JPH06274553A - Information retrieval device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To quickly retrieve a desired document by quickly finding a binder provided with the desired document. CONSTITUTION:A selected retrieval information screen is displayed by specifying an information retrieval mode and specified information is read. For instance, a binder list selected between a list by which a lot of binders can be displayed on one screen and a detail list by which the detail information of each binder can be referred to, the list with a lot of the binders displayable of one screen for instance, is displayed on a CRT 45 as a binder selecting screen and the desired binder is selected by a mouse 44 on the binder selecting screen. The selected binder is displayed as a document retrieval screen and the desired document us selected and visibly displayed, for instance, displayed on the screen of the CRT 45 or outputted from a printer 46 as a hard copy.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information retrieving device for retrieving information contained in, for example, a binder in an image recording device such as an electronic filing device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art For example, when searching and reading out a desired document from a plurality of documents recorded in an electronic filing apparatus, one binder is first selected from a plurality of binders,
Next, a method of selecting a desired document from this binder is performed. The selection of the binder is performed by the operator selecting one binder with reference to the binder list that displays a plurality of binders. Binder numbers, binder names, modes, etc. are displayed in this binder list, but in general, the amount of information about each binder is large, so the number of binders that can be displayed on one screen is small, and therefore the operator can display all binders. In order to view the binder on the binder list, it is necessary to turn over the binder list, which is troublesome and time-consuming, which is very inconvenient.

[0003]

As described above, when a desired document is retrieved and read out from a plurality of documents recorded in the conventional electronic filing apparatus, one binder is first selected from a plurality of binders. In addition, in order for the operator to see all the binders on the binder list, it is necessary to turn over the binder list, which is troublesome and time-consuming, which is very inconvenient.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide an information retrieval apparatus capable of promptly finding a binder containing a desired document and quickly retrieving the desired document.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention at least selectively displays a binder list that can display a large number of binders and a binder detail table that has a small number of binders but contains a large amount of each binder. By doing so, the present invention provides an information retrieval device capable of selecting a display method suitable for the purpose.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, a menu having a means for designating an information search mode and a selection branch of at least two types of search information having different details in the designated information search mode is displayed on the display screen. , A means for displaying the selection screen of the search information of the selected one of the displayed selection branches, and the specified information of the displayed search information is read from the information recording section and is visible. An information retrieving apparatus comprising: an output unit.

According to the second embodiment of the present invention, the two types of search information having at least different levels of detail are search information such as binders displayed in a table format, and the number of binders that can be displayed on one screen. The information retrieval apparatus is configured to include a list having a large number of items and a detailed table that can refer to detailed information for each binder.

According to the third embodiment of the present invention, the means for designating the information search mode and the means for designating one of the selection branches of at least two types of search information having different details in the designated information search mode. And means for displaying a selection screen of the search information of the specified selection branch, and means for reading out the specified information of the displayed search information from the information recording unit and visually outputting it. And an information retrieval device configured as follows.

According to the fourth embodiment of the present invention, a screen for displaying a menu having means for designating an information search mode and a selection branch of at least two types of search information having different details in the designated information search mode is displayed. Means for displaying above, means for displaying a selection screen for the selected search information of the displayed selection branches, and switching of the displayed selection branch to the other selection branch and selection of corresponding search information A means for displaying a screen, a means for reading out the specified information out of the displayed search information from the information recording section and visually outputting it,
An information retrieval device characterized by comprising:

[0010]

According to each of the above-mentioned configurations, by selecting the information search mode, one of a list with a large number of binders that can be displayed on one screen and a detailed table with which detailed information for each binder can be referred to is selected. The selected binder list, for example, a list with a large number of binders that can be displayed on one screen is displayed as a binder selection screen, and a desired binder is selected on this binder selection screen. The selected binder is displayed as a document search screen and the desired document is selected and displayed visually, eg, displayed on the screen, or output as a hard copy.

[0011]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment in which the present invention is applied to an electronic filing apparatus will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the hardware of the electronic filing apparatus. Electronic filing device 10
Is a control unit 20 centered on the CPU 21 and a keyboard 4
3, and an input / output unit 40 such as a CRT display device 45.

The input / output unit 40 includes a scanner device 41, an optical disk device 41, a keyboard 43, a mouse 44, and a CRT.
It is composed of a display device 45 and a printer device 46. The keyboard 43 and the mouse 44 are the control unit 2
0 to the CPU 21.

In the control unit 20, image storage, retrieval,
The optical disk device 42 is connected to the system bus 22 connected to the CPU 21 that performs various controls for editing processing and the like.
Optical disk interface 2 for connecting the CPU 21 and the CPU 21
3, a main memory 24 for storing various control programs such as image storage, retrieval, and editing, and management information, and a CRT
A display memory 2 which is a display interface for temporarily storing an image displayed by the display device 45.
5, an image memory 26, an image processing unit 27, a scanner interface 28 for the scanner device 41, a printer interface 29 for the printer device 46, and other external devices such as an image filing device, a facsimile device, and a personal computer. Network interface 3 for
0 and a hard disk 31 that is a large-capacity magnetic storage device
It consists of and.

The scanner device 41 is a two-dimensional scanning device, which obtains an electric signal (image data) corresponding to an image on the original by scanning the original (document) two-dimensionally with a laser beam. The optical disc device 42 sequentially stores the images of the original read by the scanner device 41 on the optical disc. Further, the optical disc is searched for an image corresponding to the search code designated by the keyboard 43 or the like. The keyboard 43 is used to input a unique search code corresponding to an image stored on the optical disc and various operation commands such as storage, search, and edit processing. The mouse 44 is used to arbitrarily move, for example, a cursor displayed on the display window of the CRT display device 45 to select or instruct various operation modes, area designation for image editing, and the like.

The CRT display device 45 displays the image read by the scanner device 41 and the image retrieved from the optical disk. The printer device 46 is
The image read by the scanner device 41, the image retrieved from the optical disk, or the image displayed on the CRT display device 45 is printed out (hard copy). The hard disk device 31 stores various control programs on the magnetic disk mounted on the hard disk device 31, and stores the search code input from the keyboard 43 and the storage address and the image size on the optical disk where the image corresponding to the search code is stored. It stores search data including search information, that is, search information. The electronic image filing device 10 is connected to other electronic image filing devices 100 and 200 via a public line 50.

Next, the operation for retrieving and retrieving the document recorded in the optical disk device 42 of the electronic filing apparatus 10 configured as described above will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 2 to 4.

The image information recorded in the optical disk device 42 consists of a "document" in which several page images are grouped together and given a title, and is managed as a "binder" in which several documents are grouped together. ing. Therefore, the general procedure of the search operation is as follows. (Fig. 4
STEP 0: Initial setting STEP 1: Binder selection STEP 2: Document selection STEP 3: Image display The information display format that the operator refers to when selecting a binder is (1) List format (Fig. 2). ): Display the binder number, name, and attributes (media type, etc.) (2) Detailed table format (Fig. 3): Display the binder number, name, the name of the terminal using the binder and the operation mode used. Types are offered.

The table format shown in FIG. 2 has a small amount of information for one binder, but the number of binders that can be displayed on one screen is large, and it is suitable when the user wants to see the whole or when the target binder is known in advance. ing. The detailed table format shown in FIG. 3 has a small number of binders that can be displayed on one screen, but is suitable when it is desired to select a binder by referring to the detailed information of each binder.

The default display format is the main memory 2
4 is stored in the mode setting file provided in FIG. 4 and is determined by the CPU 21 by reading this file at the time of starting the business. The mode setting file can be rewritten by the mode setting task. According to the read mode setting file, a menu (not shown) for selectively designating the list or the detailed table shown in FIG. 2 or 3 is displayed, and the operator is inquired to designate the binder selection screen.

After the binder selection screen shown in FIG. 2 or 3 is displayed, the display format can be switched with the mouse 44 by using the menu "binder list switching" on the right side of each screen. Here, in the menus shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the “attribute” is in a list format and the “situation” is in a detailed table format.

Generally, the amount of information about one binder is small, but in many cases, the list format display with a large number of binders that can be displayed on one screen is selected first. First, the CPU 21 automatically performs
If necessary, the display format may be switched with the mouse 44 by using the “status” of the menu “binder list switching” on the right side of the list format screen. On the contrary, when the total number of binders is small, the detailed table format shown in FIG. 3 may be automatically displayed in order to select the binder by referring to the detailed information of each binder. good.

The operator refers to the information in the display format according to the need in one of the binder selection screens shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, decides the binder to be selected, and selects the binder number to be opened from the keyboard 43 or the mouse 44. Enter using. As a result, the binder of the selected number is read from the optical disc device 42 and displayed on the CRT 45. The operator selects a desired document from the displayed binders, displays it on the CRT 45, or takes it out from the printer 46 as a hard copy.

[0024]

As described above, according to the present invention,
A display method can be selected according to the operator's search purpose. When you select the display format of the list, you can simply select the desired binder by simply referring to the list, and the number of operations to flip through the table will be small even if the number of binders increases slightly. It disappears. Also,
The number of items that can be viewed on one screen increases, making it easier to see the whole. Since it is possible to switch to the detailed table on the spot when the information is insufficient with the list alone, it is possible to provide an information retrieval device having many advantages such as selection that makes use of the advantages of both formats.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an electronic filing device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a list that is one of binder selection screens.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a detailed table which is one of binder selection screens.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 to 3.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 ... Electronic filing device, 20 ... Control part, 21 ... C
PU, 22 ... System bus, 40 ... Input / output unit, 42 ... Optical disk device, 43 ... Keyboard, 44 ... Mouse, 45
… CRT.

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A means for designating an information search mode, and a means for displaying a menu having a selection branch of at least two types of search information having different details in the designated information search mode on a display screen. A means for displaying a selection screen for the search information of the selected one of the selection branches, and a means for reading out the specified information of the displayed search information from the information recording unit and visually outputting it are provided. An information retrieval device characterized by: 2. The at least two types of search information having different levels of detail are search information such as binders displayed in a table format, and a list having a large number of binders that can be displayed on one screen and a binder for each binder. The information retrieving apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a detailed table that can refer to detailed information. 3. A means for designating an information search mode, a means for designating one of two types of selection branches of search information of at least different levels of detail in the designated information search mode, and search information of the designated selection branch. An information retrieval device comprising: means for displaying the selection screen of 1 .; and means for reading out specified information of the displayed retrieval information from the information recording unit and visually outputting it. 4. A means for designating an information search mode, a means for displaying a menu having a selection branch of at least two types of search information having different details in the designated information search mode on a display screen, A means for displaying the selection screen of the selected search information of the selection branches, and a means for switching the displayed selection branch to the other selection branch and displaying the selection screen of the corresponding search information are displayed. An information retrieving apparatus comprising: a unit that reads out designated information of retrieval information from an information recording unit and visually outputs it.