JPH0581329A - Image information processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To execute a ruffling-through display of plural different documents, and to simply confirm what kind of document is registered by forming image information as a page, recording it by a document unit and reading it out successively. CONSTITUTION:When an instruction of a head searching retrieval is inputted from a console 19, a signal for retrieving an arbitrary page of each document registered in an optical disk 20a is outputted successively from a CPU 11, an optical disk device 20 is controlled, and the corresponding image data is read out. The readout image data is recorded in a buffer memory 13a, and thereafter, sent to a compressing/expanding circuit 16, and the image data is expanded, and stored in a page memory 13. Thereafter, the data is stored in a display memory 14 through an image bus 12, and the page of the instructed document is displayed successively on a display device 21.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

 [Object of the Invention]

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an image information processing apparatus capable of flipping and displaying image information, for example.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As is well known, there has been developed an image information processing apparatus capable of reading out image information registered (recorded) on an optical disk and displaying it on a display or printing it out by a printer. ..

In this type of image information processing apparatus, the image information of each page in one document (document) already registered on the optical disk is sequentially read out and continuously displayed so as to be flipped over. Some are equipped with a flip display function (continuous search display).

However, the above flipping display is limited to one document, that is, it is not intended for a plurality of different documents. Therefore, when checking the contents of each document registered on the optical disc,
There was the inconvenience of actually having to search the documents one by one.

[0005]

As described above, in the past, there was a drawback in that it was not possible to easily know what kind of content a document was registered.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide an image information processing apparatus capable of flipping over a plurality of different documents and easily knowing what kind of document is registered. [Constitution of Invention]

[0007]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, in the image information processing apparatus of the present invention, a recording means capable of recording image information as a page and recording this in document units. A reading means for reading image information of an arbitrary page from each document recorded in the recording means, and a display means for continuously displaying the image information of an arbitrary page of each document read by the reading means. Has been done.

[0008]

According to the present invention, since the respective documents can be successively displayed by flipping display by the above-mentioned means, the contents can be confirmed without reading the documents one by one.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows the configuration of an image information processing apparatus according to the present invention.

That is, the image information processing apparatus has a page memory (PM) 13, which is connected to the CPU 11 via an image bus 12 for controlling the CPU 11 and the image bus 12.
Display memory (DM) 14, scaling circuit 15
In addition, a compression / expansion circuit (CODEC) 16, a scanner interface (Scanner I / F) 17, a printer interface (Printer I / F) 18, a console 1 as an input device such as a keyboard and a mouse.
9, an optical disk device 20, a CRT display device (display) 21, a scanner 22, a printer 23, and the like. The CPU 11 performs various controls for recording, searching, and editing processing of image data (image information).

The page memory 13 is a memory for temporarily storing, for example, image data to be recorded on the optical disc 20a or image data read from the optical disc 20a. The page memory 13 stores image data for several pages of A4 size original (document). It has a corresponding storage capacity and functions as an image memory. The page memory 13 is provided with a buffer memory 13a.
Via the optical disk device 20 via the optical disk 20a
The image data to be recorded in is transferred.

The display memory 14 is for temporarily storing image data to be displayed by the CRT display device 21. In the display memory 14, for example, enlargement, reduction, rotation, insertion, black-and-white inversion of image data actually displayed in a window in the display window on the CRT display device 21, that is, image data in the page memory 13 is displayed. The applied image data is stored.

The enlarging / reducing circuit 15 is provided with, for example, image data read from the optical disk 20a or the scanner 2
Image data read by 2 or input, or CR
The image data displayed on the T display device 21 is subjected to processing such as enlargement and reduction.

A compression / expansion circuit 16 connected to the enlargement / reduction circuit 15 performs an encoding process for compression (reduction of redundancy) of image data and expansion (restores the reduced redundancy). It is for performing a decoding process for performing.

Console 1 connected to the CPU 11
Reference numeral 9 designates unique retrieval information for image data consisting of code data and image data to be recorded on the optical disc 20a, recording, retrieval,
It is used to input various operation commands such as edit processing. In addition, by using a mouse, for example, the CRT display device 2
By moving the cursor (not shown) displayed in the display window on 1 vertically and horizontally and giving an instruction at the desired position, the contents of the display where the cursor is located (various modes) Or area designation or icon for image editing) is selected or instructed.

The optical disk device 20 records (registers) image data read by the scanner 22 and code data input by the console 19 on the optical disk 20a. In addition, image data corresponding to the search information designated by the console 19 is recorded on the optical disc 2
0a is searched.

The address position, image size, etc. of each image data on the optical disk 20a is managed by the CPU 11 in document units. In this case, the image data are in a one-to-one correspondence as the pages that make up the document.

The CRT display device 21 is, for example, a cathode ray tube display device, and displays image data read by the scanner 22 or code data or image data read by the optical disk device 20. The CRT display device 21 is a multi-window type display device capable of simultaneously displaying four image data by using a maximum of four windows in a display area for displaying image data. The image data displayed in each window can be independently edited such as enlargement, reduction, rotation and scrolling.

The scanner 22 is, for example, a two-dimensional scanning device, and obtains an electric signal according to image data on the original by two-dimensionally scanning the original with a laser beam.

The printer 23 prints out image data read from a document, code data and image data read from the optical disk 20a, image data displayed on the CRT display device 21, or the like. In other words, it is output as a hard copy. Next, the operation of the above configuration will be described. FIG. 2 shows an operation related to flipping display of a plurality of different documents.

For example, it is now assumed that an instruction for a cue search is input from the console 19. Then, the optical disc 20
A signal for searching, for example, only the first page of each document registered in a is sequentially output from the CPU 11.

In this case, first, the optical disc apparatus 20 is controlled by a signal for retrieving the first page of the first document, and the image data corresponding to the first page of the first document is read from the optical disc 20a. The read image data is stored in the buffer memory 13a and then sent to the compression / expansion circuit 16 via the image bus 12. As a result, the compressed image data is expanded.

The decompressed image data is again stored in the page memory 13 via the image bus 12.
After that, the first page of the first document is stored in C by being stored in the display memory 14 via the image bus 12.
It is displayed by the RT display device 21.

Similarly, the first page of the second document and the first page of the third document are sequentially read and displayed one after another. This makes it possible to continuously display only the first page of a plurality of different documents, as if the documents were flipped over. Therefore, it is possible to easily and quickly know the outline of what document is registered on the optical disc 20a. As described above, each document can be continuously displayed by the flip display.

That is, each image data is retrieved from a plurality of different documents, read out, and displayed in order. This makes it possible to check the outline of each document without reading the document one by one. Therefore, it is possible to easily understand what kind of document is registered on the optical disc.

In the above embodiment, the cue (1
Although the flipping display by the (page) search has been described as an example, the invention is not limited to this, and an arbitrary page such as the second page or the third page can be displayed. Further, not only one page but also a plurality of pages can be flipped and displayed. Further, the order of searching for documents may be designated, such as the oldest order of registration, the newest order, the AIUEO order, or the nth order or the nth.
It is also possible to interrupt the search during the flipping display, that is, to display one image data for a long time. Alternatively, the display time of the image data may be determined, and the display of the next image data may be performed by detecting the end of the display of one image data. Further, it is possible to display a plurality of image data at the same time or with a time difference by using the multi-window function. Of course, various modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention.

[0027]

As described above in detail, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide an image information processing apparatus capable of flipping display of a plurality of different documents and easily knowing what document is registered. ..

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an image information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram similarly shown for explaining an example of the operation.

[Explanation of Codes] 11 ... CPU, 13 ... Page memory (PM), 13a ...
Buffer memory, 14 ... Display memory (DM),
16 ... Compression / expansion circuit, 19 ... Console, 20 ... Optical disk device, 20a ... Optical disk, 21 ... CRT display device.

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Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A recording means capable of recording image information as a page and recording this in document units, and a reading means for reading out image information of an arbitrary page from each document recorded in the recording means. An image information processing apparatus comprising: a display unit that continuously displays image information of an arbitrary page in each document read by the reading unit.