Facsimile and static presentation processing – Static presentation processing – Memory
Reexamination Certificate
1998-11-13
2002-07-23
Williams, Kimberly A. (Department: 2622)
Facsimile and static presentation processing
Static presentation processing
Memory
C358S403000, C707S793000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06424429
ABSTRACT:
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a file system as well as to a recording medium with a program used in the system and is applicable in a processing system for executing data processing such as data copying, facsimile communications, and printing, capable of backing up treated data, and further making it possible to read out desired data easily.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Conventionally, important documents (with images or characters displayed thereon) or documents which may be of use in the future are printed on a paper and filed in a book shelf or some other place. However, in business offices or other similar places where a vast quantity of documents are treated, a large space is required for storage of the documents, and also a long time is required for finding out a desired document.
In recent years, in association with sophistication and the tendency for a higher data processing speed in the data processing technology, and also in association with advent of lower price storage units, the so-called file system has appeared, in which documents required to be stored are read with a scanner and accumulated in a large capacity storage unit. Such a file system has been introduced not only into business offices but into other facilities too.
As this type of file system, there is one in which documents are systematically classified according to the type and stored in a database so that related document can easily be retrieved, and recently various types of more sophisticated file system each with further improved convenience in use have been proposed. As the conventional technology, for instance there are those disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open Publication No. HEI 5-35737 and Japanese Patent Laid-Open Publication No. HEI 6-119393.
However, with the file systems based on the conventional technology as described above, it is necessary to read each document with a scanner, so that, if each document is not processed on time, the work needs to be done afterwards and many documents are piled up. To put the piled documents into order it is necessary to read each document to be stored with a scanner and to execute a work for inputting data for classification, even if it is tried to execute a filing work all at once, the work is very complicated and, after all, a number of documents to be stored is reduced.
The documents to be stored in a file system are selected because of their importance, if a document is abolished and not stored it can not be used even if it becomes necessary later.
Therefore, when each document is checked for its necessity of storage, as the determination is not always easy for every document, a long time is required for this work. Furthermore, a document once decided as unnecessary may become necessary in the future.
Documents stored in a file system include copied documents to be used in a conference, those transmitted to or received from business partners through a facsimile machine, or those prepared with a workstation (WS) or a personal computer (PC) and printed therefrom. In brief, a document to be stored is converted to an electric signal at least once and outputted for recording onto a paper.
The present inventor decided to solve the problems in file systems based on the conventional technology. They closely checked the process up to storage of each document in the file systems, gave a thought on the usage of this document data, and succeeded in solving the problems applying a result of the strenuous studies.
In the file systems based on the conventional technology, image data produced by reading each document with a scanner is accumulated, and when the document is required later, the image data is retrieved, read with a reader and outputted for recording, and in this step sometimes input of the output conditions or other data is required. Especially, like in a case of a file system proposed by this applicant and described later, when attention is put on data processing and the data is accumulated as it is, the case can easily be anticipated where it is hoped to quickly fetch a document subjected to the same processing like that in copying by easily retrieving the desired data.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
It is an object of the present invention to provide a file system with improved convenience in use in which it is possible to back up treated data as well as to easily use processed data whenever required by fetching and accumulating the same data as those to be processed in the processing step. In addition, make it possible to eliminate the necessity of operating the system paying attention to backing up as well as to store and manage data without executing the filing work itself. Furthermore, make it possible to quickly obtain desired data by realizing the processing enabling easy retrieval of desired data without requiring complicated operations.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a file system with higher convenience in used in which it is possible to back up treated data by fetching and accumulating the same data as those to be processed and to easily use any processed data whenever required.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a file with improved convenience in use in which it is possible to back up treated data by fetching and accumulating the same data as those to be processed and to easily use any processed data whenever required, and further it is required to insure security of the backed-up data.
With the present invention, the same data as those processed by a processing system such as a copying machine, a communication unit, or a printer when a processing instruction is inputted by a user is accumulated together with data on conditions for processing the data in a storage unit. Therefore, data to be processed is processed according to a processing instruction and also can be stored for management together with the processing conditions.
With the present invention, processed data corresponding to the processing conditions outputted for display and selected is read out from a storage unit according to an inputted processing instruction. Accordingly, processing data satisfying the selected processing conditions is outputted to and processed by a function or a unit capable of processing the data. In this step, by appending the processing conditions to the processed data and outputting the processed data, it is also possible to process data under the same processing conditions.
With the present invention, processed data corresponding to the processing conditions specified according to an inputted processing instruction is outputted for display and those selected from the displayed processed data is read out and outputted. Furthermore, because the processing conditions are specified, also processed data corresponding other processing conditions or other processing conditions are outputted for display, and processed data selected after this repetition is read out and outputted. Therefore, it is possible to search for processed data in a storage unit according to memory and to read out the data after a reading range is limited and output the read-out data to a function or a unit capable of processing the data. In this step, by appending processing conditions to processed data, the data can always be processed under the same processing conditions.
With the present invention, when a document is copied, data on at least one of a number of copies, size and orientation of a document, and size and orientation of a paper is accumulated. Therefore, it is possible to selectively read out and output processed data by specifying these parameters within a range of memory.
With the present invention, when a document is copied, data on at least copy density, imaging mode, size change ratio, post-processing, divided copying, integrated copying, printing while copying and edited copy is accumulated. Therefore, it is possible to selectively read out and output processed data by specifying these parameters within a range of memory, and further by appending the read-out data to processed data, it is po
Endo Hirofumi
Hanai Atsushi
Harada Takashi
Suzuki Kiyoshi
Takahashi Hiroshi
Ricoh & Company, Ltd.
Williams Kimberly A.
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