EP0157539A2
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Electronic document filing system
Assignee: Toshiba Corp
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Filing: 1985-03-19
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2005-03-19
Abstract
Abstract An electronic document filing apparatus for helping a worker to classify document information in accordance with variable filing structures and to update the document information, has a scanner unit (10) for optically scanning paper documents and producing corresponding document image data, a memory unit (16) for storing the document image data, and a display terminal (20), having a display screen, for displaying the document image data on the display screen. A system controller unit (14) causes the display terminal (20) to display the document images in such a manner that documents judged to have associated contents among other filed documents are displayed close to each other on the display screen. A distance between the document images on the display screen is determined by the intention of an operator in an analog manner so as to correspond to a degree of association between the contents of the document images, so that filing versatility of the document information can be increased.
Inventors
- 👤 Koji C/O Patent Division Izawa
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
EP
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-25 17:51
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N1/00; H04N1/21; H04N1/2166; H04N1/217; H04N1/2175; G; G06; G06F; G06F16/00; G06F16/40; G06F16/90; G06F16/93; H04N2201/00; H04N2201/0077; H04N2201/0081; H04N2201/0082; H04N2201/0087; H04N2201/0089
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
174 words
An electronic document filing apparatus for helping a worker to classify document information in accordance with variable filing structures and to update the document information, comprising data input means (10) for optically scanning paper documents and producing corresponding document image data, memory means (16) for storing the document image data, and display means (12), having a display screen, for displaying the document image data on said display screen, characterized in that controller means (14) is connected to said memory means (16) and said display means (12, 20), for displaying the document images on said display screen of said display means (12, 20) in such a manner that documents judged to have associated contents among the documents are displayed at close positions on said display screen, whereby a distance between the document images on said display screen is determined by the intention of an operator in an analog manner so as to correspond to a degree.of association between the contents of the document images, so that filing versatility of the document information can be increased.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
174 words
An electronic document filing apparatus for helping a worker to classify document information in accordance with variable filing structures and to update the document information, comprising data input means (10) for optically scanning paper documents and producing corresponding document image data, memory means (16) for storing the document image data, and display means (12), having a display screen, for displaying the document image data on said display screen, characterized in that controller means (14) is connected to said memory means (16) and said display means (12, 20), for displaying the document images on said display screen of said display means (12, 20) in such a manner that documents judged to have associated contents among the documents are displayed at close positions on said display screen, whereby a distance between the document images on said display screen is determined by the intention of an operator in an analog manner so as to correspond to a degree.of association between the contents of the document images, so that filing versatility of the document information can be increased.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
57 words
The apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that said display means comprises a first display device (20) for displaying images of a plurality of sequentially registered document information so that a relative display distance therebetween changes in accordance with the correlation between the contents thereof, thereby building up a document filing structure of a dot pattern.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
24 words
The apparatus according to claim 2, characterized in that said display means further comprises a second display device (12) for displaying one document image.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
32 words
' 4. The apparatus according to claim 2, characterized in that said controller means (14) continuously changes a display scale of the document filing structure displayed on said first display device (20).
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
36 words
The apparatus according to claim 4, characterized in that said controller means (14) scrolls a display area while the display scale of the document filing structure displayed on said first display device (20) is kept unchanged.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
39 words
The apparatus according to claim 5, characterized in that said controller means (14) includes an electrical circuitry (40, 42, 44, 46, 48, 50, 52) for performing coordinate conversion when the display screen changes on said first display device (20).
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
163 words
A document filing method for helping a worker to classify document information in accordance with variable filing structures and to update the document information, comprising the steps of optically scanning new paper documents to be registered and producing corresponding document image data, displaying the document image data on a special document display device (12), and electrically storing the document image data in a predetermined memory device, characterized in that the document images are displayed on said display screen of a display device (20) in such a manner that documents judged to have associated contents among the documents are displayed at close positions on said display screen when the plurality of documents are registered, whereby a distance between the document images on said display screen is determined by the intention of an operator in an analog manner so as to correspond to a degree of association between the contents of the document images, so that filing versatility of the document information can be increased.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
163 words
A document filing method for helping a worker to classify document information in accordance with variable filing structures and to update the document information, comprising the steps of optically scanning new paper documents to be registered and producing corresponding document image data, displaying the document image data on a special document display device (12), and electrically storing the document image data in a predetermined memory device, characterized in that the document images are displayed on said display screen of a display device (20) in such a manner that documents judged to have associated contents among the documents are displayed at close positions on said display screen when the plurality of documents are registered, whereby a distance between the document images on said display screen is determined by the intention of an operator in an analog manner so as to correspond to a degree of association between the contents of the document images, so that filing versatility of the document information can be increased.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
54 words
The method according to claim 7, characterized in that the images of a plurality of sequentially registered document information are displayed on said display device (20) so that a relative display distance therebetween changes in accordance with the correlation between the contents thereof, thereby building up a document filing structure of a dot pattern.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
26 words
The method according to claim 8, characterized in that a display scale of the document filing structure displayed on said display device (20) is continuously changed.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
33 words
The method according to claim 8, characterized in that a display area is scrolled while the display scale of the document filing structure displayed on said first display device (20) is kept unchanged.
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