JP2006092368A - Activity recording device, activity recording method, and program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an activity recording device capable of finding a target document without remembering a folder and a document name of a storing destination. <P>SOLUTION: The activity recording device 50 comprises an activity content detection means for detecting, as activity contents, information about a document used in a joint work scene, participants, or the conversation contents, an activity content storing means 31 for storing the activity contents detected by the activity content detection means correspondingly to the time and place of the joint work, an activity history retrieving means 33 for extracting and displaying the activity contents stored in the activity content storing means 31 based on a specified retrieving condition. The document is previously filed based on the user's action history, and the document utilized in a past work scene can be retrieved using the action memory (episodic memory) of the user himself/herself as a cue. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to an activity recording apparatus, an activity recording method, and a program.

  Conventionally, to search for an electronic document used for collaborative work such as a meeting, use the file search function to search the file list in the folder by tracing the directory hierarchy on the file server or your computer. It is common to use a method such as searching from a file name.

  Since the collaborative work support system of Patent Document 1 transmits information such as the storage location of the file displayed on the information display device during the conference from the information display device to the terminal device, the conference participants take home their terminal devices after the conference ends. By connecting to the network or referring to the information with an output device connected to the network, it is possible to acquire materials during the meeting and to operate the material data.

JP 2002-49595 A

  However, it is difficult to remember the folder and document name of the storage destination. On the file server or your computer, you can search the file list in the folder by tracing the directory hierarchy, or use the file search function to search for files. There is a problem that the target document cannot be found by the method of searching by name. Further, even in the system described in Patent Document 1, it is difficult to remember the storage destination folder and the document name, and thus there is a problem that the target document cannot be found.

  Accordingly, the present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and provides an activity recording apparatus, an activity recording method, and a program that can find a target document without remembering a storage destination folder and a document name. With the goal.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the present invention provides, as described in claim 1, activity content detection means for detecting information on a document, a participant or conversation content used in a collaborative scene as activity content, Activity content storage means for storing the activity content detected by the activity content detection means in association with the time and place of the joint work, and the activity content stored in the activity content storage means are designated. The activity recording device comprises activity history search means for extracting and generating display information based on the search conditions.

  According to the present invention, a document can be filed based on the user's behavior history, and a document used in the past work scene can be searched using the user's own behavior memory (episode memory) as a clue. In addition, by providing a view that gives a bird's-eye view of behavior among users based on each user's behavior history, awareness regarding organizational activities can be provided.

  The activity recording apparatus of the present invention further comprises context generating means for generating information relating to the same context by collecting information relating to objects detected in the same time zone and the same place, as described in claim 2, Activity content storage means holds the activity content in units of contexts generated by the context generation means, and the activity history search means stores past activity contents stored in the activity content storage means in units of contexts. To generate display information. According to the present invention, the activity history can be efficiently searched by collectively storing the activity contents in the same time zone and the same place.

  The activity recording apparatus according to the present invention further includes a context history publishing unit that publishes the activity content stored in the activity content storage unit, and a context generation for the context generation unit. Context information acquisition means for acquiring and holding a reference to the context information published by the context history publication means. According to the present invention, it is possible to determine whether or not to acquire information related to the context according to the will of each individual user, and to hold the generated context information on the user side.

  As described in claim 4, the activity history search means detects the frequency of being in the same place at the same time for a user set, calculates the frequency of collaboration between users, and uses it. Information to be displayed as a bird's-eye view is generated as the strength of the relationship between persons. According to the present invention, conventionally, the strength of the human network in the real world has been known only sensuously. By displaying a bird's-eye view of the relationship between users based on the frequency of collaborative work in the real world, it is possible to assist in grasping the overall activity status and facilitate the discovery of communities and key persons.

  The activity history search means, as claimed in claim 5, calculates a document provision / provided relationship between users based on a document detected in a collaborative work situation and information on a provider of the document. And the information displayed as a bird's-eye view as a relationship between users is generated. According to the present invention, it is possible to discover a central person of an activity by performing a bird's-eye display of a human relationship based on a document provision / provided relationship in collaborative work.

  The activity history search unit obtains a distance between similarities based on a keyword set included in a document group handled in each context, and the similarities between the obtained contexts. Based on the distance of the degree, the overhead view display information is generated. According to the present invention, based on the similarity between documents, it is possible to grasp the situation related to activities in which the same activity is performed in the organization, and to promote the reuse of information resources as a memory held and managed by the entire organization. .

  The activity history search means, as set forth in claim 7, is a set of users in the current context detected by the activity content detection means, or a feature quantity, work place and date / time extracted from a shared document. List similar contexts and access various information about those contexts. According to the present invention, since the past context of the same situation as the current can be easily accessed, in the case of a conference that is held by the same member in the same time zone in a regular case, the context related to the previous conference is not searched. Can be taken out instantly.

  As described in claim 8, the activity history search means generates information for displaying a list of past contexts in which the document has been used, using the document designated by the user as a search key. According to the present invention, it is possible to access information on members who have participated in the conference, other materials shared at that time, and the like from materials used in conferences held in the past.

  According to the present invention, as described in claim 9, the activity content detecting step for detecting information about the document, the participant or the conversation content used in the scene of collaborative work as the activity content, and detected by the activity content detecting step. Activity content storage step for storing the activity content in association with the time and place where the collaborative work was performed, and the activity content stored in the activity content storage step is extracted and displayed based on the specified search condition An activity recording method including an activity history search step for generating information. According to the present invention, a document can be filed based on the user's behavior history, and a document used in the past work scene can be searched using the user's own behavior memory (episode memory) as a clue. In addition, by providing a view that gives a bird's-eye view of behavior among users based on each user's behavior history, awareness regarding organizational activities can be provided.

  According to the present invention, as described in claim 10, information on documents, participants, or conversation contents used in the scene of collaborative work is stored as activity contents in association with the time and place where the collaborative work was performed. An activity content storage step, a program for causing a computer to execute an activity history search step for generating display information by extracting the activity content stored in the activity content storage step based on a specified search condition. According to the present invention, a document can be filed based on the user's behavior history, and a document used in the past work scene can be searched using the user's own behavior memory (episode memory) as a clue. In addition, by providing a view that gives a bird's-eye view of behavior among users based on each user's behavior history, awareness regarding organizational activities can be provided.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to provide an activity recording apparatus, an activity recording method, and a program capable of finding a target document without remembering a storage destination folder and a document name.

  Hereinafter, the best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the configuration of a system according to the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1, the system 1 includes a document management server 2, a context server 3, a notebook PC 4, a wireless LAN base station 5, an infrared generator 6, an RFID antenna built-in table 7, a projector 8, a projection screen 9, and an RFID tag. A paper document 10, an RFID tag recognition server 11, a multifunction peripheral (MFP) 12, a podium PC 13, an ID card (RFID card) 14, a desktop PC 15, and a network 30 are provided. α indicates a work space.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the configuration of the activity recording apparatus according to the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 2, the activity recording device 50 includes a context server 3, an RFID tag recognition server 11, a podium PC 13, and a desktop PC 15. The activity recording device 50 makes it possible to file a document based on the user's action history, and to search for a document used in the past work scene by using the user's own action memory (episode memory) as a clue. . Moreover, the activity recording apparatus 50 provides a view for grasping the behavior between users from a bird's-eye view based on the behavior history of each user. Thereby, awareness (awareness) regarding an organized activity can be provided. The RFID tag recognition server 11 and the podium PC 13 are activity content detection means. This activity content detection means detects information relating to used documents, participants, conversation content, etc. as activity content in a joint work such as a meeting.

  The document management server 2 is a repository that stores document entities handled on various devices. A document on the document management server 2 can be specified and extracted by a URL.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the context server 3 includes activity content storage means 31, context generation and holding means 32, context history search means 33, and content history publication means 34. The activity content holding means 31 uses the activity content (shared document, participant, conversation content, etc.) detected by the RFID tag recognition server 11 and the podium PC (shared electronic document detection mechanism) 13 as the time when the collaborative work was performed. Save in association with the location. The context history search unit 33 extracts the activity content stored in the activity content storage unit 31 based on a search condition designated by the user, and generates display information. The context history disclosure unit 34 accesses and displays the activity content stored in the activity content storage unit 31 via the network.

  The context generation / holding unit 32 collects information related to objects detected in the same time zone and the same place, and generates information related to the same context. At this time, the activity content storage unit 31 holds the activity content in units of the context generated by the context generation and holding unit 32, and the context history search unit 33 stores the activity content in the activity content storage unit 31 in units of context. Search and display past activity contents. Thereby, the activity history can be efficiently searched by storing the activity contents in the same time zone and the same place together.

  The notebook PC 4 includes an infrared light receiving unit and a wireless antenna, and is connected to the network 30 via the wireless LAN base station 5 or a wired network. The wireless LAN base station 5 is a wireless LAN base station in the work space. The infrared ray generator 6 transmits an ID unique to the work space. The notebook PC 4 recognizes the work space by receiving the transmission ID from the infrared ray generator 6 through the infrared ray receiver.

  The RFID antenna 7a built in the table 7 is connected to an RFID tag recognition server 11 disposed in each work space. RFID tags are affixed to the notebook PC 4 carried by the user, the paper document 10 and the ID card 14 held by the user. The RFID tag recognition server 11 recognizes the presence of the notebook PC 4, the RFID-tagged paper document 10, and the ID card 14 held by the user via the RFID antenna 7 a arranged in the work space, and the activity in the work space. Detect content. The multifunction machine 12 prints the paper document 14 in response to a request from the notebook PC 4 or the like.

  The podium PC 13 is connected to the projector 8 and can project materials and the like from the projector 8 onto the projection screen 9. A service for performing a slide show is installed on the stage PC 13, and the slide show service is activated via the network and projected from the projector 8. The desktop PC 15 functions as a content information acquisition unit that acquires content information. In the desktop PC 15, the user requests the context generation and holding unit 32 to generate a context via the network, and obtains a reference (URI) to the generated context information disclosed by the context history disclosure unit 34. Hold.

  Next, a data structure processed by the software of this embodiment will be described. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a data structure according to the present embodiment. The software operating on the context server 3 holds “context server 101” data having the structure shown in FIG.

[Context server processing]
Next, processing in the context server 3 will be described. FIG. 4 is a process flowchart in the context server 3. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a control user interface 201 provided by the context server 3. The context server 3 includes a Web server and provides the control user interface 201 via HTTP (step S101). Using the notebook PC 4 connected to the wireless LAN, the user calls and displays the control user interface (Java applet) 201 provided by the context server 3 on the Web browser via the network. The user's notebook PC 4 displaying the control user interface 201 acquires ID information from the infrared ray generator 6 installed in the work space, and recognizes the work space where the notebook PC 4 exists.

  On the other hand, when the user presses the “context recording start” button 202 on the control user interface 201, “context 102” having the data structure shown in FIG. 3 is generated in the context server 3 and is recognized by the notebook PC 4. The current position ID is set to “current position ID”, and the date and time at that time is set to “start date and time” (step S102). The context server 3 receives the “object detection message” transmitted from the podium PC 13 or the RFID recognition server 11 connected to the RFID table 7 (step S103), and stores the information about the document and the user included in the message. Based on this, information about the object detected in the form of “shared document 103” or “participant 104” is recorded (step S104).

  The context server 3 is always waiting to receive an object detection message. Upon receiving the object detection message, the context server 3 generates data for the “shared document 103” and “participant 104” based on the information included in the message. And register. When the user selects the “End Context Recording” button 203 on the control user interface 201 of the context server 3, the current date and time is set in “End Date and Time” of “Context 102”.

[Search context information stored in the context server]
FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a context search user interface 301 provided by the context server 3. The context server 3 includes a web server and provides a context search user interface 301 via HTTP. The user calls and displays a context search user interface (Java applet) 301 provided by the context server 3 on the Web browser using the notebook PC 4 connected to the wireless LAN. On the context search user interface 301, the past “context 102” stored in the context server 3 can be searched based on information such as date, place, participant, and the like.

  In FIG. 6, when the date and place are specified and the “Search” button 302 is pressed, a list of corresponding contexts is displayed. When a context is selected from the list and the context display 303 is selected from the pop-up menu, the Web browser is activated and the corresponding context page (which holds “URL” of “context”) is displayed. . Furthermore, when the user selects “e-mail 304” from the pop-up menu for the context selected on the context list provided by the context search user interface 301, the URL of the Web page related to the context is included. Allows messages to be sent to a specified destination. Here, the specified destination may be, for example, a specific user, a group specified as a mailing list, an online discussion system, a system capable of posting a message by e-mail such as an electronic bulletin board There is also.

  In the desktop PC 15 which is a context information acquisition unit, the user requests the context generation / holding unit 32 to generate a context via the network, and references to the generated context information disclosed by the context history disclosure unit 34. (URI) is acquired and held. That is, a search request is issued from the desktop PC 15 to obtain a URI. As a specific operation, when “context reference generation 307” is selected on the pop-up menu on the context search UI 301 in FIG. 6, an HTML file for displaying information on the specified context is generated, It is stored in the context server 3 and its URL is displayed as a dialog window as shown in FIG.

[Processing using RFID table]
Next, processing in the RFID table will be described. Information relating to the ID recognized on the RFID table 7 is transmitted to the context server 3 as an object detection message. There are two types of IDs recognized on the RFID table 7, that is, an ID embedded in the ID card 14 carried by the participant and an ID embedded in the paper document 10. These IDs have unique code information and writable areas as RFID tags, and based on identification information (identification information on whether a person or a document) written in the writable area, Whether it is a paper document or not is identified.

[Processing of electronic document detection mechanism]
Next, processing of the electronic document detection mechanism will be described. The podium PC 13 functions as an electronic document detection mechanism. When a document is specified on the podium PC 13 and a document editor or a slide editor (including a slide viewer) is activated, the specified document is detected by the shared electronic document detection mechanism, and the address of the detected electronic document is detected. Is transmitted to the context server 3 as an object detection message.

[Human Network View Display]
Next, the human network view will be described. FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a human network display user interface 401. From the pop-up menu of the context history list of the context search user interface 301 shown in FIG. 6, “When the human network view 309 is selected, the context history search means 33 is based on the user set stored in the shared document history. , Detect the frequency of being in the same place at the same time, calculate the frequency of collaboration between users, calculate the strength of the relationship between users based on the frequency of collaboration between users, The result is displayed as a view in which a face photograph icon as shown in FIG.

  Further, the context history search means 33 calculates the document provision / provided relationship between the users based on the document detected in the collaborative scene and the information on the provider of the document, and uses the result. As a relationship between persons, a view in which a face photograph icon as shown in FIG. In FIG. 8, the stronger the strength, the shorter the link length. When an arbitrary user icon is designated on this overhead view, a list of conference contexts in which the user has participated is displayed. When a context is designated from the list, the designation is displayed on the context search user interface 301 shown in FIG. Information about the context that was created is displayed.

  Thus, conventionally, the strength of the human network in the real world has been known only sensibly. By displaying a bird's-eye view of the relationship between users based on the frequency of collaborative work in the real world, it is possible to assist in grasping the overall activity status and to facilitate the discovery of communities and key persons. Further, by displaying a bird's-eye view of the human relationship based on the document provision / subject relationship in the collaborative work, it is possible to discover the central person of the activity.

[Display Group Awareness]
Next, display of group awareness will be described. FIG. 11 is a diagram showing the group awareness user interface 501. When the “member activity status list” button 305 of the context search user interface 301 shown in FIG. 6 is selected, members registered in “group members” held by the notebook PC 4 (personal workspace peer) become owners. An overhead view as shown in FIG. 11 can be displayed from the “current position” of a personal workspace peer, and the work status of other users can be grasped.

[Search from current button]
The context history search means 33 is a set of users in the current context (current time and place where the user is placed) detected by the RFID tag recognition server 11 and the podium PC 13 functioning as activity content detection means. Alternatively, similar contexts are listed based on the feature amount (keyword set or the like) extracted from the shared document, the work location, and the date and time (day of the week or time zone).

  That is, when the “current context” button 306 of the context search user interface shown in FIG. 6 is selected, a set of participants stored in the current “context 102” is obtained, and a “context” having a similar set of participants is obtained. ”Is searched from the context set, and the current context is compared with similarities such as participants, day of the week, time, and place, and context candidates are listed in the view 308 on the right side of FIG. 6 in descending order of similarity. The Thereby, it is possible to access various information related to the contexts. Therefore, since the past context of the same situation as the current can be easily accessed, in the case of a conference that is held by the same member at the same time in a regular time, the context related to the previous conference is retrieved immediately without searching. be able to.

  Further, the context history search means 33 obtains a distance between similarities based on a keyword set included in a document group handled in each context, and the overhead view display information based on the similarities distance between the contexts. Is generated. Specifically, at the time of document registration, the frequency of keywords in the document is counted and stored in the keyword set shown in FIG. 3, and when the relationship between documents is displayed, the frequency held by the keyword set is used. The distance space between documents is calculated, and the similarity between documents is calculated. Further, the context history search means 33 displays the document relationship display user interface 601 shown in FIG. 9 based on the similarity distance between documents. The relationship between the documents is displayed in a bird's-eye view, the context in which the selected document is used is displayed, and the related context is searched. This gives access to contexts that are closely related. For this reason, it is possible to grasp the situation related to activities in which the same activity is performed in the organization based on the similarity between documents, and to promote the reuse of information resources as a memory held and managed by the entire organization.

  Furthermore, the context history search means 33 displays a list of past contexts in which the document has been used, using the document specified by the user as a search key. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 3, the context includes a “context ID” and a “related context set” for holding a context in which each document is used. This related context set is meta information registered on the database side storing the document every time the document is used under a certain context, and the context server 3 side periodically inquires the data server, Keep a copy of the current metadata. Using this information, a related context search user interface 701 shown in FIG. 10 can be used to extract and display a related context from a document. Thereby, it is possible to access information on members who participated in the conference, other materials shared at that time, and the like from materials used in conferences held in the past.

  The activity recording method according to the present invention is realized by the activity recording device 50. Each step is realized by installing the program from a hard disk device, a portable storage medium such as a CD-ROM, DVD or flexible disk, or downloading from a communication circuit, and the CPU executes the program, for example. The

  This program includes an activity content storage step for storing information relating to documents, participants, or conversation content used in a joint work scene as activity content in association with the time and place where the joint work was performed, and the activity content storage step. The computer executes an activity history search step of retrieving the activity content stored in the step based on the specified search condition and generating display information. The activity history search means corresponds to the context history search means 33, and the context generation means corresponds to the context generation holding means 32.

  Although the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail above, the present invention is not limited to the specific embodiments, and various modifications, within the scope of the gist of the present invention described in the claims, It can be changed. It should be noted that the activity content detection means may be any device that detects information on the used documents, participants, conversation content, etc. as activity content in the joint work scene, and the RFID tag recognition server 11 and the podium PC 13 described above. It is not limited to.

It is a figure which shows the structure of the system by this embodiment. It is a figure which shows the structure of the activity recording device by this embodiment. It is a figure which shows the data structure by this embodiment. It is a processing flowchart in a context server. It is a figure which shows the control user interface which a context server provides. It is a figure which shows the context search user interface which a context server provides. It is a figure which shows the dialog window when a context is produced | generated. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a human network display user interface. It is a figure which shows a document relation display user interface. It is a figure which shows a related context search user interface. It is a figure which shows a group awareness user interface.

Explanation of symbols

1 system 3 context server 11 RFID tag recognition server 13 podium PC
15 desktop 31 activity content storage means 32 context generation and holding means 33 context history search means 34 context history disclosure means 50 activity recording device

Claims (10)

Activity content detection means for detecting information on documents, participants or conversation content used in the scene of collaborative work as activity content;
Activity content storage means for storing the activity content detected by the activity content detection means in association with the time and place where the joint work was performed;
An activity recording device comprising: activity history search means for extracting the activity content stored in the activity content storage means based on a specified search condition and generating display information. The activity recording device further includes context generation means for collecting information on objects detected in the same time zone and in the same place and generating the information as information on the same context,
The activity content storage means holds the activity content in units of contexts generated by the context generation means,
2. The activity recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the activity history search means generates display information by searching past activity contents stored in the activity content storage means in units of contexts. The activity recording device further includes a context history publishing unit for publishing the activity content stored in the activity content storing unit;
3. A context information acquisition unit that requests the context generation unit to generate a context and acquires and holds a reference to the context information disclosed by the context history disclosure unit. Activity recording device. The activity history search means detects the frequency of being in the same place at the same time for the user set, calculates the frequency of joint work between users, and displays an overhead view as the strength of the relationship between users The activity recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein information to be generated is generated. The activity history search means calculates a document provision / provided relationship between users based on a document detected in a collaborative work situation and information on the document provider, and provides an overview as a relationship between users. 2. The activity recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein information to be displayed is generated. The activity history search means obtains a distance between similarities based on a keyword set included in a document group handled in each context, and displays a bird's-eye view based on the obtained similarity distance between contexts. The activity recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein information is generated. The activity history search means lists similar contexts based on a set of users in the current context detected by the activity content detection means or a feature amount, work place, and date / time extracted from a shared document. 2. The activity recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein various kinds of information relating to the contexts can be accessed. 2. The activity recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the activity history search means generates information for displaying a list of past contexts in which the document has been used, using a document designated by the user as a search key. An activity content detection step for detecting information about the document, participants or conversation content used in the scene of collaborative work as activity content;
Activity content storage step for storing the activity content detected by the activity content detection step in association with the time and place where the joint work was performed;
An activity history search method comprising: an activity history search step for generating the display information by extracting the activity content stored in the activity content storage step based on a specified search condition. Activity content storage step for storing information related to documents, participants or conversation content used in the scene of collaborative work as activity content, in association with the time and place where the collaborative work was performed,
A program for causing a computer to execute an activity history search step for extracting the activity content stored in the activity content storage step based on a specified search condition and generating display information.

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