Document filing apparatus in which a title and/or a key word is selected from image information displayed

Claim 2

A document filing apparatus for filing a document as image information corresponding to the document with retrieval key data, comprising: means for scanning image information of a document to convert the image information into electronic signals which correspond to the image information; means for displaying the image information obtained by the scanning means; means for physically defining on the displaying means a portion of the image information displayed on said displaying means, as image-based retrieval key data; character recognition means for recognizing characters in the image-based retrieval key data so as to create character-based retrieval key data; means for registering the character-based retrieval key data with the image information; optical disk means for storing the image information that the registering means correlates with the character-based retrieval key data.

Claim 3

An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the defining means include a pointing device.

Claim 4

An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the registering means includes a magnetic disk device.

Claim 5

A document filing apparatus for filing a document as image information corresponding to the document with retrieval key data, comprising: means for scanning image information of a document to convert the image information into electronic signals which correspond to the image information; means for displaying the image information obtained by the scanning means, the displaying means having a display screen on which the image information is displayed; means for physically defining an area of the display screen of the displaying means on which the image information has been displayed; character recognition means for recognizing characters in the portion of the image information corresponding to the physically defined area of the display screen of the displaying means; means for registering the recognized characters as retrieval key data; and optical disk means for storing the image information that the registering means correlates with the retrieval key data.

Claim 6

A document filing apparatus for filing a document as image information corresponding to the document with retrieval key data, comprising: means for scanning image information of a document to convert the image information into electronic signals which correspond to the image information; means for displaying the image information obtained by the scanning means, the displaying means having a display screen on which the image information is displayed; means for physically defining an area of the display screen of the displaying means on which the image information has been displayed; character recognition means for recognizing characters in the portion of the image information corresponding to the physically defined area of the display screen of the displaying means; means for registering the recognized characters as retrieval key data; and optical disk means for storing the image information that the registering means correlates with the retrieval key data.

Claim 9

A method according to claim 5, wherein the image-based retrieval key data includes at least two images, and the recognizing step further includes a step of indicating unrecognized image-based retrieval key data if at least one of the at least two images is not recognized as a character.

Claim 10

A method according to claim 6 further including a step of inputting a character at a location of the unrecognized image based retrieval key data indicated on the display screen.

Claim 11

A method according to claim 5 further including a step of fixing so as to maintain the same physically defined area of the display screen of the display device on which image information has been displayed.

Claim 12

A document filing apparatus for filing a document as image information corresponding to the document with retrieval key data, comprising: means for scanning image information of a document to convert the image information into electronic signals which correspond to the image information; means for displaying the image information obtained by the scanning means; means for physically defining on the displaying means a portion of the image information displayed on said displaying means, as image-based retrieval key data; character recognition means for recognizing characters in the image-based retrieval key data so as to create character-based retrieval key data; means for displaying the character-based retrieval key data on a display device; means for allowing correction of the character-based retrieval key data on the display device when the character-based retrieval key data requires correction; means for confirming character-based retrieval key data displayed; means for registering the confirmed character-based retrieval key data with the image information; and optical disk means for storing the image information that the registering means correlates with the character-based retrieval key data.

Claim 13

A document filing apparatus for filing a document as image information corresponding to the document with retrieval key data, comprising: means for scanning image information of a document to convert the image information into electronic signals which correspond to the image information; means for displaying the image information obtained by the scanning means; means for physically defining on the displaying means a portion of the image information displayed on said displaying means, as image-based retrieval key data; character recognition means for recognizing characters in the image-based retrieval key data so as to create character-based retrieval key data; means for displaying the character-based retrieval key data on a display device; means for allowing correction of the character-based retrieval key data on the display device when the character-based retrieval key data requires correction; means for confirming character-based retrieval key data displayed; means for registering the confirmed character-based retrieval key data with the image information; and optical disk means for storing the image information that the registering means correlates with the character-based retrieval key data.

Claim 14

A document filing apparatus for filing a document as image information corresponding to the document with retrieval key data, comprising: means for scanning image information of a document to convert the image information into electronic signals which correspond to the image information; means for displaying the image information obtained by the scanning means, the displaying means having a display screen on which the image information is displayed; means for physically defining an area of the display screen of the displaying means on which the image information has been displayed; character recognition means for recognizing characters in the portion of the image information corresponding to the physically defined area of the display screen of the displaying means; means for registering the recognized characters as retrieval key data; means for displaying the recognized retrieval key data on the display means; means for allowing correction of the recognized retrieval key data displayed on the display device when the recognized retrieval key data requires correction; and optical disk means for storing the image information that the registering means correlates with the retrieval key data.

Claim 15

A document filing apparatus for filing a document as image information corresponding to the document with retrieval key data, comprising: means for scanning image information of a document to convert the image information into electronic signals which correspond to the image information; means for displaying the image information obtained by the scanning means, the displaying means having a display screen on which the image information is displayed; means for physically defining an area of the display screen of the displaying means on which the image information has been displayed; character recognition means for recognizing characters in the portion of the image information corresponding to the physically defined area of the display screen of the displaying means; means for registering the recognized characters as retrieval key data; means for displaying the recognized retrieval key data on the display means; means for allowing correction of the recognized retrieval key data displayed on the display device when the recognized retrieval key data requires correction; and optical disk means for storing the image information that the registering means correlates with the retrieval key data.