Apparatus for cataloging and retrieving image data
First Claim
1. An apparatus for cataloging and retrieving image data obtained by converting scannable documents into image signals, comprisingmemory means for storing image data, search data for searching image data stored in said memory means and reduced image data obtainable by thinning image data stored in said memory means,display means,input means including a search key which can be operated and released for entering a search command, andcontrol means programmed to check whether said search key is operated,to sequentially display on said display means reduced image data from said memory means while said search key is operated, andto display particular image data from said memory means when said search key is released, said particular image data corresponding to the reduced image data being displayed on said display means when said search key is released.
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Abstract
An apparatus for cataloging and retrieving image data is programmed to store not only image data obtained by scanning each original but also reduced image data obtained by thinning these image data and search data used for the convenience in search operations. In a search operation, a plurality of reduced image data may be displayed simultaneously or sequentially with corresponding search data. Image data may be stored in a compressed form so that an increased amount of data can be stored. The apparatus may be programmed such that stored reduced image data are sequentially displayed while a specified key is depressed and particular image data corresponding to the data displayed when the key is released are displayed.
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1. An apparatus for cataloging and retrieving image data obtained by converting scannable documents into image signals, comprising
memory means for storing image data, search data for searching image data stored in said memory means and reduced image data obtainable by thinning image data stored in said memory means, display means, input means including a search key which can be operated and released for entering a search command, and control means programmed to check whether said search key is operated, to sequentially display on said display means reduced image data from said memory means while said search key is operated, and to display particular image data from said memory means when said search key is released, said particular image data corresponding to the reduced image data being displayed on said display means when said search key is released.
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