Electronic document information filing system

• US 4,485,454 A
• Filed: 11/02/1981
• Issued: 11/27/1984
• Est. Priority Date: 11/05/1980
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Tokyo Shibaura Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
• Original Assignee: Tokyo Shibaura Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
• Inventors: Kimoto, Katsumi
• Primary Examiner(s): Zache, Raulfe B.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Eng, David Y.
• Application Number:
  US06/317,427
• Time in Patent Office: 1,121 Days
• Field of Search: 364/200 MS File, 364/900 MS File
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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 16/93 Document management systems
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99933 Query processing, i.e. searching
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99945 Object-oriented database structure processing

Abstract

In a document information filing system of the present invention, the document picture information and the filing information are recorded in a longitudinal video recorder (LVR). When one of the codes forming a retrieval code of the filing information is called for by a keyboard input operation, a plurality of the retrieval codes containing the called for code are selected from the LVR and then sequentially stored in a title memory. Different sequence codes are added to each of the retrieval codes by means of a sequence code addition circuit. The sequence codes and the retrieval codes are displayed in a corresponding manner by a display device. When a particular sequence code is designated by an operator, the filing information containing the retrieval code with the particular sequence code are read out from the LVR and the picture information corresponding to the filing information are displayed by the display device and/or printed.

Claims

1. A document information filing system for filing and retrieving a plurality of documents, said system comprising:

recording means for recording plural pieces of document picture information for each one of said plurality of documents and plural pieces of file structure data, which correspond to said plural pieces of document picture information, each of said plural pieces of file structure data comprising first and second data units, said first data unit including a plurality of first codes, which are set by an operator to identify one of said plurality of documents when said one document is registered in said document information filing system, and said second data unit including a plurality of second codes indicative of a recording location of said plural pieces of document picture information in said record means;

input means for inputting at least one arbitrary code of said plurality of first codes for retrieving one of said plurality of documents;

first retrieval means, connected to said recording means and input means, for selecting all of those first data units which include said at least one arbitrary first code, input by said input means;

indication means, connected to said first retrieval means, for receiving said selected first data units and visually indicating, in a one-to-one relation, each one of said selected first data units together with one of said plurality of second codes; and

second retrieval means, connected to said recording means and input means, for reading out from said recording means, when at least one of said plurality of second codes is designated, that piece of said file structure data which includes said first data unit corresponding to said designated second code, and for retrieving from said recording means, based on said second data unit included in said read-out file structure data, that document picture information which corresponds to said read-out file structure data.

2. A document information filing system according to claim 1, further comprising information processing means, connected to said first retrieval means, for receiving said selected first data units and preparing said second codes corresponding to said selected first data units in one-to-one relation, and for temporarily attaching one of said second codes to the corresponding first data unit.

3. A document information filing system according to claim 2, wherein said information processing means comprises:

memory means, connected to said recording means, for temporarily storing said selected first data units at predetermined memory addresses; and

code generator means, connected to said memory means, for generating said second codes according to said memory addresses of said selected first data units.

4. A document information filing system according to claim 3, wherein said information processing means further comprises means for sequentially adding said second codes to said first data units read out from said memory means, said code being used for a retrieval operation of said second retrieval means.

5. A document information filing system according to claim 3, wherein said code generator means comprises:

address counter means, connected to said memory means, for counting up said selected first data units, which are read out from the lowest address to the largest address, to generate a count signal; and

code-producing circuit means, connected to said address counter, for generating said second codes which represent positive integers that sequentially increase, for each of said first data units sequentially read out from said memory means.

6. A document information filing system according to claim 5, wherein when a plurality of arbitrary first codes are specified by said input means, said first retrieval means retrieves from said recording means at least one of said first data units, which includes the same codes as said specified arbitrary first codes.

7. A document information filing system according to claim 6, wherein when a plurality of said second codes are serially designated, said second retrieval means reads out those pieces of said file structure data which include first data units corresponding to said designated second codes, and retrieves from said recording means, based on the second data units included in said read-out file structure data, those pieces of document picture information which correspond to said read-out file structure data.

8. A document information filing system according to claim 7, wherein said memory means includes a random access memory.

9. A document information filing system according to claim 8, wherein said indication means includes a display device with a screen, and at least one piece of said selected first information part and at least one piece of said further code added to said first information part are displayed on the screen of said display device in a corresponding manner.

10. A document information filing system according to claim 9, wherein said display device includes a cathode-ray tube.

11. A document information filing system according to claim 5, wherein when a plurality of arbitrary first codes are specified by said input means, said first retrieval means retrieves from said recording means a plurality of said first data units, which include the same codes as said specified arbitrary first codes.

12. A document information filing system according to claim 11, wherein said second retrieval means includes:

control means for receiving, when said second code is designated by said input means, said second code to extract from said memory means one of said plurality of first data units with said second code attached thereto.

13. A document information filing system according to claim 12, wherein each of said first data units is prepared by an operator at a document register mode and includes:

a document code which is attached to any one of said documents to be registered and represents the type of said to be registered document;

a division code indicating to which division in a company said to be registered document belongs;

a person code representing the author of said to be registered document; and

a document code representing the date on which said to be registered document is prepared.

14. A document information filing system according to claim 1, wherein said indication means includes a printing device, and at least one piece of said selected first information part and at least one piece of said further code corresponding to said first information part are printed on a given sheet in a corresponding manner.

15. A document information filing system according to claim 14, wherein said input means includes a keyboard.

16. A document information filing system comprising:

recording means for recording plural pieces of document picture information and plural pieces of filing information, which correspond to said document picture information, each of said plural pieces of filing information comprising first and second information parts, said first information part including a plurality of first codes which are prepared so as to identify a document when said document is registered in said document information filing system, and said second information part including a plurality of second codes indicative of a recording location of said document picture information in said recording means;

input means for inputting at least one arbitrary first code of said plurality of first codes during a document retrieving operation;

first retrieval means for selecting those first information parts which include said at least one arbitrary first code input by said input means;

information processing means for receiving said selected first information parts and temporarily attaching one of said plurality of second codes, in a one-to-one relation, to said selected first information parts;

indication means for visually indicating said selected first information parts with said attached second codes, in a one-to-one relation; and

second retrieval means for reading out from said recording means, when at least one of said plurality of second codes is designated, that piece of said filing information which includes a first information part corresponding to said designated second code, and for retrieving from said recording means, based on said second information part included in said read-out filing information, that document picture information which corresponds to said read-out filing information.