 are shown.

While the image data 1 is displayed on the display in the page of the document, a part of the image data 1 is cut by the image part data cutting means 2 and the image data 3 after the image part data is cut out.
To get The image part data is usually cut out by the same means as image editing in an electronic file.
The cut-out image part data 4 is registered in the search condition storage file 6 by the image part data registration means 5. With this, the image part data 4 is added to the image data 1 as a search condition.
As a registration means, other than this embodiment, there is also a method of adding already registered image component data to the image data as a search condition.

FIG. 2 shows a search operation of image data by the image part data after the operation of FIG. 1 in this embodiment. The search condition storage file 7, the search condition input means 8 and the image part data selection screen 9 are shown in FIG. , Image component data 10, search means 11, and image data 12.

A plurality of image part data stored in the search condition storage file 7 is displayed on the display by the search condition input means 8 and a selection screen 9 is displayed. A specific image component data 10 is selected on the selection screen 9. A mouse or a keyboard is used as a device for selection. A search is performed by the search means 11 using the selected image component data 10 as a condition to obtain image data 12 as a search result.

[0010]

As described above, according to the present invention, even in the case of searching a document or a page in a document in which it is difficult to add a keyword as a character, the image part data is used as a search condition to easily search. It has the effect of being able to.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 image data 2 image part data cutting means 3 image data 4 image part data 5 image part data registration means 6 search condition storage file 7 search condition storage file 8 search condition input means 9 selection screen 10 image part data 11 search means 12 image data

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. When a document of an electronic filing system or a page in a document is searched, a search is performed by designating image part data given as a search condition to each document or page in the document in advance. How to search for electronic files. 2. A part of the first image data is cut off by the image part data cutting means in a state where the first image data is displayed on the display in the page of the document, and the first part after cutting the image part data is cut. Two
Image data is obtained, and the cut-out image part data is registered in the search condition storage file by the image part data registration means 5, whereby the image part data is searched for as the search condition for the first image data. The electronic file search method according to claim 1, wherein 3. A plurality of image parts data stored in a search condition storage file is searched by a search condition input means.
Characteristic that a selection screen is displayed on the display, specific image part data is selected from this selection screen, a search is performed by the search means on the condition of the selected image part data, and the image data as a search result is obtained. The electronic file search method according to claim 1.