JP2013033387A - Browse information editing device, program, and browse information editing method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce the burden of a producer by allowing the producer to easily arrange and edit options and browse information in a tree structure while visually recognizing an entire configuration of the tree structure in an information browsing system.SOLUTION: In a browse information editing device 300, a position control unit 322 graphically displays an insertion block 470 on a display unit 312 together with a browse information group 200 and moves the display position of the insertion block in accordance with producer's operation input through an operation unit 310. An index display control unit 324 specifies a reference block 472 in accordance with a positional relation to the insertion block and displays an index indicating an insertion direction, in association with the reference block in accordance with the positional relation between the insertion block and the reference block. A block insertion unit 326 inserts the insertion block in the insertion direction indicated by the index of the reference block in accordance with producer's operation input through the operation unit so that the insertion block is parallel with or serial to the reference block.

Description

  The present invention relates to a browsing information editing apparatus, a program, and a browsing information editing method for constructing an information browsing system for browsing information desired by a user.

  With the recent paperless operation, for example, product manuals (instruction manuals) are often provided as electronic data instead of or in addition to paper media. Electronic manuals based on electronic data take advantage of the random access to the electronic data that make up the electronic manual, and jump to the page shown in the table of contents simply by selecting the table of contents itself. Provides users with a variety of functions, including a search function that searches for text on manual locations, a link function to connect to sites with detailed browsing information, and a printing function that prints the desired browsing information in a layout that makes it easy to grasp can do.

  In recent years, with the spread of network infrastructure such as the Internet and LAN (Local Area Network), necessary information can be easily acquired through a network. For example, a user can use a client device to access a Web site of a server device through the Internet and use an electronic manual provided by the server device, a so-called online manual. Such an online manual can hold an enormous amount of information for browsing within the server device, and the user can install a web browser without installing special software on the personal computer owned by the user. It is possible to use online manuals easily.

  However, from the viewpoint of product liability law (PL law) and user-friendly, the content of electronic manuals continues to increase, and the user takes time to reach the desired browsing information. Was invited. For example, even when referring to a table of contents in an electronic manual, if it is not possible to grasp which item the desired browsing information corresponds to or is related to many items, the desired browsing information It had to be checked one by one to see if

  In addition, in the method of searching for text through keywords, a large number of browsing information candidates are extracted when a keyword corresponding to a superordinate concept is searched, and the candidates must be confirmed one by one. On the other hand, when a search is performed using a keyword corresponding to a subordinate concept, there is a problem in that no browsing information candidate is extracted. Furthermore, although there are images of desired actions, such as objects and predicates, general keywords as described in the target electronic manual may not be conceived.

  Therefore, a list menu in which a plurality of candidate objects are collected and a list menu in which a plurality of predicate candidates are collected have an upper / lower hierarchical structure, and an appropriate two keywords are selected from a plurality of options related to a combination of two keywords. A technique for obtaining a desired result by selecting a combination is disclosed (for example, Patent Document 1). However, in the technique of Patent Document 1, in order to specify desired browsing information, first, an object and a predicate must be selected from the list menu. The more items in the list menu, the more selection is made. Inviting time-consuming results. Moreover, since the relationship between the object and the predicate is irregular, the predicate for the appropriate object may be inappropriate or the object for the appropriate predicate may be inappropriate.

  In addition, the user wants to uniquely specify browsing information such as FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) prepared in advance, but in order to build a structure that can efficiently approach multiple browsing information, It is necessary to devise means. For example, it may be possible to allow the user to specify browsing information using a tree structure. Such a tree structure can be constructed using XML (eXtensible Markup Language) which is a markup description language. Regarding XML, an input function for directly inputting document data and design editing information on a browser, a function for causing a Web server to directly generate input information as XML data, and a design from generated XML data A technique for realizing a function of analyzing edit contents and displaying them on a browser and generating design, layout, and information contents as XML data in real time is known (for example, Patent Document 2).

JP 2000-029595 A JP 2005-043484 A

  Under this background, the present inventor can efficiently extract appropriate browsing information desired by the user from a plurality of browsing information prepared in advance by simply inputting an object and a predicate. An information browsing system was constructed. However, the tree structure of such an information browsing system is often complicated, and in order to construct a systematic and regular tree structure that allows the user to easily extract each browsing information, It takes a great deal of labor and time to arrange the options and browsing information in the structure in the proper hierarchy and browsing order and to edit the positions.

  In view of such a problem, the present invention allows a producer to easily arrange and edit options and browsing information in a tree structure while visually recognizing the overall structure of the tree structure in the information browsing system. It is an object to provide a browsing information editing device, a program, and a browsing information editing method.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides the following browsing information editing device, program, and browsing information editing method.
(1) An insertion block representing an arbitrary option or browsing information together with an operation unit that accepts an operation input of the producer, a browsing information group that is a tree structure in which a plurality of options and browsing information according to the options are hierarchized. In the browsing information group according to the positional relationship between the insertion block and a position control unit that graphically displays on the display unit and moves the display position of the insertion block according to the operation input of the producer through the operation unit In addition to specifying one reference block, an indicator indicating the insertion direction of the same layer in which the insertion block is inserted is displayed on the display unit in association with the reference block according to the positional relationship between the insertion block and the reference block The insertion block is indicated in the index of the reference block in response to an operation input of the producer through the index display control unit and the operation unit. And in the insertion direction, viewing information editing apparatus characterized by and a block insertion unit for inserting such that the parallel relationship with said reference block.
(2) An insertion block representing an arbitrary option or browsing information together with an operation unit that accepts an operation input of the producer, a browsing information group that is a tree structure in which a plurality of options and browsing information corresponding to the options are hierarchized Graphically displayed on the display unit, according to the manufacturer's operation input through the operation unit, a position control unit that moves the display position of the insertion block, and according to the manufacturer's operation input through the operation unit, A browsing information editing apparatus, comprising: a block insertion unit that inserts an insertion block at any level above and below the reference block so as to be in a serial relationship with the reference block.
(3) The browsing according to (2), wherein the block insertion unit sets the reference block in a lower hierarchy of the insertion block when the insertion block is inserted in an upper hierarchy of the reference block. Information editing device.
(4) One reference block in the browsing information group is specified according to the positional relationship with the insertion block, and either one of the upper and lower sides where the insertion block is inserted according to the positional relationship between the insertion block and the reference block The browsing information editing apparatus according to (2) or (3), further including an index display control unit that displays an index indicating an insertion direction of the hierarchy on the display unit in association with the reference block.
(5) The index display control unit displays the index on the display unit in association with the insertion block in addition to the reference block, according to any one of (1) to (4), Browsing information editing device.
(6) A word corresponding to a predicate having a synonym relationship is specified by identifying which of a plurality of object word groups obtained by grouping words corresponding to objects having a synonym relationship is included as a target word. Identify which of the grouped predicate groups includes the word input as a predicate, uniquely identify the guidance information based on the matrix table composed of the identified object group and the previous descriptor group, The above (1), wherein the browsing information group is used to edit the association between the browsing information group and the matrix table used in an information browsing system that specifies browsing information based on the specified guidance information. The browsing information editing device according to any one of (5) to (5).
(7) Arbitrary options together with a browsing information group having a tree structure in which a computer having an operation unit for receiving an operation input of a producer and a display unit is hierarchized with a plurality of options and browsing information according to the options Alternatively, a position control unit that graphically displays an insertion block representing browsing information on the display unit and moves a display position of the insertion block in accordance with an operation input of the manufacturer through the operation unit, and a position of the insertion block One reference block in the browsing information group is specified according to the relationship, and an index indicating the insertion direction of the same hierarchy in which the insertion block is inserted is determined according to the positional relationship between the insertion block and the reference block. An indicator display control unit that displays on the display unit in association with a block, and the insertion block according to an operation input of the manufacturer through the operation unit The insertion direction indicated in the index of the reference block, and the block insertion unit for inserting such that the parallel relationship with said reference block, and a program for causing the function.
(8) An arbitrary option together with a browsing information group having a tree structure in which a plurality of options and browsing information according to the options are hierarchized on a computer having an operation unit that receives an operation input of the producer and a display unit Alternatively, an insertion block representing browsing information is graphically displayed on the display unit, and a position control unit that moves a display position of the insertion block according to an operation input of the manufacturer through the operation unit, and production through the operation unit A program for causing the insertion block to function as a block insertion unit that inserts the insertion block at any level above or below the reference block so as to be in a serial relationship with the reference block in response to an operation input by a user.
(9) Along with a browsing information group that is a tree structure in which a plurality of options and browsing information corresponding to the options are hierarchized, an insertion block representing any option or browsing information is graphically displayed on the display unit, and through the operation unit The display position of the insertion block is moved according to the operation input of the producer, and one reference block in the browsing information group is specified according to the positional relationship with the insertion block, and the insertion block and the reference block In accordance with the positional relationship, and displaying an indicator indicating the insertion direction of the same hierarchy to insert the insertion block in the display unit in association with the reference block, according to the operation input of the producer through the operation unit, The insertion block is inserted in a parallel relationship with the reference block in an insertion direction indicated by the index of the reference block. View information editing how.
(10) Along with a browsing information group having a tree structure in which a plurality of options and browsing information corresponding to the options are hierarchized, an insertion block representing an arbitrary option or browsing information is graphically displayed on the display unit, and the operation unit is used. The display position of the insertion block is moved according to the operation input of the producer, and the insertion block is moved to the upper or lower hierarchy of the reference block according to the operation input of the manufacturer through the operation unit. A browsing information editing method, wherein the browsing information is inserted in series with a block.

  According to the present invention, a producer can easily arrange and edit options and browsing information in the tree structure while visually recognizing the overall structure of the tree structure in the information browsing system, thereby reducing the burden on the producer. It becomes possible.

It is the functional block diagram which showed the electrical structure of the information browsing apparatus in 1st Embodiment. It is the functional block diagram which showed the electric constitution of the client apparatus. It is the functional block diagram which showed the electric constitution of the server apparatus. It is explanatory drawing for demonstrating a part of browsing information group. It is explanatory drawing for demonstrating a part of browsing information group. It is explanatory drawing for demonstrating an object group group. It is explanatory drawing for demonstrating a predicate group group. It is explanatory drawing for demonstrating a matrix table. It is explanatory drawing which showed the image of the determination process of an object group specific | specification part. It is explanatory drawing which showed the input process of the target object and predicate by a user. It is explanatory drawing which showed the other example of the matrix table. It is explanatory drawing for demonstrating the operation | movement process of a browsing information specific | specification part. It is explanatory drawing for demonstrating the operation | movement process of a browsing information specific | specification part. It is the sequence figure which showed the whole flow of the information browsing method. It is explanatory drawing which shows the input screen of a display part. It is the functional block diagram which showed the electrical structure of the browsing information editing apparatus in 2nd Embodiment. It is explanatory drawing which illustrated the tree display screen of the editor function. It is explanatory drawing which illustrated the browsing screen. It is explanatory drawing which illustrated the browsing screen. It is explanatory drawing which illustrated the synonym registration screen. It is explanatory drawing which illustrated the matrix edit screen. It is explanatory drawing for demonstrating the relationship between a tree display screen and a matrix edit screen. It is explanatory drawing for demonstrating the relationship between a tree display screen and a matrix edit screen. It is explanatory drawing which showed the example of a text of XML data. It is explanatory drawing which showed the example of a text of XML data. It is explanatory drawing which showed the example of a text of XML data. It is explanatory drawing which showed the basic operation | movement of the edit process of the block in a tree display screen. It is explanatory drawing which showed the basic operation | movement of the edit process of the block in a tree display screen. It is explanatory drawing for demonstrating the display of a parameter | index. It is explanatory drawing which showed the state after insertion of the insertion block to the same hierarchy. It is explanatory drawing for demonstrating the display of a parameter | index. It is explanatory drawing which showed the state after insertion of the insertion block to a lower hierarchy. It is explanatory drawing for demonstrating the display of a parameter | index. It is explanatory drawing which showed the state after insertion of the insertion block to an upper hierarchy. It is explanatory drawing which showed the other example of the parameter | index. It is a flowchart for demonstrating the flow of the browsing information editing method.

  Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. The dimensions, materials, and other specific numerical values shown in the embodiments are merely examples for facilitating the understanding of the invention, and do not limit the present invention unless otherwise specified. In the present specification and drawings, elements having substantially the same function and configuration are denoted by the same reference numerals, and redundant description is omitted, and elements not directly related to the present invention are not illustrated. To do.

  The browsing information editing device (graphical editor, markup language editor) of this embodiment performs generation and editing of blocks (nodes) constituting a tree structure through a graphical image when building the tree structure of an application. It is. Here, for ease of understanding, as an example of the tree structure, a tree structure including choices of electronic manuals (online manuals) that can be browsed by the user and browsing information is given, and the producer uses a graphical editor to List configurations that arrange and edit choices and browsing information.

  As described above, the browsing information desired by the user through electronic search is not limited to the electronic manual (online manual) as described above, and a FAQ or the like for identifying a question and obtaining appropriate browsing information for the question. Various search modes are conceivable. Here, the browsing information is information about contents and circumstances in a predetermined technical range such as an arbitrary technical field or an arbitrary product type, thereby causing knowledge or appropriate judgment to be generated for the user. Therefore, the search target of the browsing information of this embodiment is limited to a predetermined technical range.

  In the present embodiment, for example, an online manual of a digital video camera will be described as an example. However, the present embodiment is not limited to this, and the above-described FAQ and other various browsing forms and search forms are used. Can be applied. The present embodiment is intended to generate the online manual itself on the assumption that the online manual is referred to. Therefore, in the first embodiment, the premise is information that efficiently extracts appropriate browsing information desired by the user from a plurality of browsing information prepared in advance only by allowing the user to input an object and a predicate. In the second embodiment, a browsing information editing apparatus 300 that arranges arbitrary browsing information at an appropriate position desired by the user will be described in order to explain the browsing system 100 and to construct the information browsing system 100 in the second embodiment.

(First embodiment: information browsing system 100)
FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing a schematic relationship of the information browsing system 100. The information browsing system 100 includes a communication network 102, a client device 110, and a server device 120. The communication network 102 includes the Internet, a LAN, a dedicated line, and the like, and connects the client device 110 and the server device 120 respectively.

  The client device 110 is an electronic device that can use a Web browser, such as a personal computer, a notebook personal computer, a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), a mobile phone, and the like. The client device 110 includes a browser program and the music stored in the server device 120. Various information such as still images and moving images can be acquired through a Web browser. In the present embodiment, the client device 110 aims to obtain desired browsing information using an online manual held in the server device 120.

  The server device 120 manages various websites, and various types of online manuals managed by the server device 120 itself through the Web browser of the client device 110 in response to an information acquisition request for acquiring a Web page by the client device 110. A simple web page. Here, the Web site refers to a group of Web pages under the domain that identifies the server device 120. Specific configurations of the client device 110 and the server device 120 are as follows.

(Client device 110)
FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram showing an electrical configuration of the client device 110. The client device 110 includes an operation unit 140, a display unit 142, a client memory 144, a client communication unit 146, and a client control unit 148.

  The operation unit 140 includes a keyboard, a pointing device, a cross key, a joystick, a jog dial, a touch panel, a voice recognition (voice input) device, and the like. The operation input or voice input of the user 112 (hereinafter, including voice input is simply an operation input). For example, when the browsing information extraction (search) is attempted, direct character input of a word corresponding to the object and a word corresponding to the predicate is accepted. Hereinafter, a word input as an object is referred to as a “target word”, and a word input as a predicate is referred to as a “predicate word”.

  The display unit 142 is configured by a liquid crystal display, an organic EL (Electro Luminescence) display, or the like, and displays a web page provided from the server device 120 through a web browser or displays various images. In this embodiment, when accessing a predetermined Web site, the Web page provided from the server device 120 through the Web browser of the client device 110 itself (for example, online written in XML by the PHP / JavaScript program of the server device 120) The user 112 implements various processes related to the Web page by operating a UI (User Interface) in the Web page through the operation unit 140. Further, the display unit 142 displays, for example, a target word or a predicate word inputted through the operation unit 140 and used for confirming an input result, or displays browsing information extracted by performing the present embodiment. .

  The client memory 144 is configured by a storage medium such as an HDD (Hard disk drive), a flash memory, and a RAM, and an OS (Operating System), a control program, a browser program, a communication processing program, etc. used by a client control unit 148 described later. , Information such as a document downloaded together with a Web page from the server device 120 through a Web browser is held. Note that the HDD is precisely a device, but in the present description, it is treated as synonymous with other storage media for convenience of explanation.

  The client communication unit 146 performs communication connection with the server apparatus 120 through the communication network 102 using a protocol such as TCP / IP. The client control unit 148 includes a semiconductor integrated circuit including a central processing unit (CPU), and manages and controls the entire client device 110 in cooperation with the client memory 144 and other electronic circuits. The client control unit 148 also functions as a client transmission control unit 150 and a client reception control unit 152.

  The client transmission control unit 150 accesses the server device 120, and according to the content of the Web page provided from the server device 120, the word (target word) input as an object through the operation unit 140 and the predicate are input. Send a word (predicate word). Further, the client transmission control unit 150 transmits the answer selected according to the question from the server device 120 to the server device 120. The client reception control unit 152 receives the question 206 and the options from the server device 120, displays them on the display unit 142, and causes the user 112 to select the options. Further, the client reception control unit 152 receives browsing information from the server device 120 and causes the display unit 142 to display the browsing information.

(Server device 120)
FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram showing an electrical configuration of the server device 120. The server device 120 includes a server memory 160, a server communication unit 162, and a server control unit 164.

  The server memory 160 is configured by a storage medium such as an HDD, a flash memory, or a RAM, and an OS, a control program, a Web server program, a communication processing program, an online manual processing program, a Web browser used by a server control unit 164 described later Information such as an online manual and FAQ that can be provided to the client apparatus 110 is held. Here, as an online manual or FAQ, a browsing information group including a plurality of browsing information, an object group group including a plurality of object groups obtained by grouping words corresponding to objects having a synonym relationship, a predicate having a synonym relationship A predicate group group including a plurality of predicate groups obtained by grouping words corresponding to, and a matrix table for uniquely identifying guidance information for guiding to browsing information based on the object group and the predicate group are held. . Since the browsing information group, the object word group group, the predicate group group, and the matrix table are preconditions for understanding the present embodiment, the configuration will be briefly described first.

  4 and 5 are explanatory diagrams for explaining a part of the browsing information group 200. FIG. The browsing information group 200 is formed in a tree structure having a plurality of browsing information 202 as branches and, as an upper hierarchy, a selection 204 for guiding the browsing information 202 as a trunk. For example, in a hierarchy other than the lowest hierarchy (browsing information 202) of the tree structure in FIG. 4, a question 206 and an option 204 composed of a plurality of answers of the question 206 are shown. For the question 206 “Do you want to save?”, An option 204 “Optical disk” or “External HDD” is prepared. When the user 112 selects one answer from the prepared options 204, the prepared question 206 is presented in the lower hierarchy belonging to the option 204, and the user 112 sequentially selects the questions 206 in the lower hierarchy. By selecting 204, the desired browsing information 202 can be browsed finally. Further, the data position of the question 206 and the option 204 can be specified by a file name such as “image_cpy.xml” in FIG. 4 and a directory “opt” in the file.

  In such browsing information group 200, the lower hierarchy is divided into a plurality of files and held for each option 204 for the question 206 corresponding to the highest hierarchy (not shown). Therefore, the tree structure shown in FIG. 4 also corresponds to a part of the browsing information group 200, and is called only when “video storage” is selected in the option 204 of the highest hierarchy. The tree structure of the browsing information group 200 can be represented by, for example, a PAD (Problem Analysis Diagram) as a means for indicating an algorithm or program processing, as shown in FIG. Further, when the tree structure of the browsing information group 200 is described in the markup description language XML, it can be expressed as shown in FIG.

  If such a browsing information group 200 is prepared, the user 112 appropriately selects the question 206 at the highest hierarchy, and further appropriately answers the question 206 in the browsing information group 200 as shown in FIG. 4 (selects the option 204). ), The desired browsing information 202 can be obtained. However, in general, the hierarchy of the tree structure is deep (many), and the user 112 has to select many options 204 until reaching the desired browsing information 202 at the lowest hierarchy, which takes time and effort. In addition, if the reached browsing information 202 of the lowest hierarchy is not what is desired, the question 206 of the highest hierarchy is repeated again, and a desired browsing is selected by consciously selecting an option 204 different from the previous one. Information 202 must be found.

  Further, even if a question 206 or an option 204 corresponding to one hierarchy higher than the browsing information 202 that can directly derive the desired browsing information 202 is thought as a keyword, the question 206 provided in a hierarchy other than the highest hierarchy of the browsing information group 200. There is no means for directly designating the option 204 and the option 204, and the user 112 still has to make a selection from the question 206 at the highest level, and it takes time and effort to extract the desired browsing information 202.

  Therefore, in the information browsing system 100 according to the present embodiment, on the assumption that the above-described browsing information group 200 already exists or that the browsing information group 200 is newly generated later, The object is to allow the user 112 to efficiently browse the browsing information 202 by a narrowing process using a predicate group group and narrowing-down processing via the matrix table (shortcut to the desired option 204 or browsing information 202 by the matrix table).

  FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram for explaining the object group group 208. As described above, the object group is a group of words corresponding to objects having a synonym relationship. In the vertical direction in FIG. 6, the object group 210 is associated with the object number 212. Are lined up. In the horizontal direction in FIG. 6, a representative word 214 (corresponding to the synonym 1) of the object group 210, for example, “still image”, and one or a plurality of words that are synonymous with any word in the object group 210. Words, for example, “snapshot”, “photo”, and “frame” are juxtaposed. Note that the number of synonyms in the object group 210 is not limited.

  In this way, by configuring a group of words corresponding to objects having a synonym relationship, a large number of words can be associated as synonyms with any object group 210 of the object group group 208. The total number (variations) of words included in the group 208 can be easily increased, and the probability that browsing information can be extracted for any target word input by the user 112 is increased. Moreover, the capacity | capacitance and processing load of the server memory 160 can be suppressed by the structure which groups several synonyms and prepares the browsing information 202 with respect to the grouped group.

  The object group group 208 also includes an item of object frequency 216 indicating the frequency with which each word in the object group 210 is used for the search. The object frequency 216 is used for searching for objects in descending order of search frequency in the object group specifying unit 174 described later.

  FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram for explaining the predicate group group 218. The predicate group is a group of words corresponding to predicates having a synonym relationship, and the predicate group 220 is arranged in association with the predicate number 222 in the vertical direction in FIG. In the horizontal direction in FIG. 7, the representative word 224 of the predicate group 220, for example, “shooting”, and one or more words that are synonymous with any of the words in the predicate group 220, for example, “recording”, “Record” and “REC” are juxtaposed. Note that the number of synonyms in the predicate group 220 is not limited.

  As described above, the grouping of the words corresponding to the predicates having the synonym relationship enables the association of a large number of words as synonyms with any one of the predicate groups 220 in the predicate group group 218. The total number (variations) of words included in the group 218 can be easily increased, and the probability that browsing information can be extracted for any predicate word input by the user 112 increases. Moreover, the capacity | capacitance and processing load of the server memory 160 can be suppressed by the structure which groups several synonyms and prepares the browsing information 202 with respect to the grouped group. The predicate group group 218 also has an item of a predicate frequency 226 indicating the frequency with which each word in the predicate group 220 is used for the search. The predicate frequency 226 is used by the predicate group specifying unit 176 described later to search for predicates in descending order of search frequency.

  FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram for explaining the matrix table 228. In the matrix table 228, a plurality of object groups 210 arranged in the vertical direction in FIG. 8 (only the representative word 214 of the object word group 210 is shown in FIG. 8) and a plurality of objects arranged in the horizontal direction in FIG. The predicate group 220 (in FIG. 8, only the representative word 224 of the predicate group 220 is shown) is a two-dimensional array, and is browsed based on one object group 210 and one predicate group 220. One guide information 230 for guiding to the information 202 is derived.

  For example, when the target word is included in the target word group 210 of the representative word “still image” and the predicate word is included in the predicate group 220 of the representative word “photographing”, as shown in FIG. The guide information “L-0001” shown at the intersection of the two matrices is extracted. The guidance information “L-0001” is direct link information (indicated by an array element attached with “L-” in FIG. 8) that directly specifies the browsing information 202, and the user 112 receives the guidance information “L-”. By “0001”, the browsing information 202 can be browsed directly without going through the question 206 or the option 204 of the browsing information group 200.

  However, depending on the combination of the object group 210 and the predicate group 220, a plurality of pieces of browsing information 202 may be candidates, and one piece of browsing information 202 may not be specified. Regarding such an object group 210 and predicate group 220, an indirect link that shifts to a narrowing process for specifying the browsing information 202, which is different from the direct link information described above, at the place where both matrices intersect on a two-dimensional array. Information (indicated by array elements with “S-” in FIG. 8) is shown as guide information 230. As described above, when the guide information 230 is indirect link information, the user 112 cannot directly browse the browsing information 202, but directly moves to an arbitrary question 206 in a relatively lower hierarchy of the browsing information group 200. Thus, the browsing information 202 can be efficiently obtained via the minimum number of questions 206 and options 204. Such a narrowing process via the matrix table 228 will be specifically described in the operation of the browsing information specifying unit 180 described later.

  Returning to FIG. 3, the server communication unit 162 establishes communication connection with the client device 110 through the communication network 102 using a protocol such as TCP / IP. The server control unit 164 includes a semiconductor integrated circuit including a central processing unit (CPU), and manages and controls the entire server device 120 in cooperation with the server memory 160 and other electronic circuits. The server control unit 164 includes a server reception control unit 170, a server transmission control unit 172, an object group specifying unit 174, a predicate group specifying unit 176, a guidance information specifying unit 178, a browsing information specifying unit 180, a frequency updating unit 182, It also functions as a re-input promotion unit 184 and a synonym registration unit 186.

  The server reception control unit 170 receives the target word and the predicate word from the client device 110 and transmits them to the target word group specifying unit 174 and the predicate group specifying unit 176. Further, the server reception control unit 170 receives an answer to the option 204 from the client device 110 and transmits it to the browsing information specifying unit 180. When the guide information specifying unit 178 specifies the indirect link information as the guide information 230, the server transmission control unit 172 transmits the question 206 and the options 204 for narrowing down the browsing information 202 to the client device 110. In addition, the server transmission control unit 172 transmits the browsing information 202 specified by the browsing information specifying unit 180 to the client device 110.

  The object word group specifying unit 174 determines which of the object word groups 210 in the object word group group 208 includes the object word input as the object word. At this time, the object group specifying unit 174 determines whether or not the words in the object group group 208 match the object words in descending order of the object frequency 216 that is the search frequency of each word in the object group group 208. And the object word group 210 including the object word is specified.

  FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram showing an image of the determination process of the object group identification unit 174. When the user 112 inputs a target word through the operation unit 140 of the client device 110 and the server reception control unit 170 receives the target word, the target group specifying unit 174 first does not get stuck in the frame such as the target word group 210. Referring to the object frequency 216 of all the words in the object group group 208, the words corresponding to the objects are extracted in descending order of the object frequency 216. For example, as shown in FIG. 9, since the object frequency 216 of the word “still image” in the object group 210 having the object number 212 of “1” is “220”, the object group 216 is the maximum. The identifying unit 174 determines whether the word “still image” matches the target word. When the target word is different from the word “still image”, the target word group specifying unit 174 determines whether or not the word “moving image” having the second highest target frequency 216 after the word “still image” matches the target word.

  Then, the object group specifying unit 174 repeats the determination process in descending order of the object frequency 216 as shown in FIG. 9 until the object word matches any word in the object group group 208, and the matching word If there is an object number 212 of the object word group 210, for example, if the object word is “photograph”, the object information “1” indicating the object group group 210 including “photograph” as a synonym is provided as guidance information The data is transmitted to the specifying unit 178. If no matching word is found, the object group specifying unit 174 determines that the object word is not included in the object group group 208 and ends the determination process.

  The object frequency 216 described above is a cumulative result of using the word in the past, but also indicates the possibility that the word will be used in the future. Therefore, the object group specifying unit 174 can efficiently find the object group 210 by searching for the object group 210 including the object words in descending order of the object frequency 216, so that the user 112 Can obtain the desired browsing information at an early stage.

  Here, the object group specifying unit 174 receives the input of the object word, and once extracts the words to be compared in descending order of the object frequency 216. However, the present invention is not limited to this case. A table in which words are arranged in descending order of the object frequency 216 such as 9 may be created in advance. In this case, the frequency update unit 182 to be described later updates the object frequency 216 in the table and sorts the search order.

  The predicate group specifying unit 176 determines which of the plurality of predicate groups 220 in the predicate group group 218 includes the predicate word input as the predicate, and the predicate frequency 226 that is the search frequency of each word in the predicate group group 218. Are determined in descending order, and the predicate group 220 including the predicate is specified.

  When the user 112 inputs a predicate word through the operation unit 140 of the client device 110 and the server reception control unit 170 receives the predicate word, the predicate group specifying unit 176 starts with a predicate group group, like the object group specifying unit 174. With reference to the predicate frequencies 226 of all the words in 218, words corresponding to the predicates are extracted in descending order of the predicate frequencies 226, and it is determined whether or not the extracted words match the predicate words. Therefore, the predicate group specifying unit 176 can quickly find the predicate group 220 by searching for the predicate group 220 including the predicate in the descending order of the predicate frequency 226, and the browsing information desired by the user 112 is obtained. Can be obtained early.

  FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram showing input processing of a target word and a predicate word by the user 112. For example, the server device 120 displays, on the display unit 142 of the client device 110, an input screen 232 that is a GUI (Graphical User Interface) that prompts input of a target word and a predicate as shown in FIG. The user 112 inputs the target word in the target word box 234 and the predicate word in the predicate box 236 displayed on the display unit 142 through the operation unit 140 of the client device 110, and selects and determines the confirmation button 238. In the present embodiment, not only keywords are simply listed, but also a specific operation (object and predicate) desired by the user 112 is input, and the browsing information 202 is searched accordingly.

  For example, when referring to an online manual of a digital video movie, when the user 112 desires to acquire information related to storage of a captured video, the user 112 displays the object box on the input screen 232 as shown in FIG. Enter “video” in 234 and “save” in the predicate box 236. Then, a sentence “I want to save” is formed with the target word and the predicate word. In response to the input from the user 112, the target word group specifying unit 174 searches the target word “video” input to the target word box 234 from the target word group group 208 in descending order of the target word frequency 216, and predicate group The specifying unit 176 searches for the predicate “save” input in the predicate box 236 from the predicate group group 218 in descending order of the predicate frequency 226.

  As another input means, as shown in FIG. 10C, a sentence including a target word and a predicate word can be directly input into a sentence box 240 of the input screen 232. When the user 112 inputs, for example, a sentence “I want to save video” in the sentence box 240 of the input screen 232 and selects and decides the confirm button 238, the object group specifying unit 174 and the predicate group specifying unit 176 are input. The target word and the predicate word are extracted from each sentence. Specifically, the object group specifying unit 174 searches the input sentence “wo” or “ni” from the input sentence, and when “ha” or “ni” exists, the previous word is set as the object word. To do. In addition, the predicate group specifying unit 176 searches the input sentence for the auxiliary verb “tai” or “want to do”, and when “want” or “want to do” exists, the previous word is used as a predicate.

  In this way, by simply searching for case particles and auxiliary verbs, the object and predicate are extracted, so that analysis processing such as syntax analysis and morphological analysis is not required, and the processing load can be reduced.

  The guidance information identification unit 178 uses the matrix table 228 shown in FIG. 8 to obtain guidance information 230 based on the object group 210 and the predicate group 220 identified by the object group identification unit 174 and the predicate group identification unit 176. Identify. For example, when “video” is input as the target word and “save” is input as the predicate word, the guidance information specifying unit 178 has the target word group “representative word: video” specified by the target group specifying unit 174. Based on the predicate group “representative word: storage” specified by the predicate group specifying unit 176, guidance information “S-0003” (indirect) shown at the place where both groups cross on the matrix table 228 shown in FIG. Link information). Thus, the operability and the search efficiency can be improved by the configuration in which the guide information 230 is specified only by inputting two words such as the target word and the predicate word. In addition, since the guide information specifying unit 178 uses the matrix table 228 to specify one guide information 230, the guide information specifying unit 178 automatically selects desired browse information from browse information candidates as compared with the conventional technique in which a plurality of results are detected. There is an advantage that you do not have to look for.

  Further, the guide information specifying unit 178 can derive the guide information 230 more quickly using the object number 212 of the object group 210 and the predicate number 222 of the predicate group 220.

  FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram showing another example of the matrix table. The matrix table 242 of FIG. 11 is different from the matrix table 228 of FIG. 8 in that the object number 212 indicating the plurality of object group 210 is arranged in the vertical direction and the predicate number indicating the plurality of predicate groups 220 in the horizontal direction. 222 is arranged, and a guide number 244 indicating one guide information 230 is derived from an object number 212 indicating one object group 210 and a predicate number 222 indicating one predicate group 220. As described above, in the matrix table 242 in FIG. 11, all the guide information 230 is replaced with simple numerical values.

  Here, the guidance information specifying unit 178 adds the object number 212 and the predicate number 222, and derives the guidance number 244 based on the addition result. The object number 212 is expressed by a numerical value of 1 to 999, and the predicate number 222 is expressed by a numerical value of 1000 units, so that each numerical value is unique so that the value obtained by adding both is a unique value. become. Therefore, the guide number 244 can be uniquely derived by a simple procedure such as adding the object number 212 and the predicate number 222, and the processing load can be reduced.

  When the object group specifying unit 174 cannot specify the object group 210 or the predicate group specifying unit 176 cannot specify the predicate group 220, that is, when one of the groups cannot be specified, the guidance information specifying unit 178 The guide information 230 is specified only by the object group 210 or the predicate group 220 that can be specified. This is because when one group is specified, the search target range can be narrowed at least without searching the browsing information 202 from the entire range of the browsing information group 200. This is because it is possible to move to a lower-layer option 204 that is not a hierarchy.

  Therefore, the guide information specifying unit 178 shifts to the option 204 on the browse information group 200 that can acquire the browse information 202 corresponding to every word of the other group that could not be specified, assuming one group that could be specified. Indirect link information (in the wild card matrix 246 indicated by “wild card” in FIG. 8) is specified as guide information 230 (or guide number 244).

  For example, it is assumed that the user 112 inputs the target word “photo” and the predicate “copy” through the operation unit 140 of the client device 110. In the object group group 208 of FIG. 6, the word “photo” exists in the object group 210 of the object number 1, but the word “copy” does not exist in the predicate group group 218 of FIG. Here, the guide information specifying unit 178 specifies guide information “S-0050” prepared in the wild card matrix 246 of the target word group 210 including the target word “photo” in FIG. A search through 246 is called a wild card search.)

  With this configuration, the user 112 can directly move to any question 206 that is not the highest hierarchy of the browsing information group 200, so that the browsing information 202 can be efficiently transmitted via the minimum number of questions 206 and options 204. Can be obtained.

  The browsing information specifying unit 180 specifies the browsing information 202 using the browsing information group 200 based on the guidance information 230 specified by the guidance information specifying unit 178. As described above, the guide information 230 includes direct link information that directly browses the browsing information 202 and indirect link information that shifts to a narrowing process for specifying the browsing information 202. The guide information 230 is also associated with index information indicating whether the guide information 230 is direct link information or indirect link information.

  The browsing information identification unit 180 first determines whether the index information associated with the guidance information 230 identified by the guidance information identification unit 178 is direct link information or indirect link information. Then, if the index information is direct link information, the browsing information specifying unit 180 specifies the browsing information 202 based on the direct link information. If the index information is indirect link information, the browsing information specifying unit 180 proceeds to a narrowing process, and the option by the user 112 is selected. The browsing information 202 is specified through a new selection input 204.

  12 and 13 are explanatory diagrams for explaining the operation processing of the browsing information specifying unit 180. In particular, FIG. 12A shows the direct link information group 248, and FIG. 12B shows the indirect link. An information group 250 is shown. Based on the index information (indicated by “type” in FIG. 12), the browsing information specifying unit 180 jumps to a predetermined movement / control destination if it is direct link information, and may be indirect link information. For example, a predetermined file is called.

  For example, when “still image” is specified as the target word and “shooting” is specified as the predicate word, and the guide information specifying unit 178 specifies the guide information “L-0001” in the matrix table 228 of FIG. 180 recognizes that the guide information 230 is direct link information based on the index information (type is “L”), refers to the direct link information group 248 of FIG. Jump to “Web page of still image shooting method” (“http://www.jvc.com/webman/photo_rec.html”) through URL (Uniform Resource Locator) of the Web page corresponding to “L-0001”. In this way, the browsing information can be browsed by the user 112.

  Further, as described above, the browsing information group 200 is formed in a tree structure, and the indirect link information is information linked to an option 204 corresponding to the trunk of the tree structure. For example, when “video” is input as the target word and “save” is input as the predicate word, and the guide information specifying unit 178 specifies the guide information “S-0003” in the matrix table 228 of FIG. Recognizes that the guide information is indirect link information from the index information (type is “S”), refers to the indirect link information group 250 shown in FIG. -"Video saving scenario" ("image_cpy_xml" XML file) corresponding to -0003 "is called. Such an XML file corresponds to the PAD of FIG. Therefore, the browsing information identification unit 180 executes the narrowing-down process from the question 206 “Which media should be stored” in FIG. Further, when “DVD” is input as the target word and “save” is input as the predicate word and the guide information “S-0004” is specified, the browsing information specifying unit 180 corresponds to the guide information “S-0004”. The “scenario for saving to DVD disc” (dvd of “image_cpy_xml”) is called, and the narrowing process is executed from the question 206 “Which do you use” in FIG.

  Here, indirect link information is used, as described above, a plurality of pieces of browsing information 202 are candidates depending on the combination of inputted target words and predicate words, and one piece of browsing information 202 cannot be specified. In this case, this is to narrow down which browsing information 202 should be browsed by a further question 206.

  For example, in the example of the guidance information “S-0004” described above, it can be grasped that the user 112 desires the browsing information 202 related to saving to the DVD disc, but the browsing information 202 belonging to the user 112 is as shown in FIG. If there are a plurality of items and all the browsing information 202 is presented and the user 112 is individually confirmed, time and effort of the user 112 is spent. Here, the browsing information specifying unit 180 shifts to an appropriate option 204 for presenting one browsing information 202 and efficiently specifies the browsing information by the minimum narrowing process, so that the user 112 can be identified early. It is possible to obtain desired browsing information.

  Further, indirect link information can be linked to any option 204 of the browsing information group 200 later and easily without changing the browsing information group 200 itself that is the link destination. it can. Accordingly, the guide information 230 can be provided innumerably regardless of the number of the options 204 and the browsing information 202 in the browsing information group 200. Therefore, the object group group 208 without increasing the information amount of the browsing information group 200. It becomes possible to increase the information of the predicate group group 218 and the matrix table 228. Further, since all the guide information 230 of the matrix table 228 is linked to the browsing information group 200, it is not necessary to create a separate question 206 or option 204 for each guide information 230, and avoid unnecessary expansion of the data amount. It becomes possible.

  In this way, when the browsing information 202 can be directly derived by the target word and the predicate word, the operation is performed in this way, and when further narrowing is required, from the question 206 and the option 204 of the appropriate hierarchy of the browsing information group 200 The narrowing-down process can be started and browsing information can be specified quickly and reliably.

  When the matrix table 242 shown in FIG. 11 is used, the guide information 230 is indicated by a guide number 244 which is a simple numerical value obtained by adding the object number 212 and the predicate number 222, and the direct link information group 248 shown in FIG. The indirect link information group 250 is represented by one table as shown in FIG. Here, since the next process can be uniquely specified by the guide number 244, the processing load can be reduced.

  When the browsing information specifying unit 180 specifies the browsing information 202, the browsing information specifying unit 180 displays an image representing the specified browsing information 202 on the display unit 142 of the client device 110.

  When the browsing information specifying unit 180 causes the browsing information 202 to be displayed on the display unit 142 of the client apparatus 110 and a process related to the browsing information 202 is completed, the frequency update unit 182 performs the current processing in the object group group 208. The object frequency 216 of the word corresponding to the used object and the predicate frequency 226 of the word corresponding to the predicate used in the current process in the predicate group group 218 are updated (incremented).

  When the guidance information identification unit 178 cannot identify the guidance information 230, that is, the re-input promotion unit 184 does not include the target word in the target group 208 and the predicate exists in the predicate group 218. If not, the display unit 142 of the client device 110 displays an image prompting the user 112 to re-input with another target word and another predicate word.

  The synonym registration unit 186 is a case where the object group specifying unit 174 cannot specify the object group 210 or the predicate group specifying unit 176 cannot specify the predicate group 220. As described above, the guidance information specifying unit 178 However, when the guidance information 230 is specified only by the group of the object group 210 or the predicate group 220 that can be specified, and the browsing information 202 is specified by the browsing information specifying unit 180, the one that can be specified in the matrix table 228 If there is guide information 230 that guides the specified browsing information 202 from one or a plurality of guide information of the group, the group that could not be specified indicating the guide information 230 is extracted and used as a synonym for the group Register new words that could not be identified.

  Specifically, for example, when “photograph” is input as the target word and “copy” is input as the predicate word, the target word “photo” is included in the target word group 208, but the predicate “copy” is At that time, it is not included in the predicate group group 218. Therefore, only the object group 210 or the predicate group 220 that can be identified by the guidance information identification unit 178, here, the object group 210 including the object word “photo” (the group of “representative word: still image”). , The guide information “S-0050” indicating the wild card search is specified, and the browsing information specifying unit 180 specifies the browsing information “Web page of still image capturing method”. That is, it is assumed that the predicate “copy” is not included in any predicate group 220, but the browsing information 202 is specified only from the target word “photo”.

  Here, the synonym registration unit 186 has one or a plurality of pieces of guidance information (line 252 in FIG. 8) of the group that can be specified in the matrix table 228, here, the object word group 210 (the group of “representative word: still image”). It is determined whether or not there is guidance information 230 for guiding the specified browsing information “Web page for still image shooting method”, particularly direct link information. Here, since the guidance information “L-0001” that is direct link information is equal to the browsing information “Web page of still image shooting method” specified by the guidance information specifying unit 178, the synonym registration unit 186 displays the guidance information “L-0001”. The group that could not be identified indicating the information “L-0001”, here, the predicate group “representative word: photographing” is extracted, and “copy”, which is the unidentified predicate, is registered as a synonym of the group. To do.

  As another means for registering the predicate word that could not be specified, the synonym registration unit 186 uses the group that can be specified in the matrix table 228, here the object group 210 (the group of “representative words: still images”). One or a plurality of unidentified groups showing all guidance information, in the example of FIG. 8, the predicate groups “representative word: photographing”, “representative word: reproduction”, “representative word: search” are extracted, A video for prompting selection of the extracted predicate group is displayed on the display unit 142 of the client device 110. The synonym registration unit 186 is a predicate that cannot be specified as a predicate group selected by the user 112 through the selection input through the operation unit 140 of the client device 110, for example, a predicate group “representative word: photographing”. Register a copy. At this time, if the user 112 determines that the corresponding predicate group 220 does not exist, registration of the predicate that could not be specified is not executed.

  In this way, the synonym registration unit 186 registers words for which the object group 210 or the predicate group 220 could not be specified as synonyms of groups having the same part of speech. Therefore, even if one of the object group 210 or the predicate group 220 cannot be specified, the browsing information 202 is provided to the user 112 using the wild card search by the guide information specifying unit 178, and the word that cannot be specified is appropriately selected. It becomes possible to register to a group. Thus, when the same word is input from the next time, a group can be specified without using a wild card search, and browsing information can be acquired in a short processing load and in a short time.

  In addition, since a new word is registered in the group, the registered word is not limited to the guide information 230 specified by the guide information specifying unit 178, but is multiplied in the matrix table 228 with the object word group 210 or the predicate group 220. The influence is exerted on all of the plurality of combinations, and the search object can be expanded.

  However, since such registration affects the next search, registration should not be performed such that unintended browsing information 202 is extracted. Therefore, the synonym registration unit 186 limits registration according to one or more predetermined conditions among the following three conditions, and registers only words that satisfy the conditions.

  (1) The synonym registration unit 186 registers a word that cannot be specified when some kanji in the word that cannot be specified are equal to some kanji of any of the synonyms in the extracted group. . For example, when “imaging” is input as a predicate, the kanji “Shoot” in the synonym “Shoot” in the extracted predicate group 220 is equal to the kanji “Shoot” of the predicate “Imaging”. “Imaging” is registered in the predicate group 220 including the synonym “imaging”.

  (2) The synonym registration unit 186 further replaces a word that could not be identified among the target word and the predicate word with an arbitrary word in the extracted group, and causes the display unit 142 to display the word. In response to the approval input of the user 112 (input indicating approval), the word that could not be specified is registered. For example, in the above-described example, the user 112 inputs “photograph” as “photograph”, but replaces the predicate word “photograph” that could not be identified with the representative word “photograph” of the extracted predicate group 220. Then, an image representing a sentence “take a picture” is displayed on the display unit 142 of the client apparatus 110, and an inquiry is made as to whether or not the sentence “take a picture” is a sentence desired by the user 112. When there is an approval input from the user 112 through the operation unit 140 of the client device 110, the synonym registration unit 186 registers the predicate “copy” in the predicate group 220 whose representative word is “photographing”.

  Here, an arbitrary word to be replaced is a representative word of each group. The representative word may be a predetermined word in the object group 210 or the predicate group 220, or a word having the maximum object frequency 216 or predicate frequency 226 may be used as the representative word each time.

  (3) The synonym registration unit 186 further accumulates the words that could not be specified as registration candidates as the synonyms of the extracted group, and the cumulative number of words that could not be specified for one group was determined in advance. If the number is exceeded, the words that could not be identified are registered. For example, when the above-mentioned predicate “copy” is used in the search many times, the number of times used for the search is accumulated, and when the cumulative number exceeds 20 times, for example, the predicate “copy” Registered in the predicate group 220. Further, the cumulative number is retained as the predicate frequency 226 as it is.

  As described above, in the information browsing system 100 according to the present embodiment, appropriate browsing information desired by the user 112 from a plurality of browsing information 202 prepared in advance by simply inputting a target word and a predicate word from the client device 110. 202 can be efficiently extracted. Hereinafter, the flow of information browsing processing between the client device 110 and the server device 120 in the information browsing system 100 will be briefly described.

(Flow of information browsing process by client device 110 and server device 120)
FIG. 14 is a sequence diagram showing the overall flow of the information browsing method. When the user 112 attempts to access the Web site of the server device 120 by operating the client device 110, the client transmission control unit 150 of the client device 110 makes a request for obtaining browsing information to the server device 120 (S260). In response to the information acquisition request, the server transmission control unit 172 of the server device 120 transmits the input screen 232 illustrated in FIG. 10A as a Web page to the client device 110 (S262), and the client device 110 performs input. The screen 232 is displayed on the display unit 142 (S264).

  When the user 112 inputs the target word into the target word box 234 of the input screen 232 through the operation unit 140 of the client device 110, inputs the predicate word into the predicate box 236, and selects and determines the confirm button 238 (S266). The client transmission control unit 150 of the client device 110 transmits the input target word and predicate word to the server device 120 (S268).

  When the server reception control unit 170 of the server device 120 receives the target word and the predicate word, the target word group specifying unit 174 is transmitted from the client device 110 to any of the plurality of target word groups 210 in the target word group group 208. Whether the target word is included is determined in descending order of the target word frequency 216 of each word in the target word group group 208, and the target word group 210 including the target word is specified (S270). Similarly, the predicate group specifying unit 176 determines which of the plurality of predicate groups 220 in the predicate group group 218 includes the transmitted predicate word in descending order of the predicate frequency 226 of each word in the predicate group group 218. The predicate group 220 including the predicate is determined (S272).

  Subsequently, the guidance information specifying unit 178 of the server device 120 uses the matrix table 228 based on the object group group 210 and the predicate group 220 specified by the object group specifying unit 174 and the predicate group specifying unit 176 to provide guidance. Information 230 is specified (S274).

  At this time, if either one of the object group 210 or the predicate group 220 is not specified, the guide information specifying unit 178 is based on only the group that can be specified from the object group 210 or the predicate group 220. The guide information 230 is specified using the wild card search.

  Subsequently, the browsing information specifying unit 180 specifies browsing information based on the specified guidance information 230 (S276). At this time, if the specified guide information 230 is direct link information, the browsing information can be directly specified, but if it is indirect link information, the browsing information specifying unit 180 moves the browsing information group 200 transferred by the indirect link information. The question 206 and the options 204 form the input screen 232 shown in FIG. 15, and the server transmission control unit 172 transmits the input screen 232 as a Web page to the client device 110 (S278). The client reception control unit 152 of the client device 110 receives the input screen 232 and causes the display unit 142 to display the input screen 232 (S280), and the user 112 selects an option check box 254 corresponding to the option 204 from the input screen 232 through the operation unit 140. The client transmission control unit 150 of the client device 110 transmits the answer of the option 204 corresponding to the selected option check box 254 to the server device 120 (S282). Through such an exchange between the server device 120 and the client device 110, finally, one piece of browsing information 202 is specified.

  The server transmission control unit 172 of the server device 120 transmits the specified browsing information 202 to the client device 110 (S284), and the client reception control unit 152 of the client device 110 receives the browsing information 202 and displays it on the display unit 142. It is displayed (S286). In this way, the user 112 can browse the desired browsing information 202.

  The frequency update unit 182 of the server device 120 causes the client reception control unit 152 to display the browsing information 202 on the display unit 142, and when a series of processing related to the browsing information 202 is completed, the frequency update unit 182 performs the current processing in the object group group 208. The word object frequency 216 corresponding to the used object and the word predicate frequency 226 corresponding to the predicate used in the current process in the predicate group group 218 are updated (incremented) (S288).

  When the guide information specifying unit 178 specifies the guide information 230 using wild card search, the synonym registration unit 186 browses the one or more guide information 230 of the group that can be specified in the matrix table 228. If there is guide information 230 that guides the browsing information 202 specified by the information specifying unit 180, the group that cannot be specified indicating the guide information 230 is extracted, and the word that cannot be specified is registered as a synonym of the group. (S290).

  Also by such an information browsing method, it is possible to efficiently extract appropriate browsing information 202 desired by the user 112 from a plurality of browsing information 202 prepared in advance only by inputting a target word and a predicate word. .

  Here, since the client device 110 and the server device 120 exchange information through the communication network 102, a large number of samples can be acquired as new words by the synonym registration unit 186, and various variations can be formed. Therefore, even if the service provider side does not mainly accumulate data, the synonyms in the group automatically increase due to a large number of samples by a plurality of users 112, and the target words and predicate words become the target word group 210 and the predicate group 220. The probability that it exists in the inside increases, and the user 112 can browse the browsing information 202 more efficiently.

  In the above-described embodiment, the information browsing system 100 that provides the service of the present embodiment via the communication network 102 has been described. However, the client device 110 includes an object group specifying unit 174, a predicate group specifying unit 176, and guidance information. A specifying unit 178, a browsing information specifying unit 180, a frequency updating unit 182, a re-input promotion unit 184, and a synonym registration unit 186, and a browsing information group 200, an object word group group 208, a predicate group group 218, and a matrix table 228 The present embodiment can also be realized in a stand-alone manner by downloading from the server device 120 through the client communication unit 146 or by installing from an arbitrary storage medium.

(Second embodiment: browsing information editing apparatus 300)
By simply allowing the user 112 to input an object and a predicate using the information browsing system 100 described in the first embodiment, it is possible to efficiently generate appropriate browsing information 202 desired by the user from a plurality of browsing information groups 200 prepared in advance. Can now be extracted. In the second embodiment, a process for constructing such an information browsing system 100 using a so-called editor function of the browsing information editing apparatus 300 will be described.

  FIG. 16 is a functional block diagram showing an electrical configuration of the browsing information editing apparatus 300. The browsing information editing device 300 includes an operation unit 310, a display unit 312, a device memory 314, a device communication unit 316, and a device control unit 318. The browsing information editing apparatus 300 is generated for the purpose of generating and editing the browsing information group 200, the object group group 208, the predicate group group 218, the matrix table 228 and the like described in the first embodiment. The information group 200, the object group group 208, the predicate group group 218, the matrix table 228, etc. are held in the server memory 160 of the server device 120. Therefore, the browsing information editing apparatus 300 may be configured independently of the server apparatus 120, or may be configured integrally with the server apparatus 120.

  The operation unit 310 includes a keyboard, a pointing device, a cross key, a joystick, a jog dial, a touch panel, a voice recognition (voice input) device, and the like, and receives an operation input from a producer (user). The display unit 312 includes a liquid crystal display, an organic EL display, or the like.

  The device memory 314 includes a storage medium such as an HDD, a flash memory, and a RAM, and holds information such as an OS, a control program, a browser program, and a communication processing program that are used by the device control unit 318 described later. The device communication unit 316 performs communication connection with the server device 120 through the communication network 102 using a protocol such as TCP / IP. The device control unit 318 includes a semiconductor integrated circuit including a central processing unit (CPU), and manages and controls the entire browsing information editing device 300 in cooperation with the device memory 314 and other electronic circuits. The device control unit 318 also functions as an editor function unit 320, a position control unit 322, an index display control unit 324, and a block insertion unit 326.

  Here, first, the basic processing of the editor function unit 320 will be described with reference to a plurality of editor screens provided in the browsing information editing device 300, and then the position control unit 322, the index display control unit 324, the block insertion Specific processing regarding the unit 326 will be described.

  FIG. 17 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a tree display screen 400 of the editor function. In the menu bar 402 of the tree display screen 400, menus that can execute basic operations of the editor function are juxtaposed. In the tree display area 404 located below the menu bar 402, nodes which are editing units in XML are graphically displayed as rectangular blocks 406, and the blocks 406 are connected by a connecting line. The tree structure (browsing information group 200) has a trunk-branch relationship (hierarchical relationship). Here, the block 406 located on the left is the upper layer.

  In the second embodiment, “movie handling method” is cited as an online manual, and “movie navigation” in block 406 located at the upper left in FIG. 17 is the highest hierarchy. Here, a block 406 corresponding to the above-mentioned option 204 such as “save” is arranged in the lower hierarchy, and further, a block 416 (406) such as “Blu-ray disc” and “DVD disc” is placed in the hierarchy lower than “save”. Arranged. At this time, browsing information 202 that is assumed to be finally reached by the user is arranged on the branch corresponding to the end of the block 406, and the browsing information 202 shows an answer and a URL. In the property area 408, the properties of the selected block 406 (current block 416) in the tree structure are displayed, and each item can be directly edited. The browsing information group 200 is generated and edited through the tree display screen 400.

  18 and 19 are explanatory diagrams illustrating the browsing screen 410. FIG. When the browsing information group 200 generated by the browsing information editing apparatus 300 is referred to through the information browsing system 100 and “DVD disc” is input as the target word and “save” is input as the predicate word, “movie navigation”, “save” 18 is displayed on the display unit 142 of the client apparatus 110. The browsing screen 410 shown in FIG.

  The tree display screen 400 shown in FIG. 17 and the browsing screen 410 shown in FIG. 18 will be described in detail. The title 412 in the property area 408 of the tree display screen 400 is displayed in the block 406 of the tree display area 404. It is. The button 414 in the property area 408 is, for example, a word displayed in the option area 418 or the button area 422 in the current block 416 (here “DVD disc”) of the browsing screen 410.

  Further, the lower block 420 corresponding to the lower layer of the current block 416 “DVD disc” in the tree display screen 400 is displayed in the button area 422 of the browsing screen 410. The option area 418 of the browsing screen 410 is only used as the title of the current block 416, but the button area 422 functions as a button for selecting a layer below the current block 416. The wording of the button area 422 is described in the button 414 of the lower block 420. A comment 424 in the property area 408 of the tree display screen 400 is displayed in the comment area 426 of the browsing screen 410. Such a portion can be described in HTML (HyperText Markup Language), and by inserting a tag, it is possible to modify the wording, paste an image, set a link, and the like.

  Further, in the jump 428 of the property area 408, when there is a need to transition between nodes of the tree structure, the transition destination node is described. The URL 430 of the property area 408 describes the URL of the transition destination when there is a need to transition to another link destination. The input area 432 of the browsing screen 410 is an area for inputting a target word and a predicate word described with reference to FIG. In this case, the user 112 inputs “I want to save on DVD” to the input area 432 and selects and decides the confirmation button 434 marked “Search” to identify the current block 416. In the history display area 436, the history searched in the past is displayed in chronological order, and a transition to the current block 416 searched in the past can be made by selecting and determining the displayed wording.

  When the button area “Save to disc using DVD recorder” is selected on the browsing screen 410 in FIG. 18, the browsing screen 410 is switched as shown in FIG. 19. Since there is no further lower layer in the block 406, the button area 422 is not displayed, and the comment area 426 is displayed large.

  In the information browsing system 100 described in the first embodiment, the user is prompted to input an object and a predicate as a premise in order to specify the option 204 (guidance information for specifying the option 204) of the browsing information group 200. Therefore, it is necessary to associate the combination of the object and the predicate in the matrix table 228 with the browse information option 204 (guidance information for specifying the option 204) in the browse information group 200. Further, since it is not realistic to perform such association for all possible words, a process for collecting synonyms is also necessary. Hereinafter, a basic screen used for associating the matrix table 228 and the browsing information group 200 and basic processing related to synonym registration will be described.

  FIG. 20 is an explanatory diagram illustrating the synonym registration screen 450. When “Display” and “Register synonyms” are selected and determined on the menu bar 402 in the tree display screen 400 shown in FIG. 17, a synonym registration screen 450 shown in FIG. 20 is displayed. In this synonym registration screen 450, synonyms 452 are described in units of lines, and the basic synonyms therein are set as basic words 454. The creator directly selects the box 456 in the synonym registration screen 450 through the editor function unit 320, and adds, deletes, and edits the synonym. Here, the synonyms are arranged in the order of the predicate and the object, but the predicate and the object may be stored separately or managed as a separate table. Through the synonym registration screen 450, the object group group 208 and the predicate group group 218 are generated.

  FIG. 21 is an explanatory diagram illustrating the matrix editing screen 460. Here, the basic word of the idiom is arranged in the upper row 462, and the basic word of the object is arranged in the left column 464. Guidance information is arranged at the intersection of a basic word of an arbitrary object and a basic word of an arbitrary predicate, and is associated with the browsing information group 200. At this time, the order of the basic word of the object and the basic word of the predicate can be arbitrarily determined. The matrix table 228 described above is generated through the matrix editing screen 460.

  22 and 23 are explanatory diagrams for explaining the relationship between the tree display screen 400 and the matrix editing screen 460. FIG. In the present embodiment, the tree structure (viewing information group 200) shown on the tree display screen 400 and the matrix structure (matrix table 228) shown on the matrix editing screen 460 are displayed independently and in parallel as shown in FIG. It is possible. In this way, the producer can accurately and efficiently visually recognize each element while visually recognizing both screens. In another example, as shown in FIG. 23, tree display screen 400, matrix editing screen 460, and synonym registration can be included in the same window, and switching can be performed using tab 466.

  In the browsing information editing apparatus 300, each file generated as described above is managed by dividing it into four structures of “basic information part”, “matrix part”, “synonym dictionary part”, and “tree structure part”. 24, 25, and 26 show specific description examples of each structure. In the “basic information section”, information such as file creation date and version is described. As shown in FIG. 24, the “matrix portion” is configured below the <key> tag, and the <link> tag describes the position of the node (block 406) to be connected in the tree structure. . A predicate is described in the <keyword1> tag, and an object is described in the <keyword2> tag. In the information browsing system 100, when the input predicate matches the predicate described in <keyword1> and the input target word matches the target described in <keyword2>, the <link> tag Browsing is started from a node in the tree structure shown in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 25, the “synonym dictionary part” is configured below the <dic> tag, <word1> corresponds to a basic word, and <word2> is a synonym with the basic word. . In the information browsing system 100, when the input word matches the synonym described in <word2>, processing for replacing with the basic word of <word1> is executed. As shown in FIG. 26, the “tree structure part” is described in the <scenario> tag with respect to the top screen, and below the nodes of the tree structure are juxtaposed. Such a node corresponds to the block 406 in the tree structure of the tree display screen 400. Regarding the internal variables, title corresponds to the title 412 in the property area 408 of the tree display screen 400, button corresponds to the button 414 in the property area 408, and comment corresponds to the comment 424 in the property area 408. At this time, the comment (comment 424) can be described in HTML, but since an HTML tag cannot be described in the XML description, XML escape conversion is performed. That is, the <br> tag is converted into a description of &lt; br &gt;.

  27 and 28 are explanatory diagrams showing the basic operation of the editing process in block 406 on the tree display screen 400. FIG. When there is a block 406 desired to be edited in the tree display screen 400, the producer selects and determines the target block 406 using, for example, a pointing device of the operation unit 310, and sets the block 406 as the current block 416. . At this time, the coloring (display mode) of the selected block 406 changes, and the producer can clearly recognize the target. Further, the property area 408 is displayed corresponding to the current block 416. At this time, each parameter in the property area 408 can be individually edited. FIG. 27 shows an example in which the comment 424 is edited. In the comment 424, a <br> tag indicating a line feed can be described.

  As shown in FIG. 28, when “edit” is selected on the menu bar 402 of the tree display screen 400 in a state where the current block 416 is selected, the position control unit 322, the index display control unit 324, and the block insertion unit 326 are selected. Through this, the block 406 can be added, deleted, copied, pasted, and the like. In the present embodiment, as an example of adding, deleting, copying, and pasting a block 406, an operation of adding (inserting) an arbitrary block 406 to a plurality of blocks 406 already arranged on the tree display screen 400 will be described. To do. Here, the insertion target block 406 is referred to as an insertion block 470, and the insertion destination block 406 is referred to as a reference block 472. The position where the insertion block 470 is inserted may be in the same hierarchy or the upper and lower hierarchies based on the reference block 472.

(Inserting an insertion block in the same hierarchy)
FIG. 29 is an explanatory diagram for explaining the display of the index 474. Here, the browsing information group 200 is updated by inserting the insertion block 470 into a plurality of blocks 406 displayed on the tree display screen 400 corresponding to the browsing information group 200.

  The position control unit 322 graphically displays an insertion block 470 representing any option 204 or browsing information 202 on the display unit 312 together with a plurality of blocks 406 corresponding to the browsing information group 200, and the producer's In response to the operation input, the display position of the insertion block 470 is moved. Specifically, the position control unit 322 moves the insertion block 470 dragged by the producer in the movement direction indicated on the tree display screen 400 through the operation unit 310 while the drag is valid. Such an insertion block 470 includes not only a newly generated block 406 but also an existing block 406 cut out by dragging.

  The index display control unit 324 acquires the coordinates of the insertion block 470 on the tree display screen 400, always derives the distance between the insertion block 470 and all other blocks 406 displayed on the tree display screen 400, and inserts them. When the distance between the block 470 and one of the other blocks 406 displayed on the tree display screen 400 is equal to or less than a predetermined threshold, the distance between the insertion block 470 and the other block 406 is determined according to the positional relationship between the insertion block 470 and the other block 406. 1 is the smallest reference block 472. For example, in the example of FIG. 29, a block 406 whose title 412 is “BD recorder” under the “Blu-ray Disc” hierarchy is specified as the reference block 472.

  Then, the index display control unit 324 displays an index 474 indicating the insertion direction of the same hierarchy in which the insertion block 470 is inserted in association with the reference block 472 in accordance with the positional relationship between the insertion block 470 and the reference block 472. Specifically, the index display control unit 324 includes a central position 470a in the vertical direction of the insertion block 470, a first position 472a in the vertical direction of the reference block 472 (for example, a position ¼ from the top), and a second position 472b ( For example, if the center position 470a of the insertion block 470 is positioned above the tree display screen 400 from the first position 472a, the display mode of the upper side of the reference block 472 is changed. When the index 474 is displayed and the center position 470a of the insertion block 470 is located below the tree display screen 400 from the second position 472b, the display mode of the lower side of the reference block 472 is changed to display the index 474. However, the dotted lines indicating the center position 470a, the first position 472a, and the second position 472b in FIG. 29 are virtual lines shown for convenience of explanation, and are not actually displayed on the tree display screen 400.

  As means for changing the display mode of one side of the reference block 472, for example, it is assumed that the side color, shading, line thickness, and the like are different from those of the other sides. For example, in the example of FIG. 29, since the center position 470a of the insertion block 470 is located below the tree display screen 400 from the second position 472b, the color and line thickness of the lower side of the “BD recorder” that is the reference block 472 are displayed. Has been changed. However, in FIG. 29, the change in the color of the lower side cannot be grasped for convenience of explanation.

  In addition to the reference block 472, the index display control unit 324 can display the index 474 in association with the insertion block 470. For example, as described above, while the center position 470a of the insertion block 470 is positioned below the tree display screen 400 from the second position 472b, the index 474 is displayed on the lower side of the “BD recorder” that is the reference block 472. In addition to that, the color and the thickness of the line on the upper side of the “personal computer” which is the insertion block 470 can be changed. In this way, the producer can surely know which insertion block 470 is inserted at a position adjacent to which block 406 of which hierarchy.

  While the index display control unit 324 displays the index 474 in association with the reference block 472, the block insertion unit 326 inserts the insertion block 470 in response to a manufacturer's operation input through the operation unit 310, for example, a drop operation. Are inserted in the insertion direction indicated by the index 474 of the reference block 472 so as to be in parallel with the reference block 472. Here, the parallel relationship means a positional relationship in which one of the reference block 472 and the insertion block 470 can be further selected under the same option 204.

  FIG. 30 is an explanatory diagram showing a state after the insertion block 470 is inserted into the same hierarchy. In the state of FIG. 29, that is, in the state where the center position 470a of the insertion block 470 is located below the tree display screen 400 from the second position 472b, when the producer executes the drop operation, the block insertion unit 326 As shown in FIG. 30, in the insertion direction indicated by the index 474 of the reference block 472, that is, in the same hierarchy as the “BD recorder” that is the reference block 472 (under the “Blu-ray Disc” hierarchy), the viewing order is “BD recorder”. "PC" which is the insertion block 470 is inserted as the next block 406 of "." Here, the case where the center position 470a of the insertion block 470 is positioned below the tree display screen 400 from the second position 472b is illustrated, but the center position 470a of the insertion block 470 is above the tree display screen 400 from the first position 472a. It goes without saying that the same operation is performed even when it is located at.

  Here, “PC” is a block 406 under the hierarchy of “Blu-ray Disc”, but not only the hierarchy but also the arrangement order (viewing order) with other blocks 406 in the same hierarchy is important. For example, when the user uses the information browsing system 100, the browsing information group 200 must have a systematic and regular tree structure that allows the user to easily extract each browsing information. Therefore, even among the options 204 arranged in the same hierarchy, the browsing order is important.

  For example, the producer arranges the frequently-selected option 204 at a relatively high priority position, or arranges the option 204 so that the user can easily find it according to the browsing order of the options 204 related to similar categories. Or

  Since the browsing information group 200 has a public aspect, the user cannot edit the information individually, and real-time editing becomes difficult when the user shifts from the editing state to the browsing state where the user can browse. Therefore, the arrangement order of the browsing information group 200 needs to be edited objectively and indirectly in an appropriate arrangement order under the assumption that the producer is a user in consideration of user convenience.

  In addition, the index display control unit 324, when such a drop operation is executed, when the distance between the insertion block 470 and any of the other blocks 406 displayed on the tree display screen 400 is greater than a predetermined threshold value, The process of displaying or deleting the index 474 is repeated until the index 474 applied to the reference block 472 is deleted and the drop operation is executed or the drag operation is canceled.

  In addition, when the drop operation is executed while the index 474 is not displayed or the drag operation itself is canceled, the position control unit 322, when the insertion block 470 is the existing block 406, before the cut out Returning to the original position, in the case of the newly generated block 406, it returns to the predetermined position indicating it.

(Inserting inserted blocks in the upper and lower layers)
In the above embodiment, the insertion block 470 has been inserted into the same hierarchy, but the insertion block 470 can also be inserted into the upper and lower layers of the reference block 472.

  FIG. 31 is an explanatory diagram for explaining the display of the index 474. Here, when the distance between the insertion block 470 and one of the other blocks 406 displayed on the tree display screen 400 is equal to or less than a predetermined threshold, the index display control unit 324 determines the position between the insertion block 470 and the other block 406. Depending on the relationship, the center position 470a of the insertion block 470 in the vertical direction, the first position 472a in the vertical direction of the reference block 472 (for example, 1/4 position from above) and the second position 472b (for example, 1/4 from below). If the center position 470a of the insertion block 470 is located below the tree display screen 400 from the first position 472a and above the tree display screen 400 from the second position 472b (insertion block 470). The central position 470a of the first block 472a is located between the first position 472a and the second position 472b), the reference block 4 Change the 2 on the right-hand side of the display mode to display an indicator 474.

  The block insertion unit 326 then inserts the insertion block 470 into the insertion direction indicated by the index 474 of the reference block 472, that is, in the lower hierarchy, in accordance with the operation input of the manufacturer through the operation unit 310. Insert in a serial relationship. The serial relationship refers to a relationship in which the options 204 or the options 204 and the browsing information 202 are arranged in the upper and lower layers, and after selecting one, the other can be selected.

  FIG. 32 is an explanatory diagram showing a state after the insertion block 470 is inserted into the lower hierarchy. In the state shown in FIG. 31, that is, in the state where the central position 470a of the insertion block 470 is located below the tree display screen 400 from the first position 472a and above the tree display screen 400 from the second position 472b. When the person executes the drop operation, the block insertion unit 326 performs the insertion direction indicated by the index 474 of the reference block 472, that is, the lower layer of the “BD recorder” that is the reference block 472, as shown in FIG. , “PC” which is the insertion block 470 is inserted.

  FIG. 33 is an explanatory diagram for explaining the display of the index 474. Here, the index display control unit 324 changes the display mode of the left side of the reference block 472 if the insertion block 470 is superimposed on the reference block 472 according to the positional relationship between the insertion block 470 and the other blocks 406. .

  When the producer performs a drop operation in the state of FIG. 33, that is, in a state where the insertion block 470 is superimposed on the reference block 472, the block insertion unit 326 displays the insertion block 470 as an index 474 of the reference block 472. Are inserted so as to be in a serial relationship with the reference block 472.

  FIG. 34 is an explanatory diagram showing a state after the insertion block 470 is inserted into the upper layer. In the state of FIG. 33, that is, in a state where the insertion block 470 is superimposed on the reference block 472, when the producer performs a drop operation, the block insertion unit 326 displays the index of the reference block 472 as shown in FIG. The insertion direction indicated by 474, that is, “PC” as the insertion block 470 is inserted as an upper layer of the “BD recorder” as the reference block 472.

  At this time, the block insertion unit 326 inserts the insertion block 470 into the upper hierarchy of the reference block 472 and sets the reference block 472 as a lower hierarchy of the insertion block 470 as shown in FIG.

  As described above, the configuration in which the hierarchy is inserted afterwards increases the number of options 204 and browsing information 202, and even when the hierarchy needs to be subdivided by category, region, manufacturer, model name, etc. Hierarchies can be added and appropriate hierarchies are possible.

  Even when the insertion block 470 is inserted in the upper and lower layers, the index display control unit 324 may display the index 474 at a position facing the reference block 472 in association with the insertion block 470 in addition to the reference block 472. it can.

  As described above, according to the browsing information editing apparatus 300 described above, the producer can easily arrange and edit the options 204 and the browsing information 202 in the tree structure while visually recognizing the overall structure of the tree structure in the information browsing system 100. The burden on the producer can be reduced.

  Further, since the index display unit 312 displays the position where the insertion block 470 is inserted in association with the reference block 472, the producer can clearly grasp the hierarchy and position where the insertion block 470 is inserted. . For example, in the example of FIG. 29, the insertion block 470 is inserted between the “BD recorder” and the “DVD disc”, but the “BD recorder” and the “DVD disc” are both in the hierarchy and in the browsing order. The meaning is different. In this embodiment, since the index display control unit 324 displays the index 474 by associating the index with the reference block 472, the producer inserts the insertion block 470 into either the “BD recorder” or the “DVD disc”. Can be ascertained. In this way, it is possible to improve the work efficiency of creating the browsing information group 200.

(Modification)
In the above description, the color, shading, line thickness, and the like of the side of the block 406 are different from the other sides as the index 474. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and is applicable as shown in FIG. The shape of the side to be changed, the line type of the corresponding side as shown in FIG. 35B, the title 412 in the reference block 472 is shifted as shown in FIG. Through the aspect, it is possible to express the insertion position.

(Browsing information editing method)
FIG. 36 is a flowchart for explaining the flow of the browsing information editing method. When the producer performs a drag operation of the block 406 (insertion block 470) (YES in S500), the position control unit 322 displays the display position of the dragged insertion block 470 in accordance with the operation input of the producer through the operation unit 310. Is moved (S502). Here, the index display control unit 324 acquires the coordinates of the insertion block 470 on the tree display screen 400, and always derives the distance between the insertion block 470 and all other blocks 406 displayed on the tree display screen 400. (S504).

  Subsequently, the index display control unit 324 determines whether the distance between the insertion block 470 and any of the other blocks 406 displayed on the tree display screen 400 is equal to or less than a predetermined threshold (S506), and the predetermined threshold If it is the following (YES in S506), one reference block 472 having the smallest distance from the insertion block 470 is specified according to the positional relationship between the insertion block 470 and the other block 406 (S508).

  The index display control unit 324 determines whether or not the insertion block 470 and the reference block 472 are superimposed (S510). If the insertion block 470 and the reference block 472 are superimposed (YES in S510), the display mode of the left side of the reference block 472 is changed ( S512). Then, the block insertion unit 326 determines whether or not the drop operation has been performed in a state where the superimposed state is maintained (S514). When the drop operation is performed (YES in S514), the reference block 472 is the original. The insertion block 470 is inserted at the existing position, and the reference block 472 is shifted so as to be in a serial relationship with the lower layer of the insertion block 470 (S516), and the browsing information editing method ends. If the drop operation is not performed (NO in S514), the processing from step S500 is repeated.

  In step S510, if the insertion block 470 and the reference block 472 do not overlap (NO in S510), the index display control unit 324 indicates that the vertical center position 470a of the insertion block 470 is the vertical direction of the reference block 472. It is determined whether or not the position is equal to or greater than the first position 472a (S518). If the center position 470a is equal to or greater than the first position 472a (YES in S518), the display mode of the upper side of the reference block 472 is changed (S520). Then, the block insertion unit 326 determines whether or not the drop operation has been performed in a state where the superimposed state is maintained (S522). If the drop operation is performed (YES in S522), the index of the reference block 472 is determined. In the insertion direction indicated by 474, the insertion block 470 is inserted in parallel with the reference block 472 (S524), and the browsing information editing method is terminated. If the drop operation is not performed (NO in S522), the processing from step S500 is repeated.

  In step S518, if the central position 470a is less than the first position 472a (NO in S518), the index display control unit 324 determines that the vertical center position 470a of the insertion block 470 is the second vertical position of the reference block 472. It is determined whether or not the position is greater than or equal to position 472b (S526). If the center position 470a is greater than or equal to the second position 472b (YES in S526), the display mode of the right side of the reference block 472 is changed (S528). Then, the block insertion unit 326 determines whether or not the drop operation has been performed in a state where the superimposed state is maintained (S530). When the drop operation is performed (YES in S530), the block insertion unit 326 is subordinate to the reference block 472. The hierarchy is inserted so as to be in a serial relationship with the reference block 472 (S532), and the browsing information editing method is terminated. If the drop operation is not performed (NO in S530), the processing from step S500 is repeated.

  In step S526, if the central position 470a is less than the second position 472b (NO in S526), the index display control unit 324 changes the display mode of the lower side of the reference block 472 (S534). Then, the block insertion unit 326 determines whether or not the drop operation has been performed in a state where the superimposed state is maintained (S536). When the drop operation is performed (YES in S536), the index of the reference block 472 is determined. The insertion block 470 is inserted in parallel with the reference block 472 in the insertion direction indicated by 474 (S538), and the browsing information editing method ends. If the drop operation is not performed (NO in S536), the processing from step S500 is repeated.

  If the distance between the insertion block 470 and any of the other blocks 406 displayed on the tree display screen 400 is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold (NO in S506), the index display control unit 324 hides the index 474 (S540). ), The block insertion unit 326 determines whether or not a drop operation has been performed (S542). When the drop operation has been performed (YES in S542), the browsing information editing method ends. If the drop operation is not performed (NO in S542), the processing from step S500 is repeated.

  In such a browsing information editing method, the producer can easily arrange and edit the options 204 and the browsing information 202 in the tree structure while visually recognizing the overall structure of the tree structure in the information browsing system 100. It becomes possible to reduce the burden.

  Also provided are a program that causes the computer to function as the browsing information editing device 300 and a storage medium such as a computer-readable flexible disk, magneto-optical disk, ROM, EPROM, EEPROM, CD, DVD, or BD on which the program is recorded. Is done. Here, the program refers to data processing means described in an arbitrary language or description method.

  As mentioned above, although preferred embodiment of this invention was described referring an accompanying drawing, it cannot be overemphasized that this invention is not limited to this embodiment. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various changes and modifications can be made within the scope of the claims, and these are naturally within the technical scope of the present invention. Understood.

  Note that each step in the browsing information editing method of the present specification does not necessarily have to be processed in time series in the order described in the flowcharts and sequence diagrams, and may include processing in parallel or by a subroutine.

  The present invention can be used for a browsing information editing apparatus, a program, and a browsing information editing method for constructing an information browsing system for browsing information desired by a user.

200 ... browsing information group 202 ... browsing information 204 ... option 300 ... browsing information editing device 320 ... editor function unit 322 ... position control unit 324 ... index display control unit 326 ... block insertion unit

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An operation unit that accepts the operation input of the producer;
Along with a browsing information group that is a tree structure in which a plurality of options and browsing information corresponding to the options are hierarchized, an insertion block representing an arbitrary option or browsing information is graphically displayed on the display unit, and production through the operation unit A position control unit that moves the display position of the insertion block in response to a user's operation input;
Specifying one reference block in the browsing information group according to the positional relationship with the insertion block and inserting the insertion block in the same hierarchy according to the positional relationship between the insertion block and the reference block An indicator display control unit that displays an indicator indicating the reference block in association with the reference block;
In response to a manufacturer's operation input through the operation unit, a block insertion unit that inserts the insertion block in the insertion direction indicated by the index of the reference block so as to be in parallel with the reference block;
A browsing information editing apparatus comprising: An operation unit that accepts the operation input of the producer;
Along with a browsing information group that is a tree structure in which a plurality of options and browsing information corresponding to the options are hierarchized, an insertion block representing an arbitrary option or browsing information is graphically displayed on the display unit, and production through the operation unit A position control unit that moves the display position of the insertion block in response to a user's operation input;
In response to a manufacturer's operation input through the operation unit, a block insertion unit that inserts the insertion block at any level above and below the reference block so as to be in a serial relationship with the reference block;
A browsing information editing apparatus comprising:   The browsing information editing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the block insertion unit sets the reference block in a lower hierarchy of the insertion block when the insertion block is inserted in an upper hierarchy of the reference block.   One reference block in the browsing information group is specified according to the positional relationship with the insertion block, and one of the upper and lower layers in which the insertion block is inserted according to the positional relationship between the insertion block and the reference block The browsing information editing apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising an index display control unit that displays an index indicating an insertion direction of the image on the display unit in association with the reference block.   5. The browsing information editing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the index display control unit displays the index on the display unit in association with the insertion block in addition to the reference block. .   Identifies which of the multiple target word groups that group words corresponding to objects with synonym relations into which the word entered as an object is included, and groups words that correspond to predicates with synonym relations Identify which predicate group contains the word input as a predicate, uniquely identify the guidance information based on the matrix table composed of the identified object group and the previous descriptor group, and the browsing information 6. The association between the matrix table used in the information browsing system that specifies browsing information based on the specified guidance information and the browsing information group is edited using a group. The browsing information editing device according to any one of the above items. A computer having an operation unit that receives an operation input of the producer and a display unit,
An insertion block representing an arbitrary option or browsing information is graphically displayed on the display unit together with a browsing information group having a tree structure in which a plurality of options and browsing information corresponding to the option are hierarchized. A position control unit that moves the display position of the insertion block in accordance with the operation input of the manufacturer;
Specifying one reference block in the browsing information group according to the positional relationship with the insertion block and inserting the insertion block in the same hierarchy according to the positional relationship between the insertion block and the reference block An indicator display control unit that displays an indicator indicating the reference block in association with the reference block;
In response to a manufacturer's operation input through the operation unit, a block insertion unit that inserts the insertion block in the insertion direction indicated by the index of the reference block so as to be in parallel with the reference block;
Program to make it function. A computer having an operation unit that receives an operation input of the producer and a display unit,
An insertion block representing an arbitrary option or browsing information is graphically displayed on the display unit together with a browsing information group having a tree structure in which a plurality of options and browsing information corresponding to the option are hierarchized. A position control unit that moves the display position of the insertion block in accordance with the operation input of the manufacturer;
In response to a manufacturer's operation input through the operation unit, a block insertion unit that inserts the insertion block into a hierarchy above or below the reference block so as to be in a serial relationship with the reference block;
Program to make it function. Producer through the operation unit that graphically displays an insertion block representing an arbitrary option or browsing information together with a browsing information group that is a tree structure in which a plurality of options and browsing information according to the options are hierarchized. In response to the operation input, the display position of the insertion block is moved,
Specifying one reference block in the browsing information group according to the positional relationship with the insertion block and inserting the insertion block in the same hierarchy according to the positional relationship between the insertion block and the reference block Is displayed on the display unit in association with the reference block,
The insertion block is inserted in the insertion direction indicated by the index of the reference block so as to be parallel to the reference block in accordance with a manufacturer's operation input through the operation unit. Browsing information editing method. Producer through the operation unit that graphically displays an insertion block representing an arbitrary option or browsing information together with a browsing information group that is a tree structure in which a plurality of options and browsing information according to the options are hierarchized. In response to the operation input, the display position of the insertion block is moved,
The browsing information editing method, wherein the insertion block is inserted in any one of the upper and lower layers of the reference block so as to be in a serial relationship with the reference block in accordance with an operation input of the producer through the operation unit. .

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