JPH0887523A - Image processing device - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] To provide an image processing apparatus capable of easily discriminating the last registered document when the registration operation is temporarily stopped. A device having a function of automatically and continuously registering an image of a document, and when the operation is stopped during the registration operation from the reading by the scanner 18 to the registration in the image memory 50, Along with the message indicating the stopped contents, the CRT24
Is displayed.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an image processing apparatus such as an electronic filing apparatus, and more particularly to an image processing apparatus having a function of automatically and continuously registering images of documents.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In registering a document in an image processing apparatus such as an electronic filing apparatus, it is necessary to register the image of the document and the title of the document in association with each other. Therefore, an image of a document to be registered is read by a scanning device such as a scanner, and a character printed at a predetermined position on the document is read by an optical character reading device (OCR) or a bar code reading device.
A character reading device such as a mark reading device discriminates the character as a title of the document, and the image of the document and the title are registered in association with each other. Further, in order to efficiently perform such registration processing, a document conveying device called an automatic document feeder or the like for continuously feeding documents to a scanning device such as a scanner is used.
Once a plurality of documents are set in this document transport device, these documents will be automatically registered as described above.

By the way, in the process of registering such a document, when an error in operation or an instruction to stop registration occurs, a message corresponding to the content is displayed on the screen of the image processing apparatus, and the above registration operation is performed. A temporary stop is performed.

[0004]

Conventionally, when the registration operation is temporarily stopped during registration, the last registered document must be judged from the document discharged to the scanning device. For this reason, when an error such as a paper jam or a double feed occurs in the scanning device, it may be difficult to determine which type has been registered from the discharged documents. Also,
Since the document for resuming registration is not clear, there may be cases where registration is missed or duplicate registration occurs, and additional registration and document deletion work is required, resulting in extra time and trouble.

The present invention has been made in order to solve such a problem, and in the case of temporarily stopping the registration operation, the image processing which can easily discriminate the last registered document. The purpose is to provide a device.

[0006]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention according to claim 1 provides an image reading means for sequentially and successively reading the images of a plurality of documents, and an image reading means for reading the images read by the reading means. Registration is performed by cutting out an image at a predetermined position and recognizing the character at the cutout position as a title of the document, and registering the image read by the image reading unit in association with the title recognized by the recognizing unit. And means for displaying the title of the document just before the stop when the registration operation between the reading by the image reading means and the registration by the registration means is stopped during execution of the registration operation.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, image reading means for sequentially and continuously reading images of a plurality of documents, and an image at a predetermined position of the image read by the reading means is cut out,
The recognition means for recognizing the character at the cutout position as the title of the document, the registration means for registering the title recognized by the recognition means in association with the image read by the image reading means, and the image reading means When the registration operation from the reading to the registration by the registration means is stopped during the operation, the display means displays the image and title of the document just before the stop.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, image reading means for sequentially and continuously reading the images of a plurality of documents, and an image at a predetermined position of the image read by the reading means is cut out.
The recognition means for recognizing the character at the cutout position as the title of the document, the registration means for registering the title recognized by the recognition means in association with the image read by the image reading means, and the image reading means When the registration operation from the reading to the registration by the registration means is stopped, the display means for displaying the image and title of the document just before the stop together with the message indicating the stopped content is provided.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, image reading means for sequentially and continuously reading images of a plurality of documents, and an image at a predetermined position of the image read by the reading means is cut out,
Recognition means for recognizing the character at the cutout position as the title of the document, holding means for temporarily holding the image read by the image reading means and the title recognized by the recognition means, and the reading means for reading the image reading means. Registration means for registering the image recognized by the recognition means in association with the title, and stop when the operation is stopped during the registration operation from the reading by the image reading means to the registration by the registration means The display means for displaying the image and the title of the document just before the stop held by the holding means together with the message indicating the contents.

[0010]

According to the present invention, an apparatus having a function of automatically and continuously registering images of a document is stopped during execution of a registration operation from reading by the image reading means to registration by the registration means. At that time, the image and title of the document immediately before the stop are displayed together with the message indicating the stopped contents. Therefore, when the registration operation is temporarily stopped, the last registered document can be easily identified.

[0011]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the configuration of an electronic filing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The electronic filing apparatus 1a shown in FIG.
Other electronic filing devices 1b, 1c,
, And are connected to form an electronic filing system. The electronic filing device 1a includes a control unit 10, a scanner device 18, an optical disk device 22, and a keyboard 23.
a, a mouse 23b, a CRT display device 24, a printer device 25, and a magnetic disk device 27.

The control unit 10 stores and retrieves image data,
And a CPU 34 that performs various controls for editing processing and the like
, An optical disk interface 36 for connecting the optical disk device 22 and the CPU 34, and a magnetic disk device 27.
And a magnetic disk interface for connecting the CPU 34 to the CPU 34
And a main memory 3 for storing various control programs for storing, searching, and editing image data, management information, and the like.
8, a display memory 42 which is a display interface for temporarily storing an image displayed by the CRT display device 24, an image memory 50, and an image processing unit 5.
1, a scanner interface 52 for the scanner device 18, and a printer interface for the printer device 25.
54 and a network interface 58 for connecting to other electronic filing devices 1b, 1c, ...
A character reading device 59 is provided which cuts out a predetermined portion from the image information of the document on the image memory 50, directly reads the characters of the cut image, and discriminates the character code information after the reading. The respective units are connected by the system bus 30.

The scanner device 18 is composed of a two-dimensional scanning device, and two-dimensionally scans a document (document) with light to generate an electric signal (image data) corresponding to an image on the document.
To get Although not shown, an automatic document feeder (ADF) for continuously feeding documents to the scanner device 18 is connected to the scanner device 18.

The optical disk device 22 is a scanner device 18.
The image data of the original document read in step 1 is sequentially stored in the optical disc. Also, the image data corresponding to the retrieval code designated by the keyboard 23a or the like is retrieved from the optical disc.

The keyboard 23a is used to input a specific search title corresponding to the image data stored on the optical disk and various operation commands for storing, searching, and editing the image data. To do.

The mouse 23b is used, for example, to arbitrarily move a cursor displayed on the display window of the CRT display device 24 to select or instruct various operation modes and area designation for image editing. To use.

The CRT display device 24 displays an image based on the image data read by the scanner device 18 or an image based on the image data retrieved from the optical disk.

The printer device 25 prints out an image based on the image data read by the scanner device 18, an image based on the image data retrieved from the optical disk, or an image displayed on the CRT display device 24. (Her
Make a copy).

The magnetic disk device 27 stores various control programs on the magnetic disk mounted on the magnetic disk device 27, and a search key for searching the image data stored on the optical disk, and the search. The record address (search data) including the storage address of the image data corresponding to the key on the optical disk and the image size is stored.

Next, the operation of document registration in the electronic filing apparatus 1a thus configured will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

When the image of the document is read by the scanner 18 (step 201), the CPU 34 confirms the read state (step 202).

When the image is normally read, it is developed as image information on the image memory 50.

When an abnormality occurs in the reading state, the process is temporarily stopped and a message according to the content of the abnormality, the image and title of the final registration document are displayed on the screen of the CRT 24 (step 203). There are the following cases where abnormalities occur in such document reading.

No document is placed on the scanner 18.

A document jam occurs in the scanner 18.

The settings of the scanner 18 have been changed.

The scanner 18 is not powered on.

The scanner 18 is being prepared.

The size of the document placed on the scanner 18 has changed.

A mechanical failure has occurred in the scanner 18.

In step 202, after the document is normally read by the image memory 50, a portion designated in advance from the image information of the document in the image memory 50 is cut out, and the characters of the image cut out by the character reading device 59 are directly extracted. After reading (step 204), the character code information after the reading is identified as a character (step 205).

If the determination result is normal, the title of the document to be registered in the optical disc of the optical disc device 22 is generated from the determined character (step 206).

If the discrimination result is not correct, information as fraud discrimination is generated and a title is generated (step 2).
07). In the case of character discrimination, there are the following cases where fraudulent discrimination occurs.

The document has defects (tilt, paper, etc.).

A stain is attached to the character to be discriminated.

The character to be discriminated is faint or deformed.

After the title is generated in step 207, the image information of the document read in the image memory 50 and the character information of the title are registered in the optical disk of the optical disk device 22 (step 208), and the image information and the character information of the title are registered. It is recorded in the image memory 50 (step 20).
9).

After such registration and recording, it is confirmed whether or not there is a stop instruction from the user (step 210), and if there is no stop instruction, the document is read again by the scanner 18. As a result, a series of processing is automatically maintained.

On the other hand, when the registration stop instruction is issued by the user after the registration and recording of the document, the process is temporarily stopped, and a message showing the content of the stop instruction is given,
The image and title of the final registration document recorded in the image memory 50 are displayed on the screen of the CRT 24 (step 20).
3). In addition, the title discrimination result of the final registration document is displayed at the same time as the title.

Then, in the state where the processing is temporarily stopped due to the abnormality of the scanner 18 or the user's stop instruction, the user is allowed to select either the continuation of the processing or the end of the processing (step 211), and the continuation instruction is given. If so, the document reading by the scanner 18 is performed again, and if it is an end instruction, the process is ended.

In step 203 of FIG. 3, the CRT 24
An example of the screen displayed in FIG. That is, when the registration is stopped during the automatic registration, a message indicating the stopped contents, an image and a title of the final registration document, and a discrimination result are displayed on the screen of the CRT 24, as shown in FIG. The specific contents of the parts indicated by the reference numerals in FIG. 3 are as follows.

(A) Display of the number of documents read and the number of registered documents when registration is stopped. (B) Image display of the last registered document on the optical disc when registration is stopped.

(C) Display of a portion on the image of the document where the character is determined by the character reading device. (D) Guidance window displaying messages and final registration documents.

(E) Display of message and stop information for displaying contents according to operation or error.

(F) At the time of the registration stop, the three titles of the title of the document finally registered on the optical disk are read, so three titles are displayed.

(G) In the title of the final registration document,
A symbol that expresses that a fraudulent decision has been made. (H) Function button that displays the contents that can be operated by the user.

In the electronic filing apparatus of this embodiment, the image of the final registration document displayed on the screen of the CRT 24 is displayed when an error such as a paper jam or a double feed occurs in the scanner 18 during automatic registration. Also, by referring to the title and the document discharged to the scanning device, it is possible to surely confirm the registration status and restart the processing without confusing the order. As a result, it is possible to improve the efficiency by eliminating the work that occurs due to an error in the registration order. Also,
By displaying the character discrimination result together with the final registration document, it is possible to confirm whether the title is normally registered when the registration is stopped. As a result, if the determination result is incorrect, it is possible to appropriately determine the cause of the incorrectness by checking the state of the scanner 18 and the discharged document.

[0050]

As described above, according to the present invention, when the registration operation is temporarily stopped, the last registered document can be easily identified by displaying the image and title of the document immediately before the stop. can do.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of an electronic filing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing an operation of document registration in the electronic filing device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a screen when registration is stopped during execution of automatic registration according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1a ... Electronic filing device 18 ... Scanner 22 ... Optical disk device 24 ... CRT 34 ... CPU 50 ... Image memory 59 ... Character reading device

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. An image reading unit for sequentially and successively reading images of a plurality of documents, an image at a predetermined position of the image read by the reading unit is cut out, and characters at the cutout position are recognized as a title of the document. Recognizing means, registration means for registering an image read by the image reading means with the title recognized by the recognizing means, and registration operation from the reading by the image reading means to the registration by the registering means. And a display unit for displaying the title of the document immediately before the operation is stopped during the execution of the image processing apparatus. 2. An image reading means for sequentially and continuously reading images of a plurality of documents, an image at a predetermined position of the image read by the reading means is cut out, and characters at the cut-out position are recognized as a title of the document. Recognizing means, registration means for registering an image read by the image reading means with the title recognized by the recognizing means, and registration operation from the reading by the image reading means to the registration by the registering means. An image processing apparatus comprising: a display unit for displaying an image and a title of a document immediately before the operation is stopped when the operation is stopped. 3. An image reading means for sequentially and successively reading images of a plurality of documents, an image at a predetermined position of the image read by the reading means is cut out, and characters at the cut-out position are recognized as a title of the document. Recognizing means, registration means for registering an image read by the image reading means with the title recognized by the recognizing means, and registration operation from the reading by the image reading means to the registration by the registering means. When the operation is stopped during execution of the image processing apparatus, the image processing apparatus further comprises a display unit for displaying an image and a title of the document immediately before the stop together with a message indicating the stopped content. 4. An image reading means for sequentially and successively reading images of a plurality of documents, an image at a predetermined position of the image read by the reading means is cut out, and characters at the cut-out position are recognized as a title of the document. Recognizing means, holding means for temporarily holding the image read by the image reading means and the title recognized by the recognizing means, and the title recognized by the recognizing means on the image read by the image reading means. When the operation is stopped during execution of the registration operation between the registration means associated with and registered by the image reading means and the registration by the registration means, the holding means holds the message together with a message indicating the stopped content. An image processing apparatus comprising: a display unit for displaying an image and a title of a document immediately before being stopped.