JPH06348805A - Electronic filing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To automatically paragraph plural documents by using partition paper and to automatically register comprehensively images as file names by automatically segmenting from paragraphed documents when a part of the images read in all the documents is registered as the file name in the registration of the plural documents. CONSTITUTION:A control part 11 makes an image input part 12 read in originals from plural set documents. An original read in the image input part 12 is developed on image memory 13 as a bit map image. A partition paper identification part 14 checks whether or not the original is the partition paper from the bit map image, and transmits a result to the control part 11. The control part 11 assumes plural originals held between the partition paper and the next one as one document. The document registration is performed on a memory device 17 by a registration part 16 by relating an arbitrary image in the document to the file name.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an electronic filing apparatus capable of inputting a plurality of documents at once and automatically registering an image as a file name in all input documents.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when registering a part of an image read into all the documents input at the time of registering a plurality of documents as a file name, the images are read one by one from a plurality of documents by an image input section, and when the reading is completed, A method of registering the bitmap image of the first page of the document as the file name of the document is adopted. If there is a document that is not yet registered, the image input device is made to read one document again, and the document is registered by the above method. FIG. 6 shows a flowchart of batch registration of a plurality of documents in the conventional apparatus. In FIG. 6, steps 401 to
At 406, predetermined processing is executed.

[0003]

In this conventional device,
When registering a part of the image read in all the documents input at the time of registering a plurality of documents as a file name, since each document is registered, there is a problem that it takes time for the user. The present invention has been made to solve such a problem, and an object of the present invention is to provide an electronic filing apparatus in which the labor of registration work is greatly saved when a user registers a plurality of documents with images as file names.

[0004]

According to a first aspect (claim 1) of the electronic filing apparatus of the present invention, when the bitmap image read by the image input section is determined to be a partition sheet by the partition sheet identifying section. A registration means is provided for automatically registering the bitmap image of the partition paper in the storage device by the registration unit as the file name of the document divided by the partition paper. Also, the second
According to the invention (claim 2), when the bitmap image read by the image input unit is determined to be a partition sheet by the partition sheet identification unit, the image segmentation unit clips the bitmap image on the next page of the partition sheet. The registration unit automatically registers the image as a file name of the document divided by the partition paper in the storage device.

In order to solve the above problems, the first and second inventions realize a system in which the following two functions are combined. (1) By dividing the documents by the partition paper, it is possible to save the trouble of setting the originals one by one. (2) Register the designated area as a file name. By using the combination of the above two functions, the procedure of "When the partition paper is discriminated by (1), register the image as the file name by (2)" is repeated until there are no documents separated on the partition paper, so the user Allows you to register multiple documents without any trouble. In particular, the second invention, when collectively registering a document having a fixed format on the first page, such as writing a subject at a predetermined position,
The subject can be cut out and used as a file name, which is very useful.

According to a third aspect of the present invention (claim 3), when the bitmap image read by the image input unit is determined to be a partition sheet by the partition sheet identification unit, the document is divided by the partition sheet. Cut out the cut-out range shown on the identification sheet from the bitmap image on the next page of the identification sheet with the image cut-out section,
The registration unit automatically registers the cut-out image as a file name in the document divided by the partition paper in the storage device.

The third invention realizes a system in which the following three functions are combined in order to solve the above problems. (1) By dividing the documents by the partition paper, it is possible to save the trouble of setting the originals one by one. (2) The area to be cut out uses cut-out identification paper to save the trouble of specifying the area. (3) Register the designated area as a file name. Using the combination of the above three functions, "(1) If the partition paper is discriminated, (2) Display the image of the next page from the cutout area specified in the cutout specified paper existing in the document divided by the partition paper. The operation of "registering the cut-out image as a file name by cut-out (3)" is repeated until there are no documents divided on the partition paper, so that the user can perform the work of registering multiple documents without any trouble. it can.

The partition sheet referred to here is an original document having an image unique to the original document, and the partition sheet identification unit determines the original document as the partition sheet when the unique image is identified. Similarly, the cutout specified paper and the partition paper are discriminated by the cutout paper identifying unit based on unique images, and a rectangular area indicating an area to be cut out from the specified paper is identified.

[0009]

In the first invention, the image of the partition itself is registered as a file name, in the second invention, the image of each top page document is registered as a file name, and in the third invention, the cutout in which the cutout area is designated is specified. The specified paper is cut out, the specified range is cut out from the next page of the cut-out specified paper, and the image is registered as a file name.

[0010]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of an electronic filing device according to the present invention, and is a block diagram showing an outline of the electronic filing device according to the present invention. In this FIG.
Reference numeral 11 is a control unit that controls the apparatus, 12 is an image input unit that optically reads one original, and 13 is the image input unit 1.
2 is an image memory for storing the bitmap image read by 2, 2 is a partition sheet identifying section for identifying a partition sheet to be inserted between documents from the bitmap image stored in the image memory 13, and 15 is the image memory 13 An image cutout unit that cuts out an arbitrary rectangular area from the bitmap image stored in the image memory and stores it in the image memory. 16 is a registration unit that automatically registers the image cut out by the image cutout unit 15 as the fill name of the document. 17 is an image input. A storage device for storing an image data file and a file name of a document read by the unit 12 by a registration unit 15, and 18 identifies a cut-out designation sheet indicating a range to be cut out by the image cut-out unit 15, and identifies the cut-out range. It is a cutout paper identification unit

In the control unit 11 to the storage device 17 in FIG. 1, the bitmap image read by the image input unit is determined by the partition sheet identification unit to be a partition sheet which is an original document having an image unique to the document. In this case, the registering unit automatically registers the bitmap image of the partition sheet as a file name of the document separated by the partition sheet in the storage device, and the bitmap image read by the image input unit. If the partition paper identification unit determines that the image is a partition paper that is an original with an image unique to the original, the image cut out by the image cutout unit from the bitmap image on the next page of this partition paper is used as the partition paper. The file name of the document separated by paper is stored in the storage device by the registration unit. Constitute a registration means for dynamic registration.

The control unit 11 or the cut-out paper identifying unit 18
If the bitmap image read by the image input unit is determined to be a partition sheet by the partition sheet identification unit, the partition image is identified from the bitmap image of the next page of the cutout identification sheet in the document that is separated by this partition sheet. An image cutting unit cuts out the cut-out range shown on the paper, and the registration unit automatically registers the cut-out image as a file name in the document divided by the partition paper in the storage device.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory view showing a bitmap image of the read original. In FIG. 2, reference numeral 21 is a bitmap image of the original read by the image input unit 12, and 22 is a cutout range. FIGS. 3, 4, and 5 are flowcharts showing a plurality of document batch registration flows (claim 1) and (claim 2) and (claim 3) for explaining the operation of FIG.
Predetermined processing is executed in each of 01 to 208 and 301 to 310.

Next, in the embodiment of the electronic filing apparatus shown in FIG. 1, the operation of inputting a plurality of documents at a time will be described with reference to FIG.
It will be described with reference to FIGS. First, the first invention will be described. The control unit 11 causes the image input unit 12 to start reading the document. The original read by the image input unit 12 is developed in the image memory 13 as a bitmap image. Then, the control unit 11 causes the partition sheet identifying unit 14 to determine whether the bitmap image is a partition sheet. If the bitmap image is not a partition sheet, the registration unit 16 first stores the page in the storage device 17. Write. Here, if the read original is a partition sheet, the image cutout unit 15 registers the bitmap image 21 in the registration unit 16 as a file name.

Then, the control unit 11 stores the original document, which has been continuously written in the storage device 17 after the previous partition sheet, as one document, stores the already registered file name with the document, and stores it in the storage device 17 as one document file. . Further, the control unit 11 controls the image input unit 1 again after processing one document.
The next document is read by step 2. Further, when there are no more manuscripts to be read by the screen input unit 12, the control unit 11 regards the manuscripts that have been continuously written in the storage device 17 after the previous partition sheet as one document, and associates the already registered file name with the document. Storage device 17 as document file
To store. The above procedure is shown as a flow in FIG.

Next, the second invention will be described. Before the control unit 11 reads the document from the screen input unit 12,
Ask the user to specify the clipping area from the bitmap image of the first page to be registered as the file name of the document. Then, when the input of the cutout information is completed, the control unit 11 causes the image input unit 12 to start reading the document. The document read by the image input unit 12 is developed in the image memory 13 as a bitmap image 21. The control unit 11 causes the partition sheet identifying unit 14 to determine whether the bitmap image is a partition sheet. If the read original is not a partition sheet, the registration unit 15 first
Then, the page is written in the storage device 17.

When the read original is a partition sheet, the control unit 11 sets the original that has been continuously written in the storage device 17 after the previous partition sheet as one document, and the already registered file name as that document. The connection 1 document file is stored in the storage device 17. Then, the control unit 11 causes the screen input unit 12 to read the document of the next page. The original read by the screen input unit 12 is developed in the image memory 13 as the bitmap image 21. The control unit 11 registers the bitmap image of the clipping range 22 from the bitmap image 21 of this document in the registration unit 15 as a file name based on the clipping area previously input by the user by the image clipping unit 15.

Then, the control unit 11 causes the image input unit 12 to read the next document again after the processing of one document is completed. When there are no more originals to be read by the image input unit 12, the control unit 11 sets the originals that have been continuously written in the storage device 17 after the previous partition sheet as one document, and associates the already registered file name with the document. It is stored in the storage device 17 as a document file. The above procedure is shown as a flow in FIG.

Next, the third invention will be described. The control unit 11 causes the image input unit 12 to start reading the document. The original read by the image input unit 12 is developed in the image memory 13 as a bitmap image 21. Then, the control unit 11 causes the partition sheet identifying unit 14 to determine whether the bitmap image is a partition sheet. Here, if the read original is a partition sheet, the control unit 11 causes the storage device 17 for the previous partition sheet and thereafter.
The original document that has been continuously written in is stored as one document, and the file name that has already been registered is linked to the document and stored in the storage device 17 as one document file.

Then, the control unit 11 causes the image input unit 12 to read the next document again after the processing of one document is completed. If the read document is not a partition sheet, the cut-out sheet identification unit 18 determines whether it is a cut-out designated sheet. If it is not the cutout designated paper, the registration unit 16 stores the page in the storage device 1.
Write to 7. If the read original is a cutout paper, the cutout paper identification unit 18 performs the graphic recognition processing to cut out the cutout range 2 from the bitmap image 21 of the cutout specified paper.
Recognize and acquire 2.

Here, the cutout designation paper is written with a figure such as a rectangle or a vertex of a diagonal line of the rectangle which can indicate a cutout range by the user. And the control unit 1
1 causes the image input unit 12 to read the original of the next page,
The document read by the image input unit 12 is the image memory 13
Is expanded as the bitmap image 21. Further, the control unit 11 registers the bitmap image of the clipping range 22 from the bitmap image 21 of this document in the registration unit 16 as a file name based on the clipping area acquired by the clipping paper identification unit 18 by the image clipping unit 15. .

Next, when there are no more manuscripts to be read by the image input unit 12, the control unit 11 treats the manuscripts that have been continuously written in the storage device 17 after the previous partition as one document, and uses the already registered file name as the document. It is stored in the storage device 17 as one document file associated with. The above procedure is shown in FIG.
Is shown as a flow.

[0023]

As described above, according to the present invention, a partition sheet is inserted to automatically discriminate the boundaries of one document among a plurality of documents, and the image of the partition sheet or the image cut out from the first page of the document or the cut-out specified sheet. Since the image cut out in the area designated by is registered as the document file name of the document, this work has an effect that registration can be automatically continued until a plurality of documents are exhausted. Further, as a result, when the user registers a plurality of documents with an image as a file name, this electronic filing device has an effect that the labor of the registration work is greatly saved.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing a bitmap image of a read original used for the operation description of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a multiple document batch registration flow used for explaining the operation of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a multiple document batch registration flow used for explaining the operation of FIG. 1;

5 is a flowchart showing a multiple document batch registration flow used for explaining the operation of FIG. 1. FIG.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a flow of batch registration of a plurality of documents in the conventional apparatus.

[Explanation of symbols]

 11 Control Unit 12 Image Input Unit 13 Image Memory 14 Partition Paper Identification Unit 15 Image Cutout Unit 16 Registration Unit 17 Storage Device 18 Cutout Paper Identification Unit

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. An image input unit for optically reading one original, an image memory for storing a bitmap image read by the image input unit, and a document image from the bitmap image stored in the image memory. A partition sheet identification unit for identifying a partition sheet to be inserted between spaces, an image cutting section for cutting an arbitrary rectangular area from the bitmap image stored in the image memory and storing it in the image memory, and the image cutting section In the electronic filing apparatus having a registration unit for automatically registering an image as a file name of a document, and a storage device for storing the image data file and file name of a document read by the image input unit by the registration unit, the image input Bitmap image read by the department When the partition is identified by the partition sheet identification unit as a partition sheet which is an original document having an image unique to the document, the bitmap image of the partition sheet is used as the file name of the document separated by the partition sheet. An electronic filing device comprising a registration means for automatically registering in the storage device by a registration unit. 2. An image input section for optically reading one original, an image memory for storing a bitmap image read by the image input section, and a document image from the bitmap image stored in the image memory. A partition sheet identification unit for identifying a partition sheet to be inserted between spaces, an image segmentation unit for segmenting an arbitrary rectangular area from the bitmap image stored in the image memory and storing it in the image memory, and an image segmentation unit for segmenting the image. In the electronic filing apparatus having a registration unit for automatically registering an image as a file name of a document, and a storage device for storing the image data file and file name of a document read by the image input unit by the registration unit, the image input Bitmap image read by the department When it is determined by the partition paper identification unit that the image is a partition paper that has an image unique to the document, the image cut out by the image cutout unit from the bitmap image of the next page of this partition paper, An electronic filing apparatus comprising: a registration unit for automatically registering a file name of a document divided by the partition paper in the storage device by the registration unit. 3. An image input unit for optically reading one original, an image memory for storing a bitmap image read by the image input unit, and a document image from the bitmap image stored in the image memory. A partition sheet identification unit that identifies a partition sheet to be inserted between spaces, an image cutout unit that cuts out an arbitrary rectangular area from the bitmap image stored in the image memory, and stores it in the image memory, and this image cutout unit cuts it out. A registration unit for automatically registering an image as a file name of a document, a storage device for storing an image data file and a file name of a document read by the image input unit by the registration unit, and a range cut out by the image cutout unit are set. Identify the specified cutout paper and In an electronic filing device having a cut-out sheet identification unit for identifying a delivery range, the bitmap image read by the image input unit is determined by the partition sheet identification unit to be a partition sheet which is an original document having an image unique to the original document. In this case, the cut-out range shown on the identification sheet is cut out from the bitmap image on the next page of the cut-out identification sheet in the document separated by this partition sheet by the image cut-out section, and the cut-out image is divided into that partition. An electronic filing device comprising: a registration unit for automatically registering a file name in a document delimited by paper into the storage device by the registration unit.