KR20150062072A - Method and apparatus for search function of text information on electronic documents - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method and a device for providing a search function for text information on an electronic document. More specifically, a synonym of a text selected by a user on an electronic device is searched and displayed. Especially, when the electronic document is written using English and advanced words having the same meaning are to be used, the method and device may be used. The method according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises the steps of: selecting one or more texts of an electronic document; determining whether one or more texts correspond to words having meanings; searching a synonym having the meanings of the texts when the texts have the meanings; receiving a searched result of the synonym; and displaying the searched result. According to the method and the device of the present invention, a function of searching and displaying a synonym of a text selected by a user on an electronic document is provided, thereby improving work efficiency and convenience when an electronic document is written, and enabling a user to use advanced words having the same meanings by displaying a synonym of a text by difficulties.

Description

[0001] METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SEARCH FUNCTION OF TEXT INFORMATION ON ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTS [0002]

The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for providing a search function for text information on an electronic document, and more particularly, to a function for searching for and displaying a synonym of a text selected by a user on an electronic document, And more particularly, to a text information search function method and apparatus that can be used when an electronic document is to be written in a high-level word having the same meaning.

As the amount of information explosively increases and the speed of change increases, more and more electronic documents are used to convey their thoughts or share information. As electronic document programs for creating such electronic documents, In a personal computer (PC) including a notebook computer, a word, an Excel, and a PowerPoint included in an office program group of Microsoft are mainly used. Also, according to recent development of the mobile industry, programs belonging to the Polaris Office group of Infraware which can be used in a smart phone or a tablet computer are attracting much attention.

Conventionally, when an electronic document is created through such an electronic document program, a function of detecting a grammatical error is often supported. However, although a word used in an electronic document may be a key element for transmitting information And the ability to find high-level words that can effectively convey appropriate words or information in context is not supported. In particular, this problem is conspicuous when a document is written using English, and in this regard, some electronic document programs provided with a function of finding the meaning of a word including a dictionary function are also referred to as a synonym There is a problem in that the utilization rate is very low.

Accordingly, the present invention provides a text information search function on an electronic document that provides a function of searching for and displaying synonyms of a user-selected text in order to use more appropriate words or advanced words in creating an electronic document by utilizing an electronic document program Methods and devices have been required.

A problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a convenience of a user by providing a function of searching for synonyms of a text selected by a user on an electronic document and displaying the synonyms on the electronic document to search for synonyms on creation of a document on the electronic document .

A problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a function of retrieving and displaying a synonym of text selected by a user on an electronic document, thereby providing improved work efficiency in creating an electronic document.

A problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a function of allowing a user to use a more suitable word or a higher-level word having the same meaning by searching for a synonym of the text selected by the user on the electronic document and displaying it together with the difficulty level of the synonym .

The problems of the present invention are not limited to the above-mentioned problems, and other problems not mentioned can be clearly understood by those skilled in the art from the following description.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for providing a text information search function on an electronic document, the method comprising: receiving one or more texts of an electronic document; determining whether one or more texts correspond to a word Searching for synonyms of semantic meanings of one or more texts, receiving search results of synonyms, and displaying search results if one or more texts have a meaning.

According to another aspect of the present invention, the step of displaying the search result is characterized in that when the synonyms are two or more, they are displayed in order of degree of difficulty.

According to another aspect of the present invention, when one or more texts are words having two or more meanings, a synonym for each meaning of the words having two or more meanings is displayed.

According to another aspect of the present invention, the step of displaying the search result includes the step of specifying and displaying a range of the number of search results, a language, and a search field.

According to still another aspect of the present invention, the step of displaying the search result includes the step of replacing one or more texts with synonyms for display.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a computer-readable medium having a set of instructions for providing a text information search function on an electronic document according to the present invention, Includes a set of instructions for determining whether or not the word corresponds to a meaningful word, retrieving synonyms of semantic meanings of one or more texts when one or more texts have meaning, receiving search results of synonyms, and displaying search results .

According to another aspect of the present invention, a set of instructions for displaying a search result comprises a set of instructions for displaying in order of difficulty if the synonym is two or more.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a computer program product, which, when one or more texts are words having two or more meanings, includes a set of instructions for displaying synonyms for respective meanings of words having two or more meanings.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a set of instructions for displaying search results includes a set of instructions for specifying and displaying a range of search results, a language, a search field, and the like.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a set of instructions for displaying a search result comprises a set of instructions for replacing one or more texts with said synonyms for display.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus for providing a text information search function on an electronic document, the apparatus comprising: a selection unit configured to select one or more texts of an electronic document and determine whether one or more texts correspond to a word And a display unit for receiving search results of the synonyms and displaying the search results if the one or more texts have a meaning, and a search unit for searching for synonyms of the meaning of the one or more texts.

According to the method and apparatus for providing a text information search function on an electronic document of the present invention, instead of searching the Internet for a synonym during the creation of a document on the electronic document, a synonym of the text selected by the user is searched and displayed on the electronic document By providing the function, the user's convenience is improved.

According to the method and apparatus for providing a text information search function on an electronic document of the present invention, by providing a function of searching for and displaying a synonym of a text selected by a user on an electronic document, an effect of improving work efficiency in creating an electronic document have.

According to the method and apparatus for providing a text information search function on an electronic document of the present invention, a synonym of a text selected by a user on an electronic document is searched for and displayed together with the degree of difficulty of a synonym, It has the effect of providing the function.

The effects according to the present invention are not limited by the contents exemplified above, and more various effects are included in the specification.

1 shows a schematic configuration of an algorithm for providing a text information search function on an electronic document according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing a text information search function on an electronic document according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIGS. 3A to 3C illustrate an example of searching for text information according to a method of providing a text information search function on an electronic document according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4A and 4B illustrate an example of providing text information when a text has two or more meanings according to a method of providing a text information search function on an electronic document according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIGS. 5A and 5B are views for providing text information according to a user's setting in a method of providing a text information search function on an electronic document according to an embodiment of the present invention.
6A and 6B illustrate an example of replacing text with synonyms according to a method of providing a text information search function on an electronic document according to an embodiment of the present invention.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The advantages and features of the present invention and the manner of achieving them will become apparent with reference to the embodiments described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. The present invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as being limited to the embodiments set forth herein. Rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the scope of the invention to those skilled in the art. Is provided to fully convey the scope of the invention to those skilled in the art, and the invention is only defined by the scope of the claims.

Although the first, second, etc. are used to describe various components, it goes without saying that these components are not limited by these terms. These terms are used only to distinguish one component from another. Therefore, it is needless to say that the first component mentioned below may be the second component within the technical spirit of the present invention.

In the present specification, when the same reference numerals are used to denote the same elements even when different reference numerals are used, the same reference numerals are used as much as possible.

It is to be understood that each of the features of the various embodiments of the present invention may be combined or combined with each other partially or entirely and technically various interlocking and driving is possible as will be appreciated by those skilled in the art, It may be possible to cooperate with each other in association.

In the present specification, when any one element 'transmits' data or a signal to another element, the element can transmit the data or signal directly to the other element, and the at least one other element Data or signal can be transmitted to another component.

As used herein, an electronic document means information transmitted, received or stored in an electronic form by an information processing system, and may be used in electronic form or printed. The electronic document is composed of word (Word), Excel (Word), PowerPoint (PowerPoint) included in Microsoft's Office program group, Hancom Office of Korean and computer company, Acrobat of Adobe ), As well as electronic documents created using a PC-based document editing program such as Infraware's Polaris office (which can be used on smartphones or tablets) Polaris Office) programs. In addition, the electronic document includes structured electronic documents such as HTML, XML, and SGML. If the electronic document is created in an electronic form and transmitted, received, or stored, the memo, moving image, can see.

In the present specification, the electronic document program means a program that can invoke the above-described electronic document, and includes all programs capable of generating an electronic document or modifying the loaded electronic document. That is, the electronic document viewer, including the above-described document editing program, html editor, memo program, moving picture editor, or image editor, may also be included in the electronic document program.

In this specification, the term " text " refers to all types of character information that can be recognized by the user, and the term " word " refers to text having a meaning formed by a combination of text or text.

Various embodiments of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a schematic configuration of an apparatus for providing a text information search function on an electronic document according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, an apparatus 100 (hereinafter referred to as a 'text information search function providing apparatus') in which an algorithm for providing a text information search function on an electronic document is implemented according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a control unit 110, A search unit 120 and a display unit 130. [

An apparatus 100 for providing a text information search function according to an embodiment of the present invention refers to a terminal capable of creating or editing an electronic document. The text information search function providing apparatus 100 may include terminals such as a computer, a notebook, a smart phone, a tablet computer, and the like, and is not limited to any particular terminal if the electronic document can be edited .

When the user selects one or more texts, the control unit 110 determines whether the text corresponds to a word having a meaning.

The control unit 110 determines whether the text selected by the user corresponds to a word having a meaning, and transmits the text to a later- Whether to perform a synonym search performed by the search engine 120. [ For example, text such as 'a' or 'a' may have a grammatical or formal meaning, but it is difficult to see that the text itself corresponds to a meaningful word. In addition, there are cases where a combination of text or a combination of words, such as 'take care of' or 'atmospheric chronicity', has a meaning or a word having a different meaning. In addition, Text that has no meaning may also be formed. The control unit 110 determines whether or not a single word, a combination of text, or a combination of words corresponds to a word having a meaning.

If the text selected by the control unit 110 has a meaning, the search unit 120 searches for the synonym of the text. The synonyms retrieved by the search unit 120 are not limited to words having the same meaning, and may include words having similar meanings such as synonyms. For example, actual meaning such as 'restaurant', 'restaurant', 'restaurant', 'rice house' may be different depending on the person who uses the word. However, It can be said that the unit 120 belongs to the category of a synonym to be searched.

The search field is an area for searching for a synonym of the text selected by the search unit 120. The search field includes a database included in the electronic document program, a dictionary program included in the electronic document program, a web-based search engine, And the like.

The display unit 130 receives the synonym search result from the search unit 120 and displays the received search result. The display unit 130 displays the synonym search results received from the search unit 120 according to various embodiments of the present invention in the order of difficulty when the synonyms are two or more, or when the selected text has two or more meanings Can be displayed, and the number of search results, the language, and the like can be designated and displayed according to the user's setting. Such embodiments will be described in detail later in FIGS. 3 to 6. FIG.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing a text information search function on an electronic document according to an embodiment of the present invention. Will be described with reference to Fig. 1 for convenience of explanation.

The control unit 110 selects one or more texts on the electronic document by the user (S100), and determines whether the selected text corresponds to a word having a meaning (S110). The user may select one or more texts on the electronic document, and the selected text may be a combination of one text, a combination of texts, and a combination of words. If the text selected by the user corresponds to a meaningful word, the search unit 120 searches for a synonym of the meaning of the selected text, and if the text selected by the user does not correspond to a meaningful word, The control unit 110 may display a message such as 'not a search target' through the display unit 130 to provide information on the text selected by the user.

The search unit 120 searches for synonyms of the text (S120), and transmits the search result to the display unit 130. [ The area in which the search unit 120 performs the synonym search of the selected text includes a database included in the electronic document program, a dictionary program included in the electronic document program, a web-based search engine, or a web-based dictionary program .

 According to an embodiment of the present invention, the user can perform a search by setting the number of synonyms of the text selected by the search unit 120, a search field, which is an area for searching for a language and synonyms, May be performed by the display unit 130 displaying the number of synonyms, the language, and the search field according to the setting of the user.

The display unit 130 receives the search result from the search unit 120 (S130) and displays the received search result (S140).

The display unit 130 can display, based on the search result of the search unit 120, in the order of difficulty when the synonyms are two or more. Specifically, if three searched synonyms are found and each of the synonyms corresponds to a vocabulary of an elementary level, an intermediate level, or an advanced level, the display unit 130 displays numerals or numerals in the corresponding synonyms, It is possible to display and display a series of words on the basis of the degree of difficulty without displaying the series. For example, when the user selects the text 'almost', the display unit 130 displays search results 'nearly', 'roughly', and 'approximately' of the search unit 120 according to the degree of difficulty of each word, Second, and third grades, or display a series of grades such as beginner, intermediate, and advanced in Korean.

The display unit 130 may display a synonym of a word for each of two or more meanings, if the text selected by the user has a meaning of two or more, based on the search result of the search unit 120. [ For example, the word 'last' has a completely different meaning corresponding to 'last' and 'last'. In this case, the display unit 130 can display a synonym corresponding to each meaning have.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, when the text selected by the user is a set of words having two or more meanings, synonyms of two or more words can be displayed. For example, when the user selects a plurality of words having a meaning such as 'last year', the search unit 120 searches for each word, and the display unit 130 searches the search unit 120, a synonym for each of the words 'last' and 'year' can be displayed.

FIGS. 3A to 3C illustrate an example of searching for text information according to a method of providing a text information search function on an electronic document according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3A shows an example of text input by the user terminal 300 executing an electronic document program. 3a shows a terminal's command input area 320 and a synonym search function menu interface 330 on the display screen 310 of the terminal are shown at the upper right of the display screen 310 of the terminal, years a %% '(311) is input.

FIG. 3B shows an embodiment of performing a text information search function according to an embodiment of the present invention on the text 'a %%' 312 at the user terminal 300. As shown in FIG. Referring to FIG. 3B, the control unit determines that the text 'a %%' is not a text corresponding to a word having a meaning, and the display unit displays a message 313 'Not a search target'. In this manner, if the text selected by the control unit does not correspond to a word having a meaning, the display unit can provide information on the selected text by displaying a specific message.

FIG. 3C illustrates an example of performing a text information search function on the text 'Almost' 314 according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 3C, the control unit determines the text 'Almost' 314 as a text corresponding to a meaningful word, and the display unit displays a search result of the search unit in order of difficulty of the word. Specifically, the synonyms 'nearly', 'roughly', and 'approximately' of the text 'Almost' 314 are displayed through a pop-up window 315, Are represented by numerals. In Fig. Using the search results of the synonyms having the difficulty levels, the user can check the degree of difficulty of the words and select and use an elementary word or a high-level word corresponding to the intention. As shown in FIG. 3C, When a document is created, its utilization may be high.

4A and 4B illustrate an example of providing text information when a text has two or more meanings according to a method of providing a text information search function on an electronic document according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4A shows an example of text input by the user terminal 300 executing an electronic document program. FIG. 4A now coincides with FIG. 3A, except that the user has entered the text 'last year' 411.

FIG. 4B illustrates an embodiment in which a text information search function according to an embodiment of the present invention is performed on the text 'last' 412. Referring to FIG. 4B, the text 'last' 412 is a word having two meanings corresponding to 'last' and 'last', and the display unit displays a word 'final' 'Continue' and 'maintain' 414, which are synonyms of the meaning corresponding to 'last' 413 and 'last', respectively, are displayed through a pop-up window. In this manner, when the text is a word having a meaning of two or more, the display unit can display a synonym corresponding to each meaning.

FIGS. 5A and 5B are views for providing text information according to a user's setting in a method of providing a text information search function on an electronic document according to an embodiment of the present invention.

5A shows an example of text input by the user terminal 300 executing an electronic document program. FIG. 4A now coincides with FIG. 3A, except that the user has entered the text 'Almost 100 years ago' (511).

FIG. 5B illustrates an example of performing a text information search function on the text 'Almost' 512 according to an embodiment of the present invention. 5B, according to the setting of the user, the number of texts is set to 2, the language is set to Korean and English, and the search results of the synonyms are classified into 'almost' and 'most' 513 corresponding to Korean, nearly " and " approximately " 514 are displayed through a pop-up window, respectively. In this manner, the display unit can display a range of search results, a language, a search field, and the like according to the setting of the user.

6A and 6B illustrate an example of replacing text with synonyms according to a method of providing a text information search function on an electronic document according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6A corresponds to FIG. 5A, and FIG. 6B illustrates an example in which a text information search function according to an embodiment of the present invention is performed on the text 'Almost'. Referring to FIG. 6B, a text information search function for the text 'Almost' in FIG. 6A is replaced by 'approximately', which is a synonym, to display 611. In this way, according to the setting of the user, the display unit can replace the selected text with a synonym and display it.

Each block of the accompanying block diagrams and combinations of steps of the flowchart may be performed by computer program instructions. These computer program instructions may be loaded into a processor of a general purpose computer, special purpose computer, or other programmable data processing apparatus so that the instructions, which may be executed by a processor of a computer or other programmable data processing apparatus, And means for performing the functions described in each step are created. These computer program instructions may also be stored in a computer usable or computer readable memory capable of directing a computer or other programmable data processing apparatus to implement the functionality in a particular manner so that the computer usable or computer readable memory It is also possible for the instructions stored in the block diagram to produce a manufacturing item containing instruction means for performing the functions described in each block or flowchart of the block diagram. Computer program instructions may also be stored on a computer or other programmable data processing equipment so that a series of operating steps may be performed on a computer or other programmable data processing equipment to create a computer- It is also possible that the instructions that perform the processing equipment provide the steps for executing the functions described in each block of the block diagram and at each step of the flowchart.

In this specification, each block may represent a portion of a module, segment, or code that includes one or more executable instructions for executing the specified logical function (s). It should also be noted that in some alternative implementations, the functions mentioned in the blocks may occur out of order. For example, two blocks shown in succession may actually be executed substantially concurrently, or the blocks may sometimes be performed in reverse order according to the corresponding function.

The steps of a method or algorithm described in connection with the embodiments disclosed herein may be embodied directly in hardware, in a software module executed by a processor, or in a combination of the two. The software module may reside in a RAM memory, a flash memory, a ROM memory, an EPROM memory, an EEPROM memory, a register, a hard disk, a removable disk, a CD-ROM or any other form of storage medium known in the art. An exemplary storage medium is coupled to the processor, which is capable of reading information from, and writing information to, the storage medium. Alternatively, the storage medium may be integral with the processor. The processor and the storage medium may reside within an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC). The ASIC may reside within the user terminal. Alternatively, the processor and the storage medium may reside as discrete components in a user terminal.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the present invention is not limited to the disclosed exemplary embodiments, but various changes and modifications may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Therefore, the embodiments disclosed in the present invention are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention but to limit the scope of the technical idea of the present invention. The scope of protection of the present invention should be construed according to the following claims, and all technical ideas within the scope of equivalents should be construed as falling within the scope of the present invention.

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Claims (11)

Selecting one or more texts of an electronic document;
Determining whether the at least one text corresponds to a meaningful word;
Retrieving a synonym for the semantic of the one or more texts if the one or more texts have a meaning;
Receiving a search result of the synonym; And
And displaying the search result on the electronic document. The method according to claim 1,
The step of displaying the search result includes:
And displaying the text information in the order of difficulty if the synonyms are two or more. The method according to claim 1,
If the one or more texts are words having two or more meanings,
And displaying a synonym for each meaning of the words having the two or more meanings. The method according to claim 1,
The step of displaying the search result
And displaying a number of the search results, a language, a search field, and the like, and displaying the text information. The method according to claim 1,
The step of displaying the search result includes:
And replacing said one or more texts with said synonyms for display. ≪ RTI ID = 0.0 > 31. < / RTI > Selecting one or more texts of the electronic document,
Determining whether the one or more texts correspond to a meaningful word,
Searching for a synonym for the semantic of the one or more texts if the one or more texts have a meaning,
Receiving a search result of the synonym;
And a set of instructions for displaying the search results. The method according to claim 6,
Wherein the set of instructions to display the search result comprises:
And a set of instructions to display in order of difficulty if the synonym is two or more. The method according to claim 6,
If the one or more texts are words having two or more meanings,
A set of instructions for displaying a synonym for each meaning of a word having the two or more semantics. The method according to claim 6,
The set of instructions for displaying the search result
And a set of instructions for specifying and displaying a range of the search result, a language, a search field, and the like. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the set of instructions to display the search result comprises:
And a set of instructions for replacing said one or more texts with said synonyms for display. A control unit for selecting one or more texts of the electronic document and determining whether the one or more texts correspond to a meaningful word;
A search unit searching for a synonym of the meaning of the at least one text if the at least one text has a meaning; And
And a display unit for receiving the search result of the synonym and displaying the search result.

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