JPH0581404A - Filing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a filing device which performs a prescribed output processing only by file indication. CONSTITUTION:This filing device reads out picture data from a recording medium like a magnetic tape 21 provided with picture data storage areas such as a data area group E where picture data (document data and picture data) is recorded and information recording areas such as a control information recording area, where control information to indicate the output processing of picture data with respect to each file is recorded, and performs the output processing to a printer 9 or the like. The filling device is provided with an indicating means which indicates a file in an operation part 17 or the like, an information extracting means 51 which extracts control information of the file corresponding to indication contents from the recording medium, a picture data reading-out means 52 which reads out picture data of the file corresponding to the indication contents from the recording medium, and a picture data output processing means 53 which performs the output processing of read-out picture data based on extracted control information.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a filing apparatus for recording control information for instructing output processing of document data, image data, etc. recorded on a magnetic tape or the like for each file.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a filing apparatus for recording and reproducing data such as document data and image data records attribute information such as file name and password of each data together with the above data. And, the filing device is
For example, if a file name is entered using the operation keys, etc.,
The data corresponding to the file name is searched and output (copying, etc.).

[0003]

However, in a filing apparatus equipped with a digital copying machine or the like as an output device, the copy density, the number of copies, etc. are set using the operation keys or the like when outputting the above-mentioned data. Therefore, when outputting the same data a plurality of times with the same setting contents, it is necessary to repeat the above setting each time the data is output. Also, in the case of editing by enlarging or reducing image data, etc., and outputting it, all necessary image data, etc. must be read out, and after the editing work such as enlarging, reducing, etc., it must be output to transfer paper etc. I won't.

An object of the present invention is to solve the above problems and to provide a filing device which performs a predetermined output process only by instructing a file.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides an image data recording area for recording image data and information for recording control information for instructing output processing of the image data for each file. A filing device for reading out image data from a recording medium having a recording area and performing an output process, comprising an instructing means for instructing a file and information for extracting control information of a file corresponding to the instructed content from the recording medium. Means, image data reading means for reading image data of a file corresponding to the instruction content from the recording medium, and image data output processing for performing output processing of the read image data based on the extracted control information. And means.

[0006]

According to the filing apparatus having the above structure, when the file is designated by the designating means, the control information of the file corresponding to the content of the instruction is extracted from the recording means, and the image data of the file corresponding to the content of the instruction ( Document data and image data) are read from the recording means. And
An output process of the read image data is performed based on the extracted control information.

[0007]

EXAMPLE FIG. 3 shows a first example of a recording mode on a magnetic tape. The magnetic tape 21 is a section added to the lead-in area C, TOC area D, management information recording area G, control information recording area H, data area group E, and the head of each data area E0 in the data area group E. The identification area F is formed.

Next, the track format of the magnetic tape will be described with reference to FIG. The magnetic tape is formatted so that various data are recorded on a large number of tracks T arranged and formed with a predetermined angle of inclination with respect to the running direction X. As for the format of each track T, as shown in Table 1, EIAJCP
It is formed according to the standard of -2305.

[0009]

[Table 1]

Each track T has a sub-region A formed at both ends thereof and a main region B formed at the center thereof.
Program number data (P. No.) indicating the order of data recording, index data (Index) for area identification, etc. are recorded in the sub area A, and document data, image data, etc. are recorded in the main area B. Data (hereinafter referred to as image data, etc.) is recorded.

The lead-in area C is provided for the purpose of preventing the effect of rising of the head and the like and discriminating the type of tape. In the sub-area A of each track T of the lead-in area C, as shown in FIG. 4, the program number data “0BB” and the index data “00”.
Are recorded in multiplex.

As shown in Table 2, the TOC area D includes tape attribute data such as a tape name, page numbers (program numbers) corresponding to file numbers, management data such as unused pages and erased pages, registration date and time, File attribute data such as a password and tape operation history data are recorded.

[0013]

[Table 2]

In the sub-area A of each track T of the TOC area D, as shown in FIG. 5, program number data "000" is recorded in a multiplexed manner, and tracks T from the head to a predetermined number are recorded. Index data “AA” is recorded in the sub-area A, and index data “01” is recorded in the following track T in a multiplexed manner.

The management information recording area G records ID information such as a password (input operator name) and management information such as a recording address of the control information recorded in the control information recording area H corresponding to the ID information. It is provided for this purpose. The control information recording area H is provided for recording control information such as the file name (one or more files) corresponding to the ID information and the copy density, copy magnification, and number of copies of each file.

The data area group E has a plurality of data areas E0 for recording image data read by the scanner 6 described later, received data of the FAX 10 and the like. As shown in FIG. 6, in the sub-area A of the track T of the data area group E, "001", "002", ..., "n", "n +" are provided for each data area E0 along the tape recording direction.
1 ", ... Program number data is added. The data area E0 is for recording image data and the like in A3 size page units.

The section identification area F is an area in which a section identifier indicating the head of the data area is recorded, and this section identifier is used for finding the beginning of data retrieval. That is,
As shown in FIG. 6, index data "00" is recorded in a sub-area A of a predetermined number of tracks T from the tip of the section identification area F, and index data "AA" is recorded in the sub-area A of the track T following it. Is recorded.

Next, a block configuration showing the entire magnetic tape recording apparatus 1 will be described with reference to FIG. The magnetic tape recorder 1 is a digital plain paper copier (DPP).
It comprises a data control unit 2 having the function of C) and a digital audio tape recorder (DAT) 3 for converting an input signal into a digital signal and recording it on the magnetic tape 21 (FIG. 3).

The data control unit 2 mainly includes an image processing control unit 4, an operation control unit 5, a scanner 6 for reading an original, and a printer for copying data such as document data and image data (hereinafter referred to as image data). 9, facsimile (FA
X) 10 and page memory 11 and the like.
Further, the scanner 6, the printer 9 and the image processing control unit 4 are provided with video interfaces (VD.IF) 61 and 91, respectively.
The data control unit 2 and DAT 3 are connected by a digital audio interface (DAI) 12, and the page memories 11 and DAI 12 are connected by a video interface (VD.I).
F) 111 is connected.

The image processing control section 4 comprises a bit map memory 41, a binarization processing section 42 and an image compression / expansion processing section (VCEP) 43. The bitmap memory 41 is for temporarily storing the captured data from the scanner 6 and the FAX 10 or the image data from the page memory 11 as bit information. The binarization processing unit 42 binarizes the data in the bitmap memory 41. The VCEP 43 compresses the data in the bitmap memory 41 and outputs it to the page memory 11 or the like, or expands the data from the page memory 11 and outputs it to the bitmap memory 41. It should be noted that the data of the scanner 6, the FAX 10 and the page memory 11 can be directly led to a required circuit section without the intervention of the VCEP 43 if necessary.

Then, the image processing control section 4 responds to the operation of the mode switching key of the operation section 17 described later, etc.
Image data read by
The image data etc. received by is output to the DAT 3 via the page memory 11 etc., and an end of data (EOD) signal indicating the end of the data is added to the end of the image data etc. Data and the like are output to the page memory 11. In addition, the image processing control unit 4
Is an FA such as image data read by the scanner 6.
The data or the like received by the X10 or the image data or the like from the DAT 3 is output to the printer 9.
Further, the image processing control unit 4 outputs the image data read by the scanner 6 and the image data from the DAT 3 to the F
It is possible to output to AX10. Page memory 1
1 stores image data and the like from the image processing control unit 4 or the DAT 3 page by page.

The operation control section 5 is composed of a microcomputer or the like, controls the operation of each section of the magnetic tape recording apparatus 1 in accordance with the operation of the operation section 17, and also when the magnetic tape 21 is set in the DAT 3. The TOC data and the like read from the TOC area D described above are recorded and managed. That is, the operation control unit 5 uses the TOC (table, table, etc.) indicating the above-mentioned registration date / time, title, empty data area (unused page or erased page) of the data area group E, and other data attributed to the magnetic tape. of·
Random access memory (RAM) 7 for storing content) data, control information recording area G, control information read from control information recording area H, management information and the like, and the TOC.
It is composed of a TOC management unit 8 that manages data.
That is, the TOC management unit 8 responds to the R command in response to a processing command such as recording or erasing of image data or the like on the magnetic tape 21.
The TOC data of AM7 is updated. In addition, the image data etc. which are instructed to be deleted by the TOC management unit 8 are
When the next image data or the like is recorded, it is deleted in an updated manner. The operation control unit 5 also records the TOC data stored in the RAM 7 on the magnetic tape 21 at the end of use of the magnetic tape 21 or at regular intervals using the timer 81.

The operation control section 5 includes a control information extracting means 51, an image data reading means 52, and a data output processing means 5.
3 and recording control means 54. The control information extraction means 51 extracts the control information of the corresponding file from the control information recording area H based on the management information corresponding to the ID information such as the password selected and designated by the operation unit 17. The image data reading means 52 reads the image data of the selected file and the like from the data area group E based on the TOC data. That is, the image data reading means 52 reads the file number corresponding to the instructed ID information from the control information, and then refers to the TOC data to refer to the TOC data, and the data area group in which the image data corresponding to the file is recorded. The page number (program number) of E is extracted.

The data output processing means 53 controls the image data read out by the image data reading means 52 by the control information extracting means 51, that is, the extracted copy density, copy magnification, and number of copies. , The image processing control unit 4, the printer 9 and the like are controlled so that the printer 9 outputs (copies, etc.) the edited contents.

The recording control unit 54 records the control information set by using the operation unit 17 in the control information recording area H when recording the image data or the like on the magnetic tape 21, and the ID corresponding to the control information. The management information such as information is recorded in the management information recording area G. Further, when the output order of image data or the like is edited using the operation unit 17, the recording control means 54 records the edited contents as control information.

The operation unit 17 is provided with the file mode and FA.
A mode switching key for switching between the X mode and the mode, a setting unit for setting a required lightness (density), a magnification, a required number of sheets at the time of print output, a display circuit 171 for confirming operation contents, and the like are provided. There is.

The DAT 3 is composed of a DAT operation controller 14 and a head controller 15. The head controller 15 and the data controller 2 are connected by a digital audio interface (DAI) 13.

The DAT operation control section 14 controls the operation of each section of the DAT 3, and receives a control command from the operation control section 5 to instruct the head control section 15 to perform recording, reproduction, erasing and the like. I am trying. Head controller 15
Is for driving and controlling a magnetic head, a reel motor, and the like (not shown), and a random access memory / error correction code section (RAM / ECC) 151 is provided therein. The RAM / ECC 151 adds an error check code to the input data from the data control unit 2 during recording and applies error correction to the data from the magnetic tape based on the error check code during reproduction.

Next, the operation of the above configuration will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. Magnetic tape 21 is DAT
When set to 3 (step S1), the TOC data is read from the TOC area D (step S2), the management information is further read from the management information recording area G (step S3), and stored in the RAM 7. ..

Thereafter, the ID information such as a password is input by the operation unit 17 (step S4), the recording address of the file corresponding to the ID information is extracted from the management information (step S5), and the control information recording area H is obtained. The control information of the recording address is read from (step S6). Next, after the output conditions such as the copy density, the copy magnification, the number of copies, and the output order of the image data are set according to the read control information (step S7), the image of the file corresponding to the ID information is set. In order to read data etc., the above T
A file number corresponding to the ID information is extracted from the OC data, and program number data of each page such as image data is read from the file number, and image data and the like are stored in a data area group based on the program number data. The data is sequentially read from E to the page memory 11 (step S8). Then, the copy density set above,
The data is output from the printer 9 according to output conditions such as the copy magnification, the number of copies, and the output order (step S9).

Subsequently, the ID designated by the operation unit 17
It is determined whether the output processing has been completed for all the files corresponding to the information (step S10), and if the output processing for all files has been completed (YE at step S10).
S), and this flow chart ends. On the other hand, step S
If the file to be processed remains in step 10 (NO in step S10), the process proceeds to step S5, and the same output process as described above is performed on the next file.

As described above, the image data and the like are automatically processed based on the control information such as the copy density, the copy magnification, and the number of copies recorded on the magnetic tape 21 and output from the printer 9. The desired output processing is performed only by instructing the ID information by 17, and the operation of setting the copy density and the like, which has been performed every time when the image data or the like is output, becomes unnecessary.

Next, the second embodiment will be described. In the magnetic tape 22 of the second embodiment, as shown in FIG. 8, an information recording area I is formed instead of the management information recording area G and the control information recording area H of the first embodiment. That is, in the second embodiment, the information recording area I records the ID information, the file name corresponding to the ID information, and the control information of each file in association with each other.

Further, the operation control section 5 of the magnetic tape recording apparatus 1 stores the file name corresponding to the ID information instructed by the operation of the operation section 17 by the control information extracting means 51 and the control information of each file in the information recording area. The image data and the like of the file selected by the image data reading means 53 are read from the magnetic tape 22 based on the TOC data, and the read image data and the like are extracted by the data output processing means 52. The output processing is performed based on the control information.

Next, the operation of the second embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.
This will be described with reference to the flowchart of. Magnetic tape is DA
When set to T3, the TOC data is read from the TOC area D, and the control information is further read from the information recording area I (steps S21 to S23).

Subsequently, the ID information is input by the operation unit 17 (step S24), the control information of the file corresponding to the ID information is extracted (step S25), and the copy density is changed according to the extracted control information. Output conditions such as the copy magnification, the number of copies, and the output order are set (step S2).
6). Next, the file number corresponding to the ID information is extracted from the TOC data, and the program number data of each page such as image data is extracted from the file number, and the image data and the like are data based on the program number data. Page memory 1 sequentially from area group E
1 is read (step S27). Then, the image is output from the printer 9 according to the output conditions such as the set copy density, copy magnification, and output order (step S28).

After this, the ID designated by the operation unit 17
It is determined whether the output processing has been completed for all the files corresponding to the information (step S29), and if the output processing has been completed for all files (YES in step S29).
S), and this flow chart ends. On the other hand, step S
When there is a file to be processed in 29 (NO in step S29), the process proceeds to step S25 and the same output process as described above is performed on the next file.

In this way, the ID information is recorded in the information recording area I,
Since the file name corresponding to the ID information and the control information of each file are recorded in association with each other, there is no need to record the recording address of the control information, and the recording amount can be reduced.
Therefore, the output processing of image data and the like can be efficiently performed.

Although a magnetic tape is used as the recording medium in the above description, the recording medium is not limited to this, and may be a magneto-optical disk or a floppy disk.

Further, in the above description, the file instruction of the control information is given based on the ID information such as the password (input operator name), but it may be given by the file name or the like.

[0041]

According to the present invention, the control information of the file corresponding to the content instructed by the instructing means is extracted from the recording means, the image data of the file in accordance with the instructed content is read out from the recording means, and the extracted control information is obtained. Since the output processing of the read image data is performed based on the above, it is possible to reduce the trouble of setting the output condition for each output of the image data as in the related art and simplify the output processing operation.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an entire filing apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an operation control unit.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing a recording mode of the magnetic tape of the first embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a format diagram of a track.

FIG. 5 is a format diagram of a beginning portion of a magnetic tape.

FIG. 6 is a format diagram of a data area of a magnetic tape.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the operation of the first embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram showing a recording mode of the magnetic tape of the second embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing the operation of the second embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Magnetic Tape Recording Device 2 Data Control Section 3 Digital Audio Tape Recorder (DAT) 4 Image Processing Control Section 5 Operation Control Section 6 Scanner 9 Printer 8 TOC Management Section 10 Facsimile (FAX) 11 Page Memory 14 DAT Operation Control Section 15 Head Control Part 17 Operation part 21 Magnetic tape 51 Control information extraction means 52 Image data reading means 53 Data output processing means 54 Recording control means C Lead-in area D TOC area E Data area group E0 data area F Section identification area G Management information recording area H Control information recording area I Information recording area T track

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An image data recording area for recording image data and an information recording area for recording control information for instructing the output processing of the image data for each file are read out from the recording medium and output processing is performed. A filing apparatus for performing, a command means for instructing a file, an information extracting means for extracting control information of a file corresponding to the instruction content from the recording medium, and image data of a file corresponding to the instruction content for the recording. A filing apparatus comprising: an image data reading unit that reads from a medium; and an image data output processing unit that performs an output process of the read image data based on the extracted control information.