JPH0535466B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Technical Field of the Invention] The present invention relates to an image information file device that enables coded image information to be read and searched.

[Technical background of the invention and its problems] Recently, word processors and computer graphics have made remarkable progress.

These generate image information such as documents and drawings as code data, making it possible to mechanize the proofreading and editing of these documents and drawings, and also to make use of past materials.

Incidentally, such coded image information is filed and placed under predetermined management, and in this state is searched and used as necessary.

In this case, keywords are attached to each piece of information to enable automatic processing, and the information can be searched by specifying these keywords.

However, assigning keywords to each piece of information in this way requires a lot of effort and trouble when the amount of information increases. Therefore, in place of such a search using keywords, a method has been considered that corresponds to a flip-through search used for so-called general documents, in which images are displayed one by one and the search is performed while looking at the images. However, since it takes a relatively long time to generate an image from coded information, when the amount of information to be searched increases, the search also takes a long time, resulting in a significant drop in work efficiency.

[Purpose of the invention]

The present invention has been made to eliminate the above-mentioned drawbacks, and an object of the present invention is to provide an image information file device that allows coded image information to be flipped through and searched at high speed.

[Summary of the invention]

The image information file device according to the present invention records the code information for generating an image and the image information generated corresponding thereto in a recording means, reads out the image information from the recording means, and displays it on the display means. By displaying the information, the user can search for the corresponding code information while looking at the displayed content.

〔Effect of the invention〕

According to this invention, the code information can be searched by displaying the image information on the display means, so the code information can be retrieved regardless of the image generation speed of the means for generating the image from the coded image information. You can flip through it at high speed. This greatly eliminates the troublesome work of assigning keywords to code information one by one, and allows the search process to be carried out with the same efficiency as the page-over search used to search general documents. This coded image information can be managed under the same file system as image information recorded on paper, greatly contributing to improving office efficiency and intellectual productivity in various tasks. can do.

[Embodiments of the invention]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

In FIG. 1, 1 is a CPU, and a data bus 2 is connected to this CPU 1. A keyboard 3, FDD 4, code file memory 5, and image file memory 6 are connected to this data bus 2. Here, the code file memory 5 records code information for generating an image of a document or the like created with a word processor or the like. Further, the image file memory 6 records an image generated corresponding to the code information recorded in the code file memory 5 as image information such as a video signal. In this case, the code file memory 5 and the image file memory 6 are, for example, a disk recording medium used for an optical video disk or a digital audio disk, and for example, as shown in FIG. Image information is recorded for the file memory 6, and code information is recorded for the even sector 72 for the code file memory 5. The modulation method and error correction coding method here are common to the odd-numbered sectors 71 and the even-numbered sectors 72, so that image information and code information can be used separately depending on the sector signal at the time of use. In this case, the recording format on the disk 7 can be divided into areas such as the inside and outside of the disk 7, or the two signals can be time-division multiplexed and recorded in a composite manner, in short, in a format that allows the two pieces of information to be separated. Any other method may be used as long as it is a recording method. Further, as an information recording medium, not only a magnetic disk but also a semiconductor memory or the like can be used.

Returning to FIG. 1, a database 8 is connected to the data bus 2. This database 8 stores a correspondence table between the storage addresses of the contents of the code file memory 5 and the image file memory 6, and attribute data such as classification codes and registration dates.

The data bus 2 also includes a graphics generator 9, a scaling circuit 10, and a page buffer 11.
and a display buffer 13 having a display 12 are connected thereto, and an image bus 14 is connected to the graphic generator 9, enlargement/reduction circuit 10, page buffer 11, display buffer 13, and the image file memory 6. Here, the graphic generator 9 is a normal computer graph that receives data from the code file memory 5, generates figures and characters according to the code data at this time, and generates one screen of image information. A pattern generator for printing is used.

Next, its operation will be explained.

For convenience of explanation, it is assumed that the operator has a classification code table for images stored in the apparatus, and that all images are managed using this classification code.

First, the case of new registration to a file will be described.

Assuming that code information for new image generation is now given from a floppy disk, the floppy disk is set in the FFD4.

In this state, when an instruction to register is given using the keyboard 3, the FDD 4 is driven by the CPU 1 and the contents of the floppy disk are sequentially read. This read data is given to the graphics generator 9, where it is converted into an image and then stored in the page buffer 11. Here, if there is a reduction command from the CPU 1, the information from the page buffer 11 is applied to the enlargement/reduction circuit 10, reduced, and sent to the display buffer 13. Also, if there is no such command, page buffer 11
The information is sent directly to the display buffer 13. As a result, one screen of code information from the floppy disk is visualized and displayed on the display 12.

After checking the display 12, the operator instructs an appropriate classification code using the keyboard 3. Then, according to instructions from CPU1, FDD4 is activated again.
is driven and the same contents as mentioned above are read from the floppy disk, this read data is sent to the code file memory 5 and is filed, and at the same time, a correspondence table between accommodation addresses and classification codes in this memory 5 is stored in the database 8. Ru.

On the other hand, the contents of the page buffer 11 are read out in response to a command from the CPU 1, and are recorded at an appropriate address in the image file memory 6 as image information. Further, the image information address recorded in this memory 6 is added to the above-mentioned correspondence table in the database 8. As a result, the code information for new image generation read from the floppy disk is registered in the code file memory 5 and the image file memory 6 in a corresponding manner. In this case, these memories 5 and 6 are configured on a common disk 7 shown in FIG.
Furthermore, image information in the image file memory 6 is recorded in odd-numbered sectors 71, respectively.

Thereafter, when code information for new image generation is registered in the same way, image information corresponding to this code information will be recorded.

Next, the case of searching for code information will be described. First, when the operator specifies a classification code to be searched for using the keyboard 3, the CPU 1 sequentially outputs addresses of the image file memory 6 corresponding to the current classification code based on the correspondence table in the database 8. When a predetermined address is now given to the image file memory 6, the corresponding image information is read out and stored in the page buffer 11. Here, when there is an instruction to enlarge or reduce from the CPU 2, the information in the page buffer 11 is given to the enlargement/reduction circuit 10, and after being enlarged or reduced, it is sent to the display buffer 13; if there is no such instruction, the information in the page buffer 11 is The information is sent as is to the display buffer 13. As a result, the image information read out from the image file memory 6 is displayed on the display 12. Thereafter, in the same manner, when addresses corresponding to the classification codes are given to the image file memory 6, the corresponding images are sequentially read out and displayed on the display 12.

The operator checks the images displayed on the display 12 one by one. Then, a specific key on the keyboard 3 is operated while an image deemed necessary is displayed. Then, the code information of the image at this time is read out from the code file memory 5 by this key output.

In this case, the code information can be taken out directly from the data bus 2, or it can be converted into an image via the graphics generator 9 and then transferred to the image bus 2.
4, it can be extracted as image information. This completes the search for encoded image information.

In this way, the code information that generates an image and the image information that is generated correspondingly are recorded as a pair, and the code information can be searched by reading out the image information and displaying it on the display. Therefore, coded image information can be searched through high-speed flip-through searches in the same way as when flip-through through general documents.

It should be noted that the present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiments, but can be implemented with appropriate modifications without changing the gist. For example, above we described an example of using classification codes as search clues, but document format, type, etc.
You can use various attributes such as recipient, date, etc. to further narrow down the search range using these as clues, and then flip through the page. Further, in the above description, code information for generating a new image is obtained from a floppy disk, but it may also be obtained online through a LAN or the like. Furthermore, it is also possible to employ a normal image processing technique for recording band-compressed image information in the above-mentioned image file memory 6. Furthermore, the disk recording medium for recording the above-mentioned coded information and image information is, for example, one in which a thermofusible thin film is formed as a recording film 16 on the surface of a substrate 15, as shown in FIG. A recorded area 161 in which image information and code information are recorded in pairs using the above-described method may be formed in a part of the inside, and a final recording area 162 may be formed outside. If such a disk is used, coded image information is searched for using image information recorded in advance using a write-once optical disk memory device, and after being subjected to processing such as proofreading, editing, and correction, it is stored in the recording area 162 at the end. You can also do things like re-record. Furthermore, although the above description has consistently given an example in which the code file memory 5 and the image file memory 6 are configured using a common recording medium, it is also possible to provide these memories 5 and 6 independently.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a block diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a diagram for explaining the recording state of a recording medium used in the same embodiment, and Fig. 3 is a diagram used in another embodiment of the invention. FIG. 2 is a schematic configuration diagram showing a recording medium. 1...CPU, 2...Data bus, 3...Keyboard, 4...FDD, 5...Code file memory, 6...Image file memory, 7...Disk, 71, 72...Sector, 8... Database, 9... Graphics generator, 10...
Enlargement/reduction circuit, 11...Page buffer, 12...
...Display, 13...Display buffer, 14...Image bus, 15...Board, 16...
Recording film, 161... Recorded area, 162... Unrecorded area.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. A device comprising means for recording code information for generating an image and image information generated corresponding to this information, and means for reading image information from this means and displaying it, An image information file device characterized in that code information corresponding to the image information is searched from the image information displayed by this means. 2. The image information file device according to claim 1, wherein the recording means includes a code file memory for recording code information and an image file memory for recording image information. 3. The recording means comprises a disk recording medium,
An image information file device according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that image information and code information are respectively recorded in the same medium.