JPS638865A - Image information retrieving device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To independently and simultaneously display the image information of, for example, a related document and two pages of a drawing by displaying respective bits of image information with the different classification by the same retrieved literature at the left and right screen of an image display means. CONSTITUTION:Image information retrieved from an optical disk device 16 is transferred to a control part 22, one page of the image information is displayed on the screen of a left CRT 19, and on the lower part screen of the left CRT 19, a footer to instruct the function such as the first page display, representative page display, drawing page display, page skipping display and page printing of the retrieving object literature is displayed. Plural classification display modes are selected by the operation of a keyboard 21, for example, a document is displayed on the screen of the left CRT 19, and a drawing A with a different classification is displayed on the screen of a right CRT 20 related to the document. For respective screens of the left CRT 19 and the right CRT 20, the screens are respectively switched independently by shifting the footer.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Object of the Invention] (Industrial Application Field) The present invention relates to an image information retrieval device that searches and displays filed image information.

(Prior Art) Conventionally, an image information retrieval device is equipped with an optical disk device in which document information such as texts and drawings is stored, and predetermined information is searched from this optical disk device to display information on a CRT display fA. This is a system that displays information on a built-in screen. In such an image information retrieval device, usually page-by-page image information is retrieved and displayed on the screen of a CRT display device. In this case, only one page's worth of image information is displayed on the screen, and it is impossible to perform Full Fa on two pages' worth of image information of related meetings and drawings at the same time, for example.

In order to solve this problem, devices have been developed that use a multi-window method that divides one screen into multiple parts and displays them simultaneously, for example, displaying two related pages of image information at the same time. . However, in a device using a multi-window method, although it is possible to display image information for two pages at the same time, the display size for each displayed page becomes small. Therefore, if you want to check a part of the screen, it is necessary to enlarge the display, and the enlargement process also requires scrolling the display screen, resulting in poor operability.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) As mentioned above, in conventional image information search processing, only one page of searched information can be displayed, and when a multi-window method is used, operability is poor. There is a problem that is getting worse.

An object of the present invention is to simultaneously and independently display, for example, image information for two pages of related 16 literary figures, figures, and drawings with a simple operation when searching for page-by-page information of different types in the same document. The object of the present invention is to provide an image information retrieval device that can perform the following functions.

[Structure of the Invention] (Means and Operations for Solving the Problems) The present invention provides a file storage means for storing image information on a page-by-page basis, an input means for instructing a search for image information on a page-by-page basis, a search processing means, This is an image information retrieval device that does not include an image display means and an image display control means. The search processing means searches the file storage means for page-by-page image information designated by the input means. The image display means is a display device consisting of left and right screens that displays image information for each page retrieved by the search processing means for each page. The image display control means displays different types of image information of the same document retrieved by the search processing means on the left and right screens of the image display means, respectively, according to the display mode instructed by the input means. It is a control device that controls.

With such a configuration, for example, it is possible to search for two pages worth of image information of related literary jutsu and drawings, and to display each page independently and simultaneously.

(Example) The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an image information retrieval device according to the same embodiment. In FIG. 1, a system control processor (hereinafter referred to as CPU) 10 performs control operations for all eight units necessary for executing image information retrieval processing based on a block diagram prepared in advance. The magnetic disk controller (1-IDC) 11 is a magnetic disk drive (H) that stores directory information necessary for search processing.
DD) 12. The FDC controller (FDC) 13 maintains, for example, directory information to be added.

This is a controller that controls a disk drive (FDD) 14 of a floppy disk that stores nonce information.

The memory 15 stores various data necessary for search processing by the CPU 10. The optical disk device 16 stores a file IAf! that stores image information to be searched in page units. It is. The optical disk controller 17 is a controller for transferring image information accessed by the optical disk device 16 to the system bus 18.

First CRT display II (hereinafter referred to as left CRT)
A display device 19 constitutes the left display screen of both the left and right screens, and displays one page of garden information. Second C
The RT display device (hereinafter referred to as right CRT) 20 is
This is a display device that constitutes the right display screen of both the left and right screens, and displays image information for one page. The keyboard 21 is a device for inputting various input information necessary for search processing.

The control unit 22 is a control device for controlling the left CRT 19, right CRT 20, and keyboard 21.

The scanner device 23 is an input scanning device for inputting new image information to the optical disk device 16. The printer 24 is a printing device for creating a hard copy of image information displayed on each screen of the left CRT 19 or right CRT 20. Scanner/printer controller 25
is a control device for controlling the operations of the scanner device 23 and printer 24.

The interface 26 is a device that transfers information to and from the host computer, and is composed of a bus communication processor.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be explained. First, as a basic operation, as shown in step S1 in FIG. 2, a search key on the keyboard 21 is operated to specify image information to be searched. Thereby, the CPU 10 performs a process of searching and displaying necessary image information from the image information previously filed in the optical disk device 1116 (step 82). That is, the CPU 10 requests the host computer to transfer the title information (document name) of the image information to be searched. When the relevant title information is transferred from the host computer, the CPU 10 determines the address of the optical disk device 16 from the directory information stored in the magnetic disk device 12 based on the title information. That is, the address of the optical disk device 16 corresponding to each page of the document to be searched is determined. C.P.
U 10 accesses image information from the optical disk device 16 at an address determined by the directory information.

At this time, image information for each page is accessed from the optical disk device 16.

The CPU 10 is the one retrieved from the optical disk device 16.
Image information for one page is transferred to the control unit 22. Control part 2
2, as shown in step S3, first the left CRT 19
Display one page of image information on the screen. That is, as shown in FIG. 3, for example, one page of the drawing is displayed on the left CRT.
It is displayed on the screen of 19. On the upper screen of the left CRT 19, a header indicating, for example, the name of the document to be searched, the number of pages, the currently displayed page, etc. is displayed. Also, the left CRT
The lower screen 19 displays a footer for instructing functions such as displaying the first page of the document to be searched, displaying a representative page, displaying a drawing page, displaying a page skip, and printing a page. Here, 1
In the screen display operation, the screen of the right CRT 20 is not used, and various functions are executed by specifying functions of the footer displayed on the screen of the left CRT 19 using the keyboard 21. For example, if footer page printing is specified, image information for one page displayed on the screen is printed by the printer 24. Furthermore, if the representative page display in the footer is specified, the representative page of the retrieved document is displayed on the screen of the left CRT 19. Such operations are executed through the control unit 22. That is, the υ control unit 22 requests the CPU 10 for image information of the page specified by the footer. After this,
The control unit 22 causes the image information of the page transferred from the CP Ll 10 to be displayed on either the left CRT 19 or the right CRT 20 on which the footer is displayed.

Next, when two-screen display is instructed in step S4, the left C
Display is performed using both the RT 19 and right CRT 20 screens. That is, when a key instructing mode switching is operated on the keyboard 21, the III 111 section 22 switches the contents of the footer of the left CR'T19. The content of the switched footer is selection information as to whether or not to select the multiple type display mode. Here, the multi-type display mode is a mode in which pages of the same document but of different types are displayed on each screen using both the left and right screens.

When the multiple type display mode is selected by operating the keyboard 21 (step 35), initially the left CRT 19 and the right CRT
The same page is displayed on both screens of 20. That is, as shown in FIG. 4, image information of the same page, for example "Drawing A", is displayed on both the screens of the left CRT 19 and right CRT 20. Thereafter, as shown in step S6, the process moves to display a document page including the explanation of "Drawing A" on the screen of the left CRT 19. That is, the keyboard 21
The document page containing the explanation of "Drawing A" is specified from the footer by the operation. As a result, the left C
A document including an explanation of "Drawing A" will be displayed on the screen of the RT 19, and a page of "Drawing A" will be displayed on the screen of the right CRT 20. At this time, the same document name is displayed in the headers of both screens.

Furthermore, as shown in step S7, when displaying a new "Drawing B" page on the screen of the right CRT 20,
By operating the keyboard 21, the footer of the left CRT 19 is moved to the right CRT 20. From the footer displayed on the right CRT 20, the page ``Drawing B'' is specified using the keyboard 21. As a result, the right C
A page of “Drawing B” is displayed on the screen of RT20.

At this time, a document including a description of "Drawing A" is displayed on the screen of the left CRT 19. Thereafter, the footer is moved to the left CRT 19 again, and the page of the document containing the explanation of "Drawing B" is designated from the footer. As a result, as shown in FIG. 7, a draft page including an explanation of "Drawing B" is displayed on the screen of the left CRT 19.

In this way, among the same documents retrieved from the optical disk device 16, for example, a document is displayed on the screen of the left CRT 19, and a drawing of a different type related to the document is displayed on the right CRT 2.
Display on screen 0. Left CRT19 and right CRT20
Each screen can be independently switched (screened) 11 by moving the footer. Therefore, the image information displayed on both the left CRT 19 and right CRT 20 screens can be checked simultaneously and independently.

Furthermore, in devices that use the conventional multi-window method, the display size for one page becomes smaller, so it is necessary to enlarge the display, and the scrolling of the display screen is Operation is required. In contrast, in the device of the same embodiment, the image information of each page is displayed on an independent screen, so there is no need for display enlargement processing and accompanying scrolling operations. Therefore, image information for two pages of different types of the same document can be checked at the same time without requiring complicated operations.

[Effects of the Invention] As detailed above, according to the present invention, when searching for image information in units of pages of different types in the same document, image information for two pages can be retrieved simultaneously and independently with a simple operation. can be displayed. Therefore, for example, related drafts and drawings of the same document can be displayed simultaneously and on separate screens, making it possible to easily confirm the retrieved documents, drawings, etc.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an image information retrieval device according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the embodiment, and FIGS. 3 to 7 are respectively of the embodiment. It is a figure showing an example of a display screen for explaining operation. 10... System control processor, 16...
- Optical disk device, 19... CRT display device for left screen, 20... CRT display device for right screen, 21... Keyboard. Applicant's agent Patent attorney Takehiko Suzue Figure 2

Claims (1)

[Claims] a file storage means for storing page-by-page image information;
an input means for instructing a search for image information on a page-by-page basis; a search processing means for searching the file storage means for image information on a page-by-page basis instructed by the input means; an image display means consisting of left and right screens for displaying image information page by page; and image information of different types for the same document retrieved by the search processing means according to the display mode instructed by the input means. An image information retrieval device comprising: image display control means for controlling display on the left and right screens of the image display means, respectively.