Information record/retrieval device

• US 4,797,946 A
• Filed: 12/11/1986
• Issued: 01/10/1989
• Est. Priority Date: 12/11/1985
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Kamada, Hiroshi, Katsuta, Yuji, Kita, Sumio, Takano, Sakuharu
• Primary Examiner(s): Boudreau, Leo H.
• Application Number:
  US06/940,411
• Time in Patent Office: 761 Days
• Field of Search: 382/61, 382/56, 235/375, 235/385, 235/425
• US Class Current: 382/306
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/40 of multimedia data, e.g. slideshows comprising image and additional audio data retrieval of still image data G06F16/50; retrieval of audio data G06F16/60; retrieval of video data G06F16/70
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/48 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually

Abstract

An information record/retrieval device registers information by storing retrieval information formed thereon and searches desired information by using the stored retrieval information. Retrieval information is formed in a specified format which can be entered through an image input device which feeds image information to a control processing unit.

Claims

1. An information record/retrieval device for registering stored information according to retrieval data associated therewith and retrieving desired information by searching the retrieval data register in response to input retrieval data, comprising:

image input means for optically inputting information to be stored and coded retrieval data associated therewith;

information storage means for storing said information;

retrieval storage means for storing retrieval data associated with information stored in said information storage means;

retrieval systematic storage means for storing retrieval data corresponding to coded retrieval data;

image output means for outputting desired information;

display means for displaying input information and output information;

keyboard means for inputting retrieval data and commands for executing a registration operation or a retrieval operation;

memory means for receiving information from said image input means during said registration operation and from said information storage means during said retrieval operation, and for receiving retrieval data from said retrieval systematic storage means in response to the input of coded retrieval data during said registration operation and from said retrieval storage means during said retrieval operation; and

central processing unit (CPU) control means for matching stored information with input retrieval data during said retrieval operation and for transferring matched information from said information storage means to said memory means, controlling the output of matched information on said image output means from said memory means, and controlling the operation of information transfer among said image input means, memory means, information storage, retrieval storage, and retrieval systematic storage means.

2. The device of claim 1 wherein said information and coded retrieval data are recorded on optically readable sheets.

3. An information input/output device for storing and generating information recorded on a sheet, comprising:

image input means for reading information recorded on an original document sheet, an OMR (Optical Mark Reader) sheet and an OCR (Optical Character Reader) sheet;

storage means for storing the information read by said image input means;

sheet generating means for creating information in a format to be recorded on an OMR sheet and an OCR sheet; and

image output means for outputting information stored in said storage means and information created by said sheet generating means.

4. The device of claim 3, wherein said image input means includes means for judging whether a sheet being read is an original document, an OMR sheet or an OCR sheet;

means for inputting an image of an original document;

means for reading marks of OMR sheets and characters of OCR sheets; and

control means responsive to said means for judging for controlling the operation of said means for inputting and means for reading.