JP3473783B2 - Information presentation device and information presentation method - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for parsing and evaluating information.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventional techniques mainly include a numerical data visualization technique, a knowledge representation technique in artificial intelligence, a hypertext browser technique, and a multivariable data visualization technique.

First, a numerical data visualization technique will be described. The most general of this technology is a graph creation function in spreadsheet software. For example, Micros
Microsoft (R) Microsoft Excel
In (Trademark), it is possible to input numerical data as a table and express it as a graph such as a scatter plot [Ajiyasu Kaji, Yasuhiko Shimazu. "Getting Started with Excel 2.2",
BN, 1981.pp.278-280.1]. This visualization technology is also used for the purpose of visualizing scientific data. For example, in "Numerical data visualization method and apparatus" [Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 4-229380, Numerical data visualization method and apparatus (International Business Machines Corporation)], numerical data is converted into an image represented as a hierarchical data structure. Convert. Then, the image can be expressed at high speed as a three-dimensional figure or a two-dimensional figure.

As a technique for expressing knowledge in artificial intelligence, SemNet [Fairchild, Kim M., Poltrock, St.
even E., Furnas, George W., "SemNet: Three ー Dimensiona
l Graphic Representatios of Large Knowledge Base
s ", In Cognitive Science andIts Applications for Hu
man-Computer Interaction, Lawrence Erlbaum Associat
es, Inc. Hills Dale: New Jersey, 1988, pp. 201-233.]. In SemNet, in order to present the user with a state of a knowledge base that holds a large amount of knowledge, knowledge is arranged in a three-dimensional space and presented to the user. There are three types of placement methods in the three-dimensional space: placement according to the attribute of each knowledge, placement according to the relationship between knowledge pieces, and placement according to user designation. Particularly, in the arrangement method based on the attribute of each knowledge, ordered data can be received from the knowledge base, mapped into the three-dimensional space, and the nodes can be displayed.

As hypertext browser technology, NoteCards [Halasz, Frank G., "Reflectio
ns on NoteCards: Seven Issues for the NextGeneratio
n of Hypermedia Systemsy ", Communications of the AC
M, Vol.31, No.7, 1988 July, pp.836-852]. N
oteCards has a browser function for arranging icons representing information described in card units on a two-dimensional plane. Then, the inclusion relationship and the reference relationship between the cards are automatically expressed by straight lines. Further, when the icon is designated, the corresponding card is displayed, and the content of the information included in the card can be known.

A multi-variable data visualization technique is SM
AP [Toshihiro Abe, "Frontline report: People without creativity go away," live brain "nostalgic idea support system", Nikkei Information Strategy, 1993 August, pp.60-67.] This is a technique for displaying data having many variables on one screen. For example, it is possible to display the relationship of customer data composed of data such as "number of employees, sales, number of sales bases, number of owned business vehicles ..." On one screen.

[0007]

[0007] Numerical data view Satoshika techniques and multivariate data visualization techniques, numerical data are given in advance, is a technique for visualizing the numerical data. Therefore, it is not possible to read data that cannot be treated as numerical values as it is, for example, data based on linguistic information and visually represent it. Moreover, even if an image constituent element expressing each data is designated, the content cannot be directly known.

Next, in the knowledge representation technique in SemNet, linguistically represented data is arranged in space. However, in order to automatically arrange in a space, in a knowledge base system other than SemNet, an ordering mechanism and data for ordering individual data had to be input in advance. Therefore, SemNet itself could not read data that cannot be treated as a numerical value and express it in three dimensions.

Further, even if an image constituent element representing each data is designated, its contents cannot be directly known.

In hypertext browser technology such as NoteCards, the relationship between information is automatically expressed. However, the icon is not arranged according to the property of each information. Therefore, it was not possible to arrange the icons in the space and grasp the overall meaning based on each data property.

Therefore, it is an object of the present invention to read information units and present an image in which image constituent elements indicating the presence of information are arranged based on the properties of each information unit and external conditions. At the same time, it is an object to make it possible to access the corresponding information unit by directly pointing the image constituent element. By solving these problems, the user can grasp the information while having the feeling that the information unit itself is directly arranged on the image. Then, by changing the arrangement method and external conditions variously, it becomes possible to discover a new viewpoint or come up with an idea.

In particular, in the present invention, the information unit is evaluated based on not only the external condition but also the condition extracted from the information unit group itself, and the image constituent element expressing the existence of the information unit is arranged based on the evaluation value. The task is to present an image.
Furthermore, it is an object to manage a plurality of information unit groups and combine a plurality of information unit groups and present them on one screen.

[0013]

A first information presentation device of the present invention is an information unit holding means 3b for holding a plurality of information units associated with a keyword, and a key word from a user.
Condition generation instructing means 1a for receiving code input, information unit
Read the information unit held in the holding means 3b,
With the keywords accepted by the case generation instruction means 1a
Searching means for searching the associated information unit;
The key associated with the information unit searched by the search means.
Keywords, and based on the extracted keywords
Evaluation criteria for generating conditions for evaluating the information unit
The information generation unit 1c , the evaluation condition storage unit 1b for storing the evaluation conditions generated by the evaluation condition generation unit 1c, and the information unit stored in the information unit storage unit 3b are read,
Evaluation value calculation means 1 for calculating a value obtained by evaluating the information unit based on the evaluation condition stored in the evaluation condition holding means 1b.
d, position calculation means 2b for deciding the arrangement of the image constituent elements based on the evaluation value, image generating means 2c for generating an image in which the image constituent elements are arranged at the decided positions, display means 2a for displaying the generated image. Consists of. Also, the information of the present invention
The presentation method consists of multiple information units associated with keywords.
The unit is held by the information unit holding means 3b, and the
Accepting the keyword input by the condition generation instruction means 1a
The information unit held in the information unit holding means 3b.
It is read by the search means, and the condition generation instruction means 1a
Information associated with the received keywords
Information unit searched by the unit and searched by the searching means
To the evaluation condition generating means 1c with the keyword associated with
Extract more and then based on that extracted keyword
Generate conditions for evaluating each information unit
Holding the evaluation condition generated by the generating means 1c
Held in the means 1b and held in the information unit holding means 3b
The information unit that is present is read by the evaluation value calculation means 1d,
Based on the evaluation condition held in the evaluation condition holding means 1b
Then, calculate the value that evaluates the information unit, and
The information unit based on the evaluation value calculated by the step 1d
The position of the image constituent element representing
And the image at the position determined by the position calculation means 2b.
An image in which the image constituents are arranged is generated by the image generating means 2c.
Display the image generated by the image generation means 2c.
It is characterized in that it is displayed by the step 2a .

The second information presenting apparatus of the present invention is a key word
Two or more information unit holding means 3b for holding a plurality of information units associated with a plurality of information units, and a plurality of information unit holding means 3b
Information unit group virtualization means 3d, which is treated as one information unit holding means 3b , and keyword input from the user
Generation instructing means 1a for accepting information, information unit group virtualization
Information in the information unit holding means 3b integrated by the means 3d
The information unit is read and input by the condition generation instruction means 1a.
Keyword extracted from information unit searched by keyword
Evaluation value that calculates the value that evaluates the information unit based on the code
Calculation means 1d , position calculation means 2b for deciding the arrangement of image constituent elements representing information units based on the evaluation value, image generation means 2c for generating an image in which the image constituent elements are arranged at the determined positions, and the generated image. The display means 2a for displaying

The third information presenting apparatus of the present invention is, in addition to the configuration of the second information presenting apparatus, information unit holding means in which information units are stored in the image constituent elements presented to the image generating means 2c. 3b comprises image component changing means 2d for making changes so as to identify 3b.

The fourth information presenting apparatus of the present invention is the first,
In addition to the configurations of a few information presenting devices, a correspondence relation holding means 3a for holding a correspondence relation between image constituent elements displayed on the display means 2a and information units stored in the information unit holding means 3b, and a display. components instructing means 4a for receiving an instruction for image Zo構 formed elements displayed in the unit, the corresponding information retrieval means 4b for retrieving information units corresponding to the designated image components, presents the contents of the retrieved information unit The content presenting means 4c.

[0017]

In the first information presenting apparatus of the present invention, the information unit holding means 3b is a means for holding a plurality of information. Article
The case generation instruction means 1a inputs a keyword from the user
Accept. The search means is stored in the information unit holding means 3b.
Access and is associated with the condition generation instruction means 1a
Search for information units. Evaluation condition generating means lc, the search hand
Keyword associated with the information unit retrieved by the column
Based on the extracted keywords.
Generate conditions for evaluating an information unit. The generated condition is stored in the evaluation condition holding unit lb. The evaluation value calculation means ld reads the information unit stored in the information unit holding means 3b and calculates the evaluation value in light of the conditions stored in the evaluation condition holding means lb. The position calculation means 2b determines the position of the image constituent element indicating the presence of the information unit based on the calculated evaluation value. The image generating means 2c generates an image in which the image constituent elements are arranged at the determined positions, and displays it on the display means 2a. The determined position,
The correspondence relationship with the information unit is stored in the correspondence relationship holding unit 3a. As a result, it is possible to generate an evaluation condition by using the information itself held in the information unit holding means 3b and display the image in which the image constituent elements are arranged based on the evaluation.

In the second and third information presentation devices of the present invention, the information unit holding means (1) 3b-1 to the information unit holding means (N) 3b-N are means for holding a plurality of information.
The information unit group virtualization means 3d virtually integrates the plurality of information unit holding means 3b. The condition generation instruction means 1a
Accepts keyword input from the user. Evaluation value calculating means ld is reads the data unit group that has been integrated by the data unit group virtualization unit 3d, input the condition generation instruction unit 1a
Extracted from the information unit searched by the entered keyword
Calculate the value that evaluates the information unit based on the keyword
To do. The position calculating means 2b is based on the calculated evaluation value.
Determines the position of the image component that indicates the presence of the information unit. The image generating means 2c generates an image in which the image constituent element is arranged at the determined position. At that time, the image component changing means 2d changes the display so that it can be discriminated in which information unit holding means 3b the information unit is stored. Then, the result is displayed on the display means 2a. The correspondence relationship between the determined position and the information unit is stored in the correspondence relationship holding unit 3a. This makes it possible to display the information unit groups stored in the plurality of information unit holding means 3b in an integrated and easy-to-understand manner.

In the fourth information presenting apparatus of the present invention,
In addition to the actions of claims 1, 2, and 3, the following operation is performed. The constituent element instructing means 4a is means for receiving an instruction to the image constituent elements displayed on the display means 2a. The correspondence information searching unit 4b searches the correspondence holding unit 3a, and searches the information unit holding unit 3b for the information unit corresponding to the instructed image constituent element. Of course, in the case of being virtualized, the information unit group virtualization means 3d is used to search. The information unit retrieved is the content presenting means 4
presented in c. As a result, the information unit corresponding to the image constituent element presented on the display unit 2a can be presented instantly.

[0020]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The features of the present invention will be specifically described below based on embodiments with reference to the drawings.

(Overall Structure) FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the overall structure of an information presenting apparatus which is an embodiment for carrying out the present invention. The information unit holding means 3b is means for holding a plurality of information. The evaluation condition generating means 1c receives a user request from the condition generation instructing means 1a, accesses the information unit holding means 3b, and generates a condition for evaluating an information unit. The generated condition is stored in the evaluation condition holding unit lb. The evaluation value calculation means ld reads the information unit stored in the information unit holding means 3b and calculates the evaluation value in light of the conditions stored in the evaluation condition holding means lb. Based on the calculated evaluation value,
The position calculation means 2b determines the position of the image constituent element indicating the existence of the information unit. The image generation means 2c generates both images in which the image constituent elements are arranged at the determined positions, and the display means 2
Display in a. The correspondence relationship between the determined position and the information unit is stored in the correspondence relationship holding unit 3a.

The constituent element designating means 4a is means for accepting an instruction to the image constituent element displayed on the display means 2a. The correspondence information searching unit 4b searches the correspondence holding unit 3a, and searches the information unit holding unit 3b for the information unit corresponding to the instructed image constituent element. The retrieved information unit is presented to the content presentation means 4c.

(Generation of Evaluation Condition) First, a process of generating an evaluation condition using the information unit group stored in the information unit holding means 3b will be described. FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing this processing. Further, each information unit is assumed to be stored in the information unit holding means 3b in the form of FIG. The information unit is assumed to be data having an ID, content and a keyword.

First, the user uses the condition generation instruction means la
Then, the generation of conditions is instructed (step S2a). The evaluation condition generating means 1c searches the information unit holding means 3b in accordance with the input user request, and generates a condition (step S2b). Then, the created evaluation condition is stored in the evaluation condition saving means lb (step S2c), and the process ends.

An example of condition generation is shown in the flowchart of FIG. This is an example of accepting a user request as two keywords and creating an evaluation condition based on them. Here, let us consider a process of arranging how information units are mapped to concepts that are irrelevant to the "language" and "image", which are normally unrelated. First, search using "language" as a keyword (step S
4a). The search result is as shown in FIG. Then, the search result data are sequentially selected one by one (step S4b). The keyword portion is extracted from the selected data (step S4c). The extracted keyword portion is divided into each keyword (step S4d). One of the further divided keywords is selected (step S4e). If the keyword is a keyword that has never been registered (step S4)
f), register in the condition (step S4g). The processes of S4c to S4g are repeated until all the extracted keywords are completed (step S4h). Then, the processing from S4b to S4h is repeated until the searched data is completed (step S4i). Through the above processing, the keywords of all the data retrieved by the keyword "language" are extracted. By a similar process, a keyword group related to "image" is generated. Below, the keywords relating to “language” will be referred to as the first group, and the keywords relating to images will be referred to as the second group.

Next, a process of extracting a keyword common to both parties is performed. FIG. 6 is a flowchart for performing this processing. First, one of the keywords included in the first group is sequentially selected (step S6a). Next, the keywords included in the second group are sequentially selected one by one (step S6).
b). If both are the same (step S6c),
The keyword is registered as a "common" keyword (step S6d) and deleted from the first group and the second group (steps S6e and S6f). Then, from S6b to S6f
The above process is repeated until all the keywords included in the second group are selected (step S6g). Furthermore, S6a
The processes from to S6g are repeated until all the keywords included in the first group are selected (step S6h). An example of the conditions thus obtained is shown in FIG.
In this example, the evaluation condition is composed of three parts: a keyword included in the first group, a keyword included in the second group, and a common keyword.

An example of another condition generation is shown in the flowchart of FIG. This is a process of generating a condition for checking how many information units are covered by a keyword having a high frequency. First, the information unit is read (step S8a). Then, the keyword portion therein is extracted (step S8b). Next, the keyword is 1
They are selected one by one (step S8c). If the keyword has not been counted (step S8d), the keyword is newly added to the condition (step S8e), and the frequency is set to 1 (step S8f). If the keyword has been counted so far, the frequency is increased by 1 (step S
8g). The processing from S8c to S8g is repeated until all the keywords included in the information unit are selected (step S8h). Then, the processing from S8a to S8h is repeated until all the information units are read (step S8).
i). FIG. 9 shows an example of the frequency condition generated in this way. In this example, the frequency is arranged in order for each keyword to form a condition.

(Presentation Based on Generated Evaluation Condition-Condition No. 1) FIG. 10 shows an image which evaluates the information unit stored in the information unit holding means 3b and expresses the existence of the information unit based on the evaluation value. It is a flowchart which shows the process which presents the image which arranged the component. In this example, the information unit is evaluated based on the evaluation condition (No. 1) generated by the processing of FIGS. 4 and 6. That is, it is a process of continuously displaying as much as possible the degree to which each information unit is related to the languages “language” and “image”.

First, the information units stored in the information unit holding means 3b are sequentially read (step S10a). The keyword portion is extracted from the read information unit (step S10b). From the extracted keywords, the keywords registered in the “common” part of the condition shown in FIG. 7 are excluded (step S10c). Next, how much this keyword is included in the first group is calculated. For example, if 5 out of 10 keywords are included in the first group, this numerical value is 50% (step S10d), and similarly the second group is processed. For example, if two out of ten keywords are included in the second group, this numerical value is 20% (step S10e). The difference between the first detailed numerical value and the second group numerical value is used as the evaluation value here.
Here, the evaluation value is 50% −20% = 30% (step S10f). The position calculation means 2b calculates the position where the image constituent element is arranged based on this evaluation value (step S10g). Then, an image in which the image constituent elements are arranged is generated (step S10h), the correspondence relationship between the information unit and the image constituent element is stored in the correspondence relationship holding unit 3a in the form of FIG. 11 (step S10i), and an intermediate display is performed. Is displayed on the display means 2a (step S10j). The above processing is repeated until all the target information units are read (step S10k). When the reading is completed, the final result is displayed on the display means 2a and the process is completed (step S10l).

As a result of the above processing, the display of FIG. 12 is obtained. In this figure, the keywords "language" and "image" are arranged on the horizontal axis. In the meantime, the arranged image constituent elements (quadrangle in this case) are arranged on the basis of the evaluation value calculated in this processing. In this figure, the vertical axis is a random numerical value. In this way, each information group can be continuously arranged and analyzed based on words that seem irrelevant at all.

(Presentation Based on Generated Evaluation Condition-Condition No. 2) FIG. 13 is an image for evaluating the information unit stored in the information unit holding means 3b and expressing the existence of the information unit based on the evaluation value. It is a flowchart which shows the process which presents the image which arranged the component. In this example, based on the evaluation condition (No. 2) generated by the process of FIG.
Evaluate information units. In other words, it is a method of arranging items having frequently used keywords in order.

First, it is instructed how many keywords are to be arranged. Here, it is assumed that up to the fifth frequency is designated (step S13a). The information units stored in the information unit holding means 3b are sequentially read (step S13b). The keyword portion is extracted from the read information unit (step S13c). Next, FIG.
The frequency condition shown in is applied sequentially from the lower frequencies (step S13d). If the extracted keyword includes the keyword specified by the condition, the frequency rank is set as the evaluation value (step S13e). And S13
The processing from d to S13e is repeated until the frequency condition in the range designated by the user is completed (step S13).
f).

Next, the image constituent elements are arranged at positions where each frequency rank is expressed based on the evaluation value. In addition, those that do not meet the frequency condition are placed at other positions (step S13g). An image in which image constituent elements are arranged at the calculated positions is generated (step S13h), and the correspondence relationship holding means 3a holds the correspondence relationship between the position of the image constituent element and the information unit in the form of FIG. 11 (step S13).
i). Next, an intermediate image in which the image constituent elements are actually arranged on the display means 2a is generated (step S13j). The above S
The processing from 13b to S13j is repeated until all target information units are read (step S13k). Finally, the final image is displayed on the display unit 2a, and the process ends (step S131).

As a result of the above processing, the display of FIG. 14 is obtained. In this figure, keywords having up to the fifth cheek degree are displayed on the horizontal axis, and other displays are arranged. Information units having each keyword are sequentially arranged in this manner. in this case,
The vertical axis can also be viewed like a graph by arranging the image components so that they are adjacent to each other.

(Presentation of contents) Next, a process of presenting the contents of the information unit in accordance with an instruction from the image constituent element will be described. FIG. 15 is a flowchart showing this processing.

The constituent element designating means 4a receives the instruction of the image constituent element from the user, and the corresponding information searching means 4b.
To (step S15a). Corresponding information retrieval means 4b
On the basis of the user's instruction, the user retrieves the information stored in the correspondence holding unit 3a, for example, in the form of FIG. 10, determines which information unit the user has instructed, and obtains the ID (step S15b). ). The corresponding information searching means 4b searches the information unit holding means 3b based on the ID and retrieves the corresponding information unit (step S15c). Finally,
The content of the information unit is displayed on the content presenting means 4c and the process ends (step S15d). FIG. 16 is an example in which information units corresponding to image constituent elements designated by the user are presented to the content presenting means 4c. In this example, the character information is given as an example of the information included in the information unit, but it may be information including a voice, an image, a moving image, or the like.

(Overall Configuration) FIG. 17 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of an information presenting apparatus which is an embodiment for carrying out the present invention. Information unit holding means (1) 3b-1 to
The information unit holding means (N) 3b-N is a means for holding a plurality of information. The information unit selection means 3c includes information unit holding means (1) 3b-1 to information unit holding means (N) 3b-N.
Accepts instructions from the user to specify some or all of the combinations. The information unit group virtualization means 3d virtually integrates the plurality of information unit holding means 3b based on the instruction from the information unit selection means 3c. The evaluation value calculation unit 1d reads the information unit group integrated by the information unit group virtualization unit 3d, and extracts the information unit,
The evaluation value is calculated based on the property of the information unit itself or the external condition stored in the evaluation condition holding means 1b. The position calculating means 2b is based on the calculated evaluation value.
Determines the position of the image component that indicates the presence of the information unit. The image generating means 2c generates an image in which the image constituent element is arranged at the determined position. At that time, the image component changing means 2d changes the display so that it can be discriminated in which information unit holding means 3b the information unit is stored. Then, the result is displayed on the display means 2a. The correspondence relationship between the determined position and the information unit is stored in the correspondence relationship holding unit 3a.

The constituent element instructing means 4a is means for accepting an instruction to the image constituent elements displayed on the display means 2a. The correspondence information searching unit 4b searches the correspondence holding unit 3a, and searches the information unit holding unit 3b for the information unit corresponding to the instructed image constituent element. The retrieved information unit is presented to the content presentation means 4c.

(Display by Virtualization) Next, the processing of virtually treating the information units stored in the plurality of information unit holding means 3b as the same and displaying them as image constituent elements will be described. FIG. 18 is a flowchart showing this processing. The user uses the information unit selecting means 3c to hold the information unit holding means (1) 3b-1 to the information unit holding means (N).
An arbitrary combination is designated among those up to 3b-N (step S18a). The selection result is held, for example, as shown in FIG. 19, and these information unit holding means groups are treated as one information unit holding means (step S18).
b). First, the information unit holding means (one of 3b) instructed by the user is sequentially selected (step S18).
c). An information unit is read from the selected information unit holding means 3b (one of 3b) (step S18d).
Then, the value evaluated for each information unit is calculated based on the external condition stored in the evaluation condition holding unit lb or the property of the information unit itself. Here, it is assumed that the evaluation value is calculated from the included keyword (step S18).
e). The position calculation means 2b determines the position where the image constituent element is arranged based on this evaluation value (step S18).
f). Then, based on FIG. 20, different image constituent elements are assigned to each information unit holding means (step S18g) so that it can be discriminated which information unit holding means contains the information unit. The arranged image is generated (step S18h). At the same time, the correspondence between the ID for specifying the information unit holding means in which the information unit is stored and the ID of the information unit and the position of the image constituent element is stored in the correspondence holding means 3a in the form of FIG. 21 (step S18i). Then, an intermediate display is presented on the display means 2a (step S18j). Above S18d
The process from S18 to S18j is repeated until all the target information units included in the information unit holding means are read (step S18k). Further, the processing from S18c to S18k is repeated until all the designated information unit holding means are completed (step S181). The final result is displayed on the display means 2a and the process ends (step S18).
m). As a result of the above processing, the display of FIG. 22 is obtained. This figure shows an example of the information units included in the three information unit holding means on one screen by the horizontal axis "Western Europe, Japan" and the vertical axis "Language, psychology, philosophy". In this figure, three information unit holding means are displayed at the same time, so that three different types of image components are arranged.

(Presentation of contents when virtualized) Next, a process of presenting the contents of the information unit in response to an instruction from the image constituent element will be described. FIG. 23 is a flowchart showing this processing.

The constituent element designating means 4a receives an instruction of an image constituent element from the user, and the corresponding information searching means 4b.
To (step S23a). Corresponding information retrieval means 4b
21 searches the information stored in the correspondence holding means 3a, for example, in the form of FIG. 21, based on the user's instruction, determines which information unit the user has instructed, and determines the ID of the information unit holding means. And the ID of the information unit is obtained (step S23b). The correspondence information searching means 4b identifies the information unit holding means 3b based on the ID (step S23).
c), the information unit holding means 3b is searched, and the corresponding information unit is taken out (step S23d). Finally, the content of the information unit is displayed on the content presenting means 4c, and the process ends (step S23e). FIG. 23 is an example in which the information unit corresponding to the image constituent element designated by the user is presented to the content presentation unit 4c. In this example, the character information is given as an example of the information included in the information unit, but it may be information including a voice, an image, a moving image, or the like.

[0042]

According to the information presenting apparatus of the present invention, a stored information unit is read, an evaluation value is calculated for each information unit, and an image in which image constituent elements expressing the information unit are arranged is formed. I was able to do it. At the same time, it is possible to access the corresponding information unit by directly pointing the arranged image component.

As a result, it is possible to grasp and analyze an information unit that cannot be arranged as it is, while having a feeling of directly arranging the information unit itself on the image. Also, by changing the arrangement method and external conditions variously, it is possible to interpret what the information unit has as a whole,
It has become possible to discover new perspectives and discover new ideas. This means that when analyzing a large amount of information, setting the direction of future information collection,
Alternatively, it is very effective when devising an idea.

Particularly, in the present invention, the evaluation condition can be created by utilizing the information unit group itself. As a result, a large number of evaluation conditions suitable for the information group can be generated. This is effective, for example, when analyzing information whose contents are not well understood in advance, or in trial and error when the analysis method is not clear.

Also, a plurality of information unit groups can be combined and presented. This makes it possible to analyze multiple information groups and databases at the same time. This is effective when grasping the relationship between a plurality of information groups. In addition, by combining and displaying existing information groups, it is possible to evaluate and grasp them as if they were new information groups, which is effective for discovering new aspects of information.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an embodiment for realizing an information presentation device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a process of generating an evaluation condition.

FIG. 3 is an example of information stored in an information unit holding unit.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart (part 1) showing an example of condition generation.

FIG. 5 is an example of a search result.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a process of eliminating duplicate keywords.

FIG. 7 is an example (part 1) of generated evaluation conditions.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart (part 2) showing an example of condition generation.

FIG. 9 is an example (No. 2) of the generated evaluation conditions.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing a process of displaying a screen using a condition (1).

FIG. 11 is an example of information (in the case of condition generation) stored in the correspondence holding unit.

FIG. 12 is a display example (condition 1) of evaluation results.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing a process of displaying a screen using a condition (No. 2).

FIG. 14 is a display example (condition 2) of evaluation results.

FIG. 15 is a flowchart showing a process of presenting contents (in the case of condition generation).

FIG. 16 is an example of content presentation (for condition generation).

FIG. 17: 1 for realizing an information presentation device of the present invention
It is a block diagram which shows the structure of an Example.

FIG. 18 is a flowchart showing a process of displaying a plurality of information unit groups virtually as one.

FIG. 19 is an example of data for holding the status of the information unit holding means being selected.

FIG. 20 is an example of image constituent elements assigned to each information unit holding unit.

FIG. 21 is an example of information stored in the correspondence holding unit (an example in the case of display by virtualization).

FIG. 22 is an example of displaying an image representing a plurality of information groups by virtualization.

FIG. 23 is a flowchart (in the case of virtualization) showing a process of presenting content.

FIG. 24 is an example of content presentation (in the case of virtualization).

[Explanation of symbols]

1 information unit evaluation section 1a condition generation instruction means 1b evaluation condition holding means 1c evaluation condition generation means 1d evaluation value calculation means 2 display processing section 2a display means 2b position calculation means 2c image generation means 2d image component change means 3 information holding section 3a Correspondence holding means 3b Information unit holding means 3b-1 Information unit holding means (1) 3b-2 Information unit holding means (2) 3b-3 Information unit holding means (3) 3b-N Information unit holding means (N) 3c Information unit selecting means 3d Information unit group virtualizing means 4 Content search presenting section 4a Constituent element instructing means 4b Corresponding information searching means 4c Content presenting means

─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (56) References Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 6-96136 (JP, A) Yasuyuki Kaku and 3 others, Attempt of software design by visualizing required space and functional space, IPSJ Research Report, Japan, Information Processing Society of Japan, March 1, 1994, Vol. 94, No. 18, p. 89-96 (58) Fields surveyed (Int.Cl. ⁷ , DB name) G06F 3/00 G06F 17/30 G06F 17/60

Claims (5)

(57) [Claims] 1. An information unit holding means for holding a plurality of information units associated with a keyword, and a key from a user.
The condition generation instruction means for accepting a word input and the information
Read the information unit held in the report unit holding means,
Keywords accepted by the condition generation instruction means
A search means for searching the information unit associated with
It is associated with the information unit searched by the searching means.
Extracted keywords, and based on the extracted keywords
Evaluation for generating conditions for evaluating the information unit based on
A price condition generating means, an evaluation condition holding means for holding the evaluation condition generated by the evaluation condition generating means, and an information unit held in the information unit holding means,
Based on the evaluation condition held in the evaluation condition holding means, represents an evaluation value calculation means for calculating a value obtained by evaluating the information unit, the information unit based on the evaluation value calculated by the evaluation value calculating means display position calculating means for determining the placement of the image components, and image generating means for generating an image arranging the image component the determined position by said position calculating means, the image generated by the image generating unit And display means for displaying the information.
Presentation device . 2. A integrated with two or more information units holding means for holding a plurality of information units associated with the keyword, a plurality of the information unit holding unit, the data unit group to be handled as one information unit holding means Virtualization means and from users
Condition generation instruction means for receiving a keyword input, and
Information unit holder integrated by information unit group virtualization means
Read the information unit in the column and enter it with the condition generation instruction means.
Extracted from the information unit searched by the entered keyword
Calculate the value that evaluates the information unit based on the keyword
An evaluation value calculation means for, position calculating means for determining the placement of the image components representing the information unit based on the evaluation value calculated by the evaluation value calculating means, said a position determined by said position calculating means An information presenting apparatus comprising: an image generating unit that generates an image in which image constituent elements are arranged; and a display unit that displays the image generated by the image generating unit. 3. The information presenting apparatus according to claim 2 , further comprising image component changing means for changing the image constituent so that the information unit holding means in which the information unit is stored can be specified. Information presentation device. 4. Claim 1 or claim 2 or claim 3.
The information presentation device, a correspondence storing means for storing a correspondence relationship between the information units stored in the image component displayed on the display means the information unit holding means, said to be displayed on said display means and component instruction means for accepting an instruction to the image Zo構 formed element, and corresponding information retrieval means for retrieving information units corresponding to the image element that has been instructed by the component instruction means, retrieved by the correspondence information retrieval means An information presenting apparatus, characterized in that a content presenting means for presenting the contents of an information unit is added. 5. A plurality of pieces of information associated with keywords
The unit is held by the information unit holding means
Accept the keyword input by the condition generation instruction means,
Information unit held in the information unit holding means
Read by the stage and received by the condition generation instruction means.
The information unit associated with the attached keyword
Search and correspond to the information unit searched by the searching means
The attached keywords are extracted by the evaluation condition generating means.
And the information unit based on the extracted keywords
A condition for evaluating the, and the evaluation condition generating means
Holds the evaluation condition generated by the evaluation condition holding means
The information unit held in the information unit holding means.
It is read by the evaluation value calculation means and stored in the evaluation condition holding means.
Evaluate the information unit based on the retained evaluation conditions
The evaluation value calculated by the evaluation value calculation means is calculated.
Arrangement of image components representing the information units based on value
Is determined by the position calculating means, and the position calculating means determines
An image in which the image components are arranged at the determined position is displayed.
Generated by the image generation means, generated by the image generation means
Characterized in that the displayed image is displayed by the display means.
Information presentation method.