JPH0415872A - Information accumulation system and information presentation system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To rationalize information retrieval by accumulating information by means of coarse/fine hierarchy structure and independently presenting coarse or fine information by means of electronic turning-over. CONSTITUTION:An animation display part 50, an information control mechanism part 51, an individual information control part 52 and a retrieval function part 53 are provided as an event processing mechanism 49. The event processing mechanism 49 is connected with a processor 54 and information are accumulated in hierarchy structure. For retrieving rough places, high speed retrieval is executed by fast turning-over in a higher hierarchy. For learning target information in detail, turning-over is executed slowly in a lower hierarchy so as to accurately and securely catch information. Thus, a necessary part is immediately opened by giving a function for putting a mark on a book, for writing and for linking, and retrieval based on fuzzy storage is executed by a turning-over function.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] (Industrial Application Field) This invention provides information with a dense and dense hierarchical structure, adds user subjective information such as adding appropriate marks or markings to this information, and The present invention relates to an information storage system and an information provision system that aim to provide information by turning pages.

(Prior Art) In conventional electronic information storage, information is accumulated sequentially in a dense manner, and when providing this information, a system is used that picks up corresponding parts using predetermined keywords or the like. In addition, information selected by keywords is further scrolled up and down or left and right to obtain the desired information, or the electronic information is typed out7 and this is searched as paper information to obtain the desired information.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) According to the conventional information storage system, if there are no keywords, the only way to search is by scrolling electronic information from one end to the other, which requires a lot of time and effort. There was a point. In particular, since electronic information on the screen is difficult to read, there is a problem in that paper, labor, and time are inevitably wasted in order to type it out as appropriate. Furthermore, since electronic information can only be used with defined keywords, there is also the problem that if the keywords for the information to be searched have not been created, the information cannot be used other than by scrolling or typing out. Furthermore, the conventional electronic information mentioned above has problems such as the fact that it is impossible to mark the information without permission and that it is impossible to classify the information based on the subjectivity of the viewer. There was a problem in that it was impossible to organize and use the information based on specific interests.

(Means for Solving the Problems) However, the present invention solves the above-mentioned conventional problems by accumulating information in a hierarchical structure of coarse and fine grains and providing coarse and fine information separately by flipping. I solved it.

That is, the present invention is an information storage system characterized by storing information in a dense hierarchical structure.

Next, the hierarchical structure is a tree structure. Another invention is an information providing system characterized by accumulating information in a hierarchical structure of coarse and dense layers, and providing coarse portions, dense portions, or stamped portions of the information by turning over the information. Next, another invention is an information processing and providing system characterized by accumulating information in a coarse-grained hierarchical structure and marking, writing, or linking a part of the information, either alone or in combination. be. Furthermore, to mark a part of the information, a part of the page is folded in, an underline is provided in the information, a heading is added to the page, or a pear is inserted.

This invention aims to accumulate and provide new information by adding the advantages of books to conventional electronic media.

In other words, electronic media has the following characteristics:

OBe able to handle real-time information such as videos and sounds in addition to text.

0 Ability to compactly store information on floppy disks, tapes, etc.

○ It is easy to search for keywords.

0 Information processing (duplication and modification) is easy.

Books have the following characteristics:

0 Information can be provided sequentially by flipping through pages.

0 Ability to fold in the corners of pages, underline information in appropriate places, add headings, and make marks such as inserting bookmarks.

○ Be able to write.

0 It is possible to extract the specified locations as appropriate and create these links.

0. Ability to organize based on subjectivity.

This invention adds the characteristics of a book to the characteristics of electronic media, such as the above-mentioned enumeration, and furthermore makes it possible to sequentially provide information by flipping through the pages. This invention uses animation to turn pages, just like a book.

While flipping through the pages in this way, we are not looking at every single word of the text in detail, but are only skimming the ``conspicuous information'' such as titles and charts. Therefore, it is not necessary to display all the data, but only the noticeable data is displayed in detail, and the remaining data is roughly displayed according to the spatial position of each page. This invention inputs data in a hierarchical structure, and the higher the level, the coarser the information becomes. Therefore, a lot of information can be provided in a short time. In this way, you can show the whole thing, but without distorting the space, you are weighting the data and showing only the salient information in detail.

In the information providing system of this invention, the providing speed can be adjusted as necessary. For example, if you want to see higher-level coarse information, you can turn the page at high speed, and if you want to see low-level sound information, you can turn the page at lower speed, which is extremely rational and efficient. It can be carried out.

In this invention, display level information is added to data such as text and images, and this information is stored under a layer containing layout information for each page of these data. There are several display levels, from the coarsest display to the most detailed display.For text, data is divided into levels according to its logical structure, and at the detailed level (level O), all characters are displayed. As the level increases, information other than the title and other noticeable information is replaced with gray dots, saving customers the need to refer to character codes. As for image data, by setting it to a coarse display level, the data is divided into mosaic blocks to reduce the amount of information. The user can arbitrarily set the display level according to the search request, ``Do you want to look at the entire text or just the headings?'' If the user's search request is to see only the headings, increase the display level and display it more roughly as shown in 5 in Figure 2 to reduce the amount of information per page. This allows the machine's capacity to be used to display more pages. When this high-speed page turning stops, the data that was roughly displayed is shown in detail as shown in 6 in FIG.

(Function) Since this invention stores information in a coarse-grained hierarchical structure, it is possible to first determine the range of necessary information for the large kite in the coarse part, and then extract the necessary information in detail in the dense part. Information retrieval is therefore streamlined. Also, pages containing the information can be easily searched for by electronic flipping. In addition, it is possible to underline, insert, and write information, as well as to create links where necessary, allowing general materials to retain the characteristics of personal files.

(Example 1) Next, an example of the present invention will be described. For example, as shown in Figure 1, we often remember vague spatial memories such as ``page 2 with photo l on the top right''. When you rely on your memory to find information in Book 3,
Flip through book 3 and find page 2 that is similar to the image in your memory, and find additional information 4 from page 2.
Extract. Furthermore, it is also possible to add underlines or other writing to parts of pages that have been read that are considered important (parts of interest), and to characterize the underlined or filled-in parts and use them as a search means. The thickness of the underline can be selected and deleted. You can also draw an underline on the page by holding down the mouse button and dragging the mouse button.

(Example 2) Next, an example of information density display is shown in Figures 2 and 3.
The diagram will be explained. Figure 2 is an example of a coarse display during page turning, with the title of display page 5 "Using Spatial Memory"
6 is written as a letter, and the main text is replaced with a gray dot 7 to save customers the need to refer to the letter code. Furthermore, by setting the image data to a coarse display level, the data is divided into blocks in a mosaic pattern 8 to reduce the amount of information. Next, in the detailed display, as shown in Fig. 3, for the page 5, the title 6 is the same, but the gray dot 7 is displayed as a character 9, and the image data is also a mosaic 8 as a figure. It is represented by 10. Regarding the above instructions, since the keyboard has buttons for each item, it is sufficient to simply press the desired button.

For example, line marker 11. Corresponding buttons are provided, such as memo 12 and 1 figure (image) + 3. For example, when the user selects the memo bat 14 with the mouse, drags it to page J-, and releases the mouse button at an arbitrary location, the memo bat can be pasted there.

In this case, if you paste the memo, it will immediately appear as shown in Figure 4.
``Memo Editor'' 15 is opened and accepts the human power of writing.

When the input is completed, the memo editor closes and the icon 16 indicating the existence of the memo bat remains in its place. Additionally, a corner fold 17 shown in FIG. 5 can be created by clicking with a mouse to mark the page easily by the user. Electronic media in MJ can be connected (linked) to other information. Therefore, users can connect information about a certain keyword to related information written in other books, which makes it possible to utilize the human ability to manage information according to space and situation on electronic media. became. Further, the same function as a link created by a user is possible on data belonging to the book of this invention, and a function to jump to a certain page from the table of contents of the book is also provided. Personal information such as the memo mentioned above is stored separately from the information of the original book. In this way, personal information and book information can be managed separately, and information can be provided each time depending on the user, with personal information exclusive to that person superimposed. Therefore, if you search for the same book again or take notes from time to time, you will have a wealth of personal information, and the next time you search, you will be able to retrieve the necessary information more efficiently. Information (books) is given to many people, but based on this, those who have studied more can use basic information more effectively.Also, depending on the user's purpose, underlined , dog ears, and other writings are naturally different, so information can be managed with individuality.

(Embodiment 3) This invention can display data with various characteristics by basically accumulating data in a hierarchical structure, mainly a tree structure. In other words, a coarse image can be obtained from the upper layer of the tree structure, and a finer image can be obtained from the lower layer. FIG. 6 shows an example of the hierarchical tree structure of a book.

Book 8 consists of 19 chapters, 20 sections, and 21 sentences, with appropriate figures 22a, 22b, and 22C interposed between them. Next, each note in the tree structure in the above embodiment of the present invention includes some text (book) 23 and rough information (chapter) 2 of its child notes, as shown in FIG.
4 and a pointer (clause) 25 to its child notebook. Therefore, if the user does not request detailed information,
Displays a coarse page image using upper layer data.

On the other hand, if there is a request for detailed display, lower layer data will be used to display the details. For example, by using the data of notebook 8 level, the chapter title "Edo Shogunate and National Isolation" is written on page 26 as shown in Figure 8.
27 is shown, the section title ``Establishment of the Edo Shogunate'' 28 is shown, and the main text is shown as dot 29. Using notebook B level data, the chapter title ``Edo Shogunate and National Isolation'' 27 is shown on page 26, the section title ``Establishment of the Edo Shogunate'' 28 is shown, and then the text 30 is shown. There is.

(Example 4) Next, FIGS. 10 and 11 will be explained.

FIG. 10 shows the display image of the hierarchy. In the case of the upper layer 31, an inaccurate image 32 is displayed because the information is phased, but in the case of the lower layer 33, the information is dense, so an inaccurate image 32 is displayed. An image 34 is displayed. Further, FIG. 1I shows an example of partial detailed display. In other words, in the present invention, only the parts in which the user is interested can be displayed densely, and the other parts can be displayed coarsely. For example, in chapter 35, section 36 is displayed as 37, and sentence 38 is displayed as 39.

In this case, only the text 38a can be partially displayed densely as shown in 40. In this invention, since a tree-like hierarchical display is used, partial details can be displayed according to instructions.

Therefore, after identifying the chapters that are estimated to be necessary at that level,
In particular, it is possible to display only the removed knots in detail and check them before printing out.

(Embodiment 5) Next, the same system as for text input can be used for image input.

In Figure 12, the display level is ``There are several hierarchies 41, 42, 43, 44 from the second layer to the lowest layer, and if the lowest layer is specified, details will be sequentially displayed for that specified part. A display is made. That is, when the shaded area in the diagram is designated, the designated lowest layer becomes a detailed partial diagram, and the display image 45 is obtained. The above implementation method is shown in FIG. That is, using the figure tree 46 of FIG. 13 fa),
Although the level specified by the user is displayed, if the personal tree 47 in FIG. 4B has a specification of a lower level, the detailed display is performed down to the superimposed level 48. As with the case of a book, the display of the image is made rough to the extent that the original image is not damaged during high-speed page turning to reduce the amount of information.

(Example 6) FIG. 14 is a block diagram of the configuration of this invention.

That is, the event processing mechanism 49 includes an animation display section 50 and an information management mechanism section 51 . The event processing mechanism 49 includes a personal information management section 52 and a search function section 53, and is connected to a processing device 54. Therefore, general searches are processed by the search function section, but personal information is distinguished from general information so that it can be quickly searched as needed.

(Effect of the invention) According to this invention, information has a hierarchical structure (mainly a tree structure).
Since the information is stored in a format, you can quickly search by quickly turning to the upper level to find the general location, and slowly flipping through the lower levels to find the information you are looking for in detail. There is an effect that can be caught. In this invention, the function of marking, writing, or linking is added to the book, so it is possible to immediately open the necessary section, and the page-turning function allows searching based on vague memories. . However, by using animation to turn pages, a search that appeals to human sensibilities can be carried out, and a great effect can be expected in that conventional literature searches can be easily transferred to electronic media.

Furthermore, the unique effect of this invention is not to replace the characteristics of conventional electronic media usage, but to add to the characteristics of conventional electronic media. There are notable expectations that this will solve the problems of the past.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of the use of spatial memory according to the present invention, Fig. 2 is a rough representation of an embodiment of the invention, Fig. 3 is also a detailed representation, and Fig. 4 is also a memo bat. The icon diagram, Figure 5 is also a dog-ear diagram, Figure 6 is a diagram showing the tree structure of a book, Figure 7 is a diagram also showing the tree structure of this invention, and Figure 8 is a diagram of an embodiment of this invention. FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a rough display, FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a detailed display, FIG. 10 is a diagram showing the relationship between layers and figure images, FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram showing a partially detailed display, and FIG. 12 is a figure 13(a) and 13(b) are diagrams showing a partial detailed display of data, and FIG. 14 is a block diagram of the configuration of the present invention. 1...Photograph 3...Book 6...Title 9...Character l...Line marker 4...Memo bat button 5...Memo editor 7...Corner fold 9...・Chapter 21...Text 25...Pointer 27.28...Title 30...Body 2.5...Bage 4...Information 7...Dot】0.13...・Figure Shape 12...Member 16...Icon 18...Book 20...Section 24...Information 26...Bage 19...Dot 31...Tall 32... Image 34...Image 36...Section 46...Graphic tree 33...Low layer 35...Chapter 38...Text 47...Personal tree

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An information storage system characterized by accumulating information in a dense hierarchical structure. 2. Claim 1 characterized in that the hierarchical structure is a tree structure.
The information storage system 3 described above stores information in a coarse-grained hierarchical structure, and provides the coarse portion, dense portion, or marked portion of the information by electronic flipping. 4 Information is stored in a coarse-grained hierarchical structure. An information processing and providing system characterized by marking, writing, or linking a part of information, either singly or in combination. 5. The information providing system according to claim 4, wherein the parts are folded, an underline is provided in the information, a heading is attached to the page, or a bookmark is inserted.