JPH04333169A - System for retrieving and displaying document in electronic filing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily and rapidly retrieve the specified page of a document. CONSTITUTION:Keywords being necessary at every page are recorded in a retrieval information file 3. The file is provided at every document and stored in a magnetic disk device 4. A central processing part 1 reads picture data of the document from an external storing device 7 so as to store it in a memory 5 at the time of retrieving the page. Next, the keyword inputted from a keyboard 2 is found out from the retrieve information file 3 stored in the magnetic disk device 4. Then, the page where the keyword is set is recognized and picture data of the page is transmitted from the memory 5 to a display device 11 with a display control part 10 so as to be displayed.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

0001

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a document search and display method for an electronic filing device, and particularly to a document search and display method for an electronic filing device for searching and displaying a specific page of a document consisting of many pages. It is related to.

0002

2. Description of the Related Art In conventional electronic filing devices, input documents such as manuals and books are managed on a document-by-document basis and registered in an external storage device. Keywords can be set for each document, and each document can be searched by keyword. Additionally, a mark can be added to a specific page of a certain document, and the page in the specific document can be searched using the mark.

0003

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, with such conventional electronic filing devices, although it is possible to search for a document to be referenced using a keyword as described above,
It is not possible to easily find the required page in a document. It is easy to find the desired page in a document with a small number of pages, but manuals, books, etc. have dozens of pages, so even if the document can be searched, it is difficult to find the desired page. It takes a lot of effort and time. In a document with a table of contents, it is possible to first search the table of contents, assuming that the table of contents is at the beginning of the document, and then search for the desired page by guessing based on the contents of the table of contents. Not all documents have a table of contents, and it takes a lot of effort and time to search the table of contents and then find the desired page.

[0004] Although it is possible to add a mark to a page and use the mark to search for a desired page, this is not a sufficient search method in terms of versatility. For example, even if a user is paying attention to a page when a mark is added to that page, the user may not always pay attention to that page. Furthermore, if there are multiple pages of interest, it is not possible to distinguish between them in a search.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a document search and display method for an electronic filing device that solves these problems and allows a specific page in a document to be searched easily and quickly.

[0006]

[Means for Solving the Problems] The present invention provides a document search and display system for an electronic filing device, which includes a first storage unit that stores each page of a document as image data, and a first storage unit that stores search information for each page of the document. a second storage means for storing; an input means for inputting the search information; and a search for reading the image data of the page from the first storage means based on the search information input from the input means. and display means for displaying the image data read out from the first storage means by the search means.

[0007]

Embodiments Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows an example of an electronic filing device based on the document search and display method of the present invention. This device includes a central processing unit 1, a keyboard 2 for inputting keywords, etc., a magnetic disk device 4 for storing a search information file 3 to be described later, and image data of documents such as manuals and books. The external storage device 7 is provided with an external storage device control section 6 for controlling the external storage device 7, and further includes a memory 5 for temporarily storing image data, an image data input section 8 for inputting image data, and an external storage device control section 6 for controlling the external storage device 7. The image data output section 9 includes an image data output section 9 such as a printer for printing, a display device 11 for displaying the image data, and a display control section 10 for controlling the display device 11.

FIG. 2 shows the relationship between documents such as manuals and books and search information files created corresponding to the documents and stored in the magnetic disk device 4. FIG. 2(a) shows each page of the document, and FIG. 2(b) shows the contents of the search information file. In this search information file, the cover, table of contents, chapter number, etc. are recorded as the structure of the document for each page, and keywords are set as search information for each page as necessary. Keywords are not set for all pages,
There are also pages, such as page 3 and page 21, for which no keywords are set.

Document input is performed by an image data input section 8 , and the image data of each page of the input document is stored in an external storage device 7 by a control section 6 under the control of the central processing section 1 .

When performing a search, when a predetermined operation is performed on the keyboard 2, the central processing section 1 first causes the control section 6 to read out a necessary document from the storage device 7 and transfer it to the memory 5. The memory 5 receives image data from the control unit 6 and stores it. Next, the central processing unit 1
to display the search conditions. In response to this instruction, the control unit 10 reads the search information file 3 of the read document from the magnetic disk device 4, and displays search conditions on the display device 11 based on the contents thereof. FIG. 3 shows an example of the display. The structure of the document is shown in Figure 2(b).
It is displayed in a tree shape based on the document structure information recorded in the search information file shown in , and the start page of each structural unit such as a chapter is displayed.

[0011] Next, when the operator selects the keyboard 2 and selects keyword input, and further inputs a keyword from the keyboard 2, the central processing unit 1 adds the page to which the keyword is set to the contents of the search information file 3. The image data of the page is read out from the memory 5 and displayed on the display device 11. Further, if necessary, the image data is sent to the image data output section 9 and printed.

Furthermore, in order to display the image data from the first page of a specific chapter in the document, the operator operates the keyboard 2 on the display shown in FIG.
When selecting , the central processing unit 1 retrieves the image data from the start page 4 of “Chapter 1” from the memory 5 based on the contents of the information search file 3, even if the page of the document is not specified, and the control unit 10 It is displayed on the display device 11 through. In this way, a specific chapter of a document can be easily displayed from the first page without specifying the page. Also, since the document structure is displayed in a tree format,
The operator can recognize the page structure of the document at a glance.

Note that the search information file 3 does not necessarily have to be created for every document. For example, in the case of a document of several pages, a search information file may not be created, and when the document is selected, the image data of the first page of the document may be displayed. In such a case, the display shown in FIG. 3 is first performed only when the search information file 3 has been created for the searched document.

Note that the search information file 3 may be stored in the external storage device 7 instead of the magnetic disk device 4.

[0015]

[Effects of the Invention] As explained above, in the document search and display method of the electronic filing device according to the present invention, search information is stored for each page of a document, and a specific page of the document is searched based on the search information. It has become so. Therefore, even in the case of a document such as a manual or a book that has several tens of pages, it is possible to easily and quickly search for a specific page in the document.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an example of an electronic filing device using a document search and display method according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the contents of a search information file used in the electronic filing device of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a display of the electronic filing device of FIG. 1;

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Central processing section 2 Keyboard 4 Magnetic disk device 5. Memory 6 External storage device control unit 7 External storage device 8 Image data input section 9 Image data output section 10 Display control section 11 Display device

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A document search and display method for an electronic filing device, comprising: a first storage means for storing each page of a document as image data; and a second storage means for storing search information for the page of the document. , an input means for inputting the search information; a search means for reading out the image data of the page from the first storage means based on the search information input from the input means; 1. A document search and display method for an electronic filing device, comprising: display means for displaying the image data read from a first storage means. 2. The document search and display method for an electronic filing device according to claim 1, wherein the search information is a keyword. 3. A document search and display method for an electronic filing device according to claim 1, wherein said input means is a keyboard.