JPS61139885A - Information retrieving device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To obtain a small-sized, portable desk-top part by controlling documents and retrieving image information through the loading and unloading of a card in and from the desk-top part and to facilitate used, and perform free information control, person by person. CONSTITUTION:A main body 1 inputs a document as image information and stores it in a storage part. The document card is issued, and address information indicating the storage address of the image information is written in a storage part and a document same is printed. A user arrays and loads cards 2 in the desk-top device 3 freely according to desired classification. When the extracts a desired card from the desk-top device 3, the address information stored in the desk-top device 3 corresponding to the card is sent to the main body and the image information corresponding to the address is retrieved and displayed out.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Technical Field of the Invention] The present invention relates to an information retrieval device that uses a card to retrieve image information.

[Technical background of the invention and its problems]

In conventional information retrieval devices that store and retrieve image information, display devices are used to retrieve large amounts of information.

Devices using keyboards and the like have the following drawbacks.

(1) Since the operation when searching image information is suitable for specialized operators, sufficient training is required when using devices such as a keyboard. However, since the operating system requires each user to type keys on the keyboard while looking at the CRT7 display, searching for document information becomes extremely difficult for users who are not accustomed to this type of operation. In addition, using the CI'LT display for a long time poses eye safety and health problems.

(II) Since the management information (management format) for image information was unified into a predetermined format, it was not necessarily easy for each individual to handle. In other words,
Document image file devices that store documents as images on a recording medium such as an optical disk, and retrieve documents (pictures) by searching the images, are designed based on filing in a unified classification within a department or section. Because of this, it is not possible to manage documents on an individual basis.

For example, document (image) information such as "○O design specifications",
Mr. A manages it under the category of design documents, whereas 8
He was unable to manage documents by classifying them into equipment, and was only able to manage documents using unified classification names within that department/section.

[Purpose of the invention]

An object of the present invention is to provide an information retrieval device that can be easily used even by non-specialized operators, allows each individual to freely manage information, and has a small and portable desktop. It is about providing.

[Summary of the Invention] The present invention provides an information retrieval device that stores and retrieves image information, including a storage unit that stores image information, and a card output that issues a card that stores address information that specifies the image information. , a table top for attaching and detaching the output card,
comprising a detection unit that detects the mounting or removal status of the card on the table top, and a search unit that searches the storage unit for corresponding image information based on the card mounting/removal status detected by the detection unit, The cards can be freely arranged and mounted on a table top, and when the card being mounted is removed, image information corresponding to the address information stored in the card is retrieved from the search unit. is characterized in that the information is searched from the storage unit.

〔Effect of the invention〕

According to the present invention, it is possible to freely manage documents (images) for each individual by the extremely simple operation of attaching the card to the table top, and it is also possible to search for desired Ryotsu information by the simple operation of removing the card. Therefore, user operations are extremely efficient.

[Embodiments of the invention] - Hereinafter, one embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of an information retrieval device according to the present invention, in which a main body 15 has a group of cards issued by the main body 2. Consists of 3 tabletop devices,
The main body 1 and the tabletop device 3 are connected online. The main body 1 inputs a document as image information and stores this in its internal storage section. Also, at this time, a document card (more than one card may be used) is issued, and the address information where the information of the corresponding image is stored in the memory is written on this card, as well as the document name input by the user, for example. is printed. 1-The user freely arranges and mounts the cards 2 on the tabletop device 3 according to his or her desired classification. The desk device 3 stores the address information stored in the inserted card in correspondence with the card mounting position. When the user pulls out a desired card from the desk device 3, the address information of the card is sent to the main body, and the Ryotsu information corresponding to this address is retrieved and displayed.

Next, a detailed explanation of the operation of this embodiment will be given using a configuration block diagram and a flow diagram. Fig. 2 is a configuration block diagram corresponding to the main body 1 in Fig. 1, Fig. 3 is a configuration block diagram corresponding to the tabletop device 3 in Fig. 1, and Figs. 9, 10, and 1) are operational flows. It is a diagram.

(1) Document registration and document card issuance This operation is performed only on the main body 1, independent of the table top 3. First, when the user sets a desired document to be stored into the image input section 13 in FIG. 2 (step 101 in FIG. 9),
This image input unit 13 scans a document and inputs the image information into an image! At the same time as sending it to the R/W circuit 18, an image input end signal is sent to the control section 14 (step 102 in FIG. 9). In response to this, the control section 14 sends an input image display signal to the document output section 19, and the document output section 19 sends an input image data request signal to the image R/W circuit 8. Upon receiving this, the image FIR/W circuit 8 sends the image information sent from the image input section 13 to the document output section 9. The document output unit displays the sent image information via a CRT display or the like, and returns a display signal to the control unit 14 (step 103 in FIG. 9).
. The user looks at the image information displayed on the document output section 19 (CRT display) and inputs the corresponding document name or title using the keyboard 15 (Step 104 in FIG. 9).
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This document name is temporarily stored in the document name register in the control unit 14. The control section 14 then sends an input image data registration signal to the image storage/W circuit 18. In response to this, the image R/W circuit 18 converts the input Ryotsu data into an image [image storage unit 1
7, and returns the written image address to the control unit 14 together with the input image data registration end signal (9th
Figure step 105). Upon receiving these, the control section 14 sends the image address and the temporarily stored document name to the card output section 16 along with a document card issue request signal.

The card output section 16 prints or engraves the document name in the title section of the document card, magnetically or mechanically writes the image address inside the card, issues a document card, and returns a document card issuance end signal to the control section 14. (Step 106 in Figure 9).

This document card is shown in FIG. 4 (easy) and includes a title section 419 for printing the document name, an image address storage section 42 for writing the image address. It consists of a connection part 43 for connecting to a tabletop device, which will be described later, and furthermore, as shown in FIG. 4(b), a card lead terminal pin connection port 44 of the tabletop device is provided in the connection part 43.

In this way, the image information of the document is registered in the image storage section 17 within the main body, and a document card corresponding to this image information is also issued.

(1) Attaching document cards to the tabletop device The user can freely arrange the issued document cards on the tabletop device.
One of the main points of the present invention is to manage documents by wearing the device. Figure 5 (,) (b) and (c) are
FIG. 2 is a general view of a tabletop device according to the present invention, in which a plurality of mounting guide grooves 51 for standing the above-mentioned cards are provided inside, and each groove has a card lead terminal pin 5.
2 is placed.

(Guide addresses are attached to the guide grooves 51 according to their respective positions.) First, the user turns the online/offline switch 21 of the tabletop device shown in FIG. At this time, as shown in Fig. 5(d), the pin connection port 4 in the document card is inserted.
4 with the card lead terminal pin 52 of the tabletop device and attach it (step 107 in FIG. 10). All document cards (
each corresponding to image information of a different document), the user turns the online/offline switch 21 online (step 107 in FIG. 10).
>. Then, the card entry/exit detection section 22 starts the operation of detecting the entry/exit of the card into/from the card mounting guide.

In other words, as shown in Fig. 6, the insertion/removal of the card is detected by turning on/off the contact sensor 61 at the base of the card lead terminal pin 52 of the tabletop device, and the card is inserted at each mounting guide address (guide number). Alternatively, a detachment signal is sent to the tabletop control section 24 (step 109 in FIG. 10).

When the tabletop control section 24 receives the mounting signal, it sends the guide number and card readout request signal sent together with the mounting signal to the card reading section 23. In response to this, the card reading unit 23 reads out the stroke 1 address stored in the document card attached to the corresponding guide via the card read terminal pin 52 (Step 1 in FIG. 10) 2). Then, the image address is sent to the desktop control unit 24 along with the guide number and card read end r signal. The desktop control unit 24 receives this.

The card installation status (1 is installed) and the image address are written in the card data storage section 25 in correspondence with the guide number as shown in FIG. (Only 0 is written for the guide number sent with the withdrawal signal.) This image address is written in the case of attachment, and is erased in the case of detachment. (Step 1 in Figure 10) 3) When the online/offline switch 21 is online, the card entry/exit detection section 22 always detects the entry/exit of the card and sends an insertion/removal signal to the desktop control section 24. There is. The desktop control unit 24 compares the mounting status recorded in the card data storage unit 25 with the signal from the card entry/exit detection unit 22 for each mounting guide number (first
Figure 0 Step 1) 0) It operates as follows.

If the mounting status recorded in the card data storage section 25 is removed (,) and the signal from the card entry/exit detection section 12 is mounted, the tabletop device control section 24 issues a card read request signal, and If the mounting status recorded in the data storage section 25 and the signal from the card entry/exit detection section 12 are the same, the desk device control section 24 does nothing (Step 1 in FIG. 10) 1).

When the mounting status recorded in the card data storage unit 25 is mounted (1) and the signal from the card entry/exit detection unit 12 is detached, a search is performed (this will be described later).

Incidentally, when the online/offline switch 21 changes from online to offline and runs, the tabletop device control section 24 clears the contents of the card data storage section 25 and stops its operation. It will start working again when you go online from offline.

(1) Document Search and Output Another key point of the present invention is that the search operation begins when the user pulls out the document cards lined up on his or her desktop device from the desk-E device while online.

First, the user pulls out the desired document card (corresponding to the Ryotsu information he/she wants to view) from the desk device (1st) Step 1
)4). Then, the card entry/exit detection section 22 detects the removal of the document card, and sends the card mounting guide number and card removal signal to the tabletop device control section 24 (step 1 in FIG. 1).
)5).

In response to this, the desk device control unit 24 reads out the image address of the corresponding guide number stored in the card data storage unit 2°5. Send to the communication unit 26 (first) step 1) 7). Then, the attachment status at the corresponding guide number in the card data storage section 25 is changed to O (removed), and the image address is cleared.

The main body communication unit 26 transmits the image natress together with the search request signal to the main body.

The signal receiving section 1) of the main body shown in FIG. 2 receives the image address and search request signal and sends them to the signal decoding section 12. The signal decoding unit 12 analyzes the signal, and if it finds that this is a search request, it sends the image address and search request to the control unit 1.
(1st) Figure Step 1) 8).

In response to this, the control section 14 sends an image address and a document output signal to the document output section 19. In response to this, the document output section 19 sends the image address to the image processing/W circuit 18 together with an image readout request signal. The image R/W circuit 18 reads out the image information stored in the corresponding image address in the image storage section 17, and sends it to the document output section 19 together with an image readout end signal (Figure 1) Step 1) 9) .

Then, the document output section 19 outputs the sent image information via a CRT display, printer, etc., and returns a document output end signal to the control section 14 (step 120 in the first figure).

Although the above description of the operation does not use the concept of "pages of a document," it is also possible to handle a document consisting of multiple pages in the following manner.

In the main body shown in FIG. 2, when a document is input from the Ryotsu input section 13, the image input section 13 counts each page number along with the document number attached to the entire document according to each page input, and adds the corresponding image information. The image is sent to the image R/W circuit 18. The image R/W circuit 18 stores each image information in the image storage unit 1.
7, prepare a table as shown in FIG. 8, and write each image information to the image address corresponding to the document number and page number. Then, the card output section 16 writes the document number on the card and outputs it. When searching, the document number is read from the card, and the image f for all pages stored in the image storage unit 17 corresponds to the document number.
The document output unit 19 searches for the II information and continuously outputs the image information starting from one page.

Further, on the table top shown in FIG. 3, a card data storage section 25 is prepared, and the tabletop device control section 24 compares and searches the card insertion status stored therein and the detection result by the card entry/exit detection section 22. It was a request. However, in the mechanism shown in FIG. 5, if a mechanism is provided that can detect the removal of the card and read out the image address almost simultaneously within a minute time, it will be possible to compare the mounting status between the card data storage unit 25 and the desk device control unit 24. No action is required. For this purpose, detection of the card mounting state and reading of the image address are performed using 2 fl bins of different lengths as shown in FIG. In other words, the card lead terminal bin 52 and the contact detection bin 5
3, and the card is also provided with a card read groove 44 and a card contact detection groove 45, as shown in FIG. In this case, the card lead terminal bin 5
2 is a spring-loaded device, and when the spring is fully extended, the contact detection pin 53 is already separated from the card, but the card lead terminal pin 52 is still electrically connected to the card. That is, the image address is read out from the card read terminal bin 52 the moment the card is removed from the tabletop device.

As described above, if the present invention is used, for example, the stored 1
By outputting multiple copies of the same document card for one image information, each user can freely arrange and manage documents on their own tabletop device, and can also print out the desired documents by simply pulling them out. Since document information can be obtained, practicality is greatly improved.

Note that the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments.

For example, although the title section of the document card is printed or engraved on the main body, the user may directly write the desired document name in the title section. Furthermore, although attachment and detachment of a document card have been detected by a contact sensor, a simple contact switch may be used as long as it generates an on/off signal in response to attachment and detachment of a card. Furthermore, when making a search request, by changing the radio waves emitted from the tabletop device for each tabletop 6, the control unit on the main body side determines which user (desktop device) the search request is from, and sends the search results to the corresponding tabletop device. It is also possible to transfer the information only to the user (assuming that each desktop device is equipped with a document output section). In short, the present invention can be implemented with various modifications without departing from the gist thereof.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a configuration block diagram of the main body, and FIG. 3 is a configuration block diagram of the tabletop device.
Figure 4 is a configuration diagram of the document card, Figure 5 is an overview of the tabletop device, Figure 6 is an enlarged view of the card lead terminal, Figure 7 is a configuration diagram of the card data storage section, and Figure 8 is the image folder. The configuration diagram of the correspondence table of the W circuit, Figures 9, 10, and 1) are operational flow diagrams from document registration to search, and Figure 12 is the structure of the card lead terminal in another embodiment of the present invention. figure,
FIG. 13 is a card structure diagram in another embodiment of the present invention. 1)... Signal receiving section 12- Signal decoding section 13 Image input section 14... Control section 15... Keyboard 1
6...Card output unit 17...Image 1 image storage unit 18.
...Picture 1) R/W circuit 19...Document output section 21...
・Online/offline switch 22...Card entry/exit detection unit 23...Card reading unit...Tabletop device control unit 25...Card data storage unit 26...Main body liaison department agent Patent attorney Nori Chika Yu (1 person) Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 3 Figure 5 Figure 10

Claims (3)

[Claims] (1) Storage means for storing image information; issuing means for issuing a card storing address information corresponding to the image information stored by the storage means; and mounting the card issued by the issuing means. a detection means for detecting a detachment state of the card mounted on the tabletop means; and a detection means for detecting the removal status of the card mounted on the tabletop means; 1. An information retrieval device comprising: a retrieval means for retrieving image information stored in the means. (2) The information retrieval device according to claim 1, wherein the tabletop means allows the cards to be freely arranged and mounted thereon. (3) The information retrieval device according to claim 1, wherein the issuing means prints a document name corresponding to the image information on the card and issues the card.