JPH0844853A - Electronic filing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To prevent image data on the surface of an original not required to be registered from being registered. CONSTITUTION:Images on both surfaces of the original are read in the unit of pages by a scanner 4, those image data are stored in an image memory 8 and displayed through a video memory 11 onto a display part 3, the image data in the image memory 8 are compressed by an image processing part 9, it is judged whether or not the size of those compressed image data is smaller than a previously decided prescribed size and the image data larger than the prescribed size are registered on a compressed data memory 10 but the image data smaller than the prescribed size are not registered.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an electronic file device for reading an image of a document and registering each image data thereof.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, an electronic file device has been widely used for reading an image of a document and registering each image data thereof. When reading and registering images on both sides of the document page by page with such a device, First, the images on the front side of the original are continuously read and registered, and then the images on the back side are continuously read and registered.

[0003]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional electronic file device, since the image data of the front surface and the back surface of the original is registered, for example, a series of images of a document including a double-sided original and a single-sided original is mixed. When registering, the image data of the back side, which does not need to be registered for the one-sided original, is also registered, so that the memory area of the recording medium for registering the image data is wasted, and the image data that does not need to be registered is also registered. There is a problem that it takes a long time to register an image by performing useless processing for registering.

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and an object thereof is to prevent registration of image data of a document surface which does not need to be registered.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention has a double-sided image reading means for reading images on both sides of a document page by page and an image compression means for compressing each image data read by the means. And in the electronic file device equipped with the image registration means for registering the image data compressed by the means on a page-by-page basis, whether the size of the image data compressed by the image compression means is equal to or smaller than a predetermined size. There is provided a size determining means for determining whether the image is registered, and a registration control means for preventing the image registration means from registering image data having a size smaller than a predetermined size.

Further, in the electronic file device equipped with a double-sided image reading means for reading images on both sides of the original in page units, and an image registration means for registering each image data read by the means in page units, the double-sided image reading is performed. A mark presence / absence judging means for judging whether or not there is a predetermined mark in the image data read by the means, and the image data judged to have the mark by the means is not registered by the image registering means. It is advisable to provide registration control means.

Further, the mark presence / absence determining means may be means for determining whether or not the mark is present by referring to a predetermined portion of the image data read by the double-sided image reading means.

Furthermore, in an electronic file device equipped with the double-sided image reading means and the image registration means, it is judged whether or not the image data read by the double-sided image reading means has a predetermined pattern. Means and registration control means for preventing the image data judged to be the pattern by the means from being registered by the image registration means may be provided.

[0009]

In the electronic filing device according to the present invention, when the images on both sides of the original are read page by page and compressed, and the compressed image data is registered page by page, the size of the compressed data is predetermined. Since it is determined whether or not the image data of a predetermined size or less is determined and the image data of the predetermined size or less is not registered, it is possible not to automatically register the image data of the document surface such as a blank page that does not need to be registered. it can.

Further, it is determined whether or not there is a predetermined mark in the image data read from both sides of the original,
By not registering the image data determined to have the mark, it is possible to automatically prevent the image data of the document surface which does not need to be registered and in which the predetermined mark is described from being registered.

Further, if it is determined whether or not there is a predetermined mark by referring to a predetermined portion of the image data read from both sides of the original, the predetermined portion of the original is predetermined. It is possible not to automatically register the image data of the document surface which does not need to be registered with the mark of.

Furthermore, if it is determined whether the image data read from both sides of the document has a predetermined pattern and the image data determined to have the pattern is not registered, a predetermined pattern is set in advance. It is possible not to automatically register the image data of the manuscript surface which does not need to be registered and in which the pattern is written.

[0013]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT An embodiment of the present invention will be specifically described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an electronic file device according to the first embodiment of the present invention. This electronic filing device comprises a keyboard 1, a mouse 2, a display unit 3, a scanner 4, and a control device 5.

The keyboard 1 and the mouse 2 are input devices for inputting various operation information. The display unit 3 is a display such as a CRT or an LCD that displays images and various messages. The scanner 4 is an image reading device as a double-sided image reading unit that reads images on both sides of a document page by page.

The control device 5 is provided with a CPU unit 6, a program memory 7, an image memory 8, an image processing unit 9, a compressed data memory 10 and a video memory 11 which are realized by a microcomputer, and controls the entire device. Control

The CPU section 6 executes a program stored in the program memory 7 to perform various controls and processes. The program memory 7 is a memory such as a ROM that stores various programs executed by the CPU unit 6. The image memory 8 is a memory that stores image data read by the scanner 4.

The image processing section 9 includes image compression means for compressing each image data read by the scanner 4, and size determination means for determining whether or not the size of the compressed image data is equal to or smaller than a predetermined size. An image registration means for registering the compressed image data in the compressed data memory 10 page by page when the compressed image data is larger than a predetermined size, and an image registration unit for preventing image data of a predetermined size or smaller from being registered in the compressed data memory 10. It fulfills each function of the registration control means.

The compressed data memory 10 is a recording medium such as a magneto-optical disk or a hard disk for storing and registering compressed data of image data read from an original. The video memory 11 is a memory that expands and stores data such as images and messages displayed on the display unit 3.

Next, the registration processing of the image data of the original in the electronic file device of the first embodiment will be described. FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the processing. In this process, the image of the original is read in step (indicated by "S" in the drawing) 1, the process proceeds to step 2 to display the read image data, and the process proceeds to step 3 to display the read image data. Compress and check the size of the compressed image data.

Then, the process proceeds to step 4, and it is judged whether or not the confirmed size is smaller than a predetermined size. If it is smaller than the predetermined size, the compressed image data is not registered and the process proceeds to step 6 where the predetermined size is determined. If it is larger than the size, the process proceeds to step 5, the compressed image data is registered in page units, and the process proceeds to step 6.

In step 6, it is judged whether or not the registration of all the image data is completed. If it is not completed, the process returns to step 1 again to repeat the above process, and if completed, this process is ended.

In the above-mentioned processing, for example, if the size when the image data on the blank page is compressed is set in advance as the predetermined size, the image data read from the blank page can be identified, and the image data can be identified. You can choose not to register.

Since actual blank image data may include a noise image, the size of the image data included in the noise image within a predetermined range should be set as the above-mentioned predetermined size. As a result, it is possible to prevent accidentally registering image data that does not need to be registered and that includes a noise image.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory view of the registration processing of the image data of the document in the electronic file device of the first embodiment. As shown in (a) of the figure, when images on both sides of N + 1 originals are registered in page units, the back surface P of the Nth original is set.
Is the blank side, the image data of the front side and the back side is sequentially registered for the 1st, 2nd, ... N−1th document, and the image data of the back side is registered for the Nth document. Is not registered, but the image data of the front side is registered after the image data of the front side is registered.

Therefore, as shown in FIG.
In principle, if the front side of the manuscript is an odd page and the back side is an even page,
The image data on the front and back sides of the first and second originals are sequentially set to 1
~ Registered on page 4. Then, the image data on the front surface of the N-th original is registered on page 2N−1, the image data on the front surface of the next N + 1-th original is registered on page 2N, and the image data on the back surface is 2N + 1 page. Will be registered in.

In this way, the image data of the original surface that does not need to be registered, such as a blank page, is not automatically registered, so that a useless empty area is created in the memory area of the recording medium in which the image data is registered. It is possible to register the image data without the need to do so. For example, when registering images of a series of documents that include both double-sided and single-sided originals, the image data of all the originals that need to be registered except for the side (blank side) where the information for the single-sided original is not written. Can be registered automatically.

Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described. FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the electronic file device according to the second embodiment of the present invention, and the portions common to FIG. 1 are designated by the same reference numerals. The control device 5'of the electronic file device is slightly different in internal configuration from the control device 5 of the electronic file device described above.

The control device 5'includes a CPU unit 6, a program memory 7, an image memory 8 ', an image processing unit 9', and a video memory 11 which are realized by a microcomputer.
The image memory 8'includes a magneto-optical disk for storing and registering image data read by the scanner 4,
It corresponds to a recording medium such as a hard disk.

Further, the image processing section 9'includes mark presence / absence determining means for determining whether or not a predetermined mark is present in the image data read by the scanner 4, and image data determined not to have the mark. Functions of the image registration means for registering the image data in the image memory 8'in page units and the registration control means for preventing the image data judged to have the mark from being registered in the image memory 8 '.

Next, the registration processing of the image data of the original in the electronic file device of the second embodiment will be described. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the processing. In this process, the image of the original is read in step (indicated by "S" in the figure) 11, and the flow advances to step 12 to analyze the read image data.

Then, the process proceeds to step 13, and it is judged from the analysis result whether or not there is a predetermined mark in the image data, and if there is, the image data is not registered and the process proceeds to step 16; The process proceeds to step 14 to display the image data, the process proceeds to step 15 to register the image data page by page, and the process proceeds to step 16.

In step 16, it is judged whether or not the registration of all the image data has been completed. If not completed, the process returns to step 11 again to repeat the above-mentioned processing, and if completed, this processing is ended. The image data may be compressed and registered in step 15.

Therefore, since only the image data of the document surface on which a predetermined mark is written is not registered, for example,
When registering images of a series of documents in which both double-sided and single-sided originals are mixed, simply enter a predetermined mark on the image side of the single-sided original that is not registered, and the image data of all the originals that need to be registered will be automatically recorded. Can be registered in advance.

It should be noted that the above-mentioned mark is convenient if the operator uses a special symbol or the like which is not normally used, and the operation is not complicated when the operator fills it out. Also,
If the mark is used as a stamp and stamped, the work of filling in the mark can be performed more easily.

Furthermore, when using characters, symbols, numbers, etc. that are normally used as the above-mentioned mark, if the mark is included in the image data that needs to be registered, it may not be registered. It is necessary to perform conditional processing that prevents registration when there is only that mark in the data.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory view of the registration processing of the image data of the document in the electronic file device of the second embodiment. As shown in (a) of the figure, when images on both sides of N + 1 originals are registered in page units, a predetermined mark "*" is written on the back surface P'of the Nth original. , The image data of the front side and the back side of the first original, the second original, ...
The image data on the back side is not registered in the Nth original, but the image data on the front side of the N + 1th original is registered after the image data on the front side is registered.

Therefore, as shown in FIG.
The image data on the front and back sides of the first and second originals are sequentially set to 1
To the 4th page, the image data on the front side of the Nth original is registered on the 2N-1th page, and the image data on the front side of the next N + 1th original is registered on the 2Nth page and the back side Image data of will be registered in page 2N + 1.

In this way, since the image data of the document surface which does not have to be registered and in which the predetermined mark is described is not automatically registered, it is wasted in the memory area of the recording medium in which the image data is registered. It is possible to register image data without creating a large free area.

Further, the above-mentioned mark is written on a predetermined portion of the document surface which does not need to be registered,
It may be possible to determine whether or not there is a mark at the predetermined portion. In this case, the image processing unit 9'refers to a predetermined portion of the image data and determines whether or not there is a predetermined mark.

In this process, a predetermined portion of the read image data is analyzed, and it is judged from the analysis result whether or not there is a predetermined mark in the image data. Do not register the image data, and if not, register the image data page by page.

In this way, since it is determined whether or not there is a predetermined mark in that portion by referring to a predetermined portion that is determined in the image data, the process for determining the presence or absence of the mark can be performed in a short time. The image data registration time can be further shortened.

Next, a third embodiment of the present invention will be described. The configuration of the electronic file device according to the third embodiment of the present invention is the same as the configuration of the electronic file device according to the second embodiment described above, but the function of the image processing unit 9'of the control device 5'is slightly different.

The image processing section 9'of this embodiment has a pattern presence / absence determining means for determining whether or not the image data read by the scanner 4 has a predetermined pattern, and the image data determined not to have the pattern. Functions of the image registration means for registering the image data in the image memory 8'in page units and the registration control means for preventing the image data judged to be the pattern from being registered in the image memory 8 '.

Next, the registration processing of the image data of the original document in the electronic file device of the third embodiment will be described. FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the processing. In this process, the image of the original is read in step (indicated by "S" in the figure) 21, and the flow advances to step 22 to analyze the read image data.

Then, in step 23, it is judged from the analysis result whether or not the image data has a predetermined pattern, and if it is the pattern, the image data is not registered and the process proceeds to step 26. If it is not a pattern, the process proceeds to step 24 to display the image data, the process proceeds to step 25 to register the image data page by page, and step 2
Go to 6.

In step 26, it is judged whether or not the registration of all the image data has been completed. If not completed, the process returns to step 21 to repeat the above-mentioned processing, and if completed, this processing is ended. The image data may be compressed and registered in step 25.

Therefore, since only the image data of the original surface on which a predetermined pattern is drawn is not registered, for example, when the images of a series of documents in which both double-sided original and single-sided original are mixed are registered, the single-sided original is not registered. Only by drawing a predetermined pattern on the image surface, it is possible to automatically register only the image data of all the document surfaces that need to be registered.

The above pattern may be drawn on the entire surface of the original, but if it is drawn on a part of the original, it is convenient because the operator does not have to make the work complicated. Also, if the pattern is used as a stamp to imprint, the work can be performed more easily.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram of a document image data registration process in the electronic file device according to the third embodiment. As shown in (a) of the same figure, when the images on both sides of the N + 1 original document are registered in page units, a predetermined pattern (“waveform pattern” in this figure) on the back surface P ″ of the Nth original document is registered. Is displayed), the first sheet, the second sheet, ... N
For the -1st original, the image data of the front side and the back side are sequentially registered, the image data of the back side is not registered for the Nth original, and the N +
The image data on the front surface of the first original is continuously registered.

Therefore, as shown in FIG.
The image data on the front and back sides of the first and second originals are sequentially set to 1
To the 4th page, the image data on the front side of the Nth original is registered on the 2N-1th page, and the image data on the front side of the next N + 1th original is registered on the 2Nth page and the back side Image data of will be registered in the 2N + 1th page.

In this way, since the image data of the document surface which does not need to be registered and in which the predetermined pattern is described is not automatically registered, it is wasteful in the memory area of the recording medium in which the image data is registered. It is possible to register image data without creating a large free area.

As described above, in the electronic filing device of this embodiment, the operator does not have to perform the work of removing the image data of the document surface which does not need to be registered when the image of the document is registered. The work at the time of registration can be reduced. Further, since the memory area of the recording medium is not used for storing image data that does not need to be registered, the memory area can be effectively utilized.

[0053]

As described above, according to the electronic file device of the present invention, the image data of the blank surface or the original surface on which a predetermined mark or pattern is not necessary to be registered is identified and registered. This can be avoided, so that the memory area of the recording medium in which the image data is registered can be effectively used, and the image data read from the document surface can be registered efficiently in a short time.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an electronic file device according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a registration process of image data of a document in the electronic file device of the first embodiment.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of registration processing of image data of a document in the electronic file device according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an electronic file device according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a registration process of image data of a document in the electronic file device according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of registration processing of image data of a document in the electronic file device according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a registration process of image data of a document in the electronic file device according to the third embodiment.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram of registration processing of image data of a document in the electronic file device according to the third embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1: Keyboard 2: Mouse 3: Display unit 4: Scanner 5, 5 ': Control device 6: CPU unit 7: Program memory 8, 8': Image memory 9, 9 ': Image processing unit 10: Compressed data memory 11: Video memory

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A double-sided image reading unit for reading images on both sides of an original in page units, an image compression unit for compressing each image data read by the unit, and image data compressed by the unit is registered in page units. In the electronic file device including the image registration means, the size determination means for determining whether the size of the image data compressed by the image compression means is a predetermined size or less, and the size determination means or less. An electronic filing device, comprising: registration control means for preventing the image data of 1. from being registered by the image registration means. 2. An electronic file device comprising a double-sided image reading means for reading images on both sides of an original in page units, and an image registration means for registering each image data read by the means in page units, A mark presence / absence judging means for judging whether or not a predetermined mark is present in the image data read by the reading means, and the image data judged as having a mark by the means is not registered by the image registering means. An electronic filing device, comprising: 3. The electronic file device according to claim 2, wherein the mark presence / absence determining unit refers to a predetermined portion of the image data read by the double-sided image reading unit to determine whether the mark exists. An electronic filing device, characterized in that it is a means for judging. 4. An electronic file device comprising a double-sided image reading means for reading images on both sides of an original in page units, and an image registration means for registering each image data read by the means in page units. A pattern presence / absence determining means for determining whether or not the image data read by the reading means is a predetermined pattern, and the image data determined to be the pattern by the means are not registered by the image registering means. An electronic filing device, comprising: