JP2000076299A - Partial rom disk medium and its driving system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily retrieve added information such as an under line and an annotation even in an electronic published matter and to provide technology equivalent to a 'bookmark' and a 'tag' in the paper published matter. SOLUTION: In this driving system, a partial ROM disk medium is provided with a ROM area being a read-only storage area and a RAM area being a rewritable storage area. The N-th page data part of the ROM area stores the sentence of fixed information. The RAM area is provided with N-th page underline/annotation/tag information parts storing an underline, an annotation and a tag, which are added information added to fixed information, a retrieval table storing retrieval information retrieving the added information and a reference history data part storing reference history information with respect to fixed information.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a partial ROM disk medium (hybrid disk medium) having a read-only ROM area and a rewritable RAM area (or a write-once WO area), and this partial ROM. Partial ROM for driving disk media
The present invention relates to a disk drive system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, electronic publishing using an optical disk medium has become widespread, and a CD-ROM has been used as a storage medium. However, since the CD-ROM is a read-only storage medium, the reader cannot record additional information such as an underline or an annotation in the text, and is inferior to a paper publication in terms of usability. JP-A-6-11
No. 9672 discloses a partial ROM as a storage medium.
Using a magneto-optical disk, the document information is stored in the ROM area,
There is disclosed a technique for recording additional information such as an underline and an annotation in a RAM area.

[0003]

However, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No.
The technique disclosed in Japanese Patent No. 19672 does not manage the additional information such as underlines and annotations created and recorded by the reader in a manner that is visible to the reader, so that it is very inconvenient in terms of searching for this additional information. is there.

In a paper publication, "bookmarks" and "sticky notes" are generally used for the purpose of making it easier to refer to and search for sentences. However, JP-A-6-119672 discloses electronic publication. No technology equivalent to "bookmarks" or "sticky notes" in articles is shown, and in many cases it is inferior to paper publications in terms of usability.

An object of the present invention is to make it possible to easily search for additional information such as underlines and annotations even in electronic publications.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a technique which is equivalent to a "bookmark" or a "sticky note" in a paper publication even in an electronic publication.

[0007]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a partial ROM disk medium comprising a ROM area as a read-only storage area and a RAM area as a rewritable storage area. The ROM area stores fixed information, the RAM area includes an additional information storage area for storing additional information to be added to the fixed information, a search information storage area for storing search information for searching for the additional information, and A reference history information storage area for storing reference history information for the fixed information is provided.

[0008] Therefore, it is possible to search for additional information and obtain a reference history of fixed information, so that the same usability as an electronic publication can be obtained in an electronic publication or the like.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect, the reference history information storage area stores date information, time information, and reference page information when the fixed information is referred to as the reference history information. Is what you do.

Therefore, since the date information, the time information and the reference page information when the fixed information is referred to as the reference history information are stored, the reader can easily refer to and search for the fixed information.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the first or second aspect, the additional information is an underline added to the fixed information, and the search information storage area stores the underline as the search information. The storage unit stores phrase information, which is information of a phrase in the attached fixed information, and position information on a position of the phrase in the fixed information.

[0012] Therefore, since the phrase information which is the information of the phrase in the underlined fixed information and the position information relating to the position of the phrase in the fixed information are stored as the search information, the underlined word and the underlined fixed information are stored. , The position can be easily searched.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, the additional information is a comment attached to the fixed information, and the search information storage area stores the comment as the search information. And phrase information, which is information of a phrase in the fixed information associated with the fixed information, and position information on the position of the phrase in the fixed information.

Therefore, since the phrase information which is the information of the phrase in the fixed information associated with the annotation as search information and the position information relating to the position of the phrase in the fixed information are stored, the word to which the annotation is attached and the position of the word are stored. Can be easily searched.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect, the additional information is a tag attached to the fixed information, and the search information storage area is associated with the tag. It stores page information for specifying a page in the fixed information.

Therefore, the tag can be displayed on a desired page in the fixed information, and the tag functions as a "bookmark" or a "sticky note", so that the same usability as a paper publication can be obtained. .

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, the additional information is a tag attached to the fixed information, and the search information storage area is associated with the tag. It stores page information for specifying a page in the fixed information and comment information of the tag.

Therefore, it is easy to search for the comment information of the tag attached to the fixed information and the page information attached to the tag.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, a WO area which is a recordable storage area is provided instead of the RAM area.

Therefore, it is possible to search for additional information and obtain a reference history of fixed information by using the WO area, which is a recordable storage area. Usability equivalent to is obtained.

According to an eighth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a partial ROM disk medium according to the first to seventh aspects, an input device,
A display device, first input means for storing additional information in an additional information storage area in accordance with an operation of the input device, and storing search information of the additional information in a search information storage area; First display means for displaying, on the display device, the fixed information in the ROM area and the additional information stored in the additional information storage area corresponding to the fixed information in response to the operation of the input device. Second display means for displaying the search information stored in the search information storage area on the display device, and when the fixed information is displayed on the display device by the first display means, corresponds to the fixed information. Second input means for storing reference history information in a reference history information storage area; and third display means for displaying the reference history information stored in the reference history information storage area on the display device in response to an operation of the input device. Partial ROM disk medium drive system comprising a display means.

Therefore, since it is possible to search for additional information and to obtain a reference history of fixed information, the same usability as that of a paper publication can be obtained in an electronic publication or the like.

[0023]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of a computer system 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The computer system 1 (for implementing the partial ROM disk medium drive system of the present invention) includes a display unit 3 on a computer main body 2,
A keyboard 4 and a mouse 5 as input devices are connected. A partial ROM disk drive 6 is also connected to the computer main body 2.

The partial ROM disk 7 has a ROM area 8 which is a read-only storage area, and a RAM area 9 which is a rewritable storage area. The partial ROM disk 7 is used by being loaded into the partial ROM disk drive 6.

In the ROM area 8 of the partial ROM disk 7, fixed information such as document information is recorded.
In the M area 9, additional information, search information, and reference history information described later are recorded.

The display device 3 includes a keyboard 4 and a mouse 5
As shown in <Example of document display> in FIG.
Document information 11 which is fixed information stored in M area 8
("The DMS Division manufactures and sells ...")
, An underline 12, a tag 13, an annotation 14, and an annotation content 15, which are additional information stored in the RAM area 9, are displayed.

FIG. 2 is a table showing the format of the partial ROM disk 7.

As shown in FIG. 2, the addresses of the ROM area 8 and the RAM area 9 are recorded in the disk management information section of the ROM area 8.

In the ROM management information section, layout information of each page recorded in the ROM area 8 is recorded. The Publication Management Information Department contains the name of the publisher for the publication,
Information such as author name is recorded. The table of contents stores table of contents information of publications. The first to Nth page data sections record text information, image information, and the like of each page of the publication.

In the RAM management information section of the RAM area 9, first to Nth page underlines, annotations, tag information sections, annotation information tables, search tables, and layout information of reference history data, which will be described later, are recorded. ing. The N-th page underline, annotation, and tag information section include an underline 12, an annotation 14, and a tag 1 added for each page.
The type, serial number (number), and position information (position information) in the page are recorded for each of the additional information No. 3 (see FIG. 3). The search table includes an underline 12, an annotation 14, and a tag 13 added to the fixed information.
, The serial number (number), type, and phrase (in the case of underline 12 and annotation 14) in the fixed information to which the additional information is added (tag 13
Is recorded (see FIG. 4). In the annotation table, serial numbers (numbers) and annotation contents 15 are recorded for all the annotations 14 added to the fixed information (see FIG. 5). The reference history data section records the date, hour, minute, and page number (number) to which the publication recorded in the ROM area 8 was referred (see FIG. 6). The Nth page underline, annotation, tag information section and annotation information table implement the additional information storage area of the present invention, and the search table implements the search information storage area of the present invention. The reference history data section implements the reference history information storage area of the present invention.

Next, an operation for displaying a desired page (page X) such as text information recorded in the ROM area 8 on the display device 3 will be described. When the user instructs the computer main body 2 to display the X page by operating the keyboard 4 and the mouse 5, the ROM management information section is read, and then the X page data section is read. The content of the X-th page is displayed on the display device 3 in a predetermined display format. Subsequently, the RAM management information section and the X page underline, annotation, and tag information section are read. The underline 12 and the annotation 14 are placed at appropriate positions on the screen of the display device 3 based on the X-th page underline, the annotation, and the position information recorded in the tag information section (see FIG. 3). 12. An annotation 14 is additionally displayed. Thus, the first display means of the present invention is implemented.

Regarding the tag 13, a search table (see FIG. 4) is read in addition to the X page underline, comment, and tag information section, and the same as the number recorded in the X page underline, comment, and tag information section. The comment on the search table, which is the number, is read, and the comment is additionally displayed at an appropriate position on the screen of the display device 3 based on the X page underline, the comment, and the position information of the tag information section. Thus, the first display means of the present invention is implemented.

When the user selects an arbitrary annotation 14 on the X page by operating the keyboard 4 and the mouse 5 and instructs the computer 2 to display the corresponding annotation content 15, the X page underline, An annotation content 15 having the same number as the annotation 14 recorded in the annotation and tag information section is read from the annotation information table (see FIG. 5) and additionally displayed at a predetermined position on the screen of the display device 3. Thus, the first display means of the present invention is implemented.

An operation for adding new additional information to a desired page (Y page) such as text information recorded in the ROM area 8 will be described.

First, the case where the underline 12 is newly added will be described. When the user operates the keyboard 4 and the mouse 5 to newly add an underline 12 to a desired phrase on the Y page, first, an underline, an annotation, and a tag information section (see FIG. 3) on the Y-th page are added. That the type of the newly added information is the underline 12,
The latest serial number and the position information of the newly added underline 12 are additionally recorded. Subsequently, the search table (FIG. 4)
), The number and type of the new additional information, the page (Y) to which the new underline 12 has been added, and the phrase on the Y page to which the underline 12 has been added by the user are additionally recorded. Thus, the first input means of the present invention is implemented.

Next, a case where the annotation 14 is newly added will be described. The user operates the keyboard 4 and the mouse 5 to newly add an annotation 14 to a desired phrase on the Y page, and inputs an annotation content 15 explaining the annotation 14. Then, the fact that the type of the newly added information is the annotation 14, the latest serial number, and the position information of the newly added annotation 14 are added to the underline, annotation, and tag information section (see FIG. 3) of the Y-th page. Be recorded. Subsequently, the number and type of the new annotation 14, the page (Y) to which the new annotation 14 has been added, and the phrase on the Y page to which the annotation 14 has been added by the user are additionally recorded in the search table (see FIG. 4). You. Further, the number of the newly added comment 14 and the comment content 15 input by the user are additionally recorded in the comment information table (see FIG. 5). Thus, the first input means of the present invention is implemented.

Next, a case where a tag 13 is newly added will be described. The user operates the keyboard 4 and the mouse 5 to newly add a tag 13 to a desired phrase on the Y page. Then, first, the fact that the type of the newly added information is the tag 13, the latest serial number, and the position information of the newly added tag 13 are added to the Y-th page underline, annotation, and tag information section (see FIG. 3). Be recorded. Subsequently, the number and type of the new tag 13, the page (Y) to which the new tag 13 is added, and the comment input by the user are additionally recorded in the search table (see FIG. 4). Thus, the first input means of the present invention is implemented.

In the computer system 1, the RAM
The additional information stored in the area 9 can be searched.
The operation in this case is as follows. When the user operates the keyboard 4 and the mouse 5 to instruct the computer main body 2 to display the search information, the computer main body 2 reads the search table (see FIG. 4) and displays the contents in a predetermined display format. It is displayed on the screen of the device 3. FIG. 7 shows an example of the screen display. As shown in the figure, for the underline 12, the word with the underline 12 and the page where the word exists are displayed, and for the comment 14, the phrase with the comment 14 and the phrase are displayed. Is displayed, and for the tag 13, the comment of the tag 13 and the page to which the tag 13 is attached are displayed. This allows
Second display means is implemented.

In this computer system 1,
Reference history information for the fixed information stored in the ROM area 8 can be stored and displayed on the screen of the display device 3. Next, the operation in that case will be described. That is, when the user operates the keyboard 4 and the mouse 5 to instruct display of a desired page (page Z), the computer main body 2 stores the date and time and the page at that time in the reference history data section (see FIG. 2). The number Z is stored. Thereby, the second input means is implemented.

Then, when the user enters the keyboard 4 and the mouse 5
Is operated to display the reference history information, the computer main body 2 reads the reference history data portion and displays the contents on the screen of the display device 3 in a predetermined display format. FIG. 8 shows an example of the screen display at that time, in which the date and the page number referred to are displayed as the reference history for the fixed information. Thereby, the third display unit is implemented.

It should be noted that the present invention provides the physical characteristics of a storage medium,
Regardless of the storage capacity or the like, the present invention can be generally applied to a partial ROM medium having a read-only ROM area and a rewritable RAM area.

Further, a WO that can be additionally written in place of the RAM area
The present invention may be applied to a partial ROM medium having a (Write once) area.

[0044]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, since it is possible to search for additional information and to obtain a reference history of fixed information, the same ease of use in electronic publications as that of paper publications can be obtained. Is obtained.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, date information, time information and reference page information when the fixed information is referred to as reference history information are stored, so that the reader's fixed information is stored. It is easy to refer to and search for.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the first or second aspect of the present invention, the phrase information which is the information of the phrase in the fixed information underlined as the search information and the fixed information of the phrase are included in the fixed information of the phrase. Since the position information relating to the position is stored, it is possible to easily search for the underlined phrase and its position.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, the phrase information and the fixed information of the phrase in the fixed information associated with the annotation as the search information are information of the phrase in the fixed information. Since the position information relating to the position at is stored, it is possible to easily search for the annotated phrase and its position.

According to the invention described in claim 5, in the invention described in any one of claims 1 to 4, a tag can be displayed on a desired page in the fixed information. It works like "paper" and is as easy to use as a paper publication.

According to the invention of claim 6, in the invention of any one of claims 1 to 4, retrieval of comment information of the tag attached to the fixed information and page information attached to the tag becomes easy.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, additional information is searched for by using a WO area which is a recordable storage area, and reference to fixed information is performed. Since the history can be acquired, the same usability as that of a paper publication can be obtained in an electronic publication and the like.

According to the eighth aspect of the present invention, it is possible to search for additional information and obtain a reference history of fixed information, so that the same usability as an electronic publication can be obtained even in an electronic publication. Can be

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of a computer system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a partial ROM of the computer system.
4 is a table showing a format of a disc.

FIG. 3 is a table showing a configuration of an N-th page underline, an annotation, and a tag information section in the format.

FIG. 4 is a table showing a configuration of a search table in the format.

FIG. 5 is a table showing a configuration of an annotation information table in the format.

FIG. 6 is a table showing a configuration of a reference history data section in the format.

FIG. 7 is a plan view showing an example of a screen display of search information stored in the search table.

FIG. 8 is a plan view showing an example of a screen display of reference history information stored in the reference history data section.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Partial ROM disk medium drive system 2 Display device 4 Input device 5 Input device 7 Partial ROM disk medium 8 ROM area 9 RAM area 12 Underline 13 Tag 14 Annotation

Claims (8)

[Claims] 1. A partial ROM disk medium comprising a ROM area that is a read-only storage area and a RAM area that is a rewritable storage area, wherein the ROM area stores fixed information, The area is an additional information storage area for storing additional information to be added to the fixed information, a search information storage area for storing search information for searching for the additional information, and reference history information for storing reference history information for the fixed information. Partial ROM having a storage area
Disk media. 2. The partial ROM disk medium according to claim 1, wherein the reference history information storage area stores date information, time information, and reference page information when the fixed information is referred to as the reference history information. 3. The additional information is an underline added to the fixed information, and the search information storage area stores the phrase information and the phrase, which are information of the phrase in the underlined fixed information as the search information. 3. The partial ROM disk medium according to claim 1, wherein position information relating to a position in said fixed information is stored. 4. The additional information is an annotation added to the fixed information, and the search information storage area is a phrase information which is information of a phrase in the fixed information associated with the annotation as search information and the fixed information of the phrase. The partial ROM disk medium according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein position information relating to a position in the information is stored. 5. The additional information is a tag attached to the fixed information, and the search information storage area stores page information for specifying a page in the fixed information associated with the tag. A partial ROM disk medium according to any one of claims 1 to 4. 6. The additional information is a tag attached to the fixed information, and the search information storage area stores page information for specifying a page in the fixed information associated with the tag and comment information of the tag. Claims 1 to
4. The partial ROM disk medium according to any one of 4. 7. The partial ROM disk medium according to claim 1, further comprising a WO area, which is a write-once storage area, instead of the RAM area. 8. The partial ROM according to claim 1, wherein:
A disk medium, an input device, a display device, and first input means for storing additional information in an additional information storage area in accordance with an operation of the input apparatus, and storing search information of the additional information in the search information storage area First display means for displaying, on the display device, fixed information in a ROM area and additional information stored in the additional information storage area corresponding to the fixed information in response to an operation of the input device; A second display unit that displays search information stored in the search information storage area on the display device in response to an operation of an input device; and the fixed information is displayed on the display device by the first display unit. A second input unit for storing reference history information corresponding to the fixed information in a reference history information storage area; and the reference history stored in the reference history information storage area in response to an operation of the input device. A partial ROM disk medium drive system, comprising: third display means for displaying information on the display device.