JPS63313234A - File index display system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To display memo information together with a file index by displaying the memo information inputted from an input means or stored in a memory means on the 2nd display means when an individual file index is displayed on the 1st display means. CONSTITUTION:At the time of displaying the file index, information (segments or hand-written character string 'for company', etc.) inputted by a operator as a memo is simultaneously displayed. Namely, each file index information is stored in a video RAM and the image data of memo information stored in an external storage device are developed on another video RAM so as to be synthetically displayed. The file index display makes it possible to clearly distinguish that file names 'TXT1' and 'GR' e.g. are company files and 'TXT2' is a personal file.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a file index display method for displaying individual file indexes of storage locations in which files are stored.

[Prior Art] When displaying a file list (file index) on a recent personal computer, document processing device, or workstation, the file index (file name, creation date and time information, etc.) is displayed on the display screen using letters or numbers. Generally, it is displayed as such.

[The problem that the invention is trying to solve, however,
In the conventional example above, the only information available is what kind of files there are and when they were created. For example, there is no way to know the relationship between the displayed files, and file management is still far from satisfactory.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned prior art, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a file index display method that makes it possible to add a memo to the file index display when displaying the file index.

[Means for solving the problem] In order to solve this problem, the present invention has the following configuration.

That is, in a file index display method that displays individual file indexes of a storage location where a plurality of files are stored, a first display means that displays individual file indexes of a previous period on a display screen; When the memo information is displayed, there is an input means for inputting memo information, a storage means for storing the input memo information, and a memo information stored by the storage means or memo information input by the previous input means. and second display means for displaying on a display screen.

[Operation] In such a configuration of the present invention, when displaying individual file indexes on the first display means, memo information inputted by the input means or memo information stored in the storage means is displayed on the second display means. It is something to do.

[Embodiments] Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Although the embodiment will be explained using an example applied to a document image processing device, the present invention is not limited to this.

Description of Configuration (Fig. 1)> Fig. 1 is a block schematic diagram of a document image processing apparatus in an embodiment.

In the figure, 1 is a CPU that controls the entire device, and ROM1
It operates according to the document or image editing program stored in ROMI a and the flowchart in FIG. 4, which will be described later. 1b is R
The AM consists of a CPU work area, an area for storing document information, and the like. 2 is a keyboard, which is used to input various information. Also, 3a, 3b
are video RAMs (hereinafter referred to as VRAMs) that are compatible with the display screen (display capacity is 640 x 400 dots) of a display device (in the embodiment, a liquid crystal display is used) 4; in the embodiment, these two VRAMs 3a, 3
The image data expanded in b is combined (ored) and output to the display device 4.

Reference numeral 5 denotes a transparent coordinate manual device (hereinafter referred to as a digitizer) located on the entire surface of the display screen of the display device 4, and sequentially outputs coordinate positions specified by the input pen 5a to the CPUI. 6 is an external storage device (for example, a magnetic disk device, etc.)
It stores multiple document files.

Explanation of file index display (Figures 2 and 3)
> FIG. 2 shows an example in which a file index list is displayed on the display device 4 in the above-described configuration. ” in the diagram
TXT1", "GR", and "TXT2" are the file names, and what is displayed above them (this position is not limited to this) is the content of the file (
It is an icon (symbol) that indicates whether it is a document or a figure. By displaying in this manner, the operator can easily specify the file to be edited. still,
As for the method of specifying the file, the desired file may be specified using the keyboard or the input bevel 5a of the digitizer 5. In any case, the file specified here will be transferred from external storage device 6 to RAM1.
b and executes predetermined editing processing.

By the way, when displaying a file list on the display screen, first select a predetermined record (track) in the external storage device 4.
It is common to refer to a file management area (hereinafter referred to as a directory) provided at a location. This embodiment will also be explained accordingly.

This directory in the embodiment is provided with various information (file name information 30, file type 31, creation/modification date information 32, record number information 33, record length 34) shown in FIG.

The file name information 30 stores file names such as 'TXT1' shown above, and the file type 31 stores the attributes of each file, ie, whether it is document information (T) or graphic information (G). , information (E) indicating the end of the stored file is stored.
The modification date information 32 stores the date of creation of the file or the latest date of editing and correction. The record number information 33 stores the first record number in which each file is stored, and the record length information 34 stores the record length of the file.

For example, taking the file name "'TXT1" as an example, this file is document information, the date of creation or latest editing is January 1, 1986, the first record number of the file is 100", and the last record number. is "101" (because the record length is "2").

Now, as you can see from Figure 2, in the embodiment, when displaying the file index, the operator enters the information as a memo (line segments in the diagram, handwritten character string "for company", etc.)
are also displayed at the same time. That is, when displaying file index information, each file index information is stored in the VRAM 3a, and image data of memo information stored in the external storage device 6 is stored in the VRAM 3a.
It is expanded to M3b and displayed in a composite manner. By displaying the file index like this, the file name "TXT
I” and GR” are internal files, and “TXT2”
It is obvious that this is for personal use.

Explanation of Memo Input and Display (FIG. 4) Now, regarding the above-mentioned memo input, the input process will be explained below according to the flowchart of FIG. 4.

First, when information prompting the operator to display the file index is input, in step S1 the file index is displayed by referring to the directory in the external storage device (
(expand to VRAM3a). In reality, when referring to the directory contents (Figure 3) and displaying the file index, each file attribute (such as "T" or "G") is displayed.
Accordingly, when the file of interest is document information, the icon pattern 21 (or icon 23) of FIG. 2 is read from the ROM 1a, and when the file of interest is graphic information, the icon pattern 22 is read from the ROM 1a and expanded to a predetermined position in the VRAM 3a. After that (or earlier is acceptable), the file name code is converted into an image (converted by a character generator (not shown)) and expanded near the corresponding icon. At the same time, memo information is read from the external storage device 6 and the information is expanded to the VRAM 3b.
Here, the description will be made assuming that all of this memo information has been cleared. By repeating the above process until the file attribute becomes "E", the file index is displayed.

Next, in step S2, the flag provided in the RAM 1b is reset to 0'', and the switch of the input pen 5a is turned ON10.
The FF state is determined in step S3. When this pen switch is OFF, the flag is always reset to "0". The switch of the input pen 5a is turned ON when the pen tip is pressed against the coordinate input panel (transparent as described above) of the digitizer 5, and turned OFF otherwise.

Now, when this switch is turned ON, the process moves to step S4, where the coordinate position (x, y) specified by the input pen 5a is read from the digitizer 5.The read coordinate data (x, y) is already displayed. It is determined whether the icon is located within the icon corresponding to each file. At this time, each icon pattern is already stored in the ROM 1a, and its size information is also stored in advance. Therefore, when each icon is developed in the VRAM 3a, it can be easily determined whether or not the input coordinate position exists within the area coordinates occupied by those icons. Now, if this judgment is YES, that is, if it is judged that the input coordinates are in any of the icon patterns 21 to 23, the process goes to step S12, and the memo information in the VRAM 3b is temporarily transferred to the external magnetic disk device 6. , then step s
At step 13, the file corresponding to the designated icon is read into the RAM 1b and various processing such as editing processing is executed.

On the other hand, if it is determined that the input coordinate position is outside each icon pattern, the process moves to step s6 and the following process is executed.

In step S6, it is determined whether the data in the flag is "0". That is, the input coordinate data (x
, y) is the coordinate data input for the first time after the pen switch was turned off. If YES, the process moves to step s7, and the obtained coordinate data is stored in RAM1.
The data is temporarily stored in xi, yl (which becomes the starting point coordinates of the line segment) provided in b, and the flag is set to 1" in step S8. If the determination in step S6 is NO, the process moves to step S9. Then, after the flag becomes "1", the coordinate data x2.y2 (end point coordinates of the line segment) obtained immediately before are stored in xi, yl.In step S10, the input coordinate data (x, y) is stored in xi, yl. x2.y2, and in step Sll a line segment connecting the coordinates (xi, yl) and (x2.y2) is written in VRAMBb.By repeating the above process, the line segment drawn with the input ben 5a is The curve corresponding to the trajectory will be displayed in real time along with the file index.Thus, through this process, it is possible to input characters such as notes at any position on the display screen as shown in Figure 2. becomes.

During the above-described processing, it is desirable to erase only the memo information (fill VRAMBb with "O") by pressing a key not shown or specifying a special icon.

As described above, according to this embodiment, it is possible to input and display memo information when displaying a file index, and it becomes very easy to understand the interrelationships between files.

In the embodiment, when displaying the file index, the icon and file name according to each file attribute are displayed, but the invention is not limited to this, and as shown in Figure 5, the file name and year of creation/modification are displayed. Needless to say, even if the month, date and file capacity are displayed in characters, memo information can be input and displayed in exactly the same way. However, in this case, it is desirable to provide an icon for instructing the end of inputting memo information as shown in the figure, but it is of course possible to enter the end command using the keyboard.

Further, the coordinate manual board is not necessarily transparent and does not need to be located on the entire surface of the display screen, and may be located at a position independent from the display device. It has also been explained that when memo information is input, the trajectory traced with the input pen is displayed.

This is easy to operate, and text symbols or graphics can be input at any position, size, and direction, making it easy to operate.
There is no problem with inputting notes using the keyboard.

Furthermore, although the embodiment has been described using two VRAMs, it may be one. This is because in this case, when storing memo information, the problem can be solved by sequentially storing input coordinate information.

[Effects of the Invention] As described above, according to the present invention, an operator can freely input memo information when displaying a file index and display the memo information together with the file index.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block schematic diagram of a document image processing device in the embodiment; FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of displaying a file index in the embodiment; FIG. 3 is a structural diagram of a directory of an external storage device in the embodiment; FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing file index display and memory information input and display processing, and FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of file index display in another embodiment. In the figure, 1”-CPU, 1 a-ROM, 1 b=RAM
, 2... Keyboard, 3a, 3b... Video RAM
(VRAM), 4--Display device, 5--Digitizer, 5a--Input pen, 6--External storage device. Figure 2

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) In a file index display method that displays individual file indexes of a storage destination where a plurality of files are stored, a first display means that displays individual file indexes of a previous period on a display screen; , an input means for inputting memo information, a storage means for storing the input memo information, and a memo information stored by the storage means or memo information input by the previous input means. A file index display method comprising: a second display means for displaying on a first half display screen. (2) Claim 1, characterized in that the input means is a coordinate input means for inputting coordinates at least continuously, and the memo information is handwritten trajectory information input by the coordinate input means. File index display method described.