JPH06124338A - Method and device for registering document - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To successively record documents by arranging documents in order by the sizes of a document group of documents of different size, and controlling registration order according to the detection of partition paper between pages of the same size which are not successive. CONSTITUTION:The document group is separated into a document group 12 of size A4 and a document group 14 of size A3, the documents are arranged in order by the sizes, and the partition paper 16 with a discrimination mark is interposed between pages of the same size which are not successive. A scanner 20 reads the document group 12 of size A4, sheet by sheet, from the head document and a partition paper deciding means 34 stops the read of the document group 14 of size A4 once the partition paper 16 is read and places a scanner 22 in operation to start reading the document group 14 of size A3. Then the partition paper deciding means 34 stops the read by the scanner 22 once the partition paper 16 is read and makes the scanner 20 restart the reading operation. Therefore, image data are stored in an image memory 30 in the order of the documents.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a document registration method for reading a document group including a plurality of documents having different document sizes by a scanner, recording the document on an optical disk or the like, and registering the document, and an apparatus used directly for implementing this method. It is about.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art There is a widespread system in which a document is read by a scanner, recorded on an optical disk or the like, registered in advance, and the registered document is searched to read out the required document. In such a system, when one document has a mixture of A4 size and A3 size, for example, it is necessary to reset the read size and read each time when pages of different sizes are read. there were.

[0003]

However, in this case, the reading of the document must be stopped once every time the size of the document is different, which not only takes a long time to read, but also the operator must meet and change the reading size. Must be done. Therefore, there is a problem that work efficiency is poor.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and when a document having a mixed document size is read, recorded and registered, the reading of the scanner is reset for each page having a different size. An object of the present invention is to provide a document registration method capable of continuously reading and recording a document without the need. Another object of the present invention is to provide a document registration device used directly for carrying out this method.

[0005]

According to the present invention, an object of the present invention is to read a document group consisting of a plurality of document sizes and register the document as one unit. The document registration method is characterized in that a document group in which a partition sheet is inserted between pages that are not continuous is read, and the order of document registration is controlled according to the detection of the partition sheet.

Another object of the present invention is to read a document group consisting of a plurality of document sizes and register the document as one unit, and when the documents are arranged in order of the document size, the pages are not continuous with the same document size. The document registration device is characterized by comprising a reading device for reading a document group in which a partition sheet is inserted between and a control unit for controlling the order of document registration according to the detection of the partition sheet.

Here, the reading device is a plurality of scanners for reading documents having different document sizes, and the control means switches the document reading to the other scanners when each of the scanners detects the partition sheet, and the document group is read. It may be controlled to read and record in order.

Further, the reading device is one scanner for reading documents of different document sizes, and when the size switching paper inserted between the pages in which the document sizes of the document groups are not continuous is detected, the document sizes are switched to switch the document groups. In addition to reading and recording, the control means may control the order of document registration according to the detection of the partition paper and the detection of the size switching paper. In this case, the documents may be read in order, but pages of the same size may be collected and documents of the same size may be read collectively.

[0009]

Embodiment 1 FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the method and apparatus of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a document group to be read, and FIG.
Is a functional block diagram of this embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a document group of one unit of document. The document group 10 is a document in which an A4 size document group 12 and an A3 size document group 14 coexist, and as shown in FIG.
It is configured in the order of b, c, d, and e. Where a, c,
“E” indicates an A4 size document group, and “b” and “d” indicate an A3 size document group.

As shown in FIG. 1, the document group 10 is divided into an A4 size document group 12 and an A3 size document group 14,
The documents are arranged in order of document size. Further, the partition paper 16 is inserted between the pages having the same document size and not continuous. The document groups a, c, e and b, d of each document size are loaded into an auto feeder (not shown) or the like so that they can be read by the corresponding scanners 20 and 22, respectively.

In accordance with an operation instruction of one of the scanners 20 or 22 or an instruction to start reading from the keyboard 24 or the like, the computer (CPU) 26 activates the designated scanner 20 or 24, and the document group 1
0 is read one by one.

Here, since the leading document of the document group 10 is A4 size, reading from the scanner 20 is started. In this reading, the information for searching such as the document name, the number or the symbol used for searching is input from the keyboard 22 or the like.

The scanner 20 reads the A4 size document group 12 one by one from the first document, and the read image data is subjected to necessary image processing by the image processing means 28 and stored in the image memory 30. At this time, the aforementioned document name, number or symbol is stored in the address memory 32 together with the stored image address.

When the scanner 20 reads the continuous page group a of the A4 size document group 12 and then the partition paper 16, the partition paper determination means 34 causes the scanner 20 to read the next A4 size document group c. Then, the scanner 22 is operated to start reading the A3 size document group 14.

The scanner 22 sequentially reads the A3 size document group 14 one by one, and the read image data is subjected to necessary image processing by the image processing means 28 and stored in A previously.
The images of four sizes are subsequently stored in the image memory 30.

When the scanner 22 reads the continuous page group b of the A3 size document group 14 and then the partition paper 16, the partition paper determination means 34 causes the scanner 22 to read the A3 size document group d next. Then, the scanner 20 is operated to restart the reading of the A4 size document group 12.

When the scanner 20 reads the continuous page group c of the A4 size document group 12 and then the partition paper 16, the partition paper determination means 34 stops the scanner 20 from reading the next A4 size document group e. Then, the scanner 22 is operated to restart the reading of the A3 size document group 14.

In this way, even if the document group 10 has mixed document sizes, the partition sheet judging means 34 controls the reading and recording of the document group in the order of the document.
Stores image data in the order of documents. The document registration order, that is, the reading order in accordance with the detection of the partition plate 16 is, of course, controlled by the control means configured by the CPU 26.

The partition paper 16 may be provided with an identification mark (including optical and magnetic ones) that can be read at a fixed position. It may also be a plastic sheet or the like.

In the above embodiment, the case where the document size is two kinds has been described. However, when there are three kinds or more, the partition paper 16 may be any one that instructs the scanner to be operated next.

When searching, the document name, number or symbol is input from the keyboard 24 to enter C
The PU 26 retrieves the corresponding address from the address memory 32, reads the corresponding image data of the document group 10 stored from the image memory 30, and displays the image of the leading document on the image display device 36.

The operator looks at the image of the first document appearing on this screen to judge whether or not the target document group, and if it is the target document group, gives an instruction to display the next page, The documents contained in the document group can be seen one after another. Further, the image displayed on the image display device 36 can be output to the printer 38 as needed.

In this embodiment, the documents 12 and 14 having different A4 size and A3 size are alternately read in the document order. Therefore, the documents having different document sizes are mixed and recorded in the image memory 30 in a regular order. However, in the present invention, documents of different sizes may be recorded separately in different memory areas of the image memory 30, and the relationship between the documents may be recorded in the address memory 32 or the like. In this case, at the time of retrieval, the CPU 26, which is the control means, reads the associations of documents of different sizes from the address memory 32 or the like and causes the image display device 36 to display them in the correct order.

[0025]

Second Embodiment Next, another embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining another embodiment of the device of the present invention, and FIG. 5 is a functional block diagram thereof. In FIG. 4, the same numbers as in FIG. 1 have the same functions.

The case of FIG. 1 and the structure of the document group are the same as those of FIG. That is, the document group 10 is an A4 size document 12
And A3 size document 14 are mixed, and are composed in the order of a, b, c, d, and e as shown in the figure.

As shown in FIG. 4, the document group 10 is divided into an A4 size document group 12 and an A3 size document group 14,
The documents are arranged in order of document size. Further, the partition paper 17 is inserted between the lines which are not continuous in the same document size, and the size switching paper 18 is inserted between the pages whose document sizes are not continuous. Then, it is loaded into an auto feeder (not shown) or the like so that it can be read by the scanner 40.

The computer (CPU) 26 operates the scanner 40 in response to an operation instruction of the scanner 40 or an instruction to start reading from the keyboard 24 or the like, so that the document groups 10 are read one by one.

For this reading, search information such as a document name, number or symbol used for searching is input from the keyboard 24 or the like.

The scanner 40 reads the A4 size document group 12 one by one from the first document, and the read image data is subjected to necessary image processing by the image processing means 28 and stored in the image memory 30.

At this time, the above-mentioned document name, number or symbol is stored in the address memory 32 together with the stored image address.

When the scanner 40 reads the continuous page group a of the A4 size document group 12 and then the partition sheet 17, the partition sheet determination means 34 identifies it as the first page group of this document and addresses memory 32. To memorize.

The scanner 40 uses the A4 size document group 12
The continuous page group a is read, and then the continuous page group c of the A4 size document group 12 is read. The read image data is subjected to necessary image processing by the image processing means 28 and then the image memory 3
Stored in 0.

When the scanner 40 reads the page group c and the second sheet of partition paper 17, the partition sheet determination means 34 identifies the immediately preceding page group c as the third page group of the document and sets the address memory. 32.

In this way, the scanner 40 successively outputs A4
The size document group 12 is read, the read image data is subjected to necessary image processing by the image processing means 28, and the previously stored A4 size image is stored in the image memory 30.

Next, when the scanner 40 reads the size switching paper 18, the size switching determination means 42 determines that the document to be read next is A3 size, and switches the document reading size of the scanner 40 from A4 to A3 to read. Let it continue,
The continuous page group b of the A3 size document group 14 is read.
The read image data is subjected to necessary image processing by the image processing means 28 and stored in the image memory 30.

When the scanner 40 reads the first continuous page group b of the A3 size document group 14 and then the partition sheet 17, the partition sheet determination means 34 identifies this page group b as the second page group. Then, it is stored in the address memory 32.

Further, the scanner 40 uses the A3 size document group 1
After the page group b of 4 is read, the page group d of the next A3 size document group 14 is read, and the read image data is processed by the image processing means 2.
In step 8, necessary image processing is performed and stored in the image memory 30.

Next, when the scanner 40 reads the partition paper 17, the partition paper determination means 34 identifies this page group d as the fourth document group and stores it in the address memory 32.

In this way, the scanner 40 successively outputs A3
The size document group 14 is read, and the read image data is subjected to necessary image processing by the image processing means 28 and is stored in the image memory 30 after the previously stored A4 size image.

The partition paper 17 gives an identification signal as a break of a continuous page group to the address memory 32, and the size switching paper 18 sends a document size change signal to the address memory 32.
Give to.

Since the successive page groups a, c, e, b, d stored in the image memory 30 are identified as the document groups, the order of document registration is controlled by the control means including the CPU 26. There is.

In the search, by inputting the document name, the number or the symbol from the keyboard 24, the C
The PU 26 retrieves the corresponding address from the address memory 32, reads the corresponding image data of the document group 10 stored from the image memory 30, and displays the image of the leading document on the image display device 36.

In this embodiment, the image memory 30 is divided into memory areas of the same size and recorded. However, in the present invention, the page groups a to e are reedited in the correct order and then the image memory is re-edited. It may be recorded in 30.

[0045]

According to the invention of claim 1, even when a document having a mixed document size is read, recorded and registered,
Since the document can be continuously read and recorded without resetting the scanner reading for each different size document, the document can be efficiently registered. Also,
If the document to be read first is set in combination with a partition sheet, unattended reading can be performed, so that it is not necessary for the operator to be present during reading.

According to the second aspect of the invention, there is provided the document registration apparatus used directly for implementing the first aspect of the invention. Separate scanners may be prepared for different sizes, and each time a partition sheet is detected, the corresponding document size can be read by the corresponding scanner (claim 3).

Further, the size switching paper may be interposed between documents having different document sizes, and the reading size may be changed by one scanner, and when the scanner detects the size switching paper (claim 4). In this case, one scanner is enough.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the method and apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a document group to be read.

FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram of this embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the configuration of another embodiment.

FIG. 5: Functional block diagram

[Explanation of symbols]

 12 document group (A4 size) 14 document group (A3 size) 16, 17 partition paper 18 size switching paper 20, 22, 40 scanner 26 as a reading device 26 CPU as a control means 28 image processing device 30 image memory 32 address memory 34 Partition paper judging means 42 Size switching judging means

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A method of reading a document group consisting of a plurality of document sizes and registering the document as a unit, in which a partition sheet is inserted between pages that are arranged in order of document by document size and are not continuous in the same document size. A method for registering a document, which comprises: reading a group of documents that have been created and controlling the order of document registration according to the detection of the partition sheet. 2. An apparatus for reading a document group having a plurality of document sizes and registering the document as one unit, the document sheets are arranged in order of the document size, and a partition sheet is inserted between non-contiguous pages of the same document size. A document registration device, comprising: a reading device that reads the created document group; and a control unit that controls the order of document registration according to the detection of the partition sheet. 3. The reading device is a plurality of scanners for reading document groups having different document sizes, and the control unit switches the document reading to another scanner when each of the scanners detects the partition sheet to scan the document group. The document registration apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the documents are read and recorded in order. 4. The scanner is one scanner capable of reading document groups having different document sizes, and the document size is detected when a size switching paper inserted between pages in which the document size of the document group is not continuous is detected. 3. The document registration apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the control unit controls the order of document registration according to the detection of the partition paper and the detection of the size switching paper while switching and reading and recording the document group.