JPH04113466A - Image file retrieval system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To perform fast retrieval by retrieving image data of full size from a main file part after reading out reduced image data from a sub file part and retrieving an image and narrowing down a target. CONSTITUTION:When the image data is retrieved, a key word is inputted from a keyboard 7 first, and the reduced image data on which a corresponding key word is attached is read out from the sub file part 42 of a storage device 4 to display memory 2, and plural images are multi-displayed on a display 5, and a targeted image is narrowed down by observing and retrieving multi- displayed images. Hence, a selected image of full size is read out from the main file part 41 of the storage device 4, and it is displayed on the entire screen of the display 5. In such a way, the fast retrieval can be performed, which shortens retrieval time.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] [Industrial application field] The present invention relates to an image file search system.

[Conventional technology]

As shown in Fig. 2, the conventional image file search system uses input image data D when filing image data.
1 is temporarily stored in the input buffer memory 21, and then transferred to the display memory 22 to display the image on the display 25. Next, while looking at the display screen, operate the pointer 26 such as a mouse and the CP LJ 2B to perform editing processes such as partially reducing or enlarging the image or changing the layout, and then add search keywords to the image data. and files in the storage device 24. In addition, when searching for image data, a keyword is inputted into the keyboard 27, and a plurality of image data to which the corresponding keyword is assigned are sequentially read out from the storage device 24 to the display memory 22 and displayed on the display 25, and the display screen is I am searching by looking and narrowing down my search.

[Invention or problem to be solved]

In the conventional image file search system mentioned above,
Since the image data stored in the storage device is full-sized and has a large amount of data, it takes a long time to read it from the storage device and display it, and therefore there is a problem that high-speed retrieval is not possible.

An object of the present invention is to provide an image file search system that can perform high-speed searches.

[Means to solve the problem]

The image file search system of the present invention is an image file search system that searches a plurality of image data stored with keywords added thereto while displaying the images.
An image storage means for adding a keyword to the image data and storing it; a means for reducing the image data to generate reduced image data; and a reduced image storage means for adding a keyword to the reduced image data and storing it. When searching for the image data, read the image data from the reduced image storage means and search while displaying the image, and after narrowing down the target, read the image data from the image storage means and while displaying the image. Configured to search.

〔Example〕

Next, the present invention will be explained with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention. When filing image data, first, the input image data DI is temporarily stored in the input buffer memory 1, and then transferred to the display memory 2 to display the image on the screen of the display 5. Next, while looking at the display screen of the display 5, edit processing such as partial reduction, enlargement, or layout change of the image is performed by operating the pointer 6 such as a mouse and the CPU 3, and the edited image is stored in the display memory 2. A keyword is assigned to the data and stored in the main file section 41 of the storage device 4. On the other hand, input buffer memory 1
For the Kugata image data D1 once stored in
3, data is thinned out at a predetermined ratio to perform reduction processing. Here, image data reduced to, for example, 1/9 or 1716 is generated, a keyword is added, and the data is stored in the subfile section 42 of the storage device 4. The sub file section 42 is 1/9 or 1/1 compared to the main file section 41.
It stores image data reduced in data amount such as 716.

When searching for image data, first enter a keyword from the keyboard 7 and enter it in the subfile section 42 of the storage device 4.
The reduced image data to which the corresponding keyword has been added is read out to the display memory 2, and a plurality of images are multi-displayed on the display 5.

Search this multi-display screen to narrow down the target images. In this case, since the amount of image data is reduced to 1/9 or 1716, the reading and display time is increased to 9 times or 16 times, etc., compared to the case of full-size image data. Next, the selected image is read out from the main file section 41 of the storage device 4 and displayed on the entire screen of the display 5.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, according to the present invention, a storage device is provided with a main file section and a sub file section, full size image data is filed in the main file section, and reduced image data is filed in the sub file section. It has a double structure, and when searching, it first reads the reduced image data from the sub-file section and displays it in multiple formats to search for images.After narrowing down the target, it reads the full-size image data from the main file section and searches. By doing so, it is possible to read and display image data from the sub-file portion at high speed, thereby enabling high-speed search and shortening search time.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a professional diagram showing a conventional image file search system. 1.21...Input buffer memory, 2,22.
...Display memory, 3,23...CPU,
4, 24... Storage device, 5, 25...
Display, 6, 26... Pointer, 7, 2
7...Keyboard, 41...Main file section, 42...--Sub file section.

Claims (1)

[Claims] An image file retrieval system for reading out and displaying a plurality of image data stored with keywords, comprising an image storage means for storing the image data with keywords added thereto, and reducing the image data by reducing the size of the image data. The apparatus includes means for generating image data, and reduced image storage means for adding and storing keywords to the reduced image data, and when searching for the image data, reads out the image data from the reduced image storage means and stores the image. An image file search system characterized in that a search is performed while displaying an image, and after narrowing down a target, image data is read from the image storage means and a search is performed while displaying the image.