JPH0424768A - Image filing device registration/search method - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve the operability of a picture filing device and to efficiently execute the registration and retrieving of the picture data by using a part of that picture data as one of the retrieving information for retrieving the picture data. CONSTITUTION:When registering a picture data 32, a part of that picture data is designated to a picture data 33 for retrieving along with the text data from retrieving, and is recorded managed at a picture storage device with an optical disk 31, etc. When retrieving the picture data 32, that picture data 33 for retrieving is displayed, and directly retrieves the desired picture data, or after executing a convergence by the text data, executes the retrieving using the part of the picture data 33 for retrieving. Thus, the input work of the text data is reduced, and the retrieving can efficiently be executed.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a registration/search method for an image filing device, and particularly to a method for registering image data and search information in a short time.
The present invention relates to a registration/search method for image filing devices suitable for efficient searches.

[Prior Art] In a conventional image filing device, when registering image data, text data is added as search information, and the data is registered and managed on an optical disc or the like.

In addition, when searching for registered image data, this text data was used to narrow down the number of search results, and at the final stage, the image data was displayed and the desired image data was obtained from among them. .

Therefore, each time a piece of image data is registered, it is necessary to input search information from a keyboard or the like, and when searching, it is also necessary to manually enter the same search information again.

Incidentally, related methods of this type include, for example, JP-A-62-212849 and JP-A-1-36374.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

In the above-mentioned conventional technology, even if there is a word or phrase to be treated as search information in part of the image data to be registered, it is necessary to input the same word or phrase from the keyboard, so there is a problem in terms of efficiency.

Furthermore, if you forget the contents of the added text data during a search, you will have to display the actual image data one by one to check.

The purpose of the present invention is to improve such problems, to reduce the need for panning text data by using part of the image data to be registered as one of the search information, and to
It is an object of the present invention to provide a registration/search method for an image filing device that enables efficient searches by displaying -B of registered image data.

[Means to solve the problem]

In order to achieve the above object, the image fuzzing device registration/search method of the present invention includes, when registering image data, in addition to text data (keywords), the image data is included in the image data search information. Part of data σ (image data for search)
of! The feature is that the image data for search is stored in a record, the image data for search is displayed in the search display, and the search is performed using it.

[Operation] In the present invention, when registering image data, the operator specifies a part of the image data as search image data along with text data for search, and records/manages it in an image storage device such as an optical disk. .

When searching for image data, the image data for search is displayed and the target image data is directly searched for, or after narrowing down using text data, a search is performed using the image data for search.

This makes it possible to reduce text data input work and to perform searches efficiently.

[Example 1 An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of an image filing device to which the registration/search method of the present invention is applied.

In FIG. 2, 21 is an image input device such as a scanner for reading an input image, 22 is a text data input device such as a keyboard for inputting text, and 23 is an image input device 21, which is read from the image storage device 26. , an image editing device that specifies a range of data when editing the image data displayed on the image display device 25 into image data for search; 24, reading from the image input device 21 and the image storage device 26, and editing; , a control unit that controls the registration process, 25 an image display device that displays image data on the memory in the control unit 24, and 26 an image storage device that stores the image data on the memory in the control unit 24. , 27 is the control unit 2
This is a text data storage device that stores text data on the memory in 4.

Next, registration and search processing in this embodiment will be described.

FIG. 1 is a flowchart showing a registration/search method of an image filing device in an embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG. 1, (a) shows the processing procedure when registering image data, and (b) shows the processing procedure when retrieving image data.

In this embodiment, when registering image data, the operator reads the image data from the image input device 21 (10, 1) as shown in (a), and the control unit 24 sends this image data to the image display device 25. indicate.

Next, the operator specifies, on the image editing device 23, a portion of the displayed image data that he/she wishes to refer to during a search (image data for search) (102).

Furthermore, if the operator wishes to register text data as a search keyword in addition to this, he inputs it from the text data input device 22 (103).

Finally, the image data input in step 101, the search image data specified in step 102, and the search text data input in step 103 are stored in the image storage device 26, and are stored in the control unit 24. OD OS (optical disk opera)
ting system) data index files and application files.

When searching for image data registered using the procedure shown in (a), the image data management file is referred to and the search image data and text data are displayed on the screen of the image display device 25 as shown in (b). (l'll). On this screen, all registered search image data can be referenced by operating the scroll key or cursor movement key.

In this way, when the desired image data is found (112),
The entire image data can be obtained (114).

Furthermore, if the desired image data cannot be found, or if the number of search results is too large, a search is performed using text data as in the past (113), and the operation of narrowing down the number of results is repeated.

Next, a method for managing image data in this embodiment will be described.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing an image data management method in one embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 4 is an example diagram of a DOS data index file in one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 5 is an illustration of an embodiment of the present invention. Application Page Management File in Example FIG. 6 is an example diagram of an application text data management file in one embodiment of the present invention.

In this embodiment, as shown in Fig. 3, three pieces of image data (A
, ~A,) 32 as one document, and a part of the image data A is registered on the optical disc 31 as search image data a, 33.

In this case, when the application requests writing processing of the image data A inputted by a scanner or the like to the optical disk 31, first, the image data is stored in the ○DOS data index file 34 from which sector to which block of the optical disk 31. Record whether it was written (physical address).

That is, as shown in FIG. 4, image data A1 is written for five blocks from the 100th sector to the 1004th sector, and an entry level of FID=1 is set for the written image. At this time, the creation mode (O: image data file) indicates whether this data is image data, an application file, or search image data.

2: application file, 3: search image data file) are also recorded in the same file.

Further, in the application page management file 35, a page number is assigned to the image data 32.

That is, as shown in FIG. 5, image data A is stored as document number=1, page list=1, and FID=1. Further, for image data A, ,A, document tone=1, page run=2°3, and FID=3.4, respectively.

In addition, when writing the search image data a133, which is extracted by specifying a part of the image data A1 with a mouse or the like, to an optical disk, as in the case of the image data A, first
10 in the DOS data index file 34 (Figure 4)
Records that 1 block has been written from sector 05,
Set the creation mode to "3".

In addition, application text data management file 3
6, as shown in Figure 6, the record of document N8.1 “
FID = 2 is stored in the "FID" field of the search image data file.The field after "Title" is a field that stores the input search text data, but this is a field that stores the input search text data, depending on the user's needs. Users themselves register according to the requirements.

〔Effect of the invention〕

According to the present invention, by using part of the image data as one of the search information for searching the image data, the operability of the image filing device is improved, and image data registration and searching are made more efficient. It can be done in a specific manner.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a flowchart showing a registration/search method for an image filing device according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of an image filing device to which the registration/search method of the present invention is applied, and FIG. FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing an image data management method in an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 5 is an example diagram of a DOS data index file in an embodiment of the present invention.
The figure shows an application page management file in one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 6 shows an example of an application text data management file in one embodiment of the present invention. 21: Image input device, 22: Text data input device,
23 - Image editing device, 24: Control unit, 25 Image display device, 26: Image storage device, 27: Text data storage device, 31: Optical disk, 32: Image data, 33: Search image data, 34: ○DOS data Index file, 35: Application page management file, 36:
Application text data management file. Figure (Part 1) fa) Figure (Part 2) (bl Dimension to - II II II 11 ρ ρ Ro Low -- Fourth figure

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) In the registration/search method of an image filing device that registers image data including drawings and searches for the registered image data, when registering image data, a part of the image data is included in the search information of the image data. A registration/search method for an image filing device, characterized in that the image data is registered, and a part of the image data is displayed and used during a search.