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Image filing system which has retrieval data containing link information between image data

  • US 5,276,805 A
  • Filed: 05/30/1990
  • Issued: 01/04/1994
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/30/1989
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An image filing system comprising:

  • a first image storage device for storing image data representing a plurality of images;

    a second erasable random-access image storage device for storing image data;

    a retrieval data storage device for storing retrieval data corresponding to the image data stored in said first image storage device, said retrieval data including storage location information of said image data in said first image storage device and key information to retrieve the image data; and

    processing means for specifying image data according to corresponding retrieval data, and for either reading the specified image data from said first image storage device for reproduction, or transferring the specified image data from said first image storage device to said second image storage device and reading the transferred specified image data from said second image storage device for reproduction;

    wherein said processing means comprises a first means for adding link information to the retrieval data corresponding to the specified image data, said link information representing other, related image data relative to the specified image data, which other, related image data need not have been recorded consecutively with said specified image data but which nevertheless is related to said specified image data, and a second means for determining the image data related to the specified image data according to the link information and transferring the determined image data from said first image storage device to said second image storage device.

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