JPH07160842A - Image information processing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily perform the classification/rearrangement of the data of an image file. CONSTITUTION:In the image information processing device where plural information recorders each has a memory card 3 to be a recording medium, a card I/F 19 to be the I/F part of an FD 5, etc., and an FDD 21, etc., and the copying of image files between media mounted on the I/F part is made possible, the copying can be executed by displaying a list of plural images stored in the recording medium on the screen of a monitor 30 as multi-screens and selecting an arbitrary image from the multi-screens.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an image information handling device, and more particularly to an image information handling device capable of recording, reproducing and copying information on an information recording medium.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Various types of recording media (information recording media) are used in conventional image file devices, which are image information handling devices for recording / reproducing images on / from a recording medium. It can be used properly according to. For example, as such an image file device, 2
2. Description of the Related Art There is known an image file device conforming to an electronic camera standard capable of analog recording of about 25 to 50 still images on an inch VF (video floppy disk).
In such an image file device for still images, the multi-screen playback display function of displaying recorded images in an index is useful as a function that greatly enhances convenience in searching and selecting images. there were.

On the other hand, due to recent advances in electronic circuit technology,
A digital image file device for compressing digitized image data, recording it on a recording medium, and reproducing it is provided at a relatively low cost.

Such a digital image filing device is
Since the data of the digitized image file is handled, there is an advantage that the image quality does not deteriorate at all even when copying (copying the image file). In the digital image file device, when the reproduced image data is expanded in the frame memory or the field memory, a reduced image is generated by thinning or filtering the data, and a multi-image display is performed to easily perform image search and selection. Is being done. In such an image file device, it is easy to provide two or more types of or two or more external storage media and mutually transfer image data between media to perform backup.

As an external storage medium for the recording means such as RAM incorporated inside, there are FD (floppy disk), memory card, HD (hard disk), etc.
Various digital storage devices are conceivable, but each medium has advantages and disadvantages such as capacity, speed, and running cost, and media with low running cost is used for backup.

As a copying method, all image data files of one medium are transferred to the other medium and copied, that is, full copy (ALL COPY) or one image data file of one medium. One-frame copy (COPY) in which data is transferred to the other medium and copied is considered.

[0007]

However, in the one-frame copy in the image file device which is the conventional image information handling device, the image data of the copy source is confirmed and the copy frame is selected. Since the copying is performed one by one, the copying operation is quite complicated. Further, if all the copies are performed, it is possible to perform the copying at one time, and the operation is performed only once, but even the unnecessary frames are copied, and it is necessary to erase the unnecessary frames later. .

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, and provides an image information handling device capable of copying image data by a simple operation in order to easily classify and organize image file data. The purpose is to do.

[0009]

The image information handling apparatus of the present invention has a plurality of information recording medium mounting portions or an information recording medium mounting portion compatible with a plurality of types of information recording media, and the above information recording An image information handling device capable of copying an image file between information recording media mounted in a medium mounting part, wherein the information recording medium mounted in the information recording medium mounting part on an applied monitor screen. Multi-screen display means for displaying a plurality of images stored in a list as a multi-screen, and image file selection copying for executing the above-mentioned copying for a corresponding image file by selecting an arbitrary image from the multi-screen Have means. Then, an image file to be copied is selected and specified on the multi-screen, and copying is executed.

[0010]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a state in which a remote control transmitter, a modem, a memory card (PC card), an FD, etc. of an image filing apparatus which is an image information handling apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention are connected or attached. It is a block diagram. A recording medium, which is an information recording medium of image information of an image file applicable to the image file apparatus 1, is, as shown in FIG.
A memory card 3 and a floppy disk (hereinafter referred to as FD) 5, which are used as a memory card and a plurality of information recording medium mounting portions for the FD, as will be described later. Same slot as I / F19, and
It has an FDD (floppy disk drive) 21. In this embodiment, the recording medium is a memory card.
Although the structure in which the card 3 and the FD 5 are applied, a removable hard disk, a magneto-optical disk, or the like can also be applied to the medium, and two media of the same type, for example, memory cards can also be used. Good.

The image filing apparatus 1 of the present embodiment digitizes a video input signal and converts it into digital video data, and an A / D block 11 which converts the digital video signal into a D / D block.
A / A block 12 that performs A conversion and outputs an analog video signal, a companding block 13 that stores digital video data for one screen, and compresses and expands the stored video data, and A / D blocks 11 and D / A block 1
2. A syscon (system controller) block 14 for controlling the operation of the companding block 13 to control recording / reproducing on / from a medium, a remote controller light receiving unit 15, an operation switch group 16, and a display unit 17 for displaying an operating state. , An RS-232C I / F unit 18 and a memory card I / F 19, which are information recording medium mounting units, a hard disk drive (HD) 20, and a floppy disk drive (FD).
D) 21 and a reproduced image display monitor 30 are mainly configured.

The A / D block 11 includes an RGB matrix circuit, a chroma decoder, a Y / C separation circuit, and an A / D.
It is composed of a converter and a TBC. Then, a composite video signal, Y / C separation signal, R supplied from the outside
The BG signal or the like is converted into Y / CR / CB data, digitized, and supplied to the video bus 24.

The D / A block 12 is a multi-screen display means for displaying a reproduced image, and includes a chroma encoder,
It is composed of an RGB matrix circuit, a D / A converter, a video driver, and the like. And video bus 24
Receives Y / CR / CB digital data supplied from
It is converted into a composite video signal, a Y / C separated signal, and an RGB signal, and the video signal is output from the video output terminal to the reproduction image display monitor 30 which is a multi-screen display means.

The companding (compressing and expanding) block 13 is a RAM-A 13a which is a compressed data memory, a CODER 13b which is a coder, and a VRAM 13 which is a frame memory.
It is composed of c. However, the companding block 13 is
A configuration other than the above may be used. The video data for one screen is stored in the VRAM 13c which is the frame memory from the video bus 24, the stored video data is output to the video bus 24, and the video data is compressed by the CODER 13b that compresses and expands the video data. , And outputs the compressed data to the RAM-A 13a which is a compressed data memory.

On the other hand, the compressed data is read from the RAM-A 13a which is a compressed data memory, expanded by the coder 13b which is a coder, and expanded in the VRAM 13c which is a frame memory.

The syscon block 14 includes a CPU 14
a, a CG (character generator) 14b, a random access memory RAM-B 14c, a read only memory 14a, an EEPROM 14e, an FDC (floppy disk controller) 14f, a hard disk controller (not shown), and the like.

The CPU 14a also has a built-in image file selection / copying means, and based on the code written in the ROM 14d, the A / D blocks 11 and D / A are provided.
The block 12 and the companding circuit 13 are controlled. This control is
Switch group 16, remote control light receiving unit 15, RS-232C
It is performed by a signal instructed by the I / F 18. And
The CPU 14a passes the block internal bus 22 to the R
OM14a, RAM-B14c, EEPROM14e,
The F / DC block 11, the D / A block 12,
The mode setting / reading register of the companding circuit 13, the RAM-A 13a of the compressed data memory, the VRAM 13c, etc. are accessed to execute the mode control, recording, reproduction and the like of this apparatus.

FIG. 2 shows the operation panel section 1 of the main body 1 of the apparatus.
FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a state of arrangement of a switch group 16 of a, a display unit 17, a media insertion slot, and the like. POWER shown in this figure
The switch 101 is pressed when the power is turned on or off. The SET button 102 is pressed when the setting menu screen is displayed on the monitor 30. The DISPLAY button 103 is pressed when the information display such as the recording status is switched, and at that time, the frame No. The remaining capacity is displayed via the CG (character generator) 14b. The ↑ button 104, which is a direction key, is pressed for frame forward feed, cursor / item, and content change. ↓ button 105 which is also a direction key
Is pressed to reverse frame, change cursor / item, or change contents. The ← button 106, which is a direction key, is
Press when scrolling items and two screens. The → button 107, which is a direction key, is pressed when the cursor / item and the two screens are scrolled.

Further, the COMP2 button 108 is divided into two vertically divided parts.
Press when screen comparison playback / operation screen change. COMP
The 4 button 109 is pressed when the four-screen comparison reproduction / operation screen is changed. The MULTI16 button 110 is pressed at the time of search during 4 × 4 multi-screen playback. FRM / FLD button 11
1 is pressed when switching the frame mode and the field mode, the frame mode is selected by the operation, and the FRM LED 112 lights up when the frame image is reproduced. Further, when the field mode is selected and the field image is reproduced, the FLD LED 113 lights up. P
The LAY button 114 is pressed during single frame reproduction. IN
The T PLAY LED 115 lights up during interval reproduction standby mode and interval reproduction. STO
The P button 116 is pressed when the operation is stopped, and a through image is displayed on the screen by this operation. However, the initialization process cannot be stopped midway.

Further, the COPY button 117 is pressed during one frame copy (COPY), and one frame is reproduced by this operation, and the copy standby mode is set. ALL COPY
The button 118 is pressed during all frame copy (ALL COPY), and this operation enters the all frame copy standby mode. The FORMAT button 119 is pressed at the time of initialization of the medium, and by this operation, the initialization standby mode is set. Press the ERASE button 120 to erase one frame,
By this operation, one frame is reproduced and the one frame erasing standby mode is set. The ALL ERASE button 121 is pressed when erasing all frames, and the operation enters the standby mode for erasing all frames. The REC button 122 is pressed during single-frame recording, and a freeze image is displayed on the screen by this operation, and the recording standby mode is set. The INT REC button 123 lights up during interval recording standby and interval recording. The START button 124 is pressed when executing a process from each standby mode.

Further, the CARD / FD button 125 is pressed at the time of media selection / copy direction selection. CARD L
The ED 126 lights up when the memory card is selected and the memory card is the copy source. The FD LED 127 selects a floppy disk and lights up when the floppy disk is the copy source. CARD ← FD LED128
Lights up when the copy direction is from floppy disk to memory card. CARD → FD LED129 is
Lights when the copy direction is from memory card to floppy disk. CONST QUALITY LED13
0 lights when the compression mode is the constant quality mode. NORMAL SIZELED 131 is
Lights when the compression mode is the normal size mode. E
The CONOMY SIZE LED 132 lights up when the compression mode is the economy size mode. FINE L
The ED 133 lights up when the compression mode is the fine mode.

Further, the frame number LED 134 displays the current frame number. The remote control light receiving window 135 receives communication light from the remote control. The card insertion port 136 is the insertion port of the memory card 3, and is a card access LED1.
37 is lit when the memory card 3 is being accessed. The card insertion surface display 138 is a display for inserting so that the memory card insertion surface and the surface of the memory card 3 face each other. The card eject button 139 is a memory card.
It is an eject button for taking out the code 3. The FD insertion port 140 is the insertion port of the FD 5, and is the FD eject button 1
Reference numeral 42 is an eject button for taking out the FD 5.
Then, the FD access LED 141 lights up when the FD 5 is being accessed.

The multi-image display in the image filing apparatus of the present embodiment constructed as described above is performed as follows. That is, the frame-by-frame data of the memory card 3 is read out via the memory card I / F 19 and passed through the internal bus 22 and the external bus 23 to the RAM-A 13a.
Transferred to. VRAM 13 sent from CPU 14a
It is reduced and expanded on the VRAM 13c starting from the address on c.

As a specific key operation during multi-image reproduction, first, the selection of the first frame to be reproduced in the multi-image display is performed by operating the ↑ button 104 and ↓ button 105. The multi-image display screen M1 of FIG. 3 is reproduced and displayed on the monitor 30. It should be noted that unrecorded frames and frames other than image data are displayed on a blue screen. Then MUL
When the TI16 button 110 is pressed, the multi-image display screen M1 of 16 frames after the selected frame is reproduced and displayed on the monitor 30 as shown in FIG.

In this way, the image data for 16 frames is expanded on the VRAM 13c, and a multi-image of 4 × 4 16 screens is displayed. The number of frames on the multi-display screen is not limited to 4 × 4, but may be 3 × 3, 5 × 5, 6 × 6 or the like.

Next, with reference to the flow chart of FIG. 5, description will be given of the operation of selecting a frame for copying and erasing and executing the copying and erasing under the above-mentioned multi-image display state. First,
In step S1, it is checked whether or not another mode button is pressed, and if it is pressed, the process jumps to step S4 and shifts to the process of another mode. If it is not pressed, the process proceeds to step S2, and it is checked whether or not the cursor is moved, that is, the cursor is moved in accordance with the operation of the ↑ button 104, ↓ button 105, ← button 106, → button 107 on the multi-16 screen. If there is movement, the process proceeds to step S5, cursor movement processing is performed, and the process returns to step S1. If there is no movement, step S3
Proceed to No. START button 12 for registering
It is checked whether 4 is pressed, and if it is pressed, the process proceeds to step S6. In step S6, the frame No. at the current cursor position. To register.

After step S6, the process proceeds to step S7 to check the pressed state of the mode button. If it is pressed, the process proceeds to step S13 described below. If it is not pressed, the process proceeds to step S8, and it is checked whether or not the cursor is moved on the multi-16 screen. If there is movement, the process proceeds to step S16, cursor movement processing is performed, and the process returns to step S7. If there is no movement, the process proceeds to step S9 and the frame No. It is checked whether the START button 124 for registering or deleting is pressed, and if it is pressed, the step S
Go to 10.

In step S10, the frame No. It is determined whether the registration processing or the deletion processing is performed. If it is the registration processing, the process jumps to step S11 and the frame No. To register. If it is a deletion process, jump to step S12,
Frame No. Is deleted. The frame No. The registration process is based on the currently unregistered frame No. When the START button 124 is pressed with the cursor positioned above, the frame No. at the cursor position is displayed. The registration process of is executed. On the other hand, the frame No. The deletion process is for the already registered frame N.
O. START button 1 with the cursor positioned above
When you press 24, this frame No. Delete processing is executed.

After that, a plurality of frames are further registered, or
In the case of erasing, after returning to step S7, the frame No. Will be registered or deleted.

The registration process in step S11 is as follows.
According to the designation of either Sequential (S) or Random (R) selected by the copy processing option in the mode setting processing described later, the frame No. Is registered. When the sequential (S) is designated, the frame No. designated by the cursor movement is designated. The copy is done from the youngest. When random (R) is designated, the frame numbers are selected in the order designated. Is registered. Then, when copying, the copying is performed in the order of registration.

When jumping to step S13,
Check the press mode button, copy button 117 or ERA
If the SE button 120 is pressed, the process proceeds to step S15. If another mode button is pressed, the process proceeds to step S14, and the corresponding mode process is executed. Step S above
15, the registered frame No. Copy or delete the image data of the frame. The order of copying is the sequential (S) or random (R) registered frame numbers. Copying is performed in the registration order of.

In this way, when performing the copy process, the No. of the frame to be copied to the copy destination medium is determined. , Or
Erasing frame No. Can be specified on the multi-screen, and especially when copying a plurality of frames, the frame number. From the youngest, or on the multi-screen in the frame No. Since it is possible to copy in the specified order, it is possible to efficiently edit the image data such as rearranging the order. Further, copying or erasing of a plurality of frames can be performed by changing the frame number on the multi-screen. Since it is possible to specify, it is possible with a single copy or erase operation.

Next, this image filing apparatus can set modes such as an input mode and a compression processing mode. Regarding the mode setting processing, the setting menu screens of FIGS.
This will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. First, the set button 102 is pressed to change the display screen to the setting menu screen M10 on the first page of FIG. In this state,
It is possible to set an interval for interval recording, an interval for interval reproduction, or a compression mode. Therefore, in step S21, it is determined whether or not the current setting screen is to be switched. If the current setting screen is to be switched, the process jumps to step S28 to switch the setting menu screen. When you switch
The setting screen M20 on the second page in FIG. 7 is displayed. In this setting mode, it is possible to move to the RS-232C sub setting screen, move to the clock setting sub setting menu screen, set the file name, set the copy mode, and the like.

In step S22, an instruction to end the setting is given on the setting menu screen, and END is displayed on the setting screens M10 and M20.
This setting process is terminated by specifying. When the process proceeds to steps S23, S24 and S25, it is checked whether or not there is a copy mode setting or a sub-directory generation setting. This setting operation is performed by the setting menu screen M20 shown in FIG.
In the display state of, the cursor whose character color is displayed in red is moved to the item portion to be set by pressing the ↑ button 104 and ↓ button 105, and further, the → button 107 is pressed to move the cursor to the right side. Then, the ↑ button 104 and ↓ button 105 are pressed to specify the set value or the setting mode.

In step S23, it is determined whether the sequential (S) or random (R) copy order mode is designated. If specified,
By jumping to step S29, the sequential (S) or random (R) is displayed by switching the display on the right side of the display COPY / ACCESS of the setting menu screen M20 of FIG. 7 to S or R. Set.

In step S24, it is checked whether a subdirectory for storing image data is created on the copy destination medium. In the case of generation, the process jumps to step S30 to generate a subdirectory described later.

In this case, by setting the display on the right side of the display COPY / SUB DIR on the setting menu screen M20 in FIG. 7 to ON or OFF, it is set whether to generate or not generate.

In step S25, it is checked whether the subdirectory name is set, and in step S3
Jump to 1 and set the subdirectory name. In step S26, it is checked whether or not the mode designation of another item is executed, and if it is designated, the process proceeds to step S27 and the setting of another item is performed.

Next, the subdirectory generation processing on the copy destination medium in step S30 will be described. Prior to the explanation, the subdirectory generation processing of the medium in the DOS (DISK OPERATION SYSTEM) applied to the image data processing of the present apparatus is explained. The logical structure will be described. FIG. 9 is a memory map on the logical structure of a recording medium such as a memory card. As shown in the figure, the memory area includes a boot sector reserved area 201, which is a management area, and a FAT area 20.
2, 202A and the root directory entry area 20
3 and a data area 204 which is a main information recording area. However, in the FAT area 202A, copy data of the FAT data in the FAT area 202 is recorded, and
Referenced when the data in the AT area 202 is corrupted. The sector-by-sector volume of each area and the start address of each area are shown in FIG.

The boot sector 201 is the logical structure data of the recording medium such as the logical sector length of the memory card, the number of tracks, and the number of sectors per track.
PB (BIOS PARAMETER BLOCK) information is recorded. The FAT information recorded in the FAT area 202 is
System reservation information recorded in each FAT entry,
Data area 204 in which the data body of each file is stored
And chain format information indicating the configuration of the above series of clusters. The FAT entry numbers other than the above reservation information have a one-to-one correspondence with the cluster numbers in which the file data body is divided and stored. Further, the cluster is one unit of a memory in which the data body is divided and stored, and its size is a predetermined number of sectors defined in the boot sector 201, for example, two sectors. Composed.

The FAT data in the chain format means that the cluster numbers following each cluster of the cluster numbers in the data area forming one file data body are written in the FAT entry corresponding to each cluster. It is a thing. Therefore, by reading the FAT data, it is possible to know where and in which cluster the series of data bodies of each file are stored in the data area 204, and the data of each file can be read from the data area 204. it can.

However, of the series of cluster numbers of each file, the first cluster number is written in the directory entry to be described later, and to search the data body of the file, the FAT entry from the first cluster number is searched. Will be searched sequentially.

Entry information of the root directory is recorded in the root directory area 203, and the root directory also contains information of the subdirectory to be created.

Then, in order to improve the searchability of the image data of the copy destination medium, a subdirectory is created in the data area of the memory of the medium, and the image data is copied to the subdirectory. This subdirectory is created in the data area 204 on the memory area of the memory card 3 shown in FIG. Then, the image file body corresponding to the sub-directory is written in the unrecorded data area which is the remaining capacity of the medium.

The generation of the sub-directory is automatically performed in step S30 of the mode setting process of FIG. 8, and the sub-directory name is automatically set at the same time.
The automatically set subdirectory name is composed of a device-specific part and a serial number part. For example, "J6 ISB
A 01 ”. In this case, "J6ISB" is a unique code indicating the image file device, "A" is a portion indicating the corresponding subdirectory, and "01" is the serial number portion of the corresponding subdirectory. The above "A" part can be designated by the user separately (see FIG. 7).
When the name is automatically generated, the reference numbers registered in the CPU 14a are sequentially added. Then, the image file to be copied is registered in the generated subdirectory.

In this way, the image files are grouped by copying them in the sub-directory,
It becomes possible to register, and it becomes possible to organize image data efficiently.

It is also possible for the user to specify whether or not to generate this sub-directory. In this case, the COPY button 117 is pressed to enter the copy standby state, and FIG. 7 displayed at that time is displayed. The setting menu screen M20 is displayed, and the right side display of the display "SUB DIR" can be switched to ON or OFF for designation.

In the case of the present embodiment, the size of the area of the generated sub-directory is set in cluster units corresponding to the number of frames of the image file that can be recorded in the unrecorded data area at the time of generation. The size of the image file of one frame at that time is determined by the image file size according to the compression mode. It should be noted that in a personal computer or the like, when a sub-directory is generated, normally only one cluster is secured, and when the number of files recorded in the sub-directory increases, the sub-directory arrangement may be dislocated. . However, in the apparatus of the present embodiment, the size of the sub-directory is determined in consideration of the remaining capacity of the medium, so that the areas of one generated sub-directory are not dispersed and the FAT data is discontinuous. And the speed of accessing the image file does not decrease.

FIG. 10 shows the image file device
9 is a flowchart of a subdirectory generation process for setting a subdirectory area for a copy destination medium. In steps S41 and S42, it is checked whether or not there is a subdirectory already registered, and if the subdirectory is registered, it is checked whether or not the subdirectory is a subdirectory generated by the image file device. Then, if there is no registered subdirectory, or if there is a registered subdirectory but it was not created by this device, the subdirectory is allocated in step S45,
Generate subdirectory 1. FIG. 11 shows a setting state of the data area 204 of the medium at that time.

Also, the registered subdirectory 1
If the subdirectory 1 is generated by this image file device, step S4
Go to 3. Therefore, it is checked whether there are unregistered clusters in the subdirectory. If there is an unregistered cluster, the subdirectory is allocated in step S46 to generate the subdirectory 2. FIG. 12 shows the setting state of the data area 204 of the medium at that time. In this case, unrecorded clusters are distributed to the subdirectories 1 and 2 at a predetermined ratio.

Further, if there is no unregistered cluster, the process proceeds to step S44, where it is checked whether or not there are extra clusters even if the free cluster secures an area in which one frame can be recorded. If it is determined that there is a surplus, the subdirectory is allocated in step S47, and the subdirectory 2 is generated. Data area 204 of the media at that time
FIG. 13 shows the setting state of. In this case, the subdirectory 2 is provided on a data area that is separated from the subdirectory 1 without being adjacent to the area of the subdirectory 1. If it is determined in step S44 that there are no more clusters, the process jumps to step S48 to perform processing such as displaying that the subdirectory cannot be created.

As described above, there are the following two methods when setting the area of the subdirectory by the remaining capacity, and the user can select and set the area.

The first method is to calculate the number of files that can be registered in the data area with the file size created in the currently set compression mode, and to create an area that allows the files to be registered in all subdirectories. This is a method of assigning to a subdirectory.

The second method is to calculate the number of files that can be registered in the data area when the fixed length mode for compressing with the minimum file size that can be set in the image file device is selected, and all the files are stored in the subdirectory. This is a method of allocating as much area as possible to sub directories to sub directories.

In the above first and second setting methods, the number F of files assumed is expressed by the following equation. The size of one entry of the directory is 32 bytes. Estimated number of files F = number of clusters in data area D /
Cluster Number E Occupied by Estimated File Size Then, the cluster number E occupied by the assumed file size is obtained. For example, in the case of the first method,
If the frame mode is currently selected in the normal size mode, the file size of one frame is 96 KB, and the number of clusters occupied by the assumed file size E = 96 K
B / cluster size (KB) (rounded up after the decimal point) On the other hand, in the case of the second method, in the economy size mode, in the case of field recording, the file size of one frame is 48 KB, and the number of clusters occupied by the assumed file size E = 48K
B / cluster size (KB) (rounded up after the decimal point). The expected number F of files is obtained based on the number E of clusters.

Therefore, if the size of the area to be secured as the subdirectory is G, then G = the expected number of files F × 32 bytes. The number H of clusters occupied by the size G of the area to be secured as this subdirectory is H = G / cluster size (rounded up to the right of the decimal point).

In the file copy process, when one frame copy (COPY) or all copy (ALL COPY) is executed in a conventional personal computer or the like,
If the capacity of the copy destination media became insufficient, the operation was stopped. However, in the image file apparatus of this embodiment, the copy mode or the full copy mode is not canceled even if it is detected that the capacity of the copy destination medium is insufficient. Then, when the START button 124 is pressed at the time when the medium of the copy destination is exchanged, copying is resumed and continued, so that the copying operation becomes very easy.

When continuing the copying operation,
By displaying the setting menu screen and instructing automatic format (AUTO FORMAT),
The copy operation can be continued.

FIG. 14 shows a flow chart of the copy processing, and the copy processing is executed by the processing of steps S51 to S60. As the main processing, it is checked whether or not a sufficient unrecorded data area remains on the copy destination medium (step S52), and the copy is executed (step S5).
1). If the above unrecorded data area is not left,
After checking the transition processing to the other mode processing (step S54 etc.), the replacement of the media is confirmed (step S56), the instruction input of the format execution of the loaded media is checked (step S57), and the initial state is set. The conversion processing is executed (step S57). Then, the copy process is executed (step S60).

[0060]

The image information handling apparatus of the present invention is an apparatus capable of copying image files between information recording media, displaying a plurality of images in a list as a multi-screen, and selecting an arbitrary image from the multi-screen. By selecting, the above copying of the corresponding image file is executed, so that it becomes possible to easily sort and organize the data of the image file by the copying.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a remote control transmitter, a memory card, and an image filing device which are image information handling devices according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a state in which an FD, a modem, etc. are connected.

FIG. 2 is a layout diagram of a front panel section of the image filing apparatus shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a multi-screen display state of a monitor in the image filing apparatus of FIG.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a switching state of multi-screen display on a monitor in the image filing apparatus shown in FIG.

5 is a flowchart of a frame selection process in the image file device of FIG.

6 is a diagram showing a first page of a setting menu screen in the image filing device of FIG.

7 is a diagram showing the second page of the setting menu screen in the image filing apparatus of FIG.

8 is a flowchart of a mode setting process in the image filing apparatus of FIG.

9 is a memory map of a medium applied to the image filing apparatus shown in FIG.

10 is a flowchart of a subdirectory generation process in the image file device of FIG.

11 is an example showing a map of a data area when a subdirectory of a medium is created in the image file device shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 12 is another example showing a map of a data area when a subdirectory of a medium is created in the image file device of FIG. 1;

FIG. 13 is still another example showing a map of a data area when a subdirectory of a medium is created in the image file device shown in FIG. 1;

14 is a flowchart of a copy process in the image file device of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 3 Memory card (recording medium) 5 FD (recording medium) 12 D / A block (multi-screen display means) 14a .... CPU (image file selection / copying means) 19 Memory card I / F (recording medium loading section) 21 FDD (recording medium loading section) 30 Monitor ( Multi-screen display means)

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An information recording medium mounting portion or an information recording medium mounting portion adapted to a plurality of types of information recording media,
An image information handling device capable of copying image files between the information recording mediums mounted on the information recording medium mounting part, wherein the image recording device is mounted on the information recording medium mounting part on an applied monitor screen. Multi-screen display means for displaying a plurality of images stored in an information recording medium as a multi-screen in a list, and an image for executing the above-mentioned copying for a corresponding image file by selecting an arbitrary image from the multi-screen An image information handling device characterized by comprising a file selection copying means