Patent ID: 6137897
Filing Date: 2000-10-24
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
An image filing system comprising:an image capturer, for visual inspection of an object by directly viewing an object, and for capturing and converting an image of the visually inspected object into an image signal, and for outputting the image signal;a data base for storing a plurality of images together with attribute information of the images;a display for displaying an image;an input device for inputting an identification code relating to the visually inspected object and for inputting an instruction for instructing the image capturer to capture an image of the visually inspected object;a memory for storing information correlating the identification code to the attribute information; anda controller for receiving the image signal outputted from the image capturer, creating an image based on the received image signal, and controlling the display to display the created image,wherein the input device is further for inputting differentiation count data of the visually inspected object, andthe controller further controls the display to display the inputted differentiation count data together with the image of the visually inspected object corresponding to the differentiation count data, retrieves from the memory the attribute information corresponding to the identification code of the image being displayed, and stores the image being displayed into the data base together with the attribute information when an instruction to capture the image is input.