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Document rearrangement system

  • US 4,601,003 A
  • Filed: 11/22/1983
  • Issued: 07/15/1986
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/24/1982
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A computer-processed apparatus for storing electrical document image information representing paper documents in accordance with a changeable rearranging/indexing system and for performing the filing of the document information, said apparatus comprising:

  • (a) a memory device for storing a totality of document information;

    (b) first display means for displaying the content of document image information;

    (c) second display means for visually displaying a hierarchical structure of document filing system, which represents hierarchical relationship among filing positions of document information, by using picture image patterns including pictorial illustrations of office supplied and furniture for filing paper documents, said picture image patterns representing pictorial filing items arranged in a hierarchical sequence and providing an operator a model image of an actual work plate; and

    (d) control means, connected to said memory device and said first and second display means, for controlling said first display means to display the content of input document information to be newly filed and for controlling said second display means to sequentially display picture image patterns in such a manner that said second display means displays a first picture image pattern representing parent pictorial items in the hierarchical filing structure to thereby allow the operator to select a desired filing place in which the input document information is stored and changes its display screen to display a second picture image pattern, which enlarges and illustrates child/sibling pictorial items included in one of the parent items which is selected by the operator, and repeating its display operation until one of the most-specific descendant pictorial items is designated by the operator, whereby the operator is free from manually creating data for identifying the input document information from the other document information which have been filled in said apparatus so that the operator can be allowed to file the input document information in the same manner as he files actual paper documents using actual office supplies.

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