MultiValue

Abstract: A method and system for supporting multivalue attributes in a database system is disclosed. The method and system includes defining an index class by designating a plurality of attributes associated with the index class, wherein the plurality of attributes includes single value attributes and at least one multivalue attribute, generating an attribute value table for the index class for storing attribute values for the single value attributes, and generating a multiple value table for each of the at least one multivalue attributes for storing attribute values for the at least one mulitvalue attributes. By generating the multiple value table for the multivalue attribute, each row in the multiple value table corresponds to a single value of the multivalue attribute of the index class. Accordingly, an index scan can be performed to retrieve or update data corresponding to the associated multivalue attribute. Thus, data management becomes more efficient and less costly.

Abstract: An image processing system receives image data on a pixel unit basis and converts it into a digital signal and processing it. This system includes: a binary image processor to image process one pixel of image data as a binary digital signal (binary image data); a multivalue image processor to image process one pixel of the image data as a multivalue digital signal (multivalue image data); a binary/multivalue converter to convert the binary image data into the multivalue image data; and a multivalue/binary converter to convert the multivalue image data into the binary image data. The binary image processor and multivalue image processor can transmit and receive data therebetween and can image process any of the binary image data and multivalue image data. The binary digital data is directly transferred to the multivalue image processor. The multivalue digital data is converted into the binary data by the multivalue/binary converter and thereafter, this binary data is transferred to the binary image processor. With this system, the binary and multivalue image data can be integratedly image processed.

Abstract: An object of the invention is to convert multivalue image data to data in a format which can be easily handled. For such an object, the multivalue image data of each pixel is inputted and an image expressed by the multivalue image data is converted to data which is hierarchically structured to a plurality of layers.