JPS60173684A - Composite inputting system of image and character information - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To enable to input data which is united with character information by providing a control marker that discriminates whether to be inputted as character information or inputted as image information. CONSTITUTION:When a user inputs drawing number as character information 1, a drawing as image information and product number as character information 2 from an input medium, a character information control marker 21 is detected by a mode control device 31, and the drawing number is read by a character information input control device 33 until an image information control marker 22 is detected, and converted to character code and stored in a main memory 35. For drawing similarly, information of area until detection of an image information control marker 23 and detection of character information control marker 22 is resolved to dots and inputted and stored in the main memory 35. Further, the product number is converted to character code and stored in the main memory 35.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Field of Application of the Invention] The present invention relates to a method for simultaneously inputting image information and character information, and particularly to a method for identifying image information and character information suitable for facilitating EDP processing of image information. This invention relates to a device that employs a control marker to enable control.

[Background of the invention]

The conventional method of inputting image information is to simply input the image information and then enter the registration key (
For example, drawing numbers and product numbers) must be processed using different means such as keyboard devices and at different times (and related information also had to be registered and compared using completely different means and timing). .Therefore, the system for handling image information is hardware,
The software had drawbacks such as being large and complex, and being prone to operational errors.

[Purpose of the invention]

An object of the present invention is to input data that is integrated with character information in order to facilitate operations such as storing, retrieving, and maintaining image information as well as logically linking it with related information when inputting image information. The purpose of this invention is to provide a possible input device and processing method.

[Summary of the invention]

In order to input image information and character information at the same time, it is equipped with a mode for inputting image information and a mode for inputting character information, and furthermore, by detecting a control marker to switch between these two input modes, image information can be input. Embodiment of the Invention An embodiment of the invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 to 4.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment. 1 in the diagram
Reference numeral 1 denotes an input device for an input medium containing character information and image information shown in FIG. 12 is a central processing unit and main storage device that performs input control and editing processing of character information and image information, 15 is an external storage device that stores input image information and character information, and 14 is a monitoring device for the operation of various devices and programs. 15 is a display device for instructing operations, inquiring information stored in an external storage device, or confirming information to be input; and a printing device 15 for editing and outputting image information i and character information.

FIG. 2 shows an input medium storing character information and image information input from the external medium input device shown in FIG. 1, and control markers 22 to 24 are
This is for controlling the input of character information and image information.

FIG. 5 shows the functional relationships of the control devices in the central processing unit shown in FIG. The control device 51 is a control device.
It is composed of a character information input control device 55 and an image information input control device 54, with the elbow car detection and input mode control device 52 as the core. Here, the control method of the control device 51 is shown in FIG. 4 and will be explained. The control marker detection and input mode control device 52 reads back the control marker color from the control and a-le area 2s in FIG. In order to input information from the data area 26 according to the control status, the character information input control device 65 (box number 41 in FIG. 4) or the image information input control device 54 is used.
(Box number 42 in FIG. 4) Transfer K control.

After inputting the information from the data area 26, control is returned to the control marker detection and input mode control device 52 to prepare for inputting the next information. In addition, the character information input control device S
5 reads information from the data area 26 by pattern recognition, replaces it with a character code, and transfers it to the main storage device 55. Further, the image information input control device 54 decomposes the information in the data area 26 into dots and transfers them to the main storage device 55.

An example is shown here.

Now, suppose that the user inputs a figure number as character information (1), a drawing as image information, and a product number as character information (2) from the input medium shown in Figure 2. Control marker detection, input mode control Device 5
1, the character information control marker 21 is detected, and until the image information control marker 22 is detected, the character information input control device 55 reads the figure number, converts it into a character code, and stores it in the main storage device 55. Similarly, the drawing is image information control marker 2
5 is detected and the character information control marker 22
The image information input control device 54 decomposes the information of the area up to the detection of the dot into dots, inputs the information, and stores the information in the main storage device 55. In addition, 11 product numbers are character information con)
El -k Detect mer J-22 and enter the next control/
The character information input control device 56 converts the data until the I/ marker is detected, that is, until the data input end control marker 24 is detected in the case of FIG.

The figure number, drawing, and product number stored in the main storage device 55 are stored in the external storage device according to instructions from a user program, for example, using the figure number and product number as keys. The drawings stored in the external storage device are searched using the drawing number or product number as a key, and are output to a display device or a printing device by performing inverse conversion processing from dots using the image information input control device fltsa.

〔Effect of the invention〕

According to the present invention, since image information can be registered together with character information, it is easy for the user to logically link image information and character information, and coding for image information can be done by other means. This eliminates the need to perform other tasks. Therefore, in terms of operation, the user can significantly reduce labor and improve operational reliability not only during registration but also during maintenance and search.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of an apparatus for explaining an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a medium and a marker for inputting image information and character information from an external medium input device in FIG. 91. 5 is a block diagram showing the function of the control device in the central processing unit and main storage device in FIG. 1, and FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the control system of the control device in FIG. It is a four-chard diagram. 11... External medium input device 15... External storage device 14... Display device 15... Printing device 21... Input medium 25... Control area 26... Data area 51... Control Device 55... Main memory device No. 1 Z Figure 1 Figure 3

Claims (1)

[Claims] An image characterized in that, in order to input data consisting of character information and data consisting of image information from the same human-powered medium, a control marker is provided to identify whether the data is input as character information or as image information. and a composite input method for character information.