JP2003067416A - Map display device for technical information - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a technical information map display device which obtains an easy-to-see and easily understandable map by displaying only items of concern through the standardization of frames by coding the items of each axis of the map and by narrowing down the items. SOLUTION: This is a display device which displays on a screen a technical information map having at least two axes for which the keywords of technical information and the like are used as the items of each axis. In addition, a displaying part which displays the keywords and so on as the codes of prescribed length on the screen and also displays the keywords of each axis at a prescribed position and so forth on the screen is provided. A narrowing column is provided in correspondence to each keyword and so on, and only the keywords that are narrowed down in the narrowing column are centered to display the narrowed map on the screen.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a technical information map display device capable of efficiently displaying a map such as a matrix created from technical information such as patent publications on a screen.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art At present, in a CD-ROM patent gazette as patent information issued by the Japan Patent Office, general bibliographic items, abstracts, claims, and detailed description of the invention in the specification are included. The technical information consisting of information is posted so that these can be machine-searched by keywords. Then, conventionally, based on the technical information published in this CD-ROM patent publication, a matrix as a map having various keywords on the vertical axis and the horizontal axis is created by a map creation software or the like, and this is created on a CRT or the like. It is often practiced to display on the screen and analyze the unique tendency included in the technical information group.

[0003]

However, in the conventional matrix, since various keywords as the items of the vertical axis and the horizontal axis are directly written in the cells of the fixed frame having a predetermined length, the number of words is large. A long keyword may not enter the cell and may be cut off in the middle, or conversely, a short keyword with a small number of words may cause a large blank in the cell. Therefore, it is possible to enter the keyword as it is in a cell consisting of a variable frame instead of a fixed frame, but even in this case, the frame changes depending on the length of the keyword, so that the frame is not uniform, and eventually Also in the method, there is a problem that the matrix is difficult to see and it is difficult to obtain an accurate understanding.

When the number of items on the vertical axis or the horizontal axis is large,
Since it is difficult to display all the items on the screen of the CRT at the same time, it is necessary to see them while scrolling in the vertical axis direction or the horizontal axis direction. Since it is necessary to scroll each time, the operation is very troublesome, and there is a problem that it tends to hinder accurate understanding of the matrix.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and its object is to make the frame uniform by coding the items of each axis of the map, and to make the corresponding frame portion of the map. An object of the present invention is to provide a display device for a map for technical information in which items are separately displayed to improve visibility and obtain a map that is easy to understand. Another object of the present invention is to provide a display device for a map for technical information, in which only the items of each axis of interest are displayed by narrowing down a plurality of items to improve the visibility and obtain a map that is easy to understand. Especially.

[0006]

In order to achieve such an object, the invention according to claim 1 of the present invention is at least 2
A display device for displaying a map for technical information, which has two axes and uses keywords of technical information as items of each axis, wherein the keywords are displayed on the screen as codes of a predetermined length. In addition, a display unit is provided on the screen for displaying a keyword or the like of each axis at a predetermined position. In this case, it is preferable that the display unit, when the predetermined position is clicked on the screen, displays the keyword or the like of each axis at the position, as in the invention according to claim 2.

With this configuration, for example, a code having a predetermined length is entered on each axis of a map composed of a vertical axis and a horizontal axis, instead of a keyword or the like that should be originally input as an item, and each axis is entered. It is easy to understand what the details such as the keyword of each axis at a predetermined position where are intersected are displayed on the display unit provided on the same screen as the map. This time,
The display of keywords etc. on the display is done by clicking on a predetermined position on the screen, which unifies the length of the cell frame for entering items for each axis, making it easier to see the map itself. , The keyword at a predetermined position is displayed on the display unit, and the map can be easily understood.

The invention according to claim 3 is a display device for displaying on a screen a technical information map in which at least two axes are used and keywords of technical information are used as items of each axis. A narrowing-down column is provided corresponding to each of the keywords and the like, and only the keywords and the like narrowed down in the narrowing-down column are collected and a narrowing-down map is displayed on the screen. In this case, it is preferable that the narrowing-down map is automatically narrowed down by applying a predetermined marking to the narrowing-down column as in the invention of claim 4.

With this configuration, a narrowing-down column is provided corresponding to, for example, a keyword as an item of each axis of a map composed of a vertical axis and a horizontal axis, and a narrowing-down map in a state narrowed down by this narrowing-down column Since it is displayed on the screen, it is not necessary to scroll the map in each axis direction even if there are many items for each axis or if the items of interest are dispersed, improving the operability of the display device. At the same time, the items of interest can be accurately grasped, and the understanding of the map can be promoted. In particular, since the narrowing-down map is automatically created by marking the narrowing-down column, the operability of the display device can be further improved.

[0010]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings. 1 and 2 show a basic configuration diagram of a display device using the method according to the present invention and a block diagram when the device is constructed by using a personal computer.

In FIG. 1, the display device 1 is used to input various conditions regarding the IPC, the applicant, the inventor, the output format, and the like by the keyboard 13 described later, and the mouse 1
4, input means 2 for inputting various conditions with a mouse by clicking a key or the like on the screen;
-ROM patent publication (or magnetic drum of host computer in the case of patent database) and the like, information storage means 3 for storing a large number of patent information, and input means 2
Control means 4 for performing various arithmetic processes based on the information input from the controller to create a matrix as a patent map, and output means for displaying or printing the matrix created by the controller 4 in a predetermined form. It is composed of 5 and 5.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram when the display device 1 is constructed by using a personal computer, and the control device 7 as the control means 4 includes a CPU 8, a RAM 9 and a ROM 10.
And I / O 11 and the like, which are connected via a bus line 12. To the input side of the I / O 11 of the control device 7, the keyboard 13 and the mouse 14 as the input means 2 and the CD-ROM drive 15 including an MO drive as the information storage means 3 are connected, and the I / O 11 is connected.
A CRT 16 (including a liquid crystal display) as the output means 5, a printer 17 and the like are connected to the output side of.

In this example, the display device 1 is composed of the input means 2, the information storage means 3, the control means 4 and the output means 5, but the display device 1 of the present invention uses the CRT 16 for the created matrix (map). Any device that can be displayed on the screen, such as the above, may be used, of course, for example, the control unit 4 and the output unit 5 or the output unit 5 alone may be configured.

The matrix created by the display device 1 and displayed on the CRT 16 is shown in FIGS.
The first embodiment shown in FIG. 6 and the second embodiment shown in FIGS. 7 to 9 can be considered. This will be described below. First, in the first embodiment, as shown in FIG.
On the screen of RT16, the X axis as the horizontal axis and the Y axis as the vertical axis
A two-dimensional matrix 20 composed of axes is displayed, and codes or serial numbers 21 and 22 (hereinafter referred to as codes 21 and 22) are entered in the X-axis and Y-axis items of this matrix 20. The codes 21 and 22 are composed of numbers of a predetermined number of digits (two digits in the figure) which are obtained by encoding various keywords of the patent publication.
The length (cell width) of the frame of the item entry field of each axis is set to be constant.

On the upper left side of the screen, the title display section 2
3 is provided, and a keyword display section 24 is provided between the title display section 23 and the matrix 20. As shown in the enlarged view of FIG. 4, the keyword display portion 24 is formed of an X-axis display portion 24a and a Y-axis display portion 24b, and the length of the frame of each display portion 24a, 24b is the longest keyword. It is set to the length to get.

The display of the keywords on the keyword display section 24 is such that when a predetermined matrix position, for example, the matrix position A shown in FIG. 3 is clicked by the cursor, the item (keyword) on the X axis is displayed. "Heat resistance" is displayed on the display section 24a, and the Y-axis item (keyword) is displayed on the display section 24b as "isopropylene alcohol". That is, by clicking on a predetermined matrix position, the X-axis and Y-axis keywords at that position are automatically displayed on the keyword display unit 24.

As shown in FIG. 5, the X-axis and Y-axis items of the matrix 20 are classified into categories such as "effect" and "function" and given a predetermined code, and control is performed. A table 25 preset and stored in the RAM 9 or the like of the device 7 is used.
The keywords corresponding to the X-axis and Y-axis codes at a predetermined matrix position and the like are displayed on the X-axis display unit 24a and the Y-axis display unit 24b by being sequentially read by the PU 8. Table 2 in this case
5 is not limited to this example, and an appropriate table that does not include a category or the like can be used.

The matrix 20 of this first embodiment
According to the above, since the keywords as the items of each axis are described as the numerical codes 21 and 22 having a predetermined number of digits, it is possible to unify the lengths of the frames for displaying the items to be the same length, The table itself of 20 is neat and easy to see, and the keywords at predetermined matrix positions are displayed on the relatively large keyword display section 24, so that the table can be easily understood and the matrix 20 can be understood properly and easily. You can

Since the keyword display section 24 is provided on the same screen on which the matrix 20 is displayed,
The keyword corresponding to the code of each axis at a predetermined matrix position can be clearly displayed, and the keyword at the interested matrix position can be surely grasped as compared with the case where each keyword is directly displayed on the large keyword display section 24. , The understanding of the matrix 20 can be further promoted. By these, the matrix 2 of this form
By using 0 for analysis of patent information and the like, efficient and highly reliable analysis can be performed.

As a modification of the first embodiment, as shown in FIG. 5, the X axis at a predetermined matrix position,
As a method of displaying a keyword or the like corresponding to the Y-axis, it is also possible to display a keyword list including the keyword on a window and highlight the applicable keyword or the like on the keyword list.

Next, in the second embodiment, as shown in FIG. 7, a two-dimensional matrix 30 having an X axis as the horizontal axis and a Y axis as the vertical axis is displayed on the screen of the CRT 16, and Aperture columns 31 and 32 (X aperture column 31 and Y aperture column 32 in the figure) are provided corresponding to each item of the X axis and the Y axis of the matrix 30. The items of the X-axis and the Y-axis are constituted by, for example, numbers 33 with a predetermined number of digits or alphabets, which are obtained by coding various keywords in the patent publications.

In this matrix 30, "*" is marked in predetermined diaphragm columns 31 and 32, for example, X
When the aperture key 31a and the Y aperture key 32a are clicked (or the aperture key 34 shown in FIG. 6 is clicked), as shown in FIG. 8, "*" is added to the X axis and the Y axis.
Only each item of the axis is gathered, and in this state, when the expansion key 35 is clicked, as shown in FIG. 9, the matrix 36 including only the items narrowed down is displayed.
The (narrowing-down matrix 36) is configured to be displayed in a predetermined size on the screen. In the state shown in FIG. 9, the narrowing columns 31 and 32 of the narrowing-down matrix 36 can be deleted to improve the visibility.

The matrix 30 of this second embodiment
According to, according to each item of the X axis and the Y axis, the narrowing column 31,
By providing 32 and making a predetermined marking in the narrowing columns 31 and 32, only the corresponding items are narrowed down and a narrowing-down matrix 36 is newly created. Even when the items are dispersed, only the necessary items can be gathered, and the matrix 36 itself can be easily viewed, and its understanding can be performed properly and quickly.

Particularly, by marking "*" or the like in the narrowing columns 31 and 32 and clicking a predetermined key, the narrowing-down matrix 36 is automatically created and displayed in a predetermined size. As described above, it is not necessary to scroll in the axial direction one by one, the operation relating to the map display can be easily performed, and the efficiency of analysis work of many patent information can be improved. In the second embodiment, it is needless to say that if the X-axis and Y-axis items are coded, the same operation and effect as those of the first embodiment can be obtained, but the keyword etc. can be obtained without coding. It is of course possible to use as it is.

In each of the above embodiments, a two-dimensional matrix for a patent map has been described as an example, but the present invention is not limited to this and is also applicable to a three-dimensional matrix. It is also possible to apply it to a bar having at least two axes other than the matrix, various maps such as a time series graph, and the like. Further, although cases have been described with the above embodiment as examples where the technical information is patent information, the technical information according to the present invention is not limited to scientific and technological literature information, such as magazine article information. It can also be applied to various information stored in a database.

[0026]

As described above in detail, according to the invention described in claim 1, a keyword of technical information as an item of each axis of a map is entered as a code, and a predetermined position where each axis intersects. Since the keywords of each axis are displayed on the display unit provided on the same screen as the map, the length of the cell frame for entering the items for each axis is unified, making it easier to see the map itself and at a predetermined position. It is possible to understand the map accurately and easily by displaying the keywords, etc. on the display unit.

According to the invention described in claim 2, in addition to the effect of the invention described in claim 1, since a keyword or the like is displayed on the display unit by clicking a predetermined position on the screen, the display is performed. The operability of the device can be improved,
The map can be understood more accurately and easily.

Further, according to the third aspect of the invention, a narrowing-down column is provided corresponding to a keyword or the like as an item of each axis, and the narrowing-down map in the state narrowed down by this narrowing-down column is displayed on the screen. Therefore, even if there are many items on each axis or if the items of interest are dispersed, it is not necessary to scroll the map one by one in each axis direction, and the operability of the display device itself is improved and the items of interest are Can be accurately grasped, and it is possible to promote understanding of the map.

According to the invention described in claim 4, in addition to the effect of the invention described in claim 3, since the narrowing-down map is automatically created by marking the narrowing-down column,
The operability of the display device can be further improved, and the map can be understood more accurately and easily.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a basic configuration diagram of a display device for a technical information map according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram when the display device is constructed using a personal computer.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory view showing the first embodiment thereof.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged view of the main part of the same.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory view of the same modified example.

FIG. 6 is another explanatory diagram.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory view showing the second embodiment.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram of its main part.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram of the narrowing map.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Display device 2 input means 3 Information storage means 4 Control means 5 Output means 7 Control device 8 CPU 9 RAM 10 ROM 13 keyboard 14 mice 15 CD-ROM drive 16 CRT 17 Printer 20 Matrix 21, 22 code, etc. 24 Keyword display 24a X-axis display section 24b Y-axis display 25 tables 30 matrix 31, 32 aperture field 36 Narrowing down matrix

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A display device for displaying, on a screen, a technical information map in which at least two axes have technical information keywords and the like used as items of each axis, and the keywords and the like have a predetermined length. A display device for a technical information map, which is provided with a display unit for displaying a code or the like on a screen and a keyword or the like for each axis at a predetermined position on the screen. 2. The display of the technical information map according to claim 1, wherein the display unit, when a predetermined position of the map is clicked on the screen, displays a keyword or the like of each axis of the position. apparatus. 3. A display device for displaying on a screen a technical information map in which at least two axes are used and technical information keywords or the like are used as items of each axis. A display device for a technical information map, wherein a narrowing down field is provided and only keywords and the like narrowed down in the narrowing down field are collected to display a narrowing down map on the screen. 4. The display device for a technical information map according to claim 3, wherein said narrowing-down map is automatically narrowed down by narrowing down the narrowing-down column.