JPH06314298A - Picture filing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To suffice both the setting of retrieval condition and an input operation one time at the time of continuously retrieving the picture of the required condition by recording retrieval condition information in a recording part, then, comparing retrieval condition information with information to be retrieved after accepting information to be retrieved and outputting the information at the time of coincidence. CONSTITUTION:When retrieval condition information is accepted in an information input part 105 and stored in an information storage part 106, retrieval condition information is recorded by a retrieval reservation storage part 107. Picture data and register information are made to correspond so as to be inputted and information to be retrieved which is generated from register information and picture data are made to correspond so as to be recorded by a picture recording part 103, retrieval condition information recorded in the retrieval reservation recording part 107 is read and retrieval condition information is compared with information to be retrieved by a retrieval executing part 108. In the result of comparison, when both coincide, data to the effect are transmitted to an output part 104 and the retrieval condition information is displayed and outputted.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an image filing apparatus for recording a large number of images. More specifically, the present invention relates to an improvement in a method of searching for a desired image from filed images.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when it is desired to obtain a desired image that meets a condition from images recorded in an image file device, an operator sets a search condition each time and inputs it to the image file device. ing. As a result, the search is executed, and the images satisfying the conditions are searched from the images recorded in the apparatus by the time of the search.

[0003]

In the conventional image file apparatus, only the image recorded at the time when the operator executes the search is the search target. Therefore, the image newly recorded after the search by the operator is not the target of the search. Therefore, even if the operator continuously desires to acquire images satisfying the same condition, the operator must input the search condition into the image file device each time, which is troublesome.

The present invention has been made in consideration of the above circumstances, and in the case where it is desired to continuously search for an image satisfying a desired condition, the operator sets the search condition and inputs the search condition. , Aim to be sufficient at one time.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The apparatus of the present invention has a condition that a desired image is not recorded at the time when an operator searches, or even if a desired image can be searched, the condition is satisfied thereafter. By storing the search conditions in the device when it is desired to continuously obtain image information that meets the requirements, a search is automatically executed every time the image information is recorded, and the operator is automatically notified. It is a notification.

That is, the image filing apparatus of the present invention includes an image input section for receiving the received image data, an image memory section for storing the image data received by the image input section, and information for receiving the received information. An input unit, an information storage unit that stores information received by the information input unit, image data stored in the image memory unit, and registration information stored in the information storage unit in association with the image data. When the information is stored, an image recording unit for recording the searched information generated from the registration information in association with the image data, an output unit for displaying an image or a character, and the information storage unit. If the search condition information is stored, a search reservation recording unit that records the search condition information, and if the searched information is recorded in the image recording unit in association with the image data, the search reservation record If the search condition information stored in the image storage unit is read and stored by the information storage unit, the search condition information stored in the image storage unit is compared with the searched information stored in the image recording unit. And a control unit for transmitting the data related to the information to the output unit and displaying the data when the information corresponding to the result of the comparison in the search execution unit exists.

As described above, the search execution unit executes the search (comparison of the search condition information and the searched information) when the search condition information is stored in the information storage unit. There are the following two cases in which the condition information is stored. One is a case where the search condition information received by the information input unit is stored, and this is a case where the search condition information is input by the operator. The other one is a case where the search condition information recorded in the search reservation recording unit is read and stored, which is the case of the reservation search of the present invention.

[0008]

When the search condition information is received by the information input unit and stored in the information storage unit, the search condition information is recorded by the search reservation recording unit. When the image data and the registration information are input in association with each other, and the searched information generated from the registration information and the image data are associated with each other and recorded by the image recording unit, they are recorded in the search reservation recording unit. The retrieved search condition information is read out, and this search condition information and the searched information are compared by the search execution unit. As a result of the above comparison,
If the two match, data to that effect is sent to the output unit, and display output is performed for the operator who has input the search condition information.

According to the second aspect of the invention, as a result of the search execution unit comparing the search condition information and the searched information, if there is matching information, the data to that effect is stored in the search result storage unit. It is stored and is appropriately displayed and output according to the operation input of the operator.

[0010]

[Embodiment] Hereinafter, regarding the image filing apparatus of the embodiment,
The description will be given with reference to FIGS. 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a circuit configuration of the image filing apparatus, and FIGS. 2 to 5 are flowcharts showing a reservation search process.

As shown in FIG. 1, the present image filing apparatus includes an image input section 101 for receiving image data and an image input section 10.
Image memory unit that stores the image data received in 1
102, an information input unit 105 that receives information, and an information storage unit 106 that stores the information received by the information input unit 105.
An image recording unit 103 for recording the search target information generated from the registration information and the image data in association with each other, an output unit 104 for displaying an image or a character, and a search for recording the search condition information. The system includes a reservation recording unit 107, a search execution unit 108 that searches for searched information that satisfies the search condition information, a search result storage unit 109 that stores search results, and a control unit (not shown) that controls the operation procedure of these. .

A scanner device, a magnetic tape, a magnetic disk, an optical disk, a magneto-optical disk on which image data is recorded, an image generating device, an image receiving device, etc. are connected to the image input unit 101. A keyboard, a communication line, etc. are connected to the information input unit 105. The output unit 104 is a device for visualizing and displaying an image or a character, for example, CR
T, LCD, printer, etc.

In the image recording unit 103, the image data received by the image input unit 101 is stored in the image memory unit 102, and the information input unit 10 is associated with the image data.
When the registration information is received in 5 and stored in the information storage unit 106, the searched information is generated from the registration information and then recorded in association with the image data. Also, the search execution unit 10
In response to an instruction from 8, recorded information to be searched is read to the information storage unit 106, and recorded image data is read to the image memory unit 102.

The search reservation recording unit 107 records the search condition information when the information input unit 105 receives the search condition information in response to an operator's operation input and the like and the information storage unit 106 stores the search condition information. To do. It also records that the search condition information is recorded. When the deletion of the recorded search condition information is instructed by the operation input of the operator, the search condition information is deleted.

The search execution unit 108 compares the search condition information with the searched information to find the searched information that satisfies the search condition information. The search is (1) when the search condition information is accepted by the information input unit 105 in response to the operator's operation input (except when the search condition information is reserved and registered), and (2) When the image input unit 101 and the information input unit 105 newly receive image data and registration information, and as a result, the image recording unit 103 records the image data and the searched information, they are executed respectively. . In the case of (1), each searched information recorded in the image recording unit 103 is operated.
Is compared with the search condition information newly input by the user. In the case of (2), the searched information newly recorded in association with the image data is compared with each search condition information recorded in the search reservation recording unit 107.

Next, recording / deletion of search condition information and search execution processing will be described with reference to FIGS.

* Recording of search condition information accompanied by execution of search: FIG. 2 First, the operator operates and inputs search condition information, and further inputs information instructing execution of search, and these are input information. When the information is accepted by the unit 105 and stored in the information storage unit (S101, S103), the search is executed (S
105). That is, the search target information recorded in the image recording unit 103 is read by the search execution unit 108 and compared with the search condition information.

As a result of the search, when there is searched information that matches the above search condition information, the image data corresponding to the searched information is read out to the image memory section 102 and displayed on the output section 104. To be done. If there are many corresponding image data, the list is output (S107). In addition,
If there is no search target information that matches the search condition information, that effect is output.

Next, when recording of search condition information (search reservation) is instructed by the operator (S109), the information storage unit 10
The above search condition information stored in 6 is recorded by the search reservation recording unit 107 (S111). As a result, the search reservation recording unit 107 holds the state in which the search reservation is set (S113).

* Recording of search condition information without execution of search: FIG. 3 The operator inputs the information instructing the setting of the search reservation, then the search condition information is input, and the information is input. When received by the unit 105 and stored in the information storage unit (S201, S203), the search reservation information is recorded by the search reservation recording unit 107 (S205). This allows
The search reservation recording unit 107 holds the state in which the search reservation is set (S207).

* Execution of reservation search: The search based on the search condition information recorded in the search reservation recording unit 107 in FIG. 4 is automatically executed when the image data is recorded.

First, the image input unit 101 receives the image data and stores it in the image memory unit 102 (S301), and the information input unit 105 receives the registration information corresponding to the image data and stores the information. It is stored in the unit 106 (S303). Next, based on the registration information, these are recorded in the image recording unit 103 in association with each other (S305). At that time, search target information for search is generated from the registration information.

Next, it is judged whether or not the search condition information is recorded in the search reservation recording unit 107, that is, whether or not there is a search reservation (S307). If there is (S307; YES), the search is performed. It is compared whether or not the condition information matches the search target information newly recorded in step S305 (S309). This comparison is
This is performed for all the search condition information recorded in the search reservation recording unit.

As a result of the comparison in step S309, if they match (S311; YES), the operator who has reserved the search condition information is notified (S313). This notification is displayed on the output unit 104 every time the corresponding information is generated,
Each time the corresponding image data is recorded, the search result storage unit 10
9 is recorded, and after a certain period of time has elapsed, a certain number of cases have been accumulated, and then displayed on the output unit 104 according to an operator's instruction. Also, as a method of displaying, in addition to a method of displaying on a display, a method of outputting to a printer,
There are a method of using an alarm and voice, a method of notifying another terminal connected to the network through communication, and the like.

* Cancellation of reservation search: FIG. 5 The operator selects the search condition information for which the reservation is to be cancelled, and then the information for instructing the cancellation of the search reservation is input by the operator. When accepted and stored in the information storage unit (S401, S403), the search condition information is read out to the information storage unit 105, and then the reservation related to the search condition information is deleted (S405).

Further, it is determined whether or not the search target information that matches the search condition information (search condition information for which the reservation should be canceled) read in the information storage unit 106 is recorded in the image recording unit 103 (S407). ), If recorded (S407; YE
S), and the operator is notified to that effect (S409). afterwards,
The search condition information in the search reservation recording unit 107 is deleted and the reservation is canceled (S411, S413). Note that the method of canceling the search reservation may be a method of designating the valid period of the reservation when setting the search reservation and automatically canceling it when the valid period elapses.

[0027]

According to the present invention, when it is desired to continuously search for newly recorded images which have not been recorded at the time of instructing the search, it is useless to set and input the same search condition. It is possible to release the operator from various operations.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an image filing device according to an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart for setting a search reservation accompanied by execution of a search.
It is

FIG. 3 is a flowchart for setting a search reservation without executing a search.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart of a reservation search execution process.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart of processing for canceling a search reservation.

[Explanation of symbols]

 101 image input unit 102 image memory unit 103 image recording unit 104 output unit 105 information input unit 106 search information storage unit 107 search reservation storage unit 108 search execution unit 109 search result storage unit

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. An image input unit for receiving received image data, an image memory unit for storing the image data received by the image input unit, an information input unit for receiving received information, and the information input unit. In the case where image data is stored in the information storage unit that stores the information received in step S1 and the image memory unit and the registration information is stored in the information storage unit in association with the image data. An image recording unit that records the searched information generated from the registered information in association with the image data, an output unit for displaying an image or a character, and search condition information stored in the information storage unit. If the search information is recorded, the search reservation recording unit that records the search condition information, and if the searched information is recorded in the image recording unit in association with the image data, the search reservation recording unit is recorded. Previous A search execution unit that reads and stores search condition information in the information storage unit, and compares the search condition information stored in the image storage unit when the search condition information is stored in the information storage unit; As a result of the comparison in the search execution unit, when there is matching information, an output control unit for transmitting data related to the information to the output unit and displaying the data, the image file device. 2. The search result storage unit according to claim 1, further comprising a search result storage unit that stores data relating to the information when the search execution unit finds matching information as a result of the comparison. The image file device, wherein the control unit executes transmission to the output unit when information indicating that the comparison result in the search execution unit should be displayed is stored in the information storage unit.