JPH05257990A - Image information storage device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide an image information storage device to be simply operated which is capable of registering a retrieval title at the same time when a retrieval keyword is registered. CONSTITUTION:A document picture is inputted from an image input device 4, is stored in a memory 6 and is displayed on a CRT display 9. A control part 1 performs the encoding of the displayed document picture by an image conversion part 7 and stores the picture in an optical disk device 8. The retrieval keyword for the stored document picture is designated by a mouse 13 from a retrieval keyword table. A retrieval title is automatically generated by notifying the designated retrieval keyword to a retrieval title conversion part 12. The chain information on the generated retrieval title and the document picture stored in the optical disk device 8 is notified to a retrieval title access part 11 and the retrieval keyword and the retrieval title are stored in a retrieval title file 10.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an image information storage device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional image information storage device collectively captures information such as characters, pictures, and graphs written on paper as an image (hereinafter referred to as a document image), a laser beam, and a CCD (Charge Coupled). Device
e) Using the two-dimensional scanning device utilizing the photoelectric conversion technology by the element, the above-mentioned document image is decomposed into pixels and converted into an image signal, and this image signal is stored in the storage medium of the image information storage device. . At this time, the stored document image stores a search keyword composed of characters included in the document image and a search title manually input in advance by summarizing the contents of the document image. By inputting a search keyword accordingly, a list of search titles corresponding to this search keyword is displayed. By specifying this search title, the document image can be searched and can be retrieved as a hard copy using a two-dimensional scanning device. It has become.

[0003]

In the conventional image information storage device described above, the stored document image summarizes the contents of the search keyword and the document image which are composed of the characters included in the document image. A search title that was manually input in advance is also stored, and by inputting a search keyword as necessary, a list of search titles corresponding to this input search keyword is displayed. By specifying this search title, the document is displayed. Since the image display method is used, there is a problem that the search cannot be performed quickly unless the search title is added to the image information. In addition, there is a problem in that the same kind of content must be input twice from the keyboard when the search title and the search keyword are registered, which is complicated.

It is an object of the present invention to provide an image information storage device which is simple in operation and can simultaneously register a search title when registering a search keyword.

[0005]

The image information storage device of the present invention is a storage means for storing a plurality of image information and a search keyword and a search title assigned to each of the image information, and the search keyword and An image information storage device for searching image information, comprising: a display unit for displaying a list of search titles; and a control unit for performing a code search of the storage unit by using at least one of the search keyword and the search title. , A search title conversion unit for generating a search title from an arbitrary keyword specified by the input device on the list of the search keywords displayed by the display means.

[0006]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described with reference to the drawings.

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

A control unit 1 for controlling the whole is connected to a keyboard 2 for inputting operator's instructions, and an image input / output control unit 3 for controlling input / output of a document image is an image input device 4 for inputting a document image. Also, it is connected to the image output device 5 for outputting the document image, and is connected to the control unit 1 via the memory 6 in which the document image is placed. The image conversion unit 7 that encodes and decodes the document image and the optical disc device 8 that stores the encoded document image are connected to the control unit 1 and controlled. A CRT display 9 that displays a document image and a search image is connected to the control unit 1. The search title file 10 in which the search keyword and the search title are stored is connected to the search title access unit 11 that inputs and outputs the search title and the search title conversion unit 12 that generates the search title from the search keyword. It is connected to the control unit 1 via the access unit 11. The mouse 13 is connected to the control unit via the empty board 2 and designates an arbitrary position from the search keyword list or the search title list displayed on the CRT display 9.

A case where a document image is stored in the image information storage device to which the present invention is applied in the configuration as shown in FIG. 1 will be described. When the operator receives a document image storage instruction from the keyboard 2, the control unit 1 instructs the image input / output control unit 3 to input a document image. Upon receiving the instruction, the image input / output control unit 3 receives the document image m from the image input device 4.
Is stored in the memory 6 and displayed on the CRT display 9. The operator confirms the displayed document image m, and if it is in a satisfactory state, issues a storage execution instruction from the keyboard 2. If the document image is not satisfied, the document image storage instruction is issued again. In response to a storage execution instruction from the operator, the document image conversion unit 7 encodes and stores it in the optical disk device 8.

Next, a case where a search title is registered in a document image stored in the optical disk device 8 will be described.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram for explaining an example of generating a search title for a document image.

Before registering a search title, the following preparations are made in advance. The search keyword input area for generating the search title is determined like the subject part, the object part, and the predicate part. Then, the search keywords input to the respective input areas are stored in the search title file 10. This search keyword is CR in list format
It can be displayed on the T display 9. Therefore, the operator specifies the search keyword of the subject part of the document image with the mouse 13 from the search keyword list displayed on the CRT display 9. In this embodiment, "NEC" is designated. Then, a search keyword for the object part and a search keyword for the predicate part are specified. In this embodiment, "speech translator" and "release" are designated. Finally, specify the present tense, past tense, or future tense for the predicate part. In this embodiment, "past" is designated. Control unit 1
Notifies the search title conversion unit 12 of these three search keywords and the state of the predicate, and the search title conversion unit 12
Generate a search title with. The generated search title is
It is displayed on the CRT display 9. When the operator sees the displayed search title and is in a satisfactory state, the operator gives a search title registration instruction. When the operator gives a search title registration instruction, the control unit 1 notifies the search title access unit 11 of the chain information m to the document image m stored on the optical disc, and gives the search keyword and search title registration instruction to the document image m. I do. The search title access unit 11 stores the notified chain information m in the search title file 10. The storage of the document image, the search keyword, and the search title is completed by the above processing.

With the above processing, it becomes possible to store and retrieve a document image by simply designating a search keyword with the mouse without considering the search title.

Next, the case of retrieving a document image from the image information storage device of the present invention will be described. When the operator inputs a search keyword from the search keyword list with the mouse 13, the search title access unit 11 searches for the search keyword from the search title file 10. A list of search titles corresponding to the search keyword is displayed on the CRT display. Then, the chain information m of the document image m for the search title to the optical disc
Is read out and notified to the control unit 1. The control unit 1 inputs the document image m from the optical disk device 8 with the notified chain information m, decodes it by the image conversion unit 7, and displays it on the CRT display 9. If necessary, the operator activates the image output device 5 to output the document image.

[0015]

As described above, according to the present invention, by providing the search title conversion unit for generating a search title from an arbitrary keyword specified by the input device on the list of search keywords displayed by the display means, Since the search title can be registered at the same time when the search keyword is registered, there is an effect that the operation becomes very simple.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of generating a search title for a document image.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 control unit 2 keyboard 3 image input / output control unit 4 image input device 5 image output device 6 memory 7 image conversion unit 8 optical disk device 9 CRT display 10 search title file 11 search title access unit 12 search title conversion unit 13 mouse

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A storage unit for storing a plurality of image information and a search keyword and a search title assigned to each of the image information, a display unit for displaying a list of the search keyword and the search title, and the search. An image information storage device for performing a search for image information by including a control unit for performing a code search on the storage means using at least one of a keyword and a search title, in a list of the search keywords displayed on the display means. An image information storage device, comprising: a search title conversion unit that generates a search title from an arbitrary keyword specified by the input device.