JPH0232455A - Item extracting system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To store extracted item data to an item list data table, to retrieve an item having a characteristic from document data, and to automatically prepare the item list of a document by recognizing a character string having a specific character type and a character modification condition as the item to be extracted by means of an item extracting means, and extracting it from the document data. CONSTITUTION:A document editing device consists of an input part 1, a display part 4, a control part 2 and a memory part 3, and whether or not an item extracting instruction is issued is decided by the input, etc., of an item extracting key 15 in the input part 1. In the document data decided by the input part 1 by means of the item extracting key, the character string consisting of the specific character types and the character string, for which the special character modification is executed, are recognized to be the items specified by the control part 2. Further, the item to be extracted from the document data is recognized by the control part 2, the extracted item is stored into the memory part 3, and the item extracted by the control part 2 is stored into the extracted item memory table in the memory part 3 as the item list table.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to an item extraction method suitable for extracting items consisting of specific character types and character modifications from a document created with a word processor.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, as a method for searching a character string from document data in a word processor, there is a search function described in "Introduction to Word Processing" published by Nippon Jitsugyo Publishing Co., Ltd., March 20, 1986, 6th edition. However, it is not possible to recognize character strings made of specific character types or character strings with specific character modifications as characteristics of the item to be extracted and automatically extract them from document data. It wasn't taken into consideration. Therefore, when extracting items, the user searches to see if the item to be extracted is located in the document, and then inputs those items to create a list of extracted items.

When there is a large amount of document data, inputting and editing are time consuming and time consuming.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

The above conventional technology can determine the location of a specified character string in document data, but if the characteristics of the character type and character modification state of the item to be extracted are known in advance, it is possible to search for items with those characteristics. The problem was that it was not done. For this reason, searching for character strings with certain characteristics is time consuming.

An object of the present invention is to provide a method for automatically creating a document item list by searching document data for items that have certain characteristics in character types and character modification states.

[Means to solve the problem]

The above purpose is to provide a document creation device with an item extraction means that recognizes a character string having a specific character type or character modification state as an item to be extracted and extracts it from document data, an extraction item storage table that stores the extracted items, and an extraction item storage table that stores the extracted items. This can be achieved by providing an item list creation means for converting the selected items into item list data, and an item list table for storing the item list data.

[Effect]

The item extraction means recognizes character strings with specific character types and character modification states as items to be extracted and extracts them from the document data, stores the extracted items in the extraction item storage table, and extracts the items in the extraction item storage table. The item list creation means converts it into item list data and stores one item list data in an item list table. This allows the user to easily extract items with certain characteristics.

〔Example〕

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIG. Second
The figure is a block diagram showing the configuration of a document editing device according to the present invention, which includes an input section (1), a display section (4), a control section (2),
and a storage section (3). The input section (1) has number keys (11) and keys for inputting readings (1).
2), an execution key (13), a cancel key (14), an item extraction key (15), etc. are present, for example, the keyboard shown in FIG. 3, and the display section (4) displays document data and extracts item settings For example, CR
Such as a T display. The control unit (2) includes the input unit (
1) It controls execution between the two display sections (4) and the storage section (3), has document editing means, and is configured using a CPU.

FIG. 4 is a processing flow of the document editing device having the item extraction means, and is an overview of a series of processing from document creation to completion of editing. This processing flow will be explained below. First, flags and counters necessary for starting document editing are initialized (step 401). Next, a key is pressed manually from a keyboard or the like (step 402), and then an input key is determined (step 403). Here,
When it is determined that an edit key for editing a document has been input, such as a menu selection key, layout key, copy key movement key, delete key, line key, item extraction key, etc., a new document is created, Updating registered documents, formatting, layout processing, copying and moving data within the text.

Processes for editing the document such as deletion, underlining, and item extraction are performed (step 404), and when the editing end key is input, the document editing process is ended,
Editing end processing for registering on floppy disk, etc. (step 40)
6) and end the process. When a character input key is input while a character string can be input during document editing, character input processing is performed (step 405).

Hereinafter, an example of the item extraction process according to this patent will be explained in detail using the flow shown in FIG. First, item extraction key (1
It is determined whether there is an item extraction instruction based on the input of step 5) or the like (step 100).

If it is determined that there is an instruction, an extraction item setting menu is displayed (step 101). For example, the following items are prepared as a menu. ■Hiragana,
Katakana, kanji, numbers, kanji.

Character types such as half-width characters, full-width characters, Mincho fonts, and Gothic fonts. ■Number of characters in the item. ■The type of double angle applied to the item, ■
The type of shading applied to the item. ■Type of underlining applied to the item. A menu is displayed in which the user can input answers to items related to characteristic information as extraction items such as those shown in (1) to (2). An example of the menu is shown in FIG. 12 (24).The user enters data related to item extraction according to the displayed menu items (step 102), and then enters data entry keys for setting the table of contents.
If not (step 103), it is determined whether it is the execution key (13) (step 105). If the item extraction setting data is a key, the set data is displayed (step 104), and the process returns to key manual processing (step 102). If it is determined that the execution key (13) is the execution key (13) (step 105), the specified data is set in the extraction item setting table shown in FIG. 9 (step 109).

Delete the extraction item setting menu (step 110)
, performs item extraction data creation processing (step 111),
Exit processing. If it is determined that it is not the execution key (13), it is determined whether it is the cancel key (14) (step 106).

If it is not the cancel key (14), abnormal sound processing such as a buzzer sound is performed (step 107).

Return to key manual processing (step 102). If it is the cancel key, the item extraction setting menu is deleted (step 108) and the process exits.

Next, the item extraction process (step 111) for searching document data for items having characteristics as extraction items and creating extraction item data will be described in detail using the flowchart of FIG. First, the extraction item table shown in Figure 6 (
16) is set to 0 (step 501). Next, a document pointer (19) indicating data in the document data (18) shown in FIG. 7 is set at the beginning of the document data (18) (step 502). It is determined whether the data in the document indicated by the document pointer (19) has a feature that matches the feature data as an item to be extracted in the extraction item setting table (21) shown in FIG. 9 (step 503). If they do not match, the process advances to step 506 to advance the document point (19) to the next data. If they match, the item is stored in the extracted item storage table (16) shown in FIG. 6 indicated by the item data pointer (17) (step 50).
4). Since one item has been extracted, the item data pointer (17) is incremented by 1 (step 505), and the document pointer (19) is advanced to the next data for comparison of the next document data (step 506). Then, the data indicated by the 1 document pointer (19) is the document data (1
8) Determine whether it is the end (step 507)
.

If it is not the end, the process returns to step 5o3 to determine whether the document data indicated by the document pointer (19) has characteristics as an extraction item. When the search ends to the end of the document data, the extraction item storage table (16
) is converted into item list data by the item list creation means and stored in the item list table (20) shown in FIG. 8 (step 508). Here, the character code of the item decorated with one character is converted to a state without character modification, and the converted items are arranged regularly to create item list data. A page for the item list is created in the document data (step 509), and the contents of the item list table are copied to the page data storage buffer for the item list (step 51o). An example of a state in which an item list is created in a document is shown in FIG. 10 (21).

An example of the created item list is shown in FIG. 11 (23).

If item list data is created with the same data structure as normal document data, the table of contents, index, etc. can be edited using normal editing methods.

C. Effects of the Invention] According to the present invention, from document data that has been created, items with characteristics in character type and character modification state are extracted and an item list is generated, so item extraction can be easily performed and operability is improved.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an item extraction method according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a document editing device according to the invention, FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of an input key, and FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the item extraction method. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the process for creating extraction item data, FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of an extraction item storage table, and FIG. 7 is an example of a document data table. Figure 8 is a diagram showing an example of an item list table, Figure 9 is a diagram showing an example of an extraction item setting table, and Figure 10 is an example of the relationship between a document and an item list created for it. FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of a state in which an item list has been created in a document, and FIG. 12 is a diagram showing an example of an extraction item setting menu. 1... Input section, 2... Control section, 3... Storage section, 4
001 display section, 11...Number entry key-112...Reading key-13...Execution key, 14...Cancel key, 15...Item extraction key 16...Extraction item storage table, 17...Item data pointer, 18...
・Document data table, 19...Document pointer, 20
...Item list table, 21...Extraction item setting table, 22...Page structure of document and item list, 23...
Item list, 24... Extraction item setting menu No. 3 Figure S Figure 50 Figure 10 Figure 6 Figure 1Z Figure

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. In the document creation device, an item extraction means that recognizes a character string consisting of a specific character type or a character string with a specific character modification in the created document data as an item to be extracted, and extracts it from the document data. An item extraction method characterized by having an extraction item storage table for storing extracted items, an item list creation means for converting the extracted items into item list data, and an item list table for storing the item list data.