JP2000322444A - Document display device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable a user to refer to a document file in the state of unconsciously relating a text and a drawing through display of corresponding chart or table by providing a means for turning the expression of the chart or table in document data into selected state by using an input device while the document file is displayed on a display device. SOLUTION: When a requested document file exists in an external storage device 15 or CDROM device 16, the document file is dispatched to a document retrieval program 102. The word expression of 'chart' or 'table' in a document is retrieved by the document retrieval program 102 and document data are dispatched to a document display program 101 in the state of linking the word expression of 'chart' or 'table' and real drawing data by a program 103 for linking the document and the drawing. The document display program 101 displays a document display window and a drawing display window on an output device 14.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a document display for electronically utilizing electronic document data in which text data and drawing image data are formed as separate files in one document. Related to the device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art For example, in a gazette issued by the Patent Office by CDROM, the text of the full text and the image data of the drawing are separate files, and a drawing ID is assigned to the image data of the drawing. It is in a data format that can be saved.

Since data on a CDROM cannot be directly processed, if there is an expression such as "FIG. 1" in the text, the data is processed on the CDROM so as to associate the text with the drawing. It is impossible to do with. Therefore, it is necessary to visually search for the drawing data of FIG. 1 that actually corresponds to the expression “FIG. 1”.

In order to solve such a problem, in a conventional document display device, a name of each drawing and an ID of the actual drawing data corresponding to the drawing are associated with each other in advance before browsing. A method is used in which patent publication data stored in a CDROM is processed, and the patent publication data thus modified is stored on a storage device of a computer.

[0005]

However, if the conventional method does not process the CDROM data,
Since it is necessary for the user to visually associate the drawing ID with the actual drawing data, it is difficult to immediately refer to necessary information.

Further, when a method of processing CDROM data and storing the processed data in a storage device is adopted, the time required for data processing and the capacity of the storage device to be stored become enormous. There was a problem.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and has been made in consideration of the followings.
There is provided a document display device capable of easily referring to DROM data and associating the expression “figure” or “table” appearing in the text with the image data of the drawing corresponding to the expression to easily refer to the DROM data. Aim.

[0008]

According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a document display apparatus for browsing a document file in which document data and drawing data are stored in different formats. A document display device, comprising means for setting an expression called a figure or table in the document data to a selected state using an input device when a document file is displayed on the display device. Is displayed.

[0009]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.

(First Embodiment) FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a first embodiment of a document display device according to the present invention, and FIG.
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a screen display when the document display device shown in FIG. 1 is executed.

In FIG. 1, the document display device 10 has a multi-window environment as shown in FIG. 2, and can output various information to the output device 14 for each of a plurality of windows. In this document display device 10,
Reference numeral 11 denotes a main storage device, which stores a document display program 101 and a document search program 10 in advance from the external storage device 15.
2, and a program 103 for linking a document and a drawing are read in advance. Reference numeral 12 denotes a CPU, which is a processing device that controls all processes performed by the document display device 10. Reference numeral 13 denotes an input device as a keyboard and a pointing device for selecting a document to be processed or designating a figure in the document.

Reference numeral 14 denotes an output device as a display device capable of displaying a document. Reference numeral 15 denotes an external storage device, which stores the document display program 101, the document search program 102, and the program 103 for linking a document with a drawing. 16 is CDRO
The M device is a device that drives a CDROM storing document data and reads stored data. As for the stored data, the text data and the drawing image data are stored as separate files for each document. Reference numeral 17 denotes an input / output control device that controls various input devices and output devices such as the input device 13, the output device 14, the external storage device 15, and the CDROM device 16. 18 is
The bus connects the main storage device 11, the CPU 12, the input device 13, the output device 14, the external storage device 15, the CDROM device 16, and the input / output control device 17 to one another.

In the example of the screen when the document display device 10 is executed as shown in FIG. 2, the word “figure” in the document displayed on the document display window 201 is input to the input device 1 in FIG.
When the user performs an operation selected in step 3, the corresponding drawing data is displayed on the drawing display window 202.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the operation of the document display program of the document display device of FIG.

When the document display program 101 receives a request for a document file 60 (FIG. 6) to be displayed from a user (step S301), the requested document file 6 is displayed.
0 is stored in the external storage device 15 or the CDROM device 16 in FIG. 1 (step S30).
2). The requested document file 60 is stored in the external storage device 15
Alternatively, if the document file does not exist in the CDROM device 16, the fact that the requested document file 60 cannot be displayed because it does not exist is displayed to the user (step S303).

If the requested document file 60 exists in the external storage device 15 or the CDROM device 16, the document file 60 is stored in the document search program 1 shown in FIG.
02 (step S304). The word expression “figure” or “table” in the document is searched by the document search program 102, and the word expression “figure” or “table” is compared with the actual drawing data by the program 103 for linking the document and the drawing. When the document data is passed to the document display program 101 in a state where is linked, the document display program 101 displays the document display window 201 and the drawing display window 202 on the output device 14 (step S305), and displays the document. The body data file 601 (FIG. 6) is displayed on the window 201 (step S306).

It is confirmed whether or not the displayed document file 60 includes the drawing data file 602 (step S307). If the drawing data file 602 exists, the "drawing" or " When "table" is selected by the input device 13, the corresponding drawing data file 602 is displayed in the drawing display window 202.
(Step S308), and the program is terminated. If the drawing data file 602 does not exist,
Nothing is displayed in the drawing display window 202.

FIG. 4 shows the document search program 102 of FIG.
6 is a flowchart showing the operation of FIG.

The document search program 102 receives document data requested by a user from the document display program 101 (step S401). Document search program 1
02 performs a full-text search on the text data file 601 (step S402). "Figure" as a result of full-text search
Alternatively, the word expression “table” is stored in the body data file 60.
1 (step S40).
3). If the text data file 601 has the word expression “figure” or “table” and the drawing data file 602 (FIG. 6) exists, the program 103 for linking the document described in FIG. Called (step S404). The program 103 for linking the document and the drawing receives the body data file 601 to which the link information between the document and the drawing data is added, and passes the display data to the document display program 101 (step S405). finish.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the operation of the program 103 for linking the document shown in FIG. 1 with the drawing.

A program 10 for linking a document with a drawing
3 is called from the document search program 102 (step S501). When the expression “figure” in the text data file 601 is used with a number as in “figure 1”, the drawing ID corresponding to the figure is assigned to the header section 60 in the drawing data file 602 (FIG. 6). 3 (step S502). Next, information for associating the drawing ID with the drawing is added to the text data file 601 (step S503). Body data file 60
Then, a file in which the drawing data file 602 is associated with the drawing data file 602 is passed to the document search program 102 (step S504), and the program ends.

FIG. 6 shows a data format of document data used in the document display device shown in FIG.

As shown in FIG. 6, the document file 60
Is composed of a text data file 601 storing text data of the text of the document and a drawing data file 602 storing drawing image data. In a body data file 601 storing body data, data of a text portion (body) of the document is stored. The drawing data file 602 includes image data 604 and a header section 603 that stores attributes of the image data 604. The header section 603 records the ID of the drawing image and the like.

Here, the link between the document and the drawing in the document display device 10 will be described.

At the request of the user, the document file 60 stored in the CDROM device 16 is read into the main storage device 11. This read document file 6
The document search program 102 is activated for the text data file 601 of “0”, and a full text search is performed to determine whether the expression “figure” is present in the text data file 601.

By the document search program 102, the "figure"
As a result of searching for whether or not the expression is present, if the expression is “drawing”, the correspondence between the drawing and the actual drawing image file corresponding to the “drawing” is determined by the program 103 for linking the document and the drawing. Do. The document display program 101 is a program 10 for linking a document with a drawing.
3, the document file 60 is displayed in a state where the text is associated with the drawing image.

The document display program 101 displays text data in a document display window 201. The user
When displaying a document including the expression “drawing” associated with the actual drawing image by the program 103 for linking the document and the drawing on the document display window 201, the drawing corresponding to the drawing is displayed. The image is automatically displayed in the drawing image display window 202. When another document is viewed, the current document data is stored only in the main storage device 11, and the same processing as that for displaying the current document is performed to display the relevant document. Similar processing is performed each time display is performed.

The document display device 10 receives a CDRO from the user.
When there is a reference request for document data provided as M data, all data relating to the document is stored in the main storage device 11.
Expand on top. In the main storage device 11, the name of the drawing and the ID of the image data corresponding to the drawing are read from the item "drawing" of the document. Subsequently, the text data portion of the document is searched using the acquired drawing name as a key, and if a matching character string is found, the ID of the image data is added to the character string as additional information, and the In order to output the document data, the data for constructing the document data is reconstructed on the main storage device 11. And
The document data edited and reconstructed on the main storage device 11
Output to the output device 14. On the output device 14, the related image data can be easily displayed by referring to the ID of the corresponding drawing added as ancillary information to the expression "figure" in the text of the document data.

FIGS. 7 and 8 are flowcharts showing the operation of all programs in the document display device of the present invention. 7 and 8, the same operations as those in the programs shown in FIGS. 3 to 5 are denoted by the same reference numerals.

Referring to FIG. 7, the document display program 101
When a request for a document file 60 to be displayed is received from the user (step S301), the requested document file 60 is stored in the external storage device 15 or the CDR in FIG.
Confirm whether to save in the OM device 16 (step S
302). If the requested document file 60 does not exist in the external storage device 15 or the CDROM device 16, the user is informed that the requested document file 60 cannot be displayed because the requested document file 60 does not exist (step S303) and the program ends. If the requested document file 60 exists in the external storage device 15 or the CDROM device 16, the document search program 1 indicating the document file 60
02 (step S304 in FIG. 8).

The document search program 102 receives document data requested by the user from the document display program (step S401), and performs a full-text search on the body data file 601 (step S402). As a result of the full-text search, it is determined whether or not the word expression “figure” or “table” is present in the text data file 601 (step S403).
Alternatively, when the word expression “table” exists and the drawing data file 602 exists, the program 103 that links the document and the drawing is called (step S40).
4) If the drawing data file 602 does not exist, the process proceeds to step S405 in FIG.

Program 10 for linking documents and drawings
3 is called from the document search program 102 (step S501), and the “figure” in the text data file 601 is displayed.
Is used with a numeral as in FIG. 1, the drawing ID corresponding to the numeral is obtained from the header 603 in the drawing data file 602 (step S502 in FIG. 8). Next, information for associating the drawing ID with the drawing is added to the text data file 601 (step S503), and the file in which the text data file 601 is associated with the drawing data file 602 is passed to the document search program 102. (Step S50
4).

Program 10 for linking documents and drawings
3 receives the body data file 601 to which the link information between the document and the drawing data is added, and passes display data to the document display program 101 (step S4).
05). The word expression “figure” or “table” in the document is searched by the document search program 102, and the “figure” is linked by the program 103 that links the document and the drawing.
Alternatively, the document data is stored in the document display program 1 in a state where the word expression “table” and the actual drawing data are linked.
01, the document display program 101 displays the document display window 201 and the drawing display window 202 on the output device 14 (step S305),
A text data file 601 is displayed in the document display window 201.
Is displayed (step S306).

Next, it is confirmed whether or not the displayed document file 60 includes the drawing data file 602 (step S307). If the drawing data file 602 exists, the "drawing" in the text data file 601 is checked. Alternatively, when “table” is selected by the input device 13, the corresponding drawing data file 602 is displayed in the drawing display window 2.
02 (step S308), and the program ends. If the drawing data file 602 does not exist, the program ends without displaying anything in the drawing display window 202.

(Second Embodiment) In a document display device 10 similar to the first embodiment, when a document display program 101 displays document data, a document and a drawing are displayed in a document display window 201. When the user uses the input device 13 to display a location in the document that includes the expression “figure” associated with the actual drawing image by the linking program 103, The main body data is displayed on the document display window 201 so that the character in the expression part "can be selected. When the user uses the input device 13 to select a portion on the document display window 201 where the character “FIG.” Is displayed, the corresponding drawing image is displayed on the drawing image display window 202.

(Third Embodiment) In a document display device similar to those of the first and second embodiments, a user can refer to information in which a drawing ID and a document are associated with each other, thereby enabling a user. When the drawing data is displayed in the drawing display window 202, the document text of the portion described for the drawing is displayed in the document display window 201.

(Fourth Embodiment) CDROM is a CDROM
The text data in the document and the drawing data are associated with each other on a display device for displaying a gazette issued in.

[0038]

As described above, according to the document display device of the present invention, when browsing a document file in a format in which the text body of the document and the drawing are separately stored, the data is processed in advance. The user can view the document file in a state where the text is associated with the drawing without the user being conscious of the time and labor required for the processing and the capacity of the external storage device for storing the processed data.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing a first embodiment of a document display device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a screen display when the document display device shown in FIG. 1 is executed.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of a document display program of the document display device of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the operation of the document search program of FIG.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an operation of a program for linking the document of FIG. 1 with the drawing.

FIG. 6 is a data format of document data used in the document display device shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 7 is a part of a flowchart showing the operation of all programs in the document display device of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is the remaining part of the flowchart shown in FIG. 7;

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 10 document display device 11 main storage device 101 document display program 102 document search program 103 program for linking a document with a drawing 12 CPU 13 input device 14 output device 201 document display window 202 drawing display window 15 external storage device 16 CDROM device 17 input Output device 60 Document file 601 Body data file 602 Drawing data file 603 Header section 604 Image data

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Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A document display device of a system for browsing a document file in which document data and drawing data are stored in different formats, wherein when the document file is displayed on the display device, A document display device, comprising means for setting an expression of a figure or a table to a selected state using an input device, and displaying a corresponding figure or table.