JPH0737114A - Picture information management system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To extract only a partial shape from an assembly drawing which is read, to generate plural parts drawings, to maintain parts constitution at an inner part, to overlap shapes drawn on the plural parts drawings so as to set them to be parts constitution and to make one piece of assembly drawing. CONSTITUTION:A picture segment processing part 63 segments an input picture from a picture input device 1 into plural pictures by using a inside/ outside polygon multiplex designation method, a picture data inquiry method and a segment/arc inquiry method. A picture information associating processing part 64 executes grouping, sequencing and indexing processings on the plural segmented picture. A picture information output processing part 68 gives transmission/nontransmission attributes to the plural segmented pictures and executes a clipping display processing and a superposing display processing. When the structured picture information is retrieved, a parts table can automatically be outputted and only the shapes of the parts numbers are eliminated on the parts in the assembly drawing so as to move them.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an image information management system, and particularly to image information management suitable for use in inputting and storing drawings, technical documents, etc. used in the manufacturing industry as image data. Regarding the system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, when a conventional image information management system is used for reading, inputting, storing and managing drawings, technical documents, etc. by a scanner, an index for searching is input for each input paper unit. The search items such as the classification code are registered and stored at the same time. This prior art is provided with a simple selection function such that a range to be stored on a sheet is designated by a rectangle or a simple polygon when a drawing or the like is read by a scanner.

Further, in the above-mentioned prior art, when the stored image information is searched, a search method such as a logical search in which various search conditions are added to a plurality of search keywords, a free word search, or a fuzzy search is used. However, no consideration is given to the fact that the registered image information itself is automatically combined in accordance with the search condition or the arrangement is changed to perform the search.

As a conventional technique relating to this type of image information management system, for example, "Hitfile 650" is used.
The techniques described in "E series manual SP-126-30" and the like are known.

[0005]

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION Problems to be Solved by the Invention
There is no consideration for managing the hierarchical structure of each graphic element in the read drawing, for example, there is no function for associating the hierarchical structure of parts with the graphic corresponding to each part and part assembly, Each part, or
A separate drawing is created for each subassembly, and if the used parts of a certain assembly are changed, the assembly drawing, subassembly drawing,
There is a problem that all of the parts list of the assembly such as the single parts drawing must be changed.

Further, the above-mentioned prior art does not have a function of creating a relation between the information expressed in the input image data, and the relation between a plurality of input data inputted at different times. It has a problem that it cannot be created.

That is, in the above-mentioned conventional technique, a partial image is cut out from the input image data, a management structure is added to the partial image and stored, and the partial images cut out at the time of search are automatically combined according to the search condition. Alternatively, it does not have a function of changing the arrangement or the like, and thus has a problem that new image information cannot be generated.

An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, not only to create a relation between input image data such as drawings and technical documents at the time of input, but also to search and structure. Provides an image information management system that enables the registered image data to be easily searched for and the corrections and changes to be performed efficiently, so that the registered information can be effectively used. Especially.

Further, an object of the present invention is to cut out partial images from the information described in drawings and technical documents, select and discard these, decompose and structure them into elements, store them, delete them in element units, and combine them. An object is to provide an image information management system that enables assembly, search, and retrieval. That is, specifically, not only is the assembly drawing input from the scanner, disassembled into the shapes of individual parts, and stored as image information in parts drawing units, but a partial assembly drawing and a parts table combining these parts are also created. To provide an image information management system capable of storing an assembly drawing input in a hierarchical structure and outputting a partial assembly drawing and a part drawing of an arbitrary hierarchy from one assembly drawing. is there.

[0010]

According to the present invention, the above object comprises a display device, a command input device, a coordinate input device, a storage device, an external storage device, a processing device, an image information input device, and an image information output device. In an image information management system including an image processing device, a part of the image information input from the image information input device is cut out from a part of the image information, and a name is added to this to create cut-out image information, A means for managing the position of the cut-out image information in all the image information and the relation between the cut-out image information, and structured image information (structured image information) are written out to an external storage device and stored therein. And the means for outputting the structured image information written in the above to the image information output device while reading the structured image information into the storage device.

[0011]

The means for creating the cut-out image information cuts out the image information input from the image information input device and adds the cut-out image information name to the image information. The image information can be cut out by using the following methods.

(A) An arbitrary polygon coordinate point group is obtained from the coordinate input device, and image information inside and outside this polygon coordinate range is cut out.

(B) A coordinate including a part of the image information is obtained from the coordinate input device, and the line segment and the arc in the image data are recognized with this as a starting point. Therefore, the line segment and the arc in the image data are recognized. Show the recognition result to the operator while tracing the dot row of
The operator selects the direction of the line segment or the arc at the branch point to cut out specific image information such as the line segment or the arc.

(C) A coordinate including a part of image information such as a line segment or an arc is obtained from the coordinate input device, and the line segment is included in the image data.
A circular arc or the like is calculated and displayed as a local echo and shown to the operator, and the operator operates the image information and the figure calculated and displayed as this local echo to obtain the matched variable values (center, radius, end points, etc.). By this, specific image information such as a line segment and an arc is cut out.

The means for managing the relation between the cut-out image information correlates the "cut-out image information" cut out by the above-mentioned method, and performs the following cut-out image information relation management.

(A) To a plurality of "cutout image information names", the arrangement positions between the "cutout image information" and a new set name "set cutout image information name" are added, and further, a plurality of "cutout image information names" are added. Repeated operations such as adding layout positions and new set names between "set cut-out image information" to "set cut-out image information name" to create hierarchical "structured image information" To do.

(B) An index indicating classification information is added to a plurality of "cutout image information names" to enable a hierarchical structure search, and the classification information includes a consistent number,
"Structured image information" sorted by classification code such as creation date
To create.

(C) Structured image information is created by combining (a) and (b) described above.

The means for outputting to the image information output device has an image information multiple output / display function, and when the “cutout image information” to be output overlaps each other, a transparent / non-transparent display is provided for each “cutout image information”. When attributes can be added and transparent / non-transparent information is mixed with the displayed information,
It is possible to sort and output the cut-out image information for which transparency is specified so that it is ranked higher, and output / display the image information output device and the display device in a superimposed manner.

According to the present invention, the cut-out image information can be freely searched from the image information of the cut-out image information name, the arbitrary hierarchical structure in the structured image information, and the related structure from the external storage device by using each function described above. Further, it is possible to arrange the cutout image information at an arbitrary position on a new sheet, mix it with another cutout image information, and register it as new structured image information.

[0021]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of an image information management system according to the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining the configuration and data flow of an image information management system according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG.
5 is a diagram for explaining an image cutting method, FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining an image cutting method by the image data exploration method, FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining an image cutting method by the line segment / arc search method, and FIG.
8 is a diagram for explaining a method of managing structured image information, FIG. 9
FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a method of displaying a set cutout image. In FIG. 1, 1 is an image input device, 2 is a display device, 3 is a command input device, 4 is a coordinate input device, 5 is an image output device, 6 is a processing device, 7 is an image storage device, 8 is an external storage device, Reference numeral 61 is a command control unit, 62 is an image reading program, 63 is an image cutout processing unit, 64 is an image information association processing unit, 65 is an image information input / output processing program, and 6
6 is an image retrieval program, 67 is an image capturing program, and 68 is an image information output processing unit.

As shown in FIG. 1, an image information management system according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an image input device 1, a display device 2, a command input device 3, a coordinate input device 4, an image output device 5, and a processing device 6. The image storage device 7 and the external storage device 8 are provided. Then, the processing device 6
It comprises various programs for managing image information according to the present invention, a processing unit, and a command control unit.

First, the flow of processing of the entire system will be briefly described with reference to FIG.

(1) The user of the illustrated image information management system sets the drawing or the like to be stored in the image input device 1 and selects the "image reading command" from the command names displayed on the display device 2. Then, the command is input from the command input device 3 to the processing device 6.

Upon receipt of the "image reading command", the command control section 61 in the processing device 6 causes the image reading program 62 to operate. The image reading program 62 reads the drawing information from the image input device 1, temporarily stores the drawing information in the image storage device 7 as image information, and also displays the read image information in the display device 2.
To display.

(2) The operator selects the "image cut command" in the command name displayed on the display device 2 and inputs a command from the command input device 3. The command control unit 61 activates the image cutout processing unit 63 that is the first means, and performs image cutout processing.

The image is cut out by (a) a polygon inside / outside designated image cutting method, (b) an image data searching method, which will be described later.
(C) It is performed using a method such as a line segment / circular arc search method.

(3) Next, the operator uses the above-mentioned method (1) to separately cut out a “cut-out image” (for example, “cut-out image information name: x”) and now by the above-mentioned method. Correlation with the cut-out “cut-out image” (“cut-out image information name: a”) (for example, a combination of cut-out image information names x and a can be handled as a new “collection image information name: A1”) In order to do so, the “image association command” in the command name displayed on the display device 2 is instructed and input from the command input device 3.

As a result, the command control unit 61 causes the second controller
The image information association processing unit 64 which is a means is activated. The image information association processing unit 64 executes the following processing.

Grouping: A "cutout image" and a "cutout image" are collected, and a new "collected image information name" is given to this. In addition, the “aggregate image information name”, the “aggregate image information name”, and the “cutout image information name” are aggregated, and a new “aggregate image information name” is given to this.

Sequencing: A number for ordering is given to a plurality of "cutout images" and they are arranged in that order.

Indexing: An index key for searching is added to the "cutout image".

The image information associating processor 64 performs the above-mentioned processes (1) to (3) to create the structured image information and stores it in the image storage device 7, and at the same time, starts the image information input / output processing program 65 to execute the external storage device. Processing for recording the structured image information created in 8 is performed.

The processing of one "cutout image" is completed,
When it is necessary to further cut out a new “cutout image” from the image information input by the image reading function, the operator repeats the above-described image cutout operation, and if there is no new “cutout image”, “end processing” Select "Command" to end the process.

(4) The operator selects "image search command" in the command name displayed on the display device 2 at any time.
And a command can be input from the command input device 3. When the image search command is input, the command control unit 61 activates the image search program 66. The image search program 66 obtains the “cutout image information name” and obtains the “cutout image” corresponding to this,
It is possible to obtain the “aggregate image information name”, read the corresponding structured image information into the storage device 7, and display it on the display device.

(5) The operator selects "image capture command" in the command name displayed on the display device 2 at any time and inputs the command from the command input device 3. The image control program 61 includes an image capturing program 67.
To start. The image capturing program 67 is currently processing the “cutout image” corresponding to the “cutout image information name” and the structured image information corresponding to the “aggregate image information name” obtained by executing the “image search command”. A process of mixing the “cutout image” and the “structured image information” or cutting and pasting onto a new sheet is performed.

(6) When displaying the “cutout image” on the display device, the image information output processing unit 68 as the third means determines that the display attribute added to the “cutout image” is the transparent attribute. Performs the process of displaying with priority over that of the transparent attribute. When the “cutout images” having the transparency attribute overlap each other, the overlapping display processing of displaying the “cutout images” in an overlapping manner is performed. Further, when the “cutout images” having the non-transparent attribute overlap, the transparent attribute priority display such as clipping display processing, overlapping display, and clipping display processing are performed between the “cutout images”.

In the embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 1, the image information is managed by performing the above-mentioned processing according to the instruction from the operator. Will be described in detail.

Image cut-out processing unit 63 which is the first means When the image cut-out processing unit 63 receives an image cut-out command, the image cut-out processing unit 63 performs the image cut-out processing in the following procedure.

The operator is requested to give a specific name to the image information displayed on the display device 2, and the image name (for example, "image information name: a") is obtained from the operator.

A method for selecting the image information corresponding to the image information name from the image information displayed on the display device 2 is displayed on the display device 2 menu.
, And have the operator specify the image cutout method.

The operator is requested to designate transparent / non-transparent as the display attribute of the cut-out image information, and the display attribute is obtained from the operator.

An image is cut out by the image cutout method specified by the operator, and image information is obtained.

This image information is stored as "cutout image" in the storage device 7 in association with "cutout image information name: a".

As the image cutting method, (a) polygon inside / outside multiple designation method, (b) image data searching method, (c) line segment / arc searching method can be used. 2 and 3 will be described.

(A) Polygonal inside / outside multiplex designating method In the polygonal inside / outside multiplex designating method, as shown in FIG. 2 (a), the read image information is managed by a rectangular "input image information coordinate system" and the cutout range is set. The inside (or the outside) of a polygon connecting a plurality of coordinate point sequences (p1, p2, ..., Pn) with the lower left corner of this rectangle as the origin is set as condition 1, and a plurality of coordinate point sequences (q1, q2) are similarly set. , ..., qn) is set as the inside (or outside) of the polygon connecting the conditions, and the image information included in the conditions 1 and 2 is used as the cut-out image.

The illustrated example is an example in which the figure sandwiched between the polygons of the two coordinate point sequences described above is cut out as a cut-out image from the top view of the input image information having a top view and a side view.

(B) Image data exploration method In the image data exploration method, as shown in FIG. 2B, read image information is managed in a rectangular “input image information coordinate system”. The coordinates including the part are obtained from the coordinate input device, and using this as a starting point to recognize the line segment and arc in the image data, the recognition result is obtained by tracing the line segment and arc dot row in the image data. This is a method of cutting out specific image information such as a line segment or an arc by showing the operator and selecting the direction of the line segment or the arc at the branch point.

With this method, the procedure for searching the image data, cutting out the dot coordinate sequence, and cutting out the "dot point sequence coordinate image data" corresponding to the image coordinate system will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

Step 1: The arbitrary dot coordinates of the color (black in the case of a binary image) designated from the image included in the range indicated by the two point coordinates (P1, P2) of this input image information coordinate system are set. Then, the dot coordinates are set as the starting point coordinates St [FIG. 3 (a)].

Step 2: Search for dot coordinates of a specified color (black in the case of a binary image), obtain dot coordinates Qm (m = 1 to n) in one direction from dot coordinates in eight directions, and start. Register in the point coordinate stack. The dot coordinate Qk in one direction is obtained from the starting point coordinate stack [FIG. 3 (b)].

Step 3: The dot Dk in the cut-out image coordinate system corresponding to the obtained dot coordinate Qk in the input image information coordinate system is set to the designated color (black in the case of a binary image) [FIG. 3 (c)]. ].

Step 4: The dots on the display device corresponding to the obtained dot coordinates Qk are made a color (for example, orange) designated to indicate the recognition [FIG. 3 (d)].

Step 5: If the dot coordinate of the next designated color (black in the case of a binary image) after the dot coordinate Qk is 8
If there is only one direction, the starting point coordinate St = dot coordinate Qk is set, and the above-described steps 3 and 4 are repeated [FIG. 3 (e)].

Step 6: The path is called a direction search path. All dot coordinates R1 in 8 directions on the display device
For the paths connected to (up to R7), the same search processing as in steps 2 to 4 is performed until dot search points Ft in a plurality of directions are obtained, and the search paths in each direction are selected in the multi-direction selection color ( For example, while making the color yellow), the dot search point Ft is registered in the direction search pass end point coordinate stack [FIG. 3 (f)].

Step 7: After that, a message prompting the operator "which direction to select the search path" is displayed on the display device.

Step 8: The operator selects a path from the coordinate input device by giving coordinate values in the vicinity of the end point of the direction search path to be cut out image.

Step 9: The dot row of the point sequence coordinates of the clipped image coordinate system corresponding to the selected direction search path is set to the designated color (black in the case of a binary image), and this dot row is used as the clipped image. [FIG. 3 (g)].

Step 10: The dot search point coordinates corresponding to the direction search path selected as the cut-out image are set to Qk, and all of the direction search path end point coordinate stacks are deleted. After that, the process from step 5 is repeated, and the process is continued until the clipped image required by the operator is obtained.

(C) Line Segment / Arc Search Method The line segment / arc search method is assumed to be managed by a rectangular “input image information coordinate system” as shown in FIG.
Coordinates including a part of image information such as arcs are obtained from the coordinate input device, line segments and arcs are calculated and displayed as local echoes in the image data and displayed to the operator. By operating the figure calculated and displayed as an echo and obtaining the matching variable values (center, radius, end points, etc.), specific image information such as line segments, arcs, etc. can be displayed as "dot points" corresponding to the cut-out image coordinate system. This is a method of cutting out as "column coordinate image data".

With this method, the procedure for searching the image data, cutting out the dot coordinate sequence, and cutting out the "dot point sequence coordinate image data" corresponding to the image coordinate system will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

Step 1: The operator pays attention to an image (for example, a line segment) to be cut out from the image data written in the rectangular "input image information coordinate system", and designates a graphic name close to the image as "line segment". -Select from the "Arc Search Method" menu (consisting of graphic element menus such as line segments, circles, arcs and graphic operation menus such as cuts) If so, the end point P is designated) [FIG. 4 (a)].

Step 2: Next, the designated point (in the case of a line segment, another end point Q etc.) required by the selected graphic element menu is digitized.

Step 3: When the designated point is input, the image information on the display device is overwritten with the designated shape. If the position of the specified point etc. entered is not correct, the operator
Correct the overwritten information.

Step 4: The operator gives an instruction to "take in an image" after the correct overwriting is performed. By this instruction, the same graphic processing is performed on the cut-out image coordinate system corresponding to the "input image information coordinate system" to create "dot point sequence coordinate image data".

The image information association processing section 6 which is the second means.
4. The image information association processing unit 64, which is the second means, performs (a) grouping and (b) as described below for a plurality of “cutout image names” and a plurality of “cutout images”.
Processing for creating structured image information is performed by performing processing such as sequencing and (c) indexing. These processings will be described below with reference to FIGS. 5 to 8.

(A) Grouping As shown in FIG. 5 (a), grouping is performed by adding a new "collection cutout image name" to a set of a plurality of "cutout images" and assigning one "collection cutout image name". Process for handling multiple "cutout images" in Fig. 5
As shown in (b), a new hierarchical “collection cutout image name” is given to a plurality of “collection cutout image names”, and one “collection cutout image name” is used to obtain a plurality of “collection cutout image names”. Process for making it possible to handle
As shown in (c), a new hierarchical “collection cutout image name” is added to a plurality of “cutout images” and a plurality of “collection cutout image names”, and one “collection cutout image name” is given. Is a process for handling a plurality of “cutout images” and a plurality of “collection cutout image names”.

As shown in FIG. 6, the management of the arrangement between a plurality of “cutout images” can be performed by the origin position coordinates of each “cutout image” and the rotation angle about the origin. .

(B) Sequencing As shown in FIG. 7, in sequencing, an item for designating the order of a plurality of "cutout images" is prepared so that the values of this item can be arranged in descending order. It is a process to do. For example, if each cutout image is a part of an assembled product, cut out the “cutout image” in the order of assembly and assign a consistent number, set this as an order specification item, and set the “cutout image” in this item order. If you search, you can display the images in the order of assembly, and if you set the updated date as an order specification item, there is always the latest "cutout image" at the end, and you can easily search for that cutout image. be able to.

(C) Indexing Indexing, as shown in FIG. 8, is a process for creating an index for retrieval with respect to a “cutout image”. By adding the part name and the classification code as an index to the “cut image”, the “cut image” can be searched by the part name, the classification code and the like.

Further, it is also possible to add classification information such as a consistent number and a creation date as the classification information to a plurality of cut-out image information names, and create structured image information sorted by these pieces of information.

Image Information Output Processing Unit 68 as Third Means When the “cut image” is displayed on the display device, the image information output processing unit 68 which is the third means displays the display attribute assigned to the “cut image”. This is a process for displaying a transparent attribute with priority over an opaque attribute.

When a plurality of "cutout images" having transparent / non-transparent attributes are mixed, the display on the display device is as shown in FIG.
As shown in (a), the cutout image with the transparent attribute is on the top,
The cutout image having the non-transparent attribute is displayed below it. Further, when the “cutout images” having the non-transparent attribute are overlapped with each other, as shown in FIG. 9B, clipping processing is performed between the “cutout images”, and the lower image is hidden by the upper image. The display is made so that it can be understood that it has been done. Further, when the “cutout images” having the transparent attribute overlap each other, as shown in FIG. 9C, the overlapping display processing of displaying the “cutout images” in an overlapping manner is performed to perform the display.

According to the above-described embodiment of the present invention, the assembly drawing is read from the scanner or the like, the part number is added, the image information is cut out to form the shape of each part, and these are stored as a collective cut-out image. Therefore, the positional information between the parts can be automatically managed, and the following can be efficiently performed.

(A) A parts table can be automatically output by retrieving structured image information.

(B) By "designating a part number etc." for an arbitrary part in the assembly drawing, only the shape of that part number is deleted, moved, or replaced with another part. Can be done.

(C) By designating a part number of an arbitrary layer, it is possible to automatically obtain an assembly drawing of only the parts constituting the part.

According to the above-described embodiment of the present invention, individual drawings such as a piping diagram of gas, water and sewerage, an air conditioner, etc. in a building, a wiring diagram of electricity and communication are read from a scanner and indexed. By distinguishing each of them and storing them as image information, and reading them and arranging them in an overlapping manner, a drawing in which all of them are mixed can be output, or mutual interference can be confirmed.

Further, according to one embodiment of the present invention, when a drawing is read from a scanner or the like and read as image data, the read image data is incorrect (the circle is not a perfect circle,
If the line segment is not a horizontal or vertical line segment but is read), the line segment / arc search method can be used to edit / correct only the relevant image portion.

Furthermore, according to one embodiment of the present invention, when a drawing is read from a scanner or the like and taken in as image data, only the desired image data can be selected and taken in by the operator from the read image data. , It is possible to eliminate the need to prepare many drawings in advance.

[0082]

As described above, according to the present invention, partial images are cut out from drawings, technical documents, etc., these are selected and disassembled, decomposed and structured into elements, stored, and deleted in element units, and combined. Since it is possible to assemble, search, etc., information such as drawings and technical documents is decomposed into the shape of individual parts, stored as image information in parts drawing units, and subassemblies and parts lists combining these parts are stored. And can be stored in a hierarchical structure, and thus, a partial assembly drawing and a part drawing of an arbitrary hierarchy can be output from one assembly drawing.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration and a data flow of an image information management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a method of cutting out an image.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating image cutout by an image data exploration method.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating image segmentation by a line segment / circular arc search method.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a grouping management method that is a structured image information management method.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a cutout image layout management method that is a structured image information management method.

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a sequencing method that is a method of structured image information management.

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an indexing method that is a method of structured image information management.

FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating a method of displaying a set cutout image.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Image Input Device 2 Display Device 3 Command Input Device 4 Coordinate Input Device 5 Image Output Device 6 Processing Device 7 Image Storage Device 8 External Storage Device 61 Command Control Unit 62 Image Reading Program 63 Image Cutout Processing Unit 64 Image Information Association Processing Unit 65 Image information input / output processing program 66 Image retrieval program 67 Image capturing program 68 Image information output processing unit

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. In an image information management system for storing and managing image information input from an image information input device, a part of the image information is cut out from all the image information input from the image information input device, and the cut image information is cut into this. The read image information is edited by providing a means for giving the name and creating the cut-out image information and a means for managing the position of the cut-out image information in all the image information and the relation between the cut-out image information. An image information management system characterized by storage management. 2. The means for creating the cut-out image information obtains an arbitrary polygonal coordinate point group from a coordinate input device and cuts out image information inside and outside the polygonal coordinate range, and a part of the image information. Obtain the coordinates including the coordinates from the coordinate input device, use this as a starting point, and show the recognition result to the operator while tracing the dot segment of the line segment and arc for recognizing the line segment and arc in the image data, and the operator branches. A process of cutting out only specific image information by selecting the direction of a line segment or arc at a point, obtaining the coordinates including a part of the image information from the coordinate input device, and locally echoing the line segment, arc, etc. in the image data. As a specific image, the operator manipulates the image information and the figure calculated and displayed as this local echo to obtain the variable value of the calculated and displayed figure that matches the image information. Turn off information only The image information is cut out by at least one of the processing of extracting.
Image information management system described. 3. The means for managing the relationship between the cut-out image information items includes a layout position between the cut-out image information items and a set cut-out image information name that is a new set name for a plurality of cut-out image information names. Is added, and further, the processing of assigning the arrangement position between the set cut-out image information and a new set name to a plurality of set cut-out image information names is repeated to create hierarchical structured image information. The image information management system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein. 4. The means for managing the relationship between the cut-out image information is capable of adding a index indicating classification information to a plurality of cut-out image information names and performing a search by a hierarchical structure. The image information management system according to claim 1, 2 or 3. 5. The means for managing the relationship between the cutout image information sets a plurality of cutout image information names with classification information such as a consistent number and a creation date as the classification information. The image information management system according to claim 4, wherein sorted structured image information is created. 6. The cutout image information is further provided with means for giving a transparent or non-transparent display attribute for each cut-out image information, and when cutout image information having a transparent or non-transparent attribute is mixed, a transparent designation is made. 6. The image information management according to claim 1, wherein the cut-out image information is sorted so that the cut-out image information is ranked higher, and the cut-out image information is superimposed and output and displayed on the image information output device and the display device. method.