JPH0591231A - Image data collecting and distribution system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To reduce a time from a request till transmission by inputting image data and registering them, introducing an application program to be retrieved, allowing an exclusive operator to make retrieval and to implement facsimile transmission. CONSTITUTION:A general-purpose computer 10 uses an application program to implement the following processing: A terminal equipment 13 and an image data input device 14 read a document such as a literature or a drawing and store it to a large capacity storage device 11. Information is inputted by the terminal equipment 13 and registered in an index file in the storage device 16 as index information. An opposite name and a facsimile number are inputted to the equipment 13 and registered to a facsimile transmission destination list file of the device 16. The index file is referenced for the retrieval and an item/ field or the like is used for a keyword as index information and inputted and the result is outputted onto a screen of the device 13 or to an output device 17. In the case of facsimile transmission, the facsimile destination facsimile number is inputted from the device 13 and informed to a facsimile transmitter 12. The device 12 outputs it to the facsimile destination 15.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a collection and distribution system for registering, accumulating, searching and extracting image data by an application program.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in this type of image data collection and distribution system, information such as documents and materials has been manually mailed or sent by a facsimile transmission device (hereinafter referred to as a FAX transmission device).

[0003]

The conventional manual collection and delivery system described above has a drawback in that it takes time from a request to a shipment, work time is limited, and time is restricted.

Further, there are problems such as an increase in labor cost due to manual operation and deterioration of space efficiency due to having information on paper.

[0005]

The present invention is a computer system for registering, accumulating, retrieving and extracting image data for collecting and delivering, and an image data input device for reading the image data, and an image data input device for reading the image data. Image data and a terminal device for inputting index information and destination information about the image data, a first storage device for accumulating the image data input by the terminal device, and the image input by the terminal device A second storage device for registering index information and transmission destination information regarding the data; an output device for outputting the designated image data; and a facsimile transmission device for transmitting the image data to a designated transmission destination, When the terminal device retrieves and extracts necessary image data from the second storage device, In, wherein the instructing output, or a transmission by the facsimile transmitting apparatus of the image data stored in the first storage device to the output device.

[0006]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention. The image data collection and distribution system of the present invention includes a general-purpose computer 10, a mass storage device 11 for storing image data, a FAX transmission device 12 for transmitting image data, a terminal device 13, and an image data input for reading image data. The device 14 includes a device 14, a storage device 16 for registering facsimile transmission destination (hereinafter referred to as FAX transmission destination) 15 image data index information, and FAX transmission destination information in an index file, and an output device 17. Then, the general-purpose computer 10 performs the following processing by the application program.

(1) Documents such as documents and drawings are read as image data by the terminal device 13 and the image data input device 14 and stored in the mass storage device 11.

(2) Information about the read image data (title, field, outline, etc.) is input through the terminal device 13 and registered in the index file in the storage device 16 as index information.

(3) The name and F of the other party who sends the image data stored in the mass storage device 11 by FAX.
Enter the AX number from the terminal device 13 and enter F in the storage device 16.
Register in the AX destination list file.

(4) To retrieve the image data stored in the mass storage device 11, the terminal device 13 refers to the index file in the storage device 16. that time,
The title, field, etc. registered as index information is input as a keyword from the terminal device 13 and output on the screen of the terminal device 13 or to the output device 17, and the mass storage device 11
Refer to the index information of the image data stored in.

(5) To output the image data stored in the mass storage device 11 on the screen of the terminal device 13, the registration number of the image data to be output from the terminal device 13 is input, and the storage device 16 The index file therein is collated with the registration number, extracted from the mass storage device 11, and output on the screen of the terminal device 13. By the search operation performed in the item (4), the index information of the image data stored in the mass storage device 11 is output on the screen of the terminal device 13, and the image data to be output on the screen is designated. Image data is extracted from the mass storage device 11 and output on the screen of the terminal device 13.

(6) In order to output the image data accumulated in the mass storage device 11 to the output device 17, the same operation as outputting on the screen of the terminal device 13 described in (5) is performed. Image data is extracted from the storage device 11,
The output destination is designated as the output device 17.

(7) To send the image data stored in the mass storage device 11 by FAX, similar to the operation of outputting the image data on the screen of the terminal device 13 described in the item (5), the mass storage device 11 is executed. The image data is extracted from the device, the FAX number of the FAX transmission destination is input from the terminal device 13, and the FAX transmission device 12 is notified. Also, the FAX in the storage device 16
The information of the transmission destination list file is displayed on the screen of the terminal device 13, the FAX transmission destination is specified on the screen, and the FAX transmission device 12 is notified. Then, the FAX transmission device 12 outputs to the notified FAX transmission destination 15.

[0015]

As described above, the present invention has a function of registering, retrieving, storing and extracting image data in a general-purpose computer system including a terminal device, a fax transmitter, an image data input device and a mass storage device. By installing an application program that has the following features, there is no need for a dedicated operator to search for documents, materials, etc., sending by e-mail, and sending by fax, so that the user is not restricted by time and image data can be used at any time. Can be extracted, and the time from requesting image data to shipping can be shortened. Further, by accumulating these image data in the mass storage device, there is an effect that the efficiency of the space is improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 general purpose computer 11 mass storage device 12 FAX transmission device 13 terminal device 14 image data input device 15 FAX transmission destination 16 storage device 17 output device

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A computer system for registering, accumulating, retrieving and extracting for collective distribution of image data, comprising an image data input device for reading the image data, image data read by the device, and the image data. A terminal device for inputting index information and destination information, a first storage device for accumulating the image data input by the terminal device, and index information and destination information for the image data input by the terminal device A second storage device for registering the image data, an output device for outputting the designated image data, and a facsimile transmission device for transmitting the image data to a designated destination. While searching and extracting the necessary image data from the device,
An image data collection and distribution system characterized by instructing the image data stored in the first storage device to be output to the output device or to be transmitted by the facsimile transmission device.