JPS60183650A - Information storage controller - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To attain optimum processing of output information of a storage means depending on every attribute by storing the information to an external storage means together with the attribute. CONSTITUTION:The stored information is accessed by an access means 23 as a data together with the attribute, inputted to a selecting means 24. The inside of the selecting means 24 discriminates the attribute and the data is branched to processing means 21A-21N depending on the attribute. The branch processing is added as the function of the access means 23. The branched data is processed by the processing means 21A-21N depending on the attribute and fed to output means 22A-22N. The information is stored to the external storage device 20 together with the attribute in this way, the information is processed optimizingly depending on the attribute.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] Industrial applications The present invention stores large amounts of information with various attributes.

The present invention relates to an information storage control device that can process and control information.

Conventional configuration and its problems In recent years, personal computers (hereinafter referred to as personal computers) have become popular.

), it has become easier to digitally process information. On the other hand, advances in auxiliary storage devices have been remarkable, and with the reduction in prices of floppy disk devices and the practical use of optical disks, information is becoming increasingly digitalized.

Looking at the usage of the original auxiliary storage device of the operating system (hereinafter referred to as O8) of computers such as personal computers and minicomputers, for example, by using a directory structure similar to that of a floppy disk in a personal computer, it is possible to Efforts have been made to efficiently use the limited information storage area. Furthermore, the auxiliary storage device is only a device for temporarily storing digital information, and whether that information is, for example, information created with a word processor, graphic information to be displayed on a graphic display, or analog - There is no distinction whether the audio information is digitized via a digital converter or not, as it is simply managed by O8 as a file name.

treated without discrimination. All of this information is processed by system hardware centered on the microprocessor and system software centered on the O8 and application programs.

On the other hand, with the advent of the aforementioned optical discs, it has become possible to store several kilobytes of information on a single disc, and these media can be used as audio PCM information storage media or text information storage media. Furthermore, there is a growing trend to use digital images as a storage medium7, and digital audio media, such as compact discs (hereinafter referred to as CDs), are becoming more popular.
This has appeared with the advent of disks (hereinafter referred to as DAD).

With the increase in the capacity of storage media as described above, it has become possible to store Osaka information such as two audio characters and two images or computer software all at once on one medium.

However, - processing the above information with conventional computers increases the amount of information to be handled.

Fruit of processing 0′! It can be said that this is difficult due to problems such as J-interactivity.

A conventional l♂i information storage control device will be described below with reference to the drawings. In the following explanation, for example, audio information will be handled using digital analog (hereinafter referred to as D/A).
When information has a unique property, such as a conversion process, that unique property is defined as an attribute. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a conventional information storage control device.
1 is a storage means, 2 is a processing means, 3 is a control means, 4 is an output means, and 6 is an external storage means.

The operation of the information storage control device configured as described above will be described below. The external storage means 6 stores character information 1 image information, audio information, and the like. Let us consider the operation when outputting the above various information from the external storage means 5 to the output means 4. The control means 3 causes the processing means 2 to store information from the external storage means 5 into the storage means 1. Next, the processing means 2 outputs the information stored in the storage means 1 to the output means 4 by means of the control means 3. For example, a character display is used as the output means 4 for text information, a graphic display for image information, and a speaker for audio information.

However, in the above configuration, since the output information of the external storage means 5 cannot be directly selected according to its attributes, once stored in the storage means 1, the processing means 2 generally uses a microprocessor It is necessary to identify the attribute using hardware and software such as an O8 and an application program, perform processing according to the attribute, and then send it to the output means 4. Therefore,
In order to handle information about dog pigeons, a large-capacity storage means 1 is indispensable, and it is necessary to know the capacity of the information in advance. 2 becomes complicated.Furthermore, real-time processing is generally difficult.

When dealing with audio information, the above problems are significant due to the enormous amount of information and the continuity of output. For example, the same 16-bit audio information stored on a CD, 2 channels.

44.1 When handling information of KH2 sampling specification, information 1
5. The transmission speed is as high as 176 kbyte/second, and the above-mentioned information can be D/A in real time using the above-mentioned method.
It is clear that the capacity of the storage device 1 must be increased in order to introduce the data into the converter.

The information storage control device of the above-mentioned conventional example does not process the information itself, but instead inputs the destination address of the processing device that should be processed (<(-, J, If you think of it as a device that transfers information along with its destination address, the 473 network system has similar properties to that of Jt, i.e., information stored in a storage device is transferred to a printer, display device, or other processing device. By adding the destination address of a device as an attribute, the information is transferred as is to the target processing device, which then performs some processing on the information and outputs it.The configuration of a conventional communication network system is shown below. Fig. 2 is a block diagram showing an example of a conventional communication network system, in which 11.+2.13 is a terminal, 14.16.16 is a switch, 1T is an external storage device, and This is a 19-digit output device.

The operation of the communication network system configured as described above will be briefly described below. Consider a case where character information in the external storage device 17 is sent to the terminal B12 and the information is displayed on the character φ display of the output device B1a. A destination address of the information, which is an attribute of the information, is added within the terminal A11 and sent to the communication line through the exchange A14.

The exchange B15 determines that the destination address, which is an attribute of the information, is the terminal B12, and sends the character information together with the attribute to the terminal B12. The terminal B12 converts the character information into a character output signal and then displays it on the output device B1s. Furthermore, when displaying the image information in the external storage device 17 on the graphic display of the output device C19 of the terminal C13, an attribute indicating that the destination address is the terminal CI3 is added to the image information and sent to the exchange A14, The following processing is performed in the same manner.

However, in the above configuration, the information attributes are not added to the information in the external storage device 17,
The process of adding attributes within the terminal A11 has become essential. That is, the information in the external storage device 17 basically has a problem in that it is not necessary to add the attribute to the information by the hardware and software in the terminal A11.

In addition, each terminal of the communication network system is a basic KFi.

Since each terminal is an independent processing means, it is generally necessary to define a communication protocol for transmitting and receiving information between terminals, and the amount of software required for the interface section of the terminal is enormous. Furthermore, the versatility of communication networks is emphasized, and
The presence of the above-mentioned communication protocol requires processing specific to information, such as audio information, in addition to the /A conversion processing that is originally required, complicated processing by hardware and software based on the communication protocol. This can be said to be a serious problem from the viewpoint of directly transferring information from a storage device to a device according to its attributes.

OBJECTS OF THE INVENTION Object 17i of the present invention: To provide an information storage control device that makes it possible to optimally process output information of a storage means for each attribute.

Structure of the Invention The information storage control device of the present invention includes a storage means for storing information together with its attributes, an access means for outputting the information together with the attributes from the storage means, and an output signal of the storage means using the attributes. A selection means for directly selecting a destination of the information, and an output means for outputting the information, which is an output signal of the selection means, according to the attribute. This makes it possible to perform optimal processing according to each attribute.

DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 3, and then a specific example of the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 6.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the general configuration of an information storage control device in an embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG. 3, 20 is an external storage means, 21 is 21A,
A processing means block 22A, 22B consisting of each processing means 21B, 21C, . . . , 21N.

22C2..., 22N are each processing means 21A, 2
1B.

21C9..., output means corresponding to 21N, 2
3 is an access means, and 24 is a selection means. Also, the fourth
As shown in the figure, the combination of information and its attributes is defined as data and will be used below.

The operation of the information storage control device of this embodiment configured as described above will be explained below. First, the information stored as shown in FIG. 4 is accessed as data together with its attributes by the access means 23 and input into the selection means 24. Inside the selection means 24, the attribute is determined, and the data is branched to the processing means 1 to N according to the attribute.

This branching process can also be added as a function of the access means 23. The branched data is processed by the processing means 1-N according to its attribute and sent to the processing means 1-N.

As described in Section 2, according to this embodiment, by storing information together with its attributes in an external storage device, it is possible to perform optimal processing according to the attributes. An example is given below to explain it in more detail. That is, according to the embodiment of the present invention, the external storage means shown in FIG.
I will specifically explain the old self-memory control device that has a DAD player of 74J that can make the necessary data stored on the time axis continuously at regular intervals. .

FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the information storage 1++Iml device in this specific example. In Fig. 61, 30 is DAD, 31 is DAD player, 32 is DAD3
0 and a DAD player 31, an external storage means for outputting digital data, 33 an access means, 34
is a character information processing means, and the access means 33 and the character information processing means 34 are realized by a pan controller 36. 36 is a selector for selecting the destination of information; 37 is a frame memory device which is an image information output means; 38 is a D/A converter which is an audio information processing means; and 39 is a character display which is a character information means. 4o is a graphic display which is an image information output means, and 41 is a speaker which is an audio information output means.

Information storage in this specific example configured as above? The operation of the lj control device will be explained below. Don't change, DAD3
The information stored in 0 is accessed as data together with its attributes by the access means 33 and sent from the external storage means 32 to the selector 36. The selector 36 determines the attribute and processes the processing means 34, 37 .
Data is sent to one of the 38 ports. For example, character information t'l is sent to the character information processing means 34, which converts it into a character output signal using a character generator or the like, and outputs it on the character display 39. If it is image information, it is sent to the frame memory device 37, converted into an image signal, and output on the graphic display 4o. Furthermore, if it is acoustic information, it is sent to the D/A converter 38 and converted to an analog signal, and then sent to the speaker 41.
is output.

That is, various pieces of information are not stored according to identification formants, but are stored in 7-ormano formats that are easy to process by processing means according to their attributes.

As described above, according to this specific example, the output data of the external storage means 32 is directly sent to the respective processing means according to each attribute such as character 1 image, sound, etc., thereby making it possible to perform optimal processing. We have achieved real-time output of acoustic information on moss. In the above specific example, a DAD and a DAD player were used as external storage means, but
The external storage means is not limited to being composed of a DAD and a DAD player, and may be any device that can store information together with its attributes. For example, digital audio tape (hereinafter referred to as DAT) and DAT that can output data from DAT.
Any storage device can be used, including AT players, fixed disk devices, floppy disk devices, and even semiconductor storage devices.

In the above specific example, the destination address and processing information are provided as attributes, but it is also possible to provide only one of the destination address or processing information as an attribute.

As the access means 33, a personal computer may be used as a device capable of controlling the external storage means 32, or any device capable of controlling the external storage means 32 may be used.

In the specific example described above, three types of information were considered: two types of characters, two images, and audio, but the types of information are not limited to these. For example, it is also possible to use control information for controlling other devices or equipment as the information. Furthermore, as for the output means, a character display, a graphic display, and a speaker were considered, but the output means are not limited to these. For example, it is also possible to use a printer as a means for outputting character/image information. Of course, for the control information, a device that operates based on the information can be considered as an output means.

Further, in the above specific example, data is transferred to each processing means 34°37.3
However, if the information is such that the processing procedure within the processing means is known in advance, the attribute need not be sent to the processing means.

Effects of the Invention As is clear from the above explanation, the present invention is configured to store information together with its attributes in an external storage means, so there is no need to newly add a destination as an attribute, and An excellent effect can be obtained in that the output data of the external storage means can be directly sent to the optimum processing means for the information using the attributes. As a result, there is an advantage that a large capacity storage means as shown in FIG. 1 is not required. Further, by optimizing the information in advance and storing it in the external storage means so that the information can be easily processed by the processing means, the processing means does not need to perform complicated processing. That is, the information storage control device of the present invention is not a conventional device in which complicated processing is performed on data in an external storage means within a general processing means, but it is possible to perform various processing in advance by increasing the capacity and reducing the cost of the storage means. Since the apparatus is capable of storing data that has been subjected to preprocessing that is optimal for the means, it is possible to obtain the effect that it can be simplified as a processing apparatus suitable for the output information.

Further, when transmitting data, there is no need for a communication protocol such as a communication network system, and the amount of hardware of the interface section in each means can be reduced.

Furthermore, as a means for storing information together with its attributes, it is possible to output the information continuously at regular intervals on the time axis. Furthermore, by storing acoustic information as information and using a D/A converter as a means of processing that information, it is possible to output acoustic information in real time for a long time, which is a tremendous effect. It is.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a conventional information storage control device, FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an example of a conventional communication network system, and FIG. 3 is a general information storage control device in an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the structure of the information storage control device in one specific example of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the data structure in the external storage means. 1... Storage means, 6. 20. 32.Mountain...
External storage means, 23.33・River...Access means, 2,
21゜34.37.38...mark/processing means, 4. 22
A. 22B, 22C,...mark..., 22N, 39, 40.41
...Output means, 3...Control means, 24
．． 36. Mountain...Selector. Name of agent: Patent attorney Toshio Nakao and one other person @Figure 1 Figure 2

Claims (3)

[Claims] (1) storage means for storing information together with its attributes; access means for outputting the information together with the attributes from the storage means; and direct selection of the destination of the information, which is the output signal of the storage means, using the attributes. one or more processing means for processing the information, which is an output signal of the selection means, according to the attribute; and an output means, for outputting the information, which is an output signal of the processing means. Information storage control device. (2) Claims characterized in that the storage means for storing the information together with its attributes uses a storage means capable of continuously outputting the information together with the attributes at regular intervals on a time axis. The information storage control device according to item 1. (3) The means for storing information together with its attributes stores at least acoustic information together with its attributes, and a digital-to-analog conversion processing device is used as the processing means for processing the acoustic information. The information storage control device according to scope 2.