Patent ID: 6119132
Filing Date: 2000-09-12
Classification: H04N,Y10S

Abstract:
A filing apparatus comprising:image reading means for reading an image of a manuscript with optical means and outputting image data;image storage means for storing said image data read by said image reading means in an external storage device;an encoder for generating an ID-image pattern by putting a data ID into an image pattern, said data ID comprising:(1) an identifier of data including an image ID as an identifier assigned to said image data; and(2) a predetermined apparatus ID as an identifier assigned to each of a plurality of filing apparatuses, wherein each of the plurality of filing apparatuses has a different predetermined apparatus ID;image superimposition means for superimposing said ID-image pattern on image information representative of a characteristic of said image;a decoder for performing conversion for obtaining an original data ID from said ID-image pattern in the superimposed image formed by said image superimposition means;document management means for managing a document stored in said image storage means so as to link said image data with said data ID; andimage output means for outputting image data of the document corresponding to said data ID stored in said image storage means by identifying the document by said document management means based on said data ID.