EP0636993A1
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Image storage managing apparatus and method
Assignee: Olympus Corp
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Filing: 1994-07-28
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2014-07-28
Abstract
Abstract A customer and merchandise are picked up by an image generator (10) and are stored in a customer data storage section (24) and a merchandise data storage section (26) in a data storage section (22) together with link data and key data about each customer and each merchandise. Sales data of a merchandise for each customer is stored in a sales data storage section (28). In accordance with an instruction from an instruction input section (40), a processor (20) searches the customer data and merchandise data storage sections (24, 26) and displays one of data about a specific customer and data about a specific merchandise with an image on a display (42), or retrieves data about a specific customer and data about each merchandise purchased by this customer from the customer data and merchandise data storage sections (24, 26) based on the sales data stored in the sales data storage section (28) and displays those data with images on the display (42) in association with each other.
Inventors
- 👤 Toshitsugu C/O Int. Prop. & Legal Dep. Tomita
- 👤 Hisayuki C/O Int. Prop. & Legal Dep. Harada
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
EP
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-29 16:20
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06Q; G06Q30/00; G06Q30/02
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
129 words
An image storage managing apparatus characterized by comprising: customer data storage means (24) for storing various types of information on each customer together with image data thereof; merchandise data storage means (26) for storing various types of information on each merchandise together with image data thereof; sales data storage means (28) for storing customer-merchandise link data (28A) for each customer, indicating merchandises purchased by said customer; and customer-merchandise retrieving means (20, 42) for retrieving information on a specific customer and information on each merchandise purchased by said specific customer from said customer data storage means (24) and said merchandise data storage means (26) based on said customer-merchandise link data (28A) stored in said sales data storage means (28), and displaying those information with images in association with each other.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
96 words
The apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that said sales data storage means (28) stores merchandise-customer link data (28B) for each merchandise, indicating customers who purchased said merchandise; and characterized by further comprising: merchandise-customer retrieving means (20, 42) for retrieving information on a specific merchandise and information on each customer who purchased said specific merchandise from said customer data storage means (24) and said merchandise data storage means (26) based on said merchandise-customer link data (28B) stored in said sales data storage means (28), and displaying those information with images in association with each other.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
104 words
The apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, characterized by further comprising: list display means (20, 42) for searching one of said customer data storage means (24) and merchandise data storage means (26) and displaying a list of retrieved images side by side; image selecting means (40) for selecting one image from a plurality of images listed by said list display means (20, 42); and enlarge display control means (20, 42) for enlarging said image selected by said image selecting means (40) to such a degree as not to completely cover any of images adjoining to said enlarged image and displaying said enlarged image.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
71 words
The apparatus according to claim 1, characterized by further comprising: image selecting means (40) for selecting one image from a plurality of images displayed by said customer-merchandise retrieving means (20, 42); and enlarge display control means (20, 42) for enlarging said image selected by said image selecting means (40) to such a degree as not to completely cover any of images adjoining to said enlarged image and displaying said enlarged image.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
44 words
The apparatus according to claim 4, characterized in that enlarged display effected by said enlarge display control means (20, 42) allows said selected image to be enlarged and displayed in such a way that said enlarged image does not overlap any of adjoining images.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
131 words
An image storage managing method characterized by comprising the steps of: storing various types of information on each customer together with image data thereof in customer data storage means (24); storing various types of information on each merchandise together with image data thereof in merchandise data storage means (26); storing customer-merchandise link data (28A) for each customer in sales data storage means (28), said customer-merchandise link data (28A) indicating merchandises purchased by said customer; and retrieving information on a specific customer and information on each merchandise purchased by said specific customer from said customer data storage means (24) and said merchandise data storage means (26) based on said customer-merchandise link data (28A) stored in said sales data storage means (28), and displaying those information with images in association with each other.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
96 words
The method according to claim 6, characterized by further comprising the steps of: storing merchandise-customer link data (28B) for each merchandise in said sales data storage means (28), said merchandise-customer link data (28B) indicating customers who purchased said merchandise; and retrieving information on a specific merchandise and information on each customer who purchased said specific merchandise from said customer data storage means (24) and said merchandise data storage means (26) based on said merchandise-customer link data (28B) stored in said sales data storage means (28), and displaying those information with images in association with each other.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
75 words
The method according to claim 6 or 7, characterized by further comprising the steps of: searching one of said customer data storage means (24) and merchandise data storage means (26) and displaying a list of retrieved images side by side; selecting one image from said list of images; and enlarging said selected image to such a degree as not to completely cover any of images adjoining to said enlarged image and displaying said enlarged image.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
58 words
The method according to claim 6, characterized by further comprising the steps of: selecting one image from a plurality of images retrieved and displayed based on said customer-merchandise link data (28A); and enlarging said selected image to such a degree as not to completely cover any of images adjoining to said enlarged image and displaying said enlarged image.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
38 words
The method according to claim 8 or 9, characterized in that said enlarged display allows said selected image to be enlarged and displayed in such a way that said enlarged image does not overlap any of adjoining images.
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