JPH05342284A - Information filing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide the information filing device with improved operability from retrieval to reproduction by extracting binder provided with a retrieval system identical to the retrieval system of the binder specified at first from the all binders controlled by the device, retrieving picture information matched with retrieval conditions from the binders and displaying the retrieval result as one through an optical disk and the binder as a picture information list. CONSTITUTION:A binder extraction part 9 extracts the binder provided with the retrieval system identical to the retrieval system of the binder specified at first from a retrieval information control part 7 and a system control part 11 retrieves the picture information matched with the retrieval information inputted beforehand from the picture information corresponding to the retrieval information stored in the extracted binder. When the retrieval is completed, the system control part 11 accesses the retrieval result to a list preparation part 10 to be displayed at a CRT display 4.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information file device for registering a plurality of image information such as drawings and documents and selectively searching for desired image information.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As an information file device for promoting the rationalization of office work due to an increase in the amount of information, Sanyo Electric Technical Report Vo
l. 21, No. 1 (1989), image information such as drawings and documents is stored in a large-capacity storage medium such as an optical disc, and an information file device capable of retrieving and reproducing the image information from the optical disc or the like when required is provided. Being developed.

In such an information file device, image information and the search information such as the title of image information, registration date, and keyword are stored in an optical disc in association with each other, and the search information is effectively utilized at the time of search and reproduction. To search. Further, in order to increase the search speed, the search information can be stored in the hard disk in the information file device in which the read time is shorter than that of the optical disc, and the search can be performed more efficiently.

The amount of search information described above increases as the amount of information to be recorded increases. In order to manage this search information, in general, it is hierarchically subdivided within the storage area of the search information using the concept of cabinets, binders, etc. in the same way as when sorting and organizing ordinary paper documents. Manage. That is, as shown in FIG. 2, the cabinet is considered as one side of one optical disk, and this optical disk is divided into a plurality of binders (a storage area for search information having a search system composed of character items, keywords, dates, numerical values, etc.). The search information corresponding to each image information is stored and managed for each binder. In such an information file device, when searching / playing back image information, it is specified in advance which optical disk or binder is to be searched / played, and then the search information is input in the search system of the specified binder. Based on this, desired image information is efficiently searched.

Further, when retrieving and reproducing image information recorded over a plurality of optical discs and binders,
From all specified optical disks and binders, search all binders that have the same search system as the search system of the binder specified when entering the search information, and create a list of image information that matches the search information for each binder. The desired image information is reproduced by instructing the image information to be reproduced from the list.

[0006]

However, in the conventional information file apparatus as described above, when retrieving image information recorded on a plurality of optical discs, it is necessary to specify all the optical discs and binders to be retrieved. However, if the operator forgets the instruction and the optical disc or the binder on which the desired image information is recorded is not designated, the desired image information cannot be obtained. Therefore, the operator has to keep track of the optical disc and the binder to be searched, and there is a disadvantage that he cannot concentrate on the execution of the search process.

Further, since a list of image information obtained as a search result is created for each binder, when certain image information exists in a plurality of binders, the binder in which the image information exists is designated again, In other words, you have to display a list of image information for each binder,
Therefore, at the time of reproduction, operations such as displaying a list of image information, instructing image information to be reproduced, and instructing reproduction processing are repeated for each binder, which is very cumbersome and the operability of the apparatus is poor.

The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide an information file device having good operability by eliminating the above-mentioned problems.

[0009]

According to the present invention, a plurality of image information is stored in a removable storage medium in an information file device, and search information corresponding to the image information stored in the storage medium is stored in the storage medium. In the information file device, a first management unit that manages each storage area in units of a plurality of storage areas, and a second management unit that manages a search system set so that search information can be input in units of the storage areas, Specifying means for specifying a storage medium and the storage area;
Corresponding to extraction means for extracting a storage area having the same search system as the search system of the designated storage area from the first management means, and search information stored in the storage area extracted by the extraction means. Search means for searching image information that matches the specified search information among the image information,
A display unit for displaying image information and search information, and a list creating unit for displaying all or part of the searched image information on the display unit across the storage areas. Is.

Further, the list creating means is characterized by displaying the storage medium name in which the retrieved image information is stored on the display means.

[0011]

The information file device of the present invention extracts the binder having the same search system as the search system of the binder specified first from all the binders managed by the device, and the image matching the search condition is extracted from them. Information is searched, the search results are collectively displayed as an image information list through the optical disc and the binder, and desired image information is designated from the list and reproduced.

[0012]

1 to 5 show an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an information file device according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 corresponds to image information. FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing a storage hierarchy of search information, FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing storage contents of a search system, FIG. 4 is a flowchart diagram for explaining the search, and FIG. 5 is a search of image information recorded on a plurality of optical disks. It is a figure showing a list list of the obtained image information.

In FIG. 1, (1) is a scanner which inputs image information by scanning a document. (2)
Is an image memory for temporarily storing image information, and (3) is a keyboard for inputting titles of image information, search information such as registration date, and various control commands. (4) is a CRT displaying image information and various information (search result information list, etc.)
A display, (5) an optical disk recording / reproducing section for recording and reproducing a plurality of image information using the optical disk (6) as a storage medium, and (7) search information corresponding to the image information recorded on the optical disk (6). In the search information management section to manage,
The storage hierarchy is managed as shown in FIG. (8) is a search system management unit that stores a search system consisting of character items, keywords, dates, numerical values, and the like, and manages the stored contents as shown in FIG. 3, and for each binder, for example, the binder 1 of the optical disk 1 Stores a search system composed of character items, keywords, dates, and numerical values, and the binder 2 of the optical disk 1 stores a search system composed of character items, keywords, and numerical values. (9) is a binder extraction unit that extracts from the search information management unit (7) a binder having the same search system as the search system of a previously designated binder. (10) is a list creation unit, which is a binder extraction unit (9)
Of the image information corresponding to the search information stored in the binders, the image information matching the search information input first is searched from among the binders extracted by, and the search result is displayed on the CRT display (4). Display a list.
(11) is a system control unit that controls the entire apparatus such as recording, reading, and searching of image information and search information.

The registration of image information in such an information file device is performed as follows. Image information is
It is read in the form of image information by the scanner (1) and temporarily stored in the image memory (2). The image information stored in the image memory (2) is displayed on the CRT display (4) and is edited by operating the keyboard (3) as necessary. Next, search information (title name, added to the image information to be registered from the keyboard (3),
(Keyword, date, etc.) is input, the system control unit (11) causes the optical disc recording / reproducing unit (5) to record the image information on the optical disc (6), while the search information is stored in the search information management unit (7). It is controlled to be stored and registered. The search information in the search information management unit (7) at this time is stored in a predetermined position of the search information management unit (7) in a storage hierarchy as shown in FIG.

Next, a search for image information recorded over a plurality of optical discs will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

First, when an instruction to display a list of optical disks is given by the keyboard (3), the system control unit (11)
Displays a list of optical disks that can be processed by accessing the search system management unit (8) on the CRT display (4).
The operator designates a desired optical disk from the displayed optical disk list by using the keyboard (3) (S1). When the designation is made, the system control unit (11) accesses the retrieval system management unit (8) again, and this time displays a list of binders stored in the designated optical disc on the CRT display (4). The operator designates a desired binder from the displayed list of binders by using the keyboard (3) (S2). Then, the system control unit (11) displays a screen of the search system related to the binder on the CRT display (4) from the search system management unit (8) (S3). Subsequently, the operator inputs search information according to the search system (S4). When the input is completed, the keyboard (3) is instructed to that effect and the search processing is instructed (S
5) Do. When the instruction is made in this way, the system control unit (11) accesses the search system management unit (8) and checks whether or not the system has the same search system as the search system of the binder specified first (S6). If the search systems match, the binder extraction unit (9) controls the search information management unit (7) to extract the corresponding binder (S7), and repeats this operation for all binders (S8). .. The system control unit (11) searches the image information corresponding to the search information recorded in the extracted binder for the image information that matches the search information input previously (S9). Upon completion of the search, the system control unit (11) accesses the list creation unit (10) to perform CR.
T display (4) Display the search results as a list (S1
0) That is, as shown in FIG. 5, the list creation unit (10) collectively creates a corresponding number of serial numbers, registration dates, document names, and optical disk names on which image information is recorded, and CR
Display on the T display (4).

For reproduction of image information, the optical disk recording / reproducing unit (5) means that the keyboard (3) is instructed to the system control unit (11) of desired image information from the search result list displayed on the CRT display (4). Reads image information from the optical disc (6) and displays it on the CRT display (4).

In this embodiment, the case where the binder having the same search system as the specified binder search system is extracted from the binder systems of all the optical discs has been described. However, for example, one optical disc or two optical discs may be extracted. It may be limited to the binder system of the optical disc limited to the above.

[0019]

As described above, according to the present invention, a binder having the same search system as the search system of the binder specified when the search information is input is extracted from all the binders that can be managed by the apparatus and stored in them. The image information that matches the search information that was input first is searched from the image information that corresponds to the search information that is displayed, and the search results are not displayed in binder units, but are displayed collectively as a whole. It is possible to realize excellent operability such that image information can be efficiently obtained from search to reproduction without having to specify a binder one by one.

[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 schematic diagram showing a storage hierarchy of search information corresponding to image information.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing stored contents of a search system.

FIG. 4 is a flow chart diagram for explaining a search.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a list of image information obtained by a search.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Scanner 2 Image Memory 3 Keyboard 4 CRT Display 5 Optical Disk Recording / Playback Section 6 Optical Disk 7 Search Information Management Section 8 Search System Management Section 9 Binder Extraction Section 10 List Creation Section 11 System Control Section

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A plurality of image information is stored in a removable storage medium in an information file device, and search information corresponding to the image information stored in the storage medium is stored in a plurality of storage area units for each storage medium. An information file device comprising: a first managing unit for managing; and a second managing unit for managing a search system set so that search information can be input, in units of the storage areas, wherein the storage medium and the storage area are designated. Specifying means, extracting means for extracting a storage area having the same search system as the search system of the specified storage area from the first managing means, and the storage area extracted by the extracting means. Retrieval means for retrieving image information matching the designated retrieval information among the image information corresponding to the retrieval information, and a display means for displaying the image information and the retrieval information, etc. And,
An information file device, comprising: a list creating means for displaying all or a part of the searched image information across the storage areas on the display means. 2. The information file device according to claim 1, wherein the list creating means displays the storage medium name in which the searched image information is stored on the display means.