JPH0467229B2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention uses a large-capacity storage medium such as an optical disk to register a large amount of information, or to retrieve registered information by searching. The present invention relates to an information file device that uses keywords when reproducing information from time to time.

[Prior art]

An information file device that registers information in a large-capacity storage medium such as an optical disk and that can update the information at any time uses keywords as one of the data for identifying the information when registering and searching for information.

One of the devices for inputting such keywords is a multi-item information input device. This device has a key panel section with a large number of keys arranged in a matrix. Each key is assigned one keyword of many items, and the key panel position data corresponding to each keyword is the keyword code data. becomes.

When registering information, press the key on the multi-item information input device that corresponds to a single or multiple keywords appropriate for the information you wish to register, and then instruct to register the information, and the information will be registered in the storage medium. ,
The keyword is stored in the search information file together with the storage location data of the registered information on the storage medium.
The operator confirms the input keyword by blinking the key panel portion of the multi-item information input device that corresponds to the selected single or multiple keywords.

When searching for information, if you input a single or multiple keywords from the multi-item information input device to instruct the search, the keywords stored in the search information file are searched and the storage location data of the information you wish to read is read out. . Based on this data, desired information is read from the storage medium. The input keyword is confirmed by the operator in the same way as at the time of registration.

As described above, multi-item information input devices are often used because of the advantage that it saves the effort of inputting keywords one character at a time using a keyboard.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

As mentioned above, in the conventional information file device,
As the amount of information handled increases, the number of keyword items also increases, and even if the part corresponding to the keyword entered when registering or searching for information is indicated by blinking, if there are many items, checking is cumbersome and it is easy to make a mistake in checking. etc., the advantages of using a multi-item information input device are diminished.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, and is equipped with a multi-item information input device as an input device for keywords used for information registration and search. Boundary data that divides a group of keywords into multiple blocks is stored in memory, and when checking input keywords when registering or searching for information, block input keywords based on the boundary data in memory. The purpose of the present invention is to provide an information file device that facilitates confirmation of input keywords by displaying them on the screen for each input keyword.

[Means for solving problems]

An information file device according to the present invention includes: a means for reading information; a storage medium for registering the read information;
An information file device including a keyword input section for inputting a single or plural keywords for identifying the information at the time of registering/searching the information, and a memory for storing the keywords. A boundary data input section for inputting boundary data to be divided into blocks, a boundary data storage section for storing the boundary data, a block discrimination means for discriminating a block to which a keyword inputted from the keyword input section belongs, and the block discrimination means. The present invention is characterized by comprising means for displaying input keywords for each block based on the determination result.

[Effect]

In the device of the present invention, a multi-item keyword group is divided into a plurality of blocks, the boundary data of each block is entered from the keyboard and stored in the memory, and single or multiple keywords are input when registering and searching for information. When a keyword is input from a keyword input section, the input keyword is displayed for each block based on block boundary data.

〔Example〕

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described in detail below based on drawings showing embodiments thereof. FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an information file device according to the present invention.

The image information is optically read by the scanner 1 and temporarily stored in the image memory 2. Image information in the image memory 2 is displayed on a CRT display 4 via a display memory 3. On the other hand, the image information in the image memory 2 is encoded by a codec circuit 11 and registered in a storage medium 12 consisting of an optical disk file. The registered image information is codec circuit 1
1, the image is decoded, stored in the image memory 2, and displayed on the CRT display 4 via the display memory 3. The information in the image memory 2 can also be made into a hard copy using a recording device (not shown) such as a printer, if necessary. Before registering information, multiple keywords that are expected to be used for registration are input to a key panel section of a keyword input section 7 such as a multi-item information input device, such as a tablet-type keyboard with keys arranged in a matrix. Assign it. In other words, the position code of each key corresponding to each keyword becomes code data of the keyword. When a keyword is input from the keyword input section 7, this code data is temporarily stored in the code memory 9.

When block division, that is, input of data at the boundaries of each block, is instructed from the keyboard 6, the system control circuit 10 enters the block information input mode, and the boundary data of each block of a multi-item keyword group divided into multiple blocks is displayed. The number of displayed input keywords for each block is stored in the block information memory 8 along with the search conditions (AND search or OR search) within the same block when searching for information, by key input from the keyboard 6.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram in which the key panel section of the keyword input section 7 is divided into three blocks. The five rows of keys on the key panel are divided into three blocks: two rows on the left, one row in the middle, and two rows on the right. One keyword is assigned to each key.

The keywords entered when registering image information are
It is stored in the search information file 13 together with the storage location data of the image information under the control of the system control circuit 10. Further, when searching for image information, the search information file 13 is searched under the control of the system control circuit 10 based on the input keyword. The input keyword or image information is displayed under the control of the display control section 5.

When registering image information, the information is optically read by the scanner 1, temporarily stored in the image memory 2, and then displayed on the CRT display 4 via the display memory 3. A single or multiple keywords to be added to the image information are input by pressing keys on the key panel section of the keyword input section 7 and are temporarily stored in the code memory 9.

The system control circuit 10 reads the input keyword from the code memory 9, the block boundary data and the data on the number of keywords to be displayed from the block information memory 8, and provides a signal to the display control section 5. Based on this input data, the display control unit 5 transmits the data via the display memory 3.
The input keyword is displayed on the CRT display 4 in a predetermined format as shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 shows an example of a display when the number of input keywords to be displayed for each block on the display section is specified as 4, 2, 4 from the left of the screen. Keywords up to the specified display number will be displayed. When the operator confirms the displayed keyword and instructs registration, the information in the image memory 2 is encoded by the codec circuit 11 and registered in a storage medium 12 such as an optical disk. The data at the storage location of this information and the keyword are stored in the search information file 13 under the control of the system control circuit 10.

When searching for image information, when a single keyword or a plurality of keywords added to the image information desired to be read are inputted from the keyword input section 7, the keywords are displayed block by block on the CRT display 4 in the same manner as at the time of registration. When the operator confirms the keyword and instructs a search, the input keyword and the keyword data in the search information file 13 are searched based on the block boundary data in the block information memory 8 and the search condition data in the block under the control of the system control circuit 10. do. As a result, the storage location data of the image information desired to be read out is picked up, and the image information decoded by the codec circuit 11 is read out from the storage medium 12.

In addition, when dividing the keyword group assigned to the key panel section into multiple blocks as shown in Figure 2, give each block an arbitrary name and display it on the display section so that the input keywords can be confirmed. It is also possible to make it even easier.

〔effect〕

As detailed above, in the information file device of the present invention, even when the amount of information to be registered increases and the number of keyword items becomes enormous, single or multiple keywords are used to identify information when registering and searching for information. Since the display is done block by block on the display screen, it is easy to confirm the input keywords, and there are no mistakes in keyword input, resulting in excellent effects.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the information file device of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of the key panel of the keyword input section corresponding to the keyword group divided into three blocks, and Fig. 3 is the input keyword display section. FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a display example in FIG. 3...Display memory, 4...CRT display,
5...Display control section, 6...Keyboard, 7...Keyword input section, 8...Block information memory, 9
... code memory, 10 ... system control circuit,
13...Search information file.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. A means for reading information, a storage medium for registering the read information, and a keyword input section for inputting a single or plural keywords for identifying the information when registering/searching the information. , and a memory for storing the keywords, the information file device comprising: a boundary data input section for inputting boundary data for dividing the plurality of keywords into a plurality of blocks; a boundary data storage section for storing the boundary data; An information file device characterized by comprising: block discriminating means for discriminating a block to which a keyword inputted from the keyword input section belongs; and means for displaying input keywords for each block based on the discriminating result of the block discriminating means.