JPH08115412A - Generated data presentation device and its presentation method - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To register generated data without operating both of a picture filing system and a data generation device. CONSTITUTION: A picture filing appilcation 1, a wordprocessor application 2 and a file system 3 are cooperatively operated under the control of an operating system 4. When a user using the picture filing application 1 registers a wordprocessor document stored in the file system 3 in the picture filing application 1, a file existing on the file system 3 is retrieved, and the expander of the file discriminates whether the file is the wordprocessor document or not. The picuture filing application 1 starts the wordprocessor application 2 by the inter-process communication function of the operating system 4. The icon 14 of the retrieved wordprocessor document is generated and presented on a document list display window 10. The user can register the wordprocessor document by designating the presented icon 14. Thus, operability can be improved and double registration can be prevented.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a preparation data presentation apparatus and a presentation method for registering preparation data such as a word processing document in an image filing system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when registering a document created by a word processor, DTP (desktop publishing), etc. in an image filing system, it is common to first print the document in the word processor and read it in a scanner of the image filing system. Met.

FIG. 3 is a flow chart showing such a conventional registration procedure. The user first displays the document contents on the display using the word processing application (step S21). Subsequently, it is determined from the displayed document contents whether it is necessary to register the image filing application (step S22), and if not, the process proceeds to step S27. If necessary, the image filing application is activated and it is determined whether or not the document is already registered (step S23).

If the document is not registered, step S28
And then print the document with a word processing application,
The document is captured by the image filing application via the scanner and the process proceeds to step S27.

If the document has already been registered in step S23, it is determined whether the document has been updated after registration in the image filing application (step S2).
4) If not updated, the process proceeds to step S27.

If the document has been updated after registration in step S24, the document is printed from the word processing application and loaded into the image filing application via the scanner (step S25). The old registration image that has already become old is deleted from the image filing application (step S26).

Subsequently, it is determined whether or not to retrieve the next document (step S27). If the retrieval is continued, the process returns to step S21, and if the retrieval is stopped, the process is terminated.

[0008]

However, in such a conventional example, since it is impossible for the word processor side to know whether or not the document is registered in the image filing system, it is attempted to register the unregistered documents all at once. When doing so, the user must operate both the image filing system and the word processor to judge whether or not to register (see step S23), which is troublesome to make the judgment and is to be registered twice. Accidents such as accidents were likely to occur.

Further, there is a problem that the user needs to operate while switching between two application programs of the word processor and the image filing system, which is troublesome.

Furthermore, if it is desired to correct the original document with a word processor after registering it in the image filing system, the integrity of the data is lost and it becomes unmanageable, or the user is forced to register again each time it is corrected. However, there was a problem that the burden was heavy.

Therefore, according to the present invention, a preparation data presentation can be made without operating both the image filing system and the data preparation device, and without losing the consistency of the data of the image filing system and the data preparation device. The present invention relates to a device and a method for presenting the device.

[0012]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a creation data presenting device, which presents a list of creation data stored in the data creating device to an image filing system, and the presented creation. A designating unit for designating the created data in order to register the data in the image filing system.

In the created data presenting apparatus according to claim 2, whether the created data stored in the data creating apparatus in the created data presenting apparatus according to claim 1 is registered or not registered in the image filing system. The presenting means presents the unregistered creation data.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a created data presenting apparatus, wherein the created data presenting apparatus according to claim 1 activates a data creating application for managing the data creating apparatus by interprocess communication, and the started data. According to the creating application, the data creating application and an image filing application that manages the image filing system, and an expanding unit that expands the creating data into image data in a storage area that can be read by the presenting unit. The expanded creation data is presented.

A creation data presenting apparatus according to a fourth aspect is the creation data presenting apparatus according to the third aspect, wherein the presenting means scales and presents the image data expanded according to the data creating application.

According to a fifth aspect of the created data presenting apparatus, in the created data presenting apparatus according to the third aspect, the presenting means causes the data creating application to specify an image size and develop the image.

A creation data presenting apparatus according to a sixth aspect of the present invention is an associating means for associating the creation data with the image data in which the creation data is registered in the creation data presenting apparatus according to the third aspect, and the associated means. The presenting means presents a list of the word processor created data when the created data is newer than the registered image data, and a comparison means for comparing the created time of the created data with the development time of the image data. To do.

A creation data presenting apparatus according to a seventh aspect is the creation data presenting apparatus according to the third aspect, which has a plurality of the data creating applications, and associates the creation data with the data creating application used for the creation data. The created data is expanded by the associating means and the associated data creating application.

The method for presenting created data according to claim 8 presents a list of created data stored in the data creating device to the image filing system, and registers the presented created data in the image filing system. Specify the creation data.

[0020]

In the creation data presenting apparatus according to claim 1 of the present invention, a list of creation data stored in the data creating apparatus is presented to the image filing system by the presenting means, and the presented creation data is specified by the designating means. Designate the created data for registration in the image filing system.

In the created data presentation device according to claim 2,
The determining means determines whether the created data stored in the data creating device is registered or not registered in the image filing system, and the presenting means presents the unregistered created data.

In the created data presentation device according to claim 3,
A data creating application that manages the data creating device is started by the starting means by interprocess communication, and according to the started data creating application,
The expanding unit expands the created data into image data in a storage area that can be read by both the data creating application and the image filing application that manages the image filing system, and the presenting unit presents the expanded created data. To do.

In the created data presentation device according to claim 6,
The associating means associates the created data with the image data in which the created data is registered, the comparing means compares the created time of the associated created data with the developed time of the image data, and the presenting means When the created data is newer than the registered image data, a list of the word processor created data is presented.

In the created data presentation device according to claim 7,
The associating means associates the created data with the data creating application used for the created data, and the created data is expanded by the associated data creating application.

[0025]

EXAMPLES Next, examples of the created data presenting apparatus and the presenting method of the present invention will be explained. The creation data presentation device of this embodiment is applied to an image filing system that presents a word processing document created by a word processor.

[First Embodiment] FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing a conceptual configuration of an image filing system for presenting a list of word processing documents stored in a word processor. In the figure, 1 is an image filing application, 2 is a word processing application, and 3 is a file system. Reference numerals 1 to 3 are resources of a general-purpose computer (not shown) or application software that runs on the resources, and operate in cooperation under the control of an operating system 4 that can be used while switching a plurality of applications.

The image filing application 1 and the word processing application 2 can access any file in the file system 3 and can communicate with each other using the interprocess communication function of the operating system 4. The general functions of the word processing application 2 and the image filing application 1 are well known and will not be described.

In this embodiment, a user who is using the image filing application 1 uses the file system 3
The case of registering the word processing document stored in the image filing application in the image filing application will be described in detail.

FIG. 2 is a flow chart showing a registration processing routine of the image filing application. The image filing application 1 first searches for a word processing document existing on the file system 3 (step S31). In order to determine whether or not the searched file is a word processing document, it may be distinguished by the extension of the file, for example.

Subsequently, the image filing application 1 activates the word processing application 2 by the inter-process communication function of the operating system 4,
The word processing application 2 creates the icon 14 of the file of the word processing document searched in step S31 (step S32). It is assumed that the icon 14 has a size and resolution enough to distinguish the features of the document.

Since it is not necessary for the user to directly operate the word processing application 2, it is possible to prevent the GUI portion of the word processing application 2 from being displayed.
It is possible to avoid confusion in the operation of the user.

Further, the image filing application 1 displays an icon group in the document list display window 10 (step S33). The user interactively selects the required document while looking at the list of icons 14 (step S3
4) Register the selected document (step S35). The document may be registered each time it is selected, or a plurality of documents may be selected and then registered collectively.

When registering an image filing system for a word processing document, it may be printed on paper and then read by a scanner, or it may be automatically registered by communication between applications.

As described above, according to the creation data presentation apparatus of this embodiment, there is no need to register while operating both the image filing system and the word processor.
It is possible to prevent double registration with a simple operation, and it is possible to achieve data consistency between the image filing system and the word processor.

Although the word processor document has been described in particular in this embodiment, it is not limited to the word processor document.
It can be configured in the same way when importing a drawing created with a drawing tool or a table created with spreadsheet software into an image filing application. Also, even if there are multiple word processing applications, uniquely associate the word processing document with the word processing application that created it by adding a different extension to each word processing application as is commonly done. The system can be configured in the same manner as described above.

[Second Embodiment] In the first embodiment, as shown in FIG.
All the files were presented when the word processing document was retrieved from the file system 3 in step S31, but instead of presenting all the files, it is determined whether they are registered or unregistered. May be selected and presented.

If only unregistered items are selected and presented in this manner, the number of icons that the user interactively selects in step S34 can be reduced, the efficiency of the registration operation can be improved, and double registration can be performed. Can be prevented. As a method of determining whether or not it has been registered, for example, a database of document names is prepared in the image filing application,
The document name may be registered in the database every time the document is registered, or a field for storing the name of the original document may be provided in the filing image.

[Third Embodiment] In the first embodiment, as shown in FIG.
In step S31, it is determined whether the document is registered or not registered when the word processing document is searched from the file system 3, and even if it is registered, the document is presented when the original document is changed after registration. Good.

It is possible to discriminate between registered and unregistered by the same method as the method shown in the second embodiment. To determine whether the original document has been changed after registration, the date and time of the last writing to the document file is recorded as a file attribute, as is generally done, and the date and time of the writing and the image Compare with the date and time of data creation.

Among the documents presented in this manner, the old image data is deleted or managed as backup data associated with the latest data for the document registered again in step S35, and the consistency of the data is not lost. To do so.

By the method shown above, the image filing system can be easily updated.

[0042]

According to the creation data presenting apparatus according to claim 1 of the present invention, the list of the creation data stored in the data creating apparatus is presented to the image filing system by the presenting means, and is presented by the designating means. Since the created data is designated in order to register the created data in the image filing system, it is not necessary to register the created data while operating both the image filing system and the data creating apparatus, and thus the operability can be improved.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the discriminating means discriminates whether the production data stored in the data producing device has been registered or not registered in the image filing system. Since the presenting means presents the unregistered creation data, the number of creation data that the user interactively selects can be reduced, the efficiency of the registration operation can be improved, and double registration can be prevented.

According to the created data presenting apparatus of the third aspect, the data creating application for managing the data creating apparatus is started by inter-process communication by the starting means, and the expanding means is executed by the expanding means in accordance with the started data creating application. Since the created data is expanded into image data in a storage area that can be read from both the data creation application and the image filing application that manages the image filing system, and the presenting means presents the expanded created data. Operability can be further improved.

According to the creation data presenting apparatus of the fourth aspect, the presenting means changes the magnification of the image data expanded according to the data creating application and presents it, so that the user can present a list of easy-to-understand created data. it can.

According to the creation data presenting apparatus of the fifth aspect, the presenting means causes the data creating application to specify and expand the image size, so that the user can present a list of created data that is easy to understand.

According to the created data presenting apparatus of the sixth aspect, the associating means associates the created data with the image data in which the created data is registered, and the comparing means creates the creation time of the associated created data. Since the presenting means presents a list of the word processor created data when the created data is newer than the registered image data, the image is displayed even after correction by the data creating device. The data can be consistent with the filing system, and the image filing system can be easily updated.

According to the created data presenting apparatus of the seventh aspect, the associating means associates the created data with the data creating application used for the created data,
Since the created data is expanded by the associated data creating application, the created data can be expanded for each of a plurality of applications, and the operability for the user can be further improved.

According to the method for presenting created data according to claim 8, for presenting a list of created data stored in the data creating device to the image filing system and registering the presented created data in the image filing system. Since the creation data is specified in, it is not necessary to perform registration work while operating both the image filing system and the data creation device, so that operability can be improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing a conceptual configuration of an image filing system that presents a list of word processing documents stored in a word processor.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a registration processing routine of an image filing application.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a conventional registration procedure.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 ... Image filing application 2 ... Word processing application 3 ... File system 4 ... Operating system 10 ... Document list display window 14 ... Image filing application

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Claims (8)

[Claims] 1. A presenting means for presenting a list of created data stored in a data creating device to an image filing system, and a designation for designating the created data in order to register the presented created data in the image filing system. And a creation data presentation device including means. 2. The creation data stored in the data creation device, wherein the creation data is registered in the image filing system and is unregistered, and the presentation unit is unregistered. The created data presenting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein 3. Starting means for starting a data creating application for managing the data creating device by interprocess communication, and image filing for managing the data creating application and the image filing system according to the started data creating application. 2. An expansion unit that expands the created data into image data in a storage area that can be read by both an application and the presenting unit presents the expanded created data. Creation data presentation device. 4. The created data presenting apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the presenting unit changes the size of the image data expanded according to the data creating application and presents the image data. 5. The created data presenting apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the presenting means specifies an image size for the data producing application and develops the image. 6. An associating unit for associating the created data with the image data in which the created data is registered, and a comparing unit for comparing the created time of the associated created data with the development time of the image data. The creation data presenting apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the presenting means presents a list of the creation data when the creation data is newer than the registered image data. 7. A plurality of data creation applications are provided, and associating means for associating the creation data with the data creation application used for the creation data, and expanding the creation data by the associated data creation application. The created data presenting apparatus according to claim 3, wherein 8. A creation data presentation method for presenting a list of creation data stored in a data creation device to an image filing system, and designating the created data in order to register the presented creation data in the image filing system. .