JPH0778168A - Information retrieving processor and its method - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To reduce the operation frequency of a computer for retrieval by synthesizing retrieved book information, tag information and a keyword and displaying the book information. CONSTITUTION:This information retrieving processor is constiututed of a keyword storing part 101, a retrieval control part 102, a keyword display part 103, a keyword selecting part 104 a keyword temporary storage part 105, a book information storage part 106, a book information temporary storage part 107, a book information synthesizing part 108, and a book information display part 109. The synthesizing part 108 reads out the book information stored in the storage part 107 and keyword information stored in the storage part 105 to synthesize keywords B, G, synthesize tag information and synthesize tag information and the information stored in the storage part 107 together with frame information. The synthesized information is displayed on a book information display part 109 based upon a prescribed layout.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information retrieval processing apparatus and method, and more particularly to a database or the like having pattern information accumulated on a paper surface such as a book in a computer system such as online help or a customer management system. The present invention relates to an information retrieval processing apparatus and method for retrieving and outputting information corresponding to an item (keyword) selected by an operator when retrieving.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, information accumulated on paper, such as help manuals, has been put into a database, and even an operator who does not have sufficient knowledge about a search system can easily use it to open a book and obtain the result of the search. There is a need for an interface that can effectively use such information.

Conventionally, information desired by an operator is searched for,
In a computer system that displays the information on a display device, information is provided in a display format unique to the system designer.

In the information retrieval by this computer system, in order to display the information corresponding to the keyword selected by the operator, the list screen in which the place where the information corresponding to the keyword is accumulated is displayed and the selected keyword is displayed. Link and specify the relevant information. For example, enter the keyword “A”, and use the database ID “DB02” corresponding to that keyword as the storage location.
Specify from the list screen. When there are a plurality of relevant information, the user returns to the list screen to view the relevant next information, and obtains the desired information by designating the next information.

[0005]

However, since the above-mentioned conventional method does not provide a standard screen design method, each system designer makes an arbitrary screen design, so that the display format is different from each other. However, there is a problem that the user has to search information by using a different display format for each system.

[0006] Further, in the case of inputting a keyword to search for information, it is necessary to link the list screen displaying the location information in which the information is stored with the information to be searched. Also, when searching multiple information,
There is a problem that the operator needs to return the process to the list screen again and specify the next information.

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and is a list that solves the above-mentioned conventional problems and displays the location information in which the user stores the information corresponding to the keyword in the information search by the computer system. An object of the present invention is to provide an information search processing device and method that can reduce the number of computer operations for searching by viewing the search information only by a browsing operation without returning the processing to the screen.

[0008]

An information search processing apparatus of the present invention is a keyword storage unit for storing a keyword and a keyword storage unit in an information search apparatus which edits desired information in a book format and provides it to a user. Keyword display means for displaying a plurality of stored keywords, keyword selection means for selecting a desired keyword from the plurality of keywords displayed by the keyword display portion, book information storage means for storing book format information, A book information searching unit that searches the book information accumulating unit for book information corresponding to the keyword selected by the keyword selecting unit, and a book information combining unit that combines the searched book information, tag information attached to the book information, and the keyword. A book information display means for displaying the book information combined by the book information combining means. That.

Further, according to the present invention, in an information retrieval method for editing and providing desired information in a book format, the desired keyword is selected from the displayed keywords and the stored book information in the book format is used as a keyword. The searched book information, the tag information attached to the book information, and the keyword used for the search are combined, and the combined information is displayed in a predetermined format.

[0010]

The present invention provides the information to be provided to the user as if the information is stored on the paper like a book so that the user can recognize the information by turning the book. Image information in which such data is accumulated is called book information.

According to the present invention, book information is searched by a keyword selected by an operator, and the searched book information, a tag attached to the book information, a keyword, and the like are combined to generate display information. Since the information is displayed in the display format included in the information, the user does not need to recognize the location information of the information corresponding to the keyword, and when searching for the displayed information, the user can browse after entering the keyword. By doing so, desired information can be obtained.

[0012]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows the configuration of an information search processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The information retrieval processing device described in this embodiment is
Each piece of information is searched for information constructed by a book pattern which is a set of paper surface information.

The information retrieval processing device shown in FIG. 1 includes a keyword storage unit 101 for preliminarily storing keywords, a retrieval control unit 102, and a keyword display unit 10 for displaying keywords.
3. A keyword selection unit 104 for selecting a keyword by an operator, a keyword temporary storage unit 105 for temporarily storing a keyword selected by an operator, book information, and a book information storage unit 106 for storing frame information of the book information. A book information temporary storage unit 107 that temporarily stores the book information searched by the keyword; a book information combining unit 108 that combines the searched book information, a tag associated with the book information, and the selected keyword. And a book information display unit 1 for displaying book information of synthesized search results
09.

The search control unit 102 includes a keyword storage unit 1
01, the keyword stored in advance is read, the keyword is displayed on the keyword display unit 103, and the keyword selected by the operator is stored in the keyword temporary storage unit 10
5, the book information corresponding to the selected keyword is searched from the stored book information storage unit 106, and the searched information is transferred to the book information temporary storage unit 107.

The book information storage unit 106 stores the keywords, frame information, text information, picture information, and display format of the book information.

The frame information of the book stored in the book information storage unit 106 is set such that two pages are spread when the book is opened, and a plurality of frames are set in consideration of the thickness of the book and the like. You may set it. Also, the text information is, for example,
This is information in which the information (snow cover: 210 cm, weather: snow, ...) About "○○ ski area" is expressed in characters. Further, the picture information is information such as a map showing the lift position of the ski resort and a map of the ski resort area. Further, layout information for displaying these pieces of information is also stored.

FIG. 2 shows an example of keyword display displayed on the keyword display section according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the example of the figure, the keywords are divided into two groups, and the search condition can be increased by selecting the keywords from each group.

The search control unit 102 is a keyword storage unit 10.
The keywords A to H stored in No. 1 are displayed on the keyword display unit 103, and the operator selects the keyword corresponding to the information to be searched from the displayed keywords by the keyword selection unit 104. When a keyword is selected, as shown in FIG. 2, a display indicating that selection has been made is displayed on the display by reverse display or the like. In the example of the figure, the keyword B and the keyword G are selected. In this case, in the system design, either the information that is the union of the information about the keyword B and the information about the keyword G of each group or the information that is the intersection may be set.

The search control unit 102 searches the book information storage unit 106 for book information about the keywords B and G, stores the book information in the book information temporary storage unit 107, and also stores the keywords B and G in the keyword temporary storage unit 105. Store.

FIG. 3 shows a state in which the book information as a search result of one embodiment of the present invention is displayed on the book information display section. Here, the information synthesizing unit 108 reads out the book information stored in the book information temporary storage unit 107 and the keyword information stored in the keyword temporary information storage unit 105, and further reads it in the book information temporary storage unit 107. The stored book information is read, the keywords B and G are combined, the tag information is combined, and the tag information and the book information temporary storage unit 107 are further combined.
The information stored in is also combined with the frame information. The combined information is displayed on the book information display unit 109 in a predetermined layout.

FIG. 4 is a flow chart showing the operation of one embodiment of the present invention.

Step 1) The keyword stored in the keyword storage unit 101 is read by the search control unit 102.

Step 2) The read-out keywords are grouped individually or in groups and the keyword display section 103
Is displayed in.

Step 3) The operator selects a keyword using the keyword selection unit 104.

Step 4) The selected keyword is temporarily stored in the temporary keyword storage unit 105.

Step 5) The search control unit 102 searches the book information storage unit 106 for relevant information using the selected keyword as a search word.

Step 6) The search information is temporarily stored in the book information temporary storage unit 107.

Step 7) Book information temporary storage unit 107
In addition, the book information that is temporarily stored, the tag information that accompanies the book information, and the keywords that are temporarily stored in the keyword temporary storage unit 105 are the book information combining unit 10
Passed to 8.

Step 8) The book information synthesizing unit 108 synthesizes the book information, the tag information attached to the book information, and the keyword.

Step 9) The combined book information is displayed on the book information display unit 109 as a search result.

A specific example will be described below.

FIG. 5 shows a first specific example of the keyword display section according to the embodiment of the present invention.

Keywords relating to the skiing area guide are displayed on the keyword display section 103. Here, the operator selects “Joetsu” and “has a night game”. As a result, the search control unit 102 searches the book information storage unit 106 for book information corresponding to these keywords. The searched book information is stored in the book information temporary storage unit 107, and the keywords “Joetsu” and “there is a night game” are stored in the keyword temporary storage unit 105.

Next, the book information synthesizing unit 108 reads out the two keywords "Joetsu" and "has night game" from the keyword temporary storage unit 105 and synthesizes them to obtain tag information "Joetsu-nighter". Further, the book information temporary storage unit 10
The book information stored is read out from 7, the frame is displayed, and the book information corresponding to the frame is displayed.

FIG. 6 shows a first specific example of the book information display section according to the embodiment of the present invention. As shown in the figure, text information and picture information are displayed according to a predetermined layout.

The keywords "Joetsu" and "there is a night game"
When there is a plurality of pieces of information regarding the book information storage unit 106, there is also a plurality of pieces of book information regarding one piece of tag information “Joetsu / Nita”. Therefore, in order to obtain information on pages other than the screen shown in FIG. 6, the next page turning button 63,
Alternatively, by pressing the previous page turning button 64, other plural information can be browsed and viewed.

Next, consider the case of searching for a song.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a second specific example of the keyword display section according to the embodiment of the present invention. The example of the keywords shown in the figure consists of two groups. An example is shown in which the keyword “port” is selected from one group and “twilight” is selected from another group. The book information storage unit 106 is searched by the selected two keywords to obtain corresponding book information, and the information is stored in the book information temporary storage unit 107.
The two keywords are stored in the temporary keyword storage unit 1
It is stored in 05. Next, in the book information synthesizing unit 108, the two keywords “port” and “twilight” are synthesized to generate tag information “port / twilight”. The tag information and the book information stored in the book information temporary storage unit 107 are combined. The combined information is displayed on the book information display unit 109 according to the display layout.

FIG. 8 shows a second specific example of the book information display section according to the embodiment of the present invention.

In the figure, there are a plurality of pieces of music related to the tag information "harbor / twilight", and two pieces of music are displayed in the drawing. As the book information in the figure, various methods of displaying the information A on the book information display unit 109, such as separately displaying the information A and the information B like a score, can be considered.

Similar to the example of FIG. 6, in the example of FIG. 6, when a plurality of information items are retrieved from the book information storage unit 106,
Next page turn button 73 and previous page turn button 7
Other information about the same tag information can also be obtained by pressing 4.

The present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiment, but the kind of the keyword is arbitrary,
Further, although the number of keywords is eight in this embodiment, it is arbitrary.

Further, if the operator's desired keyword is not found among the keywords stored in the keyword storage unit 101 in advance, the synonym dictionary is read and the synonyms are displayed on the keyword display unit 103 so that the operator can You may select from them. At this time, the keyword may be input using the keyboard, or may be selected by another method such as touching the display screen to select.

In the present embodiment, the keyword menu group is displayed as two groups.
There is no limit to the number of groups in either group or 3 groups.
When the keyword selected from the plurality of groups is a plurality of words, the search result of the book information storage unit 106 may be the sum or product of the information sets corresponding to the keyword, or may be designated by the user.

Not limited to the example of this embodiment, the contents stored in the book information storage unit 106, the number of registered book information, the color of the book displayed on the book information display unit 109,
The shape, layout, decoration, thickness display, size, number of tags, tag display position, etc. are arbitrary.

[0048]

As described above, according to the present invention, in the information search by the computer system, a book frame in which the frame of the book showing the opened state of the book and the tag and the input keyword are combined is displayed on the display. The screen is displayed, the information of the search result is displayed on the opened page,
Since the user can browse the search information only by browsing, the number of computer operations for the search can be reduced.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of an information search processing device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a keyword display example displayed on a keyword display unit according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a state in which book information as a search result according to an embodiment of the present invention is displayed on a book information display unit.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the operation of the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a first specific example of a keyword display unit according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a first specific example of a book information display unit according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a second specific example of the keyword display unit according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a second specific example of the book information display unit according to the embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 32, 62, 72 tags 33, 63, 73 next page turning button 34, 64, 74 previous page turning button 101 keyword storage unit 102 search control unit 103 keyword display unit 104 keyword selection unit 105 keyword temporary storage unit 106 book information storage unit 107 book information temporary storage unit 108 book information combining unit 109 book information display unit

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Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. An information retrieval apparatus for editing desired information in a book format and providing the user with the keyword storage means for storing a keyword, and a keyword for displaying a plurality of the keywords stored in the keyword storage means. Display means, keyword selecting means for selecting a desired keyword from the plurality of keywords displayed by the keyword display section, book information accumulating means for storing book information in book format, and the keyword selected by the keyword selecting means. A book information search means for searching book information corresponding to a keyword from the book information storage means, a book information synthesizing means for synthesizing the searched book information, tag information attached to the book information and the keyword, and the book. Book information display means for displaying the book information synthesized by the information synthesizing means Information retrieval processing apparatus that. 2. In a method for retrieving desired information in a book format and providing it to a user, a desired keyword is selected from the displayed keywords, and stored book information in a book format is designated by the keyword. An information search process characterized by searching, synthesizing the searched book information, tag information attached to the book information and the keyword used in the search, and displaying the synthesized book information in a predetermined format. Method.