JPS62195777A - Page-unit editing system for picture information storing and retrieving device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To make it possible to edit the picture information stored in a non- rewritable and additionally writable recording medium by editing a document managing information in the unit of page. CONSTITUTION:A cathode-ray tube display device 15 displays a picture information read by a scanner 18, reproduces and displays the picture information stored in the rewritable and additionally writable optical disk device 23, and displays a picture of text for the operator. In a retrieving device 13, a retrieval information is inputted from a keyboard 16 in accordance with the picture of text displayed on the device 15 at the time of picture-information registering. When a retrieval information is inputted at the time of retrieving, the managing information (such as document numbers) of the picture information given the retrieval information can be obtained from the device 13. A printer 19 outputs the picture information compressed and stored in the optical disk device 23 after elongating. A communication control equipment connected to an interface part 24 transfers the said information in the device 23 to a remote facsimile equipment through a communication line.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of Industrial Application The present invention relates to a page-by-page editing method in an image information storage and retrieval device, and in particular to editing image information stored in a write-once non-rewritable storage medium on a page-by-page basis. This invention relates to a page-by-page editing method in an image information storage and retrieval device that can be used for image information storage and retrieval.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when recording image information on a recording device having a write-once type recording medium such as an optical disk that cannot be rewritten and cannot be rewritten, a device of this kind has been used to record image information and a search corresponding to this image information. Management information including information etc. were stored sequentially.

Problems to be Solved by the Invention However, such image information storage and retrieval devices are not configured to be able to generate management information without storing image information. Even if pages are added or replaced, there is a problem in that image information for all pages must be registered again.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and provides an image information storage and retrieval device that can edit a document of image information registered in a non-rewritable write-once storage medium page by page. The purpose is to

Means for Solving the Problems In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention is characterized by having a configuration in which management information of image information is deleted, revised, etc. on a page-by-page basis, and is edited in a three-by-one manner. do.

Operation According to the above-described configuration, the present invention records management information edited on a page-by-page basis on a non-rewritable recording medium, and edits and reads out image information using this management information.

EXAMPLES Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows a block diagram of a main control device of an image information storage and retrieval device according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. to a RAM (random access memory) having a head (read-only memory) storing the execution program of the CPU 1 and a work area for the CPUI shown in the flowchart of FIG.
It has a main storage unit 11 consisting of, etc.

This main control device further includes a search device 13, a CRT display device 15 and a keyboard 16, a scanner 18 and a printer 19 for two-dimensional scanning and reading of images, a band compression/expansion circuit and a page memory device 21, a non-rewritable write-once type Interface sections 12 and 14 for connecting the optical disk device 23 and a communication control device (not shown), respectively. ,
17, 20, 22, and 24.

The cFLT display device 15 displays image information read by the scanner 18, and displays the image information read by the scanner 18.
It reproduces and displays the image information stored in the computer, and also displays a text screen for the operator. keyboard 1
Reference numeral 6 is for the operator to input necessary information according to the text screen and to give instructions to the entire apparatus.

The band compression expansion circuit and page memory device 21 includes a band compression circuit for suppressing redundancy of image information read by the scanner 18, and a page memory device capable of storing at least one page of compressed image information. It consists of a band expansion circuit that restores compressed image information to its original amount of information.

As shown in FIG. 2, the optical disk device 23 has an area 23a in which optical disk management information is stored, and document management information that is provided in five vanes for each document consisting of one or more pages of image information. It has an area 23b in which is stored, and an area 23C in which image information compressed by the above-mentioned band compression circuit is stored.

The document management information storage area 23b (!: The size of the image information storage area 23C in the optical disk device 23 is
Determined during initial formatting.

The optical disc management information area 23a stores optical disc identification ID information, document management information storage area definition information, image information storage area definition information, and other optical disc management information.

The document management information storage area 23b stores document identifiers such as document numbers, various extended area address pointers, page management information, and search information given to each document when image information is stored.

Note that since the optical disk device 23 is a write-once type and cannot be erased, the document number is determined in the order in which the document management information is stored.

As shown in FIG. 3, the page management information stored in the document management information storage area 23b consists of a start track, start sector, 6-page end track, end sector, and page mode given to each page of image information. has been done.

Returning to FIG. 1, the search device 13 has C.
Search information is input from the keyboard 16 according to the text screen displayed on the RT display device 15. When search information is input during a search, management information (document number, etc.) of the image information to which the search information is attached is displayed. ) is obtained.

The printer 19 outputs the compressed image information stored in the optical disk device 23 after decompression, and the communication control device connected to the interface section 24 outputs the image information compressed and stored in the optical disk device 23. Image information is transferred to a remote facsimile machine (not shown) via a line. Reference numeral 25 is a CPU bus, 26 is an uncompressed raw image information bus, and 27 is a compressed image information bus.

The operation of the image information storage and retrieval device configured as described above will be described below in flowchart 1 and FIG.
This will be explained with reference to the storage format explanatory diagrams of FIGS. 7 and 10.

7 Beno First, in step (hereinafter referred to as ST) 1, a text screen is displayed on the CI' (T display device 15), and the document number inputted by the operator using the keyboard 16 according to this text screen is stored in the main memory. 11,
This will be the original document to be edited.

Continued < In ST2, the document management information corresponding to the document number specified by the STI is read from the optical disk device 23 and imported into the main storage unit 11, and further in ST3, the compressed image information is stored based on the imported document management information. is read from the optical disk device 23, transferred to the page memory device, and stored.

In ST4, the read compressed image information is transferred to the CRT display device 15 while being restored by the band expansion circuit.
indicate. After giving the operator time to confirm the content of the image information, a text screen for editing input instructions is displayed on the CR, T display device 15 in ST5. The operator can observe this display and use the keyboard 16 to select the editing mode of page deletion processing, page replacement processing, page insertion processing, or page revision processing. or revision) can be specified.

In ST6, the editing processing mode is determined, and if page deletion processing is selected, the process proceeds to ST7 in FIG. 5. Here, the storage format shown in FIG. 7 will be explained with reference to the same manner. In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 7, the original document to be deleted is four pages of image information Pl.

The original page management information m1.P2, P3, and P4 respectively explained in FIG. m2. m
3. m4 is given, and the image information P of the second page
3 shall be deleted.

In ST7, new document management information is generated by erasing the page number information m3 specified in ST5 from the original document management information imported into the main storage unit 11 from the optical disk device 23 in ST2. In this case, as shown in FIG. 7, image information P3. Since there is P4, each page management information m3, , m4 is moved forward and new page management information n2. Set it to n3 and make it continuous. That is, the new document has three pages of image information P1. P3,
The page management information consists of 9 pages each of P4, nl, n2. It becomes n3.

In subsequent ST8, when the operator inputs new search information for the new document using the keyboard 16, this search information is imported into the new page management information in the main storage section 11. ST9
Now, the new document management information in the main storage section 11 is stored in a predetermined location of the optical disk device 23 (FIG. 7). Finally, 8T
At step 10, the new search information and the original document number are transferred to the search device 13 and stored. That is, in the present invention, since the optical disk device 23 is a write-once type and cannot be rewritten, management information for a new document excluding pages to be deleted is newly created and stored in the optical disk device 23, and the new document is read out. Sometimes this is done using new management information.

Returning to FIG. 4, when page replacement processing is selected in ST6, the process advances to 5T11 in FIG. Similarly, FIG. 8 shows the storage format for this replacement process, and in this embodiment, it is assumed that image information P2 on the second page and image information P4 on the fourth page of an original document consisting of four pages are replaced. .

In 5T11, optical disk device 23 or 10 in ST2
The ST
Management information for the page number specified in step 5 m2. Page management information n1 (=ml) of new document management information that replaced m4
, n2(-m4), n3(-m3), and n4(-m2) are created. Next, the process proceeds to ST8 described above and the new document management information is stored in the optical disk device 23. That is, the image information is stored in the order of pi, P2, P3, and P4, but since a new document is read out using new page management information, it is read out in the order of Pi, P4, P3, and P2.

Next, page insertion processing will be explained. In this case, the operator inputs the insertion processing mode and insertion page number using the keyboard 16 in ST5, and causes the scanner 18 to read the original image to be inserted.

When the page insertion mode is selected in ST6, the sixth
Proceed to 5T12 in the figure. FIG. 9 shows image information PL, p2. of an original document consisting of four pages. P3, 3rd of P4
A case is shown in which two pages of image information II and I2 are inserted between page P3 and fourth page P4.

11 read by the scanner 18 at 5T12
Image information is transferred to the CR, T display device 15 and displayed. Continued < In s'r13, the operator's keyboard 1
6, the image information is transferred to the CRT display device 1.
5 to the band compression circuit to suppress data redundancy,
It is compressed and stored in the page memory device 21.

5T14, the compressed image information is transferred to the optical disk device 2.
3 and record it in the designated area (II in Figure 9).
Further, in 5T15, the address of the stored area is received from the optical disk device 23 and stored in the main storage section 11. If there is still an inserted manuscript at 5T16, s'r
Return to step 12 and perform similar processing. (I2 in Figure 9).

5T17, page management information ml, m2.
m3. m4 (!:, 5T15 imported page image information II, address I2 and new page management information nl (-ml), n 2 (= m2), n 3 (
-m3), n4. (11 addresses), n5 (I
2 address), n6 (-m4.) is generated. Next, returning to step 5T8 (FIG. 5) described above, new document management information is registered in the optical disk device 23 and search information is recorded in the search device 13.

That is, the original image information is pi, P2, P3,
Image information II stored and inserted in the order of p4
, I2 are stored in other areas, but the new document after insertion is PI, , P2, P3, II,
I2 and p4 are read out in this order.

Returning to FIG. 4, when the page revision mode is selected, ST6
Then proceed to S'I''18 in Figure 6. Page revision here means deleting an unnecessary page and inserting a new page in its place. This can be realized by combining the image information p1 of 4 pages.
, P2, P3, and p4, the second page P2 of the original document is deleted and image information R1 of a new page is inserted.

In 5T18, new document management information is created by erasing the page number information m2 input in ST5 from the original document management information imported into the main storage unit 11 from the optical disk device 23 in ST2.

13 Heno then proceeds to the above-mentioned 5T12 and below, reads the image to be inserted, displays it (ST12), compresses it (8T13) L, and stores the compressed image information R2 in the optical disk device 23 as shown in FIG. 10 (ST14) ). Next, new image information R
Read the address of 2 and enter the new page management information nl (=m
l), n2 (address of R, l), n3 (=m3),
n4. Create (-rr+4). Below, the S
Return to T8.

Note that in the page revision mode, the number of pages to be deleted and the number of pages to be inserted are not necessarily the same, and of course may be different numbers of pages.

Furthermore, the present invention can be applied not only to a configuration in which each terminal is connected to a main control device, but also to a large-scale system in which each device is connected by a line.

In addition, the present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiments, and can of course be modified without changing the gist.

As described in detail, the present invention allows document management information to be edited page by page, making it possible to edit image information stored in a write-once type storage medium that is non-rewritable and capable of 14 pages.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the main control device of an image information storage and retrieval device according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of the storage format of the optical disk device shown in FIG. 1, and FIG.
An explanatory diagram of the page management information in the figure, Figures 4 to 6 are
Flowchart 1 for explaining the operation of the device shown in the figure, FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of the storage format in the case of page deletion, and FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram of the storage format in the case of page replacement.
FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram of the storage format 1 in the case of page insertion, and FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram of the storage format in the case of page revision. 10... Central processing unit (CPU), 11... Main storage unit, 23... Optical disk device. Name of agent: Patent attorney Toshio Nakao (1st person, 2nd person)
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Claims (1)

[Claims] The present invention includes means for editing document management information of image information stored in a document unit of one or more pages in a non-rewritable write-once storage medium in units of pages, and storing the edited document management information in the storage medium. A page unit editing method in an image information storage and retrieval device, characterized in that image information is edited by.