JPS5844575A - Storing and retrieving device of picture information - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To reduce the processing time and to increase the processing time for storage and reading, by storing temporarily the picture information read by a reader in plural buffer memories with each unit and supplying successively the picture information in the memories to an output device. CONSTITUTION:A main controller 1 of a picture information storing/retrieving device is provided with a CPU 2 which controls each part, a title memory 3, a main memory 5, the 1st and 2nd buffer memories 6 and 7, etc. At the same time, a reader (secondary scanner) 11, a storage device (magnetic tape device) 12, a keyboard 15, output devices 16 and 17, etc. are connected to the controller 1. The picture information read by the reader 11 are stored temporarily in the memories 6 and 7 with each unit. When the picture information is read out of the device 12, the information is stored successively in the memories 6 and 7 with each unit and then supplied to the devices 16 and 17 with each unit.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION This invention reads image information such as a document, stores it in a storage device, searches for and reads out required image information from among the various types of image information stored, and retrieves the image information. The present invention relates to an image information storage and retrieval device that outputs image information in a visible state.

Recently, a large amount of image information such as documents is read by optical two-dimensional scanning, and this l! The captured image information is stored in a storage device, and the required l1il is stored as necessary from among the various image information stored in this storage device.
Search and view my information, and output it to an output device such as C&
! Image information storage and retrieval devices that output image information in a form that can be viewed on a display device or a Tocobee device have been developed and are being put into practical use.

By the way, these 5 types of single image information storage/inspection devices are equipped with a buffer memory for temporarily storing at least one unit of image information (document - original portion), and the reading device can read and compile the image information. Temporarily store the received Idi information in the buffer memory,
After the fourth step, the image information in the puffer memory is stored in the storage device. Further, image information retrieved and read from the storage device is temporarily stored in a buffer memory.

After that, the image information in the barrehua memory is outputted by the output device. In other words, this was done in response to the differences between the reading speed of the reading device and the storage speed of the storage device, as well as the difference between the reading speed of the storage device and the output speed of the output device. It enables storage and reading.

However, in this case, it is not possible to read the gray new image information until all 100 million images in the buffer memory have been supplied to the storage device, and especially if there are a large number of There was a problem with the fact that it took a long time to process information when memorizing it continuously.

In addition, new image information cannot be displayed until all of the information in the buffer memory has been supplied to the output device, so it takes a long time to process, especially when displaying a large number of image information in succession. There was a drawback that the needle was sharp.

This invention was made in view of the above circumstances,
The object is to provide an image information storage and retrieval device that can significantly improve the processing speed related to storage and readout of image information.

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the flA plane.

In FIG. 1 and ZWJ, 1 is a main control device, a CPUj that performs various controls, and a magnetic tape 11 to be described later.
Tight tvl-flJj, 6 for temporarily storing management information 11iL# and various index information read from
4. A storage section, such as a floppy disk device, in which management information for managing the seed file set and various files is stored. Main memory 5. It is equipped with first and second memory devices (6.1, etc.) for temporarily storing image information for at least one unit (page of a document). ) If is optically two-dimensionally scanned, an electric signal corresponding to the uniform information on the original lj is obtained. 13 is a storage device such as a magnetic tape device;
``I want to be read through the control device 1 by J.''
Image information and index information created by the main controller 1 are stored in dedicated storage areas of uniform tapes (hereinafter referred to as files). Being and being. 11 is the keyboard,
It is possible to input management information to be set for a new file, such as a title representing the name and characteristics of image information, and various operation commands.

□t'supply1#ii':,,,, 1IIT1'''Il information is transmitted via the control bit 1 to the main controller 1f' in response to an instruction from Annie or the magnetic tape device 14. 11 is an output device, such as a bardgoby device, which is a dimensional scanning device. image information read by the controller and supplied via the main controller;
This is to arrange and output the personal information read from the magnetic chip device 11 and supplied via the main controller l as a hard copy 1'-'-1j.
.

Thus, a title memory 1, a floppy disk disk R-, a main memory 5, a first and a second buffer memory C01, a second dimensional scanning device L'L,
Magnetic “Tape □ Packing II”, Keyboard '15, CAT
The display device @*i and the hard copy device room 1 are CP'U! are connected to the I/'0 (input power) control path 20 respectively. →Amemo:) a, r,
Two-dimensional scanning device 1%i Tape device 1, C'a
'r display device direct 6 and hard copy device s
yG! , are connected to two Inoniji bus gates,
Information is transferred to each other.

By the way, in such a personal information storage and retrieval device, each file 14 is given a specific file name depending on the information stored, such as the information stored, and among these files, A collection of files of the same type or relatedness is called a fileset, and a fileset name is attached to this fileset.In other words, a file name is a superordinate concept of a file name. Reference numeral 14 is of an endless type, and a large number of image information recording tracks and several index information recording tracks are formed in a direction perpendicular to the traveling direction.Management information is stored in the index information recording track. and various index information are stored.The management information includes a file name and file set name to which the file i4 corresponds, a secret code, a title structure for defining conditions for a title set corresponding to the image information, and It consists of a title range, etc., and is recorded by the operator in advance for a new file 14.In addition, index information corresponds to each image information, and includes a title range (up to 6 items). It consists of address information indicating the recording position of the information.

Next, the operation of the above configuration will be explained.

First, a predetermined file 14 is selected depending on the type of image information to be stored, and the file is set in the magnetic tape device 13. Furthermore, an image information storage operation command is inputted using the keyboard 15, and the original 11 containing the 11 pieces of information to be stored is set on the two-dimensional scanning device 11, and a title corresponding to the 11 pieces of information to be stored is inputted using the keyboard 15. do.

Therefore, when the file 14 is set in the magnetic tape device 11 as described above, the magnetic tau tape device 11 operates,
Management information and all index information are read from the index information recording track of the file 14 and stored in the title memory 1 all at once. Then, C.P.
U2 determines whether the management information in the title memory 1 matches any of the various management information in the floppy disk device 4, and prohibits storage of image information when this determination is not satisfied. That is, this is to determine that the set file 14 is not compatible with the system of the #1 music information storage and retrieval device. On the other hand, when the above judgment is satisfied, the CPUf judges whether the input title is inconsistent with the title of various index information in the title memory 1] If this judgment is not satisfied, the storage of -9 information is prohibited. do. That is, this is to prevent the same title from being written into the file l'41. Then, when this judgment is satisfied, fIgI & information is stored for the first time.

Then, the two-dimensional scanning device El operates and scans the document 1, top (
7) iii* information is continued and stored in the buffer memory 6 of =1. When this storage is completed, the image information in the buffer memory C of @l is supplied to the magnetic tape device 1-3, and is placed after the image information already recorded on the image information recording track of the file A/14. It will be recorded. At this time, the CPUj creates index information based on the image to be recorded and the title input in advance, and adds it to the various index information in the title memory 1.

By the way, when the warming of the first original 12 is completed, the next second original 12 is set in the two-dimensional scanning device II, and the image information corresponding to the second original 1M is set. Enter the title using the keyboard 15. Then, the CPU 2 determines whether the input ↑ month title does not match the title of the various index information in the top memory 1, as in the case described above. When this judgment is satisfied, the two-dimensional scanning device 4J operates to scan the image on the second original 12.
The second buffer memory 1
will be remembered. Note that at this time, the image information in the first buffer memory C, that is, the image information on the first document lz, is being recorded in the file 14. Thus, the second buffer memory! 3rd manuscript for
When the storage of the image information on z is completed and the 1liil information in the first buffer memory has been recorded in the file 14, the image information in the second buffer memory i is supplied to the magnetic tape device 11, and the image information in the second buffer memory i is supplied to the file 14. The image information is recorded after the already recorded image information (image information on the first document lz) on the image information recording track. At this time,
CPU! determines the recording position, creates index information using this address information and the title input in advance, and adds it to various index information in the title memory 1. In this way, when the image information in the second buffer memory 1, that is, the image information on the second original 12, is being recorded in the file 14, the image information on the third original 11 cannot be read. If this is done, the read me information is temporarily stored in the first buffer memory g, and then recorded in the file 14 in the same manner as described above.After that, various index information in the title memory s is stored in the magnetic tape device. 11 and recorded on the index information recording track of the file 14. In this case, various index information recorded on the index information recording rack will be updated.

Also, from among the various types of scratch information stored, the required i
When searching for i* information, the file 14 in which the required ms information is recorded is selected and set in the magnetic tape device 11.

Furthermore, an image information successive operation command is input using the keyboard 15.

Therefore, when file l- is set in the magnetic tape device 11 as described above, the magnetic tape device 11 operates,
Management information and all index information are read from the index information recording track of the file 14 and stored in the title memory 1 all at once. At this time, when a sort command is input using the keyboard 15, various index information in the title memory s is displayed on the CfLT display device IC. In this case, a sequence number is attached to each type of index information displayed.

The operator then searches out the index information corresponding to the desired image information from among the various types of index information displayed and inputs the sequence number attached to the index information. Then, the index information corresponding to the input sequence number is selected, and the image information read out from the file 14 of the magnetic tape device 11 based on the index information jar is stored in the first papier memory 6. When this storage is completed, the image information in the first buffer memo IJj is supplied to the IT display device 16 or the hard copy device 11 and output.

By the way, when a plurality of pieces of image information are to be output one after another, sequence numbers corresponding to the index information of each piece of image information are input in sequence. Then, the above-described exposure processing is performed on the first image information, and the flaw information is stored in the first buffer memory 6 and supplied to the CRT display device III or hard copy group #SV. At this time, the continuation processing for the second l111g11 information is performed. The second ll1i information to be displayed is stored in the second (sofa memory 1), and is sent to the CRT display device 1g or hard copy device 11 at the same time as the output of the first image information is completed. In this way, when the second image information, that is, the second image information is being output, if a continuation process is performed on the third image information, the continuation image information will be the same as the first image information. buffer memory 6
is stored, and the operations described above are repeated.

Therefore, during the information storage operation, the image information read by the two-dimensional scanning device 1'1 is alternately stored unit by unit in the first and second buffer memories 6.1, and the first and second buffer memories 6.1 Since the image information in the memos IJ g and F is sequentially supplied to the magnetic tape device 11 unit by unit and stored, the processing speed can be significantly improved when a large amount of image information is stored in succession. Also, -
Magnetic tape mounting when reading great information! The image information read from the first and second buffer memories 6.1# is stored alternately in units of units, and the image information in the first and second buffer memories 6.7 is stored in units of C. Ordinary T
Since the image information is sequentially supplied to the display device 16 or the hard copy device 11 and outputted, the processing speed can be significantly improved when reading out a large amount of image information in succession.

In the above embodiment, two buffer memories are provided, but there is no limit to the number of buffer memories.For example, if the storage speed of the storage device is extremely slow, or if the output speed of the output device is extremely slow, If the processing speed is slow, it is possible to reliably improve the processing speed by increasing the number of buffer memories.Furthermore, the storage device is not limited to a magnetic tape device, but may also be an optical disk device.

In addition, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and is not limited to the above embodiments. Of course, various modifications can be made without changing the spirit.

As described above, according to the present invention, a plurality of buffer memories are provided for temporarily storing the image information, and when the image information is stored, the image information read by the reading device is sequentially stored in each buffer memory unit by unit. The image information in each buffer memory is sequentially supplied to the storage device unit by unit, and when the image information is read out from the storage device, the image information read out from the storage device is sequentially supplied to each buffer memory unit by unit. Since the image information in each buffer memory is sequentially supplied to the output device unit by unit, it is possible to significantly improve the processing speed related to the storage and display of personal information. A search device can be provided.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawings show one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing the overall structure, and FIG. 2 is a detailed construction diagram showing FIG. 1. 1... Main controller, 2... CPU%-... First buffer memory, 1... Second buffer memory. El...Reading device (secondary element scanning device), 11...Storage device a (magnetic tape device), 16...Output device (CR
T display device), 11...output device (hard copy device).

Claims (1)

[Claims] The image information on the document is captured by a reading device, this captured image information is stored in a storage device, and the required image information is retrieved from this storage device and successively reproduced.
A plurality of buffer memories temporarily store one image information by supplying it to an image information storage and retrieval device that outputs li image information with an output device, and #1ell! t''
The image information to be deposited is sequentially stored in each buffer memory in units of #csll, and the image information in each buffer memory is sequentially supplied to the storage device unit by unit, and - my information gun is output. During operation! control means for sequentially storing aIigI information successively outputted from the storage device in each buffer memory in each unit, and sequentially supplying the 1*t* information in each buffer memory to the output device in each unit; An image information storage and retrieval device characterized by: