JPH06324471A - Total scanner control device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To control an external recording medium in real time without burdening an operator in a total scanner used in plate making work. CONSTITUTION:By referring to a registered data base 15 by means of an external recording medium information processing function 12 when image data is inputted in a magneto-optical disk MOk in the total scanner A, whether or not the disk MOk is available is judged and the judged result is supplied to the total scanner A. When image data input processing is performed in the total scanner A, 'deposite' is written in the data base 15 corresponding to the identification code of the disk MOk to which processing is performed. Furthermore, by referring to a progress condition data base 14 by means of the processing function 12, whether the data is 'deposited' or 'not deposited' is automatically judged and reflected on the data base 15.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a total scanner management device for managing an external recording medium used in a total scanner used for plate making work.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, computerization has progressed in plate making work, and a computer system has come to be used for making a plate making film or the like. Such a plate-making computer system is called, for example, a total scanner.

This total scanner captures a character original, a photographic original, and layout information (arrangement position of each original) on the paper surface of these originals to be printed as digital data into a computer system. Then, using these digital data, the trimming of the photo original, the layout of the text original and the photo original, and the like are performed based on the layout information, and the raster data for producing the printing plate and the output of the film for plate making are output. It is something to do.

Further, since the plate making work is divided into labor,
The total scanner does not always perform image inputting, editing, and image outputting operations in one station or one system. That is, a system or station is configured for each divided work, such as for image input, editing, and image output, and is performed online or with an external storage medium such as a magneto-optical disk. Data is exchanged via the internet.

Further, in the case of performing the online processing, the data is stored in the external recording medium, and the processing is performed, except for a part with a short delivery time because the capacity of the internal recording medium is limited.

In such a total scanner, the individual management of the external recording medium is carried out by each worker putting a label describing information such as item name and data storage / non-storing on the external recording medium, or a shelf or the like. It was done by deciding the storage location. As for the overall management of the external recording medium, information about each external recording medium is written in a notebook or the like, or an operator directly inputs the information into a dedicated computer.

[0007]

By the way, in the work performed in the division of labor, it is necessary to accurately and promptly manage the external recording medium in order to improve the work efficiency. However, conventionally, as described above, in each work process, each worker writes the individual management information of the external recording medium on a label or manages it according to the storage location, and at the same time writes changes in a notebook, Since the data is input to the computer, it takes a lot of time and effort to search data related to the external recording medium, resulting in a waste of time.

Further, when individual operators describe the individual management information of the external recording medium, since it is impossible to change in real time, there is a case where the individual information and the whole information cannot be consistent, and in fact, it is impossible. It was impossible to manage the external recording medium accurately. From the above, the following problems have occurred, for example.

In the plate making operation, the worker A refers to the notebook for overall management of the external recording medium, which is filled in by handwriting or the like, and selects the external recording medium M1 which is judged to be unnecessary to save the data. . Then, this external recording medium M1
, The new data is written by the total scanner system. In addition, in general, from the viewpoint of work efficiency, it is necessary to write the management information related to the external recording medium in the general management notebook or input it to the computer by performing processing on the external recording medium in a certain unit. It is done from. Therefore, as long as a certain unit of processing is being performed, regarding the individual external recording media therein, the general management note indicates that the external storage medium is the external recording medium in which the data to be stored is recorded. It means that the notation "" is not described.

Here, the worker B refers to the general management note in which the management information regarding the individual external recording media has not been updated yet, and determines that it is not necessary to save data in the external recording medium M1. However, there is a problem that data is newly written to the external recording medium M1 which originally requires data storage.

In order to avoid the above trouble,
There is a problem that the workers have to make adjustments, which puts a burden on the workers and reduces the overall work efficiency.

The present invention has been made under such a background, and provides a total scanner management apparatus capable of managing an external recording medium in a total scanner in real time without burdening an operator. The purpose is to do.

[0013]

Means for solving the above problems will be described below with reference to FIG. A total scanner management apparatus according to the present invention manages a plurality of external recording media used for a total scanner A that performs processing relating to plate making work such as document input work, document editing work and plate making film making work. An identification code assigning means a for generating and assigning an identification code for individually recognizing each of the plurality of external recording media, which is newly used, among the plurality of external recording media; First storage means b for storing registration data indicating whether the data recorded in the external recording medium corresponding to the identification code is “stored” or “not stored”, and each identification code. Second storage means for storing the progress of each process by the total scanner A performed on the data of the external recording medium corresponding to the identification code. When the original input process is performed by the first registration unit d that registers the identification code generated by the identification code assigning unit in the first and second storage units, and the input unit of the total scanner A. The registration data corresponding to the identification code of the external recording medium on which the process is performed is set to “save”, and the progress status of each operation by the total scanner A is recorded on the external recording medium on which the process is performed. The second registration means e for registering the progress status corresponding to the identification code and the progress status stored in the second storage means c are referred to, and the registration data is “saved” in accordance with the progress status. When the document input processing is performed on any of the plurality of external recording media by the third registering means f for “or non-storing” and the input unit of the total scanner A, the external recording is performed. If the registration data corresponding to the identification code of the medium is referred to and the registration data is "non-stored", a command output unit g for outputting a use permission command of the external recording medium to the total scanner A is provided. It is characterized by having.

[0014]

According to the above construction, the identification code assigning means a assigns the identification code to the external recording medium newly used in the total scanner A, and
The identification code is registered in the first storage means b and the second storage means c by the registration means d. Then, when the document input process is performed in the input section of the total scanner A, the registration data corresponding to the identification code of the external recording medium on which the process is performed is “stored” by the second registration means e. . When various operations are performed by the total scanner A, the second registration unit e registers the progress status of the process in the progress status corresponding to the identification code of the external recording medium on which the operations are performed.

Further, the third registration means f refers to the progress status stored in the second storage means c, and "saves" or is stored in the registration data of the first storage means b according to the progress status. "Not saved" is written.

When the document input process is performed on the external recording medium in the total scanner A, the command output unit g refers to the registered data in the first storage unit b to determine whether or not the external recording medium can be used. It is determined and the determination result is supplied to the total scanner A.

[0017]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a total scanner management apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. In this figure, A is a total scanner, and has a total scanner processing device 1. This total scanner processing device 1 is similar to the conventional total scanner A,
It has an image input function 2, a layout function 3, and an image output function 4. Actually, the total scanner A has a plurality of stations for inputting an image such as a photographic document or the like, for editing processing for editing a paper surface to be printed, and for outputting an image such as a film for plate making. (Not shown).

Further, each of the stations is provided with an external recording medium input / output function 5 having a magneto-optical disk drive 6 in which a magneto-optical disk MO _k (k = 1, 2, ..., N) is set. There is. Further, each station is provided with a data input / output function 7 for inputting / outputting registration data relating to the magneto-optical disk MO _k used in various works and progress status data indicating the progress status of each work. There is. The registration data and the progress status data will be described later. Further, the data input / output function 7 is an external recording medium registration data generation function 8 for outputting registration data and progress data, and the above-mentioned data online.
The data transfer function 9 outputs the data to the management station B which is a data processing unit.

Further, the management station B receives online registration data and progress data relating to the magneto-optical disk MO _k used in each work from each station of the total scanner A, processes and stores these data. To do. Further, it outputs a use permission command for the magneto-optical disk MO _k to each station. The management station B includes a management processing device 11 having an external recording medium information processing function 12 for processing data from each station, a management storage device 13 including a progress status database 14 and a registration database 15, and each of the above. It is composed of an input device 16 to which search conditions of the databases 14 and 15 are input, a display device 17 for displaying the processing result of the management processing device 11, and an output device 18 such as a printer.

Here, the registration data and the progress status data will be described. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the registration database 15 in which registration data is recorded, and FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of the progress database 14 in which progress data is recorded. In these drawings, the identification code is a unique code given to each magneto-optical disk MO _k at the start of their use. The usage status data is data indicating whether or not the contents of the magneto-optical disk MO _k can be erased (non-save / save). Further, the product name data indicates the work name of the work recorded on each magneto-optical disk MO _k . On the other hand, in the progress database, various work (input work, plate collection work, special work, output work, etc.) is performed for each identification code.
In, the data indicating whether the processing is completed or not is recorded.

Next, the operation of the total scanner management apparatus will be described with reference to the flow charts of FIGS. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a process at the start of use of the new magneto-optical disk MO _k . First, when an unused magneto-optical disk MO _k is set in the magneto-optical disk drive 6, an external recording medium registration data generation function 8 is performed on the magneto-optical disk MO _k in step SA1.
Gives a unique identification code. Next, in step SA2, the identification code is the data transfer function 9
Is output to the management station B online.
Then, the management processing device 11 of the management station B records the use status data indicating “non-save” in the registration database 15 together with the newly set identification code. Further, the above identification code and data indicating that each work is not completed are recorded in the progress status database 14. As a result, the new magneto-optical disk MO
_k can be used in the total scanner A.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the processing when image data is input to the total scanner A. First, when the worker inserts the magneto-optical disk MO _k into the magneto-optical disk drive 6, the identification code is fetched from the magneto-optical disk MO _k by the external recording medium input / output function 5 in step SB1. Then, the identification code is transferred online to the management processing device 11 of the management station B by the data transfer function 9.

Next, in step SB2, the management processing device 11 determines whether the usage status data corresponding to the identification code is "save" or "not save" from the registration database 15 of the management storage device 13. It is determined whether or not the magneto-optical disk MO _k can be used by referring to If this determination result is “YES”, that is, the registration database 1
When the usage status data corresponding to the above identification code 5 is "non-stored", the process proceeds to step SB3. Step S
In B3, the management processing device 11 outputs an online permission command for the use of the magneto-optical disk MO _k to the total scanner A, which causes the external recording medium registration data generation function 8 to add new product name data to the registration data. A work name is assigned. Then, various image input operations are performed in the total scanner A. Further, the data transfer function 9 transfers the product name data to the management processing device 11.

Next, in step SB4, the management processing device 11 sets the usage status data of the registration database 15 to "save" and writes the product name data. This makes it impossible to erase the data recorded on the magneto-optical disk MO _k .

On the other hand, if the determination result in step SB2 is "NO", that is, if the usage status data corresponding to the identification code in the registration database 15 is "save", the process proceeds to step SB5. Then, the management processing device 11 refers to the registration database 15 and selects a device whose usage status data is “non-stored”, that is, a usable magneto-optical disk MO _k . Next, in Step SB6, the selected display device 17 displays the selected identification code. Then, returning to step SB1, when any one of the magnetic disks MO _{k is} newly inserted into the optical disk drive 6, step S1
The processing from B2 onward is repeated.

Therefore, if the operator inserts the magneto-optical disk MO _k corresponding to the identification code displayed on the display / display device 17, the result of the determination in step SB2 is "YES", and the processes of steps SB3 and SB4 are performed. Is executed, and the image data is input to the magneto-optical disk MO _k . When an unused magneto-optical disk MO _k is inserted, the above-mentioned flowchart shown in FIG. 5 is executed and the disk becomes usable.

Next, FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the updating process of the registration database 15. First, at the end of each work, in step SC1, the total scanner A
From the data transfer function 9, the progress status data indicating the completion of the work is transferred. The progress status data indicating the completion of this work may be input by the worker or may be automatically detected by the total scanner A.
Thereby, the management processing device 11 sets the data of the work in the identification code of the progress status database 14 to “complete”. Then, in step SC2, the management processing device 11 determines whether or not the completed work is the “output work”. If the determination result is "NO", that is, if the output work is not completed, the process proceeds to step SC3, and the usage status data of the identification code in the registration database 15 is set to "save". on the other hand,
If the determination result in step SC2 is "NO", that is, if the output work is completed, step SC4
Then, the usage status data of the registration database 15 is set to "non-save".

When the output work is completed and the data is input again by the total scanner A for the magneto-optical disk MO _k for which the usage status data of the registration database 15 is “non-stored”, the output work is completed. If not, the progress status data becomes “not completed”. This progress status data is transferred to the management station B by the data transfer function 9, and the management processing device 11 causes the data in the progress status database 14 to be “not completed”.
Then, the usage status data corresponding to the identification code in the registration database 15 is set to “store”. This is a case where work is performed again on the same data once output work has been completed.

On the other hand, when the data for a certain work is stored in any of the magneto-optical disks MO _k even though the output work is completed, the operator designates the identification code and "save". To be done. Thereby, the management processing device 11 sets the usage status data of the identification code in the registration database 15 to “save”. Thereby, the magneto-optical disk MO _k corresponding to this identification code
Becomes unavailable.

Alternatively, when the data is not saved even though the output work is not completed for a certain work, the operator designates the identification code and "non-save" in the same manner as described above. Thereby, the management processing device 11
Makes the usage status data of the identification code in the registration database 15 "non-save". As a result, the magneto-optical disk MO _k corresponding to this identification code becomes usable.

The configuration of the total scanner management device and the external recording medium described above are merely examples, and the present invention is not limited thereto. Also,
Although the identification code is assigned to each external recording medium for management, it may be controlled for each data recorded on the external recording medium.

As described above, according to the present invention, when the magneto-optical disk drive MO _k is set to input image data in the total scanner A, the registration database 15 is referred to in the management station B, It is determined whether or not the magneto-optical disk MO _k can be used. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the data in the magneto-optical disk MO _k that must be saved from being accidentally erased.

The progress data is output from the total scanner A each time each work is completed, and the progress database 14 is automatically updated in the management station B. Then, when the end of the output work is written in the progress status database 14, “save” is written in the usage status data corresponding to the identification code in the registration database 15. As a result, it is possible to prevent the data on the magneto-optical disk MO _k from being erased due to the time lag of updating the registration database 15, and it is possible to improve the work efficiency. Further, since the registration data is centrally managed by the registration database 15, the consistency between the individual information of the magneto-optical disc MO _k and the overall information is maintained.

[0034]

As described above, when data is input to the external recording medium in the total scanner, the command output means refers to the registered data in the first storage means,
Since it is determined whether or not the external recording medium is usable, it is possible to prevent the data on the external recording medium, which has to save the data, from being accidentally erased. When the document input process is performed in the total scanner, "save" is written in real time with respect to the registration data relating to the external recording medium used in the process. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the data in the external recording medium from being erased due to the time lag in updating the registered data, and to accurately manage the external recording medium. Further, the third registration means automatically refers to the progress status of the second storage means to determine whether the data is “save” or “not save”, and is reflected in the registration data. ,
The burden on the operator is reduced and the work efficiency can be improved. Further, since the registration data, which is the management information of each external recording medium, is centrally managed by the first storage means, there is an effect that the consistency of the individual information and the overall information of the external recording medium can be maintained.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram corresponding to the claims of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a total scanner management apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a registration database 15 in the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a progress status database 14 in the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an operation of the total scanner management apparatus in the embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an operation of the total scanner management apparatus in the embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the operation of the total scanner management apparatus in the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

A total scanner B management station 1 total scanner processing device 7 data input / output function 8 external recording medium registration data generation function (identification code assigning means, first registration means) 11 management processing device 12 external recording medium information processing function (first 2 registration means,
Third registration means, command output means) 13 Management storage device (first storage means, second storage means) 14 Progress database 15 Registration database

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A total scanner management apparatus for managing a plurality of external recording media used in a total scanner for performing processing relating to plate making work such as document input work, document editing work and plate making film making work, For newly used ones of the plurality of external recording media, an identification code assigning unit for generating and assigning an identification code for individually recognizing each, and for each of the identification codes, corresponding to the identification code First storage means for storing registration data indicating whether the data recorded in the external recording medium is “stored” or “non-stored”, and each identification code corresponds to the identification code. Second storage means for storing the progress status of each processing by the total scanner performed on the data of the external recording medium, and raw data by the identification code assigning means. When a document input process is performed by the first registration unit that registers the generated identification code in the first and second storage units and the input unit of the total scanner, the process of the external recording medium is performed. Registering the registration data corresponding to the identification code as “save” and registering the progress of each operation by the total scanner with the progress corresponding to the identification code of the external recording medium on which the process is performed; A second registration unit, and a third registration unit that refers to the progress status stored in the second storage unit and sets the registration data to “save” or “non-save” according to the progress status. When the input unit of the total scanner performs document input processing on any of the plurality of external recording media, the registration data corresponding to the identification code of the external recording medium is referred to. A total scanner management apparatus comprising: a command output unit that outputs a use permission command for the external recording medium to the total scanner when the registration data is “non-stored”.