Data processing apparatus and editing apparatus using the same

Claim 2

A data processing apparatus comprising element data memory means for memorizing therein data to be subjected to information processing, information processing means for performing information processing, and display means, which data processing apparatus is provided with data retrieval table memory means to memorize therein indexes set in a hierarchical structure and titles corresponding to the indexes and having contained in the lowest rank thereof such titles as correspond to the contents of the data, n'th rank index input means for introducing n'th rank indexes, data selection means for selecting (n+1)'th rank data from said data retrieval table memory means, data existence discrimi­nation means for performing the decision as to whether or not (n+1)'th rank data are present in the data retrieval table memory means and exhibiting the (n+1)'th rank data on the display means when the presence of the data is confirmed, and element data reading means for reading out of the element data memory means the data corresponding to the n'th rank index to supply to the display means and the information processing means when the data existence discrimination means confirms the absence of the (n+1)'th rank data.

Claim 3

A data processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the (n+1)'th rank data memorized in the data retrieval table memory means comprise (n+1)'th rank indexes including n'th rank indexes and titles corresponding to the former indexes.

Claim 4

A data processing apparatus comprising element data memory means for memorizing therein data to be subjected to information processing, information processing means for performing information processing, and display means, which data processing apparatus is provided with data retrieval table memory means to memorize therein indexes set in a hierarchical structure and titles corresponding to said indexes and having contained in the lowest rank thereof such titles as correspond to the contents of the data, n'th rank index input means for introducing n'th rank indexes, data selection means for selecting (n+1)'th rank data from the data retrieval table memory means, data existence discrimination means for performing the decision as to whether or not (n+1)'th rank data are present in the data retrieval table memory means, data number discrimination means for performing the decision as to whether or not a plurality of sets of data are present in the (n+1)'th rank data when the data existence discrimination means confirms the presence of the (n+1)'th rank data and exhibiting the (n+1)'th rank data on the display means when the presence of the plurality of sets of data is confirmed, first element data reading means for reading out of the element data memory means the data corresponding to the n'th rank index to supply to the display means and the information processing means when the data existence discrimination means confirms the absence of the (n+1)'th rank data, and second element data reading means for reading out of the element data memory means the data corresponding to the (n+1)'th rank indexes and supply them to the display means and the information processing means when the data number discrimination means confirms the absence of the plurality of sets of data.

Claim 5

A data processing apparatus comprising element data memory means for memorizing therein data to be subjected to information processing, information processing means for performing information processing, and display means, which data processing apparatus is provided with data retrieval table memory means to memorize therein indexes set in a hierarchical structure and titles corresponding to said indexes and having contained in the lowest rank thereof such titles as correspond to the contents of the data, n'th rank index input means for introducing n'th rank indexes, data selection means for selecting (n+1)'th rank data from the data retrieval table memory means, data existence discrimination means for performing the decision as to whether or not (n+1)'th rank data are present in the data retrieval table memory means, data number discrimination means for performing the decision as to whether or not a plurality of sets of data are present in the (n+1)'th rank data when the data existence discrimination means confirms the presence of the (n+1)'th rank data and exhibiting the (n+1)'th rank data on the display means when the presence of the plurality of sets of data is confirmed, first element data reading means for reading out of the element data memory means the data corresponding to the n'th rank index to supply to the display means and the information processing means when the data existence discrimination means confirms the absence of the (n+1)'th rank data, and second element data reading means for reading out of the element data memory means the data corresponding to the (n+1)'th rank indexes and supply them to the display means and the information processing means when the data number discrimination means confirms the absence of the plurality of sets of data.

Claim 6

A data processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the (n+1)'th rank data memorized in the data retrieval table memory means comprise (n+1)'th rank indexes including n'th rank indexes and titles corresponding to the former indexes.

Claim 7

An editing apparatus, comprising converted layout code setting means for setting a converted layout code which designate a basic layout of a page to be edited, element data key setting means for setting an element data key corresponding to element data, element input means for introducing element data forming each page subsequently to the element data key, coordinates setting means for setting the positional coordinates of each of the element data on the basic layout, first page data setting means for setting a layout for editing based on the positional coordinates and the element data key of the element data corresponding to the positional coordinates, setting a group of element data based on the element data key forming the layout for editing and the element data corresponding to the element data key, and setting data for one page based on the converted layout code, the layout for editing and the group of element data, layout conversion means for setting layout information for one page by deleting the element data from the group of element data for one page, first layout memory means for memorizing the layout information, element conversion means for extracting the group of element data from the data for one page to decompose into units of element, and extracting element information for said one page, first element memory means for memorizing the element information, page discrimination data alteration means for reading pertinent layout information from the first layout memory means and altering discrimination data of the layout information, element data addition means for reading pertinent element information from the first element memory means, attaching the element data of the element information to the layout information altered by the page discrimination data alteration means to set the one page data, and second page data setting means for converting the pertinent element data, element data key, and positional coordinates of the element data out of the data for one page set by the element data addition means into desired element data, desired element data key, and positional coordinates of the desired element data and transmitting the converted data for one page to the layout conversion means and element conversion means.

Claim 8

An editing apparatus, comprising converted layout code setting means for setting a converted layout code which designate a basic layout of a page to be edited, element data key setting means for setting an element data key corresponding to element data, element input means for introducing element data forming each page subsequently to the element data key, coordinates setting means for setting the positional coordinates of each of the element data on the basic layout, first page data setting means for setting a layout for editing based on the positional coordinates and the element data key of the element data corresponding to the positional coordinates, setting a group of element data based on the element data key forming the layout for editing and the element data corresponding to the element data key, and setting data for one page based on the converted layout code, the layout for editing and the group of element data, layout conversion means for setting layout information for one page by deleting the element data from the group of element data for one page, first layout memory means for memorizing the layout information, element conversion means for extracting the group of element data from the data for one page to decompose into units of element, and extracting element information for said one page, first element memory means for memorizing the element information, page discrimination data alteration means for reading pertinent layout information from the first layout memory means and altering discrimination data of the layout information, element data addition means for reading pertinent element information from the first element memory means, attaching the element data of the element information to the layout information altered by the page discrimination data alteration means to set the one page data, and second page data setting means for converting the pertinent element data, element data key, and positional coordinates of the element data out of the data for one page set by the element data addition means into desired element data, desired element data key, and positional coordinates of the desired element data and transmitting the converted data for one page to the layout conversion means and element conversion means.

Claim 9

An editing apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the converted layout code setting means comprises basic layout code setting means for setting a basic layout code during the introduction of element, second layout memory means for memorizing the basic layout code, and layout code conversion means for converting the basic layout code read out of the second layout memory means during the course of editing into a converted layout code.

Claim 10

An editing apparatus according to claim 5 or claim 6, wherein the editing apparatus is further provided with second element memory means connected to the element data key setting means, the element input means, the first element memory means, the coordinates setting means, and the first and second page data setting means, respectively, and the element data key set by the element data key setting means, the element data corresponding to the element data key and introduced through the element input means, the element data key memorized in the first layout memory means, and the element data corresponding to the latter element data key are memorized in the second element memory means and the memorized data are fed out to the first or second page data setting means and the coordinates setting means.

Claim 11

An editing apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the editing apparatus is further provided with page memory means connected to the first and second page data setting means, the layout conversion means, the element conversion means, and the element data addition means, respectively, and the data for one page set by the first and second page data setting means or the element data addition means are memorized in the page memory means and the memorized data are supplied to the layout conversion means and element conversion means or the second page data setting means.

Claim 12

An editing apparatus comprising editing means for editing books, editing information input means for introducing information necessary for performing the editing, data memory means for memorizing the data for editing, and display means, which editing apparatus is provided with security No. memory means for memorizing security Nos. of operators authorized to edit books, security No. input means for admitting the security Nos., and security No. discrimination means for performing the decision as to whether or not the security No. fed in through the security No. input means is memorized in the security No. memory means, and said editing means is so adapted that the operation thereof is controlled by the results of the decision performed by the security No. discrimination means.

Claim 13

An editing apparatus comprising editing means for editing books, editing information input means for introducing information necessary for performing the editing, data memory means for memorizing the data for editing, and display means, which editing apparatus is provided with security No. memory means for memorizing security Nos. of operators authorized to edit books, security No. input means for admitting the security Nos., and security No. discrimination means for performing the decision as to whether or not the security No. fed in through the security No. input means is memorized in the security No. memory means, and said editing means is so adapted that the operation thereof is controlled by the results of the decision performed by the security No. discrimination means.

Claim 14

An editing apparatus comprising editing means for editing books, editing apparatus operating means for introducing information necessary for the performance of editing, data memory means for memorizing data for editing, and display means, which editing apparatus is provided data ID No. memory means for memorizing the security Nos. of operators and at least one data ID No. for books corre­sponding to the security Nos., security No. input means for introducing the security Nos., security No. discrimination means for performing the decision as to whether or not the security No. introduced through the security No. input means is memorized in the data ID No. memory means as a security No. corresponding to the data ID No., and data ID No. discrimination means for performing the decision as to whether or not the data ID No. introduced through the data ID No. input means is registered in the data ID No. memory means as the data ID No. corresponding to the security No. introduced through the security No. input means, and the editing means is adapted so that the editing operation thereof is controlled according to the result of the decision performed by the security No. discrimination means and the data reading out ot fhe data memory means is controlled depend on the result of the decision performed by the data ID No. discrimination means.

Claim 15

An editing apparatus comprising editing means for editing books, editing apparatus operating means for introducing information necessary for the performance of editing, data memory means for memorizing data for editing, and display means, which editing apparatus is provided data ID No. memory means for memorizing the security Nos. of operators and at least one data ID No. for books corre­sponding to the security Nos., security No. input means for introducing the security Nos., security No. discrimination means for performing the decision as to whether or not the security No. introduced through the security No. input means is memorized in the data ID No. memory means as a security No. corresponding to the data ID No., and data ID No. discrimination means for performing the decision as to whether or not the data ID No. introduced through the data ID No. input means is registered in the data ID No. memory means as the data ID No. corresponding to the security No. introduced through the security No. input means, and the editing means is adapted so that the editing operation thereof is controlled according to the result of the decision performed by the security No. discrimination means and the data reading out ot fhe data memory means is controlled depend on the result of the decision performed by the data ID No. discrimination means.