JPS63262712A - Information processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To efficiently execute a work by inputting and setting the processing contents corresponding to information, and calculating and displaying the processing time based on the information quantity which is processed in accordance with said contents. CONSTITUTION:An image information storing and retrieving device being an information processor is constituted of a control part (CPU) 1, a DMA 3, and encoding/decoding circuit part (CODEC) 5, an image scanner device 15, etc. Also, the control part 1, the DMA 3, a main memory 31, a page memory 33, a display memory 35, a display control part 37, the CODEC 5, etc. are connected through a system bus 20, and the page memory 33, the display memory 35 and the CODEC 5, etc. are connected through an image bus 40 for transmitting the image information. In such a state, the processing contents corresponding to the contents of processing information are inputted and set, and its processing time calculated in accordance with this set processing contents is displayed on a display device 39 from a display control part 37.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Object of the Invention] (Industrial Application Field) The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus having a function of performing processing such as storing or retrieving image information such as a document.

(Prior Art) Conventionally, image information such as a document is read using a reading device and displayed on a display device, and a large amount of this image information is stored in a storage medium such as an optical disk using a storage device. In an information processing device that has a function of performing a search operation of calling up desired specific image information from among the stored and registered image information and outputting it to a display device or printer, it is possible to search for a large number of images containing the above-mentioned image information. When automatically performing continuous and automatic information processing such as document reading, registration work, and the above-mentioned search work, an automatic document feeder (ADF) is used that can transport the document one sheet at a time and input image information continuously. ) etc. to process the image information.

(Problem to be solved by the invention) However, the time required for processing such as reading a manuscript, registering image information, searching, or printing out depends on the content of the manuscript, the reading density, and the density of the manuscript. This is determined by the scanning mode that needs to be set, the original size, and the number of originals, so when the amount of information to be processed increases, it is difficult for a skilled user to know the processing time until all the originals are registered. However, it is difficult to do so, and it is often necessary to check the progress of processing and the number of unprocessed manuscripts, and the same is true for other search operations.

The present invention has been made in view of the above, and its purpose is to inform the operator of the device of the time required to automatically read a manuscript, register image information, etc., search, and print out. The purpose of the present invention is to provide an information processing device that can perform the following functions.

[Configuration of the Invention (Means for Solving Problems) Processing content setting means for inputting and setting information processing content, and processing time for calculating processing time based on the amount of information to be processed according to the set processing content. The present invention includes a calculation means and a display means for displaying a predetermined time according to the output of the processing time calculation means.

(Operation) In the information processing apparatus according to the present invention, by inputting and setting processing contents corresponding to the contents of the information to be processed using the processing contents setting means, the information IEifi to be processed according to the set processing contents can be set. The processing time is calculated by the processing time calculation means, and the display means displays the calculated processing time.

(Example) Hereinafter, one embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a general configuration of an image information storage and retrieval device as an information processing device of the present invention.

Control unit (CPU: Central Proc)
essinc+Unit)l controls the overall operation and data flow of this device. In addition, the average processing time per unit image information and the time required to process all image information are calculated based on data related to information processing from the keyboard 11, etc., which will be described later, and furthermore, the average processing time per unit image information and the time required to process all image information are calculated. The processing time per unit image information is calculated from the time required to process the unprocessed image information, and the time required to process the unprocessed image information is calculated. Furthermore, the processing time data stored in the display memory 35, which will be described later, is also corrected.

For example, this control unit 1 is used to input character information when creating a document, and to move a cursor displayed on the screen of a display device 39 and switch functions when performing a search or image processing. A keyboard 11 is connected to input various command information and the like.

Direct Memory Access (DMA)
s) 3 transfers data regardless of the operation of the control section 1, and for example, transfers data between the main memory 31 and the storage device 13, which will be described later, via the interface 3a.

The storage device 13 stores information for specifying desired image information from a large amount of image information and information such as information size specific to this image information, that is, search information, etc., and can erase unnecessary parts as appropriate. Magnetic disk device 131. ! :
, an optical disk device 135, etc., which stores the above-mentioned large number of image information and search information corresponding to the individual image information.

The main memory 31 stores operating programs for the control section 1 and the like.

The page memory 33 is a memory that has a storage capacity corresponding to, for example, several pages of an A4 size document, and outputs image information when a predetermined m1, for example, one page of image information has been stored.

The display memory 35 is a memory that temporarily stores image information when displaying an image on the display device 39 based on the image information from the page memory 33 or the like.

A display control section 37 that controls the drive of a display device 39 such as a CRT is connected to the display memory 35.

C0DEC5 is an encoding/decoding circuit unit that compresses image information (reduces redundancy) to reduce the storage area used during storage and registration. This is a circuit unit that outputs original image information by expanding the image information and restoring the reduced redundancy.

This CODEC5 has an IPU (Imaae Pr.

Cessino Unit) 51 is connected.

Also, the interface 5a of the C0DEC5 is equipped with an image scanner M15. A printer 17 etc. is connected.

The image scanner device 15 is a device that reads photographs, documents, etc. as image data, and includes an operation section 15a for setting parameters such as the document size, document density, and reading density of the document to be read, and an operation section 15a for setting parameters such as the document size, document density, and reading density of the document to be read. Memory to store and υJtl of the entire image scanner device 15
1, a display section 15b that displays input information such as setting conditions and processing time, and an automatic paper feed mechanism <ADF') 15c that continuously reads documents.

The printer 17 is a device that prints out image information as visible information such as characters on a recording medium such as paper, and for example, a laser printer or the like is used.

The character generator 71 stores character information such as letters or symbols, and the address generator 73 stores and generates addresses.

Also, the control unit 1, the DMA 3, the main memory 31, the page memory 33, the display memory 35, the display control unit 37, and the C0D
The EC 51 and the like are connected via the system bus 20, and the page memory 33, display memory 35, CODEC 51, etc. are connected via the image bus 40 for transmitting image information.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be explained using an image information storage and retrieval device.
The operating procedure will be explained using an example in which a large number of manuscripts are read, image information written in the manuscripts is registered, and further searches and printouts are performed.

After turning on the power to this image information storage and retrieval device, read the document using the keyboard 11 according to the instructions on the initial screen displayed on the display screen of the display device 39, and then continuously display the read image information. A command or the like for registration in a predetermined optical disk device 135 is input, and the image information storage/retrieval device is placed in the "read/registration" mode.

Next, place a large number of stacked originals at a predetermined position on the image scanner device @ 15, set the "auto feed" mode, and then enter the original size, original density, reading density, etc. of the original using the keyboard 11 or Input □ from the operation unit 15a of the image scanner device 15.

Furthermore, the image information from the image scanner device 15 is
It is transmitted to the optical disk device 135 via MA3 or the like so that it can be registered on the optical disk.

Search information such as the title of the manuscript to be registered and information R is input using the keyboard 11 according to the format displayed on the screen of the display device 39.

For example, as shown in FIG. 2, this format is for inputting and setting key names to specify the document to be registered and to facilitate the search process. A table is arranged in the center for inputting various information such as the remaining memory capacity of the memory device 13 when reading a document, and the function of the function key is displayed at the bottom. is displayed.

Further, a display column for registration processing time is provided at the bottom of the above table, and the time described later is displayed using numbers or a histogram.

The control unit 1 receives the data regarding the quantity of the original from the keyboard 11 and the data such as the original size from the image scanner device 15, and controls the original size, the density of the original, and the reading speed.
The reading time per document is calculated from the @ degree, and then the product of this reading time and the number of documents m is calculated to calculate the total reading time, which is displayed on the display device 39 or the like. At this time, if there is a time loss caused by the conveyance gap between these documents between the end of reading of the document that started reading first and the start of reading of the document that is to be read subsequently, the above-mentioned total reading time takes into account this lost time.

When reading the document starts, the image information read from the image scanner device 15 is temporarily stored in the page memory 33 via the interface 5a, and further stored in the C0DE.
After the image information is compressed in C51, the search information is sent to the magnetic disk device 131 via the interface 3a.
Search information and image information are recorded on the optical disk device 135,
be registered.

When searching for and printing out specific image information from a large number of image information registered in the optical disc device @135, input a search command using the keyboard 11 in the same way as in the case of reading and registering. Enter "search" mode.

Next, search information for specifying desired image information is input using the keyboard 11, the desired search information is searched from a large amount of search information recorded in the magnetic disk device 131, and based on this search information, Desired image information registered in the optical disk device 135 is searched. Furthermore, C0DE051
The retrieved image information is subjected to processing such as expansion, and then displayed on the display device 39 via the display memory 35 or the like. When making a hard copy of the displayed image information, use the keyboard 11 to specify the image information that you want to make a hard copy of, set the number of copies to output, etc.
Print out from the printer 17.

An example of displaying the processing time will be shown below along with the drawings.

Figure 3 (A) is based on minutes, and the decimal point is 10.
1 second is expressed using the decimal system, (B) is the case where r minutes' [second J is expressed using the sexagesimal system, and (C)
) indicates a case where a range is set for the display time. The time indicated in this way is, for example, when the average time required to read an A4 size document in the "normal" reading mode and register it on an optical disk is 30 seconds, and when the number of documents is 7, According to the display method of Figure 4 (A), it is "around 3.5 minutes", according to Figure 4 (b), it is "around 3 minutes 30 seconds", and according to Figure 4 (C), it is "around 3 minutes 15 seconds". J for about 3 minutes and 45 seconds. Furthermore, when reading is performed in the "fine" mode or when the document size is A3 size, the above processing time becomes longer.

Furthermore, this display time is calculated based on the average time required from reading one document to recording it on an optical disk, so if there are many documents with high information density such as photographs, the displayed processing time will be longer. The overall processing time will be longer than the display time, and if there are many documents with large margins, the actual processing time will be shorter than the display time.

Therefore, when displaying time, it is necessary to use expressions with a range of expressions such as "before and after" and "degree".

FIG. 3(D) is a diagram showing how the display of the time required to process an unprocessed document is subtracted as the processing work progresses, for example, when reading and registering an A4 size document. Each time the reading and registration process for one document is completed, the average time required for reading and registering this document is calculated from the processing time data stored in the display memory 35.
The states in which 0 seconds have been subtracted and displayed on the display device 39 are shown in sequence. Further, the displayed processing time may be calculated by recalculating the processing time of the unprocessed portion based on the processing time data of the processed portion, and the display may be appropriately counted.

Figure 4 shows a table created based on the average processing time.
shows an example of "fine" mode. When using this table, this table is stored in the character font area of the display memory 35, and the control unit 1 accesses the registration processing time data corresponding to the input data of the document size and number position, and displays the display device @. Display on three screens.

In this embodiment, the setting conditions such as the document size of the document to be read are entered from the operation unit 15a of the image scanner device 15, but the above setting conditions are input from the keyboard 11 connected to the information processing device main body. You can do it like this. Further, the processing time is automatically calculated based on detection data from detection means such as a sensor for detecting the document size and a sensor for detecting document density, which are arranged near the document placement part of the image scanner device 15. Also good.

Further, the CPU incorporated in the image scanner device 15 may include a processing content setting means and a processing time calculating means to calculate the processing time and display the processing time on the display section 15b. Furthermore, data regarding this processing time may be transmitted to the image information storage and retrieval device and displayed on the display device 39.

Furthermore, when registering image information from the image scanner device 15 or searching for a large number of registered image information, the processing time can be subtracted using a counter or timer.
At the time of registration, search, etc., other operations such as document creation can be performed. At this time, the remaining processing time may be displayed on the display device 39 using a so-called multi-window.

In this embodiment, the processing time during reading, registration, and search operations of the image information storage and retrieval device has been explained. Even if the processing time and the like are displayed, the purpose of the present application can be achieved and the gist of the present application is not departed from.

[Effects of the Invention] As explained above, according to the present invention, it is possible to constantly check the time required from reading a manuscript to completing registration, so that other work can be done in a planned manner within this processing time. This provides benefits such as efficient use of information processing equipment and improved work efficiency.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

1 to 4 are diagrams showing one embodiment of the present invention, in which FIG. 1 is a block diagram schematically showing the overall configuration, and FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a format table for registration processing. The figure shows an example of time display, and Figure X shows a table related to registration processing time. 1...Control unit 3...DMA 5...C0DEC11...Keyboard 13...Storage device 15...Image scanner 39...Display device Yasuo Miyoshi, Patent Attorney No. ＋121 Figure 2 Figure 3 (C) Approximately 3 minutes 15 seconds to 3 minutes 45 seconds 3rd
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Claims (3)

[Claims] (1) Processing content setting means for inputting and setting information processing content; Processing time calculation means for calculating processing time based on the amount of information to be processed according to the set processing content; An information processing device comprising: display means for displaying a predetermined time according to the output. (2) The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the processing content setting means automatically detects and inputs and sets the amount of information to be processed. (3) The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the processing time calculation means changes the processing time according to the progress of information processing.