JPH07271801A - Filing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a filing device capable of quickly, simply and multilaterally retrieving and selecting other picture information relating to picture information being selected or executed at its processing such as display at present. CONSTITUTION:The filing device is provided with an auxiliary information detection means 107 detecting an auxiliary information such as a tile and a keyword for a picture information being selected at present, a retrieving condition storing means 104 for storing one or plural retrieving conditions, a retrieving condition setting means 105 for setting up a retrieving condition stored in the means 104 as necessity, and a retrieved result informing means for informing an operator of a retrieved result and constituted so as to retrieve other picture information stored in a picture information storing means 102 in accordance with the auxiliary information detected by the means 107 and the retrieving conditions stored in the means 104 and inform the operator of the retrieved result by the retrieved result informing means.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a search for image information and documents in a filing system, a workstation, and a system for storing a large amount of various kinds of image information and other documents, and more particularly to a plurality of stored images. Image information,
The present invention relates to a filing device capable of easily searching and selecting image information selected from a document or other image information or a document related to the document.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, in a filing apparatus that stores a large amount of documents such as image information on an optical disc, when registering the image information, not only the title information of the image information but also the
By inputting one or a plurality of keywords for retrieval and storing them in association with the image information, not only retrieval by title information but retrieval by keyword can be performed.

When searching with a single keyword, an operator generally specifies one keyword to display a list of information such as titles of all image information associated with the keyword. . The operator can further select desired image information from the list and perform processing such as display. When searching with multiple keywords, AND of multiple keywords specified by the operator
The keyword of the image information stored under the condition or the OR condition is searched, a list of information such as title names of all the image information that meets the search condition is displayed, and the operator selects from among them. It is also possible to search only by the title information.

Further, as a method for easily registering and searching without inputting a keyword or the like, a plurality of keywords are set in advance and image information is registered, as described in JP-A-4-205656. In doing so, there is a method of selecting any one of the set keywords and registering it in association with image information. When searching, the operator selects one from the plurality of keywords to display a list of image information associated with the keyword, and selects the target image information from the list.

[0005]

In the above-mentioned conventional filing apparatus, when searching with the search condition specified by the operator, only the title of the image information which meets the search condition specified by the operator is displayed, and therefore, it is displayed. In order to search for image information other than the image information, it is necessary to change the search condition such as a keyword and search again.

In particular, even when other image information related to the image information being selected or displayed by searching is searched, the search is performed under the same search condition as when the selected image information is searched. If it cannot be done, there is a problem in work that it is necessary to change the search condition and search. Further, it is not always possible to set a search condition for immediately searching for related image information, and the work time may increase.

Further, the simple registration and search method of selecting any one from the above-mentioned plurality of keywords and registering the image information in association with the keyword has a problem that only one-sided search can be performed.

An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems, and to search other image information related to the image information which is currently selected or is being processed for display in a multi-faceted manner by a simple operation in a short time. , To provide a filing device that can be selected.

[0009]

To achieve the above object, an image information storage means for recording a plurality of image information, an image information retrieval means for retrieving specific image information from the plurality of image information, and the image information. In a filing apparatus equipped with an image information selecting unit that selects arbitrary image information from the image information searched by the searching unit according to an instruction of an operator, the title of the currently selected image information, and incidental information such as a keyword is detected. Result of search with incidental information detection means, search condition storage means for storing one or a plurality of search conditions, and search condition setting means for resetting the search conditions stored in the search condition storage means if necessary Search result notifying means for notifying the operator of the search condition, and the search condition stored in the search condition storage means and the supplementary information detected by the supplementary information detecting means. In response, search the other image information stored in the image information storage unit, and notifies the retrieval result to the operator by the retrieval result notification means.

[0010]

In the filing device, the incidental information of the image information currently selected is detected by the incidental information detecting means, and the image information retrieving means detects the retrieval condition and the incidental information stored in the retrieval condition storing means. Then, the search condition is determined, and other image information stored in the image information storage means is searched.

Further, the search result notifying means notifies the operator of the result of the search by the image information searching means, so that the operator knows other image information related to the currently selected image information, and By selecting the image information desired to be selected from the image information selecting means, other image information related to the currently selected image information can be searched and selected in a multi-faceted manner by a simple operation in a short time.

[0012]

The first embodiment of the present invention will be described below. FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of an image filing device. In the figure, 101 is a control unit that controls the entire apparatus, 102 is an image information storage unit that stores a plurality of image information, 103 is an image information search unit that searches for image information, 104 is an image information search unit 103 that is image information A search condition storage unit that stores search conditions for searching for, 105 is a search condition setting unit that sets the search conditions stored in the search condition storage unit as necessary, and 106 is the image information search unit 103. An image information selection unit that selects arbitrary image information designated by the operator from the image information, 107 is an additional information detection unit that detects additional information of the selected image information, 108 is a display control unit that controls the display device, 109 Is a display device.

In the above-mentioned image filing apparatus, the image information is searched from the state in which there is no selected image information, as in the ordinary search method, by the title name or keyword added to the image information. The image information search unit 103 searches. The search condition using the title name, keyword, etc. at that time is input by the operator through the search condition setting unit 105, and the search condition storage unit 10
Held at 4. The image information search unit 103 includes the search condition and the image information storage unit 1 stored in the search condition storage unit 104.
Image information that matches the title names or keywords of a plurality of image information stored in 02, or does not match completely depending on the search method, but most title names or keywords are the same. Select image information. The control unit 101 displays the title name of the selected image information on the display device 109 through the display control unit 108 and notifies the operator.

When there are a plurality of pieces of image information having the same title name or keyword, the operator selects a title name of specific image information from the plurality of image information through the image information selection section 106, and displays or prints the selected image. Process.

When the searched image information does not include the desired image information, the operator sets the search condition in the search condition storage unit 104 through the search condition setting unit 105 and performs the search again.

When specific image information is selected by the above-described processing, the incidental information detection unit 107 causes the incidental information detection unit 107 to display the title name of the image information selected by the image information selection unit 106, keywords, registration date, time, etc. The incidental information is detected and sent to the image information search unit 103. Image information search unit 1
At 03, the search condition for searching for other image information stored in the image information storage unit 102 is determined from the search condition preset in the search condition storage unit 104 and the supplementary information of the selected image.

For example, as shown in FIG. 2, the incidental information detected from the selected image information is title name, registration date, registration source, image size, keyword 1, keyword 2.
Then, the incidental information detection unit 107 sends the item and contents to the image information search unit 103.

As shown in FIG. 3, the search conditions set in the search condition storage unit 104 are: condition 1; image information whose title name is the same as the title name of the selected image information; Is designated as image information within 7 days before and after the registration date of the selected image information, and condition 3 is designated as image information which is the same as the keyword 1 or the keyword 2 of the selected image information. And

The image information retrieval unit 103 is an incidental information detection unit 1
The search condition for searching a plurality of image information stored in the image information storage unit 102 from the supplementary information of the selected image information sent from 07 and the search condition set in the search condition storage unit 104. decide. In the above case, the image information whose title is “Patent 1” is searched for under the condition 1, and the registration date is searched for on the condition that the registration date is November 8, 1993 −19 under the condition 2.
The image information of November 22, 1993 is searched, and the image information whose condition includes “personal computer” or “memory control” in the keyword is searched.

Of the incidental information of the selected image information, information that is not described in the search condition set in the search condition storage unit 104 is not used for the search. In the above example, the registration source and the image size.

If the item of the incidental information described in the retrieval condition set in the retrieval condition storage unit 104 does not exist in the incidental information of the currently selected image information, the retrieval is not performed. In the example of FIG. 3, if there is no keyword item or the content of a valid keyword is not described, the search by the keyword of condition 3 is not performed.

In order to notify the operator of the result of the above search, the display control unit 108 displays the search result on the display device 109.

FIG. 4 is an example of a display screen displaying the search results. The title name and other supplementary information of the image information searched by each of the above search conditions are displayed as a list.
When the image information to be selected and displayed or the like is included in the three tables, the operator selects any image information through the image information selection unit 106.

In the above example, the operator is notified by displaying the search results in a table format. However, as shown in FIG. 5, the searched image information is divided into groups according to the searched search conditions and displayed as pictorial symbols such as icons. A method is also possible. In FIG. 5, the above icons are displayed by dividing them into windows for each group. In this case as well, the operator is
Any image information is selected through 06. The image information selection unit 106 may be a pointing device such as a mouse or a trackball, or a keyboard.

By the above processing, the operator can select other image information related to the currently selected image information in a short time by a simple operation.

In the above example, the operator is notified by displaying the results of the search under each search condition divided into groups corresponding to each search condition, but other methods described below are also possible.

As shown in FIG. 6, the image information storage unit 102.
All or part of the image information stored in the display device 1
It is displayed in the icon format on the screen of 09 and the search result is expressed by changing the color of the corresponding icon. For example, the icon of the image information searched for in condition 1 is changed from white to red, and the icons searched for in condition 2 and condition 3 are changed to blue and green, respectively. Indicates the relationship with information.

A method of expressing the relation with the selected image by changing the shape of the icon or the pattern of the icon may be considered, instead of expressing the color of the icon as described above.

Further, a display method as shown in FIG. 7 is also conceivable in order to perform the display in consideration of the result of the search by the combination of the respective search conditions. In the figure, not only are the icons of the image information searched under each search condition displayed separately for each search condition, but when there is image information that meets a plurality of search conditions, the results are graphically represented. For example, FIG. 7 shows that the image information “design specification 1” meets the search conditions of condition 2 and condition 3. That is, the result of the search under the condition where the condition 2 and the condition 3 are ANDed is shown.

[0030]

According to the present invention, in a filing apparatus, other image information related to the image information currently selected or being processed such as display is searched for in a multi-faceted manner in a short time by a simple operation. , You can choose.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a filing apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of incidental information of image information.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of search conditions.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a display example of search results according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a display example of search results according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a display example of search results of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a display example of search results according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 101 ... Control unit, 102 ... Image information storage unit, 103 ... Image information search unit, 104 ... Search condition storage unit, 105 ... Search condition setting unit, 106 ... Image information selection unit, 107 ... Supplementary information detection unit, 108 ... Display Control unit 109 ... Display device.

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. An image information storage means for recording a plurality of image information, an image information retrieval means for retrieving specific image information from the plurality of image information, and an image information retrieved by the image information retrieval means. In a filing apparatus equipped with image information selection means for selecting image information, the auxiliary information detection means for detecting additional information such as the title and keyword of the currently selected image information and one or more search conditions are stored. A search condition storage means to be stored and a search condition setting means for setting the search condition stored in the search condition storage means as necessary and a search result notifying means for notifying a search result are provided, and the incidental information detecting means is provided. According to the detected incidental information and the search condition stored in the search condition storage means, other image information stored in the image information storage means is searched, and the search is performed. The result notification unit, filing apparatus and notifies the search result. 2. The filing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the image information search means searches for a plurality of search conditions, and the search results are notified in a distinguishable manner for each of the plurality of search conditions. apparatus. 3. The filing device according to claim 2, wherein each of the search results is displayed as a table or an icon. 4. The filing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the result of the search under the plurality of search conditions can be identified by changing the color, shape, or pattern of the icon for each of the plurality of search conditions. And filing equipment.