JPS6395578A - Picture information processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To ensure retrieval and output of the desired information at a desired place with a simple operation by transmitting a picture sheet containing the retrieving information on the registered picture information from a remote place and then transmitting the retrieved picture information via a communication circuit based on the retrieving information. CONSTITUTION:The retrieving information is written into each item of an optical character reader OCR sheet and set to a FAX11 against a document to be retrieved. Then a prescribed telephone number is supplied and the picture data obtained by giving photoelectric conversion to the OCR sheet is sent to CPU main body 1 via a public circuit 10 after a reception OK signal is transmitted from the CPU main body 1. The CPU main body 1 decides whether the OCR sheet is read by the FAX11 or not. Then a character recognizer 4 recognizes the retrieving information from the character information written into each item of the OCR sheet and starts retrieval of the picture information based on the retrieving information. Then it is decided whether the picture information coincident with the retrieving information is registered or not. If not, the picture information showing this fact is sent to the FAX11 to complete the control. If so, the retrieved picture information is transmitted to the FAX11 respectively.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to an electronic file device that registers image information input from an image reading means in a storage medium, and particularly relates to a search for image information registered in a storage medium. The present invention also relates to an image information processing device that controls transmission.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, this type of device, namely electronic filing system, has a league part that reads image information.

A display that displays image information read by the league, an input section that inputs registration management information into the image information displayed on the display, and a large amount of image information read by the league based on the registration management information input from the input section. Usually, the optical disc device stores images registered in the optical disk device, and a printer section that outputs image information retrieved from an input section based on management information inputted from an input section.

In such a system, for example, when registering a new image, specify the classification item to be registered, for example, the major classification item (cabinet) from the input section, and then perform a key operation to add a keyword to read the image information at any time after registration. This was done when registering the document.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

However, in order to search for image information that has been registered,
Usually, the search information set by the operator at the time of image information registration cannot be retrieved without manual input.

Therefore, a person working in a work area remote from the above system must either go to the location where the system is installed and perform key operations, or ask an operator to retrieve the desired image information. There was a problem. In addition, since it is necessary to perform the complicated work of manually inputting search information in order to retrieve image information, there are problems such as a significant impediment to image search efficiency.

This invention was made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and involves transmitting an image sheet containing search information for registered image information from a remote location, and searching based on the transmitted search information. An object of the present invention is to provide an image information processing device that can search and output desired information at a necessary location with a simple operation by transmitting image information via a communication line.

[Means for solving problems]

The image information processing device according to the present invention transmits and receives image information to which image search information is added to be registered in an image registration means via a communication line, and converts the image search information in the image information to and from the image registration means into a character recognition means. A transmission means is provided for transmitting the image retrieved from the image registration means to the communication line based on the search information recognized by the character recognition means.

[Effect]

In this invention, when the search information written on the image sheet created in advance is transmitted via the communication line, the single character recognition means recognizes the search information, and the search is performed based on the recognized search information. The image is transmitted to the communication line by the transmission means.

〔Example〕

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an electronic filing system showing an example of an image information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, and 1 is a CPU main body.

It consists of various interfaces, memories (RAM, ROM), etc. A display 2 displays image information and the like. Reference numeral 3 denotes an optical disk device serving as an image registration means, which stores various information such as image information 9 and image search keywords on an optical disk serving as a storage medium. 4 is a character recognition device that serves as a character recognition means, and is an optical character reading system (described later).
Recognize character information on (OCR sheet). 5 is a keyboard for inputting information necessary for this system. 6 is a pointing device that assists the operation of the keyboard 5. 7 is a microleague, which optically reads the microfilm on which image information is printed. Reference numeral 8 denotes an image reader serving as an image reading means, which optically reads a bookshelf, document, etc. serving as image information. 9 is a printer,
Output the registered image information. Reference numeral 10 denotes a public line serving as a communication line, which connects a facsimile (FAX) 11 and the CPU main body 1 which also serves as a transmission means.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating details of the CPU main body 1 shown in FIG. 1, and the same components as in FIG. 1 are given the same reference numerals.

In this figure, 21 is the CPU board, and the pass line 2
Each device connected via 2 is controlled based on a control program stored in a built-in ROM. 23 is a rask operation unit that controls rotation, movement, etc. of the image displayed on the display 2. 24 is a memory management unit (MMU), and 25 is a VRAM, in which image data to be output to the display 2 is expanded. A fax interface 26 exchanges search information sent from FAX II. Reference numeral 27 denotes an interface circuit, which is made of, for example, R3232C. 28 is LAN,
A companding circuit 29 controls expansion and thinning of data. A scanner interface circuit 30 controls scanner commands. 31 is DRAM, 32 is 1/
The N reduction circuit compresses the image data to be displayed on the display 2 and expands it to the VRAM 25.

Figure 3 shows the image reader 8 or FA shown in Figure 1.
This is a schematic diagram illustrating the format of an OCR sheet input from Xll, where 41 is an OCR sheet, identification marks 42. Registration field '43, keyword field 44. Page field 451 Image information field 46
By reading the identification mark 42 by the image reader 8 or FAX11, the CPU main body 1 can determine that the paper read by the image reader 8 or FAX11 is the OCR sheet 41. By reading the registration field 43 by the image reader 8 or FAXll, the character recognition device 4 recognizes registration field information indicating whether the image information to be registered from now on is to be registered in the classification item (cabinet). By reading the keyword field 44 by the image reader 8 or the FAXI 1, the single character recognition device 4 recognizes search keyword information when searching for image information to be registered from now on. Page field 45 with image reader 8 or F
The character recognition device 4 recognizes the page number information of the image information to be registered from now on by reading it by AXll. The image information field 46 can be read by the image reader 8 or by FAX.
By reading the character recognition device 4, the character recognition device 4 recognizes the image information including the paper size, image density, degree of e, etc. of the image information to be registered from now on.

Next, the image information search control operation according to the present invention will be explained with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating the image information search control operation procedure according to the present invention. In addition, (1) to (9)
indicates each step.

Search information for the document sheet to be searched in OCR sheet 4
Write in each item in 1 (1). Next, OCR sheet 41
FAX 11 (false/) (2), , the specified telephone number is entered and received from the CPU main body 1.
Wait for the K times signal to be sent, and then O after receiving the receive OK signal.
The image data obtained by photoelectrically converting the CR sheet 41 is transferred to the public line 1.
o to the CPU main body 1 (3). Here, C
The PU main body 1 determines whether the sheet read by the FAX II is an OCR sheet 41, and the character recognition device 4 recognizes the search information from the character information written in each item on the OCR sheet 41 (4). Start searching for image information (5). Next, it is determined whether image information matching the search information is registered (13), and if NO, the image information 51 shown in FIG. 5 is sent to FAXll via the public line 1o (7), and control If YES, fax the searched image information via public line 1o.
(8). Next, it is determined whether all the searched image information has been transmitted (9). If YES, the control is terminated, and the CPU body 1 sends a transmission end signal to the FAX II to terminate the control; if NO, the control is terminated. (8
) and continue sending the image information.

In the above embodiment, a case has been described in which image information is searched based on the OCR sheet 41 in which image search information is entered from the FAX II. Needless to say, image information can also be searched.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, the present invention transmits and receives image information to which image search information is added, which is registered in an image registration means, via a communication line, and the character recognition means receives and receives image search information in the image information that is exchanged. Since a transmission means is provided for transmitting the image retrieved from the image registration means to a communication line based on the search information recognized by the character recognition means, a desired image can be retrieved from a remote location or from a document reading means. It has the excellent advantage of being able to command and efficiently execute image search processing.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

1 is a block diagram illustrating an example of an electronic filing system for registering image information showing an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating details of the CPU body shown in FIG. 1; 3 is a schematic diagram illustrating the format of an OCR sheet input from the image league or FAX shown in FIG.
The figure is a schematic diagram illustrating search result information. In the figure, 1 is the CPU main body, 2 is the display, 3 is the optical disk installed, 4 is the character recognition device, 5 is the keyboard, 6 is the pointing device, 7 is the microleague, 8 is the image league, 9 is the printer, and 104f public'? line, 11
is a FAX, and 41 is an OCR sheet. Figure 1 Figure 3 Figure 5

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) In an electronic filing system that includes a character recognition unit that recognizes character information on an image sheet read by an image reading unit, and an image registration unit that stores and manages the image on the image sheet read by the image reading unit, Image information to which search information for images registered in the image registration means is attached is sent and received via the communication line, and the character recognition means recognizes the search information for the image in the image information that is sent and received. An image information processing device comprising: transmission means for transmitting an image retrieved from the image registration means to the communication line based on search information recognized by the character recognition means. (2) The transmission means reads the image information to which search information of the image registered in the image registration means is attached by the image reading means, and further searches from the image registration means based on the search information recognized by the character recognition means. An image information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the image information processing apparatus transmits an image to be displayed via a communication line.