JPS60170085A - Picture filing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To retrieve pictures such as document pictures at a high speed and to select easily related pictures by selecting and specifying part of a displayed picture by adding a keycode and retrieving picture information recorded in the 2nd recording/reproducing device in a accordance with the keycode. CONSTITUTION:A keyword to be reproduced in accordance with a retrieval code includes address information of a track and a sector in an auxiliary recorder/ reproducer 10 recording some picture information (Sector is obtained by dividing a track, and corresponds to the number of memory blocks in a subpicture memory 8). In accordance with the keyword, said recorder/reproducer 10 reproduces some of the picture information from a sector of a track in correspondence to the prescribed address, and sends the reproduced picture information to the memory 8. The information is sent until one memory block in the memory 8 goes to full. When the block is filled, the picture information is transfered to a main picture memory 2, and the picture is displayed on a display device 4.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to an image file system with a search function.

k Atsushi 14 In the conventional image file system 11, for example, when binary image information read by optically scanning a document image pixel by pixel with a scanner is recorded on a recording medium such as an optical disk device, the read text is It merely records the planning information of the 711 images as is. Therefore, when searching for Sentence 21 images recorded on a recording medium, you can search for the required document image by looking through all the document images recorded on it, or search for the corresponding document using keywords. I
``We have no choice but to choose the I-image.

However, with such conventional #L search methods, if a large number of document images are recorded or if there are multiple document images for the same keyword word, it takes time to search for the desired document image, and the related information It has become difficult to select document images.

J Mouth Voice The present invention has been made in consideration of the above points, and it is possible to quickly search images such as document images, and
The present invention provides an image file system that allows the related images to be easily selected.

Hereinafter, one embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

In the image information recording system 11 according to the present invention, as shown in FIG. a display device 4 that displays an image under the control of a display control device 3 based on the image information stored in the image memory 2;
and an image selection 1J that allows you to select and specify a specific image part based on the displayed image.
i! The operation device n, 5 and the image g according to the selection designation thereof.
An auxiliary image memory 8 temporarily stores part-side information in a specific image qt portion read from the main image memory 2 under the control of the address control device 7 in accordance with the address determined by the image selection control device 6 in units of blocks. , the fk playback device "T9", which is composed of an optical disk device for recording full image information stored in the main image memory 2, and the same optical disk device for recording partial side information stored in the auxiliary image memory 8. An auxiliary recording and reproducing device 10 consisting of,
When reading the recorded image information and causing the display device 4 to display the image, under the control of the playback control device 11,
Assistant recording and reproducing device9. A control input device 12 that can select from which image information +1λ is to be read out from the IO, and a keyword for image selection operation negative fT5 or manual subtraction from the control device 12 ji1! It consists of a keyword storage device 13 for storing keywords, and a keyword recording device 14 for recording keywords that have been recorded.

Note that when moving the - part side information in the selected and designated image part +'jL extracted from the main image memory 2 to the auxiliary image memory 8, that part side information is also left in the main image memory 2 as it is. It looks like this.

The auxiliary image memory 8 also includes a plurality of storage blocks 131,
B2. ..., Rn, and the image selection operation device 5
1J (each image information in a designated image portion is sequentially stored in block m). Each storage block Bl.

132, . . . 113++, there is no area, and the boundary is the last line of image information in the previous image portion and the start line of image information in the next image portion. Furthermore, under the control of the display control device 3, the image information stored in the auxiliary image memory 8 is distinguished from the image information in the main image memory 2, and the image information stored in the auxiliary image memory 8 is
is displayed on the screen. Specifically, the display method includes, for example, selecting and specifying the selected image part as shown in Figure 2, surrounding the selected image part with a frame A, or changing the color or brightness of the area of that image part. 1 If you change the display position, J: Yes. The keyword is composed of a code for searching, an address of image information recorded in the main recording device 9, and an address of partial image information recorded in the auxiliary recording device 10, each of which is a control code. Note that since the amount of information of the keyword 14 is extremely small compared to the image information, the recording medium for the keyword recording/reproducing device 14 does not need to have a large capacity for practical use.

In the image file system according to the present invention configured as described above, for example, when the main recording device 9 records document images over 1-; In addition, by selecting and specifying one or more image portions as necessary using the image selection operation device 5, the image information of the selected image portion can be separately recorded in the auxiliary recording and reproducing device 10. At the same time, it becomes possible to later read out the image information recorded in the auxiliary record VJll'l', 10 using the control input device vL12 and display only the selected image portion on the display device 4.

Therefore, if you select and specify only the summary part or some excerpts that are likely to be needed later when recording a document image, you can simply print out the recorded contents of the auxiliary recording device 10 using a printer, etc. 2) You will be able to obtain the necessary information immediately. Furthermore, by displaying the recorded DA contents of the auxiliary recording device fIO on the display device 4, it becomes possible to immediately decipher what kind of document image is recorded in the main recording device 9.

At that time, each main and auxiliary, 11. ! Record i1j production device 9. ”]
Searching for the image information recorded in 0 is performed as follows.

Now, when a search code corresponding to the required image information (H) is manually entered from the control device 12, a predetermined keyword is read out from the keyword storage device 13 at 514 control 1 of the raw control device 11. .

If there is a one-to-one correspondence between the search code and the image information, the main recording FIZ production device 9 in which the image information is recorded is selected, and the image information recorded at the predetermined address is
The reproduced image will be displayed on the display device 4. However, in general, search codes and image information often do not correspond on a one-to-one basis, and this is more suitable for storing information.

Therefore, in the present invention, especially when a search code is entered manually, the image information recorded in the auxiliary recording/reproducing device 10 is preferentially searched. In other words, the keyword that changes depending on the search code includes address information of 1~Rack and sectors in the auxiliary recording and reproducing device b ¥10 in which partial image information is recorded (sectors are 1~Rack is divided, and corresponds to the number of storage blocks in the Urasuke image memory 8),
In accordance with the key and word, the auxiliary recording/reproducing device 10 reproduces part-side information from the 1-rack sector corresponding to a predetermined address, and sends the reproduced part-picture information to the auxiliary image memory 8. So,! The data is sent to one storage block in the auxiliary image memory 8 until it becomes full, and when it becomes full, the information on that part of the image is transferred to the main image memory 2 and the part of the image is displayed on the display device 4. Is displayed. moreover,
If there is another address, the partial picture information is subsequently reproduced from the 1-rank sector corresponding to that address, and the reproduced partial picture information is transferred to the other 11L! in the auxiliary image memory 8! When the memory block becomes full, playback stops and some pictures in the memory block are sent to the memory block.
is retained. If you want to display the content held in that memory block, input a control command to that effect from the control input device 12, and the partial screen information held in that memory block will be displayed as the main image. A predetermined partial image is transferred to the image memory 2 and displayed on the display device 4. During this time, if there is another address 4t, the partial picture information is reproduced, and the reproduced partial picture information is stored in another storage block.

However, in the image file system according to the present invention, for example, when a large number of technical documents are recorded in the main recording device 9, summaries of related items are compiled and stored in the auxiliary recording/reproducing device 10, or a large number of Patent details)! The claims in F are summarized as auxiliary recording and reproducing device 10.
The search becomes easier in cases such as those described in 5'.

Further, during playback, partial image information for selecting and specifying a portion of both images at the time of recording can be directly searched and the partial image can be displayed, making it possible to quickly obtain necessary information. In addition, it is possible to search mutually related pieces of screen information all at once using the same search code, and display the necessary information on the same screen as well as some related information spanning several pages at the same time. , related information can be easily selected.

As described above, in the image information recording system according to the present invention, there is a first stage in which binary image information in pixel units is stored in an image memory and the image is displayed on a display device; Means for recording image information 9I on a first recording/reproducing device; Means for selectively specifying a portion of the displayed image by attaching a key code; and Image information of the selected image portion. means for reading out the image information from the image memory and separately recording it on the second record t', j'; 41% by
This system has the added advantage of being able to quickly search for necessary information, and also to easily search for related information.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of an image file system according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a second-line drawing in the same embodiment. ■... Image information human power device 2... Main image memory 3...
-Display control device 4...Display device 5...Picture f selection operation device 6...Image selection jkU control device 7...Address control device 8 -Auxiliary image memory 9...Main recording and reproducing device 10...Auxiliary Recording 11j production device 11...Reproduction control device 12...Manual control device 13...Keyword storage device 14...Keyword I/Record B1j production device Applicant's agent Kiyoshi Torii Figure 1 patent applicant Rico Co., Ltd. −

Claims (1)

[Claims] means for storing binary image information in pixel units in an image memory and causing a display device to display the image; means for causing a first recording and reproducing device to record the image information stored in the image memory; means for selectively specifying a portion of the selected image by attaching a key code; means for reading image information of the selected image portion from the image memory and separately recording it in a second recording/reproducing device; 1. An image file system configured by means for searching image information recorded in a second recording/reproducing device according to the image information recorded in the second recording/reproducing device according to the image information.