JP2000148790A - Method and device for filling and storage medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method and device for filing which can efficiently perform input and retrieval without wasting a memory and know temporal elapse information of data in a field document. SOLUTION: A control part 5 performs control so that, when image data are inputted and filed, if the inputted document data are an update document B of a document A which is already filed, the document A is specified and compared with the document B to extract added image, information regarding the added images is inputted, and information regarding the extracted added image and inputted added image is stored in a memory 6.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to an electronic document filing method and apparatus, and a storage medium storing a control program for controlling the filing apparatus.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In general, electronic document filing is a database technology that is paperless, easy to search and easy to correct, and is expected to become more widespread in the future.

FIG. 18 is a flowchart showing the flow of a conventional electronic document filing registration operation. In each of the flowcharts described below, black stars in the drawings indicate processes that require user intervention.

An original is set on the scanner and the scanner is started (step S1801). Then, the operator inputs the name of the document read by the scanner (step S1802), and further inputs the keyword of the read document (step S180).
3) The registration is completed.

[0005]

By the way, in the above-mentioned conventional filing method, when the information is registered before, but is printed out and used at a meeting or the like, and writing is performed,
In addition, a new registration (hereinafter referred to as means 1) or
It was necessary to input the written matter from the keyboard and update it (hereinafter referred to as means 2).

However, the means 1 has a drawback in that many similar documents exist, which wastes memory. Further, there is a disadvantage that the search is confused. Further, even if a previous document is deleted, there is a drawback that time lapse information of data in the document is not known, which causes inconvenience.

On the other hand, the means 2 has a disadvantage that it requires a considerable amount of time for input and is inefficient.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, and a first object of the present invention is to efficiently input and search without wasting memory. It is another object of the present invention to provide a filing method and a filing apparatus which can perform time-lapse information of data in a filing document.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a storage medium storing a control program capable of smoothly controlling the above-described filing apparatus of the present invention.

[0010]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a filing method for inputting image data and filing the input image data. If the document is the updated document B of the document A, a document specifying step of specifying the document A;
An additional image extracting step of comparing the document B and the document A to extract an additional image; an information inputting step of inputting information relating to the additional image; and an information storage storing the additional image and information relating to the additional image. And a process.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a filing method according to the first aspect, wherein when inputting and filing image data, updating the document A in which the input image data has already been filed. In the case of the document B, the document B is divided into regions and the character portion performs character recognition, thereby creating a document layout and a keyword,
A document identification step of identifying a filed document A therefrom; an additional image extraction step of comparing the document B with the document A to extract an additional image; and an information input step of inputting information about the additional image. , A storage step of storing the additional image and information related to the additional image.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a filing method comprising the steps of:
A printing step of printing a selection code on the print when printing the document, and a document recognition for recognizing an original filing document C from the selection code when inputting the document D with the selection code added with new information. An additional image extracting step of comparing the document D and the document C to extract an additional image; and a document adding step of hierarchically adding the additional image to the original filing document Document C. It is characterized by having.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a filing method according to the third aspect, wherein when the document D is input, the inclination of the document is determined from the sorting code. It is characterized by having a correction step for correcting.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a filing method according to any one of the first to third or fourth aspects, wherein the information relating to the additional image extracted in the additional image extracting step is provided. And an information attaching step of attaching the information.

In order to achieve the first object, a filing method according to claim 6 is characterized in that, in the filing method according to claims 1 to 4 or 5, the information on the additional image is an additional time. And

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, there is provided a filing method according to any one of the first to fifth or sixth aspects, wherein the information related to the additional image extracted in the additional image extracting step. And a keyword input step of inputting a keyword.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a filing apparatus for updating a document A in which the input image data has already been filed, when inputting and filing image data. If the document is a document B, a document specifying unit for specifying the document A;
An additional image extracting means for extracting an additional image by comparing the information with the document A, an information inputting means for inputting information relating to the additional image, and an additional image extracted by the additional image extracting means and inputting by the information inputting means. Storage means for storing information on the added image.

In order to achieve the first object, a filing apparatus according to a ninth aspect of the present invention is the filing apparatus according to the eighth aspect, wherein the document specifying means divides the document B into regions and the character portion is By performing character recognition, a document layout and a keyword are created, and a filed document A is specified from them.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a filing apparatus for printing a filing document C, wherein a printing means for printing a selection code on the print and new information are added. A document recognizing means for recognizing the original filing document C from the screening code when the document D with the screening code is input, and an additional image extraction for comparing the document D and the document C to extract an additional image Means and document adding means for adding the additional image hierarchically to the original filing document document C.

In order to achieve the first object, the filing apparatus according to the eleventh aspect is characterized in that, in the filing apparatus according to the tenth aspect, when the document D is input, the inclination of the document is determined from the sorting code. It is characterized by having correction means for correcting.

According to a twelfth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a filing apparatus for achieving the first object.
12. The filing apparatus according to claim 11, further comprising an information attaching unit for attaching information on the additional image extracted by the additional image extracting unit.

Further, in order to achieve the first object, the filing apparatus according to the thirteenth aspect has the following features.
13. The filing apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the information on the additional image is an additional time.

Further, in order to achieve the first object, the filing apparatus according to the fourteenth aspect has the following features.
14. The filing apparatus according to claim 13, further comprising a keyword input unit for inputting a keyword as information relating to the additional image extracted by the additional image extraction unit.

In order to achieve the second object, a storage medium according to claim 15 is a storage medium for storing a control program for controlling a filing device for filing a document, wherein the control program is When inputting and filing image data, if the input image data is an updated document B of document A that has already been filed, specify document A and compare document B with document A. A control module for extracting the additional image, inputting the information regarding the additional image, and controlling to store the additional image and the information regarding the additional image.

In order to achieve the second object, a storage medium according to claim 16 is a storage medium for storing a control program for controlling a filing apparatus for filing a document. When inputting and filing image data, if the input image data is an updated document B of document A which has already been filed, the document B is divided into regions and the character portion performs character recognition. , A document layout and a keyword are created, a filed document A is specified therefrom, the document B and the document A are compared to extract an additional image, information about the additional image is input, and the additional image is input. And a control module for controlling to store information on the additional image.

In order to achieve the second object, a storage medium according to claim 17 is a storage medium for storing a control program for controlling a filing apparatus for filing a document, wherein the control program is When printing the filing document C, a screening code is printed on the print, and when inputting the screening code-added document D to which new information is added, the original filing document C is recognized from the screening code, A control module for comparing the document D with the document C to extract an additional image, and controlling the additional image to be hierarchically added to the original filing document document C. And

[0027] In order to achieve the second object, the storage medium according to claim 18 is the storage medium according to claim 17, wherein the control program, when inputting the document D, uses the selection code And a control module for performing a control to correct the inclination of the original from the step (a).

In order to achieve the second object, the storage medium according to claim 19 is the storage medium according to claims 15 to 17 or 18, wherein the control program is:
A control module for controlling to attach information on the extracted additional image.

In order to achieve the second object, the storage medium according to claim 20 is the storage medium according to claims 15 to 18 or 19, wherein the information on the additional image is an additional time. And

Further, in order to achieve the second object, the storage medium according to claim 21 is the storage medium according to claims 15 to 19 or 20, wherein the control program is:
The image processing apparatus further includes a control module for performing a control to input a keyword as information on the extracted additional image.

[0031]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS.

(First Embodiment) First, the first embodiment of the present invention will be described.
The embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a system configuration of a filing apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the filing apparatus includes a scanner 1 for reading a document and converting it into an electric signal, a printer 2 for outputting an image on a recording paper, an operation unit 3 for an operator to perform various key inputs, and It has a display unit 4 for displaying various information such as file documents and an operation screen as a touch panel, a control unit 5 for controlling the entire system, and a memory 6 for storing file documents and the like.

Next, the filing registration operation of the filing apparatus according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

First, when a document is set on the scanner 1 and filing registration work is started, the scanner 1 is started in step S201 to read the document. This read original is referred to as a document B.

Next, in step S202, the user is asked whether the document B is an updated document of a document already registered in the memory 6.

As a method of inquiring, for example, a display as shown on a display screen 301 in FIG. 3 is performed. The user clicks the “Yes” or “No” button using the mouse. Note that the thick box around the “No” button indicates “N”.
"o" indicates that the button is selected by default when the return key is pressed.

Then, in step S202,
If the document is the first registration, the process proceeds to step S203, and the name of the document is input. As an input method, for example, a display as shown on a display screen 302 in FIG. 3 is performed. Input with the keyboard in the square and press the "OK" button or the return key. In the present embodiment, the user is required to input a word. However, if an OCR (character recognition) function is provided, the number of words having a large font size or the first character can be counted using the character recognition result. A pattern may be displayed and the user may select it.

Next, after inputting the keyword of the document body in step S204, the main registration processing operation ends. FIG.
Display screen 303 shows a display example of keyword input.
Note that, as in the case of name input, frequently appearing words may be automatically registered as keywords using the OCR function.
In this case, the black star in step S204 disappears.

On the other hand, if it is determined in step S202 that the document is an updated document, the flow advances to step S205 to specify a document (hereinafter referred to as document A) as a source of the updated document. Here, a display as shown in the display screen 304 of FIG. 3 is performed. On this display screen 304, reference numeral 3041 denotes a directory level switch button. When this switch button is pressed, a pull-down menu appears on the display screen 304 and the directory can be moved. Reference numeral 3042 denotes the name of a document in the directory displayed on the switch button 3041.

In filing, it is possible to belong to a plurality of directories. This is because it is more convenient for humans to search.

When the document A is selected in the step S205, the document A and the document B are compared in the next step S206 to extract different blocks. In this embodiment, binarization is performed and pixel-by-pixel comparison is performed as a method of this comparison. However, a simple comparison results in a shift due to the reading level (γ) of the scanner or the inclination of the document. FIG. 4 shows an example of this shift, in which the letter A, which is a part of the document A and the document B, is enlarged. In the figure, the document A (401) is scanned at a low reading level, and thus has many black character portions. Also, the document B (402) has fewer black characters compared to the document A (401), and 12 pixels indicated by “x” are different when compared in pixel units.

Next, an example of a method of extracting a different block by comparing documents, which is the process of step S206, will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

First, in step S501, the resolution is reduced to 1/4.
To The value of 1/4 should be tuned according to the characteristics of the scanner (resolution, rising characteristics, etc.), and 1/8 may be better, and 1/16 may be better.
Might be better. However, if it is too coarse, some information will not be picked up.

In this embodiment, the resolution is converted in such a manner that, if even one pixel in 4 × 4 pixels contains black, the resolution is converted to black. By this processing, the document A 401 in FIG. 4 becomes as shown by 601 in FIG. 6, and the document A (402) in FIG.
Is as shown by 602 in FIG.

Next, in step S502, an image having a coarse resolution is compared for each pixel at two levels of 1, 0 (because it is a binary image), and if different, an image of 1 is created and if the same, 0 is created. In the example of FIG. 6, the mark at the cross mark is 1 and the others are 0.

This processing will be described with reference to the image example of FIG. Referring to FIG. 7, reference numeral 701 denotes an image obtained by reducing the resolution of document A to １ ／, and reference numeral 702 denotes an image obtained by reducing the resolution of document B to １ ／. The image is compared in step S502 to create an image C (703). In the image C (703), a plurality of isolated dots represented by X in 602 in FIG. 6 appear.

Next, in step S503, the image C (70
3) The process of removing isolated dots is performed. In the present embodiment, the pixel thinning process is performed two-dimensionally. next,
In step S504, the resolution is further reduced, and the pixels are sorted into the same group as the adjacent black dots, and the rectangle (start point (s
x, sy) and size (x, y)). Next, in step S505, an image of the document B (the resolution of the scanner) that falls within the rectangle created in step S504 is cut out to extract an additional image, and then the present processing operation ends.

The above is the description of the processing in step S206 in FIG.

Returning to FIG. 2, in step S207, the number of blocks extracted in step S206 is substituted for m. In the example of FIG. 7, m = 5. Then, step S208, step S209, and step S
In step 213, the operations of steps S210 to S212 are repeated m times through a loop. That is, step S20
In step S209, i is set to 0, and in step S209, i is set to m.
It is determined whether it is smaller than. If i is not smaller than m, this processing operation ends without performing any processing, and if i is smaller than m, the process proceeds to the next step S210.

In step S210, the extracted image is displayed to the user to ask whether or not to attach a keyword. When attaching a keyword, step S
Go to 211 and enter a keyword. FIG. 8 shows a display screen of an example of the keyword input operation. For each extracted image, a query may be made as to whether to enter a keyword, and at the same time, as to whether to add or delete this image. FIG.
Shows an example in which selection of an “add” button and “delete” button and input of a keyword are performed simultaneously.

Next, input time information (month, day, hour) is attached to the additional image not deleted in step S212.
Next, after adding 1 to i in step S213, the process returns to step S209, and it is determined whether or not i is smaller than m.
Repeat several times.

On the other hand, if no keyword is attached in step S210, the process skips step S211 and proceeds to step S212 to attach input time information (month, day, hour) to the additional image that has not been deleted. .

With the above processing, additional image information was created. When the user views this, the user can select “display” or “not display” the additional image information from a menu or the like.

If the keyword is not input as an ID (identifier), the block may not be made visible. Further, the keyword may be used only as an identifier of the block.

When the additional image button is clicked twice, additional time information and additional image information such as a keyword may be displayed.

As described above, the extracted image and information (keyword and time information) relating to the extracted image are stored in the memory 6 in association with the document A. As a result, for document B, the added portion may be stored, and the memory capacity can be saved.

Further, when the document B ′ obtained by modifying the document B is read from the scanner, the changed block is further extracted from the document B, and keywords and time information are attached. The extracted image and information (keyword and time information) related to the extracted image are stored in the memory 6 in association with the document A.

Thus, the contents of the image sequentially changed from the document A, the keyword of the image, and information such as when the image A is changed can be easily determined. Also,
Since the changed blocks are stored, the memory capacity can be saved.

If the portion changed from document A to document B is changed again to document B ', the contents of document B' are first displayed, and the document B is clicked again to perform the operation. May be displayed.

(Second Embodiment) Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described.
The embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 9 and 10. FIG.

Note that the system configuration of the filing apparatus according to the present embodiment is the same as that of the first embodiment described above with reference to FIG.
Since it is the same as that of FIG.

In this embodiment, it is premised that a screening code is printed out when a filing document is printed.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing the flow of the Talinto operation of the filing apparatus according to the present embodiment.

First, in step S901, a query is made as to whether or not to attach a selection code to the user. If a selection code is to be attached, the selection code is printed out in the next step S902, for example, at the upper right corner of the document. This may be a human-readable character or a barcode, but here, a barcode is used. Naturally, it is also possible to print various information in addition to the code indicating the document.

Next, printout is performed in step S903, and this processing operation ends.

On the other hand, if the selection code is not added in step S901, the process skips step S902 and prints out in step S903.

Next, the filing operation performed on the premise of the above-described sorting code printing will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

In FIG. 10, steps different from FIG. 2 of the above-described first embodiment are steps S1002, S1003 and S1004.

First, when a document is set on the scanner and filing registration work is started, the scanner 1 is activated in step S1001 to read the document. This read original is referred to as a document D.

Next, in step S1002, a sorting code at the upper right corner of the document is searched. And if there is a sorting sign,
In step S1003, the document code is identified by decoding the sorting code. Next, after correcting the inclination of the document from the sorting code in step S1004, the process proceeds to step S1007. Note that this step S1004 is not always necessary, but if there is, the subsequent comparison between the document C and the document D,
There is a merit that errors are reduced in various processes (such as OCR).

On the other hand, if there is no sorting code in step S1002, the flow advances to step S1005 to ask the user whether document D is an updated document of a document already registered in memory 6. If the document is the first registration document, the process proceeds to step S1015, where the name of the document is input, and the keyword is input in the next step S1016, followed by terminating the present processing operation.

On the other hand, if it is determined in step S1015 that the document is an updated document, the flow advances to step S1006 to specify a document (hereinafter referred to as document A) as a source of the updated document, and then the flow advances to step S1007.

In step S1007, document C and document D
To extract a block of the additional image. The method of this extraction may be the same as in the first embodiment described above, or may be another method.

Next, in step S1008, the number of blocks extracted in step S1007 is substituted for m. Then, Step S1009, Step S101
0, step S114 via a loop in step S1014
011 and the operation of step S1012 are repeated m times.
That is, i is set to 0 in step S1009, and it is determined in the next step S1010 whether i is smaller than m. If i is not smaller than m, this processing operation ends without performing any processing, and if i is smaller than m, the process proceeds to the next step S1011.

In step S1011, the extracted image is displayed to the user to ask whether to attach a keyword. If a keyword is to be attached, the keyword is input in step S1012. Next, step S
Input time information (month, day, hour) is attached to the additional image not deleted in 1013. Next, step S1014
After adding 1 to i, the process returns to step S1010, where it is determined whether or not i is smaller than m.
The processing from step 11 to step S1014 is repeated m times.

On the other hand, if no keyword is attached in step S1010, the process proceeds to step S1012.
And skips to step S1013 to attach the input time information (month, day, hour) to the additional image that has not been deleted.

If the step of inquiring the sorting code in step S901 in FIG. 9 is unnecessary (if all the sorting codes are to be attached or not attached, special designation processing is necessary in a menu or the like). In the case of the registration work, the branch of step S902 is eliminated, and FIG.
Steps S1005 and S1006 are unnecessary. Then, step S901 in FIG.
Steps S1005 and S1006 are all steps marked with a black star, which has the advantage of not requiring the user's hand.

(Third Embodiment) Next, a third embodiment of the present invention will be described.
The embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.

The system configuration of the filing apparatus according to the present embodiment is the same as that of the first embodiment described above with reference to FIG.
Since it is the same as that of FIG.

It is assumed that the filing apparatus according to the present embodiment has template registration. The user can register the template by himself / herself, and can also automatically register the filed document based on the result of region division.

FIG. 16 shows an example of the template. In the figure, reference numerals 1601 and 1602 denote character areas, and 1603
Is a graphic area. Reference numeral 1604 denotes a partition, which is a line that actually exists in the document as an image.

The template (1) is created from an area divided when a cover page of a patent is read. The template (2) is created from electronic data in the format of a proposal. At this time, an interface is provided for the user to make fine adjustments on the template created from the area division as in the template (1). This is because, as a result of the area division, for example, although the character area 1602 created from Patent A is small, depending on the patent, if there is a possibility that characters may be present in the area divided by the partition 1604, the area is enlarged. can do.

This will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 17 shows Patent A
FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a result of region division by. In the figure, 1
Although 701 has become one large character area, if it is desired to make it into five small areas for filing purposes, the user can divide the area by designating the division.
Also, 1702 and 1703 have been separated into two.
When it is desired to enlarge the area divided by 4 as much as possible, the enlargement can be performed by performing enlargement designation after combining by user's combination designation. In addition, 1704 can be enlarged by specifying enlargement in other patents because there is a possibility that characters are present in the full partition 1604. In addition, 17
Similarly, the graphic area 05 can be enlarged by enlargement designation.

The document to be filed will be described later with reference to FIG.
, The search information creation process described below is always performed, and the registration number of the similar template is attached to the document.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing the flow of a filing registration operation of the filing apparatus according to the present embodiment. First, a document is input in step S1101. For example, when a document is set on the scanner 1 and filing registration work is started, the scanner 1 is activated and reads the document, or receives a document read by the scanner 1 at a remote location via a communication line. . This input document (read document) is referred to as a document B. Next, in step S1102, search information of document B, which is an input document, is created. An example of this search information creation method will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

First, in step S1201, the input image data is divided into regions. An example of this area dividing method will be described with reference to the flowchart in FIG.

First, in step S1501, the resolution is reduced to 1 /
4 Next, in step S1502, an object is extracted by tracing the outline of a cluster of black pixels. Next, in step S1503, adjacent objects are combined if the conditions are met, and then this processing operation ends.

Returning to FIG. 12, the description will be continued.

In step S1202, step S15
01 is compared with the registered template. Next, in step S1203, it is determined whether there is a template similar to the registered template. If there is a template similar to the registered template, the process proceeds to step S1204; otherwise, the process proceeds to step S120.
Go to step 5.

In step S1204, the template number is attached to the attribute information of document B. In step S1205, the area information of document B is registered as a new template, and the template number is attached to the attribute information of document B. After the processing of step S1204 and step S1205 is completed,
Proceeding to 1206, character recognition is performed on an area determined to be a text area by area division. Next, step S120
At step 7, keywords are extracted from the character recognition result at step S1206, attached to the document B, and the processing operation ends. By such a process, the document B is attached with information as shown in FIG.

Returning to FIG. 11, the description will be continued.

In step S1103, the above-mentioned step S11 is executed.
In step 02, a similar document is searched from the registered documents based on the search information created. An example of the similar document search method will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

[0094] A template number and keyword information are attached to a document that has already been registered.

In step S1401, it is determined whether or not there is a document having the same template number in the registered document. If there is a document having the same template number, the process proceeds to step S1402, and the keyword attached to the document having the same template number has the strictness n.
In step S1404, it is determined that there is a matching document. In step S1404, it is determined that there is a hit document, and the process ends.

On the other hand, if there is no document having the same template number in the registered document in step S1401,
Proceeding to step S1403, it is determined whether or not there is a document that matches the keyword with the strictness p. If there is a document, it is determined that there is a hit document in step S1404, and the process ends. If it is determined in step S1403 that there is no document in which the keyword matches with the strictness p, the process proceeds to step S1405 to determine that there is no hit document, and ends this processing operation. Also, in step S1402, if there is no document in which the attached keyword matches with the strictness n in the documents having the same template number, the process proceeds to step S1405.
This processing operation ends.

Since there may be a plurality of hit documents,
If the number of hits is too large, there is also a method of further increasing the strictness and performing a re-search (here, n <p, that is, the strictness is higher when there is no document with a matching template). This keyword search method may be performed from the attached keyword information, or may be performed by full-text search of all registered documents. It is a trade-off between time and accuracy.

Returning to FIG. 11, the description will be continued.

In step S1104, it is determined whether there is a hit document. If there is a hit document, the process proceeds to step S1105; otherwise, the process proceeds to step S1107.

In step S1105, all the hit images are displayed as thumbnails and the user is made to select them. Even if there is only one hit image, it is displayed to allow the user to select whether or not the original document is the document B. If all the hit documents have been selected, the process proceeds to step S1109; otherwise, the process proceeds to step S1107.

In step S1107, a message "Update document could not be automatically searched" is displayed.
Ask the user, "Do you want to identify the source document?" If the determination in step S1107 is affirmative (Yes), the flow advances to step S1108 to input the name of the document, and then to step S1109.

On the other hand, if the result of step S1107 is negative (No), that is, if new registration is acceptable, step S1107 is executed.
Go to 118. Hereinafter, the update source document is described as document A.

In step S1109, document A and document B
Extract the different regions between This is performed, for example, in comparing the segmentation results of the document A and the document B.

Next, in step S1110, the number of areas extracted in step S1109 is substituted for m.
Then, steps S1111, S1112, and S1117 are performed through a loop in step S1113.
Then, the processing from step S1116 is repeated. That is, i is set to 0 in step S1111, and step S111
At 2, it is determined whether i is smaller than m. If i is smaller than m, a keyword is automatically generated based on the OCR result in the target area in step S1113.

Next, in step S1114, the user is asked whether the keyword automatically generated in step S1113 is sufficient. If the automatically generated keyword is acceptable, the process proceeds directly to step S1116. If the keyword is not acceptable, the process proceeds to step S1115 after the user inputs the keyword in step S1115. FIG. 8 shows a display screen of an example of the keyword input operation. At the same time as "Do you enter a keyword for each extracted image?" Is this image added or deleted? "May be asked. In FIG. 8, an "Add" button,
The example illustrates a case where the selection of the “Delete” button and the input of the keyword are performed at the same time. In this case, a selection without a keyword is also possible.

In step S1116, time information is attached to the additional image that has not been deleted. Next, step S1
After adding 1 to i in step 117, the process returns to step S1112 to determine whether i is smaller than m. And
If i is not smaller than m, this processing operation ends without performing any processing.

On the other hand, if the result of step S1107 is negative (No), that is, if new registration is sufficient, step S1107 is executed.
At 118, the OCR title and keywords are displayed,
In the next step S1119, it is determined whether or not the display in step S1118 is acceptable. If the display is acceptable, the process ends without performing any processing. If the display is not acceptable, the process proceeds to step S1120. The processing operation ends.

With the above processing, additional image information was created. When the user views this, the user can select “display” or “not display” the additional image information from a menu or the like. If this keyword is not input as an ID (identifier), the region may not be made visible. Further, the keyword may be used only as an identifier of the block. When the additional image button is clicked twice, additional image information such as time information and a keyword may be displayed.

[0109]

As described in detail above, according to the filing method of claims 1 to 3 and the filing apparatus of claims 6 to 10 of the present invention, an additional image is extracted and hierarchically added to the original filing document. With the addition, it is possible to effectively use the memory, and it is possible to easily search.

According to the filing method of the third aspect and the filing apparatus of the tenth aspect of the present invention, it is possible to eliminate the necessity of specifying the document C by printing the sorting code when printing.

According to the filing method of the present invention and the filing apparatus of the present invention, by correcting the inclination of the original by the sorting code, it is possible to improve the accuracy of the subsequent processing. It works.

According to the filing method of the sixth aspect and the filing apparatus of the thirteenth aspect of the present invention, when additional images are added hierarchically, time information is also attached, so that the data in the filing document can be stored. Understand time information.

According to the filing method of claim 7 and the filing apparatus of claim 14, when adding additional images hierarchically, a keyword is attached to secure the confidentiality of information. be able to.

Further, as described in the above-described second embodiment, if the selection code is always printed out, steps S901 in FIG. 9 and steps S1005 and S1006 in FIG. The part that requires a hand is greatly reduced, and it is closer to automatic processing.

Furthermore, according to the storage medium of claims 15 to 21 of the present invention, the above-described filing apparatus of the present invention can be controlled smoothly.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a system configuration of a filing apparatus according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a filing registration operation flow of the filing apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a display screen in the filing apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of an image shift between a document A and a document B in the filing apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a flow of an additional image extracting operation in the filing apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

6 is a diagram showing an image obtained by reducing the resolution of the image of FIG. 4 to 1/4.

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a change in an image due to an additional image extracting operation in the filing apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a display screen for inputting an additional image keyword in the filing apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating a flow of a printing operation in the filing apparatus according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing a filing operation flow in the filing apparatus according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing a filing operation flow in the filing apparatus according to the third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart illustrating a flow of a search information creating operation in the filing apparatus according to the third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating an example of information attached to a document B in the filing device according to the third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing a flow of a similar document search operation in the filing apparatus according to the third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 15 is a flowchart showing a flow of a region dividing operation in the filing apparatus according to the third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 16 is a diagram illustrating an example of a template in a filing apparatus according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 17 is a diagram showing a region division result according to Patent A in a filing apparatus according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 18 is a flowchart showing a filing operation flow of a conventional filing apparatus.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Scanner 2 Printer 3 Operation part 4 Display part 5 Control part 6 Memory

Claims (21)

[Claims] When inputting and filing image data, if the input image data is an updated document B of a document A already filed, a document specifying step of specifying the document A; B, an additional image extracting step of extracting an additional image by comparing the document A, an information inputting step of inputting information on the additional image, and an information storing step of storing the additional image and information on the additional image. A filing method comprising: 2. When inputting and filing image data, if the input image data is an updated document B of a document A that has already been filed, the document B is divided into regions and a character portion is recognized by characters. A document identification step of creating a document layout and a keyword and identifying a filed document A from them, and an additional image extraction step of comparing the document B and the document A to extract an additional image. A filing method, comprising: an information input step of inputting information relating to the additional image; and a storage step of storing the additional image and information relating to the additional image. 3. When printing a filing document C, a printing step of printing a selection code on the print, and when inputting the selection code-added document D to which new information has been added, A document recognition step of recognizing a filing document C; an additional image extracting step of comparing the document D with the document C to extract an additional image; And a document adding step of adding a document to the document. 4. The filing method according to claim 3, further comprising, when inputting the document D, a correction step of correcting the inclination of the document based on the selection code. 5. The filing method according to claim 1, further comprising an information attaching step for attaching information on the additional image extracted in the additional image extracting step. 6. The filing method according to claim 1, wherein the information on the additional image is an additional time. 7. The filing method according to claim 1, further comprising a keyword input step of inputting a keyword as information relating to the additional image extracted in the additional image extraction step. 8. When inputting and filing image data, if the input image data is an updated document B of a document A already filed, a document specifying unit for specifying the document A; B and an additional image extracting unit for extracting an additional image by comparing the document A, an information inputting unit for inputting information regarding the additional image, and an additional image and information inputting unit extracted by the additional image extracting unit. A filing device comprising: a storage unit configured to store information regarding the input additional image. 9. The document specifying unit generates a document layout and a keyword by dividing a region of the document B and performing character recognition on a character portion, and specifies a filed document A from them. The filing apparatus according to claim 8, wherein 10. When printing a filing document C, a printing means for printing a selection code on the print, and when inputting the selection code-added document D to which new information is added, an original code from the selection code is used. A document recognizing unit for recognizing a filing document C; an additional image extracting unit for comparing the document D with the document C to extract an additional image; And a document adding means for adding to the filing device. 11. The filing apparatus according to claim 10, further comprising a correction unit configured to correct the inclination of the document based on the selection code when inputting the document D. 12. The filing apparatus according to claim 8, further comprising information attaching means for attaching information relating to the additional image extracted by said additional image extracting means. 13. The filing apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the information on the additional image is an additional time. 14. The apparatus according to claim 8, further comprising keyword input means for inputting a keyword as information relating to the additional image extracted by said additional image extraction means.
14. The filing apparatus according to 2 or 13. 15. A storage medium for storing a control program for controlling a filing apparatus for filing a document, wherein the control program is configured to, when inputting image data and filing, input the image data already. If the document is the updated document B of the document A, the document A is identified, the document B is compared with the document A, an additional image is extracted, information about the additional image is input, and the additional A storage medium, comprising: a control module for controlling to store an image and information on the additional image. 16. A storage medium for storing a control program for controlling a filing apparatus for filing a document, wherein the control program, when inputting image data and filing, stores the input image data already In the case of the updated document B of the filed document A, the document B is divided into regions and the character part performs character recognition, thereby creating a document layout and a keyword, and specifying the filed document A from them. Comparing the document B and the document A to extract additional images,
A storage medium, comprising: a control module for inputting information about the additional image and controlling to store the additional image and the information about the additional image. 17. A storage medium for storing a control program for controlling a filing device for filing a document, wherein the control program prints a selection code on a print when printing a filing document C, When inputting the document D with screening code to which new information has been added, the original filing document C is recognized from the screening code, and the document D and the document C are compared to extract an additional image. A storage medium, comprising: a control module for controlling to add an additional image hierarchically to a document C that is the original filing document. 18. The storage according to claim 17, wherein the control program has a control module for performing a control to correct the inclination of the document based on the selection code when the document D is input. Medium. 19. The control program according to claim 15, wherein the control program includes a control module for performing a control to attach information on the extracted additional image.
19. The storage medium according to any one of claims 17 to 18. 20. The information according to claim 15, wherein the information on the additional image is an additional time.
The storage medium according to the above. 21. The storage medium according to claim 15, wherein the control program includes a control module for performing control so as to input a keyword as information on the extracted additional image.