JPH0581352A - Retrieval processor for electronic filing equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] A search-type electronic filing system that searches a set of multiple image data for a single search condition so that desired image data can be found quickly and easily. Improve the operability of. A structure is provided for designating a relative position of target image data among a plurality of retrieved image data, and the designated image data is displayed on a display screen. [Effect] By selecting a numerical value such as a percentage or an arbitrary one from a plurality of designated areas, it is possible to determine where the target image data to be searched exists in the plurality of searched image data. If it is, you can easily search.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a retrieval processing device in an electronic filing device capable of registering and retrieving a large number of image data by using an optical disc device, a magneto-optical disc device or the like, and particularly, retrieval of image data. At times, in a search-type electronic filing system in which a set of multiple image data is searched for with one search condition, desired image data can be found quickly and easily, and operability at the time of search is improved. The present invention relates to a search processing device with improved performance.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, in an image data search processing apparatus in an electronic filing apparatus such as an optical disk apparatus, an image searched by one search condition, that is, one or a plurality of search conditions designated in one search. The data is a set of a plurality of image data. Therefore, the user must select the desired image data while looking at the plurality of image data that are searched by the search condition and are sequentially displayed on the screen.

By the way, in such a system in which a set of a plurality of image data is searched by a single search, the method of selecting the desired image data to be searched affects the search operation. The conventional selection method, in other words, the method of searching for a desired image data from a plurality of searched image data and actually displaying it on the screen is roughly classified into the following two types.

First, the first method is a method of sequentially displaying image data according to a registered order or the like. But,
According to the first method, when the number of retrieved image data is very large, the retrieval time becomes long if the image data to be displayed and the target (desired) image data are distant from each other. There was an inconvenience.

Next, the second method is a method of designating a sequential number of target image data among a plurality of retrieved image data. In this second method,
There is an inconvenience that it is difficult to specify the target image data as the relative position among the plurality of searched image data, and the operability is deteriorated.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION According to the present invention, these disadvantages of the conventional electronic filing system of the retrieval system in which a set of a plurality of image data are retrieved for one retrieval condition are solved, and the desired image data is solved. Is specified as a relative position in the plurality of searched image data, so that any desired image data can be quickly and easily found, and the search processing of the electronic filing device with improved operability is performed. The purpose is to provide a device.

[0007]

According to the present invention, firstly,
In an electronic filing device of a search method, which comprises an input device and a display device, and image data searched by one search condition is a set of a plurality of image data. Relative position designating means for designating the relative position of the image data to be displayed is provided, and the image data designated by the relative position designating means is displayed on the screen of the display.

Secondly, in the first retrieval processing device, the relative position designating means is configured to be an image image of a paper file.

Thirdly, in the electronic filing apparatus of the retrieval system, which comprises an input device and a display device, and the image data retrieved by one retrieval condition is a set of a plurality of image data, a plurality of retrieved images are retrieved. Image data display interval changing means for arbitrarily changing the display interval of the image data is displayed during the display of the image data, and when the plurality of searched image data are displayed, they are normally sequentially displayed in units of one image. When the interval is changed by the display interval changing means, the image data is displayed at the interval of the image value of the changed value.

[0010]

According to the present invention, in the electronic filing apparatus of the retrieval system in which the image data retrieved by one retrieval condition is a set of a plurality of image data, the image data of the retrieved desired image data is retrieved. The relative position of is configured to be easily searched by selecting a numerical value such as a percentage or selecting one arbitrary area from, for example, five designated areas (the invention of claim 1).

Further, in the invention of claim 1, since the image image is used for displaying the designated area, it is more intuitive and more intuitive as if the desired material is taken out from the actual paper file. The target image data can be designated (the invention of claim 2).

Further, when a plurality of retrieved image data are sequentially displayed, the interval to the image data to be displayed next can be freely changed so that a retrieval operation from rough retrieval to confirmation of one image unit can be performed. Is performed smoothly (the invention of claim 3).

[0013]

Embodiment 1 Next, an embodiment of a retrieval processing device of an electronic filing device of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. This embodiment corresponds to the invention of claim 1.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a display screen when an arbitrary image data is designated from a plurality of retrieved image data in the retrieval processing device of the electronic filing device of the present invention. In the figure, 6a shows the display area of the current image data, and 6b shows the input area by the user.

In FIG. 2, the user inputs the relative position of any desired image data (image data to be searched) among a plurality of searched image data as a percentage value by using a numeric keypad or the like. Input in area 6b. In this case, the value that can be input is an integer from "1" to "100".

Then, based on the input value, the following equation (1)
The sequential number of the image data to be displayed is obtained by. N = m × (n / 100) …… (1)

In this equation (1), N is a sequential number of image data to be displayed next, m is the number of a plurality of image data, and n is a value input by the user. This formula
In the calculation of (1), when N becomes a decimal number, the number after the decimal point is rounded up.

For example, assuming that the number m of a plurality of retrieved image data is 200 and the value n = 30 (percentage value) input by the user, the sequential number N = 60 of the image data to be displayed. The search processing function of the present invention described above is realized by the device shown in FIG.

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram showing an embodiment of the main configuration of the search processing device of the electronic filing device of the present invention. In the figure, 1 is an image scanner, 2 is an IPU machine (PC), 3 is a printer, 4
Is an optical disk, 5 is a hard disk, 6 is a CRT, 7 is a host machine (PC), and 8 is a hard disk on the host side.

In the retrieval processing apparatus of the electronic filing apparatus of the present invention shown in FIG. 1, the processing of image data is performed by I
PU (Image Processing Unit) Machine 2
Executed by

In this electronic filing apparatus, the IPU machine 2 stores the image data in the optical disk 4 or the hard disk 5, and the host machine 7 retrieves the image data stored in the optical disk 4. Further, a plurality of retrieved image data are sequentially displayed according to the above equation (1), the following equations (2) to (4), and the flow of FIG.

Describing from the operation common to the prior art, the image scanner 1 is an image data input device, and the printer 3 is an output device such as a laser beam printer, and outputs a hard copy.

The optical disc 4 has a slow access speed,
The hard disk 5 is an image storage medium having a large storage capacity, and is a memory means having a high access speed but a smaller storage capacity than the optical disk 4.

The CRT 6 is a display means for visualizing image data or the like and displaying it on the screen. Host machine 7
Has a function of registering and searching image data and the like owned by the filing apparatus, and searches for data stored in the optical disc 4. A hard disk 8 is also provided on the host side.

The search processing apparatus of the electronic filing apparatus shown in FIG. 1 described above realizes the search processing described in the previous embodiment.

[0026]

Second Embodiment Next, a second embodiment of the retrieval processing device of the electronic filing device of the present invention will be described. This embodiment also corresponds to the invention of claim 1.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing another example of a display screen when an arbitrary image data is designated from a plurality of retrieved image data in the retrieval processing device of the electronic filing device of the present invention. In the figure, 6a shows the display area of the current image data, and 6c shows the input area by the user.

In FIG. 3, the user takes the relative position of any desired image data among the plurality of retrieved image data as the value of the numerator of the fraction whose denominator is 10 using the numeric keypad or the like. , Input to the input area 6c. In this case, the value that can be input is an integer from "1" to "10".

Based on this input value, the sequential number of the image data to be displayed is obtained by the following equation (2). N = m × (n / 10) …… (2)

In the equation (2), N is a sequential number of image data to be displayed next, m is the number of a plurality of image data, and n is a value input by the user. This formula
Even in the calculation of (2), when N becomes a decimal number, the number after the decimal point is rounded up.

For example, assuming that the number m of the plurality of retrieved image data is 200 and the value n = 3 input by the user, the sequential number N = 6 of the image data to be displayed.
It becomes 0.

[0032]

Third Embodiment Next, a third embodiment will be described. This embodiment also corresponds to the invention of claim 1.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a third example of a display screen when an arbitrary image data is designated from a plurality of retrieved image data in the retrieval processing device of the electronic filing device of the present invention. .. In the figure, 6a indicates the display area of the current image data, and 6d indicates the area designated by the user.

In FIG. 4, the user selects, for example, the relative position of any desired image data among the plurality of retrieved image data from, for example, five designated areas 6d. In the embodiment of FIG. 4, the five designated areas 6d are
It is divided into "beginning", "beginning", "middle", "end" and "end", and the respective positions are displayed.

Then, based on the designated area 6d, the sequential number of the image data to be displayed is obtained by the following equation (3). N = m × n (3) In this equation (3), N represents the sequential number of the image data to be displayed next, and m represents the number of a plurality of image data.

In addition, n depends on the area designated by the user, for example, 0 for “beginning”, 0.25 for “beginning”, 0.5 for “middle”, 0.5 for “end”. For example, 0.75, and 1 for "end". In the calculation of this formula (3), when N becomes 0,
When the value is 1, and N becomes a decimal number, the number after the decimal point is rounded up.

For example, if the number m of a plurality of retrieved image data is 200 and the "first" is designated by the user, the sequential number N of the image data to be displayed is N = 50.

[0038]

Fourth Embodiment Next, a fourth embodiment will be described. This embodiment corresponds to the invention of claim 2. First mentioned above
In the third embodiment, when designating a relative position of desired image data among a plurality of retrieved image data, a numerical value such as a percentage is input and a designated area is selected. However, in the fourth embodiment, the relative position is specified by the image of the paper file.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a fourth example of a display screen when an arbitrary image data is designated from a plurality of retrieved image data in the retrieval processing device of the electronic filing device of the present invention. .. In the figure, ~ indicates areas designated by the user.

In FIG. 5, the user selects, for example, the relative position of any desired image data from among the plurality of searched image data from, for example, five designated areas. More specifically, in the embodiment of FIG. 5, the user determines the position of any desired image data in the plurality of searched image data as the amount of the image image for the entire plurality of image data. It is specified by the relative position of the desired arbitrary image data when it is replaced.

When one of the five designated areas displayed in the image image of the paper file is selected, the sequential number of the image data to be displayed is obtained by the following equation (4) based on the designated area. .. N = m × n (4) In this formula (4), N represents the sequential number of the image data to be displayed next, and m represents the number of a plurality of image data.

Further, n is an area designated by the user, for example, 0 if, 0.25 if.
If 0.5, if 0.75, then 1 and so on. Also in the calculation of this equation (4), when N becomes 0, the value is set to 1, and when N becomes a decimal number, the number after the decimal point is rounded up.

For example, if the number m of the plurality of retrieved image data is 200 and the area is designated by the user, the sequential number N = of the image data to be displayed.
50.

[0044]

Fifth Embodiment Now, a fifth embodiment of the retrieval processing device of the electronic filing device of the present invention will be described. This embodiment corresponds to the invention of claim 3. In this embodiment, while displaying a plurality of retrieved image data in sequence, the interval to the image data to be displayed next can be freely changed, so that the retrieval operation from rough retrieval to confirmation of one image unit can be performed. I am trying to do it smoothly.

Therefore, when displaying a plurality of image data one image at a time, a value of 1 is given as the initial value of the interval. Then, by changing the value of the interval at any time point, a rough search is enabled.

The configuration of the fifth embodiment is similar to that of the apparatus shown in FIG. 1, and when displaying a plurality of retrieved image data, it operates according to the following flow.

FIG. 6 is a flow chart showing the main processing flow at the time of display in the search processing apparatus of the present invention by changing the image intervals of a plurality of searched image data. In the figure, # 1 to # 6 indicate steps, N indicates a sequential number of image data to be displayed, and x indicates an interval value.

At step # 1, 1 is given as the initial value of the interval value (x = 1). In the next step # 2, 0 is given as an initial value of the sequential number of the display image data (N = 0).

In step # 3, the interval value x is added to the sequential number N of the image data currently displayed,
The sequential number of the image data to be displayed next is set (N + x). Next, in step # 4, the image data of the sequential number N is displayed.

In step # 5, the presence or absence of input by the user is monitored, and if there is no input, the previous step # 5 is executed again.
Returning to step 3, the sequential number of the image data to be displayed next is set, and the same processing is repeated thereafter.

When it is detected in step # 5 that the user has input the changed value of the interval value, the process proceeds to the next step # 6. In step # 6, the current interval value is replaced with the changed value of the input interval value, the process returns to step # 3 again, the sequential number of the image data to be displayed next is set, and the same process is repeated. Return.

By the processing of steps # 1 to # 6 described above, the display interval of the image data is changed by the search processing apparatus of the present invention, that is, display is made in a number of images for rough search and confirmation is performed. It is possible to display one image at a time.

[0053]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the relative position of the desired image data to be searched for the plurality of searched image data is set to a numerical value such as a percentage or any one of the five designated areas. The area is selected so that it can be easily searched. Therefore, if it is known in advance where the target image data to be searched exists in the plurality of searched image data, it is necessary to be aware of the total number of the searched image data. Without this, it is possible to select the desired image data, and the operability at the time of retrieval is improved.

According to the invention of claim 2, in the invention of claim 1, since the image is used to display the designated area, it is as if the desired material is taken out from the actual paper file. , It is possible to more intuitively specify the target image data. As a result, the operability at the time of search is further improved.

According to the third aspect of the invention, when a plurality of retrieved image data are sequentially displayed, the interval to the image data to be displayed next can be freely changed. Therefore, it is possible to smoothly perform a search operation from a rough search to a confirmation for each image, and there are many excellent effects such as improved operability.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram showing an embodiment of the main configuration of a search processing device of an electronic filing device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a display screen at the time of designating arbitrary image data from a plurality of searched image data in the search processing device of the electronic filing device of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing another example of a display screen when an arbitrary image data is designated from a plurality of searched image data in the search processing device of the electronic filing device of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a third example of a display screen when designating arbitrary image data from a plurality of searched image data in the search processing device of the electronic filing device of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a fourth example of a display screen at the time of designating arbitrary image data from a plurality of searched image data in the search processing device of the electronic filing device of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a main processing flow at the time of display in the search processing device of the present invention by changing the image interval for a plurality of searched image data.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Image Scanner 2 IPU Machine 3 Printer 4 Optical Disk 5 Hard Disk 6 CRT 6a Current Image Data Display Area 6b User Input Area 6c User Input Area 6d User Designated Area ~ User Designated Area 7 Host Machine 8 Hard Disk on Host Side

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. An image data, which comprises an input device and a display device and is searched by one search condition,
A retrieval-type electronic filing apparatus that is a set of a plurality of image data, includes a relative position designating unit that designates a relative position of target image data among the plurality of searched image data, A search processing device characterized by displaying the image data designated by the position designation means on a screen of a display. 2. The search processing device according to claim 1, wherein the relative position designation means is an image image of a paper file. 3. Image data, which comprises an input device and a display device and is searched by one search condition,
An electronic filing device of a retrieval type, which is a set of a plurality of image data, is provided with image data display interval changing means for arbitrarily changing the display interval of the image data while displaying the plurality of searched image data. When a plurality of image data are displayed, they are usually sequentially displayed in units of one image, and when the intervals are changed by the image data display interval changing means, the image data are displayed at intervals of the changed values in image units. A search processing device characterized by the above.