JPH02275570A - Information processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve the data control capacity and to rapidly execute register processing by collectively storing the 2nd retrieving information following the updating of information at a prescribed period in an optical storage means. CONSTITUTION:A data base to be used at the time of storing or retrieving storage information in/from the optical storage means 20 is distributed to the 1st retrieving information to be stored in the means 20 and the 2nd retrieving information to be stored in a storage means 26 and stored in respective means 20, 26. When the change of the 2nd retrieving information is required at the time of referring the means 20 while accessing the 2nd retrieving information, the storage of the 2nd retrieving information in the means 20 simultaneously with the reference of the means 20 by an instruction from an instruction means 23 or the collective storage of the information in the means 20 independently of the reference of the means 20 is selected. In the case of selecting the collective storage, it is unnecessary to store the 2nd retrieving information in the means 20 in each reference of the means 20. Consequently, the data control capacity is improved and the register processing is rapidly executed.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Object of the Invention] (Industrial Application Field) The present invention relates to an information processing device that processes image information, such as in an image information storage and retrieval device that stores and retrieves image information.

(Prior art) In recent years, scanners (
An image information storage and retrieval device reads image information using a two-dimensional scanning device), registers the read image information on an optical disk, searches for desired image information from the registered image information, and displays or prints the image information. It has been put into practical use.

In such an image information storage and retrieval device, in order to make the optical disk as an optical storage means movable between aircraft, the optical disk also stores management information for managing the stored contents in addition to image information. . Before accessing the optical disk, the above-mentioned management information stored on the optical disk is first read out and a database is constructed on the magnetic disk as a storage means.From then on, this database is referred to for search processing, etc. It is now possible to do this.

The storage area of such an optical disc is composed of a history (database) area and an image area, as shown in FIG. In the history area, as shown in FIG. 10, information indicating the progress of database updates is recorded. That is, the information in the history area is always updated to the latest state using addition (symbol), change (symbol ■), and deletion (symbol ■). This is a method to keep the management information up to date only by writing additional information, since information once recorded on a write-once optical disc cannot be erased.
end Roplace Delete) format.

For example, in Figure 10, "Title A" is displayed on the first day.
”, “Title B”, and “Title C” are added. In the 20th document, "Title D" is added, and the title of the document stored in the 3rd document as "Title C" is changed to "Title XJ," and then in the 1st document, it is stored as "Title A." Indicates that the title of the document that was originally ``Title Y'' has been changed to ``Title Y''. Furthermore, on the third day, it is shown that a document of "Title E" is added and a document stored as "Title D" fourth is deleted.

The management information recorded in the history area in this way can be examined in order from the oldest to the oldest, and if additions, changes, and deletions are performed, the latest management information will be obtained when the latest information is processed. It looks like this.

The management information recorded on the optical disk in this manner is read when the optical disk is loaded into an optical disk device, and is expanded onto the magnetic disk, thereby constructing the latest database on the magnetic disk. That is, on the magnetic disk, as shown in FIG.
The three documents "Title A", "Title B", and "Title C" are now valid (r indicating that the deletion field has not been deleted)
nJ) existing database is constructed,
The 20th item is ``As the number of documents for the title DJ increases,
The title of the third document stored as "Title C" was changed to "Title X," and the title of the first document stored as "Title A" was changed to "Title Y." A database is constructed. Furthermore, the document "Title E" is added to "No. 301", and the document stored as the fourth "Title D" is deleted, and a ryJ mark is added to the deletion column to indicate that it has been deleted. A database with the same state is constructed. Then, search processing and the like are performed by accessing the latest database constructed on this magnetic disk.

Conventional image information storage and retrieval devices are configured as described above, and all databases for search processing are built on magnetic disks, so if the amount of information in the database is increased to improve data management ability, this will continue as it is. This led to an increase in the capacity of magnetic disks, which was an obstacle to improving the data management capabilities of image information storage and retrieval devices6. Therefore, the databases built on magnetic disks were limited to only those that were necessary, and A system has been proposed in which a database on an optical disk is directly accessed, and the database is distributed to prevent an increase in the capacity of the magnetic disk.

In an image information storage and retrieval device with such a configuration, if the contents of the database built on the magnetic disk are changed due to registration processing, for example, the optical disk cannot be moved between machines unless it is re-recorded on the optical disk. . Therefore, whenever the database on the magnetic disk is changed, the database on the optical disk is also changed each time. [7] Therefore, each time the registration process is performed, an optical disk is accessed each time, which is generally slower than the access speed of a magnetic disk, so the registration process speed is slow.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) As described above, this invention has a database distributed between an optical disk and a magnetic disk in order to improve data management ability, and when there is a change in the database on the magnetic disk, This eliminates the disadvantage that the database on the optical disk is changed each time, which slows down the registration processing speed.This information processing device improves data management ability and can perform registration processing at high speed. The purpose is to provide

[Configuration of the Invention (Means for Solving the Problem) The information processing device of the present invention includes an optical storage means for storing stored information and first search information for retrieving the stored information, storage means for storing second search information for searching stored information stored in the storage means; and first search information stored in the optical storage means or second search information stored in the storage means; a processing means for referencing the optical storage means while updating any of the search information; and a processing means for referencing the optical storage means by the processing means using the second search information; When the search information is changed, the second search information accompanied by this update is stored in the optical storage means at the same time as the optical storage means is referred to, or at once, independently of the reference to the optical storage means. an instruction means for instructing whether to store it in the optical storage means; and an optical storage means for collectively storing the second search information with the update at a predetermined time when the instruction means instructs to store it all at once. The invention is characterized by comprising a control means for storing data in the memory.

(Function) This invention stores storage information in an optical storage means, or stores a database used when retrieving the first search information stored in the optical storage means and the second search information stored in the storage means. When using the first search information stored in the optical storage means, the first search information stored in the optical storage means is accessed directly, and the first search information stored in the storage means is configured to be stored separately. When using the second search information, the second search information created on the storage means is accessed, and when the optical storage means is referred to while accessing this second search information, the second search information is accessed. If the search information is to be changed, the second search information may be stored in the optical storage means at the same time as the optical storage means is referenced according to an instruction from the instruction means, or the second search information may be stored in the optical storage means at once, independently of the reference to the optical storage means. This allows the user to select whether to store the second search information in the optical storage means. As a result, if you choose to store the information all at once, there is no need to store the second search information in the optical storage means each time you refer to the optical storage means, and therefore the data can be stored without increasing the storage capacity of the storage means. This allows for faster registration processing while improving management capabilities.

(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 information processing apparatus, such as an image information storage and retrieval apparatus, according to the present invention. That is, the image information storage and retrieval device includes a control module 10, a memory module 12, an image processing module 14, a communication control module 16, a scanner 2 18, a write-once optical disc 20' (hereinafter sometimes abbreviated as rODJ), and Optical disk device 22, keyboard 23, CRT display device 24, printer device 25, magnetic disk 26 (hereinafter referred to as r
(sometimes abbreviated as HDJ) and magnetic disk device 2
6a1 mouse 29, system bus 30, and image bus 3
It is composed of 2.

The control module 10 includes a CPU 34 (processing means,
control means) and an interface circuit 3 that connects the optical disk device 22, the magnetic disk device 26a, and the CPU 34.
It consists of 6.

Further, a keyboard 23 and a mouse 29 are connected to the CPU 34.

The memory module 12 includes a main memory 38 that stores various control programs such as storage, search, loading, 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-sized document. It is comprised of a page memory 40 as a display interface, 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 40 is, for example, an optical disk 20.
This is a memory that temporarily stores image information stored in the image information and image information read from the image information. Further, the display memory 42 temporarily stores image information displayed on the CRT display device 1t24. This display memory 42
The image information that is actually displayed in the display window of the CRT display device 24, that is, the image information in the page memory 40, is enlarged, reduced, rotated, inserted, or black-and-white reversed. is what is remembered. 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. Or a compression/decompression circuit (which performs decoding processing to restore the reduced redundancy)
CODEC) 50, a scanner interface 52 for the scanner device 18, a printer interface 54 for the printer device 25, an enlargement/reduction circuit 46, and an aspect/horizontal conversion circuit 48 are connected to a compression/expansion circuit 50, a scanner interface 52, and a printer interface 54. It is composed of an internal bus 56.

The compression/decompression circuit 50 is configured by M H (ModINed[[u
l”fman) method or MR (Modl('le
Bandwidth compression or band expansion is performed using a method such as dRead).

The communication control module 16 is, for example, a BCP (Bus Co., Ltd.) connected to a local area network (LAN).
The communication interface 58 is configured by a communication interface 58 such as IImunlaatIon Processor). The communication control module 16 also includes a FCP (Facsimile Connection Mechanism) and a UCP (Universa Connector) that is connected to external devices such as a personal computer via an interface.
lCommunication Processor)
may be provided.

The system bus 30 is a bus for control signals, 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 signals, and connects the memory module 12, the image processing module 14, and the communication control module 16.

The scanner device f18 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 (optical storage means), and also stores search information input from the keyboard 23 and image information corresponding to this search information. It stores management information (first search information) consisting of storage addresses on the optical disk 20, image size (image length), image attributes, etc. Further, image information corresponding to search information input using the keyboard 23 is searched from the optical disc 20.

The keyboard (instruction means) 23 is used to store, search, and store fixed search information corresponding to the image information stored on the optical disc 20.
It is used to input various operation commands such as loading, editing processing, or instructions as to whether to store the management information on the magnetic disk 26 in the optical disk 20 all at once or to store it each time it is changed. The mouse 29 can also be used to arbitrarily move a cursor (not shown) displayed on the display window of the CRT display device 24 vertically and horizontally, for example.

By giving an instruction at a desired position, the display contents (various operation modes, area designation for image editing, icons, etc.) at which the cursor is located are selected or instructed.

The CRT display device (cathode ray tube display device) 24 is
Image information read by the scanner device 18 and the destination disc 2
It displays image information etc. searched from 0. The image information display area of this CRT display device 24 displays four pieces of image information simultaneously using a maximum of four display windows. It has a multi-window format with two functions.

The image information displayed in each display window is subjected to editing processing such as enlargement, reduction, rotation, scrolling, etc. independently.

The printer device 25 prints image information read by the scanner device 18, image information retrieved from the optical disc 2o, or C
The image information displayed on the RT display device 24 is printed out (hard copy).

The magnetic disk device 26a is the magnetic disk device 26a.
A storage address on the optical disk 20 where various control programs are stored in a magnetic disk 26 (storage means) mounted on a, and search information input from the keyboard 23 and image information corresponding to this search information are stored; It stores management information (second search information) including image size (image length), image attributes, etc.

The document management system in this image information storage and retrieval device is as follows:
It consists of four levels: "cabinet", "binder", "document", and "page", and the cabinet is associated with one side of the optical disc 20. Inside the cabinet, up to 8
Up to 30,0 binders can be defined, and up to 30,0
Can store up to 00 documents. Each document has a title, and the title 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, the document is composed of up to 4095 pages.

In this document management system, image information stored on the optical disc 20 is managed by a document management table 27.

, a document management table 27 is provided for each binder,
As shown in FIG. 2, a title management table 27a, a 1-page management table 27b1, and a record management table 27c.
(1) is made by (1).In the title management table 27a, one document number is stored corresponding to each search information (image name) consisting of a plurality of search keys.In the page management table 27b, A record number (image number) is stored for each page of one document, and one record number is stored for each page.

The record management table 27c includes storage addresses (
Image attributes such as storage start position), document size (image length), 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.

FIG. 3 shows an example of a binder table provided on the magnetic disk 26. This binder table stores "binder name", "binder number", and "data location J."The "data location" is stored in the title management table 17a (title Table) is? C! The stored location is the first disk (
This indicates whether it is a magnetic disk (OD) 20 or a magnetic disk (HD) 26. Figure 4 is provided for each binder.
-2 This shows the configuration of the "search information" column of the title management table 17a. This title management table 17.
In the "Search information J column" of a, there is a "Title value J1 attached to each document and a "Delete" column indicating whether the document indicated by this title value has been deleted. Information is recorded by the number of documents stored on the optical disc 20.

As will be described later, if the binder table indicates that the document management table 27 (title table) of the binder exists on the magnetic disk 26, that is, if the "data location" of the binder table indicates the HD. The same title table is also recorded on the optical disc 20 even when the optical disc 20 is in use. As a result, the optical disc 2
0 can be moved between aircraft. Further, the title tables stored on the optical disk 20 and the magnetic disk 26 are both created in the format shown in FIG. 4, for example, which is different from the conventional ARD format as described above.

Next, the operation of the image information storage and retrieval device with such a configuration will be explained with reference to the flowcharts shown in FIGS. 5 to 8.

First, the operation of the loading process will be explained with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. For example, when the CRT display device 24 selects the process menu and selects the loading process using the keyboard 23 and inputs the name of the binder to be loaded, the CPU 34 starts the loading process (step Sl). That is, the optical disc 2
The first block name of the history area of 0 is read out (step S2). Next, a loading instruction, that is, an instruction to construct a database on the magnetic disk 26 or to use the database (management information) on the optical disk 20 as is is obtained (step 83). This instruction can be entered by the operator from the keyboard 23 or by the magnetic disk 26.
The "Loading mode J system flag (
(not shown). and,
Based on the obtained loading instruction, it is determined whether the database of the optical disk 20 or the magnetic disk 26 is to be used (step S4).

If it is determined by this judgment that the database on the optical disk 20 is to be used, the binder table on the magnetic disk 26 is searched to see if the same binder name as the binder name input in step S1 above exists in the binder table. (Step S5). If it is determined that the same binder name does not exist, the process branches to step S8, where the binder name entered from the keyboard 23 is registered in the binder table, a binder number is attached, and the "data location" is also entered. The optical disc 20 (OD) is set and the loading process is completed.

On the other hand, if it is determined that the same binder name as the binder name input in the above step S1 exists in the binder table in the search in "-2 step S5," the "data location" corresponding to the binder name is set to 1. Then, the location of the document management table 27 (title table) is determined (step S6). If the location is determined to be the first disk 20, the loading process is ended. On the other hand, if the location is determined to be the magnetic disk 20, the T-XXX file (the document management table 27 specified by the binder number "XXXX" in the binder table) is deleted from the magnetic disk 26, and the binder table is Change the "Data location" column to optical disc 20 (OD).

As a result, subsequent access to the binder is
This is done by referring to the database on the optical disk 20.

On the other hand, when it is determined in the above step S4 that the database on the magnetic disk 26 is to be used, it is checked whether or not the same binder name as the binder name input in the above step S1 exists in the binder table (step S9). ). Then, when it is determined that no identical binder name exists,
The keyboard 2 is placed on the binder surface present on the magnetic disk 26.
The binder name input from step 3 is registered and a binder number is assigned, and the "data location" is set to the magnetic disk 26 (HD) (step 510). Next, the T-XXX file (binder number of the binder table
Document management table 27 specified by X
) on the magnetic disk 26 (step 511),
Finish the loading process.

If it is determined in the search in step S9 that the same binder name as the binder name input in step $1 exists in the binder table, the process branches to step Sll,
Similarly to the above, a T-xxx file is created on the magnetic disk 26 and the loading process is completed.

In this way, the "loading mode" preset by the system flag or the location of the database specified by the operator using the keyboard 23 is determined by the optical disk 20.
If so, the document management table 27 as a database on the optical disk 20 is used as is, and in the case of the magnetic disk 26, the document management table 27 as a database is created on the magnetic disk 26. This is done by referring to the database.

Therefore, there is no need to transfer all the management information stored on the optical disk 20 to the magnetic disk 26, and the database can be stored in a distributed manner between the optical disk 20 and the magnetic disk 26.

Furthermore, since the database of the binder can be determined as appropriate depending on the user's needs, even if attribute information is added, for example, in order to improve the data management ability of the image information storage and retrieval device, This does not directly lead to an increase in the capacity of the magnetic disk 26, and therefore the data management ability can be improved without increasing the capacity of the magnetic disk.

Next, the search process for image information stored on the optical disc 20 will be explained with reference to the flowchart in FIG.

For example, if the search mode is selected using the keyboard 23 while the CRT display device 24 is in the process menu selection state, the CPU 34 shifts to the binder selection state by the CRT display device 23. In this binder selection state, select a binder for image search (step 5TI). This causes the CPU to
34 searches the binder table on the magnetic disk 26 to find the binder name entered using the keyboard 23;
By referring to the "data location" of the binder name, the document management table 27 corresponding to this binder name is displayed.
Obtain information on the location of (title table) (step 51
2). Next, the operator uses the keyboard 23 to input search information corresponding to the image information desired to be searched (step 813). Next, the CPU 34 performs step S of L.
The location of the title table recognized in step 12 is determined (step 514), and the title table is searched based on the result of this determination. That is, when it is determined that the location of the title table is on the optical disc 20, the title table on the optical disc 20 is searched (step 515). On the other hand, if it is determined that the location of the title table is on the magnetic disk 26, the title table on the magnetic disk 26 is searched (step 816). In other words, the input search information is stored in the document management table 27 in the optical disk 20 or magnetic disk 26.
The search information stored in the title management table 27a (title table) is sequentially compared and checked, and the search information that matches the input search information is sequentially checked to see if it is stored, and the corresponding document number is extracted. .

Then, the CPU 34 displays a list of the relevant documents using the CRT display device 24.

Based on this display, if the operator cannot find the document he/she wants to search for, he/she re-enters the search information. If found, specify the document from the list (specify by display document number, etc.) and instruct search execution.

The CPU 34 extracts all pages having the corresponding document number from the page management table 27b of the sentence 8 management table 27 in the optical disk 20 or the magnetic disk 26 and their record number information. As a result, the CPU 34 creates a record call table (not shown) on the main memory 38 that includes document numbers, page numbers, and record numbers.

Then, the CPU 34 reads the record number to be searched first, reads the logical address corresponding to this record number from the record management table 27c of the document management table 27 in the optical disk 20 or the magnetic disk 26,
The physical track address and physical sector address corresponding to this address are calculated, and the optical disk device 22 reproduces the image information from the optical disk 20 using these addresses.
Do it with

The image information reproduced by the optical disk device 22 in this way is transmitted to the CPU from the optical disk device 22 for each scanning line.
34. The CPU 34 then supplies this image information (compressed information) to the compression/expansion circuit 50, performs band expansion processing, and sequentially supplies the image information to the display memory 42. As a result, the image information stored in the display memory 42 is displayed on the CRT display device 24 (step 516).

Next, an outline of the image registration process and the removal process will be explained with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

For example, if the registration mode is selected by the keyboard 23 while the CRT display device 24 is in the process menu selection state, the CPU 34 shifts to the binder selection state by the CRT display device 23. In this binder selection state, a binder in which image registration is to be performed is selected (step 520). At this time, if the title table storage mode is selected, that is, if the title table of the binder selected above exists on the magnetic disk 26, the process of transferring the title table to the optical disk 20 is performed each time each image information is stored. Choose whether to do it all at once later.

This selection state is stored in a flag (not shown) as the title table storage mode.

Next, the CPU 34 searches the binder table on the magnetic disk 26 to find the binder name input using the keyboard 23, and by referring to the "data location" of the binder name, the CPU 34 performs document management corresponding to this binder name. Obtain information on the location of table 27 (step 521
). Next, the operator uses the keyboard 23 to input a title to be attached to the image information (step 52).
2). This title is composed of a plurality of search keys, and the contents of the search key items are set as the title structure in the binder definition performed in advance.

Next, the CPU 34 determines the location of the document management table 27 recognized in step 521 (step 523), and performs image registration processing based on this determination result.

That is, when it is determined that the location of the title table is on the optical disc 20, the CPU 34 checks the validity of the input title according to a predefined format. Further, the title is compared with titles already registered on the optical disc 20 to check for double registration. Depending on the result of this check, the input title is stored in the main memory 13. - On the other hand, when it is determined that the location of the title table is on the magnetic disk 26,
The CPU 34 checks the validity of the input title according to a predefined format. Further, the title is compared with titles already registered on the magnetic disk 26 to check for double registration. Depending on the result of this check, the input title is stored in the main memory 13.
is memorized. Then, image registration processing is performed according to each of the above titles. That is, a document is set in the scanner device 18, and the CPU 34 operates the optical disk device 22a and the 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. This page memory 4CN:
The stored image information is stored in the display memory 42 and CR
It is displayed on the T display device 24. The skew and density of image information displayed on the CRT display device 24,
After checking the resolution, etc., and when the displayed image information is satisfactory, the user inputs a memory key (not shown). Then, the CPU 34 applies the image information stored in the page memory 40 to a compression/decompression circuit (CODE) for each line number n information.
C) At 50, encoding processing is performed by band compression using a well-known MR method or the like.

This encoded image information is 1. Optical disk device 2
2a and recorded on the optical disc 20.

When the storage of this image information is completed, the CPU 34 associates the physical track address where the image information is stored, the logical address determined from the physical sector address, the image length expressed in block length, the image attribute, etc. with the search code, and It is stored in the memory 38. Next, the CPU 34 stores the search data stored in the main memory 38 in the above step S.
According to the title table location obtained in step 21, it is output to the optical disk device 22 or magnetic disk device faY 26a. As a result, the optical disk device 22 or the magnetic disk device 2
6a stores the supplied search data in the document management table 27 in the destination disk 20 or magnetic disk 26.

In addition, if the title is located on the magnetic disk 26,
Refer to the title table storage mode flag set earlier,
If it is set to store a title table each time image information is stored, the same title table as that stored on the magnetic disk 26 is also stored on the optical disk 20.

Then, the registration process for one image information is completed (step S24.525). Next, it is checked whether all the registration processing has been completed (step 526). If not, the process returns to step S22, and the registration processing is continued in the same manner.

On the other hand, when it is determined that the image registration process is completed, first, the previously set title table storage mode flag is referenced, and if it is set to memorize the title table each time image information is stored, then Since the title table corresponding to the registered image has already been stored on the optical disc 20, the following steps S27 and 528 are skipped, and the series of registration processing is ended. On the other hand, if the previously set title table storage mode flag is set to indicate that the title table is to be stored collectively, the location of the title is checked (step 527), and it is determined that the optical disc 20 is present. Since the title table has already been registered on the optical disc 20,
Finish the series of registration processing. On the other hand, if it is determined that the title location is on the magnetic disk 26, the title table created on the magnetic disk 26'' is registered on the optical disk 20 all at once, and the series of registration processing is completed. This ensures consistency between management information and recorded content. The title table batch registration process is also applied to the removal process when the optical disc 20 is removed from the optical disc device 22.

Next, the operation when the image registration process as described above is applied to actual business will be explained with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. In this example, it is assumed that the database constructed on the magnetic disk 26 is used.

For example, when a job is selected using the keyboard 23 while the CRT display device 24 is currently selecting a job (step 530), a title table storage mode corresponding to each job is automatically set. That is, when the title table of the binder to be registered exists on the magnetic disk 26, it is selected whether to transfer the title table to the optical disk 20 each time each piece of image information is stored or to perform the process all at once later. This selection state is stored in the title table storage mode flag fl. In other words, when manual intervention is required, such as image registration or title correction, the speed of the registration process is of little concern. Set sheet (step 532) - If the title for registration exists as a transaction on the magnetic disk 26 and the operation is performed without human intervention, such as in batch registration or binder editing, the title table is later transferred to the optical disk in a batch. 20 and sets fl-1 (step 531).

Next, as described above, the CPU 34 moves the CRT display device 23 to a binder selection state and selects the binder in which the image is to be registered. ), the image information is stored on the optical disk 20, and the title of the image information is registered in the title table of the magnetic disk 26 (step 833).

Next, the flag fl of the title table storage mode set according to the business is checked (step 534), and if fl-0, that is, the process of transferring the title table to the optical disc 20 is performed each time each image information is stored. If specified,
The same title is also stored on the optical disc 20 (step 535).

This completes the registration process for one piece of image information. Next, it is checked whether all registration processing has been completed (step 536), and if not, step S
Returning to 3B, the registration process is continued in the same manner.

On the other hand, if it is determined in step S36 that the image registration process has been completed, the previously set title table storage mode flag f1 is checked (step 537), and f1 is checked.
If it is -0, the title table has already been created on the optical disc 20, so execution of the next step S38 is skipped, and the series of registration processes is ended. On the other hand, if it is fl-0, the title table of the registered image information is only created on the magnetic disk 26, so the step is to register the title table created on the magnetic disk 26 on the optical disk 20 all at once. 538), the series of registration processing ends. Through the following operations, consistency between the management information and the recorded contents is maintained.

As described above, the management information used when accessing the optical disc 20 is stored separately in the management information stored in the optical disc 20 and the management information stored in the magnetic disc 26, and the management information used when accessing the optical disc 20 is stored separately. When using the management information stored in the optical disc 20, the optical disc 2
0, and when using the management information stored on the magnetic disk 26, the optical disk 20 is accessed by referring to the management information created on the magnetic disk 26, and the management information on the magnetic disk 26 is When accessing the optical disk 20 by referring to , if the management information of the magnetic disk 26 is to be changed, that is, if image registration, title correction, batch registration, binder editing, etc. are to be performed, specify from the keyboard 23. Alternatively, the title table is stored on the optical disc 20 at the same time as the image information is stored on the optical disc 20 according to instructions determined by the process to be executed.
Since it is possible to select whether to store the title table in the optical disc 20 or to store the title table in the optical disc 20 all at once independently of storing the image information in the optical disc 20, it is possible to select whether to store the title table in the optical disc 20 all at once. If selected, optical disc 2
0, it is not necessary to store the title on the optical disk 20 each time the title is accessed. Therefore, the data management ability can be improved without increasing the storage capacity of the magnetic disk 26, and the registration process can be performed at high speed. It has become.

Furthermore, this invention can be applied to a database stored in the ARD format as explained in the conventional example. However, since only one registration process is required, the history area can be used effectively and the registration process is also faster. Also,
When using an erasable optical disk, π is added each time an update is made.
By being able to choose between self-recording and recording when removed, it is possible to construct a system that suits the user's business, and it is possible to provide an image information storage and retrieval device that is more convenient to use.

[Effects of the Invention] As described in detail above, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide an information processing device that can improve data management ability and perform registration processing at high speed.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

1 to 8 are for explaining one embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 1 is a program diagram schematically showing the configuration of an image information storage and retrieval device, and FIG. 2 is a document management table. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the format of the binder table, FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the format of the title table (title management table), and FIG. 5 is a diagram explaining the operation of the loading process. Figure 6 is a flowchart to explain the operation of image search, Figure 7 is a flowchart to explain the operation of image registration, and Figure 8 is a case where image registration processing is applied to actual business. FIGS. 9 to 11 are flowcharts for explaining the operation of conventional optical discs; FIGS.
The figure is a diagram for explaining the storage area of an optical disc.
FIG. 0 is a diagram for explaining the ARD format stored in the history area, and FIG. 11 is a diagram for explaining the database developed on the magnetic disk. 18... Scanner device, 20... Optical disk (optical storage means), 22... Optical disk device, 23... Keyboard (designation means), 24... CRT display device, 25... Printer device , 26... Magnetic disk (storage means) 26a... Magnetic disk device, 27.
...Document management table, 27a...Title management table, b...Page management table, C...Record management table, 34...C (processing means, control means)

Claims (1)

[Claims] Optical storage means for storing stored information and first search information for retrieving the stored information, and second retrieval information for retrieving the stored information stored in the optical storage means. a storage means for storing search information; and referring to the optical storage means while updating either the first search information stored in the optical storage means or the second search information stored in the storage means. a processing means for processing the optical storage means; and a reference to the optical storage means by the processing means includes
is carried out using the search information and involves a change in the second search information, the second search information accompanied by this update is stored in the optical storage means at the same time as referring to the optical storage means, or an instruction means for instructing whether to store data in the optical storage means all at once independently of referring to the optical storage means; An information processing apparatus comprising: a control means for collectively storing second search information accompanied by a second search information in an optical storage means.