JPS62143182A - Retrieving device for image information - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To output required image information on recording paper by providing the titled device with a buffer memory, an image information display device and a recording device. CONSTITUTION:To obtain required image information out of various image information stored in an optical disk storage device 2, a retrieval code corresponding to the required image information is set up by a keyboard 5 and the retrieving and reading operations are also set up by the keyboard 5. As the result, the required image information is retrieved by the storage device 2 based on the set retrieval code and successively read out and the read image information is stored in a page memory 6. Then, the display operation and recording operation are set up by the keyboard 5. Consequently, the image information stored in the page memory 6 is displayed and recorded on the recording paper through a hard copying device 4.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Object of the Invention] (Industrial Application Field) The present invention provides an image information retrieval device that searches and outputs required information as needed from various information stored in a storage device, for example. Regarding.

(Prior Art) In recent years, for example, image information such as documents, which has been increasing significantly, is read by optical line scanning using a reading device. An image information retrieval device has been developed and put into practical use that searches and reads each 8i image information stored in this optical disk storage device and outputs it in a state that can be visually viewed on a CRT display device.

By the way, when the above-mentioned conventional device outputs image information stored in an optical disk storage device onto recording paper using a hard copy device, it first searches for the required image information and transfers it to a CRT.
After displaying the image information on the display device and confirming the displayed image information, the same search operation as above is performed again and output to the hard copy device. Therefore, if there are a plurality of pieces of image information to be output, this operation must be repeated, which makes the operation complicated and takes time to output.

It is also possible to directly output image information to a hard copy device without displaying it on a CRT display device, but this can cause problems such as unnecessary image information may be output if the search code is entered incorrectly. I'm sure you have it.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) This invention is intended to solve the problems in outputting stored information on recording paper, and its purpose is to provide easy-to-operate and reliable information An object of the present invention is to provide an image information retrieval device capable of outputting image information on a recording sheet.

[Structure of the Invention] (Means for Solving the Problems) The present invention provides an image information retrieval device for searching and reading out desired image information from a storage means in which a plurality of image information is stored, which includes: a packer memory that temporarily stores image information that has been retrieved and read; a display device that displays the image information stored in this buffer memory; and an image that is stored in the buffer memory and displayed on the display device. It consists of a recording device that records the information on recording paper.

(Function) This invention enables image information retrieved and read from a storage device to be temporarily stored in a buffer memory, and the image information stored in this buffer memory to be displayed on a display device and output to a recording device. It is something.

(Example) Hereinafter, an example of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In the drawings, reference numeral 1 denotes a reading device that reads image information on a document by, for example, optically scanning a line over the document.

Reference numeral 2 denotes a storage device, such as an optical disk storage device, which stores information 1' and i read by the reading device 1. Reference numeral 3 denotes an output device, such as a CRT display device, which displays image information retrieved and read out from among the various image information stored in the optical disk storage device 2 as required. Reference numeral 4 denotes an output device, such as a hard copy device, which records image information, which is searched and read out as necessary from among the various types of image information recorded in the optical disk storage device 2, on recording paper. . Reference numeral 5 denotes a keyboard on which search codes and various operation commands for information to be searched and read from the optical disk storage device 2 can be set. Reference numeral 16 denotes a pack memory, for example, one memory, which has a storage capacity corresponding to at least one document of image information read by the reading device 1.

Thus, the reading device 11 source disk storage device 2.
CRT display device 3. Hard copy device 4. The keyboard 5 and page memory 6 are connected to a control path 20 of a CPU (central processing unit) 10 (input/output).
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Furthermore, the above reading/left position 1. Optical disk storage device 2°C
RT display device 3. The hard copy device 4 and the page memory 6 are respectively connected to the image path 3o.
J4 R-te meeting 9, information was transferred to each other 6:
:Ic-)Next, we will explain the operation of the above-mentioned configuration. First, for example, a document containing required image information is set in the reading device 1 . Then, the reading operation is set using the keyboard 5. Then, the image information on the document is read by the reading device IK'' and stored in the page memory 6 as one unit of information.Then, a search code for the read image information is set using the keyboard 5, and the A storage operation is set using the keyboard 5. Then, the set search code and the image information stored in the page memory 6 are stored in the optical disk storage device 2 as one unit of information.

In order to obtain desired image information from among the various types of image information stored in the storage device 2 of the optical disk, a search code for the desired image information is set on the keyboard 5, and the key is -5. Set the search/read operation with . Then, the image information of Tokoyasu in the original disk storage device 2 is searched based on the search code set above, and it is read as MA next. Then, this read image information is stored in the page memory 6, and then the display operation is set at the key date 5. Then, the image information stored in the page memory 6 is displayed on the CRT display device 3. In this case, by setting the display operation and recording operation using the keyboard 5, the image information stored in the page memory 6 will be displayed.
The image information stored in the page memory 6 is recorded on recording paper by the hard copy device 4. Therefore, the operator can obtain a copy of the image information after confirming whether the image information retrieved and read out is the desired one.

By the way, if an image information compression control circuit that performs so-called MH transformation (Modified Huffman transformation) is provided for the image information stored in the page memory 6, then the image information stored in the page memory 6 will be Compression processing is performed. By setting the storage operation using the keyboard 5, the compressed image information in the memory 6 is stored in the original disk storage device 2. This allows effective use of the storage area.Furthermore, when setting display operation or recording operation using key date 5, if an image enlargement (or image reduction) command is issued using key date 5, the image will be stored in page memory 6. Enlargement (or reduction) processing is performed on the image information contained in the page memory 6.
The image information that has been enlarged (or reduced) within is CR.
It is displayed on the T display device 3 or recorded on the hard copy device 4. In other words, this allows the user to freely change the size of characters in the required image information to be displayed or recorded depending on the situation, and (1) has expanded functions for information output.

Further, in this case, by partially erasing unnecessary image information from the image information in the eats memory 6, it is also possible to output only the necessary image information. Furthermore, it is also possible to read two types of image information from the original disk storage device 2 and store them in the page memory 6, and to output a combination of the two types of image information in the page memory 6.

Further, when making a hard copy of the #J image information read from the optical disk storage device 2, the image information read from the optical disk storage device #2 is stored in the page memory θ, and the image information stored in the page memory 6 is transferred to the hard copy. The image is output to the copying device 4.

Therefore, even when outputting multiple pieces of one image information, it is only necessary to repeatedly output the image information stored in the page memory 6, and only one search operation is required, so the operation is simple and the processing speed is fast. be.

Moreover, the image information iCR stored in the page memory 6
Since the image information is displayed on the T-display device 3 and outputted on the hard copy device 4, the image information read from the optical disk storage device 2 can be confirmed on the CRT display device 3 and hard-copied. . Therefore, it is possible to prevent unnecessary hard copies of image information.

In addition, since the bezel 6 is provided, the 9° II! read from the optical disk storage device 2! The image information tl is supplied to the CRT display device 3 and the hard copy device 4 via the heno memory 6. Therefore, by comparing the image information displayed on the CRT display device 3 and the image information outputted by the hard copy device 4, the CRT display device 3. Hard copy device 4.
It is possible to recognize the abnormality t of the optical disk storage device #t2. Furthermore, since the image information read by the reading device ul can be output to the hard copy device 4 via the page memory 6, it is possible to recognize abnormalities in the reading device 1 and the hard copy device 4. Moreover, abnormality detection in these devices can be advantageously performed by normal input/output processing without requiring any special means such as a test program.

Note that this invention is not limited to the above embodiments,
The storage device is not limited to the original disk storage device, but may be a magnetic disk storage device or a magnetic tape storage device, for example, and it goes without saying that various modifications can be made without departing from the gist of the invention.

[Effects of the Invention] As detailed above, according to the present invention, the image information retrieved from the storage device is temporarily stored in the buffer memory, and the image information stored in the buffer memory is displayed on the display device. Since the image information can be displayed on a recording paper and can be outputted to a recording device, it is possible to provide an image information retrieval device that is easy to operate and can reliably output required image information onto recording paper.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

The drawing is a block diagram schematically showing the overall configuration of an embodiment of the present invention. 1...Reading device, 2...Storage device (optical disk storage device), 3...Output device (CRT display device)
, 41. , output device (hard copy device), 6... buffer memory (page memory).

Claims (1)

[Claims] An image information retrieval device for retrieving and reading out desired image information from a storage means in which a plurality of image information is stored includes a buffer memory for temporarily storing the image information retrieved and read from the storage device, and this buffer memory. An image information retrieval system comprising: a display device that displays image information stored in the buffer memory; and a recording device that records the image stored in the buffer memory and displayed on the display device on recording paper. Device.