case will be explained below original image data is input through the image data i o 16 to describe this image input procedure in detail first the type of image input device is displayed on the crt 20 by icon or the like and the operator points to a desired icon with the keyboard 29 or the digitizer 30 as a result of this the input flag 40 not shown in the parameter memory 4 is set at 34 0 34 if the three tube type camera 31 is selected for example and at 34 1 34 if the ccd scanner 32 is selected the cpu 1 gives an instruction to the image processor 10 the image processor 10 reads in original image data from an instructed image input device via the image data i o 16 and stores it in the respective image memories 12 a 12 b and 12 c for each of r g and b data the operator inputs a title and comment for the input image data that is a request for the input of the title and comment for the image is displayed on the crt 20 the operator inputs the title and comment from the keyboard 29 by looking at the graphic crt 18 on which r g and b image data from the image memory 12 are being displayed a title is 24 characters maximum in length and a comment is 50 characters maximum in length attribute data on 34 person 34 is input that is first attributes on 34 person 34 for example 34 male 34 34 female 34 34 family 34 34.