JPH0528240A - Method and device for displaying picture for picture document filing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily and speedily execute a page turning operation between pictures having relation to a picture which is displayed at present by displaying a picture and a related tag on the same screen, displaying the page picture corresponding to the tag when the tag is designated and directly displaying the original page picture by means of designating a return tag. CONSTITUTION:When the picture to be displayed is selected from the table of a retrieved document, only the designated arbitrary picture and the related tag are displayed on the screen of a picture display part 7. When a tag designation part 8 designates the displayed related tag 'A' in the display state of the initial page picture, for example, the picture corresponding to the related tag 'A' stored in a picture storage register 4, and the return tag for returning to an original point are displayed in a display part 7. When the return tag is selected, the arbitrary picture which is stored in the picture storage register 4 and which is initially displayed, and the related tag are displayed. Thus, operability can be improved.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an image display method and device in an image document filing system for registering / searching documents, and more particularly to pages between images which are related to the currently displayed image. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an image display method and device that can be turned over easily and quickly to improve the operability of image processing.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In an image document filing system for registering and retrieving a document, while displaying an image of an arbitrary page, when it is desired to display an image of another page related to the image of the page or another document. It is necessary to return to the search screen display and perform the search operation again, or perform an operation such as "document turning" or "image turning" to find the corresponding image. Therefore, it takes a lot of time to search for other images or documents while displaying the image currently being worked on, that is, the image to be operated, and there is a problem that the operating efficiency is reduced.

As one method for solving such inconvenience, a so-called "bookmarking" function has been conventionally used. However, this "bookmarking" is "bookmarking" for the entire cabinet, and "bookmarking" cannot be performed for the image of each page.

That is, for example, when "bookmarks" are added to all the related images including an arbitrary page, if the related page "A" is displayed while the image of the arbitrary page is displayed, "Next" is displayed. When the image of the related page "A" is displayed by instructing "bookmark" and the original page is returned, the image of the original page is returned to the display by instructing "previous bookmark". In order to display the other related page "B", the "Next Bookmark" instruction is given several times to find the image of the related page "B", and in order to return to the original page, similarly, You will be given the "previous bookmark" instruction several times.

As described above, in the conventional "bookmarking" function, it is necessary to search for an image of a desired page while repeating the instruction of "next bookmark" and "previous bookmark" for a series of "bookmarked" images. However, since the operation of the folding function is troublesome, it is eventually used only as "bookmarking" for the cabinet. Moreover, in the conventional "Bookmark" function, related pages "A" and "B"
If and are completely unrelated, both of the documents that are not related to each other will have the same "bookmark".

As described above, according to the image display method in the conventional image document filing system for registering and retrieving documents, it is possible to "bookmark" the entire cabinet. However, since it is not possible to add such a "bookmark" to the image of any page, it is possible to quickly display between the image of any page currently displayed and another image that you want to display for reference or other purposes. However, there is an inconvenience that it cannot be displayed on the screen and the operability is low.

An "image turning" function is also known as an image display method in the image document filing system. In the "image flipping" function, the "next image" and the "previous image" are instructed to display the image next to the image currently displayed or the previous image on the screen.

FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram showing an example of a main configuration of an image display device of a document filing device having a conventional "image turning" function. In the figure, 1 is an image display instruction unit, 2 is an image flipping instruction unit, 3 is an image recording unit, 4 is an image storage register, 5 is a control unit, 6 is a search unit, and 7 is an image display unit.

The function of each part is as follows. The image display instruction section 1 and the image turning instruction section 2 are configured by a console section such as a keyboard or a pointing device for receiving an image display instruction or an image turning instruction from a user.

The image recording section 3 is an external recording medium for recording the image information of the document to be searched / registered, and is an external storage device such as a large-capacity optical disk or a hard disk for recording the image information read by the system. The image storage register 4 is a register that is temporarily read from the image recording unit 3 in accordance with an instruction from the image flipping instruction unit 2 in order to display image information of each image of images designated for image display.

The control unit 5 is a central unit composed of a central processing unit for controlling the entire image document filing system and each unit shown in FIG. 3, and also has a function of controlling input information. . The search unit 6 has a function of searching a corresponding image document according to the specified search condition and finding a specified image from the searched image document group.

The image display unit 7 is an output device such as a CRT display for displaying images and various work screens. Although not shown in FIG. 3, the image document filing system is also connected to a printer that prints retrieved images and the like as an output device.

FIG. 4 is a flow chart showing the main processing flow of image display in the image display apparatus of the conventional document filing apparatus. In the figure, # 1 to # 11 indicate steps.

In step # 1, search conditions are input. In the next step # 2, it is checked whether the search is completed. If the search is completed, the search operation is terminated.

If the search is not completed, step # 3
Proceed to and check if it is instructed to execute the search. If execution of the search is not instructed, the process returns to step # 1 again and the search condition is input.

When the execution of the search is instructed as a result of checking in step # 3, the search result is displayed on the screen in the next step # 4. In step # 5, an arbitrary document is designated among the displayed documents.

In the next step # 6, the image of the designated document is set in the register. In step # 7, the image of the designated document set in the register is displayed on the screen.

At step # 8, it is checked whether the next image turning is designated. When the next image turning is designated, the process returns to step # 6 again, and the image of the designated document is displayed on the screen. As a result of checking in step # 8, if the next image turning is not designated, it is checked in next step # 9 whether or not the end of image display is instructed.

If the result of checking in step # 9 is that there is an instruction to end image display, the process returns to step # 1 again, and the same processing is performed thereafter. If the end of image display is not instructed, the process proceeds to the next step # 10, and it is checked whether another command is selected.

As a result of checking in step # 10, if no other command is selected, the process returns to step # 8 again, and the same processing is performed thereafter. If another command is selected, the next step # 1
In step 1, other processing is performed, the process returns to step # 8 again, and the same processing is performed thereafter.

The image turning is executed by the above-mentioned steps # 1 to # 11. However, it is not possible to turn the image on a page-by-page basis, so you can quickly perform the same operation as so-called "page turning" between the image of the currently displayed arbitrary page and the other image you want to display for reference and other purposes. It is impossible to display it on the screen.

[0022]

In the present invention, such inconvenience that occurs in the image display device of the conventional document filing apparatus is solved, and not only the "bookmarking" to the entire cabinet but the present display is performed. The image of the page unit that is related to the image in terms of content,
It is an object of the present invention to provide an image display method having high operability, which can be quickly and accurately performed by the same operation as "page turning" (claim 1).

Further, at the time of displaying an arbitrary image, by pre-reading and developing the image information of the related page at the same time,
It is an object of the present invention to provide an image display method that enables an image of a desired page to be displayed more quickly and further improves operability (the invention of claim 2).

It is another object of the present invention to provide an image display device having these functions (the invention of claim 3).

[0025]

According to the present invention, firstly,
In an image document filing system equipped with a document registration / search function, when an image in a certain page unit is searched by adding a related tag for reading a series of images to an arbitrary image in page units When the information of the related tag is added to the image of the certain page unit, the image of the certain page unit and the related tag are displayed on the same screen, and when the related tag is selected / designated,
The page image corresponding to the related tag is directly displayed, and the page image corresponding to the related tag and the return tag for returning to the display of the original page image are displayed on the same screen, and the return tag is selected. -When specified, the image display method is characterized in that the original page image and the related tag are directly displayed on the same screen.

Secondly, in the first image display method, when an image in a certain page unit is searched, a page image to which a related tag corresponding to the image in a certain page unit is added is set in the certain page unit. The image display method is characterized in that the image is read out at the same time as the image and developed in a memory means such as an image register.

Thirdly, in the image document filing system having a document registration / search function, a related tag adding means for adding a related tag for reading a series of images to an arbitrary image in page units, An image of a certain page unit, comprising tag information storage means for storing information on the given related tag and display control means for simultaneously displaying selection items of the related tag on the display screen of the arbitrary image. When a related tag corresponding to the image in the certain page unit is attached, the page image to which the related tag is attached is simultaneously read out, and the image in the certain page unit and the related tag are retrieved. And are displayed on the same screen.

[0028]

According to the present invention, with respect to a registered / retrieved image document, a plurality of related tags are attached to any image on a page-by-page basis, and when the page is displayed, the related tags of the page are also displayed, and the tags are displayed on the image. By designating, a page related to an arbitrary page is directly displayed, and by designating a return tag, the original page can be displayed again.

As described above, by performing a plurality of taggings on an arbitrary page of an image, it is possible to quickly and easily perform image processing between a plurality of page images, as if "page turning" of one document. The image of the desired page can be accurately selected even when a series of images belong to a document having no relation to each other or when one image is referred to by many documents.

[0030]

Embodiments of the image display method and apparatus of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the drawings. This embodiment corresponds to the inventions of claims 1 to 3.

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram showing an embodiment of the main configuration of an image processing apparatus having a function of implementing the image display method of the present invention. Reference numerals in the drawing are the same as those in FIG. 3, and reference numeral 8 indicates a tag designating section.

In the image processing apparatus of FIG. 1, a tag designating section 8 is provided instead of the image turning instruction section 2 of FIG. 3 described in the conventional example. The image display instructing unit 1 and the tag designating unit 8 in FIG. 1 are each configured by a function of an input device such as a pointing device or a keyboard, and have a function of receiving an instruction to display which image. . Each of the other blocks performs the same operation as that in FIG. 3 except that the corresponding image is selected by the “tag” instead of the “image turning”.

Next, the operation of the image display method and apparatus of the present invention will be described. First, when the search conditions are set by the image display instruction unit 1 and the tag designation unit 8, a list of documents searched by the search unit 6 and searched is displayed on the screen of the image display unit 7.

When an arbitrary / desired image to be displayed is selected from this document list, the image display instructing section 1 displays the selection information, that is, the arbitrary image designated by the user and its associated tag as an image record. It is transmitted to the part 3. And
All the images corresponding to the related tags that can be displayed are transferred from the image recording unit 3 to the image storage register 4.

In this state, only the designated arbitrary image and the related tag are displayed on the screen of the image display section 7. It is possible to attach a plurality of related tags to each image in page units, such as A to n.

In the display state of the first page image, for example, when the displayed related tag "A" is specified by the tag specifying unit 8, the image corresponding to the related tag "A" stored in the image storage register 4 is displayed. And a return tag for returning to the original are displayed on the image display unit 7.

Further, when the return tag is selected, the initially displayed arbitrary image stored in the image storage register 4 and its associated tag are displayed. Similarly, when the related tag “B” is specified, the image corresponding to the related tag “B” stored in the image storage register 4 is further specified, and when the related tag “C” is further specified, the image recording unit 3 is displayed each time. The image corresponding to the related tag “C” stored in the image storage register 4 is displayed without accessing.

As described above, in the image display method and apparatus of the present invention, a preset number of related tags (functionally corresponding to the conventional "bookmark") are added to each image in page units. By doing so, so-called prefetching becomes possible, and by simply designating a desired tag on the screen, the image of the page corresponding to the tag can be immediately displayed. Moreover, this related tag can be attached to any document as long as it is a document registered in the document filing device, and can be attached in page units.

FIG. 2 is a flow chart showing the main processing flow of image display in the image display device of the document filing device of the present invention. In the figure, # 21- #
31 indicates a step.

At step # 21, search conditions are input.
In the next step # 22, it is checked whether the search is completed. If the search is completed, the search operation is terminated.

If the search is not completed, step # 2
Proceed to step 3 to check whether the execution of the search is instructed. If execution of the search is not instructed, the process returns to step # 21 again and the search condition is input.

If the execution of the search is instructed as a result of checking in step # 23, the search result is displayed on the screen in the next step # 24. In step # 25, an arbitrary document is designated for the displayed documents. The above operation is the same as the flow of FIG. 4 showing the conventional example.

In the present invention, in the next step # 26, the image of the designated document and its related image are set in the register. In step # 27, the image of the designated document set in the register and the related tag are displayed on the screen.

At step # 28, it is checked whether the related tag is designated. When the tag is designated, the process returns to step # 27 again, and the image of the designated document and the tag are displayed on the screen. If the tag is not specified as a result of checking in step # 28, it is checked in the next step # 29 whether or not an instruction to end the image display is given.

If the result of checking in step # 29 is that there is an instruction to end image display, the process returns to step # 21 again, and the same processing is performed thereafter. If the end of the image display is not instructed, the process proceeds to the next step # 30, and it is checked whether or not another command is selected.

As a result of checking in step # 30, if no other command is selected, the process returns to step # 28 again, and the same processing is performed thereafter. if,
If any other command is selected, the next step #
Other processing is performed in step 31 and the above step # 2 is performed again.
Returning to 8, the same processing is performed thereafter.

Comparing this FIG. 2 with the previous FIG. 4, in the case of the image turning (FIG. 4), when the "next image turning" is designated, the processes of steps # 6 to # 8 are repeated. Each time it is returned, the image recording unit 3, which is an external storage device, is accessed and transferred to the image storage register 4 each time.

On the other hand, according to the image display method of the present invention (FIG. 2) using the “related tag”, step # 2
In step 6, since the image corresponding to the related tag is stored in the image storage register 4, even if the related tag is designated, step #
It is not necessary to access the image recording unit 3 each time only by repeating the processes of 27 and # 28.

[0049]

According to the invention of claim 1, since the related tag is used, when an arbitrary image is displayed, it is possible to select the tag related to the image displayed on the screen at the same time. Thus, the related image can be directly displayed, and when the related image is displayed, the original image can be displayed again by selecting the return tag displayed at the same time.

Therefore, when it becomes necessary to display other related images while displaying an image of an arbitrary page, it is necessary to return to the search screen again to perform a search, turn a document or turn a page, as in the conventional case. Since it is possible to display images easily and quickly without having to search for the image you want to display with, for example, when you want to return to the original after a little reference, you can immediately return to the original page with one action. It is possible to return to the image and easily perform the operation of switching between the images.

Moreover, a plurality of documents refer to one image, or a related image for one image is
Even if it exists in a completely unrelated document, a related image can be attached and a page image can be displayed without concern.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the related image prefetching method prefetches and expands any image at the same time when it is displayed. Therefore, if a tag is selected, the corresponding image can be immediately displayed. It becomes possible, the display time is shortened, and the operability is improved.

According to the invention of claim 3, since an image display device which realizes the related tag and the related image prefetching method is obtained, the effect of the invention of claim 1 and the effect corresponding to the invention of claim 2 are obtained.
Obtained at the same time.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram showing an example of a main configuration of an image processing apparatus having a function of implementing an image display method of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a main processing flow of image display in the image display device of the document filing device of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram showing an example of a main part configuration of an image display device of a document filing device having a conventional “image turning” function.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a main processing flow of image display in the image display device of the conventional document filing device.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Image display instruction section 2 Image turning instruction section 3 Image recording section 4 Image storage register 5 control unit 6 Search Department 7 Image display section 8 tag specification section

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. In an image document filing system having a document registration / search function, a related tag for reading a series of images is attached to an arbitrary image in page units, and an image in a certain page unit is attached. When is searched for, when the information of the related tag is added to the image of the certain page unit, the image of the certain page unit and the related tag are displayed on the same screen, and the related tag is selected / designated. When it is done, the page image corresponding to the related tag is directly displayed, and the page image corresponding to the related tag and the return tag for returning to the display of the original page image are displayed on the same screen. When the return tag is selected / designated, the image display method is characterized in that the original page image and the related tag are directly displayed on the same screen. 2. The image display method according to claim 1, wherein when an image in a certain page unit is searched, a page image to which a related tag corresponding to the image in a certain page unit is attached is displayed in the image in the certain page unit. An image display method characterized by reading out at the same time and expanding in a memory means such as an image register. 3. An image document filing system having a document registration / retrieval function, and an associated tag assigning unit for assigning an associated tag for reading as a series of images to an arbitrary image in page units. A tag information storage unit that stores information of the related tag that has been created, and a display control unit that simultaneously displays selection items of the related tag on the display screen of the arbitrary image, and an image in a certain page unit is searched. When the related tag corresponding to the image of the certain page unit is attached, the page image to which the related tag is attached is read at the same time, and the image of the certain page unit and the related tag are read. An image display device characterized by displaying on the same screen.