JPH02257366A - Picture storing device and picture retrieving device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To prevent the misoperation to improve the operability by simultaneously displaying an input picture of retrieval information and a retrieved picture in parallel at the time of picture storage and retrieval and arbitrarily changing the picture. CONSTITUTION:A picture is supplied by supply means 20 and 22, and retrieval information to retrieve this supplied picture is designated by designating means 23 and 10, and this designated retrieval information and the picture supplied by supply means are displayed in parallel on the same screen of a display means (CRT display device) 24. It is indicated to longitudinally or laterally display retrieval information and the picture is parallel, and they are longitudinally or laterally displayed in accordance with this indication. Thus, the input picture of retrieval information and the retrieved picture are simultaneously displayed in parallel and are compared with each other at the time of picture storage and retrieval, and the parallel display picture is arbitrarily changed to improve the operability.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Objective of the Invention] (Industrial Application Field) This invention is applicable to, for example, registration and retrieval of image information (prior art).
The read image information is stored on an optical disk, the stored arbitrary image information is searched and read out, and it is output to an output device such as a CR.
Image information filing devices that output image information in a form that can be viewed with a T-display device or a recording device have been put into practical use.

In such a device, when storing image information, the search information as a title is manually entered in advance, and after this key is entered, the image information read from the scanner is checked on a CRT display device, and then stored on an optical disk. It has become.

In this case, because the title input screen and the image read from the scanner screen were separate, it was not possible to compare them, and there was a possibility that a mistake in creating the title or a mistake in registering another manuscript would occur. was there.

Further, when searching for image information, a title as the search information is entered manually, and after this key entry, the image information retrieved from the optical disc is displayed on the CRT display device.

In this case, since the title input screen and the searched image information screen were separate, it was impossible to compare them and it was difficult to understand what kind of search was currently being performed.

Therefore, when storing image information, the title input screen and the image read from the scanner screen are simultaneously displayed in parallel.
There is a need for something that can be compared, and when searching for image information, a title input screen and a searched image information screen can be simultaneously displayed in parallel and compared.

(Problem to be Solved by the Invention) As described above, when storing an image, the input screen for search information,
The screen of the image read from the scanner can be displayed and compared at the same time, and when searching for an image, the search information input screen and the screen of the searched image can be displayed and compared at the same time. something is requested,
When storing an image, the input screen for search information and the screen for the image read from the scanner can be displayed and compared simultaneously, and when searching for an image, the input screen for search information and the screen for the searched image can be displayed simultaneously. An object of the present invention is to provide an image storage device and an image retrieval device that can simultaneously display and compare images in parallel, and can arbitrarily change the parallel display screen to vertical or horizontal format.

[Structure of the Invention] (Means for Solving the Problems) An image storage device of the present invention includes a supply means for supplying an image;
a specifying means for specifying search information for searching images supplied by the supply means; displaying the search information specified by the specifying means and the image supplied by the supply means in parallel on the same screen; A display means, an instruction means for instructing whether the parallel display of the search information and the image on the display means is vertical or horizontal, and processing for displaying the parallel display screen of the display means in the vertical or horizontal format according to the instruction by the instruction means. It consists of means.

The image search device of the present invention includes a storage means for storing a plurality of images together with search information for searching and retrieving each image corresponding to each image, a designation means for designating the search information, and a designation means for specifying the search information. a search means for searching the storage means for a desired image using search information; and a display means for displaying the search information specified by the designation means and the image searched by the search means in parallel on the same screen; Consisting of an instruction means for instructing whether the parallel display of search information and images in this display means is to be displayed vertically or horizontally, and a processing means for displaying the parallel display screen of the display means in a vertical or horizontal manner according to an instruction by this instruction means. has been done.

The image storage and retrieval device of the present invention includes a supply means for supplying an image, a first designation means for designating search information for retrieving the image supplied by the supply means, and a search information specified by the first designation means. Display means for displaying the search information and the image supplied by the supply means in parallel on the same screen; storage means for storing the image displayed on the display means and the search information; and specifying the search information. a second specifying means, a search means for searching the storage means for a desired image using the search information specified by the second specifying means; The searched image and the above display method
a first processing means for displaying the search information and the image in parallel on the same screen on the display means, an instruction means for instructing whether the parallel display of the search information and the image on the display means is vertical or horizontal; It is comprised of a second processing means for displaying parallel display screens in a vertical or horizontal format.

(Operation) The present invention supplies an image by a supply means, specifies search information for searching the supplied image by a designation means, and combines the specified search information with the image supplied by the supply means. are displayed in parallel on the same screen, and an instruction is given as to whether the displayed search information and images should be displayed in parallel format vertically or horizontally, and the parallel display screen is displayed vertically or horizontally according to this instruction. This is what I did.

This invention stores a plurality of images in a storage means together with search information for searching each image corresponding to each of these images, specifies the search information in a designation means, and uses the specified search information to select a desired image. is searched from the storage means by the search means, and the search information specified by the specifying means,
The images retrieved by the above search means are displayed in parallel on the same screen, the search information and the images are displayed in a vertical or horizontal format, and the parallel display screen is displayed in a vertical or horizontal format according to this instruction. It is designed to be displayed.

In this invention, an image is supplied by a supplying means, search information for searching the supplied image is specified by a first specifying means, and the specified search information and the above-mentioned supplying means are The supplied image is displayed in parallel on the same screen by a display means, the displayed image and search information are stored in a storage means, the said search information is designated by a second designation means, and this designation is performed. The search means searches for a desired image from the storage means based on the search information, and the search information specified by the second designation means and the image searched by the search means are displayed in parallel on the display means. Displayed on the screen, indicating whether the parallel display of the search information and the image on the display means is vertical or horizontal, and according to this instruction, the parallel display screen of the display means is displayed in the vertical or horizontal format. It is.

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

FIG. 1 shows an example of the configuration of an image storage and retrieval device, such as an electronic filing device, according to the present invention.

That is, the electronic filing device has control module 1
0, memory module 12, image processing module 14,
Communication control module 16, scanner device 18, optical disk (storage means) 20 and optical disk device 22, keyboard 23, CRT display device 24, printer device 25, magnetic disk 26 and magnetic disk device 27,
It is composed of a mouse 29, a system bus 30, and an image bus 32.

The control module 10 includes a CPU 34 that performs various controls for storing, searching, and editing image information, an optical disk device 22, a magnetic disk device 27, and an interface circuit 36 that connects the CPU (processing means) 34. There is. The CPU 34 also includes a keyboard 2.
3 and a mouse 29 are connected.

The memory module 12 includes a main memory 38 that stores various control programs such as storage, search, and editing of image information, management information, etc., and an image memory that has a storage capacity corresponding to image information for several pages of an A4 size document. It is composed of a page memory 40, a display memory 42 as a display interface, a display control section 44, and the like. A part of the page memory 40 includes a buffer memory area 40a.
is provided. Writing and reading in this buffer memory area 40a are controlled by a counter (not shown). This page memory 4o includes, for example, an optical disk 20
This is a memory that temporarily stores image information stored in the optical disc 20 and image information read from the optical disc 20. Also display memory 4
2 is for temporarily storing image information displayed by the CRT display device 24. This display memory 42 is used to perform enlargement, reduction, rotation, insertion, black and white reversal, etc. on the image information actually displayed within the display window of the CRT display device 24, that is, the image information in the page memory 40. The image information is stored. The display control unit 44 controls the display processing of the CRT display device 24 and the like.

The image processing module 14 includes an enlargement/reduction circuit 46 for enlarging and reducing image information, a vertical/horizontal conversion circuit 48 for rotating image information, and an encoding process for compressing (reducing redundancy) image information. A compression/expansion circuit (CODEC) 50 that performs decoding processing that performs processing and expansion (returning reduced redundancy), a scanner interface 52 for the scanner device 18, a printer interface 54 for the printer device 25, and scaling. It is constituted by an internal bus 56 that connects the circuit 46, the vertical/horizontal conversion circuit 48, the compression/expansion circuit 50, the scanner interface 52, and the printer interface 54.

The compression/expansion circuit 50 is a modified burr (MH).
man) method, or MR (Modified Re) method.
Bandwidth compression or band expansion is performed using a method such as ad).

The communication control module 16 is, for example, a BCP (Bus Com5un1cait) connected to a LAN E.
1onProcessor) and the like. The communication control module 16 also includes an FCP (Unversal Cosmetic Connection Mechanism) and a U CP (Universal Cosmetic Connection Mechanism), which is connected to external devices such as a computer via an interface.
eaitionProcessor) may be provided.

The system bus 30 is a bus for control signals of various devices, and connects the control module 10, the memory module 12, the image processing module 14, and the communication control module 16. Further, the image bus 32 is a bus for image information, and connects the memory module 12, the image processing module 14, and the communication control module 16.

The scanner device 18 is, for example, a two-dimensional scanning device, and is a document (
By scanning the document (document) two-dimensionally with a laser beam, an electrical signal corresponding to the image information on the document is obtained.

The optical disk device 22 sequentially stores image information read by the scanner device 18 on an optical disk 20 .

It also searches the optical disc 20 for image information corresponding to search information specified using the keyboard 23 or the like.

The keyboard 23 is used to input unique search information corresponding to image information to be stored on the optical disc 20 and various operation commands such as storage, search, and editing processing. Further, the mouse 29 can be used, for example, to arbitrarily move a cursor (not shown) displayed on the display window of the CRT display device 24 vertically and horizontally, and to give an instruction at a desired position, thereby determining the position of the cursor. This function selects or instructs display contents (various operation modes, area designations for image editing, icons, etc.).

The CRT display device (cathode ray tube display device) 24 is
Image information read by scanner device 18, optical disc 2
It displays the image information searched from 0 and the search information entered manually at the time of registration and search. The display area for displaying image information, etc. of this CRT display device 24 is 19 inches in size, and is a multi-window type display device that can display four image information simultaneously using a maximum of four display windows. It is. The image data displayed in each display window is subjected to editing processing such as enlargement, reduction, rotation, scrolling, etc. independently. Furthermore, in the case of simultaneous (parallel) display mode, windows Wb1Wc are displayed in the display area of the CRT display device 24, as shown in FIGS. 2
are displayed in contrast to the left and right or top and bottom (50% each).

The printer device 25 prints out (hard copy) image information read by the scanner device 18, image information retrieved from the optical disk 20, or image information displayed on the CRT display device 24.

The magnetic disk device 27 is an optical disk that stores various control programs on a magnetic disk 26 mounted on the magnetic disk device 27, and also stores search information input from the keyboard 23 and image information corresponding to this search information. It stores search data consisting of storage addresses, image sizes, search frequencies, etc. on 20.

The above-mentioned search data is managed by a document management table, and this document management table is composed of a title management table 26a, a one-page management table 26b1, and a record management table 26c, as shown in Figure M4.

The title management table 26a stores one document number corresponding to each piece of search information (image name) consisting of a plurality of search keys. The page management table 26b stores record numbers (image numbers) for each page of one document, and one record number is stored for each page. Above record management table 2
6c contains optical disc 2 containing image information for each record number.
The storage address (storage start position) at 0, document size (image size), and image attributes such as compression method and resolution are stored.

The storage address is a logical address, from which a physical track address and a physical sector address are calculated at the time of access.

The document management system in this embodiment has four hierarchies: cabinet, binder, document, and page, and the cabinet corresponds to one side of the optical disc 20. A maximum of 8 binders can be defined in a cabinet, and a maximum of 30,000 documents can be stored in a binder. Each document has a title, and its structure is defined for each binder. The above document is the basic unit of a file, and in addition to the title, annotations (explanation of the document) can be added. Further, a document is composed of up to 4095 pages.

Next, in such a configuration, an electronic filing device,
The operations of display method changing processing, image information storage, and retrieval processing will be described.

First, the process of changing the display method will be explained with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. For example, now, the display method change mode is selected and set using the keyboard 23. C
The PU 34 displays a window corresponding to the currently selected display mode on the CRT display device 24 in accordance with this selection setting. For example, in the case of conventional display, one window Wa is displayed on the CRT display device 24 as shown in FIG. 6, and in the case of simultaneous display (parallel display), as shown in FIG. 2 or 3. Two windows Wb and Wc are displayed on the CRT display device 24. By checking this display, when a change in the display method is instructed by the keyboard 23, the CPU 34 changes the display method to the one corresponding to the change instruction.

For example, if the original image display is one window Wa, and vertical simultaneous display is instructed, two windows W shown in FIG.
If the display is changed to bSWc and simultaneous horizontal display is instructed, the display is changed to the two windows WbSWe shown in Fig. 3, and the original image display is changed to the vertical or horizontal two windows Wb.
, Wc, if the display of one window Wa is instructed, the display is changed to the display of one window Wa. In addition, if the original image display is two vertical windows Wb and Wc and horizontal simultaneous display is instructed, the original image display is changed to the two horizontal windows Wb and Wc shown in FIG. When simultaneous vertical display is instructed on windows Wb and Wc,
The display changes to the two windows wb%Wc shown in FIG.

Further, when the display method changing mode is canceled by the keyboard 23 after confirming this display, the display method changing process is ended.

Next, image information storage processing will be explained with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. For example, now, the keyboard 23 is used to select and set the registration mode. Then, C.P.
U34 determines whether the currently selected display mode is a vertical or horizontal simultaneous display mode. As a result of this determination, if the vertical simultaneous display mode is determined, the CPU 3
4 is a CRT display device 24 as shown in FIG.
Two windows Wb and Wc are displayed above. This window wb is a registration window in which a registration condition input table is displayed.

Next, the original is set on the scanner device 18, and the CPU 34
operates the optical disk device 22 and scanner device 18. The scanner device 18 two-dimensionally scans and photoelectrically converts image information such as a set document. Line information of this photoelectrically converted image information is sequentially stored in the page memory 40.

The image information stored in the page memory 40 is stored in the display memory 42 and displayed on the window Wc on the CRT display device 24, as shown in FIG.

In this state, the operator selects the optical disc 20 while referring to the search condition input table in the window wb and the image information for the document to be registered displayed in the window Wc.
Enter the search information for the image information to be stored in the . This search information consists of search keys for multiple items.
l The contents of this search key item are set in advance. The CPU 34 checks the validity of the input search information according to a predefined format. In addition, there are already 20 optical discs
Check for duplicate registration by comparing the search information with the search information registered in . The input search information is stored in the main memory 13 according to the result of this check. The search information stored in the main memory 13 is stored in a display memo 42, and as shown in FIG.
is displayed in correspondence with the registration condition input table of window wb.

Then, check the skinny, density, resolution, etc. of the search information and image information displayed on the CRT display device 24,
When the displayed search information and image information are satisfactory, press the memory key (not shown) 5 degrees, and the C
The PU 34 converts the image information stored in the page memory 40 into a compression/expansion circuit (CODEC) 50 for each line information.
In, the well-known MR (Modlf'1ed Read
) method etc. to perform encoding processing by band compression. This encoded image information is supplied to the optical disc device 22 and stored on the optical disc 20.

When the image information has been stored on the optical disk 20, the CPU
34 is a search code (a search code (
search information) and stored in the main memory 38.

Next, the CPU 34 supplies the search data stored in the main memory 38 to the magnetic disk device 27. Thereby, the magnetic disk device 27 stores the supplied search data in the magnetic disk 26.

Further, when the CPU 34 determines that the currently selected display mode is the horizontal simultaneous display mode when selecting and setting the registration mode, as shown in FIG. Display Wc. Using these windows W b and W c, the image storage process is performed in the same manner as in the vertical simultaneous display mode.

Further, when the CPU 34 determines that the currently selected display mode is the conventional display mode when selecting and setting the registration mode, one window Wa on the CRT display device 24 is used to perform normal image storage processing. It will be done.

Next, the search process for image information stored on the optical disc 20 will be explained with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. First, a search mode is set using the keyboard 23. Then, the CPU 34 determines whether the currently selected display mode is the vertical or horizontal simultaneous display mode. As a result of this determination, if the vertical simultaneous display mode is determined, the CPU 34 displays two windows Wb1Wc on the CRT display device 24 as shown in FIG. This window wb is a search window in which a search condition input table is displayed.

Next, the operator instructs page turning (or document turning) and inputs search information corresponding to the image information desired to be searched. The CPU 34 sequentially compares and collates the input search information with the search information stored in the title management table 26c of the magnetic disk 26, and sequentially checks whether or not search information that matches the input search information is stored. and extract the corresponding document number.

Then, the CPU 34 generates a list of applicable documents (search information).
is displayed using the CRT display device 24. Based on this display, if the document for which the operator is being searched for is not found, the user re-enters the search information. If found, the user specifies the range of pages to be turned from the list (specified by document number, etc.) and instructs execution of the search.

The CPU 34 stores the page management table 26 of the magnetic disk 26.
All pages having the corresponding document number of b and their record number information are extracted. Thereby, the CPU 34 creates a record call table consisting of the document number, page number, and record number on the main memory 38. In this case, since the page management table 26b is arranged in document number order and page number order, there is no need for sorting when creating the record call table.

Further, the CPU 34 sets the value of the pointer PTH for scanning the record call table to "0".

Then, the CPU 34 reads the record number corresponding to pointer 0, and assigns the logical address corresponding to this record number to the record management table 2 in the magnetic disk 26.
6c, a physical track address and a physical sector address corresponding to this address are calculated, and the optical disk device 22 reproduces the image information from the previous disk 20 using these addresses.

Further, the CPU 34 supplies the image information (compressed information) for each scanning line supplied from the optical disk device 22 to the compression/expansion circuit 50, performs band expansion processing, and stores it in the display memory 42.
sequentially supplied to As a result, the image information stored in the display memory 42 is displayed on the CRT display device 24. Next, the CPU 34 sets the value of the pointer PTR to "
+IJL is set to “1”.

Then, the CPU 34 reads the record and number corresponding to pointer 1, reads the logical address corresponding to this record number from the record management table 26c in the magnetic disk 26, and reads the physical track address and physical sector address corresponding to this address. The optical disc device 22 reproduces the image information from the optical disc 20 using these addresses.

Further, the CPU 34 supplies the image information (compressed information) for each scanning line supplied from the optical disk device 22 to the compression/expansion circuit 50, performs band expansion processing, and stores it in the display memory 42.
sequentially supplied to As a result, the image information stored in the display memory 42 is displayed on the window We on the CRT display device 24, as shown in FIG.

At this time, the search information stored in the main memory 13 is stored in the display memory 42 and displayed in correspondence with the search condition input table in the window wb of the CRT display device 24, as shown in FIG.

Thereafter, each time image information is displayed on the CRT display device 24, the pointer PTR is incremented by 1 and the next image is sequentially displayed on the window Wc on the CRT display device 24. The number of pages in the search information is updated by "+1".

Furthermore, when an instruction to turn a document is given, the same operation as the above-mentioned process for page turning is performed. However, in the record call table, one record (first page) corresponds to one document. At this time, the window Wc
The search information displayed is updated in accordance with the searched image information.

Further, when setting the selection of the search mode, if the CPU 34 determines that the currently selected display mode is the horizontal simultaneous display mode, two windows WbSWe are displayed on the CRT display device 24 as shown in FIG. indicate. Using these windows WbSWc, the image search process is operated in the same way as the image search process in the vertical simultaneous display mode.

Further, when the CPU 34 determines that the currently selected display mode is the conventional display mode when setting the search mode selection, normal image search processing is performed using one window Wa on the CRT display device 24. It will be done.

As described above, when image information is stored, the search information input screen and the image information screen read from the scanner can be simultaneously displayed in parallel and compared. This makes it possible to prevent errors in creating titles or registering other manuscripts.

Further, when searching for image information, the search information input screen and the searched image information screen can be simultaneously displayed in parallel and compared. This allows you to see at a glance what kind of search you are currently doing, and to identify it.

Furthermore, the parallel display screen can be changed to a vertical or horizontal format as desired, and the parallel display screen can be made easier to see.

[Effects of the Invention] As detailed above, according to the present invention, when storing an image,
The input screen for search information and the screen for images read from the scanner can be displayed in parallel at the same time for comparison. Also, when searching for images, the input screen for search information and the screen for the searched images can be displayed in parallel at the same time. It is possible to provide an image storage device and an image retrieval device that can perform parallel display screens and compare images, and can arbitrarily change the parallel display screen to vertical or horizontal format.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

The drawings show one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 1 is a block diagram schematically showing the configuration of an electronic filing device, and FIGS. 2, 3, 6, 8, and 10. is CR
FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a display example of a T-display device, FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a storage example of a document management table, FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating display mode change processing, and FIG.
The figure is a flowchart for explaining the registration process, and FIG. 9 is a flowchart for explaining the search process. 20... Optical disk (storage means), 18... Scanner device, 22... Optical disk device, 23... Keyboard, 24... CRT display device, 25...
Printer device, 26... Magnetic disk, 26a...
Title management table, 26b...page management table,
26c...Record management table, 27...Magnetic disk device, 34--CPU, W a, W
b, Wc =...wind. Applicant's Representative Patent Attorney Takehiko Suzue

Claims (3)

[Claims] (1) A supply means for supplying an image; a designation means for specifying search information for searching an image supplied by the supply means; and a designation means for specifying search information specified by the designation means, a display means for displaying search information and images in parallel on the same screen; an instruction means for instructing whether the parallel display of search information and images in this display means is vertical or horizontal; An image storage device comprising: processing means for displaying parallel display screens of the means in a vertical or horizontal format. (2) storage means for storing a plurality of images together with search information for searching each image corresponding to each of these images; a designation means for designating the above-mentioned search information; a desired search information specified by the designation means; a search means for searching the image from the storage means; a display means for displaying the search information specified by the specification means and the image searched by the search means in parallel on the same screen; An instruction means for instructing whether the parallel display of the search information and the image is to be displayed vertically or horizontally, and a processing means for displaying the parallel display screen of the display means in the vertical or horizontal format according to the instruction by the instruction means. An image search device characterized by: (3) a supply means for supplying images; a first designation means for designating search information for searching images supplied by the supply means; and search information designated by the first designation means; display means for displaying the images supplied by the supply means in parallel on the same screen; storage means for storing the images displayed on the display means and search information; and a second display means for specifying the search information. a search means for searching the storage means for a desired image using the search information specified by the second specifying means; a first processing means for displaying the searched images in parallel on the same screen by the display means; an instruction means for instructing whether the parallel display of the search information and the image in the display means is vertical or horizontal; An image storage and retrieval device comprising: second processing means for displaying the parallel display screens of the display means in a vertical or horizontal manner according to an instruction from the instruction means.