JPS6226035B2 - - Google Patents

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention sequentially stores image information such as this book in a storage device, and retrieves and reads required image information from among various image information stored in this storage device as needed. This invention relates to an image information storage and retrieval device.

Recently, a large amount of image information such as documents has been generated by optical two-dimensional scanning, and this read image information is sequentially stored in a storage device, and various image information stored in this storage device. An image information storage and retrieval device has been developed that searches for and reads out the required image information as needed, and outputs it in a format that can be viewed on an output device such as a CRT display device or a hard copy device that is a storage device. and has been put into practical use.

By the way, in such an image information storage and retrieval device, there are cases where it is desired to add new image information, such as characters or symbols, to a required portion of the image information read from a document and store it in the storage device.
However, conventional devices cannot do this.

This invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and its purpose is to provide an image information storage and retrieval device that can add new image information to a required portion of image information to be stored. It's about doing.

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

In Figures 1 and 2, 1 is a main control device, and a CPU 2 that performs various controls, which will be described later.
A title memory 3 for temporarily storing title information read from the LVR 13, a storage section storing various file sets and management information for managing various files, such as a floppy disk device 4, a main memory 5, and a buffer memory such as a page buffer. 6. Keyboard 15 to be described later
A pattern generator 7 that generates various pattern information in response to key inputs;
and a cursor display device 8 for displaying a cursor pattern on a CRT display device 16, which will be described later. 11 is a reading device, for example 2
The dimensional scanning device optically scans the document 12 two-dimensionally to obtain electrical signals corresponding to image information on the document 12. Reference numeral 13 denotes a storage device such as a magnetic tape device (hereinafter abbreviated as LVR), which stores image information read by the two-dimensional scanning device 11 and supplied via the main controller 1 and title information created by the main controller 1. are stored in files, that is, in dedicated storage areas of the magnetic tapes 14, and a large number of magnetic tapes 14 are prepared. Reference numeral 15 denotes a keyboard, which allows input of management information to be set for a new magnetic tape 14, a title representing the name and characteristics of image information, and various operation commands. 1
6 is an output device such as a display device.
In a CRT display device, image information read by the two-dimensional scanning device 11 and supplied via the main controller 1, or image information or index information read from the LVR 13 and supplied via the main controller 1, etc. is displayed. Reference numeral 17 denotes an output device, such as a hard copy device, which displays image information read by the two-dimensional scanning device 11 and supplied via the main controller 1, or image information read from the LVR 13 and supplied via the main controller 1. etc., is output as a hard copy 18.

The main memory 5, page buffer 6, pattern generator 7, cursor display device 8, two-dimensional scanning device 11, LVR 13, keyboard 15, CRT display device 16, and hard copy device 17 are connected to the I/O (input/
output) are connected to the control bus 20, respectively. Further, the title memory 3, main memory 5, page buffer 6, pattern generator 7, cursor display device 8, two-dimensional scanning device 1
1, the LVR 13, the CRT display device 16, and the hard copy device 17 are each connected to an image bus 21, so that information can be transferred to each other.

Here, FIG. 3 shows the cursor display device 8. As shown in FIG. In FIG. 3, reference numeral 81 denotes an X-direction cursor memory, which holds position information on both sides of the cursor in accordance with write code information J from the CPU 2. Reference numeral 82 denotes a Y-direction cursor memory, which holds positional information of the upper and lower sides of the cursor in accordance with the write code information J from the CPU 2, respectively. An X-direction address counter 83 counts the X-direction clock signal P corresponding to each pixel in the X-direction (primary direction) line of the page buffer 6. 84 is a Y direction address counter, which corresponds to each line in the Y direction (secondary direction) of the page buffer 6.
It counts the direction clock signal Q.
A decoder 85 outputs a logic "1" signal when the contents of the counter 83 match the position information on both sides. A decoder 86 outputs a logic "1" signal when the contents of the counter 84 match the position information of the upper and lower sides, respectively. 87 and 88 are T-flip-flops. 89 is an OR circuit. 90 ₁ , 90 ₂ , 90 ₃ are AND circuits. W is a blink signal. CV is a cursor video signal, and CRT display device 16
supplied to On the other hand, in FIG. 4, 92 is a cursor key provided on the keyboard 15. Movement keys 93, 94, 95, and 96 emit movement pulses while being pressed. 97 is a movement key for moving the cursor to the upper left corner. 98
is an enlargement key to make the cursor larger, and it generates one pulse each time it is pressed. 99 is a reduction key for making the cursor smaller and generates one pulse each time it is pressed. Further, FIG. 5 shows the sizes of the cursor patterns, and there are sizes of S ₁ , S ₂ , S ₃ , and S ₄ . FIG. 6 specifically shows what kind of operation is performed on the cursor display device 8, in which (a) shows the X direction clock signal P, and (b) shows the Y direction clock signal P.
Direction clock signal Q, (c) is the output of the decoder 85,
(d) is the output of the decoder 86, (e) is the AND circuit 90 ₁
(f) is the output of T-flip-flop 87,
(g) is the output of the T-flip-flop 88, (h) is the output of the AND circuit ₉₀₂ , and (i) is the output of the OR circuit 89.

Further, in such an image information storage and retrieval device, the magnetic tapes 14 are called files, and each magnetic tape 14 is given a file name depending on the type of image information to be stored. A collection of files of the same type or that are related to each other is called a fileset, and a fileset name is given to this fileset. In other words, a file set name exists as a superordinate concept of a file name. On the other hand, a large number of image information recording tracks and several index information recording tracks are formed on the magnetic tape 14 in a direction perpendicular to its running direction. Management information and various index information are recorded on the index information recording track. The management information includes the file name and file set name that the magnetic tape 14 corresponds to, a secret code, a title structure and a title range to define the title conditions set corresponding to the image information, and includes the title structure and title range, etc. This is recorded by the operator in advance. The index information corresponds to each piece of image information, and consists of a title (up to six items) and address information indicating the recording position of the image information. In this case, the address information includes manuscript size information that the operator inputs together with the title when storing image information, or
Document size information based on the document size detection function of the dimensional scanning device 11 is included.

Next, the operation in the above configuration will be explained.

First, the original 12 is set in the two-dimensional scanning device 11, and the magnetic tape 14 is set in the LVR 13. Then, the user inputs a title corresponding to the image information of the original document 12 using the keyboard 15, and also inputs a storage operation command using the keyboard 15. Then, the LVR 13 operates and the magnetic tape 14
Management information and all index information are read out from the index information recording track of , and stored in the title memory 3 all at once. At this time, the CPU 2 determines whether the management information in the title memory 3 corresponds to the various management information in the floppy disk device 5, and prohibits storage of image information if this determination is not satisfied. That is, this is
This is to determine that the magnetic tape 14 is not compatible with the system of the image information storage and retrieval device. On the other hand, if the above judgment is satisfied, the CPU
2 determines whether the input title is inconsistent with the titles of various index information in the title memory 3, and when this determination is not satisfied, prohibits storage of image information. That is, this is the LVR
This is to prevent the same title from being recorded on the magnetic tape 14 set in the magnetic tape 13. When this determination is satisfied, image information is stored for the first time.

The two-dimensional scanning device 11 then operates to read the image information on the original document 12 and store it in the page buffer 6. At this time, keyboard 15
If an image information addition command is input in , the image information in the page buffer 6 is displayed on the CRT display device 16. As shown in FIG. 7a, when the cursor key 92 is operated to set the cursor S on the image information on the CRT display device 16, and a character or symbol is input using the keyboard 15, the character or symbol is displayed. Pattern information corresponding to the above is generated by the pattern generator 7, and is added to the image information corresponding to the cursor S of the CRT display device 16, as shown in FIG. 7b. At the same time, the pattern information issued from the pattern generator 7 is added to the image information corresponding to the cursor S in the buffer memory 6. In this case, if it is assumed that an image information change command has been input using the keyboard 15, the image information corresponding to the cursor S in the buffer memory 6 disappears, and the pattern information is added thereto.

When this image information adding process or image information changing process is completed, the image information in the page buffer 6 is supplied to the LVR 13 and is recorded after the already recorded image information on the image information recording track of the cassette tape 14. . At this time,
The CPU 2 determines the recording position of the image information to be recorded, creates index information using this address information and a previously input title, and adds it to various index information in the title memory 3. Thereafter, the various index information in the title memory 3 is supplied to the LVR 13 and recorded on the index information recording track of the cassette tape 14. In this case, various index information recorded in the index information recording track will be updated.

In addition, when searching and reading out required image information from among the various stored image information, the magnetic tape 14 on which the required image information is recorded can be used as an LVR.
Set to 13. When a search/read operation command is input on the keyboard 13, the LVR 13 operates, and management information and various index information are read from the index information recording track of the magnetic tape 14, and are stored in the title memory 3 all at once. . At this time, when a sorting command is input using the keyboard 15, various index information in the title memory 3 is displayed on the CRT display device 16. In this case, each type of index information displayed is assigned a sequence number. The operator then searches out the index information corresponding to the desired image information from among the various types of index information displayed, and inputs the sequence number attached to the index information using the keyboard 15. Then, the index information corresponding to this input sequence number is selected, and the LVR 13 is configured based on that index information.
Required image information is read from the magnetic tape 14. This read image information is then stored in the page buffer 5. At this time, keyboard 1
If the image information addition command is input in step 5, the image information in the page buffer 6 is displayed on the CRT display device 16. As shown in FIG. 7a, when the cursor key 92 is operated to set the cursor S on the image information on the CRT display device 16, and a character or symbol is input using the keyboard 15, the character or symbol is displayed. Pattern information corresponding to the above is emitted by the pattern generator 7,
This is added to the image information corresponding to the cursor S of the CRT display device 16, as shown in FIG. 7b. At the same time, the pattern generator 7
The pattern information emitted from buffer memory 6
It is added to the image information corresponding to the cursor S in the above. In this case, if it is assumed that an image information change command has been input using the keyboard 15, the image information corresponding to the cursor S in the buffer memory 6 disappears, and the pattern information is added thereto.

When this image information adding process or image information changing process is completed, the image information in the page buffer 6 is supplied to the hard copy device 17, where it is recorded on recording paper.

Note that in the above embodiment, the pattern information to be added is not limited to characters, symbols, etc., and by storing pattern information such as marks and illustrations in the pattern generator 7 in advance, various patterns can be added. It is something to which information can be added. Furthermore, the storage device is not limited to a magnetic tape device, but may also be an optical disk device. In addition, the present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiments, and it goes without saying that various modifications can be made without changing the gist.

As described above, according to the present invention, image information to be read by a reading device and stored in a storage device is stored in a buffer memory, displayed on a display device, and a cursor is moved to the displayed image information. By setting a cursor based on the display device, pattern information generated from the pattern generation section is added to the image information in the page buffer corresponding to the cursor, and the image information to which this pattern information is added is stored in the storage device. As a result, it is possible to provide an image information storage and retrieval device that can add new image information to a required portion of image information to be stored and that can effectively utilize image information.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawings show one embodiment of the invention.
The figure is a block diagram schematically showing the whole, Figure 2 is a block diagram showing the details of Figure 1, Figure 3 is a block diagram of the cursor display device, Figure 4 is a block diagram of the cursor keys, and Figure 5 is a block diagram showing the structure of the cursor key.
6 is a diagram showing a cursor pattern, FIG. 6 is a time chart showing the operation of the cursor display device, and FIGS. 7a and 7b are diagrams showing the display contents of the CRT display device, respectively. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Main control device, 2... CPU, 6... Buffer memory (page buffer), 7... Pattern generator (pattern generator), 8... Cursor display device, 11... Reading device (two-dimensional scanning device), 13...
Storage device (magnetic tape device), 16...Display device (CRT display device).

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A first storage means for reading image information with a reading means and temporarily storing the read image information; a display means for displaying the image information stored in the first storage means; cursor display means for setting a cursor on image information; pattern generation means for generating various pattern information; pattern information generated from the pattern generation means for displaying the image in the first storage means corresponding to the cursor; 1. An image information storage and retrieval device comprising: control means for adding image information to information and storing image information to which this pattern information is added in a second storage means.