JPH08335214A - Sorting method, document retrieving method, and information processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To list and display documents names in the order of the Japanese syllabary at all times. CONSTITUTION: When a HIRAGANA(cursive form of Japanese syllabary) character string is inputted as a document name from an input part 2, a control part 1 saves the HIRAGANA character string, in a document table on an external storage device 5, then converts the HIRAGANA character string into a formal KANJI(Chinese character) document name, links the converted document name with the original HIRAGANA character string and saves it in the document table. When there is a request to display a document name list from the input part 2, the control part 1 sorts the document names in the order of the Japanese syllabary by using the HIRAGANA character strings in the document table and transfers them to a display memory 4. Then the control part displays the document names in the display memory 4 at a display part 3 in the order of the Japanese syllabary. A user searches the displayed document names displayed at the display part 3 for a target document name.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method for sorting document names stored in an information processing device such as a personal computer or a word processor by displaying a list of document names, and a document retrieval method using this method. And an information processing apparatus using this search method.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a document created by a personal computer or a word processor is a floppy disk,
It is stored in an external storage device such as a hard disk or a magneto-optical disk. When the capacity of the external storage device is large, the number of documents to be stored also increases, and the user uses the document search function to search for the target document among the stored documents.

A method of inputting a desired document name to the document search function, searching a document having the corresponding document name from an external storage device and outputting the document, and a method of storing the document in the external storage device. There is a method in which the document names of documents are displayed in a list, and the user who views the document searches for the document name of the desired document and selects it, thereby outputting the desired document.

However, since the user rarely remembers the document name of the target document, and most of the time it is memorized, the former search method is rarely used, and the latter document is usually used. A method of displaying a list of names and searching for a document name of a target document from the list is used.

In this method of displaying a list of document names, the document names are sorted and displayed in order of name or last proofreading time so that the user can easily find the desired document name when displaying the list of document names. I often do it.

Of these, the name order is generally often used, but since the document names are usually converted into kana-kanji characters, most of them are arranged in the kanji code order in a single order. . However, this kanji code order is different from the "aiueo" order, and moreover, when users actually search for a document name, they often look for it in the "aiueo" order. There was a drawback that it was difficult to find the desired name from the arranged names.

[0007]

In the document search method in which the user searches for the target document by searching for the document name of the target document among the document names of the stored documents listed as described above, When displaying a list of names, the names may be displayed in order of name. However, since the document names are usually converted into kana-kanji characters, most of them are arranged in order of kanji code, which has a drawback that it is difficult to find the document name.

In view of the above-mentioned circumstances, the present invention is a sorting method in which the document names can always be rearranged in the order of "aiueo", and the document names sorted by this sorting method are displayed in a list to easily retrieve the documents. It is an object of the present invention to provide a document search method capable of performing the above and an information processing apparatus using this search method.

[0009]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a sorting method for sorting a plurality of kanji / kana mixed sentences according to a certain standard, and a hiragana character string of each kanji / kana mixed sentence is secured. A method is adopted in which the hiragana character strings are sorted in order using the above criteria, and the corresponding kanji / kana mixed sentences are sorted in the above order.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in an information processing apparatus having a function of saving an input document and recalling an arbitrary saved document, when saving the document, the document name of the document to be saved is in Hiragana. An input means for inputting a character string, a kana-kanji conversion means for converting the hiragana character string input by this input means to a kana-kanji character, and a conversion result of this kana-kanji conversion means is used as a formal document name. When there is a document name saving means for linking and saving the hiragana character strings entered by the input means and a request to call the saved document, the hiragana character strings saved in the document name saving means are sorted in the order A table for displaying the sorting means and the document names corresponding to the hiragana character strings sorted by the sorting means from the storage means and displaying them in the sorting order collectively. It has a structure in which and means.

[0011]

According to the sorting method of the invention of claim 1, the hiragana character strings of each kanji kana mixed sentence are secured, and these hiragana character strings are sorted in order using the above-mentioned criteria to obtain the corresponding kanji kana characters. The mixed sentences are sorted in the above order.

In the information processing apparatus according to the second aspect of the invention, the input means inputs the document name of the document to be stored in a Hiragana character string when the document is stored. The kana-kanji conversion means converts the hiragana character string input by the input means into kana-kanji characters. The document name storage means sets the conversion result of the kana-kanji conversion means as a formal document name, and links the document name and the hiragana character string input by the input means and stores them. When there is a request to call the stored documents, the sorting means sorts the hiragana character strings stored in the document name storing means in the order of the alphabet. The display means calls the document names corresponding to the hiragana character strings sorted by the sort means from the storage means and collectively displays them in the sort order.

[0013]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of an information processing apparatus incorporating a sorting method and a document searching method according to the present invention. Reference numeral 1 denotes a control unit for performing various controls such as document creation control including Kana-Kanji conversion function, document storage control, and document search control.
Reference numeral 2 is an input unit such as a keyboard for inputting characters or various function commands, and 3 is a display unit such as an LCD or CRT for displaying a document name list display or documents, and 4 is information to be displayed on the display unit 3. Display memory for saving, 5 is FD for saving documents
It is an external storage device such as a D or an HDD.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described. The document created on the screen of the display unit 3 by the user inputting a character string from the input unit 2 including the keyboard as shown in FIG. 3 is stored in the procedure shown in the flowchart of FIG.

When the user wants to save the document, the user depresses the document save key of the input unit 2 to put the control unit 1 in the document save mode.

As a result, the control unit 1 displays the document saving screen on the display unit 3 and prompts the user to input the document name of the document to be saved.

In response to this, the user inputs the document name from the input unit 2 in step 701, and the document name is entered in a hiragana character string.

The control unit 1 shows the Hiragana character string input by the user in step 702 as shown in FIG. 2B in the floppy disk as shown in FIG. 2A which is the storage medium of the external storage device 5. Save it in the center column of the document name table in such a format.

After that, the control unit 1 converts the above-mentioned "Hiragana character string" into Kana-Kanji or converts it into Katakana into a mixed Kanji or Katakana document name, and in Step 703, this is the left column of the document name table. Save to.

When the user inputs the document name as described above, the user issues a document saving instruction from the input unit 2 to the control unit 1, so that the control unit 1 displays it on the screen of the display unit 3 in step 704. Save the document in the document storage area as shown in FIG. 5 in the floppy disk as shown in FIG.
The access pointer indicating the storage location is stored in the right column of the document name table shown in FIG. 2B, and the process ends.

Here, a specific example of the above-mentioned document saving operation will be described. For example, when the user inputs the hiragana character string "Hijishitsu" from the input unit 2, the control unit 1 changes the Hiragana character string "Hijishitsu" to the screen shown in FIG. Save in the center column of the document name table as shown. Kana-Kanji conversion instructions are also included in the input section 1
When input from, the control unit 1 converts the hiragana character string "Hijishitsu" into kana-kanji characters to obtain "minutes (quality)", which is the document name as shown in FIG. 2 (B). Write in the leftmost column of the table.

After that, when a save instruction is input from the input unit 2, the control unit 1 saves the document with this document name in the document area of the external storage device 5 as shown in FIG.
An access pointer 100 for accessing the stored document is written in the rightmost column of the document name table as shown in FIG.

Next, the operation of recalling a document stored in the external storage device 5 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. When calling a document stored in the external storage device 5, the user operates the input unit 2 to make a document list display request to the control unit 1. In response to this, the control unit 1 accesses the document table in the external storage device 5 as shown in FIG.

After that, the control unit 1 pays attention to the document name of the hiragana characters written in the central column of the document table in step 802, sorts them in order, and the official name written in the left column. Document names are extracted and written in the display memory 4 in the order of extraction in step 803 as shown in FIG. However, the title "Document name list" is written at the top of the display memory 4 first.

Next, the control unit 1 displays the document name in the display memory 4 on the screen of the display unit 3 in step 804 as shown in FIG.

The user searches the document names arranged in this order on the screen and finds the document name of interest, and then selects the document name from the input section 2.
In response to this, the control unit 1 reads the access pointer of the document name selected in step 805 from the document table shown in FIG. 2B, and based on this pointer, the external storage device 5 shown in FIG. The relevant document is taken out from such a document area and is expanded in the display memory 4 to be displayed on the screen of the display unit 3.

Here, the above-mentioned document name list display will be described using a specific example. From the document table of FIG. 2 (B) to FIG.
When transferring the document name to the display memory 4 shown in FIG.
Is "Uchiawasejijiroku" when searching for the youngest document name in hiragana character string written in the center column of the document table in the order of Aiue.

Therefore, the control unit 1 has the document name "meeting minutes" which corresponds to the "uchiuchijijiroku".
Is taken out from the left column of the document table and is written under the document list in the display memory 4 as shown in FIG. In the same manner, the document names in the document table are sorted in the order of alphabetical order, transferred to the display memory 4, and then displayed on the screen of the display unit 3 as shown in FIG.

According to the present embodiment, the document name can be initially input in a hiragana character string, and the hiragana character string can be used to sort and display the document names in the order of the alphabet, so that the user can display a list. A desired document can be easily and quickly found from the document name thus obtained, and the document search efficiency can be improved. However, the document names may be sorted in reverse order, and in such a case, the user may set in advance the sorting order in the control unit 1.

When the document name is corrected, the control unit 1 checks the changes and the clause information, and corrects the corresponding Hiragana character string portion based on these information, thereby correcting the document name. There is no doubt that the hiragana character string can be corrected automatically.

For example, when it is desired to correct the document name "meeting minutes" to the document name "meeting process", the change is in the minutes, and there is a break between the meetings and the minutes. If the control unit 1 knows
The control unit can undoubtedly correct the corresponding Hiragana character string "Uchimeasejijiroku" to be "Umemeise kaite".

Even if a document name including half-width characters is registered, the present invention sorts the list of characters in the hiragana character string of the document name. Can be changed.

Further, in the above-mentioned embodiment, the user inputs the hiragana character string of the document name. However, the document name is directly mixed with the kanji characters by a handwritten character input device or by copying other sentence parts. The same effect can be obtained by inputting and inputting the Hiragana character string by converting the input document name into Hiragana.

Further, as in the above embodiment, not only the sort using the hiragana character string of the document name but also the conventional sort using the document name directly can be executed by switching, thereby improving the operability of the apparatus. You can also let it.

[0035]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the invention, the kanji mixed sentences (document names) can always be sorted in the order of "aiueo".

According to the second aspect of the present invention, since the document names of the stored documents can be displayed in the order of "aiueo", the user can easily and quickly search for and retrieve the stored document.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of an information processing apparatus incorporating a document search method of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a floppy disk which is a storage medium of the external storage device shown in FIG. 1 and an example of a document name table set therein.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a detailed example of a keyboard constituting the input unit shown in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of contents of a display memory shown in FIG.

5 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a document area of the external storage device shown in FIG.

6 is a diagram showing a document name displayed on the screen of the display unit shown in FIG.

7 is a flowchart showing an operation procedure example when a document is stored by the apparatus shown in FIG.

8 is a flowchart showing a procedure example of a document calling operation by displaying a document list by the apparatus shown in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Control part 2 ... Input part 3 ... Display part 4 ... Display memory 5 ... External storage device

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A sorting method for sorting a plurality of kanji / kana mixed sentences according to some criterion, wherein hiragana character strings of each kanji / kana mixed sentence are secured, and these hiragana character strings are sequentially used by using the criterion. By sorting
A sorting method characterized in that sentences corresponding to kanji and kana are sorted in the order. 2. In an information processing apparatus having a function of saving an input document and recalling any saved document, when the document is saved, the document name of the document to be saved is entered in a hiragana character string. An input means, a kana-kanji conversion means for converting the hiragana character string input by this input means to a kana-kanji character, and a conversion result of this kana-kanji conversion means is used as an official document name. A document name saving means for linking and saving the hiragana character strings, and a sort means for sorting the hiragana character strings saved in the document name saving means in an alphabetical order when there is a request to call the saved document. Display means for displaying the document names corresponding to the hiragana character strings sorted by the sorting means from the storage means and collectively displaying them in the sort order. An information processing device characterized by the above.