JPS63187367A - System for registering and retrieving data - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily perform the registration and retrieval of a handwritten data, by registering the handwritten data on a handwritten data file corresponding to a handwritten data retrieval key interlocked with the character data retrieval key of a character data file in which a character data desired to be unified with the handwritten data is stored. CONSTITUTION:When the handwritten data is registered in the handwritten data file in an external memory device 11, the handwritten data retrieval key interlocked with a retrieval key in the character data file 11a of the character data desired to be unified with the handwritten data is used, and the handwritten data is set as a registration handwritten data file 11b corresponding to the handwritten data retrieval key. Therefore, the character data and the handwritten data are interlocked and registered, and when a certain character data is retrieved, an interlocked handwritten data is retrieved simultaneously, and the character data and the handwritten data are outputted from an input/output device 5 in a form in which they are unified. In such a way, it is possible to retrieve an encoded and registered character data and the handwritten data relating to the character data simultaneously in one time of retrieval operation, and to output them as a unified image.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention is applicable to character data consisting of codeable characters such as English letters, hiragana, and kanji, and non-codable characters such as 9 shapes of cursive characters. Register by linking and merging handwritten data consisting of images.

Concerning the registration search method for data to be searched.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, in data registration and retrieval systems using electronic computers, character data consists of characters that can be coded such as English letters and kanji, as well as cursive characters.

Handwritten data consisting of images that cannot be encoded, such as figures, is registered in an external storage device on the host system so that it can be searched using a predetermined key, and by inputting the above key, the host system Coded character data or handwritten data registered in correspondence with the image data is searched for and output to a device (for example, an intelligent copy printer; ICP) capable of inputting and outputting images of a terminal system.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

However, this conventional data registration and search method can only register and search only coded character data or handwritten data that cannot be coded; It was not possible to search and output the data and handwritten data related to it. In this way, conventional data registration and search methods do not take into account the linked registration of coded character data and handwritten data, so you can search for coded character data and handwritten data in a single operation. There is a drawback in that it is not possible to output an image that is combined with related handwritten data to a device capable of inputting and outputting images.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a data registration and retrieval method in which coded character data and non-coded handwritten data can be registered and searched in conjunction with each other.

[Means for solving problems]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a host system having an external storage device having a character data file for storing coded character data and a handwritten data file for storing handwritten data that cannot be coded, and a host system for the post. In a data registration search method in a system having a terminal system connected to the system and an input/output device connected to the terminal system capable of inputting and outputting images,
The handwritten data inputted from the input/output device to be registered is to be merged with the handwritten data corresponding to the handwritten data search key that is linked to the character data search key of the character data file in which the character data to be merged with the handwritten data is stored. When searching for character data that is registered in a handwritten data file and that corresponds to the character data search key, the handwritten data registered in the handwritten data file is searched in correspondence with the handwritten data search key that is linked to the character data search key. The input/output device is configured to perform a search together and output character data and handwritten data obtained through the search from the input/output device.

[Effect]

When registering handwritten data in a handwritten data file on an external storage device, use a handwritten data search key that is linked to the search key in the character data file of the character data that you want to merge with the handwritten data, and use a handwritten data search key that corresponds to this handwritten data search key. By registering handwritten data,
When character data and handwritten data are registered in conjunction with each other and character data is retrieved, the linked handwritten data is retrieved at the same time, and the combined character data and handwritten data are output from the input/output device.

〔Example〕

Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a computer system to which the data registration and search method of the present invention is applied.
and a terminal system 1 connected thereto. The terminal system 1 includes a reading means 2, a transmitting means 3. It has an output means 4 and is connected to a device 5 capable of inputting and outputting images (hereinafter simply referred to as an input/output device). This input/output device 5 can handle manuscripts such as drawings and maps consisting of fine lines up to A3 size, for example, at 400/dpi (dots/inch).
Intelligent input/output with high precision
Copy printers, etc. can be used. The host system 6 also includes a registration means 7, a search means 8. Merger means 9
．． An external storage device 11 includes a transmitting means 10 and has a character data file lla that stores character data obtained by encoding codeable characters and a handwritten data file llb that stores handwritten data that cannot be coded as image information. It is connected. Furthermore, 12 is a CRT/keyboard that is used both by the boss system 6 and the terminal system 1. Although not shown in the figure, the terminal system 1 stores and executes terminal programs, and the post system 6
stores online programs.

Execute.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be explained with reference to the drawings.

When the CRT/keyboard 12 is switched to the host system 6 side, character data that can be coded is displayed on the screen, and the host system 6 is instructed to register it using the search key, the registration means 7 of the host system 6 is activated. The character data is read and registered in the character data file lla on the external storage device 11.

FIG. 2 shows an example of the structure of the character data file lla. As shown in Figure 2, at a certain point in the character data file lla, coded data is registered corresponding to keys starting from the search key "00001" in order, and the final number is assigned with the search key "oooooo". It is now possible to understand. When character data to be registered is generated, the registration means 7 first performs a search using the search key "ooooo" to obtain the current final number n, and searches for the next number "(n+1)" for new character data. Register encoded data as a key. Thereafter, the final number registered with the search key "ooooo" is updated to "(n+1)". In this embodiment, the character data search key is different from the search key used when registering and searching the character data.

The transmission means 10 of the post system 6 sends the character data encoded by the online program on the host side to the registration means 7.
It is automatically started after being registered in the external storage device 11 in a double manner, and the start command is sent to the terminal system I.
and transfers control to terminal system I.

As a result, the terminal program of the terminal system 1 is activated, and control is transferred to the reading means 2.

When the reading means 2 takes control, it reads the manuscript of handwritten data set in the input/output device 5 and transmits it to the transmitting means 3.
to notify.

In response, the transmitting means 3 transmits the handwritten data read by the reading means 2L from the terminal system 1 to the post system 6, and the post system 6 receives the handwritten data and controls the registration means 7. Move.

In the registration means 7, a character data search key ("(
A new handwritten data search key is generated that is linked to ``n + 1)'', etc., and the handwritten data is stored in the handwritten data file ll on the external storage device 11 in correspondence with this data search key.
Register to b.

The generation of the handwritten data search key and the external storage device 11
For example, the registration above is performed as follows.

The handwritten data file Ilb, for example, as shown in FIG. It has an area for registering handwritten data. Now, suppose that the number “(00002)” is obtained through the automatic numbering process for character data encoded as described above, then the search key “(00002)”
A new serial number indicating the registration order of handwritten data (always 001
starting from , increasing by 1) and adding “(00
002)/“001” etc. are used as handwritten data search keys. Then, the handwritten data to be registered is sequentially entered from the beginning of the image data using the handwritten data search key "(0000
2) Write in the area corresponding to "/001", and if it cannot be stored in one area, use the next handwritten data search key "
(00002)"/"001", the current handwritten data is registered in the handwritten data file llb.

Now, the search means 8 of the host system 6 is, for example, a CRT.
- When a character data search instruction is given from the keyboard 12 or the like, the character data file lla is searched. This search is performed using, for example, a specific code in the character data as a search key. When the search means 8 finds the desired character data in the character data file Ila on the external storage device 11, it retrieves the handwritten data in the handwritten data file llb using a character data search key (such as the above-mentioned "OOOO2") corresponding to the character data. The character data search key of the character data file lla changes by positioning it at the first part of the search key (such as "00002"/"001" mentioned above) and using the linked search key, the handwritten data registered there is changed. Means 9 to search up to and merge the search results
with control.

Assuming that the contents of the character data file Ila are shown in FIG. 4, for example, and the retrieved coded character data is B, the retrieved code is "00002". Therefore, the retrieval means 8 uses the retrieval code "00002" to retrieve a handwritten data file l having the content shown in FIG. 5, for example.
lb is searched and the handwritten data search key “00002”/“001” is the first part of the handwritten data search key.
Positioned in And the linked search key “001”,
By searching the handwritten data registered there with "002" until the search key of the character data file lla changes, that is, until it becomes "00003", handwritten data B+ and Bz are obtained and the merge means 9 Pass with control.

The merging means 9 combines the coded character data B retrieved first after the search and the handwritten data BI.

It is merged with B2 and sent as one image to the transmitting means 10 together with the control. Note that, at this time, for example, a delimiter code or the like is added to distinguish between the encoded character data B and the handwritten data B, B2.

When the transmitting means 10 receives the image from the merging means 9, it transmits it from the host system 6 to the terminal system 1, and passes control to the output means 4 of the terminal system 1.

The output means 4 controls the input/output device 5 and outputs the data portion of the codeable character data of the received image as character data, for example, to a fixed form on a ledger using a known line feed control function. Then, the handwritten data in the one image is output to the margin of the book using the overlapping function.

FIG. 6 shows an example of the contents of a ledger sheet output from the input/output device 5, and shows a state in which character data and handwritten data are combined and output on one sheet of paper.

Note that the card number, etc. in the character data in the figure is used as a search key for this character data.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, according to the present invention, coded character data and handwritten data that cannot be coded can be registered in an external storage device in conjunction with each other, and both can be searched in conjunction with each other. Therefore, with a single search operation, coded and registered character data and related handwritten data can be searched at the same time, and the result can be output as a merged image from a device that can input and output images. There is.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an example of a system to which the data registration and search method of the present invention is applied, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of the configuration of a character data file lla, and FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the configuration of a handwritten data file llb. Figure 4 is a diagram showing an example of the contents of the character data file lla, Figure 5 is a diagram showing an example of the contents of the handwritten data file Ilb, and Figure 6 is an output book table in which the character data and handwritten data are merged. FIG. In the figure, 1... terminal system, 2... reading means, 3... transmitting means, 4... outputting means, 5... device capable of image input/output, 6... host system, 7
...Registration means, 8.Search means, 9.Merge means, 10.Transmission means, 11.External storage device, Il
a...Character data file, llb...Handwritten data file, 12...CRT/keyboard.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] A host system having an external storage device having a character data file storing encoded character data and a handwritten data file storing handwritten data that cannot be encoded, and a host system connected to the host system. In a data registration/retrieval method in a system having a terminal system and an input/output device connected to the terminal system and capable of inputting/outputting images, handwritten data to be registered input from the input/output device is combined with the handwritten data. Register in the handwritten data file corresponding to a handwritten data search key that is linked to a character data search key of the character data file in which character data to be merged is stored, and search for character data corresponding to the character data search key. At the time, the handwritten data registered in the handwritten data file is searched in correspondence with the handwritten data search key linked to the text data search key, and the text data and handwritten data obtained by the search are entered into the above. A data registration and retrieval method characterized by outputting from an output device.