JPH08161355A - Image filing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To construct an image filing device capable of obtaining information on the document of a stored document file number by printing only the front cover image of the document in order to know what kind of contents are in the document image stored in a storage device. CONSTITUTION: In order to investigate what kind of contents are in the document image stored in a storage device (optical disk device) 14, CPU 12 pulls out all of only the front pages (A document such as a specification usually displays a document file number, the title of the document and the number of pages on its front cover in general.) of the document image stored in the storage device 14 and reduce-processes the pulled-out front page part to print- output by collecting through a printer 15. Thereby, the document file number and the title of the document can coincide and information on the document stored in the storage part 14 can be obtained.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an image filing apparatus for registering a plurality of document data such as specifications as an image, storing it in a storage device, and outputting a processed result.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Recently, a data processing system for registering each document such as a specification, a drawing, a patent publication, etc. with an image, performing a search or an editing process such as enlarging or reducing and displaying or printing out has been turned off. It has become popular. These documents are typically stored on mass storage devices such as magnetic disks, optical disks, or magneto-optical disks.

When registering each document described above in a large-capacity storage device for data processing, conventionally, a file name is set for each document and stored in the large-capacity storage device.
At this time, the content of the saved document cannot be known only from the file number given to each registered document.

[0004]

According to the above-mentioned conventional example, it is difficult to infer what document is stored from the registered file number. Further, it is not known what kind of content is stored in the saved document in the storage device.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances,
The front cover of the document image stored in the storage device (a document such as a specification document is generally placed on the front cover of the document file in order to check what the document image stored in the storage device contains). The document file number and the document are output by extracting all the numbers, the title of the document, and the number of pages) It is possible to provide an image filing device that can match the titles of documents and can obtain information (contents of documents stored in the storage device) of what documents are stored in the storage device. To aim.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention is an image filing apparatus that registers a plurality of document data such as specifications as an image, stores the image data in a storage device, and outputs the processed result. Means for extracting a partial image of each cover page of the document file stored in
A means for performing a reduction process on the extracted image and storing it in a storage device, and a layout process for outputting the reduced image for a predetermined number of pages, and outputting the processed result to an output device. And a means for transmitting the same.

Further, a means for extracting the document file numbers of all the documents stored in the storage device, sorting the document file numbers, and generating a document file number search table, and a document file number search table are provided. A part of an image such as each cover page of a file is extracted from the storage device using the storage device, and the extracted image is subjected to reduction processing and stored in the storage device. And a means for performing a layout process for outputting the number of pages and transmitting the processed result to the output device.

[0008]

According to the present invention, in an image filing apparatus, in order to know what kind of content is contained in the document image stored in the storage device, only the cover image of the document is printed and stored. The information of the document having the document file number is obtained. For example, when a document such as a specification is stored in the storage device in the image filing device, the document file number, the document title, and the page number are shown on the cover of the stored document. Using the document file form, only the cover parts of all the documents stored in the storage device are extracted, the image of the cover is reduced, and the images are collectively printed out.

Further, when there are a plurality of storage devices, in order to make it easier to check the documents in the plurality of storage devices, only the cover portion of the document is extracted in the order of the document file numbers, and the image of the cover is reduced in size. The crab is printed together. Further, the extracted image data is compressed and stored in a storage device so that it can be recalled on the display device at any time.

As a result, the information of the document stored in the storage device can be easily obtained, and the operation of searching for the file by searching the document file number from the file title can be easily performed. Further improvement can be achieved.

[0011]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. First, an embodiment (first embodiment) of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1, 3, and 6.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the structure of an apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 11 is an image filing device, a CPU 12, a main memory 1
3, optical disk device (storage device) 14, and printing device 1
5 and the like are commonly connected to the system bus 16.

The CPU 12 follows the program stored in the main memory 12 and the optical disk device 14 and the printer 1.
Input / output control of 5 etc. In the main memory 13, in addition to the above-mentioned programs, image data of the specification cover extracted from the optical disk device 14, print image data to be transmitted to the printing device 15, and the like are temporarily stored.

The optical disc device 14 stores large-capacity image data such as specifications. Also, the printing device 15
The image data generated by the CPU 12 and transmitted via the main memory 13 is printed out. Here, only the cover parts of all the documents stored in the optical disk device 14 are extracted, the images of the cover parts are reduced, and the images are collectively printed out.

FIG. 3 is a flow chart for explaining the operation in the above embodiment. In this embodiment, the total number of document files is N, and the number of covers printed on one sheet is M.

FIG. 6 shows an example of printing according to the embodiment of the present invention. Here, an example is shown in which examples of eight documents are printed on one sheet. Here, FIG. 1, FIG.
The operation in the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

First, the operator sets the number M of covers to be printed on one sheet by the printing device 15 (step 31 in FIG. 3). At this time, it is necessary to be careful because if the number of covers printed on one sheet is increased, the characters will be crushed and it will be difficult to read (in FIG. 6, the cover for eight documents (M = 8) was printed on one sheet). Shows a print case).

Next, the total number N of document files stored in the optical disk device 14 is totaled (step 32 in FIG. 3).
Then, only the cover image data of the document is extracted from the optical disk device 14 (step 33 in FIG. 3), and the CPU 12
Then, the image is reduced and stored in the work area of the main memory 13 (step 34 in FIG. 3).

When the number of covers stored in the main memory 13 reaches M, the CPU 12 performs print layout processing using the reduced cover image data stored in the main memory 13 (see FIG. 3). In step 35), the cover image data subjected to the layout process is transmitted to the printing device 15 to execute the printing process (steps 36 and 37 in FIG. 3).

The printing process of the cover image data subjected to such a layout process is repeatedly executed for all the documents. By such a cover image data printing process, it is possible to easily recognize what is included in the document image stored in the optical disk device by the cover content of the printed and printed document image and store it. The information content of the entire document can be easily recognized.

Next, another embodiment (second embodiment, third embodiment) of the present invention will be described. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an apparatus showing another embodiment of the present invention. In FIG.
Reference numeral 21 is an image filing device, which is a CPU 2
1, main memory 23, first optical disk device (storage device 1)
24, the second optical disk device (storage device 2) 25, the printing device 26, the display device 27, etc. are commonly connected to the system bus 28.

The CPU 22 controls the optical disk devices 24 and 25, the printing device 2, the display device 27, etc. according to the program stored in the main memory 23. In the main memory 13, in addition to the programs described above, image data of the specification cover extracted from the optical disk devices 24 and 25, print image data to be transmitted to the printing device 15, and the like are temporarily stored.

Here, two independent optical disk devices 2 are used.
Although 4 and 25 are shown as an example, the same mass storage may be used. A plurality of document image data such as specifications are stored in the first and second optical disk devices 24 and 25,
In particular, the print image data stored in the main memory 23 may be compressed and stored in the second optical disk device 25.

The printing device 26 prints out the image data generated by the CPU 22 and transmitted via the main memory 23. Here, only the cover parts of all the documents stored in the optical disk devices 24 and 25 are extracted, the images of the cover parts are reduced, and the images are collectively printed out.

The display device 27 receives the display data generated by the CPU 22 and outputs the display data. Here, in order to refer to the image data stored in the storage devices 24 and 25, the reduced cover is used. The image of is displayed and output.

4 and 5 are flow charts for explaining the operation in another embodiment of the present invention. In each of the embodiments of the present invention, the total number of document files is N, and the number of covers printed on one sheet is M.

FIG. 6 shows an example of printing according to the embodiment of the present invention. Here, an example is shown in which cases of eight documents are printed on one sheet. First, the operation of another embodiment (second embodiment) of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

First, one embodiment (first embodiment) shown in FIG.
Similarly, the number of covers M to be printed on one sheet by the printing device 25 is set (step 41 in FIG. 4). Next, the optical disk device 2
The total number N of document files stored in 4, 25 is totaled (step 42 in FIG. 4).

Then, only the document file numbers stored in the optical disk devices 24 and 25 are extracted and the document file numbers are sorted (step 43 in FIG. 4). The sorted data is stored in the main memory 23 and a document file number search table is created (step 44 in FIG. 4). This document file search table is assigned to the main memory 23.

Next, using this document file number search table, only the image data of the cover of the document is extracted from the optical disk devices 24 and 25 (step 45 in FIG. 4), and CP
A reduction process is performed in U22 and the data is stored in the main memory 23 (step 46 in FIG. 4).

The main memory 23 is executed by repeating the above processing.
When the number of stored cover sheets in M has reached M, the cover image data stored in the main memory 23 is used and the CPU 21
Performs print layout processing (step 47 in FIG. 4), and transmits image data to the printing device 26 for printing (steps 48 and 49 in FIG. 4).

Such a series of processing is repeatedly executed for all the documents. As described above, when there are a plurality of storage devices (optical disk devices) for storing documents, in order to make it easier to check the documents in the plurality of storage devices, only the cover portion of the document is extracted in the order of the document file numbers, and By reducing the image and collecting and printing it in several,
Since the information of the document stored in the storage device can be easily obtained, the work of searching the file by searching the document file number from the file title can be easily performed.
The operability can be further improved.

Next, the operation of another embodiment (third embodiment) of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. First,
Similar to each of the above-described embodiments, the number M of covers to be printed on one sheet by the printing device 26 is set (step 51 in FIG. 5). It is also necessary to note that if the number of covers printed on one sheet is set to a large number, the characters will be crushed and it will be difficult to read.

Next, the total number N of document files stored in the optical disk devices 24 and 25 is totaled, and the optical disk device 2
Only the file numbers of the documents stored in Nos. 4 and 25 are extracted, and the data sorted according to the document file numbers are stored in the main memory 23 to create a document file number search table (steps 52 to 54 in FIG. 5).

Using this document file number search table, only the cover image data of the document is extracted from the optical disk devices 24, 25, the CPU 22 performs reduction processing, and stores it in the main memory 23 (step 55 in FIG. 5). Five
6).

By repeating this processing, the main memory 23
When the number of stored cover sheets reaches M, a print layout is created using the cover image data stored in the main memory 23, and the print layout is transmitted to the printing device 26 for printing (FIG. 5 step). 57-59).

At this time, the cover image data for one screen sent to the printing device 26 is compressed into one page of the document, and the compressed cover image data for a plurality of pages are collected into one document and the optical disc device is assembled. 24 (step 60 in FIG. 5)
~ 61).

By transmitting the cover image data stored in the optical disk device 24 to the display device 27 and displaying it on the display screen, the cover contents of all the stored documents can be collectively viewed.

In the printing example shown in FIG. 6, the cover images of eight documents are printed on one sheet. In this case, the number M of cover sheets is taken into consideration in consideration of the resolution of the output device so that the characters are not crushed. Setting is required.

[0040]

As described above in detail, according to the present invention, in the image filing apparatus, the contents of the document image stored in the storage device can be described as the cover of the document image. It can be recognized by printing a copy, and the information content of the entire stored document can be easily recognized. Furthermore, since it is possible to search for a file by searching for the document file number from the file title, it is possible to further improve operability.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an apparatus according to an embodiment (first embodiment) of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an apparatus according to another embodiment (second and third embodiments) of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an operation processing procedure of an embodiment (first embodiment) of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an operation processing procedure of another embodiment (second embodiment) of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an operation processing procedure of another embodiment (third embodiment) of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a printing example according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

11, 21 ... Image filing device, 12, 22 ...
CPU, 13, 24 ... Main memory, 14, 24, 25, ... Optical disk device (storage device), 15, 26 ... Printing device, 1
6, 28 ... System bus, 27 ... Display device.

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. An image filing apparatus for registering document data such as specifications as an image, storing the image data in a storage device, and outputting the result of processing, each of the document files stored in advance in the storage device. Means for extracting a partial image of a cover page, means for reducing the extracted image and storing it in a storage device, and layout processing for outputting the reduced image for a predetermined number of pages And a means for transmitting the processed result to an output device. 2. The number of cover sheets to be printed on one sheet of paper is set by the printing device, and the layout process is performed when the number of stored cover images subjected to the reduction process in the storage device reaches M. The image filing device according to claim 1, wherein the image is transmitted to a printing device and output. 3. A document file number of each document stored in a storage device in an image filing device for registering document data such as specifications as an image, storing it in the storage device, and outputting the processed result. And a means for generating a document file number search table by performing a document file number sort process, and a part of an image such as each cover page of a file is extracted from the storage device by using this document file number search table, A means for reducing the extracted image and storing it in a storage device, and a layout process for outputting the reduced image for a predetermined number of pages, and transmitting the processed result to an output device for output. An image filing apparatus comprising: 4. The cover image data for one screen sent to the printing device is compressed into one page of the document, and the compressed cover image data for a plurality of screens are collected into one document and stored in a storage device. 4. The image filing device according to claim 3, further comprising means for displaying and outputting, so that the cover contents of all the stored documents can be browsed and displayed.