Image output devices which automatically selects and outputs a stored selected image in correspondence with input data

• US 6,108,674 A
• Filed: 07/16/1997
• Issued: 08/22/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 06/28/1994
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Casio Computer Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Casio Computer Company Limited
• Inventors: Murakami, Yoichi, Atsumi, Hiroki, Miyaki, Hitoshi, Shinbori, Yoshiaki
• Primary Examiner(s): Hong, Stephen S.
• Application Number:
  US08/895,549
• Time in Patent Office: 1,133 Days
• Field of Search: 395/762, 395/777, 395/603, 395/604, 395/615, 395/34, 395/62, 395/63, 707/501, 707/514, 707/515, 707/3, 707/4, 707/104
• US Class Current: 715/223
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/58 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 18/40 Software arrangements specially adapted for pattern recognition, e.g. user interfaces or toolboxes therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/166 Editing, e.g. inserting or deleting
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99945 Object-oriented database structure processing
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99948 Application of database or data structure, e.g. distributed, multimedia, or image

Abstract

An image output device includes an image memory for storing image data in correspondence to each of a plurality of image identification data; an image classification data memory for storing a plurality of image classification data for each image identification data; and a keyboard for inputting to the image output device a desired number of desired image classification data. A central processing unit is provided for retrieving, from the image classification data memory, image identification data indicative of all the respective image classification data input by the keyboard, for further limiting retrieval of the retrieved image identification data to image identification data which is common to a plurality of image classification data input by the keyboard, for extracting from the image memory image data corresponding to the image identification data further retrieved by the central processing unit, and for outputting the extracted image data.

Claims

1. A document data creating device which creates document data containing an image, the document data creating device comprising:

input means for inputting document data;

document storage means for storing document data input by said input means;

a display for displaying the document data stored in the document storage means;

image storage means for storing a plurality of images;

term information storage means for storing a plurality of items of term information on the plurality of images stored in said image storage means in correspondence to the plurality of images;

time register means for recording a present date;

pasting position specifying means for displaying a cursor on said display, for moving the cursor to any position on said display, and for specifying with the position of the cursor any pasting position where an image is to be pasted in the document data displayed on the display;

specifying means for specifying the pasting of an image to the document data to thereby create document data containing the image;

retrieving means, responsive to said specifying means specifying the pasting of the image, for retrieving from said term information storage means an item of term information corresponding to the present date recorded by said time register means and for retrieving an image corresponding to the item of term information; and

creating means for pasting the image retrieved by said retrieving means, at the pasting position in the document data specified by said pasting position specifying means to create document data containing the image corresponding to the present date.

2. A document data creating device which creates document data containing an image, the document data creating device comprising:

an input device for inputting document data;

a document storage device which stores document data input by said input device;

a display which displays the document data stored in the document storage device;

an image storage device which stores a plurality of images;

a term information storage device which stores a plurality of items of term information on the plurality of images stored in said image storage device in correspondence to the plurality of images;

a time register device which records a present date;

a pasting position specifying device which displays a cursor on said display, moves the cursor to any position on said display, and specifies with the position of the cursor any pasting position where an image is to be pasted in the document data displayed on the display;

a specifying device which specifies the pasting of an image to the document data to thereby create document data containing the image;

a retrieving device, responsive to said specifying device specifying the pasting of the image, which retrieves from said term information storage device an item of term information corresponding to the present date recorded by said time register device and which retrieves an image corresponding to the item of term information; and

a creating device which pastes the image retrieved by said retrieving device, at the pasting position in the document data specified by said pasting position specifying device to create document data containing the image corresponding to the present date.