JPH064633A - Work processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To allow each work to transit to the same hierarchy of the other work at each hierarchy in a processor executing various kinds of works by managing an image by the four hierarchies of a cabinet, a binder, a document and a page. CONSTITUTION:The processor stores plural images in an optical disk 20 by the four hierarchy structures of the cabinet, the binder, the document and the page, stores titles for retrieving respective images corresponding to the individual images in a magnetic disk 26 and retrieves a desired image from the optical disk 20 by the specifying of the title stored in the magnetic disk 26. In which hierarchy the processing by a presently-executing work is stored stored in a storage area 38a, the processing content of each hierarchy in the work is stored in storage areas 38b to 38d. The processing is executed from the same hierarchy through the use of a storage content stored in the storage areas 38a to 38d when transition from the presently-executing work to the other work is instructed.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a business processing device such as an image filing device for performing business such as image registration and retrieval.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, an image such as a large amount of documents is read by a scanner (two-dimensional scanning device), and the read image is stored in an optical disc in association with a title.
An image filing apparatus has been put into practical use, which retrieves and reads any stored image using a title and outputs it in a state where it can be viewed on an output device such as a CRT display device or a recording device. Such a device performs tasks such as registration, search, additional registration, title correction, and deletion. The registration work is a work of storing the image on the optical disc together with the title. The search operation is an operation for reading out a required image from the optical disc by designating a condition of title information so that the image can be viewed. The additional registration work is a work for newly adding or inserting an image to one title. The title correction work is a work for correcting and adding title information. The deletion task is a task that makes it impossible to search for a specific image.

As shown in FIG. 7, the document management system in the above apparatus has four layers of cabinet, binder, document, and page, and the cabinet corresponds to one side of the optical disk. Up to 8 binders can be defined in the cabinet, and up to 30,000 documents can be stored in the binder. Each document has a title, and its structure is defined for each binder. The document is a basic unit of the file, and in addition to the title, an annotation (description of the document) can be added. The document is composed of up to 4095 pages.

In each of the above-mentioned jobs, a binder in a desired cabinet is selected (binder selection), documents in the selected binder are searched according to a search formula (document search), and the searched documents are searched. A desired document is selected from among the selected documents (document selection), the required page of the selected document is selected (page selection), the image corresponding to the selected page is read from the optical disc, and the CRT display device is selected. Is displayed at (image confirmation).

[0005] In the above-mentioned device, a scene for actually performing a task of work is extracted from a plurality of images corresponding to a condition of a specific title in each task without returning to the task selection menu. (Hereinafter referred to as document selection), switching (shifting) the processing of business to another document selection scene
Was possible.

Therefore, in the above-mentioned business processing apparatus, it is possible to shift to another business only in the scene of document selection in the migration source, and only in the scene of document selection in the migration destination. There was a problem.

[0007]

As described above, in the case where images are managed in four layers of cabinet, binder, document, and page, and various jobs are performed, each job is the same as other jobs in each hierarchy. There was a problem that it was not possible to move to the hierarchy.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, in which images are managed in four layers of cabinets, binders, documents, and pages, and various jobs are performed, each job is in another hierarchy in each hierarchy. It is an object of the present invention to provide a business processing device capable of shifting to the same level of business.

[0009]

A business processing apparatus according to the present invention provides execution means for executing a plurality of business operations in the same plurality of processing steps, and processing statuses of processing steps of each business executed by the execution means. Storage means for storing, instruction means for instructing a shift from the work being executed by the execution means to another work, and stored in the storage means when shifting to another work in response to the instruction of the instructing means The processing means is configured to execute processing from the same processing step by using the existing processing status.

The image retrieving apparatus of the present invention stores a plurality of images in a storage medium in a four-layer structure of cabinet, binder, document, and page, and retrieves each image corresponding to each of these images. In which a title consisting of keys is stored in the storage medium, and a desired image is retrieved from the storage medium by designating the title stored in the storage medium, which layer is the hierarchy of processing by the job currently being executed. Or a first storage means for storing the above, a second storage means for storing the processing contents of each hierarchy in the above-mentioned work, an instruction means for instructing a shift from the work currently being executed to another work, and this When transitioning to another task according to the instruction of the instruction means, the processing means for executing the processing from the same hierarchy by using the storage contents stored in the first and second storage means. It is.

[0011]

According to the present invention, a plurality of jobs are executed by the executing means at the same plurality of processing steps, the processing status of the processing steps of each job to be executed is stored in the storing means, and the processing is executed by the executing means. When an instruction is given to shift from another task to another task, and when shifting to another task in response to this instruction, processing is executed from the same processing step using the processing status stored in the storage means. It is a thing.

The present invention is a cabinet for displaying a plurality of images,
The storage medium is stored in a four-layered structure of a binder, a document, and a page, and a title composed of a plurality of keys for searching each image corresponding to each of these images is stored in the storage medium and stored in this storage medium. When a desired image is retrieved from the storage medium by designating the designated title, the first storage means stores the hierarchy of the process by the job currently being executed, and each hierarchy in the job is stored. Storing the processing contents of the second storage means in the second storage means, and instructing the shift from the currently executed job to another job by the instruction means, and when shifting to another job in response to the instruction, the first and second The processing is executed from the same layer by using the storage contents stored in the storage means.

[0013]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a configuration example of a business processing apparatus of the present invention, for example, an electronic filing apparatus. That is, the electronic filing device includes a control module 10, a memory module 12, an image processing module 14, a communication control module 16, a scanner device 18, and an optical disk 20.
The optical disk device 22, the keyboard 23, the CRT display device 24, the printer device 25, the magnetic disk 26 and the magnetic disk device 27, the mouse 29, the system bus 30, and the image bus 32 are included.

The control module 10 is a CPU 34 that performs various controls for image storage, retrieval, edit processing, and the like.
And optical disk device 22, magnetic disk device 27 and C
The interface circuit 36 connects the PU 34. A keyboard 23 and a mouse 29 are connected to the CPU 34.

The memory module 12 is an image memory having a main memory 38 for storing various control programs for image storage, retrieval, editing, etc., and management information, and an image memory having a storage capacity corresponding to several pages of an A4 size document. Page memory 40, a display memory 42 as a display interface, and a display controller 44. A buffer memory area 40a is provided in a part of the page memory 40. The page memory 40 is a memory that temporarily stores, for example, an image stored in the optical disc 20 or an image read from the optical disc 20.

The main memory 38 has a target data management information storage area 38a, a binder related information storage area 38b, and a binder / cabinet information storage area 38.
A corresponding document information storage area 38d and an image display related information storage area 38e are provided. The target data management information storage area 38a stores a state in which the current job is being processed.

That is, as shown in FIG. 2, a cabinet open flag, a binder open flag, a corresponding document flag, a selected document flag, a selected page flag, a revised edition selection flag, a display image flag, a generation confirmation flag, a binder reservation flag, a machine. The number securing flag and the image display window flag are stored.

The binder open flag is composed of 8 bits, and each bit indicates that the binder is open, and "1" (ON) of each bit indicates that the binder has been opened. When the cabinet open flag is "1" (on), it indicates cabinet open. Other flags are "1" (on) or "0"
(OFF) indicates whether or not the processing is advanced to the corresponding content. The binder-related information storage area 38b stores the contents of the target binder.

That is, as shown in FIG. 3, the type of the target binder, the number of target binders, the file name of the target binder, the open descriptor of the target binder, the number of unusable binders in the file of the target binder, and the binder in the target binder. The total number of actual documents is stored. Binder
The cabinet information storage area 38c stores the contents of the binder and the cabinet.

That is, as shown in FIG. 4, the binder type, cabinet number, binder number, cabinet name, binder name, cabinet type, binder information, cabinet open mode, binder open mode,
The open cabinet ID, the open binder ID, the number of title keys, and the title structure for each title key are stored.

As the title structure, a key number, a key name, a key attribute, a key type, a key digit number, a key tree code, a key check attribute, and a key ambiguity attribute are stored for each title key. The relevant document information storage area 38d stores the contents of the relevant document.

That is, as shown in FIG. 5, the retrieval condition expression area ID, the retrieval condition expression area offset, the number of relevant documents, the relevant document storage file name, and the number of binders in the relevant documents are stored. The image display related information storage area 38e stores information related to image display.

That is, as shown in FIG. 6, window ID, window state, final access window, reserved information table, number of displayed images, cabinet number, binder number, document direct number, connector number, page / revision number. , Record number, and page memory ID are stored.

The display memory 42 is for temporarily storing an image displayed by the CRT display device 24. In the display memory 42, an image actually displayed in the display window of the CRT display device 24, for example, an image from the page memory 40 or an image from the buffer memory 40a is enlarged, reduced, rotated, inserted or inserted. An image subjected to black-and-white reversal or the like is stored. The display control unit 44 controls the display processing of the CRT display device 24 and the like.

The image processing module 14 includes an enlarging / reducing circuit 46 for enlarging and reducing an image, a vertical / horizontal converting circuit 48 for rotating an image, and an encoding process for compressing an image (reducing redundancy). A compression / decompression circuit (CODEC) 50 for performing a decoding process for applying and decompressing (restoring the reduced redundancy), a scanner interface 52 for the scanner device 18, a printer interface 54 for the printer device 25, and scaling. The internal bus 56 connects the circuit 46 and the vertical / horizontal conversion circuit 48 with the compression / expansion circuit 50, the scanner interface 52, and the printer interface 54. The compression / expansion circuit 50 uses the MH (Modified Huffman) method, the MR (Modified Read) method, or the like to perform band compression,
Alternatively, band extension is performed.

The communication control module 16 is, for example, an LA.
It is configured by a communication interface 58 such as a BCP (Bus Communica-tion Processor) connected to the N.
Further, the communication control module 16 is connected to an external device such as an FCP (facsimile connection mechanism) or a personal computer through an interface, and a UCP (Universal Communication).
Processor) may be provided.

The system bus 30 is a bus for control signals of various devices, and connects the control module 10 with the memory module 12, the image processing module 14, and the communication control module 16. The image bus 32 is an image bus, and connects the memory module 12, the image processing module 14, and the communication control module 16.

The scanner device 18 is, for example, a two-dimensional scanning device and obtains an electric signal corresponding to an image on the original by scanning the original (document) two-dimensionally with a laser beam.

The optical disk device 22 is the scanner device 18
The images read by the method are sequentially stored in the optical disc 20. The optical disc 20 is searched for an image corresponding to the search code designated by the keyboard 23 or the like.

The keyboard 23 is used to input a unique search code corresponding to an image stored in the optical disk 20 and various operation commands for storage, search, edit processing and the like. Further, the mouse 29 moves the cursor (not shown) displayed on the display window of the CRT display device 24, for example, vertically and horizontally to give an instruction at a desired position so that the cursor is positioned. The display contents (various operation modes, area designation or icon for image editing, etc.) are selected or designated.

The CRT display device (cathode ray tube display device) 24 displays the image read by the scanner device 18 and the image retrieved from the optical disk 20. Icons and the like are displayed at the upper end, the lower end, and the right end on the display window of the CRT display device 24.

The printer device 25 prints out (hard copy) the image read by the scanner device 18, the image retrieved from the optical disk 20, or the image displayed on the CRT display device 24.

The magnetic disk device 27 stores various control programs on the magnetic disk 26 mounted on the magnetic disk device 27, and stores a search code input from the keyboard 23 and an image corresponding to the search code. The search data (search information) including the storage address on the optical disc 20, the image size, the search frequency, and the like is stored.

The document management system in this embodiment is shown in FIG.
Cabinets, binders, documents, pages 4 as shown in
It has a hierarchy, and the cabinet corresponds to one side of the optical disc 20, .... Up to 8 in the cabinet
Up to 30,000 documents can be stored in each binder. Each document has a title, and its structure is defined for each binder. The document is a basic unit of the file, and in addition to the title, an annotation (description of the document) can be added. The document is composed of up to 4095 pages.

Each binder is provided with a title management table (title table) 26a, ..., A page management table (page table) 26b ,. In the title management table 26a, as shown in FIG. 8, search information (image name) including a plurality of search keys (affiliation, name) corresponding to one document number, that is, title number is stored correspondingly. ing. The page management table 26b stores a record number for each page of one document. As shown in FIG. 9, a title number, a page number, a record number, and this record number are recorded. The storage address (storage start position) of the original image for each number and the document size (image size) are stored. The storage address is a logical address, and the physical track address and the physical sector address are calculated from this at the time of access.

The magnetic disk 26 has a binder structure management table 26c for managing the structure (title structure) of each binder used in the title management tables 26a, ....

The binder structure management table 26c is
As shown in FIG. 10, it is composed of a cabinet serial number, a cabinet binder number, a binder name, and a binder structure. As shown in FIG. 11, the binder structure includes key numbers for a plurality of keys, key attributes, a key length indicating the number of digits of the key, and a key name. When the key attribute is "0", it indicates a numerical value, "1" indicates a character, and "2" indicates a kanji. Next, the operation in such a configuration will be described.

That is, first, when the power switch (not shown) is turned on, the CPU 34 displays the initial menu on the CRT display device 24. This will register,
Search, additional registration, title modification, and deletion are displayed as the initial menu.

When the search is selected by using the keyboard 23 or the mouse 29 while the initial menu is displayed, the CPU 34 guides the input of the binder structure to be searched by the CRT display device 24. In response to this guidance, the keyboard structure or the mouse 29 is used to input the binder structure.

Then, the CPU 34 refers to the binder structure management table 26c in the magnetic disk 26, extracts a binder having the same binder structure as the input binder structure as a target binder, and reads various data for the extracted target binder. , In the binder-related information storage area 38b of the main memory 38.

Next, the CPU 34 displays the target binder using the CRT display device 24. In accordance with this display, the desired binder is selected using the keyboard 23 or the mouse 29. Depending on this selection, the CPU3
4 opens the cabinet and the binder corresponding to the selected binder. In response to this opening, the CPU
Reference numeral 34 turns on a flag indicating the opening of the cabinet and the opening of the binder in the target data management information storage area 38a of the main memory 38.

Further, the CPU 34 reads the data regarding the opened cabinet and the binder from the magnetic disk 26 and stores it in the binder / cabinet information storage area 38c in the main memory 38.

Next, the CPU 34 uses the CRT display device 24 to guide the input of the search method and the search condition expression. In accordance with this guidance, the keyboard 23 or the mouse 29 is used to input the search method and the search condition expression.

Then, the CPU 34 extracts (searches) the relevant document corresponding to the search condition expression by the designated retrieval method by using the title management table 26a corresponding to the binder, and makes various kinds of the extracted relevant document. The data is stored in the corresponding document storage area 38d of the main memory 38. In response to the extraction of the applicable document, the CPU 34 turns on the applicable document flag in the target data management information storage area 38a of the main memory 38.

The CPU 34 uses the CRT display device 2
4, the titles of the extracted relevant documents are sequentially displayed. In accordance with this display, the desired document is selected using the keyboard 23 or the mouse 29. In response to the selection of this document, the CPU 34 turns on the selected document flag in the target data management information storage area 38a of the main memory 38.

In response to the above selection, the CPU 34 guides the input of a desired page of the selected document. In response to this guidance, the keyboard 23 or the mouse 29 is used to instruct the desired number of pages. In response to this instruction, the CPU 34 reads the storage address of the optical disk 20 corresponding to the designated number of pages of the selected document from the page management table 26b corresponding to the binder, and the image of the read storage address. Is read from the optical disk 20 and displayed on the CRT display device 24. At this time, the CPU 34 stores various data for the displayed image in the image display related information storage area 38e of the main memory 38. In response to the display of the image, the CPU 34 turns on the display image flag in the target data management information storage area 38a of the main memory 38.

In this manner, with the image of the designated number of pages of the selected document displayed, the additional registration as another task is selected using the keyboard 23 or the mouse 29.

With this selection, the CPU 34 determines that the process is to be transferred to another job, and determines which process is in progress according to the stored content of the target data management information storage area 38a of the main memory 38, that is, the state of the flag, The storage contents of the storage areas 38b, 38c, 38d corresponding to the processing are validated.

That is, the storage contents of the cabinets, binders, documents, and storage areas 38b, 38c, 38d, and 38e corresponding to the number of pages displayed at the time of retrieval are effective. Ie cabinets, binders,
Corresponding data on documents and pages will be valid.

Thus, the CPU 34 uses the CRT display device 24 to guide the setting of the image to be additionally registered in the scanner device 18 and the instruction of the position of additional registration.
In response to this guidance, the original of the image to be additionally registered is set in the scanner device 18, and the position of additional registration is designated.

The CPU 34 registers the image read from the scanner device 18 in the optical disc 20 and also the page management table 2 corresponding to the binder of the document additionally registered.
The storage content of 6b is updated with the additional registration content. Also in this case, the CPU 34 determines the status of the processing by the target data management information storage area 38 of the main memory 38.
It is managed by the flag a.

The case of shifting from the page selection state of one job to the page selection state of another job has been described. However, the document selection state of one job shifts to the document selection state of another job. The same operation is performed in the case of performing or in shifting from the image confirmation state of one job to the image confirmation state of another job. FIG. 12 shows a conceptual diagram of business migration for explaining the concept when the business is migrated.

As described above, a plurality of images are stored on the optical disc in a four-layered structure of cabinet, binder, document, and page, and a title for retrieving each image corresponding to each of these images is stored on the magnetic disc. , When a desired image is searched from the optical disk by designating a title stored in this magnetic disk, the hierarchy of the processing by the job currently being executed is stored in the storage area, and each hierarchy in the job is stored. The processing contents of are stored in the storage area, and when an instruction to transfer from the currently executed job to another job is given, the processing is executed from the same hierarchy by using the memory contents stored in the storage area. It is a thing.

As a result, when images are managed in four layers of cabinet, binder, document, and page, and various jobs are performed, each job can be transferred to the same hierarchy of other jobs in each hierarchy.

[0056]

As described above in detail, according to the present invention,
In a system in which images are managed in four layers of cabinets, binders, documents, and pages, and various jobs are performed, it is possible to provide a job processing device capable of transferring each job to the same hierarchy of other jobs in each hierarchy.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram schematically showing the configuration of a business processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining a storage example of a target data management information storage area in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining a storage example of a binder related information storage area in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a view for explaining a storage example of a binder cabinet information storage area of FIG.

FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining a storage example of a corresponding document information storage area in FIG.

FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining a storage example of an image display related information storage area in FIG. 1.

FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining a document management system.

FIG. 8 is a diagram for explaining a storage example of the title management table in FIG.

9 is a diagram for explaining a storage example of the page management table of FIG. 1. FIG.

10 is a diagram for explaining a storage example of the binder structure management table of FIG. 1. FIG.

11 is a diagram for explaining a binder structure in the binder structure management table of FIG.

FIG. 12 is a diagram for explaining the concept when a job is transferred.

[Explanation of symbols]

20 ... Optical disc, 18 ... Scanner device, 22 ... Optical disc device, 23 ... Keyboard, 24 ... CRT display device, 34 ... CPU, 38 ... Main memory, 38a ...
Storage area, 38b ... Storage area, 38c ... Storage area, 38d ... Storage area, 38e ... Storage area.

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. Execution means for executing a plurality of business operations in the same plurality of processing steps, storage means for storing the processing status of the processing steps of each business executed by the execution means, and execution by the execution means. Instructing means for instructing the transition from the current business to another business, and when transitioning to another business in response to the instruction of the instructing means, the processing status stored in the storage means is used to execute the same processing step. A business processing apparatus comprising: a processing unit that executes a process. 2. A plurality of images are displayed on a cabinet, a binder,
Documents and pages are stored in a storage medium in a four-layer structure, and a title composed of a plurality of keys for searching each image corresponding to each of these images is stored in the storage medium.
In the image retrieval apparatus for retrieving a desired image from the storage medium by designating a title stored in the storage medium, a first storage storing which hierarchy the processing by the job currently being executed is. Second means for storing means and processing contents for each hierarchy in the above-mentioned work
Storage means, instructing means for instructing a transition from the currently executed job to another job, and when moving to another job in response to the instruction of the instructing means, the first and second memory means An image retrieval apparatus comprising: a processing unit that executes processing from the same layer by using stored storage contents.