JPH0816618A - Page turn-over retrieving device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a page turn-over retrieving device which can effectiely retrieve the page turn-over states together with reduction of burden of an operator when the file information stored in a recording device is retrieved. CONSTITUTION:A file retrieving means 3 extracts the file information corresponding to the key word inputted by a key word input means 2 out of a storage means 1 which stores the file information consisting of plural pages and the key word related to the file information. An image display means 5 displays the original image of each page on a display device 8 in response to the number of turned-over pages that is designated by a turned-over page number input means 4. Meanwhile a reduced image generation means 6 turns the original image of the turned-over page into a reduced image, and this reduced image is shown on the device 8 by a reduced image display means 7. Thus the file information on the pages corresponding and not corresponding to the turned-over page number are shown on the device 8 at the same time.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a page turning search device,
In particular, the present invention relates to a page turning search device having a function of displaying file information stored in a large-capacity storage device on a page-by-page basis.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art An example of a conventional page turning search device is disclosed in, for example, Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 4-86951 (hereinafter referred to as prior art). According to this page turning search device, an image consisting of a plurality of pages is given an image number together with search information and stored in the storage means as image information. An image corresponding to the search condition is extracted from the storage unit by the extracting unit, and each page of the image is skipped at a page interval corresponding to a page turning speed (number of page turning skips) arbitrarily set by the dial input device. The images are sequentially displayed on the display device so that a desired image can be searched.

[0003]

However, in the above prior art, when an operator unfamiliar with the page turning search searches, if the page turning speed is too fast, the page cannot be stopped and the page cannot be stopped. There is a problem that the efficiency is poor because it is necessary to perform a search process from a page that has already been turned to a page that has already been turned over, which is troublesome twice.

Further, there is a problem that the image of the page that is skipped between the displayed pages is not displayed and it is not possible to know what kind of content the image is, and it is important in the image of the page that is skipped. If the contents are included, there is a problem that the operator cannot obtain necessary information (image).

An object of the present invention is to eliminate the above-mentioned problems of the prior art and to reduce the burden on the operator when searching a large amount of file information stored in a large-capacity recording device, and to be efficient. It is to provide a page turning search device that can perform an accurate search.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the invention of claim 1 inputs a search keyword by a storage means for storing file information composed of a plurality of pages and a keyword related to the file information. Keyword input means for searching, and file search means for searching and extracting file information corresponding to the search keyword from the storage means,
A display device for displaying the extracted file information in the file search means, a page skip number input means for designating how many pages the file information is displayed on the display device, and a page skip number input means. The image display means for displaying the original image of the designated page on the display device, the reduced image generating means for reducing the original image of the page that has been skipped to generate a reduced image, and the reduced image generating means A reduced image display means for displaying the generated reduced image on the display device is provided.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, the display device includes an image display area in which the original image is displayed and a reduced image display area in which the reduced image is displayed.

The invention of claim 3 is characterized in that the reduced image displayed in the reduced image display area of the display device can be displayed in the image display area as needed.

[0009]

According to the invention of claim 1, the file information composed of a plurality of pages and the keyword related thereto are stored in the storage means, and the file information corresponding to the search keyword input from the keyword input means is stored. The file retrieval means retrieves and extracts the storage means.
Then, the number of pages to be skipped is specified, which defines how many pages the file information extracted from the page skipping number input means is to be displayed, and the original image of each page corresponding to the number of pages to be skipped is displayed by the image display means. Displayed on the display device. Almost in parallel with this, after the pages that have been skipped corresponding to the number of pages to be skipped, that is, the original images other than the pages displayed as the original image are generated as reduced images by the reduced image generating means, the reduced images are generated. It is displayed on the display device by display means.

Therefore, the image of each page of the file information corresponding to the arbitrarily set number of pages to be skipped can be sequentially displayed on the display device, and the page to be skipped can be generated as a reduced image. It becomes possible to sequentially display on the display device.

According to the invention of claim 2, the display device is provided with an image display area in which the original image is displayed and a reduced image display area in which the reduced image is displayed. Therefore, it becomes possible to simultaneously display the original image and the reduced image on the same screen.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the reduced image displayed in the reduced image display area of the display device can be selected with a mouse or the like as necessary and displayed in the image display area. Therefore, the reduced image can be viewed in the size of a normal original image.

[0013]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the page turning search device of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram showing a schematic configuration of an embodiment of a page turning search device. In the figure, reference numeral 1 is a storage means for storing file information composed of a plurality of pages and keywords related thereto, 2
Is a keyword input means for inputting a search keyword, such as a keyboard or a mouse. Reference numeral 3 is a file search means for searching for and extracting file information corresponding to the inputted keyword, and 4 is a page designating how many pages are to be displayed when the extracted file information is displayed on the file search means 3. It is a skip number input means, such as a keyboard or a numeric keypad. Reference numeral 5 is a display 8 which is a display device for displaying the original image of the page designated by the page turning number input means 4.
Image display means for displaying on the display, 6 is a reduced image generation means for reducing the original image of the page that has been turned over to generate a reduced image, and 7 is the reduced image generated by the reduced image generation means 6. It is a reduced image display means for displaying on 8. The reduced image generation means 6 thins out and samples the data of the original image to create a reduced image. Further, the switching of the display of the reduced image display area 32, which will be described later, is controlled.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a hardware configuration for registering file information and performing page turning search. In the figure, 11 is a central processing unit (hereinafter abbreviated as CPU) that controls the system of the page turning search device.
Reference numeral 11 includes functions of the file search means 3, the image display means 5, the reduced image generation means 6, the reduced image display means 7, and the like. Reference numeral 12 is a memory in which a control program for operating the CPU 11 is stored, 13 is a scanner for reading an original image, and 14 is a scanner control device for controlling the scanner 13 by an output signal from the CPU 11, for example. Reference numeral 15 is a magnetic disk device for storing information, 1
Reference numeral 6 is a magnetic disk control device for controlling the magnetic disk device 15, and 17 is a VRAM for developing image information read from the optical disk device 22 or the like into image data. 18
Is a mouse, and 19 is a keyboard, which corresponds to the keyword input means 2 and the turning-off number input means 4. Two
Reference numeral 1 denotes a display control device for controlling the display, and the optical disc device 22 stores a large amount of image information and corresponds to the storage means 1. An optical disk control device 23 controls the optical disk device 22.
Reference numeral 24 is a bus for electrically connecting the above-mentioned components,
An address bus, a data bus, a control bus, and the like.

When registering the file information with the above-mentioned structure, first the original image is read by the scanner 13 as image data, and the mouse 18 and the keyboard 1 are read.
Information (document name, keyword, etc.) corresponding to the image data is added by 9 or the like, and is stored in the optical disk device 22 as file information.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of information displayed on the display 8. In the figure, the display 8 includes an image display area 31 and a reduced image area 32.
It consists of. In the image display area 31, original images of pages corresponding to the number specified by the number of pages to be turned over are sequentially displayed. In the reduced image display area 32, reduced images obtained by reducing the original image of the flipped pages are sequentially displayed.
Reference numeral 33 denotes a reduced image displayed in the reduced image display area 32, which is displayed sequentially from the upper left of the reduced image display area 32 in the horizontal direction or from the upper right in the vertical direction.

When the number of reduced images 33 to be displayed exceeds the number of reduced images that can be displayed within one screen of the reduced image display area 32, the reduced image display areas 32 are displayed.
It is also possible to display the reduced images 33 that can be displayed on the screen for a certain period of time and then erase them all to display the remaining reduced images 33. Alternatively, the first reduced image 33 displayed may be updated one by one to a new reduced image 33 and displayed.

Next, the operation of the file information search processing according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the operation of the file information search process. In step S1, a keyword is input from the keyword input means 2. In step S2, the file search means 3 searches the storage means 1 for file information to which the same keyword is added, based on the input keyword. In step S3, the file search means 3 extracts the file information corresponding to the keyword from the storage means 1. In step S4, the number of pages to be skipped is input from the page skipping number input means 4 in order to set the number of pages to display the information of each page of the file information.

In step S5, it is determined whether or not the remainder obtained by dividing (the number of displayed pages-1) by the number of skipped pages is 0. For example, when the number of skipped pages input in step S4 is 5, and the display page is 1, the remainder becomes 0 after division, and the process proceeds to step S6, and when the display page is 2, 3, 4, or 5, When divided, the remainder becomes 1, 2, 3, 4 respectively,
Go to step S9. By repeating such an operation, 1, 6, 11, 16 of the extracted file information,
The pages are sequentially displayed in the image display area 31 from the image of page 1 through the image display means 5, and the skipped file information 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 9 is displayed. 10,
The pages are sequentially generated from the image of page 2 into reduced images by the reduced image generating means 6 and displayed on the reduced image display area 32 via the reduced image display means 7.

In step S6, the image display means 5 sequentially displays the original images of the pages corresponding to the number of pages to be displayed in the image display area 31 to the extent that the operator can determine whether or not the original images are required. On the other hand, in step S9, the original image of the page that has been turned over is sequentially generated as a reduced image by the reduced image generating means 6, and the step S9 is performed.
In 10, the generated reduced images 33 are sequentially displayed in the reduced image display area 32.

In step S7, the reduced image 33 displayed in the reduced image display area 32 is displayed in the image display area 31.
If it is desired to display the original image on the screen, the reduced image 33 is designated by using the mouse 18 or the like. When the reduced image 33 is designated, the process returns to step S6, and the original image of the reduced image 33 is displayed in the image display area 31. If not specified, the process proceeds to step S8, and it is determined whether or not all pages of the file information have been searched, and the process ends.

When the original image of the desired file information is obtained during the page turning operation by the above-described search processing, the search processing may be interrupted by, for example, a stop key or the like. Further, when it is desired to restart the search process after suspending the search process, the search process may be restarted immediately by, for example, a start key (not shown).

[0023]

As is apparent from the above description, according to the invention of claim 1, the image display means and the reduced image display means enable the original image of the page corresponding to the number of pages to be skipped and the page to be skipped. Each of the reduced images can be displayed on the display device, and the important information required by the operator who is performing the search work is extremely rarely missed, and the reliable and efficient search work can be performed.

According to the invention of claim 2, the original image and the reduced image can be simultaneously displayed on the image display area and the reduced image display area of the display device, respectively, so that the image display area can be displayed on the image display area. It is possible to simultaneously compare the contents of the displayed page with the contents of the pages before and after it. In addition, the contents can be understood, and even an operator with little experience in operation can accurately and quickly retrieve file information.

According to the invention of claim 3, the reduced image displayed in the reduced image display area of the display device can be arbitrarily selected and displayed in the image display area in the size of a normal original image. The operator can see the reduced image of the flipped page in the size of a normal original image. Therefore, the content of the reduced image can be confirmed sufficiently and accurately.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram showing a schematic configuration of an embodiment of a page turning search device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a hardware configuration for registering and searching file information.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of information displayed on a display.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an operation of file information search processing.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Storage means, 2 ... Keyword input means, 3 ... File search means, 4 ... Turning number input means, 5 ... Image display means, 6 ... Reduced image generation means, 7 ... Reduced image display means, 8
... Display device, 11 ... Central processing unit, 12 ... Memory, 13
... scanner, 14 ... scanner control device, 15 ... magnetic disk device, 16 ... magnetic disk control device, 17 ... VRA
M, 18 ... Mouse, 19 ... Keyboard, 21 ... Display control device, 22 ... Optical disc device, 23 ... Optical disc control device, 31 ... Image display area, 32 ... Reduced image display area, 33 ... Reduced image.

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A page storage device that displays file information, which is stored in a large-capacity storage device and is composed of a plurality of pages, on a page-by-page basis and that corresponds to an arbitrarily set page skipping number. However, in a page turning search device for searching file information, storage means for storing file information composed of a plurality of pages and keywords related thereto, keyword input means for inputting search keywords, and corresponding to the search keywords A file search unit that searches for and extracts file information from the storage unit, a display device that displays the extracted file information in the file search unit, and how many pages to display the file information on the display device. Turning-over number input means for designating, and displaying the original image of the page designated by the turning-through number input means on the display device Image display means, a reduced image generation means for reducing the original image of the page that has been skipped to generate a reduced image, and a reduction for displaying the reduced image generated by the reduced image generation means on the display device. A page turning search device comprising an image display means. 2. The display device includes an image display area in which the original image is displayed and a reduced image display area in which the reduced image is displayed, and the original image and the reduced image are displayed simultaneously. The page turning search device according to claim 1, wherein 3. The page turning search device according to claim 2, wherein the reduced image displayed in the reduced image display area of the display device can be displayed in the image display area as needed. .