Ricoh Company, Ltd.

Keiichi Nomura

Akira Imai

Makoto Hidaka

Yasuyuki Nomizu

Masahiro Kurita

Shinji Yamakawa

Tomio Sasaki

Yoshimichi Kanda

Midori Aida

Kouichi Noguchi

Yasuhiro Ii

Hirofumi Endo

Yasuyoshi Onoue

Mitsuaki Takeuchi

Hajime Ichimura

Mitsuhiro Kawai

Toshihiko Kuroi

Yuko Ogasawara

Ouji Maruyama

A system for electronically storing and retrieving information. Information is scanned into the system and a user manually designates that the information is to be sorted using boxes which are like folders, sorted by date, or sorted by a card such as by cards which are arranged alphabetically. When the user manually indicates that the information is to be sorted by box, there is also an automatic sort by date and by card. In this case the card which is used is a temporary sort card which is automatically designated. When the user manually indicates that the sort is other than by box, the information is automatically sorted into a temporary box. After the information is stored and sorted, the information can be retrieved and printed, as desired. The system utilizes a scanner, processor, storage device and printer.

Electronic filing apparatus which allows information to be retrieved

A catalogue card and a document card are used for a file system. The document card indicates a predetermined document. The catalogue card indicates a catalogue of the document. Since the catalogue of the document is input to the file system via the catalogue card instead of a keyboard, a user who is not used to operating a keyboard can easily input the catalogue and manage the document.

File system for filing documents, using a catalog card having a

An image filing apparatus according to the invention comprises a unit for inputting an image, a plurality of data compressing and extending units each for compressing the input image data to store the compressed image data and each for extending the compressed image data to output the extended image data to at least one of image outputting units such as an image display, an image printer and the like, and a control unit for selecting one of the plurality of data compressing and extending units in accordance with an image type of the input image to supply it to the selected data compressing and extending unit upon the compression and for supplying the compressed image data to the selected data compressing and extending unit upon the extension. Thus, the optimum compressing and extending method is selected and applied to the input image data in accordance with the type of the image outputting unit from which the image data is to be output.

Image filing apparatus providing image data suitable for several

An image processing apparatus for image compression and decompression includes a smoothing part for smoothing image data of a reconstructed image by using a smoothing filter selected from among a plurality of smoothing filters having different smoothing effects, an averaging part for producing a set of values of averages of coefficients produced through discrete cosine transformation with respect to a plurality of blocks in the reconstructed image so that a distribution of the averages of the coefficients for a target block is generated, and a selection part for generating a signal to enable the smoothing part to select the smoothing filter by detecting whether or not peak values in the distribution of the averages of the coefficients, generated by the averaging part, appear substantially on a diagonal line of the target block passing a lowest-order position through a highest-order position of the target block.

Image processing apparatus for preventing occurrence of moire in a

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Kawasaki, Japan

Keiichi Nomura