JPH032974A - Electronic file version management method - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To prepare drawing and to succeed technical knowledge with no mistake through a drawing by collecting comments of the change histories on a retrieved image to turn these comments into images in addition to a function which controls the image histories. CONSTITUTION:An image storage part 25 stores a title 11, the comments 12 and 14 showing the contents of the image histories, and the picture information 13 and 15. The part 25 can any number of images which have the same title and the continuous histories. Thus all unchanged images can be extracted like the retrieval of images, and the comments 12 and 14 showing the change contents can be taken out. The code information on these comments are converted into the image information, and the comments are arranged and written on the images. These images are outputted at display and print including all or some comments.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Field of Application] The present invention displays, as an image, the change history leading up to the image on the searched image, in order to make the history management of images in electronic files easier to use. , relates to a method that also allows printing.

[Conventional technology]

With the image version number management function of conventional electronic filing, it is possible to display the latest image and old image according to the latest information on the time at the time of image recording and the specified version number, but it is possible to display the latest image and old image according to the latest information on the time when the image was recorded and the specified version number. There is no. In particular, there was no function to display images of all or part of the history at once.

In addition, related to this type of technology is JP-A-61
-103275H, 62-182921, etc.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

The above-mentioned conventional technology searches for images controlled by one version number.

It is possible to display and print, but comments indicating changes are not automatically displayed along with the image. Since the entire history was not displayed in the latest image, it was inconvenient to search for an explanation of the reason for the change.

The purpose of the present invention is to solve the problem of version number-controlled images.

For a corresponding image of a version at a certain point in time, all or part of the changes up to that point are displayed on the corresponding image, and the image can be printed together with the image.

[Means to solve the problem]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned purpose, in the same way as searching for the relevant image, all images of the relevant image before modification are extracted, and comments indicating the content of the modification are extracted. Code information of the extracted comments is converted into image information, organized, and overwritten on the corresponding image.

When an image created in this manner is displayed or printed, it will be output including all or part of the comments.

[Effect]

Even with the current electronic file system, it is possible to extract all the common images that are managed by one version and their comments from all the stored images. By combining this extraction technique and a technique for converting code information into an image pattern, all or part of the comment section indicating the history of changes to the image is superimposed on the searched image.

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

In FIG. 2, a control section 21 is composed of a microprocessor, internal memory, buffer memory, bitmap memory, etc. Operation of the entire system.

Keyboard 22 for instructing processing. Display device 23 for displaying image images and code information. Scanner 24 for inputting images from documents. Registered image and tie 1~
In the electronic filing system, the electronic filing system consists of an image storage section 251 for storing title information and an image 11) from the image storage section, an external storage section 261 for storing the M number, and a printing section 27 for printing displayed images. As shown in
Comments indicating the history contents of Tile 1 to Tile 1 images and image information are stored in the image storage unit 25. This image (in the image storage unit 25, it is possible to upload any number of images with a history in the same tile 1 to 1), but there are Q images with title n and comment C 2 images that are version number controlled. When an image search is performed using title n, Q comments C□
12. An image with one each of C2, C, and Cl-11cI, 13°1) , , I) J---D
Q images up to I-□, D, are searched.

When a version number-managed image is searched, the latest image 15 is displayed, and it is easy to go back and display an older version because the image has already been searched as a corresponding image. Here, the explanation will be given for the case of the latest image number 15. The latest images are 15, the latest comments are 0.
14, but the old version image D□...D
, -, respectively have comment information...C1-
1, which records the history of image revisions. Comments C0...C8 in this code information format are converted into image patterns using existing dot conversion technology, and the fourth
As shown in the figure, the comment 4 is displayed superimposed on the display image 41.
2. ...The display comment 43 is synthesized. That is, comment information is superimposed and displayed on the latest searched image.

It is also possible to print the compositely displayed image.

As shown in FIG. 3, the above processing can be executed by a combination of image processing using a microprocessor and a conversion technique that converts the code into a dot pattern.

According to this embodiment, when making partial revisions or drawing new drawings based on the latest drawings, the past history can be clearly recognized at a glance, contributing to the creation of error-free drawings and at the same time passing on the technology. However, there is an intangible value in that it is done through drawings.

In drawing management based on conventional original drawings.

Nine histories were carefully written on the original drawings, but in drawing management based on an electronic file system, there is no need to store and maintain original drawings, so the meaning of the present invention, which displays the nine histories (history JtM) in an aggregated manner, is extremely significant. It becomes something big.

In the configuration of this embodiment, a limited range of input/output, storage, and transmission methods for nine images has been shown, but there are no limitations to these techniques.

〔Effect of the invention〕

According to the present invention, the history of images that have been managed in two versions in an electronic file system is aggregated and automatically displayed in whole or in part on a search image so that it can be printed, and the two images can be transmitted. It is also possible to output to other devices.

This brings about immeasurable convenience in reading drawings and conveying their contents when applied to drawing management based on electronic files.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram schematically representing an image storage unit according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a system configuration diagram for implementing the present invention. FIG. 3 is a concept of processing for implementing the present invention. FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram in which comments are superimposed on an image. 11: A set of keywords for search 1 classification, 12: A comment field indicating the content of the image. /r. !t1 Akira 3 Mouth

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. In a device that has the function of inputting image data with an image scanner, recording the input image data and title (image management information) together in a storage device, and searching, displaying, and printing the corresponding image by inputting the title. , a version number management method for electronic files, which is characterized in that, in addition to the function of managing the history of images, comments in the change history can be aggregated and converted into images on searched images.