High-speed search system for image data storage
US5220648A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 25, 1990 |
| Grant date | Jun 15, 1993 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 25, 2010 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S707/99933
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A high-speed search system for an image data storage system, which comprises a device for storing images, each of the images being identified by search information data and an image number, wherein each image is defined as a numbered page, with the pages constituting a numbered file, and with the files being stored in the storing device, a first control circuit for selecting each of the files which correspond to specified search information data, a device for selecting target images to be searched, a circuit for searching the storing device for the target image selected by the selecting device, a device for displaying the images searched by the searching circuit, a device for designating the manner of presentation of the images by the display device, a second control circuit for selecting from the storing device the image number of the images relevant to the searched image based on the manner designated by the designating device, and a circuit for enabling the display device to display the image represented by the image number selected by the second control circuit.
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